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The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity

Norman Doidge · Viking
Pages: 409
Format: Print book

Now a New York Times Bestseller!The bestselling author of The Brain That Changes Itself presents astounding advances in the treatment of brain injury and illnessWinner of the 2015 Gold Nautilus Award in Science & Cosmology In The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge described...
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Star Wars: Lords of the Sith

Paul S. Kemp · Lucas Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . . When the Emperor and his notorious apprentice, Darth Vader, find themselves stranded in the middle of insurgent action on an inhospitable planet, they must rely on each other, the Force, and their own ruthlessness...
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How to Read a Financial Report: Wringing Vital Signs Out of the Numbers

John A Tracy · Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, John
Pages: 223
Format: Paperback

An updated new edition of the comprehensive guide to reading and understanding financial reports Financial reports provide vital information to investors, lenders, and managers. Yet, the financial statements in a financial report seem to be written in a foreign language that only accountants...
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Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East

Scott Anderson · Doubleday
Pages: 577
Format: Hardcover

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYNew York Times * Christian Science Monitor * NPR * Seattle Times * St. Louis DispatchNational Book Critics Circle Finalist -- American Library Association Notable BookA thrilling and revelatory narrative of one of the most epic and consequential...
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How to Cook Everything

Mark Bittman · J. Wiley
Pages: 1044
Format: Print book

Mark Bittman's award-winning How to Cook Everything has helped countless home cooks discover the rewards of simple cooking. Now the ultimate cookbook has been revised and expanded (almost half the material is new) , making it absolutely indispensable for anyone who cooks - or wants to. With...
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Kitchens of the Great Midwest: A Novel

J. Ryan Stradal · Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
Pages: 312
Format: Print book

Who is Eva Thorvald? To her single father, a chef, she's a pint-sized recipe tester and the love of his life. To the chilli chowdown contestants of Cook County, Illinois, she's a fire-eating demon. To the fashionable foodie goddess of supper clubs, she's a wanton threat. She's an enigma,...
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The Slow Regard of Silent Things

Patrick Rothfuss · Daw Books
Pages: 159
Format: Hardcover

Deep below the University, there is a dark place. Few people know of it: a broken web of ancient passageways and abandoned rooms. A young woman lives there, tucked among the sprawling tunnels of the Underthing, snug in the heart of this forgotten place.Her name is Auri, and she is full...
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Mr. Turner

Timothy Spall · Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Format: DVD

An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.
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The Most of Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron · Knopf; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A whopping big celebration of the work of the late, great Nora Ephron, Americas funniest—and most acute—writer, famous for her brilliant takes on life as weve been living it these last forty years. Everything you could possibly want from Nora Ephron is here—from her writings on journalism,...
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Circling the Sun: A Novel

Paula McLain · Random House Large Print
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Paula McLain is considered the new star of historical fiction, and for good reason. Fans of The Paris Wife will be captivated by Circling the Sun, which . . . is both beautifully written and utterly engrossing." - Ann Patchett, Country LivingPaula...
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Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead

Laszlo Bock · Twelve
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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Bubble Guppies: The Puppy & The Ring

· Nickelodeon
Format: DVD

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13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success

Amy Morin · William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Expanding on her viral post that has become an international phenomenon, a psychotherapist offers simple yet effective solutions for increasing mental strength and finding happiness and success in life.As a licensed clinical social worker, college psychology instructor, and psychotherapist,...
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The Buried Giant: A novel

Kazuo Ishiguro · Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Pages: 317
Format: Print book

"An extraordinary new novel from the author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize winning The Remains of the Day. "You've long set your heart against it, Axl, I know. But it's time now to think on it anew. There's a journey we must go on, and no more delay. . ."...
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God Help the Child: A novel

Toni Morrison · Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Spare and unsparing, God Help the Child - the first novel by Toni Morrison to be set in our current moment - weaves a tale about the way the sufferings of childhood can shape, and misshape, the life of the adult. At the center: a young woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue-black...
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