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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Stephen R. Covey · Simon & Schuster; Anniversary Edition edition
Format: Print book

One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for 25 years. It has transformed the lives of Presidents and CEOs, educators and parents - in short, millions of people of all ages and occupations.
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The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo--and the Sacrifice That Forged a Nation

James Donovan · Little, Brown and Company; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

On February 23, 1836, a large Mexican army led by dictator Santa Anna reached San Antonio and laid siege to about 175 Texas rebels holed up in the Alamo. The Texans refused to surrender for nearly two weeks until almost 2,000 Mexican troops unleashed a final assault. The defenders fought...
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Effanbee: A Collector's Encyclopedia 1949 - Present

John Axe · Hobby House Pr Inc
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover

Newly revised edition completes the era 1949 thru 1996! Revised material features the 1994 thru 1996 dolls. Complete presentation of the very popular Legend Series and the Effanbee Limited Edition Fan Club Dolls. This book is a rich resource photographic guide with 450 plus photographs.
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The Lost Ark of the Covenant: Solving the 2,500-Year-Old Mystery of the Fabled Biblical Ark

Tudor Parfitt · HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

After 2,500 Years of Mystery, the Truth About the Ark of the Covenant Is Revealed The Lost Ark of the Covenant is the real-life account of an astounding quest—professor Tudor Parfitt's effort to recover the revered artifact that contained the Ten Commandments, sacred to Judaism,...
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Nez Perce Women in Transition, 1877-1990

Caroline James · Caxton Press
Pages: 245
Format: Hardcover

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho PressIncludes unique individual accounts recorded directly from personal interviews with Nez Perce women ranging in age from twenty to ninety. The narratives, in combination with a broad selection of photographs,...
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann · Vintage
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST

A New York Times Notable Book

SHELF AWARENESS'S BEST BOOK OF 2017

Named a best book of the year by Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, GQ, Time, Newsday, Entertainment...
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The Eye of Heaven

Clive Cussler · Thorndike Press; Lrg edition
Format: Hardcover

A #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Baffin Island: Husband-and-wife team Sami and Remi Fargo are on a climate-control expedition in the Arctic, when to their astonishment they discover a Viking ship in the ice, perfectly preserved ? and filled with pre-Columbian artifacts from Mexico....
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The Texas Kickapoo: Keepers of Tradition

John Gesick · Texas Western Press
Pages: 197
Format: Hardcover

The Texas Kickapoo: Keepers of Tradition is Bill Wright's latest photographic study on American Indian tribes in Texas. Historian John Gesick contributes an historical essay that tells the story of the tribe's migration from the woodlands of the northeast to the deserts of Texas...
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Kovels' Depression Glass And American Dinnerware Price List -fourth Edition

Ralph M Kovel · Crown
Pages: 250
Format: Book

This handy, pocket-size guide, completely revised and updated, is a valuable resource to help the collector identify and price hundreds of patterns of Depression glass and dinnerware. 350 illustrations throughout; 8-page color insert.
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Sounds of Belonging: U.S. Spanish-language Radio and Public Advocacy

Dolores Ines Casillas · NYU Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

How Spanish-language radio has influenced American and Latino discourse on key current affairs issues such as citizenship and immigration. Winner, Book of the Year presented by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher EducationHonorable Mention for the 2015 Latino Studies Best Book...
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Comfortable House: North American Suburban Architecture 1890-1930

Alan Gowans · The MIT Press
Pages: 261
Format: Hardcover

Between 1890 and 1930, more houses were built in the United States than in all its previous history. The Comfortable House provides the first full treatment of this large body of domestic building. More than half of the book is devoted to classifying these houses into categories that can help...
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