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The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
CLEMANTINE WAMARIYA · Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A riveting story of dislocation, survival, and the power of stories to break or save us Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were "thunder.... |
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The Duchess: Camilla Parker Bowles and the Love Affair That Rocked the Crown
Penny Junor · Harper
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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In the first in-depth biography of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall - the infamous other woman who made the marriage of Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana "a bit crowded" - esteemed royal biographer Penny Junor tells the unlikely and extraordinary story of the woman reviled... |
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Broadway: A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles
Fran Leadon · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
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An eye-opening history of Manhattan told through its most celebrated street.In the early seventeenth century, in a backwater Dutch colony, there was a wide, muddy cow path that the settlers called the Brede Wegh. As the street grew longer, houses and taverns began to spring up alongside... |
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Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female Friendship
KAYLEEN SCHAEFER · Dutton
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A personal and sociological examination--and ultimately a celebration--of the evolution of female friendship in pop culture and modern society"Text me when you get home." After joyful nights out together, female friends say this to one another as a way of cementing their love.... |
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The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table
Rick Bragg · Knopf
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
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From the beloved, best-selling author of All Over but the Shoutin', a delectable, rollicking food memoir, cookbook, and loving tribute to a region, a vanishing history, a family, and, especially, to his mother. Including seventy-five mouthwatering Bragg family recipes for classic southern... |
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The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
KIRK WALLACE JOHNSON · Viking
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A rollicking true-crime adventure and a thought-provoking exploration of the human drive to possess natural beauty for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief.On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music,... |
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The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventure
SHOBA NARAYAN · Algonquin Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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When Shoba Narayan, a writer and cookbook author who had lived for years in Manhattan, moves back to Bangalore with her family, she befriends the milk lady, from whom she buys fresh milk every day. These two women from very different backgrounds bond over not only cows, considered holy... |
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Away & Aware: A Field Guide to Mindful Travel
Sara Clemence · Dovetail
Pages: 150
Format: Hardcover
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As our daily lives are dominated by devices and an always-connected mentality, more people are using their precious vacation time as an excuse to unplug and re-engage with their surroundings -- and themselves. Away & Aware serves as a complete guide to more mindful travel, with tips... |
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The Pietist Option: Hope for the Renewal of Christianity
Christopher Gehrz
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Historian Mark Noll has written that historic Pietism "breathed a badly needed vitality" into post-Reformation Europe. Now the time has come for Pietism to revitalize Christianity in post-Christendom America.In The Pietist Option, Christopher Gehrz, a historian |
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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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Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
KATE BOWLER · Random House
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of living without certainty. Thirty-five-year-old Kate Bowler was a professor at the school of divinity at Duke, and had finally had a baby with her childhood sweetheart after years of trying,... |
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Living at the End of Life: A Hospice Nurse Addresses the Most Common Questions
KAREN WHITLEY BELL · Sterling Ethos
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
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An updated edition of the most respected book on hospice care - for both patients and caregivers. This warm and informative resource on hospice and other end-of-life care options now gets an update. It receives a new preface and revised guidance on elders who need more long-term care and support,... |
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Growing Up Fisher: Musings, Memories, and Misadventures
Joely Fisher · HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
Pages: 1
Format: Book
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Actress, director, entertainer Joely Fisher invites readers into the intimate world of her career and family with this hilarious, irreverent, down-to-earth memoir filled with incredible, candid stories about her life, and how the loss of her unlikely hero, sister Carrie Fisher, ignited... |
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Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History
Tori Telfer · Harper Perennial
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
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Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column "Lady Killers," this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes through the ages.When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names that come to mind are ones like Jack... |
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Caring for Autism: Practical Advice from a Parent and Physician
Michael Ellis · Oxford University Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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When a professional states, "Your child has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) ", it is enough to make your whole world fall apart. What does it mean to be on the autism spectrum? How will this affect your child's life, your life, the life of your family, and others you interact... |
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
JORDAN PETERSON · Random House Canada
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.Humorous, surprising and informative,... |
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The Kings of Big Spring: God, Oil, and One Family's Search for the American Dream
BRYAN MEALER · Flatiron Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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"Think of it as a Texas version of Hillbilly Elegy." -- Bryan Burrough, New York Times bestselling author of THE BIG RICH and BARBARIANS AT THE GATE"Bryan Mealer has given us a brilliant, and brilliantly entertaining, portrayal of family, and a bursting-at-the-seams chunk... |
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Four Testaments: Tao Te Ching, Analects, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita: Sacred Scriptures of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Hinduism
Brian A Brown · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 479
Format: Paperback
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Four Testaments brings together four foundational texts from world religions-the Tao Te Ching, Dhammapada, Analects of Confucius, and Bhagavad Gita-inviting readers to experience them in full, to explore possible points of connection and divergence, and to better understand people who practice... |
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