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Be a Survivor: Your Guide To Breast Cancer Treatment

Vladimir Lange MD · Lange Productions
Pages: 180
Format: Paperback

This much-needed breast cancer resource is developed in consultation with a large national team of experts. As with all of the Be a Survivor resources this book features candid testimonials by survivors. It is straightforward, easy-to-understand and contains objective and up-to-date information....
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The Museum of Lost Art

NOAH CHARNEY · Phaidon Press
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover

True tales of lost art, built around case studies of famous works, their creators, and stories of disappearance and recoveryFrom the bestselling author of The Art of Forgery comes this dynamic narrative that tells the fascinating stories of artworks stolen, looted, or destroyed in war,...
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Brown: Poems

Kevin Young · Knopf
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

James Brown. John Brown's raid. Brown v. the Topeka Board of Ed. The prize-winning author of Blue Laws meditates on all things "brown" in this powerful new collection.Divided into "Home Recordings" and "Field Recordings," Brown speaks to the way personal...
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The Self-Sufficiency Handbook: Your Complete Guide to a Self-Sufficient Home, Garden, and Kitchen

Alan Bridgewater · Lumina Media
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Worried about ever-rising fuel bills and longing for the day when you can be off-grid and independent? Anxious about the quality of the food you eat and planning to go organic? Yearning to get back to the way it was but don't know where to start? This book will show you how to achieve...
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Tears of Salt: A Doctor's Story

PIETRO BARTOLO · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary story of the man hailed as "the doctor on the front lines of the migrant crisis" (CNN) . For 25 years, Dr. Pietro Bartolo has run the lone medical clinic on the Italian island of Lampedusa. In that time he has rescued, welcomed, and cared for many of the hundreds...
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Redlands in World War I

Ann Cordy Deegan · The History Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Upon declaration of war on April 6, 1917, Redlands mobilized immediately. The local National Guard Company G departed on April 4 to Arcadia and quickly relocated to San Diego. Residents worked to establish a chapter of the American Red Cross and formed war committees through the YMCA, YWCA...
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To Change The Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism

Ross Douthat · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times columnist and one of America's leading conservative thinkers considers Pope Francis's efforts to change the church he governs.Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1936, today Pope Francis is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Francis's stewardship of the Church,...
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¡Patchwork!: 33 proyectos con retales, tradicionales e innovadores, con diseños exclusivos

Cath Kidston · Blume; 1ªed., 1ª imp edition
Format: Print book

Patchwork, also known as pieced work, simply involves sewing together cut pieces of material to create a larger design. This book presents Cath Kidstons new,  innovative take on traditional patchwork, which combines established techniques with a more contemporary approach. Mixing her own distinctive...
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Domestic Abuse, Child Custody, and Visitation: Winning in Family Court

Toby G Kleinman · Oxford University Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

When domestic abuse and children are involved, divorce and custody can be the epitome of high-stakes conflict and frustration and all too frequently protective parents lose custody of their child to a named abuser. Domestic Abuse, Child Custody, and Visitation helps mental health professionals,...
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The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery

Barbara K Lipska · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

As a deadly cancer spread inside her brain, leading neuroscientist Barbara Lipska was plunged into madness - only to miraculously survive with her memories intact. In the tradition of My Stroke of Insight and Brain on Fire, this powerful memoir recounts her ordeal and explains its unforgettable...
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All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor

Donald Stratton · William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

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Children of Nazis: The Sons and Daughters of Himmler, Göring, Höss, Mengele, and Others― Living with a Father's Monstrous Legacy

Tania Crasnianski · Arcade Publishing
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover

The Fascinating Story of Eight Children of Third Reich Leaders and their Journey from Descendants of Heroes to Descendants of Criminals In 1940, the German sons and daughters of great Nazi dignitaries Himmler, Goring, Hess, Frank, Bormann, Speer, and Mengele were children of privilege at four,...
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Promise me, Dad : a year of hope, hardship, and purpose

Joseph R Biden · Thorndike Press

""Promise me, Dad," Beau had told his father. "Give me your word that no matter what happens, you're going to be all right." Joe Biden gave him his word. Promise Me, Dad chronicles the year that followed, which would be the most momentous and challenging in Joe Biden's...
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Usa tu cerebro para rejuvenecer: Cómo verte, sentirte y pensar mejor cada día

Daniel G. Amen · Editorial Oceano de Mexico
Format: Print book

The human brain is one of the most sophisticated, dynamic, and powerful instruments that exists. Thanks to our brains, we can accomplish extraordinary things. Psychiatrist Daniel G. Amen demonstrates how our brains can help us live longer, look younger, reduce the risk of diseases such...
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Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality

SARAH MCBRIDE · Crown Archetype
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A timely and captivating memoir about gender identity set against the backdrop of the transgender equality movement, by a leading activist and the National Press Secretary for the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBTQ civil rights organization. Sarah McBride is on a mission...
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