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End Unemployment Now: How to Eliminate Joblessness, Debt, and Poverty Despite Congress

Ravi Batra - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

The year 2010 marked when the National Bureau of Economic Research declared an end to the Great Recession. The economy had shed over six million jobs in 2008 and 2009, but few had been recalled to work by 2010. Today, government policies have yet to make a significant dent in unemployment....
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Street Lit: Representing the Urban Landscape

Keenan Norris - Scarecrow Press
Format: Print book

Over the last few decades, the genre of urban fiction - or street lit - has become increasingly popular as more novels secure a place on bestseller lists that were once the domain of mainstream authors. In the 1970s, pioneers such as Donald Goines, Iceberg Slim, and Claude Brown paved the way for today's...
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War: What is it good for?: The role of conflict in civilisation, from primates to robots

Ian Morris - Profile Books Ltd
Format: Hardcover

A powerful and provocative exploration of how war has changed our society--for the better"War! . . . . / What is it good for? / Absolutely nothing," says the famous song--but archaeology, history, and biology show that war in fact has been good for something. Surprising as it sounds,...
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The Gay Preacher's Wife: How My Gay Husband Deconstructed My Life and Reconstructed My Faith

Lydia Meredith - Karen Hunter Books-Gallery Books
Format: Print book

The deeply personal memoir of Lydia Meredith, a woman who spent almost thirty years married to a preacher - only to have her husband leave her for a MAN - and how her life becomes a testimony of tolerance and a theology of love and acceptance.After being married to Reverend Dennis A. Meredith...
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Calm Birth, Revised: Prenatal Meditation for Conscious Childbirth

Robert Bruce Newman - North Atlantic Books
Format: Print book

The "trauma of childbirth" is a commonly heard phrase, but one that Calm Birth authoritatively counters. A resource for pregnant women and birth workers looking for empowering mind-body practices for a healthier kind of birth, this edition, revised with updated research and new material,...
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My Samsung Galaxy S III

Steven A Schwartz - Que
Format: Print book

Friendly, quick, and 100% practical, My Samsung Galaxy S III is the must-have companion for every Samsung Galaxy S III user. Authored by Dr. Steven Schwartz, a leading expert in demystifying complex technologies, this book walks new users through every task they'll want to perform, including:
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Junior Seau: The Life and Death of a Football Icon

Jim Trotter - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

A moving portrait of the life and legendary career of one of the NFL's most beloved players Tiaina Baul "Junior" Seau is widely considered one of the best linebackers ever to play the game. A ten-time All-Pro and twelve-time Pro Bowl selection, Seau was picked for the NFL's "All-Decade...
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Surprise Attack: From Pearl Harbor to 9/11 to Benghazi

Larry Hancock - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover

Surprise Attack explores sixty plus years of military and terror threats against the United States. It examines the intelligence tools and practices that provided warnings of those attacks and evaluates the United States' responses, both in preparedness - and most importantly - the effectiveness...
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The Inefficiency Assassin: Time Management Tactics for Working Smarter, Not Longer

Helene Segura - New World Library
Format: Print book

Slay procrastination, distraction, and overwhelm! The Inefficiency Assassin presents a revolution in time management books - a way to improve productivity and Kick Chaos to the Curb once and for all!You will learn how to:Create productive calendars, yet morph time when you need to put out fires...
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GMO Food: A Reference Handbook

David E. Newton Ph.D. - ABC-CLIO; annotated edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Genetic engineering has long been used to impart desirable characteristics to food plants in order to improve crop yield, pest resistance, and herbicide tolerance. Genetic modification of foods, however, has created a storm of controversy everywhere in the worldincluding the United States....
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The Complete Joy of Homebrewing Fourth Edition: Fully Revised and Updated

Charlie Papazian - William Morrow Paperbacks; 4 Rev Upd edition
Format: Paperback

Fully Revised and Updated, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing is everything you need to know to brew beer at home from start to finish including new recipes, updated charts on hop varieties, secrets to fermentation, beer kit tips, and more - from the master of homebrewing.The Complete Joy of Homebrewing...
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Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland

Dave Barry - G.P. Putnams Sons
Format: Hardcover

A brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Dave Barry. We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry...
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The Gods of Olympus: A History

Barbara Graziosi - Holt & Company, Henry
Format: Print book

An elegant and entertaining account of the transformations of the Greek gods across the ages, from antiquity to the Renaissance and the present dayThe gods of Olympus are the most colorful characters of Greek civilization: even in antiquity, they were said to be cruel, oversexed, mad, or just...
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To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Express, the World’s Greatest Railroad

Christian Wolmar - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

To the Edge of the World is an adventure in travel -- full of extraordinary personalities, more than a century of explosive political, economic, and cultural events, and almost inconceivable feats of engineering. Christian Wolmar passionately recounts the improbable origins of the Trans-Siberian...
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Mindful Parenting for ADHD: A Guide to Cultivating Calm, Reducing Stress, and Helping Children Thrive

Mark Bertin MD - New Harbinger Publications; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Written by a pediatrician and based in proven-effective mindfulness techniques, this book will help you and your child with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) keep calm, flexible, and in control. If you are a parent of a child with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),...
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The Backyard Field Guide to Chickens: Chicken Breeds for Your Home Flock

Christine Heinrichs - Voyageur Press
Format: Print book

Every common breed of chicken, organized into one information-packed guide. Fueled by the local and organic food movements, as well as a sea change in local ordinances, backyard chicken keeping is booming. Anyone who's decided to join the new wave of chicken keepers knows that the poultry...
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Through a Man's Eyes: Helping Women Understand the Visual Nature of Men

Shaunti Feldhahn - Multnomah Books
Format: Print book

What Happens When Women See What Men See You already know that your husband, boyfriend, or son is wired differently from you, but do you know what that really means It means, among other things, that hes been given the gift of a unique visual wiringand the challenges that come with it. In Through...
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The Rebel of Rangoon: A Tale of Defiance and Deliverance in Burma

Delphine Schrank - Nation Books
Format: Hardcover

An epic, multigenerational story of courage and sacrifice set in a tropical dictatorship, The Rebel of Rangoon captures a gripping moment of possibility in Burma (Myanmar) Once the shining promise of Southeast Asia, Burma in May 2009 ranks among the world's most repressive and impoverished...
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Adnan's Story: Murder, Justice, and the Case that Captivated a Nation

Rabia Chaudry - St. Martin's Press
Format: Print book

*Now a New York Times bestseller*Serial told Only Part of the Story ... In early 2000, Adnan Syed was convicted and sentenced to life plus thirty years for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee, a high school senior in Baltimore, Maryland. Syed has maintained...
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Bandit: A Daughter's Memoir

Molly Brodak - Black Cat
Format: Print book

"Raw, poetic and compulsively readable. In Molly Brodak's dazzling memoir, Bandit, her eye is so honest, I found myself nodding like I was agreeing with her, sometimes cringing at what she sustained, and laughing - often. I can't wait to buy a copy for everyone I know."...
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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

Ian Haydn Smith - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Hardcover - Revised Ed.

This brand-new edition of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die covers more than a century of movie history. Every film profile is packed with details including the director and cast, a plot summary and production notes, and little-known facts relating to the film's history.This...
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A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Nonfiction

Terry Pratchett - Doubleday
Format: Print book

Terry Pratchett has won the hearts and minds of readers around the globe with his bestselling Discworld series of novels. But what his many fans may not realize is that he has been writing nonfiction throughout his career. Some of it relates to Discworld, of course, but much of it - especially...
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The Barefoot Lawyer: A Blind Man's Fight for Justice and Freedom in China

Guangcheng Chen - Henry Holt and Company, 2015.
Format: Print book

An electrifying memoir by the blind Chinese activist who inspired millions with the story of his fight for justice and his belief in the cause of freedomIt was like a scene out of a thriller: one morning in April 2012, China's most famous political activist--a blind, self-taught lawyer--climbed...
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Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story

David Maraniss - Simon & Schuster, 2015. ©2015
Format: Print book

"Elegiac and richly detailed...[Maraniss] succeeds with authoritative, adrenaline-laced flair...evocative." - Michiko Kakutani for The New York Times As David Maraniss captures it with power and affection, Detroit summed up America's path to music and prosperity that was already...
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Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon

Larry Tye - Random House
Format: Print book

From the New York Times bestselling author of Satchel comes an in-depth, vibrant, and measured biography about the most complex and controversial member of the Kennedy family. History remembers Robert F. Kennedy as a racial healer, a tribune for the poor, and the last progressive...
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Poems That Make Grown Women Cry

Anthony Holden - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

Following the success of their anthology Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, father-and-son team Anthony and Ben Holden, working with Amnesty International, have asked the same revealing question of 100 remarkable women. What poem has moved you to tears?The poems chosen range from the eighth...
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Anatomy and physiology made incredibly visual.

Janyce G Dyer - Lippincott
Format:  Print book : English

Takes difficult clinical topics and presents them in an easy-to-understand manner. This book offers an approach to clinical content that maximizes the power of visual thinking by getting readers as close to the clinical content as they can get without...
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Chasing Gold: The Incredible Story of How the Nazis Stole Europe's Bullion

George M. Taber - Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

In the highly anticipated new book from the bestselling author of Judgement of Paris, George M. Taber reveals the integral role gold played in World War II, from its influence on the Nazi war machine to the ultimate triumph by the Allies and the fall of BerlinA USA Today "New and Notable"...
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Qb : an autobiography

Steve Young - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

In the most candid and compelling sports memoir since Andre Agassi's riveting bestseller Open, former San Francisco 49er, Super Bowl champion, NFL MVP, and Hall of Famer Steve Young gives readers an unprecedented and stunning inside look at what it takes to become a super-elite professional...
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Bastards of the Reagan Era

Dwayne Reginald Betts - Four Way Books, 2015. 2015
Format: Print book

Bastards of the Reagan Era is a challenge, confronting realities that frame an America often made invisible. Within these poems, we see the city as distant lover, we hear “the sound that comes from all / the hurt & want that leads a man to turn his back to the world.”...
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Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism

Bartow J. Elmore - W W Norton
Format: Hardcover

An absorbing history of how Coke's insatiable thirst for natural resources shaped the company and reshaped the globe. How did Coca-Cola build a global empire by selling a low-price concoction of mostly sugar, water, and caffeine? The easy answer is advertising, but the real formula...
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Greater than Gold : from Olympic heartbreak to ultimate redemption

David Boudia - Nelson Books
Format: Print book

One of America's most heralded young divers, David Boudia twice went for Olympic gold, training obsessively and whole-heartedly for success. In his first Olympics, he failed miserably, not winning a single medal. Four years later saw a different story: he mounted the podium twice, winning...
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Quiltmaking Essentials I: Cutting and Piecing Skills

Donna Lynn Thomas - That Patchwork Place
Format: Paperback

This information-packed book of tips and techniques is a must-have resource for new quilters—and a handy refresher for not-so-new quilters. Author, teacher, and piecing expert Donna Lynn Thomas covers all the basics in this easy-to-use guide to successful quiltmaking.Have concise...
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Empire of Cotton: A Global History

Sven Beckert - Knopf; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZEPULITZER PRIZE FINALISTThe epic story of the rise and fall of the empire of cotton, its centrality to the world economy, and its making and remaking of global capitalism.Cotton is so ubiquitous as to be almost invisible, yet understanding its history is key to understanding...
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Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics, 6th Edition

Stan Gibilisco - Mcgraw-Hill Education
Format: Print book

Learn electricity and electronics fundamentals and applications -- all without taking a formal course This fully updated guide offers practical, easy-to-follow instruction on electricity and electronics. Written by a pair of experienced instructors, Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics,...
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Lincoln's Body: A Cultural History

Richard Wightman Fox - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Even two hundred years after Abraham Lincolns death, we, like Walt Whitman, love the President personally.In a stunning feat of scholarship, insight, and engaging prose, Lincolns Body explores how a president ungainly in body and downright ugly of aspect came to mean so much to us.The very...
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The Ebola Survival Handbook: An MD Tells You What You Need to Know Now to Stay Safe

Joseph Alton - Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

As the Ebola epidemic becomes more frightening - and hits closer to home - people are looking for answers. How does it spread? Are we at risk? How do we protect ourselves and our families from this deadly disease? In this necessary new book, Dr. Joseph Alton, an MD who is at the forefront...
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Then Came Life: Living with Courage, Spirit, and Gratitude After Breast Cancer

Geralyn Lucas - Gotham
Format: Hardcover

The author of Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy dares all women who have had a stumble in life to harness their fighting spirit and stand back up with courage and optimism. One mastectomy, two C-sections, three pant’s sizes, and lots of red lipstick later, Geralyn Lucas is dealing...
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To the Fullest: The Clean Up Your Act Plan to Lose Weight, Rejuvenate, and Be the Best You Can Be

Lorraine Bracco - Rodale Books
Format: Hardcover

Lorraine Bracco is one of the worlds most dynamic actresses, but when she reached her fifties, she felt she was losing her luster. During the long illnesses of her parents, she began to gain weight and felt her energy and self-confidence take a dive. Watching her parents die within 9 days...
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So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures

Maureen Corrigan - Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Named an "Editors Choice" by The New York Times and a "Best Book of 2014" by Library Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Kansas City Star
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Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud

David Dayen - New Press
Format: Print book

In the depths of the Great Recession, a cancer nurse, a car dealership worker, and an insurance fraud specialist helped uncover the largest consumer crime in American history - a scandal that implicated dozens of major executives on Wall Street. They called it foreclosure fraud: millions...
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501 Ways for Adult Students to Pay for College: Going Back to School Without Going Broke

Gen Tanabe - SuperCollege; Fifth Edition edition
Format: Print book

Adults can find the means to go back to school despite the pressures of work, family, and a mortgage with this guide to funding continued education. With expanded information on online and distance learning and part-time classes and new financial aid, loan, and scholarship opportunities,...
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50 for Your Future: Lessons from Down the Road

Tavis Smiley - Smiley Books
Format: Hardcover

Stepping into your authentic life can be difficult. There are pitfalls of ego, of convenience, of modern society's pressure to put yourself out there before you've even figured out what you really want. It's easy to lose yourself along the way, conforming to those around you, obsessing...
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For Goodness Sex: Changing the Way We Talk to Teens About Sexuality, Values, and Health

Al Vernacchio - HarperWave
Format: Hardcover

A progressive, effective, and responsible approach to sex education for parents and teens that challenges traditional teaching models and instead embraces 21st century realities by promoting healthy sexuality, values, and body image in young people.Sex education today generally falls into...
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The Water Act 1989

Emmy Rossum Jeremy Allen White Ethan Cutkosky Steve Howey William H. Macy - Stationery Office Books
Format: Paperback

Season Four finds the Gallaghers braving another brutal Chicago winter and waiting on the medical fate of their permanently pickled patriarch Frank. With oldest daughter Fiona in a stable job and relationship, and newly graduated Lip enrolled in college, it seems like the Gallaghers might...
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The Girl from Human Street: Ghosts of Memory in a Jewish Family

Roger Cohen - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

An intimate and profoundly moving Jewish family history - a story of displacement, prejudice, hope, despair, and love.In this luminous memoir, award-winning New York Times columnist Roger Cohen turns a compassionate yet discerning eye on the legacy of his own forebears. As he follows them...
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Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich

Walter Kempowski - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A monumental work of history that captures the last days of the Third Reich as never before.Swansong 1945 chronicles the end of Nazi Germany and World War II in Europe through hundreds of letters, diaries, and autobiographical accounts covering four days that fateful spring: Hitler's...
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Self-Hypnosis: Reach Your Full Potential Using All of Your Mind

Valerie Austin - Hay House Incorporated,
Format: Print book

This book will give you the skills to train yourself into deep hypnotic trances, ridding yourself of negative thoughts and behaviors, and improving any aspects of your life you want to change. Discover:easy to follow, step-by-step techniques that you can use to hypnotize yourselfpractical...
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The Complete Poetry

Maya Angelou - Random House
Format: Hardcover

The beauty and spirit of Maya Angelous words live on in this complete collection of poetry, including her inaugural poem "On the Pulse of Morning". Throughout her illustrious career in letters, Maya Angelou gifted, healed, and inspired the world with her words. Now the beauty...
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101 Tips for the Smart Stepmom: Expert Advice From One Stepmom to Another

Laura Petherbridge - Bethany House Publishers
Format: Paperback

Practical Ideas You Can Use TodayIn this down-to-earth book, Laura Petherbridge offers real answers from someone who's walked in your shoes--and not only survived, but thrived as a stepmom. Here you'll find compact solutions arranged by topic, such as parenting, coping with the children's...
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The Total Outdoorsman Skills & Tools Manual

T. Edward Nickens - Weldon Owen
Format: Print book

What makes someone a total outdoorsman? It’s a mix of know-how, enthusiasm, experience and having the right tools. In this follow-up to the top-selling Total Outdoorsman Manual author T. Edward Nickens returns with another 300+ hints on how to get the most from your hunting, fishing,...
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The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting: Long-arm and Sit-down - Learn When, Where, Why, and How to Finish Your Quilts

Angela Walters - That Patchwork Place
Format: Print book

In this must-have resource, long-arm quilting expert Angela Walters and home-sewing-machine specialist Christa Watson team up to provide the ultimate guide to machine quilting. Gain insight into long-arm quilting, as well as guidance on quilting at a sit-down sewing machine. Whichever machine...
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Arab Winter Comes to America: The Truth About the War We're In

Robert Spencer - Regnery Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Overlooked by our media, purposely obscured by our own government, and unnoticed by the vast majority of Americans, the turmoil of the Islamic world's "Arab Spring" has become an "Arab Winter," bringing new threats of terror to America. New York Times bestselling...
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Boy Erased: A Memoir

Garrard Conley - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

"The power of Conley's story resides not only in the vividly depicted grotesqueries of the therapy system, but in his lyrical writing about sexuality and love." - Los Angeles Times"This brave and bracing memoir is an urgent reminder that America remains a place where...
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Seven Letters from Paris: A Memoir

Samantha Vérant - Sourcebooks
Format: Book

Twenty years, seven letters, and one long-lost love of a lifetime At age 40, Samantha Verants life is falling apart-shes jobless, in debt, and feeling stuck... until she stumbles upon seven old love letters from Jean-Luc, the sexy Frenchman shed met in Paris when she was 19. With a quick...
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Inside ISIS: The Brutal Rise of a Terrorist Army

Benjamin Hall - Center Street; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A year ago, few people had heard of ISIS-- today, they are a major terrorist threat. Despite numerous warnings from intelligence services, ISIS's rise to power has left countries around the world floundering for solutions. Today, we face a threat that is more violent, powerful and financially...
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And Then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality

Mark Segal - Openlens
Format: Hardcover

"[A] swiftly written debut memoir...[Segal] vividly describes his firsthand experience as a teenager inside the Stonewall bar during the historic riots, his participation with the Gay Liberation Front, and amusing encounters with Elton John and Patti LaBelle....A jovial yet passionately...
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Cooking through Cancer Treatment to Recovery: Easy, Flavorful Recipes to Prevent and Decrease Side Effects at Every Stage of Conventional Therapy

Lisa A. Price ND - Demos Health; 1 edition

For cancer patients undergoing treatment, foods that prevent and reduce side effects, promote healing, and improve quality of life Written by a naturopathic physician specializing in complementary cancer care and a certified nutritionist, Cooking through Cancer Treatment to Recovery offers...
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Blending Families Successfully: Helping Parents and Kids Navigate the Challenges So That Everyone Ends Up Happy

M.D. George S. Glass - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Book

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, less than half of the people who get married in the United States remain with their first spouse, and less than 50 percent of children grow up with both biological parents. In short, we live in a society of blended families. Everyone...
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The Burger Court and the Rise of the Judicial Right

Michael J. Graetz - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

A fresh and revelatory look at the Warren Burger Supreme Court finds that it was not a "moderate" or transitional court, as often portrayed, but a conservative one that still defines the constitutional landscape we live in today.When Richard Nixon campaigned for the presidency...
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I Think Youre Totally Wrong: A Quarrel

David Shields - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

An impassioned, funny, probing, fiercely inconclusive, nearly-to-the-death debate about life and art - beers included.. Caleb Powell always wanted to become an artist, but he overcommitted to life (hes a stay-at-home dad to three young girls) , whereas his former professor David Shields...
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The Extraordinary Projects Bible: Duct Tape Tote Bags, Homemade Rockets, and Other Awesome Projects Anyone Can Make

Instructables.com - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Book

Continuing the Instructables series with Skyhorse Publishing, a mammoth collection of projects has been selected and curated for this special best-of volume of Instructables. The guides in this book cover the entire spectrum of possibilities that the popular website has to offer, showcasing...
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Best Tent Camping: Kentucky: Your Car-Camping Guide to Scenic Beauty, the Sounds of Nature, and an Escape from Civilization

Johnny Molloy - Menasha Ridge Press; Second Edition edition
Format: Print book

Best Tent Camping Kentucky by author Johnny Molloy leads you to the best tent camping destinations within the Bluegrass State, describing not only of the campgrounds themselves, but also the fun outdoorsy activities nearby. The book uses a rating system, which includes campground privacy,...
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The gay revolution : the story of the struggle

Lillian Faderman - Simon & Schuster, 2015.
Format: Print book

The sweeping story of the struggle for gay and lesbian rights - based on amazing interviews with politicians, military figures, and members of the entire LGBT community who face these challenges every day: "This is the history of the gay and lesbian movement that we've been waiting...
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American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal

Taya Kyle - William Morrow & Company
Format: Hardcover

The widow of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle shares their private story: an unforgettable testament to the power of love and faith in the face of war and unimaginable loss--and a moving tribute to a man whose true heroism ran even deeper than the legendIn early 2013, Taya Kyle and her husband...
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How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature

Scott D Sampson - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Format: Print book

From the beloved host of PBS Kids' Dinosaur Train, an easy-to-use guide for parents, teachers, and others looking to foster a strong connection between children and nature, complete with engaging activities, troubleshooting advice, and much more American children spend four to seven...
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Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America

Kevin Cook - Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
Format: Hardcover

At last, the true story of a crime that shocked the world. New York City, 1964. A young woman is stabbed to death on her front stoop -- a murder the New York Times called "a frozen moment of dramatic, disturbing social change." The victim, Catherine "Kitty" Genovese,...
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Mama Maggie: The Untold Story of One Woman's Mission to Love the Forgotten Children of Egypt's Garbage Slums

Marty Makary - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

From marketing maven to angel of the garbage district - the inspiring authorized biography of Maggie Gobran, the "Mother Teresa of Egypt." Since 1997, Maggie Gobran and her organization Stephen's Children have been changing lives in Cairo's notorious zabala, or garbage...
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The Stephen King Companion: Four Decades of Fear from the Master of Horror

George Beahm - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback

Profusely illustrated with nearly 200 photos, color illustrations by celebrated "Dark Tower" artist Michael Whelan, and black-and-white drawings by Maine artist Glenn Chadbourne; supplemented with interviews with friends, colleagues, and mentors who knew King well; looking at King's...
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Eve of a Hundred Midnights: The Star-Crossed Love Story of Two WWII Correspondents and their Epic Escape Across the Pacific

Bill Lascher - William Morrow & Company
Format: Print book

The unforgettable true story of two married journalists on an island-hopping run for their lives across the Pacific after the Fall of Manila during World War II - a saga of love, adventure, and danger.On New Year's Eve, 1941, just three weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese...
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The Constitution: An Introduction

Michael Stokes Paulsen - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover

From war powers to health care, freedom of speech to gun ownership, religious liberty to abortion, practically every aspect of American life is shaped by the Constitution. This vital document, along with its history of political and judicial interpretation, governs our individual lives...
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Five Presidents: My Extraordinary Journey with Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford

Clint Hill - Gallery Books
Format: Print book

A rare and fascinating portrait of the American presidency from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Kennedy and Me and Five Days in November.Secret Service agent Clint Hill brings history intimately and vividly to life as he reflects on his seventeen years...
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The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander

Homer - Ecco Press
Format: Hardcover

With her virtuoso translation, classicist and bestselling author Caroline Alexander brings to life Homer's timeless epic of the Trojan WarComposed around 730 B.C., Homer's Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year war between the invading Achaeans,...
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The 30-Second Body: Eat Clean. Train Dirty. Live Hard.

Adam Rosante - Zinc Ink; 1 edition
Format: Print book

YOUR BEST BODY BEGINS HERE AND NOW! Ditch the gym membership and say goodbye to weights and machines! Take control of your shape and your weight at home with celebrity fitness trainer Adam Rosante's three-tiered, simple-to-follow plan: * Eat Clean: Feed your body right with simple...
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Band of Giants: The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America's Independence

Jack Kelly - Palgrave Macmillan Trade
Format: Hardcover

Band of Giants brings to life the founders who fought for our independence in the Revolutionary War. Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin are known to all; men like Morgan, Greene, and Wayne are less familiar. Yet the dreams of the politicians and theorists only became real because fighting men were...
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Cook Your Butt Off!: Lose Up to a Pound a Day with Fat-Burning Foods and Gluten-Free Recipes

Rocco DiSpirito - Grand Central Life & Style
Format: Hardcover

Turn the kitchen into your gym! #1 New York Times bestseller and celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito helps you stay ahead of your calorie intake by cooking healthy and delicious dishes--all sugar-, gluten-, and lactose-free--designed to burn more calories than they contain!
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Framing Floors, Walls & Ceilings

Editors of Fine Homebuilding - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

All new...completely updated best-seller: Framing Floors, Walls & Ceilings. With a fresh new design and the latest, up-to-the-minute content, this edition more than lives up to its billing as part of the For Pros By Pros series. Loaded with essential field-tested information from working...
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Final Frontier: The Pioneering Science and Technology of Exploring the Universe

Brian Clegg - St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Star Trek was right — there is only one final frontier, and that is space...Human beings are natural explorers, and nowhere is this frontier spirit stronger than in the United States of America. It almost defines the character of the US. But the Earth is running out of frontiers fast.In...
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King John: And the Road to Magna Carta

Stephen Church - Basic Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

King John (1166-1216) has long been seen as the epitome of bad kings. The son of the most charismatic couple of the middle ages, Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and younger brother of the heroic crusader king, Richard the Lionheart, John lived much of his life in the shadow of his family....
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Take Your Life Back: How to Stop Letting the Past and Other People Control You

Stephen Arterburn - Tyndale Momentum
Format: Print book

From the creators of the #1-bestselling Life Recovery series, Take Your Life Back is a groundbreaking look at how to overcome unhealthy relationships and love others well. Counselors Stephen Arterburn and David Stoop offer personal examples, clinical insight, and scriptural truth to help...
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The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way

P J O'Rourke - Pgw
Format: Hardcover

P.J. O'Rourke began writing funny things in 1960s "underground" newspapers, became editor-in-chief of National Lampoon, then spent 20 years reporting for Rolling Stone and The Atlantic Monthly as the world's only trouble spot humorist, going to wars, riots, rebellions,...
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Great American Eating Experiences: Local Specialties, Favorite Restaurants, Food Festivals, Diners, Roadside Stands, and More

National Geographic Society - National Geographic
Format: Print book

Follow the locals to their favorite foods throughout the United States, state by state, with the help of this gorgeously packaged travel planner. Anchored by regional specialties and the best places to sample them, Great American Eating Experiences serves up real-deal comfort foods like...
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The Shelf: From LEQ to LES: Adventures in Extreme Reading

Phyllis Rose - Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Format: Hardcover

Phyllis Rose, after a career of reading from syllabuses and writing about canonical books, decided to read like an explorer. She "wanted to sample, more democratically, the actual ground of literature." Casting herself into the untracked wilderness of the New York Society Library's...
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Your Defiant Teen, Second Edition: 10 Steps to Resolve Conflict and Rebuild Your Relationship

Russell A. Barkley PhD - The Guilford Press
Format: Paperback

If life with your teen has become a battleground, its time to take action. This empathic book shows how. Trusted psychologists who have worked with thousands of families give you the tools you need to overcome defiance and get teen behavior back on track. By following the authors clinically...
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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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Pregnancy Day By Day

DK Publishing - DK
Format: Hardcover

Fully revised to reflect updated medical practices, technological advances, and prenatal imagery since the book first published, Pregnancy Day by Day gives expecting mothers comprehensive advice on every stage of their pregnancy and labor, from the first week of pregnancy to two weeks after...
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With My Eyes Wide Open: Miracles and Mistakes on My Way Back to KoRn

Brian Welch - Nelson Books
Format: Print book

He left KoRn to help himself. He went back to help others. And along the way, he nearly lost everything. A life-changing spiritual awakening freed Brian "Head" Welch from a stranglehold of drugs and alcohol and prompted him to leave the highly successful nu-metal band KoRn in 2005....
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This Is Where You Belong: The Art and Science of Loving the Place You Live

Melody Warnick - Viking
Format: Print book

In the spirit of Gretchen Rubin's megaseller The Happiness Project and Eric Weiner's The Geography of Bliss, a journalist embarks on a project to discover what it takes to love where you liveThe average restless American will move 11.7 times in a lifetime. For Melody Warnick,...
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Troublemaker : surviving Hollywood and Scientology

Leah Remini - Ballantine Books
Format: Print book

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The outspoken actress, talk show host, and reality television star offers up a no-holds-barred memoir, including an eye-opening insider account of her tumultuous and heart-wrenching thirty-year-plus association with the Church of Scientology. Leah...
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Terrorists at the Table: Why Negotiating is the Only Way to Peace

Jonathan Powell - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Should governments talk to terrorists? Do they have any choice? Without doing so, argues author Jonathan Powell in Terrorists at the Table, we will never end armed conflict. As violent insurgencies continue to erupt across the globe, we need people who will brave the depths of the Sri Lankan...
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The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640, a Concise Compendium

FASG Robert Charles Anderson - The New England Historic Genealogical Society
Format: Hardcover

One of the most important genealogical and historical sources ever published for New England! Covering individuals not included in previous Great Migration compendia, this complete survey lists the names of all known to have come to New England during the Great Migration period, 1620-1640....
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Coconut Every Day: Cooking with Nature’s Miracle Superfood

Sasha Seymour - Pintail
Format: Book

100 ways to cook and bake with coconut—the world’s most amazingmiracle superfood! Coconut is rich in healthy fats, high in fiber, and low in carbohydrates, making it a hugely popular food choice as we seek new ways to incorporate nutritious power foods into our favorite everyday...
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East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"

Philippe Sands - Alfred A Knopf
Format: Print book

In 2010, Philippe Sands was invited to give a lecture on genocide and crimes against humanity at Lviv University in Ukraine, which he accepted with the intent of learning about the extraordinary city that was home to his maternal grandfather, a Galician Jew who had been born there a century...
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Travelling to Infinity: The True Story Behind The Theory of Everything

Jane Hawking - Alma Books
Format: Print book

Professor Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous and remarkable scientists of our age and the author of the scientific bestseller A Brief History of Time, which has sold more than 25 million copies. In this compelling memoir, his first wife, Jane Hawking, relates the inside story...
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Washington's Farewell: The Founding Father's Warning to Future Generations

John P Avlon - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

"A vivid portrait ... A thoughtful consideration of Washington's wisdom that couldn't be timelier." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) George Washington's Farewell Address was a prophetic letter from a "parting friend" to his fellow citizens about the forces...
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The Savvy Backpacker’s Guide to Europe on a Budget: Advice on Trip Planning, Packing, Hostels & Lodging, Transportation & More!

James Feess - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Book

Every year thousands of people dream about strapping on a backpack and embarking on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure through Europe, but they are often discouraged by the perceived cost and daunting idea of traveling abroad. The Savvy Backpacker's Guide to Europe on a Budget will help...
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The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour-and the

Sheila Weller - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

"Weller rivetingly recounts these gutsy ladies' time on the front lines... an inspiration for future generations of journalists." --Vanity FairFor decades, women battered the walls of the male fortress of television journalism. After fierce struggles, three women - Diane Sawyer,...
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The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 19411942

Nigel Hamilton - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover

Based on years of archival research and interviews with the last surviving aides and Roosevelt family members, Nigel Hamilton offers a definitive account of FDR's masterful - and underappreciated - command of the Allied war effort. Hamilton takes readers inside FDR's White House...
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The Romanovs: 1613-1918

Simon Sebag Montefiore - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book

The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all? This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas,...
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The Second Amendment: A Biography

Michael Waldman - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

By the president of the prestigious Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, the life story of the most controversial, volatile, misunderstood provision of the Bill of Rights.At a time of renewed debate over guns in America, what does the Second Amendment mean? This book looks at history...
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Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?

Frans de Waal - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Print book

A New York Times Bestseller From world-renowned biologist and primatologist Frans de Waal, a groundbreaking work on animal intelligence destined to become a classic.What separates your mind from an animal's? Maybe you think it's your ability to design tools, your sense of self, or your...
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Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?: True Stories and Confessions

Lisa Scottoline - St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Format: Print book

The unstoppable, irreverent mother-daughter team presents a new collection of funny stories and true confessions that every woman can relate to. From identity theft to the hazards of bicycling to college reunions and eating on the beach, Lisa and Francesca tackle the quirks, absurdities,...
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An Uncomplicated Life: A Father's Memoir of His Exceptional Daughter

Paul Daugherty - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

A father's exhilarating and funny love letter to his daughter with Down syndrome whose vibrant and infectious approach to life has something to teach all of us about how we can better live our own. Jillian Daugherty was born with Down syndrome. The day they brought her home from the hospital,...
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The Water-Wise Home: How to Conserve, Capture, and Reuse Water in Your Home and Landscape

Laura Allen - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Print book

Are you looking for ways to save water -- or money? This accessible guide by Laura Allen, founder of Greywater Action, explains how to use water smartly and efficiently, increasing supply, saving money, reducing wear on your septic system, and filling your home and garden needs. She describes...
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Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness

Jessie Close - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

At a young age, Jessie Close struggled with symptoms that would transform into severe bipolar disorder in her early twenties, but she was not properly diagnosed until the age of fifty. Jessie and her three siblings, including actress Glenn Close, spent many years in the Moral Re-Armament...
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President Me: The America That's in My Head

Adam Carolla - It Books
Format: Hardcover

Imagine a world where New York Times bestselling author, comedian, actor, television, and podcast host Adam Carolla is the President of the United States. Can't do it' You don't have to! Adam has done it for you! Podcast king Adam Carolla first shared his unique, but always funny world...
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Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not

Dinosaur Jr.
Format: CD

Let's face facts - in 2016 it is remarkable that there's a new Dinosuar Jr album to go ape over. After all, the original line-up of the band (J Mascis, Lou Barlow & Murph) only recorded three full albums during their initial run in the 1980s. Everyone was gob-smacked when they reunited...
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What Would Mary Ann Do?: A Guide to Life

Dawn Wells - Taylor Trade Publishing
Format: Book

So, what would Mary Ann do?As the sweet, polite, and thoughtful Mary Ann Summers from Kansas in the hit series Gilligan’s Island, Dawn Wells created an unforgettable and beloved character that still connects with people fifty years from the show’s debut in 1964. As the “good...
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The Great Divide: The Conflict between Washington and Jefferson that Defined a Nation

Thomas Fleming - Da Capo
Format: Hardcover

In the months after her husband's death, Martha Washington told several friends that the two worst days of her life were the day George died - and the day Thomas Jefferson came to Mount Vernon to offer his condolences.What could elicit such a strong reaction from the nation's original...
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When a Family Member Has OCD: Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Skills to Help Families Affected by Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Jon Hershfield MFT - New Harbinger Publications
Format: Print book

When someone has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), it can affect the entire family. This book is an essential guide to help family members cope with their loved one's compulsive behaviors, obsessions, and constant need for reassurance. If your loved one has OCD, you may be unsure of how to express...
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Upside: The New Science of Post-Traumatic Growth

Jim Rendon - Touchstone Books
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Po Bronson and Paul Tough, journalist Jim Rendon delivers a deeply reported look at the life-changing implications of post-traumatic growth - an emerging field of psychological research that shows how the suffering caused by traumatic events can be harnessed as a force...
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The HEAD Game: High-Efficiency Analytic Decision Making and the Art of Solving Complex Problems Quickly

Philip Mudd - Liveright; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Become a High Efficiency Analytic Decision maker.We've all been there: faced with a major decision, yet overwhelmed by the very data that is supposed to help us. It's an all-too-common struggle in the digital age, when Google searches produce a million results in a split second...
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A Is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie

Kathryn Harkup - Bloomsbury Sigma, 2015.
Format: Print book

Agatha Christie's detailed plotting is what makes her books so compelling. Christie used poison to kill her characters more often than any other murder method, with the poison itself being a central part of the novel, and her choice of deadly substances was far from random; the chemical...
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Don't Wait for the Next War: A Strategy for American Growth and Global Leadership

Wesley K. Clark - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover

With the end of the Cold War came not the end of history, but the end of Americas sense of its strategic purpose in the world. Then, after a decade of drift, the US was violently dragged back into international conflict. Its armed forces responded magnificently but its leaders objectives...
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A Sober Mom's Guide to Recovery: Taking Care of Yourself to Take Care of Your Kids

Rosemary O'Connor - Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services
Format: Paperback

Recovering from an addiction is tough enough, but when you throw in the tremendous responsibilities of motherhood, resisting cravings and remaining abstinent - much less enjoying the rewards of sobriety - can seem like an impossible challenge.Rosemary O'Connor brings her many years...
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Art: A Visual History

Robert Cumming - DK
Format: Hardcover

Art: A Visual History is the complete visual guide to Western art, now updated and repackaged in a themed slipcase.How to tell Impressionism from Expressionism, a Degas from a Monet, early Medieval art from early Christian? Art: A Visual History explains it all - painting,...
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The Traumatized Brain: A Family Guide to Understanding Mood, Memory, and Behavior after Brain Injury

Vani Rao - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Print book

A traumatic brain injury is a life-changing event, affecting an individual's lifestyle, ability to work, relationships -- even personality. Whatever caused it -- car crash, work accident, sports injury, domestic violence, combat -- a severe blow to the head results in acute and, often,...
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Where Are They Buried?: How Did They Die?

Tod Benoit - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers; Revised edition
Format: Print book

The perennially best-selling guide to the lives, deaths, and final resting places of our most enduring cultural icons, now revised and completely updated to include 25 entries of the newly dead. Where Are They Buried? has directed legions of fervent fans and multitudes of the morbidly curious...
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Information Doesnt Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age

Cory Doctorow - McSweeneys
Format: Audiobook

"Filled with wisdom and thought experiments and things that will mess with your mind." - Neil Gaiman, author of The Graveyard Book and American GodsIn sharply argued, fast-moving chapters, Cory Doctorows Information Doesnt Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative...
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Kick Kennedy: The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter

Barbara Leaming - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Print book

Kathleen "Kick" Kennedy was the incandescent life-force of the fabled Kennedy family, her father's acknowledged "favorite of all the children" and her brother Jack's "psychological twin." She was the Kennedy of Kennedys, sure of her privilege, magnetically...
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The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook: 500 Vibrant, Kitchen-Tested Recipes for Living and Eating Well Every Day

America'S Test Kitchen. - Americas Test Kitchen
Format: Print book

America's most trusted test kitchen tackles a topic with serious staying power: the Mediterranean diet. This thorough yet user-friendly book brings the Mediterranean into the American home kitchen, with 600 amazingly flavorful yet surprisingly approachable recipes for everyday cooking....
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Help Your Kids with Math, Second Edition

Barry Lewis - DK; Rev Upd edition
Format: Book

After its publication in 2010, Help Your Kids with Math quickly climbed to the top of DKs bestseller charts. Families were hungry for meaningful math help-not Internet searches and hours of family frustration. The simple, visual approach of Help Your Kids with Math was exactly what parents...
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Million Dollar Arm: Sometimes to Win, You Have to Change the Game

J. B. Bernstein - Gallery Books
Format: Paperback

A TRUE STORY OF FINDING THE AMERICAN DREAM . . . ABROAD India is a country with more than one billion people, a fanatical national cricket obsession, and exactly zero talent scouts. There, superstar sports agent J. B. Bernstein knew that he could find the Yao Ming of baseball - someone...
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IELTS Premier with 8 Practice Tests: Online Book CD

Kaplan. - Kaplan Pub
Format: Print book

Comprehensive preparation for the IELTS Each year, hundreds of thousands of people in over 140 countries worldwide take the IELTS exam in order to demonstrate proficiency in the English language. The exam, which gauges comprehension by testing listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills,...
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Yoga For Pregnancy: Poses, Meditations, and Inspiration for Expectant and New Mothers

Leslie Lekos - Helios Pr
Format: Paperback

The physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of yoga are invaluable during the profound journey of pregnancy. From increased strength and balance to a deeper feeling of connection with the life growing inside you, prenatal yoga will help you feel your best during this sacred time.Yoga...
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My Wife Wants You to Know I'm Happily Married (American Lives)

Joey Franklin

Modern manhood is confusing and complicated, but Joey Franklin, a thirtysomething father of three, is determined to make the best of it. In My Wife Wants You to Know I'm Happily Married, he offers frank, self-deprecating meditations on everything from male-pattern baldness and the balm...
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Love Life

Rob Lowe - Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Actor, producer, and New York Times bestselling author Rob Lowe offers up a collection of personal stories in an honest and celebratory memoir about men and women, art and commerce, fathers and son, addiction and recovery, and sex and love.Rob Low is back with stories he only tells his best...
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Lincoln's Bishop: A President, A Priest, and the Fate of 300 Dakota Sioux Warriors

Gustav Niebuhr - HarperOne
Format: Book

In the tradition of Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals comes Gustav Niebuhr's compelling history of Abraham Lincoln's decision in 1862 to spare the lives of 265 condemned Sioux men, and the Episcopal bishop who was his moral compass, helping guide the president's conscience.More...
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Long-Term Care: How to Plan & Pay for It

Joseph Matthews Attorney - NOLO; Tenth edition
Format: Paperback

Finding the right long-term care often means making difficult decisions during difficult times. Whether you're planning for the future or need to make a quick decision, Long-Term Care helps you understand the alternatives to nursing facilities and shows you how to find the best care...
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Making Everyday Electronics Work: A Do-It-Yourself Guide

Stan Gibilisco - McGraw-Hill Education
Format: Paperback

UNDERSTAND, MAINTAIN, AND IMPROVE THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS IN YOUR HOME AND AUTO If you've ever felt lost when choosing a home entertainment system, wondered how to test an electrical outlet to see if it's grounded, or puzzled over how to make the Wi-Fi in the front...
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Your labrador retriever puppy : month by month

Terry Albert - Alpha
Format: Print book

"Your Labrador Retriever Puppy Month-by-Month" provides new puppy owners with everything you need to know and do at each stage of development to make sure your playful, energetic puppy grows into a happy, healthy, and well-adjusted companion. Expert authors Terry Albert, vet Deb Eldredge,...
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Nutrition For Dummies

Carol Ann Rinzler - John Wiley & Sons
Format: Print book

Get the straight facts on nutrition, slim down, and feel great You've been hearing it since you were a kid: "You are what you eat." And this wise saying is true! Good nutrition is the key to achieving and maintaining healthy weight and lifelong good health - no matter how you slice...
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World War I: The Definitive Visual History

R.G. Grant - DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Format: Hardcover

2014 marks the centennial of the start of World War I - DK will mark the occasion with the publication of World War I: The Definitive Visual Guide, a vividly illustrated, in-depth account of the Great War. Written by historian R. G. Grant, and created by DK's award-winning editorial...
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March 1917: On the Brink of War and Revolution

Will Englund - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A riveting history of the month that transformed the world's greatest nations as Russia faced revolution and America entered World War I."We are provincials no longer," declared Woodrow Wilson on March 5, 1917, at his second inauguration. He spoke on the eve of America's entrance...
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Judy & Liza & Robert & Freddie & David & Sue & Me...: A Memoir

Stevie Phillips - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

No star burned more ferociously than Judy Garland. And nobody witnessed Garland's fierce talent at closer range than Stevie Phillips. During the Mad Men era, Stevie Philips was a young woman muscling her way into the manscape of Manhattan's glittering office towers. After a stint...
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Family Guide Washington, DC

DK Publishing - DK Eyewitness Travel; Rep Rev edition
Format: Paperback

A family-focused guidebook to Washington, D.C., for traveling with children ages 4 to 12. DK Eyewitness Travel Family Guide Washington, DC gives parents with children ages four to twelve the specific, family-friendly information they need to plan a vacation to a city with an abundance of history,...
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