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Make Great Art on Your iPad
ALISON JARDINE · Ilex Press
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
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Explore your creative talents and produce amazing artworks on your iPad. You don't have to be an artist to achieve great results on your iPad, and this refreshingly accessible book is perfect for skilled artists and creative wannabes alike. Alongside the step- by-step projects that teach... |
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Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption
BENJAMIN RACHLIN · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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During the last two decades, more than two thousand American citizens have been wrongfully convicted. Ghost of the Innocent Man brings us one of the most dramatic of those cases and provides the clearest picture yet of the national scourge of wrongful conviction and of the opportunity for meaningful... |
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The Bettencourt Affair: The World's Richest Woman and the Scandal That Rocked Paris
Thomas Sancton · Dutton
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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Was the world's wealthiest woman - Liliane Bettencourt - heir to an estimated thirty-six-billion-dollar L'Oréal fortune, the victim of a con man? Or were her own family the real villains? This riveting narrative tells the real-life, shocking story behind the cause célèbre that... |
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Jane Austen at Home: A Biography
LUCY WORSLEY · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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"Jane Austen at Home offers a fascinating look at Jane Austen's world through the lens of the homes in which she lived and worked throughout her life. The result is a refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity,... |
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Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult
BRUCE HANDY · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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An irresistible, nostalgic, and insightful - and totally original - ramble through classic children's literature from Vanity Fair contributing editor (and father) Bruce Handy.In 1690, the dour New England Primer, thought to be the first American children's book, was published in Boston.... |
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Dying: A Memoir
CORY TAYLOR · Tin House Books
Pages: 152
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply affecting meditation on dying and a wise tribute to lifeAt the age of sixty, Cory Taylor is dying of melanoma-related brain cancer. Her illness is no longer treatable: she now weighs less than her neighbor's retriever. As her body weakens, she describes the experience -- the vulnerability... |
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Untitled rob sheffield novel.
Robert J Sheffield · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Rob Sheffield, the Rolling Stone columnist and bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape offers an entertaining, unconventional look at the most popular band in history, the Beatles, exploring what they mean today and why they still matter so intensely to a generation that has never known... |
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From Holmes to Sherlock: The Story of the Men and Women Who Created an Icon
MATTIAS BOSTRM · Mysterious Press
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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Everyone knows Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created a unique literary character who has remained popular for over a century and is appreciated more than ever today. But what made this fictional character, dreamed up by a small-town English doctor in the 1880s, into such a lasting... |
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Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
Michelle Kuo · Random House
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A memoir of race, inequality, and the power of literature told through the life-changing friendship between an idealistic young teacher and her gifted student, jailed for murder in the Mississippi Delta Recently graduated from Harvard University, Michelle Kuo arrived in the rural town of Helena,... |
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The One Minute To-Do List: Quickly Get Your Chaos Completely Under Control
Michael Linenberger · New Academy Publishers
Pages: 116
Format: Paperback
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Readers overwhelmed by their work and life will find relief in this updated second edition of Michael Linenberger's successful title. We've all created to-do lists before, and we've all found them lacking--things just sit on them for weeks, months, even years. This book presents... |
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Free Stuff Guide for Everyone Book: Free and Good Deals That Save You Lots of Money
Peter J Sander · Humanix Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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Consumer finance expert and best-selling author Peter Sander presents bargain hunters, retirees, proud cheapskates, students, or anyone on a limited budget how to find free products, services, gift, rebates and incredible bargains quickly and easily. Topics cover: Free Entertainment, Incredible... |
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The Joy Plan: How I Took 30 Days to Stop Worrying, Quit Complaining, and Find Ridiculous Happiness
Kaia Roman · Sourcebooks
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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As a mother, a wife, and a businesswoman, Kaia Roman always had a plan. But when her biggest plan, the business she cofounded, collapsed, Kaia found herself crushed by depression. And what felt even worse was that, with a husband and two kids relying on her to get out of bed, she didn't... |
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TASC Strategies, Practice & Review 2017-2018 with 2 Practice Tests: Online Book
Kaplan · Kaplan Pub
Pages: 780
Format: Print book
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Comprehensive content review, strategies, and practice for all sections of the TASC (Test Assessing Secondary Completion) from top test experts The TASC is a high school equivalency test that is an alternative to the GED test. New York State, Indiana, and West Virginia replaced the GED with... |
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A Beautiful, Terrible Thing: A Memoir of Marriage and Betrayal
Jen Waite · Plume
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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What do you do when you discover that the person you've built your life around never existed? When "it could never happen to me" does happen to you? These are the questions facing Jen Waite when she begins to realize that her loving husband - the father of her infant daughter,... |
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Scholarship Handbook 2018
COLLEGE BOARD. · College Board
Pages: 640
Format: Paperback
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The Scholarship Handbook 2018 is organized to quickly lead students to real college funding opportunities, including scholarship, internship and loan programs offered by foundations, charitable organizations, and state and federal government agencies. Every entry is verified by the College... |
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Sew a Modern Halloween: Make 15 Spooky Projects for Your Home
RIEL NASON · C&T Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
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Decorate your home for Halloween with projects made from 5 easy and stylish block motifs, including skulls, spiderwebs, and spooky eyes! Make use of your favorite trendy Halloween fabrics as you sew pillows, runners, place mats, wine bags, and more, many of which can be made in a weekend,... |
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Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
JEFFREY KLUGER · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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The untold story of the historic voyage to the moon that closed out one of our darkest years with a nearly unimaginable triumphIn August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three... |
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Genealogy Online For Dummies
April Leigh Helm · For Dummies
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
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What this book covers: Genealogy Online For Dummies, 8th Edition covers everything users need to know about starting a genealogical research project - including where and how to find information, how to communicate with other online genealogists, how to find specific information, how to leverage... |
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The Chickenshit Club: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives
Jesse Eisinger · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jesse Eisinger, a blistering account of corporate greed and impunity, and the reckless, often anemic response from the Department of Justice.Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do CEOs seem to commit wrongdoing... |
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What She Ate: Six Remarkable Women and the Food That Tells Their Stories
Laura Shapiro · Viking
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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A beloved culinary historian's short takes on six famous women through the lens of food and cooking - what they ate and how their attitudes toward food offer surprising new insights into their lives.Everyone eats, and food touches on every aspect of our lives - social and cultural, personal... |
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Scandi Christmas: Over 45 projects and quick ideas for beautiful decorations & gifts
CLARE YOUNGS · CICO Books
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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Make the festive season really special and create these stunning step-by-step projects with a Scandinavian flavor, including cards, decorations, garlands, and cozy gifts. Christiane Bellstedt Myers has developed a beautiful collection of Christmas essentials using natural materials and traditional... |
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Horror in the Heartland: Strange and Gothic Tales from the Midwest
Keven McQueen · Quarry Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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Brace yourself for a journey into a creepy, dark side of the American Midwest you thought you knew -- a side teeming with real-life surrealism and historical horror-comedy. From tales of the booming grave-robbing industry of late 19th-century Indiana to the story of a Michigan physician... |
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Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas
Donna M Lucey · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating backstories of four women painted by John Singer Sargent come alive in this seductive, multilayered biography. With unprecedented access to newly discovered sources, Donna M. Lucey illuminates the lives of four extraordinary women painted by the iconic high-society portraitist... |
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Some Bright Morning, I'll Fly Away: A Memoir
ALICE ANDERSON · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Some Bright Morning, I'll Fly Away is a deeply poignant memoir set in a post-Katrina Mississippi. Alice Anderson is returning to assess the damage to her beloved Mississippi coastline and the once-immaculate home that she'd carefully cultivated for her husband, Dr. Liam Rivers, and their... |
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Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook
Alice Waters · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The long-awaited memoir from cultural icon and culinary standard bearer Alice Waters recalls the circuitous road and tumultuous times leading to the opening of what is arguably America's most influential restaurant. When Alice Waters opened the doors of her "little French restaurant"... |
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1,001 GED Practice Questions For Dummies
Consumer Dummies. · For Dummies
Pages: 456
Format: Paperback
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1,001 practice opportunities for passing the GED test Ready to take the GED test? Get a head start on a high score with 1,001 GED Test Practice Questions For Dummies. Inside, you'll find 1,001 practice questions on all four sections of the GED test: Mathematical Reasoning, Science,... |
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