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The Natural First Aid Handbook: Household Remedies, Herbal Treatments, and Basic Emergency Preparedness Everyone Should Know

Brigitte Mars · Storey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Cayenne pepper can stop bleeding. Garlic helps alleviate a toothache. Honey soothes a burn. When an emergency situation arises, simple home remedies can play a vital role in easing symptoms and providing immediate help. Become an effective first responder with a combination of best first-aid...
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The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy: Trace Your Roots, Share Your History, and Create Your Family Tree

Kimberly Powell · Adams Media Corporation
Pages: 303
Format: Paperback

Use online tools to discover your family's history! Thanks to the overwhelming number of genealogical records available online today, it's never been easier to trace your family history and find your roots. But where do you begin? With all that information, it can be impossible...
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Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life

Joe De Sena · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 195
Format: Hardcover

Twenty-six point two miles isn't enough anymore. Obstacle course racing, which combines the endurance challenges of a marathon with the mind-bending rigors of overcoming obstacles along the way, is taking the world by storm. At the center of this phenomenon is Joe De Sena, the driving...
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Travel as a Political Act

Rick Steves · Rick Steves
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

Change the world one trip at a time. In this illuminating collection of stories and lessons from the road, acclaimed travel writer Rick Steves shares a powerful message that resonates now more than ever.With the world facing divisive events and movements like the rise of nationalism, Trump,...
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It Ain't Over . . . Till It's Over: Reinventing Your Life--and Realizing Your Dreams--Anytime, at Any Age

Marlo Thomas · Pocket Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

We've heard it all before: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.""Where there's a will, there's a way.""When life hands you lemons, make lemonade." But anyone who has ever tried to make a big life change knows it can be a bit more...
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The Book of Wanderings: A Mother-Daughter Pilgrimage

Kimberly Meyer · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

To a mother and daughter on an illuminating pilgrimage, this is what the desert said: Carry only what you need. Burn what can't be saved. Leave the remnants as an offering. When Kimberly Meyer gave birth to her first daughter, Ellie, during her senior year of college, the bohemian life...
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The Longevity Book: The Science of Aging, the Biology of Strength, and the Privilege of Time

Cameron Diaz · Harperwave, 2016.
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Cameron Diaz follows up her #1 New York Times bestseller, The Body Book, with a personal, practical, and authoritative guide that examines the art and science of growing older and offers concrete steps women can take to create abundant health and resilience as they age.Cameron Diaz wrote...
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The Devil Is Here in These Hills: West Virginia's Coal Miners and Their Battle for Freedom

James Green · Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

From before the dawn of the 20th century until the arrival of the New Deal, one of the most protracted and deadly labor struggles in American history was waged in West Virginia. On one side were powerful corporations whose millions bought armed guards and political influence. On the other...
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It Could Only Happen to Me: A Memoir

Sharon Ann Hickey · iUniverse
Format: Hardcover

Author Sharon Ann Hickey doesn't just have a black cloud that follows her-she has the whole storm system. Throughout her life, she's always had funny and unusual things happen to her. In It Could Only Happen to Me, she shares a forty-year collection of true, hilarious situations...
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Fodor's Bahamas

Bob Bower · Fodor's Travel
Pages: 380
Format: Print book

Whether a traveler's style is living large at a trend-setting resort or chilling on a secluded island with an icy cold beer in hand, the Bahamas has something for every taste, from all-inclusive resorts to exclusive private-island hideaways. Visitors can enjoy celebrity-chef restaurants...
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Meghan: A Hollywood Princess

World Trade Press. · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

From Andrew Morton, the New York Times bestselling author of Diana: Her True Story, comes a revealing, juicy, and inspiring biography of Meghan Markle, the American actress who won Prince Harry's heart.
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Brick Building 101: 20 LEGO® activities to teach kids about STEAM

WALTER FOSTER CREATIVE TEAM. · Walter Foster Jr
Pages: 80
Format: Flexibound

Now kids can combine a love for LEGO with learning STEAM topics (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) in this awesomely fun activity book! Industrious minds will love learning to build a bunch of different stuff with these 20 step-by-step projects that range from beginner...
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Discover USA

LONELY PLANET. · Lonely Planet
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Discover USA is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the kaleidoscopic streets of New York City, feast on lip-smacking jumbalaya...
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Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America's Founding Father

Peter Stark · Ecco
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

A vivid and groundbreaking portrait of a young, struggling George Washington that casts a new light on his character and the history of American independence, from the bestselling author of AstoriaTwo decades before he led America to independence, George Washington was a flailing young...
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Qb : an autobiography

Steve Young · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

In the most candid and compelling sports memoir since Andre Agassi's riveting bestseller Open, former San Francisco 49er, Super Bowl champion, NFL MVP, and Hall of Famer Steve Young gives readers an unprecedented and stunning inside look at what it takes to become a super-elite professional...
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