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Journeys of a Lifetime, Second Edition: 500 of the World's Greatest Trips

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. · National Geographic
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Featuring 120 new destinations, this best-selling inspirational travel guide reveals 500 celebrated and lesser-known destinations around the globe, from ocean cruises in Antarctica to horse treks in the Andes. Completely revised and updated for its 10th anniversary.

Compiled from...
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Cooking for Jeffrey: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook

Ina Garten · Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

For America's bestselling cookbook author Ina Garten there is no greater pleasure than cooking for the people she loves - and particularly for her husband, Jeffrey. She has been cooking for him ever since they were married forty-eight years ago, and the comforting, delicious meals they...
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Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever

Bill Gifford · Grand Central Publishing; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

From acclaimed journalist Bill Gifford comes a roaring journey into the world of anti-aging science in search of answers to a universal obsession: what can be done about getting old?SPRING CHICKEN:Stay Young Forever (or Die Trying)SPRING CHICKEN is a full-throttle, high-energy ride through...
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Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad

Eric Foner · W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
Pages: 301
Format: Print book

The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom.More than any other scholar, Eric Foner has influenced our understanding of America's history. Now, making brilliant use of extraordinary evidence, the Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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Adventures in Veggieland: Help Your Kids Learn to Love Vegetables with 101 Easy Activities and Recipes

Melanie Potock · The Experiment
Pages: 288
Format: Flexibound

Your kids can learn to love vegetables - and have fun doing it!

So long to scary vegetables; hello to friendly new textures, colors, and flavors! Here is a foolproof plan for getting your kids to love their vegetables. Just follow the "Three E's": Expose...
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Lonely Planet The World: A Traveller's Guide to the Planet

Lonely Planet · Lonely Planet; 1 edition
Format: Book

Every country in the world, in one guidebook Lonely Planet delivers the first guide to The World. Weve taken the highlights from the worlds best guidebooks and put them together into one 960-page whopper to create the ultimate guide to Earth. This user-friendly A-Z gives a flavour of each...
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How to Think Like a Cat

STEPHANE GARNIER · Harper Wave
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Do cats worry about retirement? Nope. Do cats do things they don't want to do? Definitely not. Do cats rush around at all hours of the day when they'd rather be licking their paws and looking out a window? Please.

Calm, free, charismatic, wise, elegant, self-assured - our beloved...

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Saladish: A Crunchier, Grainier, Herbier, Heartier, Tastier Way with Vegetables

ILENE ROSEN · Artisan
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

A "saladish" recipe is like a salad, and yet so much more. It starts with an unexpectedly wide range of ingredients, such as Japanese eggplants, broccoli rabe, shirataki noodles, Bosc pears, and chrysanthemum leaves. It emphasizes contrasting textures - toothsome, fluffy, crunchy,...
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You're the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women's Friendships

DEBORAH TANNEN · Ballantine Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

This warm, wise exploration of female friendship from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of You Just Don't Understand will help women lean into these powerful relationships.

A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK

Best friend, old friend, good friend, bff,...
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The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

JENNA FISCHER · BenBella Books
Pages: 252
Format: Paperback

Jenna Fischer's Hollywood journey began at the age of 22 when she moved to Los Angeles from her hometown of St. Louis. With a theater degree in hand, she was determined, she was confident, she was ready to work hard. So, what could go wrong?

Uh, basically everything. The path...

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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

Colin Dickey · Viking
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

One of NPR's Great Reads of 2016

"A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories ... absorbing ... [and] intellectually intriguing." - The New York Times Book Review

An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes...
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The New Rules of Retirement: Strategies for a Secure Future

Robert C Carlson · John Wiley & Sons
Pages: 316
Format: Print book

Create the retirement you desire with proven financial strategies

The New Rules of Retirement throws away the rules of thumb, clichés, and obsolete ideas. It provides a proven, updated approach to retiring successfully in today's world. In this new second edition based on independent,...

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Black Diamonds: The Downfall of an Aristocratic Dynasty and the Fifty Years That Changed England

Catherine Bailey · Penguin Books
Format: Book

From the New York Times–bestselling author of The Secret Rooms, the extraordinary true story of the downfall of one of England’s wealthiest familiesFans of Downton Abbey now have a go-to resource for fascinating, real-life stories of the spectacular lives led by England’s...
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Pick Three: You Can Have It All

RANDI ZUCKERBERG · Dey Street Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

In this motivational handbook - both a business how-to and self-help guide - the New York Times bestselling author of Dot Complicated takes on the fallacy of the "well-balanced" life, arguing that the key to success is learning to be well-lopsided.

Work. Sleep. Fitness....

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