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Quicksand: What It Means to Be a Human Being
Henning Mankell · Vintage
Pages: 303
Format: Paperback
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A stunning and poignant autobiographical look at the myriad experiences that shape a meaningful life, by the bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries. In January 2014, Henning Mankell received a diagnosis of lung cancer. Quicksand is a response to this shattering news - but it is not a memoir... |
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The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters
Emily Esfahani Smith · Crown
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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In a culture obsessed with happiness, this wise, stirring book points the way toward a richer, more satisfying life.Too many of us believe that the search for meaning is an esoteric pursuit - that you have to travel to a distant monastery or page through dusty volumes to discover life's... |
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Pin It!: 20 Fabulous Bobby Pin Hairstyles
Annamarie Tendler · Chronicle Books
Pages: 127
Format: Hardcover
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Brightly colored pins styled into fun patterns and designs are the hottest new trend in hairstyling, and Pin It! gives short- and long-haired fashionistas the know-how to create 20 colorful bobby pin hairstyles for everything from an afternoon trip to the mall to an elegant party. Step-by-step... |
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The Perpetual Now: A Story of Amnesia, Memory, and Love
Michael D Lemonick · Doubleday
Pages: 282
Format: Hardcover
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In the aftermath of a shattering illness, Lonni Sue Johnson lives in a "perpetual now," where she has almost no memories of the past and a nearly complete inability to form new ones. The Perpetual Now is the moving story of this exceptional woman, and the groundbreaking revelations... |
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Patient H69: The Story of My Second Sight
Vanessa Potter · Bloomsbury Sigma
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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In 2012, Vanessa Potter, a married advertising film producer with two young children, was stricken by Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) , a rare illness that resulted in sudden blindness and paralysis. She was hospitalized for two weeks. Over the next five months at home,... |
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Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World
Laura Spinney · PublicAffairs
Pages: 332
Format: Hardcover
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In 1918, the Italian-Americans of New York, the Yupik of Alaska and the Persians of Mashed had almost nothing in common except for a virus--one that triggered the worst pandemic of modern times and had a decisive effect on the history of the twentieth century.The Spanish flu of 1918-1920... |
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The Outrun: A Memoir
Amy Liptrot · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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"The Outrun will no doubt sit alongside . . . Helen Macdonald's H Is for Hawk -- the sheer sensuality of Liptrot's prose and her steely resolve immediately put her right up there with the best of the best." -- New StatesmanWhen Amy Liptrot returns to Orkney after more... |
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