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Baby Steps
John Rollo · FriesenPress
Pages: 258
Format: Paperback
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When retiree John Rollo woke up from spinal surgery on June 21, 2013, he'd had calcium build-up removed and titanium rods inserted to stabilize his 6 foot 5 inch frame. The following morning he had a heart attack. On June 22, he was transferred to Toronto General Hospital for triple... |
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The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath
Leslie Jamison · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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"An astounding triumph . . . Profound . . . Achingly wise . . . A recovery memoir like no other." --Entertainment Weekly (A) "Riveting . . . Beautifully told." --Boston Globe"An honest and important book . . . Vivid writing and required reading." --Stephen... |
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Miller's Children: Why Giving Teenage Killers a Second Chance Matters for All of Us
James Garbarino · University of California Press
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
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Miller's Children is a passionate and comprehensive look at the human consequences of the US Supreme Court's decision in the case of Miller v. Alabama, which outlaws mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juvenile murderers. The decision to apply the law retroactively to other... |
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Joy on Demand: The Art of Discovering the Happiness Within
Chade-Meng Tan · HarperOne
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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A long-awaited follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Search Inside Yourself shows us how to cultivate joy within the context of our fast-paced lives and explains why it is critical to creativity, innovation, confidence, and ultimately success in every arena.In Joy on Demand, Chade-Meng... |
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Make Better Pictures: Truth, Opinions, and Practical Advice
HENRY HORENSTEIN · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
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Henry Horenstein may be the world's bestselling photography teacher, with more than 700, 000 copies of his photography manuals sold. Now, in this easily digestible book of wisdom, he distills a career's worth of instruction into one hundred memorable pieces of advice. Photography has never... |
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The Politics of Autism
Bryna Siegel · Oxford University Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The Politics of Autism investigates the truths and fictions of public understanding about autism, questioning apparent realities too sensitive or impolitic to challenge. Is there really more autism? How has the count expanded by diagnosing autism over other conditions? Have scientific methods... |
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From the Tree to the Labyrinth: Historical Studies on the Sign and Interpretation
Umberto Eco · Harvard University Press
Pages: 633
Format: Print book
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The way we create and organize knowledge is the theme of From the Tree to the Labyrinth, a major achievement by one of the world's foremost thinkers on language and interpretation. Umberto Eco begins by arguing that our familiar system of classification by genus and species derives... |
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Behaving Badly: The New Morality in Politics, Sex, and Business
Eden Collinsworth · Nan A. Talese
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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What is the relevance of morality today? Eden Collinsworth enlists the famous, the infamous, and the heretofore unheard-of to unravel how we make moral choices in an increasingly complex - and ethically flexible - age. To call these unsettling times is an understatement: our political leaders... |
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