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Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times
Kenneth Whyte · Knopf
Pages: 736
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century, Herbert Hoover--a revisionist account that will forever change the way Americans understand the man, his presidency, and his battle against the Great Depression. A poor orphan who built a fortune,... |
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Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks
Annie Spence · Flatiron Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A Gen-X librarian's laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving collection of love letters and break-up notes to the books in her life.Librarians spend their lives weeding. Not weeds, but books! Books that have reached the end of their shelf life, both literally and figuratively. They remove the ones... |
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Ageless Soul: The Lifelong Journey Toward Meaning and Joy
THOMAS MOORE · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Thomas Moore is the renowned author of Care of the Soul, the classic #1 New York Times bestseller. In Ageless Soul, Moore reveals a fresh, optimistic, and rewarding path toward aging, one that need not be feared, but rather embraced and cherished. In Moore's view, aging is the process by which... |
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My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean
Amy Dresner · Hachette Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Blackout and Permanent Midnight, a darkly funny and revealing debut memoir of one woman's twenty-year battle with sex, drugs, and alcohol addiction, and what happens when she finally emerges on the other side.Growing up, Amy Dresner believed that everything was always... |
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Danger, Man Working: Writing from the Heart, the Gut, and the Poison Ivy Patch
Michael Perry · Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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"Every writer has advice for aspiring writers. Mine is predicated on formative years spent cleaning my father's calf pens: Just keep shoveling until you've got a pile so big, someone has to notice. The fact that I cast my life's work as slung manure simply proves that I recognize... |
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Scandinavians: In Search of the Soul of the North
Robert Ferguson · The Overlook Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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A journey of discovery though two millennia of Scandinavia's history, culture and society, "told with deep knowledge and an intoxicating passion" (BBC) .Scandinavia is the epitome of cool: we fill our homes with Nordic furniture; we envy their humane social welfare system... |
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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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View From Above: An Astronaut Photographs the World
TERRY VIRTS · National Geographic
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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This majestic National Geographic photography book offers a spectacular view of Earth from outer space, featuring aerial imagery taken from the International Space Station by NASA astronaut Terry Virts.Few people get the experience of seeing the world from outer space - and no one has taken... |
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The Kardashians: An American Drama
JERRY OPPENHEIMER · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Crazy Rich comes a blockbuster unauthorized biography of one of the most famous and ubiquitous family dynasties in contemporary culture: The Kardashians. Secrets and scandals of the Kardashians, so closely held that not even hard core fans have... |
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Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir
AMY TAN · Ecco
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AMY TAN, A MEMOIR ON HER LIFE AS A WRITER, HER CHILDHOOD, AND THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FICTION AND EMOTIONAL MEMORYIn Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan is at her most intimate... |
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Hiding in the Bathroom: An Introvert's Roadmap to Getting Out There
MORRA AARONS-MELE · Dey Street Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From the marketing guru and host of the popular Forbes.com podcast Hiding in the Bathroom, a breakthrough introverts' guide that broadens the conversation sparked by Quiet and moves away from the "Lean In" approach, offering wisdom and practical tips to help readers build strong... |
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Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone
BREN BROWN · Random House
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A timely and important new book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of Imperfection "True... |
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The Tender Scar: Life After the Death of a Spouse
RICHARD MABRY · Kregel Publications
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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"Powerful words, won in the conflict between heartbreak and healing."--Dr. Dan L. GriffinOffering hope and healing for the brokenhearted, The Tender Scar addresses the heart-wrenching pain of losing a spouse. Working from journal entries written after the death of his wife, Mabry... |
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Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
KATY TUR · Dey Street Books
Pages: 291
Format: Hardcover
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INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Compelling ... this book couldn't be more timely." - Jill Abramson, New York Times Book Review FROM THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in JournalismCalled "disgraceful," "third-rate," and "not nice"... |
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First 50 Songs You Should Play on Mandolin
Fred Sokolow · Hal Leonard Corporation
Pages: 107
Format: Musical score
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(Mandolin) . A fantastic collection of 50 accessible, must-know favorites for the beginner who's learned enough to start playing popular songs! This book features melody, lyrics, and chord diagrams. Includes: Amazing Grace * Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain * Crazy * Cripple Creek * Folsom... |
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The Origin of Others
TONI MORRISON · Harvard University Press
Pages: 136
Format: Hardcover
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America's foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging. What is race and why does it matter? What motivates the human tendency to construct... |
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Ali: A Life
JONATHAN EIG · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Times best-selling author with unique access to Ali's inner circle He was the wittiest, the prettiest, the strongest, the bravest, and, of course, the greatest (as he told us over and over again) . Muhammad Ali was one of the twentieth... |
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Hallelujah, Imagine & Other Songs of Inspiration
Hal Leonard Corp. · Hal Leonard
Pages: 143
Format: Paperback
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(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) . 25 uplifting songs for piano, voice and guitar, including "Hallelujah" and "Imagine" plus: Beautiful Day * Circle of Life * Don't Stop Believin' * Hero * One Moment in Time * Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) * True Colors... |
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It Takes Two: Our Story
JONATHAN SCOTT · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times bestseller! Jonathan and Drew Scott, known for their wildly popular HGTV shows including Property Brothers and Brother vs Brother, follow up their New York Times bestseller, Dream Home, with a highly anticipated memoir. It Takes Two: Our Story shares never-before-revealed... |
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Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self
MANOUSH ZOMORODI · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Has your smartphone become your BFF? Do you feel bored when you're not checking Facebook or Instagram? Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self explains the connection between boredom and original thinking, and explores how we can harness boredom's... |
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God Is for Real: And He Longs to Answer Your Most Difficult Questions
Todd Burpo · FaithWords
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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GOD IS FOR REAL addresses the questions: What is God like? Why are things the way they are in spite of who God is? If Todd's first book, Heaven Is for Real, was about the then and there of heaven, GOD IS FOR REAL is about the here and now on earth: Why are there are so many hypocritical... |
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Unseen: The Gift of Being Hidden in a World That Loves to Be Noticed
SARA HAGERTY · Zondervan
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Every heart longs to be seen and understood. Yet most of our lives is unwitnessed. We spend our days working, driving, parenting. We sometimes spend whole seasons feeling unnoticed and unappreciated. So how do we find contentment when we feel so hidden? In Unseen, Sara Hagerty suggests... |
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Unshakeable Trust: Find the Joy of Trusting God at All Times, in All Things
Joyce Meyer · FaithWords
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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In her new book, New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer explores a life lived in complete and total dependence on God. Drawing on her own experiences and inspiration from the Word of God, Joyce makes the case that in every area of your life--spiritually, relationally, emotionally,... |
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The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery
Bill James · Scribner
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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Using unprecedented, dramatically compelling sleuthing techniques, legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applies his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history.Between 1898 and 1912, families... |
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This Blessed Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm
TED GENOWAYS · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 226
Format: Hardcover
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Is there still a place for the farm in today's America?The family farm lies at the heart of our national identity, yet its future is in peril. Rick Hammond grew up on a small ranch, and for forty years he has raised cattle and crops on his wife's fifth-generation homestead in York County,... |
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