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Vertical Gardens
Harriet Klotz - New Holland Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Vertical gardening is a fun, creative way to grow plants in urban spaces. As long as you've got a blank wall or bare fence that needs beautifying, you can tend edibles, annuals, even perennials with vertical garden products. Vertical gardens will turn your bare spaces into gorgeous living... |
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Finding Your Irish Ancestors in New York City
Joseph Buggy - Genealogical Publishing Co.
Format: Paperback
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"The aim of this book is to present a comprehensive overview for anyone wishing to trace their Irish ancestors within the five boroughs of New York City. It is especially beneficial for those researching ancestors from the beginning of the 19th century to the early 20th. The Irish... |
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Getting Real
Gretchen Carlson - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover
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In the wake of Gretchen Carlsons lawsuit against former Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, her memoir of her time at Fox - working alongside Megyn Kelly, Bill OReilly, Steve Doocy, and other prominent conservative news personalities - is more relevant than ever.. In this candid memoir,... |
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How to Get a Green Card
Ilona Bray - Nolo
Format: Print book
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Only a few categories of people are eligible for U.S. green cards (lawful permanent residence) , and many who apply for them are denied. This book helps everyday people figure out whether they match one of the most likely green card categories, such as through family relationships, asylum,... |
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The United States Government Internet Directory 2017
MARY MEGHAN RYAN - Bernan Press
Format: Paperback
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Discover the depth of government information and services available online.The United States Government Internet Directory serves as a guide to the changing landscape of government information online. The Directory is an indispensable guidebook for anyone who is looking for official U.S.... |
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The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France's Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando
PAUL KIX - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of Agent Zigzag comes this breathtaking biography, as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the very best spy thrillers, which illuminates an unsung hero of the French Resistance during World War II - Robert de La Rochefoucald, an aristocrat turned anti-Nazi saboteur... |
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Consent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention
Donna Freitas - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful memoir about a young woman's toxic relationship with her mentor, an acclaimed professor, whose dark, stalking obsession altered her future forever.Donna Freitas has lived two lives. In one life, she is a well-published author and respected scholar who has traveled around the country... |
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Asia's Reckoning: China, Japan, and the Fate of U.S. Power in the Pacific Century
RICHARD MCGREGOR - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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A history of the combative military, diplomatic, and economic relations among China, Japan, and the United States since the 1970s - and the potential crisis that awaits themRichard McGregor's Asia's Reckoning is a compelling account of the widening geopolitical cracks in a region... |
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Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown
Anne Glenconner - Hachette Books
Format: Hardcover
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Anne Glenconner has been at the center of the royal circle from childhood, when she met and befriended the future Queen Elizabeth II and her sister, the Princess Margaret. Though the firstborn child of the 5th Earl of Leicester, who controlled one of the largest estates in England, as a daughter... |
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The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace
Ron Friedman PhD - Perigee Books
Format: Hardcover
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For readers of Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Pink, and Freakonomics, comes a captivating and surprising journey through the science of workplace excellence.Why do successful companies reward failure What can casinos teach us about building a happy workplace How do you design an office that enhances... |
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The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall
Mary Elise Sarotte - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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On the night of November 9, 1989, massive crowds surged toward the Berlin Wall, drawn by an announcement that caught the world by surprise: East Germans could now move freely to the West. The Wall - infamous symbol of divided Cold War Europe - seemed to be falling. But the opening of the gates... |
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Underwater Puppies
Seth Casteel - Little, Brown
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author and photographer Seth Casteel's follow-up to the phenomenal Underwater Dogs -- now with puppies.The world fell in love with swimming canines in Seth Casteel's first book, Underwater Dogs. Now, in more than 80 previously unpublished portraits of underwater... |
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Slavery in Indian Country: The Changing Face of Captivity in Early America
Christina Snyder - Harvard University Press; First Edition edition
Format: Print book
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Slavery existed in North America long before the first Africans arrived at Jamestown in 1619. For centuries, from the pre-Columbian era through the 1840s, Native Americans took prisoners of war and killed, adopted, or enslaved them. Christina Snyders pathbreaking book takes a familiar setting... |
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The Easy Sugar Detox Cookbook: 125 Recipes for a Sugar-Free Lifestyle
Kristen Yarker - Rockridge Press
Format: Paperback
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Sugar is sweet. Life without it can be even sweeterImagine a sugar-free life -- better health, better mood, and more. By kicking your sugar addiction and eliminating it from your diet with The Easy Sugar Detox Cookbook, living as your best, healthy self becomes a reality. Welcome to your... |
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Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family
Jennifer Lin - Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Hardcover
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Within the next decade, China could be home to more Christians than any country in the world. Through the 150-year saga of a single family, this book vividly dramatizes the remarkable religious evolution of the world's most populous nation. Shanghai Faithful is both a touching family... |
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Eleanor
David Michaelis - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Prizewinning bestselling author David Michaelis presents a breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America's longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency as diplomat, activist, and humanitarian made her one of the world's most widely admired... |
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Every Little Step: My Story
Bobby Brown - Dey St.
Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn Every Little Step, Brown will for the first time tell the full story of his life and set the record straight, particularly about his relationship with Whitney Houston.Bobby Brown has been one of the most compelling American artists of the past thirty years, a magnetic... |
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A Small Town Love Story: Colonial Beach, Virginia
Sherryl Woods - MIRA
Format: Paperback
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Part memoir, part oral history, #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods gives us a rare and intimate look at Colonial Beach, Virginia.Rich in narrative history and local color, A Small Town Love Story: Colonial Beach, Virginia is an homage to the town of Sherryl Woods's summers,... |
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Holly Hills
NiNi Harris - Reedy Press
Format: Paperback
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Holly Hills is a brief history of the Hollywood-inspired neighborhood that borders St. Louis's treasured Carondelet Park. Author and longtime St. Louis historian NiNi Harris follows the history of the area, from the faint traces of early French settlers, through its purchase by railroad... |
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True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness: A Feminist Coming of Age
CHRISTINE LAHTI - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover
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A fiercely intelligent, hilarious, and deeply feminist collection of interrelated personal stories from Academy, Emmy, and Golden Globe Award-winning actress and director Christine Lahti.For decades, actress and director Christine Lahti has captivated the hearts and minds of her audience... |
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and more than a million copies sold. The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better... |
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Spineless
Susan Middleton - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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In Spineless, acclaimed photographer Susan Middleton explores the mysterious and surprising world of marine invertebrates, which represent more than 98 percent of the known animal species in the ocean. They are also astonishingly diverse in their shapes, patterns, textures, and colors—in... |
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On Edge: A Journey Through Anxiety
ANDREA PETERSEN - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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A celebrated science and health reporter offers a wry, bracingly honest account of living with anxiety. A racing heart. Difficulty breathing. Overwhelming dread. Andrea Petersen was first diagnosed with an anxiety disorder at the age of twenty, but she later realized that she had been... |
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Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
JESSICA BRUDER - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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The end of retirement?From the beet fields of North Dakota to the National Forest campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older Americans. Finding that social security comes up short,... |
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The Collectors Encyclopedia of Roseville Pottery
Sharon Huxford - Collector Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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Roseville Pottery has long been considered the essential reference for collectors., This classic book and its companion volume have now been heavily revised and updated to more accurately represent today's market activity. Shape numbers and original company information have been added... |
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Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling
Meathead Goldwyn - Harvest
Format: Hardcover
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For succulent results every time, nothing is more crucial than understanding the science behind the interaction of food, fire, heat, and smoke. This is the definitive guide to the concepts, methods, equipment, and accessories of barbecue and grilling. The founder and editor of the worlds... |
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Have a Nice Guilt Trip
Lisa Scottoline - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This four book series is among the best reviewed humor books published today and has been compared to the late greats, Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron.... |
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Lost and Found: Finding Hope in the Detours of Life
Sarah Jakes - Bethany House Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Don't let your past keep you from a full future.Like every girl, Sarah Jakes dreamed of a life full of love, laughter, and happy endings. But her dreams changed dramatically when she became pregnant at age thirteen, a reality only compounded by the fact that her father, Bishop T.D.... |
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Frommer's EasyGuide to Boston, Cape Cod and the Islands
Laura M. Reckford - FrommerMedia; Fol Pap/Ma edition
Format: Print book
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Large numbers of Americans supplement their visits to Boston with easily-accomplished excursions to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Or else they plan vacations to these awesomely-popular islands whose gateway is Boston. We're proud to group all four destinations into... |
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Sleeping Beauties: Newborns in Dreamland
Tracy Raver - Sellers Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Look for Tracy and Kelly on The Today Show, April 8th, 2010 in the eight o'clock hour. PEOPLE Magazine is reviewing Sleeping Beauties in their April 16th issue, on sale April 8th and 9th. Tracy Raver and Kelley Ryden's photographs of babies at rest, nestled in soft surroundings,... |
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NCLEX-PN Prep 2018: Practice Test Proven Strategies
Kaplan Nursing - Kaplan Publishing
Format: Paperback
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The NCLEX-PN exam is not just about what you know - it's about how you think. Kaplan's NCLEX-PN Prep 2018 uses expert critical thinking strategies and targeted sample questions to help you put your expertise into practice and ace the exam! The NCLEX-PN exam tests how you'll... |
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The Price of Silence: A Mom's Perspective on Mental Illness
Liza Long - Hudson Street Press
Format: Hardcover
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Liza Long is the mother of a child who has bipolar disorder When she heard about the Newtown shooting her first thought was What if my son does that someday She wrote an emotional response to the tragedy which the Boise State University online journal published as I Am Adam Lanzas Mother... |
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Grow Herbs
Jekka McVicar - DK Publishing
Format: Print book
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Packed with practical horticultural advice as well as inspirational recipes and projects, Grow Herbs will encourage new gardeners to make herbs a part of their garden design, and shows experienced herb-growers how their plants can be put to use in the kitchen and around the house. |
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The Accident of Color: A Story of Race in Reconstruction
Daniel Brook - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A technicolor history of the first civil rights movement and its collapse into black and white.In The Accident of Color, Daniel Brook journeys to nineteenth-century New Orleans and Charleston and introduces us to cosmopolitan residents who elude the racial categories the rest of America... |
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The Tao of Bipolar: Using Meditation and Mindfulness to Find Balance and Peace
C. Alexander Simpkins PhD - New Harbinger Publications; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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If you have bipolar disorder, you struggle with psychological balance, swinging between highly depressed and highly manic states. For you, finding the middle path can be a challenge, which is why the Tao understanding of energy can be so helpful. “Tao,” is a Chinese word meaning... |
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College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others
Stan Beck - Scarecrow Press
Format: Hardcover
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Every year since 1961, football and basketball players at Middlebury College in Vermont pick up their wheelchair-bound fan, Butch, and bring him to the stadium sidelines to watch their games. At John Brown University, the volleyball team distributes candy to fans before each match. For years,... |
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Autism Spectrum Disorder: What Every Parent Needs to Know
American Academy of Pediatrics American Academy of Pediatrics - American Academy of Pediatrics
Format: Paperback
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This guide helps parents understand how ASDs are defined and diagnosed and offers an overview of the most current behavioral and developmental therapies. Topics include: symptoms and types of ASDs, accessing care, services in the community, and the role of complementary and alternative... |
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President Carter: The White House Years
Stuart Eizenstat - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive history of the Carter Administration from the man who participated in its surprising number of accomplishments -- drawing on his extensive and never-before-seen notes.Stuart Eizenstat was at Jimmy Carter's side from his political rise in Georgia through four years in the White... |
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Essential Guide to Handling Workplace Harassment & Discrimination, The
Deborah C. England - NOLO
Format: Paperback
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Every day, it seems, another company is in the news for the wrong reason: It's been accused of harassment or discrimination against employees. Your company can avoid this fate by making sure managers and employees recognize and know how to respond to illegal conduct promptly and effectively.... |
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Curbing Catastrophe: Natural Hazards and Risk Reduction in the Modern World
Timothy H. Dixon - Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover
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What does Japan's 2011 nuclear accident have in common with the 2005 flooding of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina? What does global warming have to do with Black Hawk Down, Mark Bowden's classic account of a military disaster in Somalia? What is the relation between coal and tuna?... |
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Pro Wrestling FAQ: All Thats Left to Know About the Worlds Most Entertaining Spectacle
Brian Solomon - Backbeat Books
Format: Print book
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Sport? Entertainment? Art form? Perhaps a bit of all three, with a certain intangible extra something thrown in for good measure, making professional wrestling a truly unique entity unto itself. From its origins in carnivals and sideshow attractions of the 19th century, right up to the multimillion-dollar,... |
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How to Start a Home-Based Event Planning Business, 3rd
Jill Moran CSEP - Globe Pequot Press
Format: Paperback
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Are you passionate about planning events? Have you ever wanted to be your own boss and set your own schedule while pursuing something you enjoy? Now you can make your dreams a reality. This comprehensive guide--now updated in its third edition--contains all the necessary tools and strategies... |
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Paleoart: Visions of the Prehistoric Past
Zoë Lescaze - TASCHEN
Format: Hardcover
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Dinosaurs Are Forever A pictorial history of paleoart It was 1830 when an English scientist named Henry De la Beche painted the first piece of paleoart, a dazzling, deliciously macabre vision of prehistoric reptiles battling underwater. Since then, artists the world over have conjured up visions... |
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The Bhagavad Gita: The Song of God Retold in Simplified English
Edward Viljoen - St. Martin's Essentials
Format: Paperback
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The Bhagavad Gita: The Song of God Retold in Simplified English is the latest title in the Essential Wisdom Library. This unique edition of the timeless epic is designed to be accessible for readers without any prior experience of Hinduism. Not simply a translation of the original,... |
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Deviced!: Balancing Life and Technology in a Digital World
DOREEN DODGEN-MAGEE - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Whether it's on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Grand Theft Auto, Hulu, Starz, YouTube, or any other TV show, movie, game, app or the like, the average American over the age of 14 spends some 12.5 hours a day on digital devices. That's a whole lot more than we sleep! Yet,... |
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What's a Disorganized Person to Do?
Stacey Platt - Artisan
Format: Paperback
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An easy-to-read, idea-packed guide for anyone who wants to be more organized -- and who doesn't? Everyone has overflowing closets and desk drawers, countertops loaded with kitchen gadgets, and overstuffed computer desktops. We dream of getting organized -- but what's a disorganized... |
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Questions I Am Asked About The Holocaust
Hedi Fried - Scribe US
Format: Hardcover
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"There are no stupid questions, nor any forbidden ones, but there are some questions that have no answer." Hdi Fried was nineteen when the Nazis snatched her family from their home in Eastern Europe and transported them to Auschwitz, where she and her sister were forced into hard... |
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Reading and Writing Cancer: How Words Heal
Susan Gubar - W W Norton, 2016.
Format: Print book
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An important addition to the literature of cancer by an award-winning scholar and memoirist.Elaborating upon her "Living with Cancer" column in the New York Times, Susan Gubar helps patients, caregivers, and the specialists who seek to serve them. In a book both enlightening and practical,... |
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The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
John Bredar - National Geographic; Mti edition
Format: Hardcover
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Official companion to the National Geographic Television Special airing in November 2010, The President's Photographer is the intimate story of the men and women who are both visual historians and key links between the public and the Presidents. Like the film, this behind-the-scenes... |
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Digital Expressions: Creating Digital Art with Adobe Photoshop Elements
Susan Tuttle - North Light Books; Pap/Com edition
Format: Print book
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Express yourself on a digital canvasImagine flying through an inky night sky tethered to a red, heart-shaped balloon. Now imagine expressing that dream artistically. With Digital Expressions you can take ordinary photos and, with the help of Adobe Photoshop Elements, voice your flights... |
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Off the Charts: The Hidden Lives and Lessons of American Child Prodigies
Ann Hulbert - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the widely praised Raising America--a compelling exploration of child genius told through the gripping stories of fifteen exceptionally gifted boys and girls, from a math wonder a century ago to young jazz and classical piano virtuosos today. A thought-provoking... |
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Birds of Prey
Todd Telander - Falcon Guides; First edition
Format: Book
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Falcon Pocket Guide Birds of Prey is a field guide to the 55 birds of prey in North America. Anatomically correct illustrations of the birds in flight and on the ground and detailed descriptions about each birds prominent physical attributes and natural habitat make it easy to identify... |
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Chile & Easter Island
DK Publishing - DK Travel
Format: Paperback
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DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Chile & Easter Island is your indispensable guide to this beautiful part of the world. This fully updated guide includes street maps of cities and towns, plus unique illustrated cutaways, floor plans and reconstructions of the must-see sights. Vibrant full-color... |
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The bold dry garden : lessons from the Ruth Bancroft Garden
Johanna Silver - Timber Press
Format: Print book
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Celebrate and recreate the beauty of The Ruth Bancroft Garden! Ruth Bancroft is a dry gardening pioneer. Her lifelong love of plants led to the creation of one of the most acclaimed public gardens, The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California. The Bold Dry Garden offers unparalleled... |
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Improv Show
Virginia Loh-Hagan - 45th Parallel Press
Format: Library Binding
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Improv Show guides students as they conceive and set up their own improv show for their friends and community. The considerate text includes easy-to-follow lists and will hold the readers' interest, allowing for successful mastery and comprehension. Written with a high interest level... |
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Oklava: Recipes from a Turkish–Cypriot kitchen
Selim Kiazim - Mitchell Beazley
Format: Hardcover
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Fantastic Turkish-Cypriot food - Yotam Ottolenghi Welcome to the extremely tasty world of modern Turkish-Cypriot food - what a stunning and beautiful book - Peter Gordon. This woman can bloody cook - Grace Dent, Evening Standard. Keep an eye out for Selin Kiazim, because she is going places,... |
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The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words
Raymond Chandler - Knopf; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Raymond Chandler never wrote a memoir or autobiography. The closest he came to writing either was inand aroundhis novels, shorts stories, and letters. There have been books that describe and evaluate Chandlers life, but to find out what he himself felt about his life and work, Barry Day,... |
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Weapons of Mass Destruction: Specters of the Nuclear Age
MARTIN MILLER - Schiffer Military History
Format: Hardcover
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The Nuclear Age properly began with the discovery of the nucleus by Ernest Rutherford in 1911, but its impact on civilization began with the use of atomic bombs against Japan in WWII. The development of atomic bombs forever changed the world. From having a single bomb immediately after... |
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Popular Mechanics 101 Things That Fly: Planes, Rockets, Whirly-gigs & More!
Popular Mechanics - Hearst
Format: Book
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From kites with parachutes and model planes to a “Flying Horse” Swing, these amazing projects soar, lift, float, and even take passengers for an unforgettable ride! Collected from vintage issues of Popular Mechanics, they capture all the wonder of childhood joy and creativity.... |
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The Cookie Cure: A Mother-Daughter Memoir
Susan Stachler - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback
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A heartwarming memoir of a family that refused to give upWhen twenty-two-year-old Susan Stachler was diagnosed with cancer, her mother, Laura, was struck by dj vu: the same illness that took her sister's life was threatening to take her daughter's too. Heartbroken but steadfast, Laura pledged... |
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The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Get: An Entrepreneur's Memoir
Joe Ricketts - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Joe Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade, shares the epic inside story of how a working-class kid from the Nebraska prairie took on Wall Street's clubby brokerage business, busted it open, and walked away a billionaire. Joe Ricketts always had the gift of seeing what others missed. The son of a house... |
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Hiding Out: A Memoir of Drugs, Deception, and Double Lives
TINA ALEXIS ALLEN - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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Actress and playwright Tina Alexis Allen's audacious memoir unravels her privileged suburban Catholic upbringing that was shaped by her formidable father - a man whose strict religious devotion and dedication to his large family hid his true nature and a life defined by deep secrets and dangerous... |
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Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family
Omid Scobie - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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When news of the budding romance between a beloved English prince and an American actress broke, it captured the world's attention and sparked an international media frenzy. But while the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have continued to make headlines - from their engagement, wedding, and birth... |
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Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
Viet Thanh Nguyen - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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A unique collaboration between the American Civil Liberties Union and authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, Fight of the Century features original essays by the most influential writers at work today - including Jennifer Egan, Neil Gaiman, Marlon James, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Salman... |
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Elton John: Rocket Man
Chris Roberts - Palazzo Editions
Format: Hardcover
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A fully illustrated retrospective commemorating Elton Johns incredible life and career.One of the most prolific and commercially successful artists in modern pop music, Elton John has won six Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards and sold more than 300 million records during a career spanning... |
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Single State of Mind
Andi Dorfman - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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Andi Dorfman, breakout star of ABC's The Bachelorette and New York Times bestselling author of It's Not Okay, returns with this new collection of her adventures as a still-single gal surviving and thriving in New York City.Sharing moments like finding her first New York... |
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Thrive Energy Cookbook: 150 Plant-Based Whole Food Recipes
Brendan Brazier - Da Capo Lifelong Books
Format: Paperback
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Packed with 150 plant-based, nutrient-dense, whole food recipes developed within the Thrive nutritional philosophy, Thrive Energy Cookbook brings concepts that started the functional, plant-based nutrition revolution to life. Recipes are all vegan and allergen-free or with gluten-free options... |
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Poker Face: The Rise and Rise of Lady Gaga
Maureen Callahan - Hyperion
Format: Hardcover
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"Stop feeding me bullshit. Tell me the truth." - Lady Gaga, 2009"I hate the truth. I hate the truth so much I prefer a giant dose of bullshit any day over the truth." - Lady Gaga, 2010In little over a year, Stefani Germanotta, a struggling performer in New Yorks Lower... |
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New Era Card Tricks: The Illustrated 1897 Classic for the Modern Magician
A Roterberg - Dover Publications
Format: Paperback
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Change the Queen of Hearts into the Queen of Clubs, shoot a hole through the Ace of Spades, and toss a deck into the air and make it vanish! This classic guide is loaded with sleights and tricks, from the card palm and the false shuffle to illusions employing coins, handkerchiefs, and bottles.... |
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Radicals, Resistance, and Revenge: The Left's Plot to Remake America
Jeanine Pirro - Center Street
Format: Hardcover
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Picking up where her #1 New York Times bestseller, Liars, Leakers and Liberals, left off, Judge Jeanine Pirro exposes the latest chapter in the unfolding liberal attack on our most basic values.For two long years, Donald Trump's presidency has been under siege by the Left... |
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Photoshop CC For Dummies
Peter Bauer - For Dummies
Format: Paperback
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The fast and easy way to grasp Photoshop CC essentials Photoshop is the gold standard when it comes to photo and image editing tools. But unless you've ever taken a class or gotten help from a Photoshop guru, you may find yourself a bit confused on where to start and how to get things... |
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Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
Anne Lamott - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Hallelujah Anyway, Bird by Bird, and Help, Thanks, Wow, comes a new book about the place hope holds in our lives."I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill in the kitchen,"... |
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Bones of the Tiger: Protecting the Man-Eaters of Nepal
Hemanta Mishra - Lyons Press
Format: Print book
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Tiger conservation is one of today’s most pressing environmental issues. From a world population of approximately 100,000 tigers in 1900, these majestic carnivores have dwindled to less than 3,500 in the wild today, much of this due to poaching and habitat destruction. The author... |
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When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World
Carli Lloyd - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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From the celebrated star of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, an inspiring, uplifting, and candid memoir of how she got there In 2015, the U.S .Women's National Soccer Team won its first FIFA championship in sixteen years, culminating in an epic final game that electrified... |
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Pablo Escobar: My Father
Sebastián Marroquín - A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback
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THE POPULAR SERIES NARCOS CAPTURES ONLY HALF THE TRUTH. HERE, AT LAST, IS THE FULL STORY.THE INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER!Until now, we believed that everything had been said about the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar, the most infamous drug kingpin of all time, but these versions have always... |
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The Gun
C. J. Chivers - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The AK-47, or 'Kalashnikov', is the most abundant and efficient firearm on earth. It is so light it can be used by children. It has transformed the way we fight wars, and its story is the chilling story of modern warfare. C. J. Chivers' extraordinary new book tells an alternative... |
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Fodor's New York City 2019
Fodor's Travel Guides - Fodor's Travel
Format: Paperback
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Written by locals, Fodor's New York City is the perfect guidebook for those looking for insider tips to make the most out their visit to New York. Complete with detailed maps and concise descriptions, this travel guide will help you plan your NYC trip with ease. Join Fodor's in exploring... |
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The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe: A Biography
Elaine Showalter - Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Format: Print book
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The first full biography of Julia Ward Howe - the author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic and an early and powerful feminist pioneer - a groundbreaking figure in the abolitionist and suffrage movements.Julia Ward (1819-1910) was a heiress and aspiring poet when she married Dr. Samuel... |
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The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum
Temple Grandin - Mariner Books; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover
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From Barnes & NobleTemple Grandin wrote her first book about autism in 1986. Since then, so much about changed about what we know and think about this condition, and perhaps no one has communicated more effectively about those changes than Temple herself. Both her keen intelligence and identity... |
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Darkness over Germany: A Warning from History
E AMY BULLER - Interlink Publishing
Format: Paperback
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A lesson from history that is needed today more than ever. Darkness over Germany delivers a stark warning from history of how a man with little political experience rose up as a voice of the people, a voice for the disenfranchised who were suffering the injustices of social inequality and unemployment.... |
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A Beginners Guide to the Opera
Jeremy Nicholas - Gramercy
Format: Hardcover
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With Pavarotti in Hyde Park and Nessun Dorma reaching number one in the pop charts, the enormous success of the Three Tenors concert, Kiri Te Kanawa singing the Rugby World Cup song, and Aida packing in crowds at Earl's Court, opera has never been more popular in the UK. No longer the exclusive... |
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The Handy Psychology Answer Book
Lisa J Cohen - Visible Ink Press
Format: Print book
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Bridging the gap between the entertainment-focused "pop psychology" on television and the dry academic research that is published in journals, The Handy Psychology Answer Book helps answer why humans do what we do through accurate scientific data presented in a lively,... |
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Germany: A Nation in Its Time: Before, During, and After Nationalism, 1500-2000
Smith, Helmut Walser - LIVERIGHT PUB CORP
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An epic in the tradition of Jonathan Spence's The Search for Modern China and Jill Lepore's These Truths, Helmut Walser Smith's sterling work promises to redefine our perception of German history. For nearly a century, conventional historians have depicted Germany as a rabidly... |
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Thrust: Poems
Heather Derr-Smith - Persea
Format: Paperback
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In the tradition of Dorothy Allison, these poems find power in their renderings of an abused Southern girlhood. Winner of the 2016 Lexi Rudnitsky Editor's Choice Award, this potent collection revisits a backwoods Virginia marred by sexual violence. In explosive poems, which explore... |
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Guantánamo Diary
Mohamedou Ould Slahi - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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An unprecedented international publishing event: the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantvnamo detainee.. Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantvnamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime.... |
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Midwest Made: Big, Bold Baking from the Heartland
Shauna Sever - Running Press Adult
Format: Hardcover
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A Love Letter to America's Heartland, the Great Midwest When it comes to defining what we know as all-American baking, everything from Bundt cakes to brownies have roots that can be traced to the great Midwest. German, Scandinavian, Polish, French, and Italian immigrant families baked their... |
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The Order of Time
Carlo Rovelli - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, a concise, elegant exploration of time.Why do we remember the past and not the future? What does it mean for time to "flow"? Do we exist in time or does time exist in us? In lyric, accessible prose, Carlo Rovelli invites... |
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Hokusai
Rhiannon Paget - TASCHEN
Format: Hardcover
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Meet the artist whose majestic breaking wave sent ripples across the world. Hokusai (1760-1849) is not only one of the giants of Japanese art and a legend of the Edo period, but also a founding father of Western modernism, whose prolific gamut of prints, illustrations, paintings, and beyond... |
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Face to Face: The Art of Human Connection
Brian Grazer - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Featured on CBS This Morning, Squawk Box, MSNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, and more. "Reading Face to Face is like being a fly on the wall, watching Brian Grazer work his magic. Utterly entertaining, this... |
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Inferno: A Doctor's Ebola Story
Steven M D Hatch - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Dr. Steven Hatch first came to Liberia in November 2013, to work at a hospital in Monrovia. Six months later, several of the physicians Dr. Hatch had mentored and served with were dead or barely clinging to life, and Ebola had become a world health emergency. Hundreds of victims perished... |
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Lady Gaga: Just Dance: The Biography
Helia Phoenix - Orion Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Pop princess. Fashionista. Icon. Rebel. Eccentric. Superstar. She's known all over the world for her catchy music, outlandish style and often controversial opinions. A paparazzi favourite, she manages to grab headlines whilst remaining enigmatic. Whether she's carrying a purple... |
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Missouri Wine Country:: St. Charles to Hermann
Dianna Graveman - Arcadia Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Before prohibition, Missouri was the second largest wine-producing state in the union, and for a short time during the Civil War, it was number one. Today the state's lush green area overlooking the Missouri River is officially recognized as America's first wine district. Parts... |
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All That You Leave Behind: A Memoir
Erin Lee Carr - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover
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An acclaimed documentary filmmaker comes to terms with her larger-than-life father, the late New York Times journalist David Carr, in this fierce memoir of addiction and sobriety, work and family. Dad: What will set you apart is not talent but will and a certain kind of humility.... |
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Divorce in Missouri: The Legal Process, Your Rights, and What to Expect
Cary J. Mogerman Esq. - Addicus Books
Format: Print book
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Providing accurate and objective information to help make the right decisions during a divorce in Missouri, this guide provides answers to 360 queries such as What is the mediation process in Missouri and is it required? How quickly can one get a divorce? Who decides who gets the cars,... |
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The Planter of Modern Life: Louis Bromfield and the Seeds of a Food Revolution
Stephen Heyman - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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How an Ohio farm boy turned literary celebrity inspired America's organic and sustainable food movement.Louis Bromfield first rose to fame in the 1920s as a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist with a green thumb. He built a beautiful garden outside Paris where he threw legendary parties... |
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Elements of Fiction
Walter Mosley - Grove Press
Format: Hardcover
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In his essential writing guide, This Year You Write Your Novel, Walter Mosley supplied aspiring writers with the basic tools to write a novel in one year. In this com-plementary follow up, Mosley guides the writer through the elements of not just any fiction writing, but the kind of writing... |
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NOLS Wilderness Navigation
Gene Trantham - Stackpole Books
Format: Paperback
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The official NOLS guide to finding your way in the outdoors. Being able to rely on your navigational skills can mean the difference between a successful day hiking and an unplanned overnight in the wilderness. This new edition focuses on navigational principles and techniques so you can build... |
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The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South
John T Edge - Penguin Press
Format: Print book
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A people's history of Southern food that reveals how the region came to be at the forefront of American culinary culture and how issues of race have shaped Southern cuisine over the last six decadesTHE POTLIKKER PAPERS tells the story of food and politics in the South over the last half... |
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Pravda Ha Ha: True Travels to the End of Europe
Rory Maclean - Bloomsbury Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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'A gem of a book, informative, companionable, sometimes funny, and wholly original. MacLean must surely be the outstanding, and most indefatigable, traveller-writer of our time' John le CarrIn 1989 the Berlin Wall fell. In that euphoric year Rory MacLean travelled from Berlin to Moscow,... |
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