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Guns of the Wild West: How the West Was Won

Bruce Wexler - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Guns of the Wild West brings the nation's westward expansion and growing need for weaponry to life in an illustrated guide to the history of American firearms. Through vibrant imagery, Bruce Wexler showcases weapons such as the classic Colt Single Action Army and the iconic pepper-box...
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Country Style: Home Décor and Rustic Crafts from Chandeliers to Coffee Tables, Bedcovers to Bulletin Boards

Anna Örnberg - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

A beautiful, rustic home isn't hard to create. With a splash of color, some pieces that pop, and a little bit of inspiration, even the most standard unit can be flipped into a country haven. Try elegant whites, industrial details, grandiose patterns, or some shabby chic. It's fun and easy...
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The Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World

Shelley Emling - Palgrave Macmillan Trade; First Edition edition
Format: Book

Mary Anning was only twelve years old when, in 1811, she discovered the first dinosaur skeleton--of an ichthyosaur--while fossil hunting on the cliffs of Lyme Regis, England. Until Mary's incredible discovery, it was widely believed that animals did not become extinct. The child of a poor...
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Black and Decker the book of home how-to

Black Decker - Cool Springs Press
Format: Hardcover

All the Do-It-Yourself information you need for your home repairs: easy to search through, even easier to use.The editors at Cool Springs Press know a thing or two about DIY home improvement and maintenance; we've been writing about it for the past quarter-century, and we have more...
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Tattoo-pedia

Editors at TattooFinder.com - Thunder Bay Press
Format: Paperback

Thinking of getting a tattoo? How about celtic spiral dragon on your bicep or flowers and butterflies on your lower back? Getting a tattoo is all about really connecting with an image or idea and wanting to make it a permanent statement in your life. You want to prepare as much as you can before...
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Modern Macrame: 33 Stylish Projects for Your Handmade Home

Emily Katz - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

The ultimate guide to creating and styling modern macram projects in the home from top creative tastemaker and sought-after macram artist Emily Katz.Macram--the fine art of knotting--is an age-old craft that's undergoing a contemporary renaissance. At the heart of this resurgence is Emily...
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The Stud Book

Monica Drake - Hogarth; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A sharp-edged satire of contemporary motherhood from a comic novelist on the rise     In the hip haven of Portland, Oregon, a pack of unsteady but loyal friends asks what it means to bring babies into an already crowded world.     Sarah studies animal...
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Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper

LYUDMILA PAVLICHENKO - Greenhill Books
Format: Hardcover

The wartime memoir of Lyudmila Pavlichenko is a remarkable document: the publication of an English language edition is a significant coup. Pavlichenko was World War II's best scoring sniper and had a varied wartime career that included trips to England and America.In June 1941, when Hitler...
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VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00 to Lose Weight and Restore Your Health . . . for Good

Mark Bittman - Clarkson Potter; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

I live full-time in the world of omnivores, and Ive never wanted to leave. But the Standard American Diet yes, its SAD got to me as it gets to almost everyone in this country. Six years ago, an overweight, pre-diabetic Mark Bittman faced a medical directive adopt a vegan diet or go on medication....
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Wild Horse Country: The History, Myth, and Future of the Mustang, Americas Horse

DAVID PHILIPPS - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter's history of wild horses in America -- and an eye-opening story on their treatment in our time.Wild horses -- also known as mustangs -- live in a strange twilight. They are deeply American but not native; they are free-born symbols of liberty but tightly...
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Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence, and Emperor Penguins

Gavin Francis - Counterpoint; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Gavin Francis fulfilled a lifetime's ambition when he spent fourteen months as the basecamp doctor at Halley, a profoundly isolated British research station on the Caird Coast of Antarctica. So remote, it is said to be easier to evacuate a casualty from the International Space Station...
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Google Analytics Demystified

Alexa L. Mokalis - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback

Learn Google Analytics Step-by-Step in Plain English The 4th Edition of Google Analytics Demystified covers Google Analytics' current features, paying special attention to new metrics, support such as Intelligence Questions, and the new Global Site Tag tracking code. The book discusses...
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Robin Williams: A Singular Portrait, 1986-2002

Arthur Grace - Counterpoint LLC
Format: Print book

I had always thought that when I was around 84 and Robin was 80 we could collaborate on a book about the golden years of his career where he could look at my photographs and reminisce about the events and his feelings at the time. Unfortunately, that book was never to be . . . .Photographer...
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Creative Intelligence: Harnessing the Power to Create, Connect, and Inspire

Bruce Nussbaum - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

Offering insights from the spheres of anthropology, psychology, education, design, and business, Creative Intelligence by Bruce Nussbaum, a leading thinker, commentator, and curator on the subjects of design, creativity, and innovation, is first book to identify and explore creative intelligence...
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Scorched Earth: Restoring America after Obama

Michael Savage - Center Street
Format: Hardcover

"New York Times" bestselling author Michael Savage reveals why we have an infected political system, and what we can now do to nurse the country back to health. Michael Savages says that for the past eight years there has been a retrovirus in the White House, and that the last...
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A House in the Sky: A Memoir

Amanda Lindhout - Scribner; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The dramatic and redemptive memoir of a woman whose curiosity led her to the world’s most beautiful and remote places, its most imperiled and perilous countries, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity—an exquisitely written story of courage, resilience, and grace...
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KnitWit: 20 Projects for Beginners and Seasoned Knitters

Katie Boyette - Sellers Publishing Inc; Original edition
Format: Paperback

This book is a delight. Katie Boyette's designs are playful, inventive, and a whole lot of fun for both children and adults. The 20 projects are organized from beginning to end with the easiest upfront and moving to those that are more of a challenge in the later pages. Icons are shown...
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The Bobcat of North America: Its History, Life Habits, Economic Status and Control, with a List of Currently Recognised Subspecies

Stanley P. Young - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Paperback

In this volume Stanley P. Young completes his series of monographs on the major predatory mammals of North America. As in his earlier works, The Wolves of North America; The Puma, Mysterious American Cat; and The Clever Coyote, Mr. Young writes with the authority of a field biologist who has studied...
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Fort Collins:: A History

Barbara Allbrandt Fleming - The History Press
Format: Print book

While today's Fort Collins is a popular destination for foodies and weekend adventurers, it was once a lonely military outpost poised on the nation's frontier. Cattle rustlers and trigger-happy cowboys walked an uneasy line between saloon doors and the hangman's noose. By 1895,...
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A Girls Guide to Joining the Resistance: A Feminist Handbook on Fighting for Good

Emma Gray - William Morrow Paperbacks
Format: Hardcover

An illustrated big-sisters guide to activism - the perfect gift for young feminists and long-time observers looking to enter the fray.Have recent events given you pause? Does Trumps America make you fearful for the future of women? Do you want to become more involved in helping to preserve...
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The Illustrated A-Z Of Classic Mythology: The Legends Of Ancient Greece, Rome And The Norse And Celtic Worlds; A Visual Dictionary With 1000 Entries And More Than 600 Fine Art Images

Arthur Cotterell - Lorenz Books
Format: Print book

A comprehensive reference source to the ancient world's most fascinating mythologies, bringing together the Classical legends of ancient Greece and Rome; the fairytale myths of the Celtic world; and from Northern Europe, tales of Germanic gods, Nordic warriors and giants.
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Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics

Jeremy Schaap - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First edition
Format: Hardcover

From the ESPN national correspondent and author of the New York Times bestseller Cinderella Man comes the remarkable behind-the-scenes story of a defining moment in sports and world history.In 1936, against a backdrop of swastikas flying and a storm troopers goose-stepping, an African-American...
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Beastie Boys Book

Adam Horovitz - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself - by band members ADROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson, Luc Sante, and more. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST...
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Joseph’s Temples: The Dynamic Relationship between Freemasonry and Mormonism

Michael W Homer - University of Utah Press
Format: Hardcover

The apparent parallels between Mormon ritual and doctrine and those of Freemasonry have long been recognized. That Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and other early church leaders were, at least for a time, Masons, is common knowledge. Yet while early historians of the LDS Church openly acknowledged...
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Everyday Life of the Etruscans

Ellen MacNamara - Hippocrene Books; New edition edition
Format: Hardcover

With so little of their own literature surviving, it is a difficult task to draw an intimate portrait of this colourful people called the Etruscans. Often, as Dr. Macanamara has done in this book, it is best to turn to the many fine Etruscan works of art and to the archaeological evidence....
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Scared Selfless: My Journey from Abuse and Madness to Surviving and Thriving

Michelle Stevens - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Print book

Michelle Stevens has a photo of the exact moment her childhood was stolen from her. In it, she's only eight years old and posing for her mother's beguiling boyfriend, Gary Lundquist - an elementary school teacher, neighborhood stalwart, and brutal pedophile. Later that night, Gary locks...
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The Conquest of Everest: Original Photographs from the Legendary First Ascent

George Lowe - Thames & Hudson; 1 edition
Format: Book

Celebrating the first ascent of Mount Everest in May 1953 with exclusive access to the remarkable imagery and private archives of legendary climber and photographer George Lowe, who accompanied Hillary and Norgay on that first triumphant expedition Published to mark the sixtieth anniversary...
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MacBook in easy steps: Covers macOS Sierra

Nick Vandome - In Easy Steps
Format: Print book

MacBook in easy steps, 5th edition focuses on this area of mobile computing and contains all of the information you need to use a MacBook for both business and pleasure.The book looks at the specifications and hardware of MacBooks and details how to get up and running with this attractive,...
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A Stolen Life: A Memoir

Jaycee Dugard - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Jaycee Dugard's New York Times bestselling memoir chronicles her raw and powerful story of being kidnapped in 1991 and held captive for more than eighteen years.When Jaycee Dugard was eleven years old, she was abducted from a school bus stop within sight of her home in South Lake...
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The Big Miss: My Years Coaching Tiger Woods

Hank Haney - Crown Archetype; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The Big Miss is Hank Haney’s candid and surprisingly insightful account of his tumultuous six-year journey with Tiger Woods, during which the supremely gifted golfer collected six major championships and rewrote golf history. Hank was one of the very few people allowed behind the curtain....
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Hannibal Lecter and Philosophy: The Heart of the Matter

Joseph Westfall - Open Court
Format: Paperback

Hannibal Lecter, the subject of best-selling novels, movies, and the acclaimed TV series Hannibal, is one of pop culture's most compelling characters. In Hannibal Lecter and Philosophy, 16 philosophers come at Hannibal the way he comes at his victims - from unexpected angles and with...
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Goshen County

Vickie Zimmer - Arcadia
Format: Paperback

Either a French trapper named Goshe or the biblical Land of Goshen was responsible for the name given to Wyoming's southeast region. In 1911, the Wyoming Legislature approved a bill to create Goshen County, and it was signed by Gov. Joseph Carey. The county was extracted from Laramie...
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Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

John Gottman - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

Happily Ever After is not by chance - it's By Choice. John and Julie Gottman are cofounders of the Gottman Institute, bestselling authors, and award-winning researchers. Together, they have a deep understanding of what makes relationships work. Now, they bring that lifetime's worth...
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Love Those Precuts

Annie's - Annie's
Format: Paperback

Jam-packed with a variety of projects created by some of today's best designers, these 12 stunning quilt patterns were selected to encourage quilters and spark their inspiration with choices that appeal to all interest areas, from traditional to contemporary. The projects range from...
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Succeeding With Adult ADHD: Daily Strategies to Help You Achieve Your Goals and Manage Your Life

Abigail Levrini - American Psychological Association
Format: Print book

If you've been diagnosed with adult ADHD, you are well-acquainted with the procrastination, lack of motivation, and muddled time management that can thwart your best efforts to achieve. You may find yourself constantly distracted, or fear you're about to forget something important. Or you may firmly...
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A Long Way Home: A Memoir

Saroo Brierley - G.P. Putnam's Sons; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

The miraculous and triumphant story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and homebut an identity long-since left behind.At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Unable to read or write or recall the name of his hometown or even his own last...
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Echoes of the Ancient Skies: The Astronomy of Lost Civilizations

Edwin C Krupp - Dover Publications
Format: Paperback

"It should be read by anyone even remotely interested in the long saga of the universe's profound and lasting influence on mankind's development." - New Scientist"A grand book." - Publishers Weekly"Dr. Krupp teaches us once more to look up at the stars...
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A Peace That Passes All Understanding: One Man's Journey after the Suicide of his Son

JIM RANNELLS - WestBowPress
Format: Paperback

As Christians, we know that God is in control and that it is through Christ that we find both salvation and peace. Yet the world is still full of trials and tribulations, and there are many ways in which we can be robbed of this peace. So when facing the darkness, where do we turn to find...
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The White Darkness

DAVID GRANN - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

By the New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a powerful true story of adventure and obsession in the Antarctic, lavishly illustrated with color photographs Henry Worsley was a devoted husband and father and a decorated British special forces officer...
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Making Sense of God: Finding God in the Modern World

Timothy Keller - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover

We live in an age of skepticism. Our society places such faith in empirical reason, historical progress, and heartfelt emotion that its easy to wonder: Why should anyone believe in Christianity? What role can faith and religion play in our modern lives?. In this thoughtful and inspiring...
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Weekends with Daisy

Sharron Kahn Luttrell - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

“A heartwarming and utterly charming story about empathy, hope, and letting go. Weekends with Daisy shows us how loving a dog can make us all a little more human.” —Lisa Genova, NYT bestselling author of Still Alice and Love, Anthony “Moving… with candor that...
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Tragedy Plus Time: A Tragi-comic Memoir

Adam Cayton-Holland - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

"Inspiring, tragic, and at times heart-rendingly funny." - People Unsentimental, unexpectedly funny, and incredibly honest, Tragedy Plus Time is a love letter to every family that has ever felt messy, complicated, or (even momentarily) magnificent.Meet the Magnificent Cayton-Hollands,...
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Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

KATE BOWLER - Random House
Format: Hardcover

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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Northland: A 4,000-Mile Journey Along America's Forgotten Border

Porter Fox - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A quest to rediscover America's other border -- the fascinating but little-known northern one.America's northern border is the world's longest international boundary, yet it remains obscure even to Americans. The northern border was America's primary border for centuries -- much of the early...
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Hunting El Chapo: The Thrilling Inside Story of the American Lawman Who Captured the World's Most Wanted Drug Lord

COLE MERRELL - Harper
Format: Hardcover

A blend of Manhunt, Killing Pablo, and Zero Dark Thirty, Cole Merrell and Douglas Century's sensational investigative high-tech thriller - soon to be a major motion picture from Sony - chronicles a riveting chapter in the twentieth-century drug wars: the exclusive inside story of the American...
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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

Pema Chodron - Shambhala
Format: Hardcover

Pema Chodron's perennially best-selling classic on overcoming life's difficulties cuts to the heart of spirituality and personal growth--now in a newly designed 20th-anniversary edition with a new afterword by Pema--makes for a perfect gift and addition to one's spiritual library.How can we live...
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Cold Calling Techniques

Stephen Schiffman - Adams Media; Seventh Edition edition
Format: Book

The definitive guide to cold calling success! For more than thirty years, Stephan Schiffman, America's #1 corporate sales trainer, has shown millions of salespeople how to close a deal. In this newest edition of Cold Calling Techniques (That Really Work!), he'll show you why cold...
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Not Cool: The Hipster Elite and Their War on You

Greg Gutfeld - Crown Forum; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Behind every awful, dangerous decision lurks one evil beast: the Cool.     From politics to the personal, from fashion to food, from the campus to the locker room, the desire to be cool has infected  all aspects of our lives. At its most harmless, it is annoying. At its worst,...
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How to Build Dry-Stacked Stone Walls: Design and Build Walls, Bridges and Follies Without Mortar

John Shaw-Rimmington - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

How to Build Dry-Stacked Stone Walls shows how to build a wall using the traditional method of dry stone masonry in which carefully selected stones are properly stacked and held together without mortar. As well as being beautiful, a dry stone wall is stronger, more stable, and more...
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Atkins: Eat Right, Not Less: Your Guidebook for Living a Low-Carb and Low-Sugar Lifestyle (5)

Colette Heimowitz - Atria Books
Format: Paperback

Enjoy the benefits of a lower-carb lifestyle on your own terms - including a better keto diet: This is Atkins® your way.For more than forty years, Atkins has used proven scientific research to help millions achieve weight-loss goals and improve their health by controlling carbohydrate...
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Medical Medium Celery Juice

Anthony William - Io
Format: Paperback

From celebrities posting about their daily celery juice routines to people from all walks of life sharing pictures and testimonials of their dramatic recovery stories, celery juice is revealing itself to ignite healing when all odds seem against it. What began decades...

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The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way

Alice Walker - The New Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

This gorgeous collection gathers Alice Walkers wide-ranging meditationsmany of them previously unpublishedon our intertwined personal, spiritual, and political destinies. For the millions of her devoted fans, and for readers of Walkers bestselling 2006 book, We Are the Ones We Have Been...
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The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World's Greatest Civilization

Anthony Everitt - Random House
Format: Print book

A magisterial account of how a tiny city-state in ancient Greece became history's most influential civilization, from the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Augustus, and Hadrian Filled with tales of adventure and astounding reversals of fortune, The Rise of Athens...
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Cavalry of World War Ii

Janusz Piekałkiewicz - Stein & Day
Format: Hardcover

This detailed history of the mounted units during WWII contains an extensive chronological account of the campaigns in which cavalry was involved and a thorough examination of the formation of the nations concerned.
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The 365 Bullet Guide: Organize Your Life Creatively, One Day at a Time

Zennor Compton - Flatiron Books
Format: Paperback

Meet the bullet system: a revolutionary organization method that will increase both your efficiency and your creativity. The bullet method will provide you with a to-do list that is so foolproof that you will never miss a task or appointment again. When you learn the basic principles of the method,...
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Religious Signing: A Comprehensive Guide for All Faiths

Elaine Costello Ph.D. - Bantam; Rev Upd edition
Format: Paperback

Since the fourth century, when Spanish monks first started signing to communicate during their vows of silence, sign language has been used in religious communities of all faiths. Present-day American Sign Language (ASL) carries on that tradition. Like any living language, it continues...
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Mexican Ice Cream: Beloved Recipes and Stories

Fany Gerson - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

A collection of 60+ flavor-packed recipes for ice creams and frozen treats rooted in Mexico's rich and revered ice cream traditions.This new offering from the incredibly popular baker and sweets maker Fany Gerson, the powerhouse behind Brooklyn's La Newyorkina and Dough, showcases the incredibly...
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The Yes Brain: How to Cultivate Courage, Curiosity, and Resilience in Your Child

DANIEL J SIEGEL - Bantam
Format: Hardcover

From the authors of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline, an indispensable guide to unlocking your child's innate capacity for positive thinking.When facing challenges, unpleasant tasks, and contentious issues such as homework, screen time, food choices, and bedtime,...
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935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America's Moral Integrity

Charles Lewis - Public Affairs
Format: Hardcover

Facts are and must be the coin of the realm in a democracy, for government "of the people, by the people and for the people," requires and assumes to some extent an informed citizenry. Unfortunately, for citizens in the United States and throughout the world, distinguishing between...
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Happy Me, Happy You: The Huna Way to Healthy Relationships

Serge Kahili King - Quest Books
Format: Paperback

This exuberant guide is special among the many books on relationships because of Serge King's seasoned perspective as a master Huna shaman and alternative healer. "The problem between two people is never a 'relationship' that isn't working," he says. "It is always...
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Sunflower Summer

Evangeline Kelley - Guideposts Books
Format: Print book

Three sisters, a charming inn, hints of mystery and romance, and a gorgeous seaside setting. Summer reading at its finest! Misty Harbor Inn officially opens, and Gracie Gold, the middle Marris sister, wrestles with an overwhelming decision. As the sisters learn the day-to-day workings...
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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Roofing & Siding: Updated 3rd Edition - Choose, Install & Maintain Roofing & Siding Materials

Editors of Creative Publishing - Cool Springs Press; Third edition
Format: Paperback

The Complete Guide to Roofing & Siding covers all traditional materials, from wood lap siding, brick, concrete block, stucco, stone veneer, and wooden shakes to vinyl, raised-ridge metal roofing, and fiber/cement lap siding. Less traditional roof-covering materials, such as EPDM rubber,...
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The IBD Healing Plan and Recipe Book: Using Whole Foods to Relieve Crohn's Disease and Colitis

Christie A. Korth - Hunter House; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Nearly 1.4 million Americans suffer from inflammatory bowel disease and this number climbs every year. Christie Korth, a nutrition expert, helps those with Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis understand their food intolerances and lays out a holistic approach to dealing with their IBD that...
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Winter Wise: Travel and Survival in Ice and Snow

Monty Alford - Heritage House
Format: Paperback

A man who has spent his professional life measuring the flow of northern rivers, climbed Alaska's Mount McKinley, was a member of both Yale University and Maine University's scientific expeditions to the Antarctic, guided a film crew documenting the late Robert Kennedy's ascent...
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In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette

Hampton Sides - Random House Inc
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides returns with a white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and survival in the Gilded AgeIn the late nineteenth century, people were obsessed by one of the last unmapped areas of the globe: the North Pole. No one knew what existed beyond...
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Crafting dynamic dialogue : the complete guide to speaking, conversing, arguing, and thinking in ... fiction.

Writer'S Digest. - Writer'S Digest
Format:  Print book : English

Write authentic dialogue that invigorates your story! Exceptional dialogue isn't just important when writing fiction--it's essential. In order to impress an agent or editor and keep readers turning pages, you need to deliver truly standout dialogue in every scene. Crafting Dynamic Dialogue...
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Kitchen Ideas You Can Use: Inspiring Designs & Clever Solutions for Remodeling Your Kitchen

Chris Peterson - Cool Springs Press, 2014.
Format: Print book

The kitchen: command center of the home, headquarters for all things edible, family-member traffic funnel. Whether you're a bachelor or bachelorette in a small starter home or part of a larger family, if this isn't the most-used room in your house, you must not be home very often....
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The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services

Heather Booth - Amer Library Assn Editions
Format: Book

ALA's popular and respected Whole Library Handbook series continues with a volume specifically geared towards those who serve young adults, gathering stellar articles and commentary from some of the country's most innovative and successful teen services librarians. Sections focusing...
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The Aspiring Screenwriter's Dirty Lowdown Guide to Fame and Fortune: Tough Lessons You Need to Know to Take Your Script from Premise to Premiere

Andy Rose - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback

A humorous and pithy guide to the craft of writing a screenplay and the business of being a screenwriter.Seeing your name on the silver screen beneath the words "Written By" is a moment most writers only dream of. But for those daring and talented few, brave enough to take their...
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The West without Water: What Past Floods, Droughts, and Other Climatic Clues Tell Us about Tomorrow

B. Lynn Ingram - University of California Press
Format: Hardcover

The West without Water documents the tumultuous climate of the American West over twenty millennia, with tales of past droughts and deluges and predictions about the impacts of future climate change on water resources. Looking at the region's current water crisis from the perspective...
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Joyful Stitching: Transform Fabric with Improvisational Embroidery

Laura Wasilowski - C&T Publishing
Format: Paperback

Dive into Laura's delightful world of embroidery and learn how to create small, free-form embroidery pieces that are alive with color and texture. With instructions for 21 embroidery stitches and 6 projects, all in Laura's signature colorful, whimsical style, you'll transform a flat, plain...
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The 100-Day Prompt Journal: A Writing Prompt Journal for Self-Exploration and Life Improvement

Mackenzie Reed - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback

In "The 100-Day Prompt Journal," you get 100 days of pre-written thought provoking prompts for you to write out, and you can use the book as your journal to write and color in. Do you want to start journaling but don't know where to begin? Are you lacking in motivation or inspiration...
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Chihuly

Diane Charbonneau - Prestel
Format: Hardcover

Filled with dazzling color and dynamic forms, this comprehensive volume on Dale Chihuly, one of America's foremost artists working with glass, proves that the medium has transcended the decorative arts to become a means of contemporary artistic expression in its own right. Dale Chihuly...
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Buy it, rent it, profit! : make money as a landlord in any real estate market

Bryan M Chavis - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

Now updated for today s bullish real estate market, this is the go-to, classic entrepreneurial guide for landlords and real estate investors who want to buy and manage rental properties for long-term wealth. There s never been a better time for buying rental properties interest rates are low and credit...
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Blood and Beauty: The Borgias; A Novel

Sarah Dunant - Random House Trade Paperbacks
Format: Book

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWSThe New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Italian Renaissance novels - The Birth of Venus, In the Company of the Courtesan, and Sacred Hearts - has an exceptional talent for breathing life into history. Now Sarah Dunant...
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Healthcare Choices: 5 Steps to Getting the Medical Care You Want and Need

Archelle Georgiou - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Print book

Making healthcare decisions is hard, but making the right choices has never mattered more.Healthcare Choices: 5 Steps to Getting the Care You Want and Need gives you the tools you need to choose the best medical care - for you. Archelle Georgiou, MD, explains her CARES model, the formula...
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The Truth in Small Doses: Why We're Losing the War on Cancer-and How to Win It

Clifton Leaf - Simon & Schuster; 1 edition
Format: Print book

A provocative, eye-opening history of the war on cancer, The Truth in Small Doses asks why we are losing this essential fight and charts a path forward. OVER THE PAST HALF CENTURY, deaths from heart disease, stroke, and so many other killers have fallen dramatically. But cancer continues...
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Shakespeare and the Resistance: The Earl of Southampton, the Essex Rebellion, and the Poems that Challenged Tudor Tyranny

CLARE ASQUITH - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

A brilliant and provocative reinterpretation of Shakespeare's largely forgotten narrative poems, and the political controversy behind them.As the year 1600 approached, unrest was stirring in post-Reformation England. Many of the elite pitted themselves against Queen Elizabeth's regime,...
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Star Wars: Complete Locations

Curtis Saxton - Dk Publishing
Format: Print book

Packed with more than 50 full-color, intricate cross-section artwork and 3-D maps, Star Wars: Complete Locations is an amazing visual guide into the incredible worlds and locations of a galaxy far, far away....From the towering skyscrapers of Coruscant to the terrifying technology of the Death...
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Natural and Home Remedies for Aging Well: 196 Alternative Health and Wellness Secrets That Will Change Your Life

Bottom Line Books (Firm) - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

The editors of Bottom Line Inc. present Natural and Home Remedies for Aging Well, the best and most extensive book for mature men and women looking to make the most out of their lives with alternative and complementary practices, healing foods, and proper exercise.Americans spend a fortune...
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Native American Almanac: More Than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples

Yvonne Wakim Dennis - Visible Ink Press
Format: Print book

From ancient rock drawings to today's urban living, the Native American Almanac: More than 50,000 Years of the Cultures and Histories of Indigenous Peoples traces the rich heritage of indigenous people. It is a fascinating mix of biography, pre-contact and post-contact history, current...
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All About Cake

Christina Tosi - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to the sugar-fueled, manically creative cake universe of Christina Tosi. It's a universe of ooey-gooey banana-chocolate-peanut butter cakes you make in a crockpot, of layer cakes that taste like Key lime pie, and the most baller birthday cake ever. From her home kitchen to the creations...
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Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy

Anne Lamott - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it."Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening...
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History of Britain & Ireland

Praca Zbiorowa - Dorling Kindersley
Format: Paperback

This is the definitive visual guide to 5,000 years of British history, now in paperback. The History of Britain & Ireland traces the key events that have shaped the British Isles. From the Elizabethan age of Shakespeare to the Iraq and Afghan wars of the 21st century, this beautifully...
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Beating the Lunch Box Blues: Fresh Ideas for Lunches on the Go!

J. M. Hirsch - Atria Books
Format: Paperback

Longing for more than yet another limp salad? Tired of tussling with the kids over junk food lunch kits? Sounds like you've got the lunch box blues. J. M. Hirsch has the fix.But it isn't a cookbook. Because when it comes to lunch, nobody has time to break out a recipe to bang out a brown...
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Furry Logic: The Physics of Animal Life

Matin Durrani - Bloomsbury Sigma
Format: Paperback

The principles of physics lie behind many of the ways animals go about their daily lives. Scientists have discovered that the way cats and dogs lap up liquids can be explained by the laws of surface tension, how ants navigate is due to polarized light, and why pistol shrimps can generate...
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Blogging for Dummies

Amy Lupold Bair - For Dummies
Format: Print book

The bestselling guide to blogging--updated and better than ever Are you ready to make your mark on the Internet with a personal blog, but aren't quite sure where to start? "Blogging For Dummies" gives you the lowdown on blogging basics, the anatomy of a good blog, and all the tools...
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Building muscle and performance : a program for size, strength & speed

Nick Tumminello - Human Kinetics
Format:  Print book : English

Every weekend warrior has two goals: compete successfully and look great doing it. Enter Building Muscle & Performance: The Program for Strength, Size, and Speed by expert trainer Nick Tumminello. By combining the most effective approaches and exercises, Tumminello has developed...
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Raising Children: Surprising Insights from Other Cultures

DAVID F LANCY - Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover

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My Life, My Love, My Legacy

Coretta Scott King - Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Format: Print book

The Washington Post's Books to Read in 2017The New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceUSA Today, "New and Noteworthy""This book is distinctly Coretta's story . . . particularly absorbing. . . generous, in a manner that is unfashionable in our culture."...
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Necklaceology: How to Make Chokers, Lariats, Ropes & More

Candie Cooper - Lark Crafts; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

From collars and chokers to princess-length baubles and ropes to twirl and spin, here is a wardrobe of 40 necklaces to make and proudly show off. Expert crafter Candie Cooper shares her “necklaceology” secrets in an informative, gorgeously illustrated how-to guide that covers...
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Basic Witches: How to Summon Success, Banish Drama, and Raise Hell with Your Coven

JAYA SAXENA - Quirk Books
Format: Hardcover

Tap your inner sorceress and channel the magical arts with this bewitching lifestyle guide. Need to exorcise a toxic friendship? Say the right symbolic curse and banish it from your life. Want to enhance your attractiveness? Pick the right power eye-shadow color and project otherworldly...
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The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt

Kara Cooney - Crown; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power. Hatshepsut - the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty - was born into a privileged position in the royal...
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Guide to Joining the Military

Scott A. Ostrow - Peterson's; 3 edition
Format: Paperback

Guide to Joining the Military includes topics like women in the military, details on opportunities available within all branches of the military, what to expect from a military career, information on joining the national guard and reserve, coverage of the ASVAB examination, details on the physical...
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20 Makey Makey Projects for the Evil Genius

AARON GRAVES - McGraw-Hill Education TAB
Format: Paperback

20 fun and inventive Makey Makey projects for Makers from beginner to expertThis hands-on guide is filled with DIY projects that show readers, step-by-step, how to start creating and making cool inventions with the Makey Makey invention kit. Each project features easy-to-follow, fully-illustrated...
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Notes from a Blue Bike: The Art of Living Intentionally in a Chaotic World

Tsh Oxenreider - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Life is chaotic. But we can choose to live it differently.  It doesn’t always feel like it, but we do have the freedom to creatively change the everyday little things in our lives so that our path better aligns with our values and passions. The popular blogger and founder...
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Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life

Jen Hatmaker - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Life is messy for each of us. But Jen Hatmaker reminds us that its okay to admit that were all in the same boat. Join New York Times bestselling author and honorary big sister Jen as she shares hilarious tales, shameless honesty, and unconditional hope for the woman whos forgotten her moxie.We...
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Fashion Jewelry: A Beginner's Guide to Jewelry Making

COURTNEY LEGENHAUSEN - Lark Crafts
Format: Paperback

Learn how to make beautiful jewelry from an up-and-coming designer with her own line! Bead stringing. Wire wrapping, Pearl knotting. This beginner-friendly guide, created by Courtney Legnhausen (owner of Lotus Jewelry) , teaches all the basics of fashioning fun and attractive bracelets,...
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Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama

DAVID GARROW - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERRising Star is the definitive account of Barack Obama's formative years that made him the man who became the forty-fourth president of the United States - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Bearing the CrossBarack Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National...
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All About ADHD: A Family Resource for Helping Your Child Succeed with ADHD

Thomas W Phelan - Sourcebooks Inc
Format: Print book

By the author of the bestselling parent book 1-2-3 MagicFor the estimated 20 million Americans with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder comes the third edition of All About ADHD by Dr. Thomas W. Phelan, an internationally renowned expert and lecturer on child discipline and ADHD. Completely...
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3 Skeins or Less - Modern Baby Crochet: 18 Crocheted Baby Garments, Blankets, Accessories, and More!

Sharon Zientara - Interweave
Format: Paperback

When it comes to crocheting for babies, only the cutest clothes and accessories will do! It's even better when they're quick to make and use only 1, 2, or 3 skeins of yarn. Whether you're whipping up something special for your own little one or need an easy gift for a baby shower,...
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Thank You Notes 2

Jimmy Fallon - Grand Central Publishing; Limited edition
Format: Print book

LIMITED EDITION: INCLUDES SOUND CHIP WITH THANK YOU NOTES THEME MUSIC. Picking up where the first Thank You Notes left off, Jimmy Fallon has many more people and things to thank. He addresses some 200 new subjects in need of his undying "gratitude." Each page will feature one note...
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Job Search Letters For Dummies

Joyce Lain Kennedy - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Paperback

New-style job messages that get you in the door and on your way up From sparkling cover letters to six-word bios, a fresh bevy of job search letters has grown powerfully useful for successful career communications. Job Search Letters For Dummies delivers the quality of New Era know-how...
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The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

Timothy Keller - Dutton
Format: Print book

Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller "a C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" in a feature on his first book, The Reason for God. In that book, he offered a rational explanation of why we should believe in God. Now, in The Prodigal God, he uses one of the best-known...
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Juice: Recipes for Juicing, Cleansing, and Living Well

Carly de Castro - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

A lushly illustrated and accessible guide to juicing and juice cleansing, featuring 75 recipes for making organic juices, milks, and other concoctions at home to provide the vital nutrients a healthy body needs to function at an optimal level.Once considered a fringe practice of raw-food...
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Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake

Anna Quindlen - Random House; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In this irresistible memoir, the New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize Anna Quindlen writes about looking back and ahead - and celebrating it all - as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all the stuff in our closets, and more. As she did in her beloved...
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The Electrician's Trade Demystified

David Herres - McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Supercharge your CAREER as an ELECTRICIAN! Are you an aspiring journeyman or master electrician? The Electrician's Trade DeMYSTiFieD makes it shockingly easy to prepare for licensing exams and onthe- job success. Written in a step-by-step format, this practical guide describes the typical...
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The Summer of the Great-Grandmother

Madeleine L'Engle - HarperSanFrancisco
Format: Book

"Anyone who has dealt with, or will soon deal with, the death of a parent will find some solace, understanding, and companionship in this perceptive book, which is, in the end, more about living than about dying".--The Washington Post. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable...
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Banished: Surviving My Years in the Westboro Baptist Church

Lauren Drain - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

-Now a New York Times bestseller- Youve likely heard of the Westboro Baptist Church. Perhaps youve seen their pickets on the news, the members holding signs with messages that are too offensive to copy here, protesting at events such as the funerals of soldiers, the 9-year...
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The Heathen School: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic

John Demos - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Hardcover

Longlisted for the 2014 National Book AwardThe astonishing story of a unique missionary project - and the America it embodied - from award-winning historian John Demos. Near the start of the nineteenth century, as the newly established United States looked outward toward the wider world,...
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The Doctor's Diet: Dr. Travis Stork's STAT Program to Help You Lose Weight & Restore Health

Travis Stork - Bird Street Books
Format: Hardcover

The Doctor's Diet is the cure to unhealthy eating - an American epidemic with a death toll higher than that of car accidents, drug abuse, smoking, and gun violence combined. Dr. Stork is genuinely concerned about what he considers to be a true crisis. He has created a flexible and workable...
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Using Microsoft Publisher 2010

Brien Posey - Que Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Computer file

Using Microsoft® Publisher 2010 More than just a book! Get comfortable with simple techniques that you can use to create professional-looking documents. Don’t just read about it: see it, hear it, with step-by-step video tutorials and valuable audio sidebars delivered through...
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Animal Planet

Janice Biniok - T.F.H. Publications
Format: Print book

What's better than a well-trained dog Well-trained dogs follow your lead wordlessly, behave graciously around others, and smooth the transitions of everyday life. They come when called, pull handkerchiefs out of your pocket, and curl up beside you when you come home from work. These...
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Forever Painless: End Chronic Pain and Reclaim Your Life in 30 Minutes a Day

Miranda Esmonde-White - Harpercollins
Format: Print book

End chronic pain - for good - with this practical guide from the PBS personality behind Classical Stretch and author of the New York Times bestseller Aging Backwards.Chronic pain is the most common cause of long-term disability in the United States. Twenty percent of American adults accept...
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Getting Life: An Innocent Man's 25-Year Journey from Prison to Peace

Michael Morton - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

He spent twenty-five years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He lost his wife, his son, and his freedom. This is the story of how Michael Morton finally got justiceand a second chance at life. On August 13, 1986, just one day after his thirty-second birthday, Michael Morton went...
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Swipe Right: The Life-and-Death Power of Sex and Romance

Levi Lusko - Thomas Nelson
Format: Paperback

God wants you to have amazing sex There is nothing more powerful on earth than the forces of love, sex, and romance. In fact, relationships are a matter of life-and-death importance. So how you can train today for the relationship you want tomorrow? In Swipe Right, Levi Lusko shares...
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Yoga: Your Home Practice Companion: A Complete Practice and Lifestyle Guide:

Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre - DK
Format: Paperback

Achieve a healthy body, mental alertness, and inner serenity through the practice of yoga.. Combining step-by-step asanas, detailed illustrations, programmes, mindfulness techniques, diet advice, and recipes, Yoga: Your Home Practice Companion is the complete practice and lifestyle guide...
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Get the Job---Done!: 118 Career Tips, Tools, and Internet Resources

Beverly A. Williams - Parthenon Enterprises Incorporated
Format: Paperback

Get the Job * Done! is a much-needed resource that provides an advantage for job seekers, including returning veterans, people with disabilities and anyone interested in enhancing their employment experience. This book offers employment advice as do's and don'ts, tips, stories,...
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Beat Osteoporosis with Exercise: A Low-Impact Program for Building Strength, Increasing Bone Density and Improving Posture

Karl Knopf - Ulysses Pr
Format: Print book

Prevent bone loss and decrease the risk of injury with this fully-illustrated workout guideOsteoporosis and bone loss affect millions of Americans and can start occurring in people as young as 30. Fractures, pain, and immobility are just a few of the alarming side effects that can result....
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Your Score: An Insider's Secrets to Understanding, Controlling, and Protecting Your Credit Score

ANTHONY DAVENPORT - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

The most comprehensive insider's look at what every consumer needs to know about their credit score - and most importantly, how to fix it Like it or not, a healthy credit score is essential if you want to participate in today's financial world. But very few people actually understand how their...
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On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes

Alexandra Horowitz - Scribner; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the giant 1 New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog comes an equally smart, delightful, and startling exploration of how we perceive and discover our world. Alexandra Horowitzs brilliant On Looking Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes shows us how to see the spectacle of the ordinaryto...
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Crazy Sexy Kitchen: 150 Plant-Empowered Recipes to Ignite a Mouthwatering Revolution

Kris Carr - Hay House, Inc.; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

In Crazy Sexy Kitchen, the woman who made prevention hot is now making it delicious! In her new book, New York Times best-selling author Kris Carr gives us a Veggie Manifesto for gourmands and novices alike, and it's filled with inspiration, education, and cooking tips - plus more than...
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The Kingdom Unleashed: How Jesus' 1st-Century Kingdom Values Are Transforming Thousands of Cultures and Awakening His Church

Jerry Trousdale - DMM Library
Format: Perfect Paperback

Christianity is growing faster than at any time in history. So why is the church in Europe and America stagnant or declining, and what will it take for that to change? The Kingdom Unleashed explores God's Kingdom Movements. Central to every movement are the core values of the Kingdom...
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Crochet Taxidermy: 30 Quirky Animal Projects, from Mouse to Moose

Taylor Hart - Storey Publishing
Format: Print book

Crochet Taxidermy puts a new twist on amigurumi, the popular Japanese method of creating considerably cute stuffed animals with oversized heads. In this delightful collection, heads of animals from farm and forest, sea and safari come to life with irresistible details like...
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Dear Leader: Poet, Spy, Escapee--A Look Inside North Korea

Jang Jin-sung - Atria / 37 INK; Tra edition
Format: Hardcover

THE STORY THEY COULDNT HACK In this rare insiders view into contemporary North Korea a high-ranking counterintelligence agent describes his life as a former poet laureate to Kim Jong-il and his breathtaking escape to freedomThe General will now enter the room Everyone turns to stone Not moving...
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Basic Illustrated Poisonous and Psychoactive Plants

Jim Meuninck - Globe Pequot Press; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback

A richly photographed and information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran, Basic Illustrated Poisonous and Harmful Plants distills years of knowledge into an affordable visual guide. Whether planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the field, with this updated...
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Brick Building 101: 20 LEGO activities to teach kids about STEAM

WALTER FOSTER CREATIVE TEAM. - Walter Foster Jr
Format: Flexibound

Now kids can combine a love for LEGO with learning STEAM topics (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) in this awesomely fun activity book! Industrious minds will love learning to build a bunch of different stuff with these 20 step-by-step projects that range from beginner...
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Writers on the Edge: 22 Writers Speak about Addiction and Dependency

Diana M. Raab - Modern History Press
Format: Paperback

Writers On The Edge offers a range of essays, memoirs and poetry written by major contemporary authors who bring fresh insight into the dark world of addiction, from drugs and alcohol, to sex, gambling and food. Editors Diana M. Raab and James Brown have assembled an array of talented and courageous...
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Twilight of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Picasso, Stravinsky, Proust, Renault, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, and Their Friends through the Great War

Mary McAuliffe - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Mary McAuliffe's Dawn of the Belle Epoque took the reader from the multiple disasters of 1870-1871 through the extraordinary re-emergence of Paris as the cultural center of the Western world. Now, in Twilight of the Belle Epoque, McAuliffe portrays Paris in full flower at the turn of the twentieth...
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Get What's Yours for Medicare: Maximize Your Coverage, Minimize Your Costs

Philip Moeller - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

A coauthor of the New York Times bestselling guide to Social Security Get What's Yours authors an essential companion to explain Medicare, the nation's other major benefit for older Americans. Learn how to maximize your health coverage and save money.Social Security provides...
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Pick Three: You Can Have It All

RANDI ZUCKERBERG - Dey Street Books
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. Family....
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Churchill and Empire: A Portrait of an Imperialist

Lawrence James - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

An illuminating and often surprising new biography of Churchill, focusing on his contradictory relationship with the British Empire. One of our finest narrative historians, Lawrence James has written a genuinely new biography of Winston Churchill, one focusing solely on his relationship...
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The Perfect Cookie: Your Ultimate Guide to Foolproof Cookies, Brownies, and Bars

America's Test Kitchen (Firm) - America's Test Kitchen
Format: Hardcover

Portable, fun to make, easy to gift, and open to countless flavor variations, cookies are everyone's favorite sweet treat. America's Test Kitchen has years of experience making the very best cookies; in The Perfect Cookie, the test kitchen has collected all of that knowledge in one place...
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The Encyclopedia of High Altitude Baking

Ursula Mohr - Thecla Press
Format: Paperback

Here for the first time an extraordinary cookbook who roots go back over 200 years and begins where other books fear to go. Banned from sea-level cookbooks, there are 36 states over 2,400 ft., so 1/3 of the nation has to adjust sea-level recipes, this indispensible diverse book teaches...
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Why Dinosaurs Matter (TED Books)

Kenneth Lacovara - Simon & Schuster/ TED
Format: Hardcover

What can long-dead dinosaurs teach us about our future? Plenty, according to paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara, who has discovered some of the largest creatures to ever walk the Earth.By tapping into the ubiquitous wonder that dinosaurs inspire, Lacovara weaves together the stories of our geological...
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Another Kind of Madness: A Journey Through the Stigma and Hope of Mental Illness

STEPHEN HINSHAW - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Glenn Close says: "Another Kind of Madness is one of the best books I've read about the cost of stigma and silence in a family touched by mental illness. I was profoundly moved by Stephen Hinshaw's story, written beautifully, from the inside-out. It's a masterpiece."A deeply...
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Solve for Happy: Engineering Your Path to Joy

Mo Gawdat - North Star Way
Format: Hardcover

Mo Gawdat is a remarkable thinker and the Chief Business Officer at Google's [X], an elite team of engineers that comprise Google's futuristic "dream factory." Applying his superior skills of logic and problem solving to the issue of happiness, he proposes an algorithm based on an understanding...
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Being in the Shadow: Stories of the First-Time Total Eclipse Experience

Kate Russo - Being in the Shadow
Format: Paperback

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How to Restore Your Collector Car: 2nd Edition

Tom Brownell - Motorbooks
Format: Paperback

For nearly a decade, Tom Brownell's How to Restore Your Collector Car has been the ultimate how-to guide for anyone looking to turn a neglected classic into a traffic-stopping collector car. From choosing the right vehicle, purchasing (or renting) the right tools to get the job done,...
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What God Said: The 25 Core Messages of Conversations with God That Will Change Your Life and th e World

Neale Donald Walsch - Berkley Hardcover
Format: Book

God’s number one message to the world. In just five words… “You’ve got me all wrong. ”Inspired by his nine-book Conversations with God series, many people have asked Neale Donald Walsch to find a way to deliver the most essential pieces of God’s...
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Nourishing Noodles: Nearly 100 Plant-Based Recipes for Spiralized Zoodles, Ribbons, and Other Vegetable Spirals

Cristiana Anca - Race Point Publishing

Put your Spiralizer to work to create fun, meatless meals in minutes!With increasingly busy lives, its hard to find the time to eat healthy and incorporate vegetables into our diets. Weeknight meals tend to be weighted down with heavy pasta dishes that bloat and add inches to the waistline....
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Time to Parent: Organizing Your Life to Bring Out the Best in Your Child and You

Julie Morgenstern - Holt Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

The bestselling organizational guru takes on the ultimate time-management challenge -- parenting, from toddlers to teens -- with concrete ways to structure and spend true quality time with your kids. Would you ever take a job without a job description, let alone one that requires a lifetime...
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Mending Broken Branches: When God Reclaims Your Dysfunctional Family Tree

Elizabeth Oates - Kregel Publications
Format: Paperback

How to invite God to step in and break the cycle of dysfunctionElizabeth Oates is no stranger to a dysfunctional family. She may look like the quintessential soccer mom now, but her childhood was full of uncertainty, abandonment, and many very dark days. Without a positive role model, an emotionally...
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The Clean 20: 20 Foods, 20 Days, Total Transformation

Ian Smith - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestsellerFrom the New York Times bestselling author of SHRED and Blast the Sugar Out, the ultimate guide to clean eating!What is clean eating? In his newest diet book, Dr. Ian K. Smith teaches readers the benefits of clean eating and how to implement...
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There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir

Casey Gerald - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

The testament of a boy and a generation who came of age as the world came apart--a generation searching for a new way to live.Casey Gerald's story begins at the end of the world: Dallas, New Year's Eve 1999, when he gathers with the congregation of his grandfather's black evangelical church...
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Special Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage and Love

Bret Baier - Center Street
Format: Hardcover

Special Heart is a deeply touching personal story told through the eyes of a journalist as he faces the most daunting challenge in life -- far more frightening than reporting from battlefields, infinitely more momentous than interviewing newsmakers of the day: caring for his critically...
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Hollywood of the Rockies: Colorado, the West and America's Film Pioneers

Michael J. Spencer - The History Press; First edition
Format: Paperback

In the early days of the twentieth century, movies weren't made in California. As America's film pioneers traveled westward, Colorado became a beacon to them, contributing to the early motion picture business with all the relish and gusto of a western saga. The gorgeous natural...
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The Buddha Walks into a Bar...: A Guide to Life for a New Generation

Lodro Rinzler - Shambhala; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

The Buddha Walks into a Bar is a book for those who are spiritual but not religious, who are disillusioned by the state of the world, who are sick of their jobs (and just started last Tuesday), who like drinking beer and having sex and hate being preached at, who are striving to deepen...
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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World

Stephen Brusatte - William Morrow
Format: Book

In this ambitious and engrossing narrative history that spans nearly 200 million years, Stephen Brusatte, a young American paleontologist who has emerged as one of the foremost stars of the field - discovering ten new species and leading groundbreaking scientific studies - tells the complete...
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The Paleo Effect: 150 All-Natural Recipes for a Grain-Free, Dairy-Free Lifestyle

Meghan Little - Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Book

With the overwhelming number of frozen dinners and processed foods that line our grocery store aisles, it’s easy to see how we’ve forgotten what “real food” tastes like. Our bodies are left undernourished as our weight rapidly increases, while words like “diabetes”...
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Instant Pot Obsession: The Ultimate Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook for Cooking Everything Fast

Sonoma Press - Sonoma Press
Format: Paperback

From the publisher of the bestselling Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cookbook, you can now make ANYTHING using your Instant Pot with Instant Pot Obsession: The Ultimate Pressure Cooker Cookbook for Making Everything Fast.Admit it ... you're obsessed! Your beloved Instant Pot has markedly...
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Lifes Operating Manual: with the Fear and Truth Dialogues

Tom Shadyac - Hay House Inc.
Format: Paperback

Just about everything today comes with an operating manual - from your computer to your car, from your cell phone to your iPad. Is it possible that Life comes with an operating manual as well? Thats the simple but powerful premise of Tom Shadyacs inspiring and provocative first book. Written...
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Prepper's Food Storage: 101 Easy Steps to Affordably Stock a Life-Saving Supply of Food

Julie Languille - Ulysses Press
Format: Paperback

STOCKPILING MADE SIMPLEDon’t wait until it’s too late. The food you prepare today can save your life when disaster strikes. Prepper’s Food Storage breaks the process down into easy, manageable steps that have been carefully organized in order of importance, including:•...
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Wyoming Backroads - An Off-Highway Guide to Wyoming's Best Backcountry Drives, 4WD Routes, and ATV Trails

Marc Smith - Open Space Publications
Format: Paperback

Wyoming Backroads takes you off the pavement where you'll find beautiful landscapes, natural features, recreation areas, historical sites, and an abundance of wildlife. This 480-page statewide guidebook is packed with 145 routes and off-roading areas for every driver. For those who prefer...
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Think Like a Freak: The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain

Steven D Levitt - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more.Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have...
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Why We Don't Suck: And How All of Us Need to Stop Being Such Partisan Little Bitches

Denis Leary - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the bestselling Why We Suck comes a searing comic look at these divisive times, skewering liberals and conservatives alike with a signature dose of sarcasm and common sense. Denis Leary refutes the current highly partisan Right Wing Nutjob versus Left Wing Snowflake...
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They Killed Our President: 63 Reasons to Believe There Was a Conspiracy to As

Jesse Ventura - Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past fifty years, you’re aware of the many hypotheses that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was not done by one man. Whether you’ve read one or a dozen of the books on this topic, there’s no way to fully...
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Son of the Morning Star

Helen Topping Miller - Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook

This national best-seller vividly reconstructs one of the most unbelievable and controversial battles in American military history - General Custers Last Stand in 1876. Why would a seasoned leader like Custer lead 200 U.S. Army soldiers into battle against 2,000 Native American warriors?...
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Winning in Troubled Times: God's Solutions for Victory Over Life's Toughest Challenges

Creflo Dollar - FaithWords; First Edition edition
Format: Print book

In this timely and powerful new book, Dr. Creflo A. Dollar shares transforming ways to deal with the challenges, hardships, and opportunities everyone faces today. He equips readers to move beyond trials in areas such as marriage, family, finances, relationships, parenting, career, and health....
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The Most Defiant Devil: William Temple Hornaday and His Controversial Crusade to Save American Wildlife

Gregory J. Dehler - University of Virginia Press
Format: Hardcover

The late nineteenth and early twentieth century were a brutal time for American wildlife, with many species pushed to the brink of extinction. (Some are endangered to this day.) And yet these decades also saw the dawn of the conservationist movement. Into this contradictory era came...
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The mammoth book of unexplained phenomena

Roy Bainton - Robinson ; Philadelphia
Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats

A skeptic's guide to an astonishing universe of mysteries beyond the sure grasp of science. Bainton offers a serious conpendium of enigmatic phenomena, from rains of apples, jelly, spiders, and blood to cursed ships and ghost boats, archaeological oddities, and UFOs and aliens. ...
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The Hormone Myth: How Junk Science, Gender Politics, and Lies about PMS Keep Women Down

Robyn Stein DeLuca PhD - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Paperback

It's time for women to reject the "hormone myth" and own their emotions in a healthy and realistic way. This provocative book exposes pervasive myths about women's hormones and shows how flawed, obsolete research and sexism have combined to keep women "in their place."...
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Lourdes: A Modern Pilgrimage

Patrick Marnham - Coward Mc Cann
Format: Hardcover

Tells the story of Bernadette Soubirous, the young French girl whose vision of the Virgin Mary made Lourdes the object of pilgrimages, and looks at the religious and commercial aspects of Lourdes today
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The Eat Fat, Get Thin Cookbook: More Than 175 Delicious Recipes for Sustained Weight Loss and Vibrant Health

Mark Hyman - ‎Little, Brown Spark; Mark Hyman, MD edition
Format: Hardcover

The companion cookbook to Dr. Hymans revolutionary Eat Fat, Get Thin, with more than 175 delicious, nutritious, heart- and waist-friendly recipes....
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The New Abs Diet for Women: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life

David Zinczenko - Rodale Books; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestseller is back, featuring new research, plus new exercises andnutrition plans to help you achieve even faster weight lossWomens Health has loaded this new edition with more useful tips, body-sculpting exercises, and delicious new recipes using the Abs Diet Power 12 Foods,...
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Hiking The Grand Canyon National Park - A Guide to the Best Hiking Adventures on the North & South Rims

Ron Adkison - Hiking The Grand Canyon National Park - A Guide to the Best Hiking Adventures on the North & South Rims

Hiking The Grand Canyon National Park - A Guide to the Best Hiking Adventures on the North & South Rims will let you plan and enjoy your visit to one of the United States most beautiful landmarks. Fully revised and updated, Hiking Grand Canyon National Park provides first-hand descriptions...
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Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers, and Other Deviants

Jeff Mariotte - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

An authorized tie-in to the popular TV show Criminal MindsMost episodes of Criminal Minds feature a briefing where the show's team of FBI profilers defines the type of criminal they're looking for and provides some real-life examples. This book tells the story of those examples.Published...
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Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival

Dave Canterbury - Adams Media Corporation
Format: Book

The ultimate resource for experiencing the backcountry Written by survivalist expert Dave Canterbury, "Bushcraft 101" gets you ready for your next backcountry trip with advice on making the most of your time outdoors. Based on the 5Cs of Survivability--cutting tools, covering,...
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Enhanced Interrogation: Inside the Minds and Motives of the Islamic Terrorists Trying to Destroy America

James E. Mitchell Ph.D. - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover

In the dark days immediately after 9/11, the CIA turned to Dr. James Mitchell to help craft an interrogation program designed to elicit intelligence from just-captured top al-Qaida leaders and terror suspects. A civilian contractor who had spent years training US military members to resist...
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The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty: Answers to Your Most Important Money Questions

Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz - Crown
Format: Print book

Here at last are the hard-to-find answers to the dizzying array of financial questions plaguing those who are age fifty and older.The financial world is more complex than ever, and people are struggling to make sense of it all. If you're like most people moving into the phase of life...
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The Smithsonian Book of Presidential Trivia

Amy Pastan - Smithsonian Books
Format: Paperback

Which president holds the record for the most vetoes? Which president had the largest shoe size? Who was the only president to serve in both World War I and World War II? Who was the tallest president? These questions and many, many more are answered in The Smithsonian Book of Presidential...
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Are Libraries Obsolete? An Argument for Relevance in the Digital Age

Mark Y Herring - McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Format: Paperback

The digital age has transformed information access in ways that few ever dreamed. But the afterclap of our digital wonders has left libraries reeling as they are no longer the chief contender in information delivery. The author gives both sides--the web aficionados, some of them unhinged,...
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How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids

Jancee Dunn - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

A hilariously candid account of one woman's quest to bring her post-baby marriage back from the brink, with life-changing, real-world advice. How Not To Hate Your Husband After Kids tackles the last taboo subject of parenthood: the startling, white-hot fury that new (and not-so-new) mothers...
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America's Most Haunted Hotels: Checking In with Uninvited Guests

Jamie Davis Whitmer - Llewellyn Worldwide
Format: Print book

Journey into the mysterious world of haunted hotels, where uninvited guests roam the lavish halls, phantom sounds ring throughout the rooms, and chills run along the spine of anyone who dares to check in for a night. Join Jamie Davis Whitmer, author of Haunted Asylums, Prisons, and Sanatoriums,...
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Avenging Angels: Young Women of the Soviet Union's WWII Sniper Corps

Li︠u︡bovʹ Vinogradova - MacLehose Press
Format: Hardcover

Beginning in 1942, with the Eastern Front having claimed the lives of several million Soviet soldiers, Stalin's Red Army began drafting tens of thousands of women, most of them in their teens or early twenties, to defend against the Nazi invasion. Some volunteered, but most were given...
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The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection

Michael Harris - Current
Format: Hardcover

Soon enough nobody will remember life before the Internet What does this unavoidable fact mean For future generations it wont mean anything very obvious They will be so immersed in online life that questions about the Internets basic purpose or meaning will vanish But those of us who have...
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One Bowl Baking: Simple, From Scratch Recipes for Delicious Desserts

Yvonne Ruperti - Running Press
Format: Paperback

Yvonne Ruperti, recipe developer extraordinaire, will tempt readers into the kitchen with a uniquely simplified approach to baking. In this one-of-a-kind recipe collection, Yvonne shows how to create beautiful, delicious, and wholesome desserts from scratch using just one bowl. No mixer,...
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Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

Sally Bedell Smith - Random House; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In this magisterial new biography, New York Times bestselling author Sally Bedell Smith brings to life one of the world’s most fascinating and enigmatic women: Queen Elizabeth II. From the moment of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at the age of twenty-five, Queen Elizabeth II has been...
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The Shape of the Eye: A Memoir

George Estreich - Tarcher; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

"[An] elegantly written, unsentimental memoir." - PEOPLE MAGAZINE [PEOPLE's Pick of the Week]Winner of the 2014 Nautilus Award represents "Better Books for a Better World" - the Silver Award in the category of Parenting /Family.When Laura Estreich is born, her appearance...
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Happy Cactus: Cacti, Succulents, and More

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff - DK
Format: Hardcover

In-depth profiles, care tips, and display inspiration for more than 50 popular cactus and succulent varieties.Your cactus might be surviving, but is it happy? There's so much more to these little green plants than just keeping them alive. Get right to the point with practical advice from...
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