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The Shred Diet Cookbook

Ian K. Smith · St. Martin's Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Can I eat that on SHRED?Hundreds of thousands have lost extraordinary amounts of weight on Dr. Ian K. Smith's SHRED programs, using his proven killer combo of diet confusion, meal spacing, meal replacement and strategic snacking. Now, in Dr. Ian's first-ever cookbook, he's deliciously...
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The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them

Joseph E. Stiglitz · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

How has America become the most unequal advanced country in the world, and what can we do about it?In The Great Divide, Joseph E. Stiglitz expands on the diagnosis he offered in his best-selling book The Price of Inequality and suggests ways to counter America's growing problem. With...
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The Invention of Wings

Sue Monk Kidd · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 373
Format: Print book

From the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees, a magnificent novel about two unforgettable American women Writing at the height of her narrative and imaginative gifts, Sue Monk Kidd presents a masterpiece of hope, daring, the quest for freedom, and the desire to have a voice in the world...
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Germany: Memories of a Nation

Neil MacGregor · Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 656
Format: Hardcover

For the past 140 years, Germany has been the central power in continental europe. Twenty-five years ago a new German state came into being. How much do we really understand this new Germany, and how do its people understand themselves?Neil MacGregor argues that, uniquely for any European...
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The innovators : how a group of hackers, geniuses, and geeks created the digital revolution

Walter Isaacson · Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Pages: 542
Format: Print book

Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson's New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed The Innovators is a "riveting, propulsive, and at times deeply moving" (The Atlantic) story of the people who created the computer and the Internet.What...
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Sweet Tomorrows: A Rose Harbor Novel

Debbie Macomber · Ballantine Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

The much-anticipated conclusion to Debbie Macomber's beloved Rose Harbor series, set in the picturesque town of Cedar Cove, Sweet Tomorrows is a vibrant and poignant novel of letting go of fear, following your heart, and embracing the future - come what may. Nine months ago, Mark Taylor...
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Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights: A Novel

Salman Rushdie · Random House
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Salman Rushdie, one of the great writers of our time, comes a spellbinding work of fiction that blends history, mythology, and a timeless love story. A lush, richly layered novel in which our world has been plunged into an age of unreason, Two Years Eight Months...
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Bull Mountain

Brian Panowich · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 290
Format: Print book

"[Panowich] pulls off [a] daunting undertaking with astounding success . . . The storytelling is mesmerizing, with virtually every chapter set in a different timeline and focused on a single character, but the sense of immediacy carries over into each era. And while the violence...
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The Hatred of Poetry

Ben Lerner · Farrar
Pages: 86
Format: Print book

No art has been denounced as often as poetry. It's even bemoaned by poets: "I, too, dislike it," wrote Marianne Moore. "Many more people agree they hate poetry," Ben Lerner writes, "than can agree what poetry is. I, too, dislike it and have largely organized my life...
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Written in My Own Heart's Blood

Diana Gabaldon · Random House Inc
Pages: 1008
Format: Print book

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKLIST In her now classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon told the story of Claire Randall, an English ex-combat nurse who walks through a stone circle in the Scottish Highlands in 1946, and disappears . . . into...
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The Pursuit: A Fox and O'Hare Novel

Janet Evanovich · Bantam Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Janet Evanovich, author of the blockbuster Stephanie Plum novels, and Lee Goldberg, writer for the Monk television show, team up once again in their rollicking, New York Times bestselling Fox and O'Hare series!Nicolas Fox, international con man, thief, and one of the top ten fugitives on the FBI's...
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Jean Haines' World of Watercolour

Jean Haines · Search Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Step into Jean Haines' distinctive, exciting world of watercolour with this, the ultimate guide to her influences, style and work. Jean's loose, expressive paintings are filled with colour and personality, and embrace a range of subjects that includes flowers, animals, people and places,...
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The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances

The Oatmeal · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Format: Book

Praise for 1 New York Times best-selling author Matthew Inman, AKA The Oatmeal ?All runners wonder, at some point or another, why we do what we do. Mr. Inmans explanation is the best Ive ever seen. And the funniest. Because he is clinically insane.?-Mark Remy, editor at large, Runners World,...
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Paradise Lodge

Nina Stibbe · Little
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

A delightful story of growing up, getting old, and every step in between, from the acclaimed author of Man at the Helm and Love, Nina.After succeeding in her quest to help her unconventional mother find a new "man at the helm," fifteen-year-old Lizzie Vogel simply wants to be a normal...
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Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

Ashlee Vance · Ecco Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller - Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Audible and Amazon
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