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American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
Jon Meacham · Random House
Pages: 483
Format: Print book
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A thought-provoking study of Andrew Jackson chronicles the life and career of a self-made man who went on to become a military hero and seventh president of the United States, critically analyzing Jackson's seminal role during a turbulent era in history, the political crises and personal... |
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The Turner House
Angela Flournoy · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 340
Format: Print book
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NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTA powerful, timely debut, The Turner House marks a major new contribution to the story of the American family. The Turners have lived on Yarrow Street for over fifty years. Their house has seen thirteen children grown and gone - and some returned; it has seen... |
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500+ Practice Questions for the New SAT: Created for the Redesigned 2016 Exam
Princeton Review · Princeton Review; Csm edition
Format: Print book
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Prepare for New SAT scoring success with a book full of practice questions & answers specifically created for the redesigned exam!Work smarter, not harder, with The Princeton Review's 500 Practice Questions for the New SAT. In this book, you'll get a first look at the types... |
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Red Alert: An NYPD Red Mystery
James Patterson · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 500
Format: Hardcover
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The richest of New York's rich gather at the Pierre's Cotillion Room to raise money for those less fortunate. The mayor-with Detectives Zach Jordan and Kylie MacDonald of the elite NYPD Red task force providing security--is on hand to applaud the Silver Bullet Foundation's new plan for public... |
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Human Body: An Illustrated Guide to Every Part of the Human Body and How It Works
Martyn Page · DK ADULT; 1 edition
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
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Human Body is a concise guide to the structure, functions, and disorders of the body. Using full-color, highly detailed illustrations and clear, accessible language, this book is a fascinating introduction to how the body works and what may go wrong. The first part, Anatomy of the Human... |
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The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead · Doubleday
Pages: 306
Format: Hardcover
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestseller from Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia.... |
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Just Kids
Patti Smith · Ecco
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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In Just Kids, Patti Smith's first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest... |
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Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All
Jim Collins · HarperBusiness; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The new questionTen years after the worldwide bestseller Good to Great, Jim Collins returns with another groundbreaking work, this time to ask: Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty, even chaos, and others do not? Based on nine years of research, buttressed by rigorous analysis and infused... |
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Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself
Melody Beattie · Hazelden; 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
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Is someone else's problem your problem? If, like so many others, you've lost sight of your own life in the drama of tending to someone else's, you may be codependent--and you may find yourself in this book--Codependent No More.The healing touchstone of millions, this modern... |
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Gordon Ramsay's Home Cooking: Everything You Need to Know to Make Fabulous Food
Gordon Ramsay · Grand Central Life & Style; 3.10.2013 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Based on a new cooking show, this book will give experienced as well as novice cooks the desire, confidence and inspiration to get cooking. Ramsay will offer simple, accessible recipes with a "wow" factor. Gordon has travelled the world from India and the Far East to LA and Europe,... |
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House of Cards: Season 4
Sebastian Arcelus · Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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They've always been a great team. But now in Season Four of "House of Cards", Frank (Golden Globe TM Kevin Spacey) and Claire (Golden Globe TM winner Robin Wright) become even greater adversaries as their marriage stumbles and their ambitions are at odds. |
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The Complete Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi · Pantheon; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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Here, in one volume Marjane Satrapis best-selling, internationally acclaimed memoir-in-comic-strips.Persepolis is the story of Satrapis unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution of the contradictions between private... |
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The Rainbow Fish
Marcus Pfister · North-South Books
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover
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The Rainbow Fish is an international best-seller and a modern classic. Eye-catching foil stamping, glittering on every page, offers instant child appeal, but it is the universal message at the heart of this simple story about a beautiful fish who learns to make friends by sharing his most... |
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The Complete Do-it-Yourself Manual Newly Updated
Editors Of Family Handyman · Readers Digest; Updated edition
Format: Hardcover
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The leading manual for home improvements is getting an update to address current codes, latest materials, tools and technology.The bestselling, most comprehensive guide to home improvements has been revised and updated once again since it's revision in 2005. Over 10 million copies of READER'S... |
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The Glass Menagerie
Robert Bray · New Directions; 5 edition
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
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No play in the modern theatre has so captured the imagination and heart of the American public as Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie.Menagerie was Williams's first popular success and launched the brilliant, if somewhat controversial, career of our pre-eminent lyric playwright.... |
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