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The Face That Changed It All: A Memoir

Beverly Johnson - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

In her revelatory and redemptive memoir, Beverly Johnson, the first African American supermodel to grace the cover of Vogue, recounts her career in her own passionate and deeply honest voice. She chronicles her childhood as a studious, and sometimes bullied, bookworm during the sixties....
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The Chew: A Year of Celebrations: Festive and Delicious Recipes for Every Occasion

The Chew - Kingswell
Format: Book

The five hosts of ABC's hit show The Chew invite you to celebrate a full year of holidays, events, and special occasions. From Thanksgiving to Mother's Day, and Christmas to the Fourth of July, Mario Batali, Carla Hall, Clinton Kelly, Daphne Oz, and Michael Symon are here to provide...
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The Sweet Life: Find Passion, Embrace Fear, and Create Success on Your Own Terms

Dulce Candy Ruiz - Avery Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

The YouTube star and beauty guru shares her hard-won lessons on success, style, and finding the sweetness in all aspects of your life. Since posting her first makeup tutorial in 2008, Dulce Candy has become one of the top beauty stars on YouTube, boasting more than 2 million subscribers...
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National Geographic Traveler: The Mediterranean: Ports of Call and Beyond

Tim Jepson - National Geographic

Mediterranean expert Tim Jepson takes you on a tour of the countries of the Northern Mediterranean & Adriatic, focusing on the major cruise ports from Gibraltar to Turkey, including Barcelona, Valencia, Nice, Cannes, Monte Carlo, Genoa, Rome, Naples, Palermo, Bari, Venice, Dubrovnik,...
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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE - ALFRED A KNOPF
Format: Print book

From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today--written as a letter to a friend. A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise...
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Down and Dirty: The Essential Training Guide for Obstacle Races and Mud Runs

Matt B. Davis - Fair Winds Press
Format: Book

Obstacle course races and mud runs such as Tough Mudder, Spartan Race, Warrior Dash, Rugged Maniac, and Muddy Buddy are all waiting for you to get Down and Dirty. Author Matt B. Davis offers an overview of the most popular races before tackling the most important concerns for any racer:...
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Celtic Cable Crochet: 18 Crochet Patterns for Modern Cabled Garments & Accessories

Bonnie Barker - Interweave Pr
Format: Print book

Warm up your wardrobe with beautiful cabled pieces! The possibilities of crochet cables are endless! In this stunning collection, author and fiber artist Bonnie Barker debuts 18 gorgeous new designs for today's crafter. Using step-by-step directions and irresistible photography, Bonnie...
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Essential Oils for Health: 100 Amazing and Unexpected Uses for Tea Tree Oil, Peppermint Oil, Eucalyptus Oil, Lavender Oil, and More

Kymberly Keniston-Pond - Adams Media
Format: Print book

Discover the power of pure essential oils!From tea tree and lavender to eucalyptus and peppermint, essential oils have been praised for their ability to lift moods, treat common health ailments, and enhance ones appearance. Essential Oils for Health shows you how to use the all-natural...
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Mud Season

Ellen Stimson - Center Point
Format: Large Print Library Binding

After a getaway in gorgeous rural Vermont -- its mountains ablaze in autumnal glory, its Main Streets quaint and welcoming -- Ellen Stimson and her family make up their minds even before they get back to St. Louis: "We're moving to Vermont!" The reality, they quickly learn,...
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Sharing Time

Elizabeth Verdick - Free Spirit Publishing; Board Book edition
Format: Board book

Sometimes its fun to share, and sometimes its hard. This book offers toddlers simple choices take turns, use the toy together, wait for another time to make sharing easier, and shows them where to turn for help when sharing is difficult. Little ones learn that sharing can mean double the funand...
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We Got the Water: Tracing My Family's Path Through Auschwitz

Jill Gabrielle Klein - Jill Gabrielle Klein; 1 edition
Format: Book

We Got the Water is the story of the Klein family: Herman and Bertha, and their three children, Lilly, Oli and sixteen-year-old Gabi. In the spring and summer of 1944, along with more than 400,000 other Hungarian Jews, they were forced from their homes, rounded up, and sent to Auschwitz....
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Island People: The Caribbean and the World

Joshua Jelly-Schapiro - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

A masterwork of travel literature and of history: voyaging from Cuba to Jamaica, Puerto Rico to Trinidad, Haiti to Barbados, and islands in between, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of each society, its culture and politics, connecting this region's common heritage...
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A Short Guide to a Long Life

David Agus - Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Format: Print book

The New York Times bestselling book of simple rules everyone should follow in order to live a long, healthy life, featuring illustrations throughout, from the author of The End of Illness.In his international bestseller, The End of Illness, Dr. David B. Agus shared what he has learned from...
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Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat

David Dosa - Hyperion
Format: Paperback

A remarkable cat. A life-changing story.Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat is the story of a doctor who, at first, doesn't always listen; of the patients he serves; of their caregivers; and, most importantly, of a cat who teaches by example, embracing...
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The Plant Paradox: The Hidden Dangers in "Healthy" Foods That Cause Disease and Weight Gain

Steven R. Gundry - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

"I read this book... it worked. My autoimmune disease is gone and I'm 37 pounds lighter in my pleather." --Kelly ClarksonMost of us have heard of gluten - a protein found in wheat that causes widespread inflammation in the body. Americans spend billions of dollars on gluten-free...
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

TIMOTHY SNYDER - Tim Duggan Books
Format: Paperback

#1 New York Times BestsellerThe Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy...
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The Card Games Bible: Over 150 Games and Tricks

Hamlyn - Hamlyn
Format: Book

The ultimate card-players companion, crammed with over 300 pages of games to provide hours of engrossing entertainment playing in groups or by yourself. A tricks section provides ways to astound your friends and family with your seemingly effortless skills. Both games and tricks cater...
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Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street

SHEELAH KOLHATKAR - RANDOM HOUSE
Format: Print book

For readers of deeply reported nonfiction such as The Big Short and Dark Money comes the story of the largest insider trading investigation in history - and the rise and fall of the Wall Street legend who rewrote all the rules.
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It Ended Badly: Thirteen of the Worst Breakups in History

Jennifer Wright - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

A history of heartbreak-replete with beheadings, uprisings, creepy sex dolls, and celebrity gossip-and its disastrously bad consequences throughout timeSpanning eras and cultures from ancient Rome to medieval England to 1950s Hollywood, Jennifer Wright's It Ended Badly guides...
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CLEO: The Cat Who Mended a Family

Helen Brown - Citadel Press; English Language edition
Format: Paperback

Were just going to look. Helen Brown had no intention of adopting a pet when she brought her sons, Sam and Rob, to visit a friends new kittens. But the runt of the litter was irresistible, with her overlarge ears and dainty chin. When Cleo was delivered weeks later, she had no way of knowing...
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The Kite and the String: How to Write with Spontaneity and Control--and Live to Tell the Tale

Alice Mattison - Viking
Format: Print book

A targeted and insightful guide to the stages of writing fiction and memoir without falling into common traps, while wisely navigating the writing life, from an award-winning author and longtime teacherWriting well does not result from following rules and instructions, but from a blend...
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The Joy of Stitching

Nina Granlund Sæther - Sellers Publishing
Format: Print book

In The Joy of Stitching you'll find 38 embroidery and needlepoint projects for home and wearables that feature a range of decorative stitches and patterns. Author Nina Sther expresses her love of needlework with unique patterns and clear, concise, step-by-step instructions. Nina's...
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Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin

Sybrina Fulton - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Print book

Trayvon Martin's parents take readers beyond the news cycle with an account only they could give: the intimate story of a tragically foreshortened life and the rise of a movement. On a February evening in 2012, in a small town in central Florida, seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was walking...
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The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults

Frances E. Jensen - Harper
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerRenowned neurologist Dr. Frances E. Jensen offers a revolutionary look at the brains of teenagers, dispelling myths and offering practical advice for teens, parents and teachers.Dr. Frances E. Jensen is chair of the department of neurology in the Perelman School...
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Fresh from the Farm: A Year of Recipes and Stories

Susie Middleton - Taunton Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Written by the “Queen of Fresh” Susie Middleton, Fresh from the Farm goes beyond traditional “fresh” cookbooks by sharing the engaging story of one woman’s quest for a simpler life. Susie gave up her high-powered corporate job, bought a farm on a rural...
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The Brain: The Story of You

David Eagleman - Pantheon Books
Format: Print book

Locked in the silence and darkness of your skull, your brain fashions the rich narratives of your reality and your identity. Join renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman for a journey into the questions at the mysterious heart of our existence. What is reality? Who are "you"? How do you make...
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Conversations with God, Books 2 & 3: An Uncommon Dialogue

Neale Donald Walsch - Hampton Roads Publishing
Format: Book

Neale Donald Walsch didn't claim to be special or spiritually gifted. He was just a frustrated man who sat down one day with pen in his hand and some tough questions in his heart. As he wrote his questions to God, he realized that God was answering them--directly--through Walsch's...
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Electric October: Seven World Series Games, Six Lives, Five Minutes of Fame That Lasted Forever

Kevin Cook - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

The story of six ordinary baseball players whose lives intersected in the 1947 World Series, through whom the author explores the life-changing effects of momentary fame.The 1947 World Series was "the most exciting ever" in the words of Joe DiMaggio, with a decade's worth of drama...
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Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War

Karen Abbott - Harper
Format: Hardcover

Karen Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and "pioneer of sizzle history" (USA Today) , tells the spellbinding true story of four women who risked everything to become spies during the Civil War.Karen Abbott illuminates one of the most fascinating...
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The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI

Betty Medsger - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

The never-before-told full story of the history-changing break-in at the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, by a group of unlikely activists - quiet, ordinary, hardworking Americans - that made clear the shocking truth and confirmed what some had long suspected, that J. Edgar Hoover had created...
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Unshakeable Trust: Find the Joy of Trusting God at All Times, in All Things

Joyce Meyer - FaithWords
Format: Hardcover

In her new book, New York Times bestselling author Joyce Meyer explores a life lived in complete and total dependence on God. Drawing on her own experiences and inspiration from the Word of God, Joyce makes the case that in every area of your life--spiritually, relationally, emotionally,...
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The Catskills: Its History and How It Changed America

Stephen M. Silverman - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

The Catskills ("Cat Creek" in Dutch) , America's original frontier, northwest of New York City, with its seven hundred thousand acres of forest land preserve and its five counties - Delaware, Greene, Sullivan, Ulster, Schoharie; America's first great vacationland; the subject...
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The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

Gary D Chapman - Northfield Publishing
Format: Paperback

- Over 11 million copies sold- #1 New York Times Bestseller for 8 years running- Now celebrating its 25th anniversary Simple ideas, lasting loveFalling in love is easy. Staying in love - that's the challenge. How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands,...
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Un-qualified : how god closes the gap between your weakness and your dreams

Steven Furtick - Multnomah Books
Format: Print book

Who You Think You Are is Not as Important as Who God Says You Are Many of us wrestle with the gap between our weaknesses and our dreams, between who we are and who God says we are meant to be. We feel unqualified to do God's work or to live out the calling we imagine. But God has a way of using...
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Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

William Burnett - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times Bestseller At last, a book that shows you how to build - design - a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home - at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding...
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Boys among men : how the prep-to-pro generation redefined the NBA and sparked a basketball revolution

Jonathan P D Abrams - Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover

The definitive, never-before-told story of the prep-to-pro generation, those basketball prodigies who from 1995 to 2005 made the jump directly from high school to the NBA. When Kevin Garnett shocked the world by announcing that he would not be attending college - as young basketball prodigies...
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Never Look at the Empty Seats: A Memoir

C DANIELS - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

The Incredible Story of a Country Music Legend Few artists have left a more indelible mark on America's musical landscape than Charlie Daniels. Readers will experience a soft, personal side of Charlie Daniels that has never before been documented. In his own words, he presents the path...
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Chasing the Dream: Life in the American Hockey League

Ted Starkey - ECW Press
Format: Print book

What is life really like in North American hockey s top minor league? As told by dozens of the players, coaches, broadcasters, personnel, and owners who work a grinding schedule every winter, "Chasing the Dream" goes behind the scenes with seven different AHL teams. Find out why players...
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Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert

Patricia Cornwell - Amazon Publishing
Format: Print book

From New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell comes Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert, a comprehensive and intriguing expos of one of the world's most chilling cases of serial murder - and the police force that failed to solve it.Vain and charismatic Walter...
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American Saint: The Life of Elizabeth Seton

Joan Barthel - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover

In this riveting biography of Elizabeth Seton critically acclaimed and bestselling author Joan Barthel tells the mesmerizing story of a woman whose life featured wealth and poverty, passion and sorrow, love and loss. Elizabeth was born into a prominent New York City family in 1774. Her father...
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Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery

Henry Marsh - Thomas Dunne Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

The Instant New York Times best seller!Riveting. ... [Marsh] gives us an extraordinarily intimate, compassionate and sometimes frightening understanding of his vocation. - The New York TimesWinner of the PEN Ackerley PrizeShortlisted for both the Guardian First Book Prize and the Costa...
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Paradise of the Pacific: Approaching Hawaii

Susanna Moore - ‎Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover

The dramatic history of Americas tropical paradiseThe history of Hawaii may be said to be the story of arrivals -- from the eruption of volcanoes on the ocean floor 18,000 feet below, the first hardy seeds that over millennia found their...

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The Fifth Trimester: The Working Moms Guide to Style, Sanity, and Success After Baby

Lauren Smith Brody - Anchor
Format: Hardcover

Packed with honest, funny, and comforting advice - "a book you MUST read if you are returning to work after the birth of a child ... . I loved it and you will too." - New York Times bestselling author Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D. . The first three trimesters (and the fourth - those...
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The Books That Changed My Life

Bethanne Patrick - Regan Arts, 2016.
Format: Print book

One hundred of today's most prominent literary and cultural icons talk about the books that hold a special place in their hearts - that made them who they are today.Leading authors, politicians, CEOs, actors, and other notables share the books that changed their life, why they love...
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Reasons to Stay Alive

Matt Haig - Penguin Books
Format: Print book

A runaway bestseller in the UK - Matt Haig's accessible and life-affirming memoir of his struggle with depression, and how his triumph over the illness taught him to live Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is Matt's inspiring...
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Clint Eastwood: A Biography

Sara Anson Vaux Ph.D. - Greenwood
Format: Hardcover

He established himself early in his acting career as "the strong silent type" and became known as the "actor's director." In a career that spans seven decades, Eastwood's work has been influential for multiple generations of film audiences as well as actors,...
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Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War

John McCain - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

John McCain's evocative history of Americans at war, told through the personal accounts of thirteen remarkable soldiers who fought in major military conflicts, from the Revolutionary War of 1776 to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.As a veteran himself, a member of the Senate Armed Services...
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The Mistresses of Cliveden: Three Centuries of Scandal, Power, and Intrigue in an English Stately Home

Natalie Livingstone - Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Downton Abbey comes an immersive historical epic about a lavish English manor and a dynasty of rich and powerful women who ruled the estate over three centuries of misbehavior, scandal, intrigue, and passion. Five miles from Windsor Castle, home of the royal family, sits...
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All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft

Geraldine DeRuiter - PublicAffairs
Format: Print book

Most travel memoirs involve a button-nosed protagonist nursing a broken heart who, rather than tearfully watching The Princess Bride while eating an entire 5-gallon vat of ice cream directly out of the container (like a normal person) , instead decides to travel the world, inevitably...
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Growing Up Duggar: It's All About Relationships

Jana Duggar - Howard Books; First Ed 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

Its All About Relationships! In this delightful and very personal book, the four oldest Duggar girls share their hearts and their core beliefs, explaining that its all about relationships! Relationship with self The girls share their own personal journeys to self-acceptance and navigating...
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Old Sparky: The Electric Chair and the History of the Death Penalty

Anthony Galvin - Carrel Books
Format: Hardcover

In early 2013, Robert Gleason became the latest victim of the electric chair, a peculiarly American execution method. Shouting Pog mo thin ("Kiss my ass" in Gaelic) he grinned electricity shot through his system. When the current was switched off his body slumped against the leather...
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Radical Beauty: How to Transform Yourself from the Inside Out

Deepak Chopra - Harmony
Format: Print book

Feel more beautiful, healthy, and energized than you have in years! Now, a revolutionary new way of helping you realize the true beauty that is your birthright! Deepak Chopra, a leading pioneer of integrative medicine and New York Times bestselling author of What Are You Hungry...
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Share: Delicious and Surprising Recipes to Pass Around Your Table

Chris Santos - Grand Central Life & Style
Format: Print book

The popular judge of CHOPPED and chef/founder of Beauty & Essex and Vandal's first cookbook on the fun of serving unforgettable and sharable food to friends and family.In SHARE, Santos serves up the unique communal dining he has made his signature in his Lower East Side restaurants....
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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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The Star Trek Book

Paul Ruditis - DK
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate 50 years of one of the longest running and beloved sci-fi franchises with The Star Trek Book. This comprehensive guide to the series delves into the myriad worlds and different dimensions visited by the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise.Discover the amazing science of Star...
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Snack Girl to the Rescue!: A Real-Life Guide to Losing Weight and Getting Healthy with 100 Recipes Under 400 Calories

Lisa Cain - Crown Publishing Group
Format: Paperback

Do you need to be rescued from bad eating habits and junk food? Are you looking to adopt a healthier lifestyle but don't know where to begin? Well, fear not because Lisa Cain, a.k.a. "Snack Girl," is here to help! A busy mother of two, Lisa faces the same challenges to healthy...
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The Bronx: The Ultimate Guide to New York City's Beautiful Borough

Lloyd Ultan - Rutgers University Press
Format: Print book

Often overlooked by most tourists and locals alike, the Bronxone of five boroughs that comprise the city of New Yorkis rich in cultural and historical attractions. From the Bronx Zoo the largest urban zoo in the United States to the New York Botanical Garden one of the most visited botanical...
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The Godfather Notebook

Francis Ford Coppola - Regan Arts
Format: Paperback

THE PUBLISHING SENSATION OF THE YEAR FOR EVERY FILM FAN The never-before-published edition of Francis Ford Coppola's notes and annotations on The Godfather novel by Mario Puzo reveals the story behind one of the world's most iconic films. The most important unpublished work on one of the greatest...
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The Price of Silence: A Mom's Perspective on Mental Illness

Liza Long - Hudson Street Press
Format: Hardcover

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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ASVAB For Dummies, Premier 3rd Edition

Rod Powers - For Dummies; Premier 3rd Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Sharpen your ASVAB test-taking skills with this updated and expanded premier guide with online links to BONUS tests and study aidsASVAB For Dummies, Premier Edition includes in-depth reviews of all nine test subjects with complete explanations for every question, proficiency exercises,...
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They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy

Robert Scheer - Nation Books
Format: Hardcover

They Know Everything About You is a groundbreaking expos of how government agencies and tech corporations monitor virtually every aspect of our lives, and a fierce defense of privacy and democracy.The revelation that the government has access to a vast trove of personal online data demonstrates...
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Moon Anchorage, Denali & the Kenai Peninsula

Don Pitcher - Avalon Travel Publishing
Format: Book

Seasoned travel writer Don Pitcher shares the best ways to experience all that Anchorage, Denali, and the Kenai Peninsula have to offer, from Anchorage Museums fascinating exhibits to the natural splendor of Denali National Park to Resurrection Bays breathtaking wildlife tours. Pitcher...
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The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life

Nick Lane - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

To explain the mystery of how life evolved on Earth, Nick Lane explores the deep link between energy and genes.The Earth teems with life: in its oceans, forests, skies and cities. Yet there's a black hole at the heart of biology. We do not know why complex life is the way it is, or, for that...
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Kissingers Shadow: The Long Reach of Americas Most Controversial Statesman

Greg Grandin - Metropolitan Books
Format: Hardcover

A new account of Americas most controversial diplomat that moves beyond praise or condemnation to reveal Kissinger as the architect of Americas current imperial stance. In his fascinating new book Kissingers Shadow, acclaimed historian Greg Grandin argues that to understand the crisis of contemporary...
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The Best of Us: A Memoir

JOYCE MAYNARD - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Joyce Maynard, a memoir about discovering strength in the midst of great loss--"heart wrenching, inspiring, full of joy and tears and life." (Anne Lamott) In 2011, when she was in her late fifties, beloved author and journalist Joyce...
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Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War

Mark Danner - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

Trapped in a forever war by 9/11, in Spiral Mark Danner describes a nation that has been altered in fundamental ways. President Bush declared a war of choice and without an exit plan, and President Obama has proven unable to take the country off what he has called its "permanent...
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The Calorie Myth: How to Eat More, Exercise Less, Lose Weight, and Live Better

Jonathan Bailor - HarperWave; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

In this revolutionary weight-lossprogram informed by more than 1,200 scientific studies, fitness and diet expert Jonathan Bailor offers concrete evidence that the calorie-counting model of weight loss doesnt work. In fact, cutting-edge science supports a radically different approach to weight...
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Spies in the Family: An American Spymaster, His Russian Crown Jewel, and the Friendship That Helped End the Cold War

Eva Dillon - Harper
Format: Hardcover

A riveting true-life thriller and revealing memoir from the daughter of an American intelligence officer - the astonishing true story of two spies and their families on opposite sides of the Cold War.In the summer of 1975, seventeen-year-old Eva Dillon was living in New Delhi with her family...
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The Spy Who Couldn't Spell: A Dyslexic Traitor, an Unbreakable Code, and the FBI's Hunt for America's Stolen Secrets

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee - Penguin Books
Format: Print book

The thrilling, true-life account of the FBI's hunt for the ingenious traitor Brian Regan - known as the Spy Who Couldn't Spell. Before Edward Snowden's infamous data breach, the largest theft of government secrets was committed by an ingenious traitor whose intricate espionage scheme...
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4-Minute Fit: The Metabolism Accelerator for the Time-Crunched, Deskbound, and Stressed Out

Siphiwe Baleka - Touchstone
Format: Paperback

From Yale-educated truck driver and fitness guru Siphiwe Baleka, a revolutionary metabolism-spiking program for anyone who feels they don't have enough time, equipment, or money to get in shape and lose those extra pounds.When Siphiwe Baleka, who had once been a NCAA Division I athlete,...
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Movie Title Typos: Making Movies Better by Subtracting One Letter

Austin Light - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

In Movie Title Typos, artist Austin Light removes just one letter from a well-known movie title to inspire a surprising and hilarious visual scenario. There's Obocop (a robotic police officer works through his PTSD by playing smooth jazz), T. (a boy meets a jewelry-clad alien who pities...
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When GOD Winks: How the Power of Coincidence Guides Your Life

SQuire Rushnell - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

It is not by accident that you just picked up When God Winks. Whether you call it synchronicity or coincidence, what brought you to this book today is worth remembering. In fact, you may have suspected all along that there is more to coincidence than meets the eye. These seemingly random...
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Healing superfoods for anti-aging : stay younger, live longer

Karen Ansel - Hearst Books
Format: Print book

We know that eating well can make us slimmer and healthier but it profoundly affects our health and longevity, too . This life-changing book, written by top nutritionist Karen Ansel RD, is an anti-aging plan made easy. Fast moving and filled with fun nuggets of easy-to-follow advice, Healing...
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Whole World Vegetarian

Marie Simmons - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

Big-flavored vegetarian dishes from around the globe, from the James Beard Award- and IACP Award-winning author Marie Simmons The best of our vegetarian recipes have always drawn inspiration from other cultures. In Whole World Vegetarian, Marie Simmons follows her culinary wanderlust, bringing...
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The Lion in the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World

Abigail Tucker - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

A lively adventure through history, natural science, and pop culture in search of how cats conquered the world, the Internet, and our hearts.House cats rule back alleys, deserted Antarctic islands, and our bedrooms. Clearly, they own the Internet, where a viral cat video can easily be viewed...
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I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons

KEVIN HART - Atria / 37 INK
Format: Hardcover

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Superstar comedian and Hollywood box office star Kevin Hart turns his immense talent to the written word by writing some words. Some of those words include: the, a, for, above, and even even. Put them together...
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The Quilter's Palette: A Workbook of Color & Pattern, Ideas & Effects

Katy Denny - Creative Publishing int'l; Workbook edition
Format: Book

It is an everyday challenge for crafters of all types to make choices about color, pattern and texture for their projects. The range of options makes this challenge nearly impossible and often the end result can be disappointing. Fear not! The Quilter's Palette offers readers more...
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Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks

Mark Woods - St Martin'S Press
Format: Print book

Many childhood summers, Mark Woods piled into a station wagon with his parents and two sisters and headed to America's national parks. Mark's most vivid childhood memories are set against a backdrop of mountains, woods, and fireflies in places like Redwood, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon national...
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Wish You Happy Forever: What China's Orphans Taught Me About Moving Mountains

Jenny Bowen - HarperCollins
Format: Paperback

Wish You Happy Forever chronicles Half the Sky founder Jenny Bowen's personal and professional journey to transform Chinese orphanages - and the lives of the neglected girls who live in them - from a state of quiet despair to one of vibrant promise.After reading an article about the thousands...
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Wings of Color: Black or White?

Maria A. Howell-Jenkins - Xlibris
Format: Paperback

"Go home, nigger. We do not want your kind here." All I heard was the word "nigger" every time I turned around. I was fighting for my place in this world and struggling for my freedom. No one was going to take either my dream or my career away from me. I am going to show...
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The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects: 76 Useful Things You Can Build to Create Customized Working Spaces and Storage Facilities, Equip the ... Animals, and Make Practical Outdoor Furniture

Spike Carlsen - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Homesteaders, gardeners, small farmers, and outdoor living enthusiasts will love these 76 DIY projects for practical outdoor items designed to help you live more sustainably and independently. Expert woodworker Spike Carlsen offers clear, simple, fully illustrated instructions for everything...
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2 Weeks To A Younger Brain: New York Times Bestselling Authors of The Memory Bible

Dr Gary Small - Humanix Books
Format: Hardcover

Misplacing your keys, forgetting someone's name at a party, or coming home from the market without the most important item - these are just some of the many common memory slips we all experience from time to time. But such cognitive lapses don't just plague middle-agers and seniors;...
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Chasing Water: Elegy of an Olympian

Anthony Ervin - Akashic Books
Format: Print book

"Here Ervin and swim trainer and journalist Markides combine talents to create a biography that is part first-hand narrative by Ervin, with Markides filling in the details and providing context. The formula works, pulling readers into Ervin's experience of the thrill of victory...
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Moon Hawaiian Islands

Kevin Whitton - Avalon Travel Publishing
Format: Print book

Each of the Hawaiian Islands offers a world of its own. How can you choose just one? Island hopping is an art, not a science. In this full-color guide, Hawaii resident Kevin Whitton tells you everything you need to know to plan the perfect getaway. The book covers Oahu, Maui, Lanai, Molokai,...
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Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women's Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics

Marjorie J Spruill - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

Forty years ago, two women's movements drew a line in the sand between liberals and conservatives. The legacy of that rift is still evident today in American politics and social policies.Gloria Steinem was quoted in 2015 (the New Yorker) as saying the National Women's Conference in 1977...
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The Handy Psychology Answer Book

Lisa J Cohen - Visible Ink Press
Format: Print book

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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Hit Makers: Why Things Become Popular

Derek Thompson - Penguin Books
Format: Print book

Nothing "goes viral." If you think a popular movie, song, or app came out of nowhere to become a word-of-mouth success in today's crowded media environment, you're missing the real story. Each blockbuster has a secret history - of power, influence, dark broadcasters, and passionate...
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Michelle Obama: A Life

Peter Slevin - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

An inspiring story of a modern American icon, here is the first comprehensive account of the life and times of Michelle Obama. With disciplined reporting and a storyteller's eye for revealing detail, Peter Slevin follows Michelle to the White House from her working-class childhood on Chicago's...
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TEAS study guide 2015, version 5 : TEAS V exam prep and practice questions for the Test of Essential Academic Skills.

- Trivium Test Prep
Format:  Print book : English

This item is Non-Returnable.
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Keepers: The Greatest Films--and Personal Favorites--of a Moviegoing Lifetime

Richard Schickel - Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

From a legendary film critic and movie fan extraordinaire, the highlights reel of a life spent at the movies Richard Schickel has seen, by his own estimate, more than twenty thousand films. He has been a reviewer since 1965 (long for Time magazine), has written almost forty books on the subject,...
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Dreamers and Deceivers: True Stories of the Heroes and Villains Who Made America

Glenn Beck - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The new nonfiction from #1 bestselling author and popular radio and television host Glenn Beck.THEIR NAMES ARE FAMILIAR.THEIR STORIES ARE NOT.Everyone has heard of a "Ponzi scheme," but do you know what Charles Ponzi actually did to make his name synonymous with fraud? Credit...
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The Big Fix: Hope After Heroin

TRACEY HELTON MITCHELL - Seal Press
Format: Paperback

After surviving nearly a decade of heroin abuse and hard living on the streets of San Francisco's Tenderloin District, Tracey Helton Mitchell decided to get clean for good.With raw honesty and a poignant perspective on life that only comes from starting at rock bottom, The Big Fix tells...
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What We See in the Stars: An Illustrated Tour of the Night Sky

KELSEY OSEID - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
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The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

Rod Dreher - Penguin Publishing Group
Format: Print book

In a radical new vision for the future of Christianity, NYT bestselling author and conservative columnist Rod Dreher calls on American Christians to prepare for the coming Dark Age by embracing an ancient Christian way of life. The light of the Christian faith is flickering out all over...
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Rescue at Los Banos : the most daring prison camp raid of World War II

Bruce Henderson - William Morrow
Format: Print book

The true story of one of the greatest military rescues of all time. In February 1945, as the U.S. victory in the Pacific drew nearer, the Japanese army grew desperate, and its soldiers guarding U.S. and Allied POWs more sadistic. Starved, shot and beaten, many of the 2,146 prisoners of the Los Ban'os...
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Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink

Elvis Costello - Blue Rider Press
Format: Print book

Born Declan Patrick MacManus, Elvis Costello was raised in London and Liverpool, grandson of a trumpet player on the White Star Line and son of a jazz musician who became a successful radio dance-band vocalist. Costello went into the family business and before he was twenty-four took the popular...
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Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest

Beck Weathers - Villard
Format: Hardcover

I am neither churchly nor a particularly spiritual person, but I can tell you that some force within me rejected death at the last moment and then guided me, blind and stumbling - quite literally a dead man walking - into camp and the shaky start of my return to life. On May 10, 1996, nine...
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Among the Ruins: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Catholic Church

Paul L Williams - Prometheus Books
Format: Hardcover

This critical review of the Roman Catholic Church since the pivotal changes initiated in the 1960s by Vatican II paints a disturbing picture of decline and corruption. Dr. Paul L. Williams, a self-professed Tridentine or traditionalist Catholic, traces the various factors that have caused...
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Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat

Giles Milton - Picador
Format: Hardcover

Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage. The guerrilla campaign that followed was every...
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Primal Fat Burner: Live Longer, Slow Aging, Super-Power Your Brain, and Save Your Life with a High-Fat, Low-Carb Paleo Diet

Nora Gedgaudas - Atria Books
Format: Print book

Author of the popular Primal Body, Primal Mind and widely recognized Paleo expert and nutritionist, Nora Gedgaudas presents a revolutionary, scientific, accessible high-fat diet for maintaining health, losing weight, and reversing some chronic diseases.Popular nutritionist Nora Gedgaudas...
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American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution

Walter R. Borneman - Little Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

A vibrant new look at the American Revolution's first months, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals When we reflect on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks and months of 1775 were very tenuous,...
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Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads

Paul Theroux - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

One of the most acclaimed travel writers of our time turns his unflinching eye on an American South too often overlooked Paul Theroux has spent fifty years crossing the globe, adventuring in the exotic, seeking the rich history and folklore of the far away. Now, for the first time, in his tenth...
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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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Gardening for Birds, Butterflies, and Bees: Everything you need to Know to Create a wildlife Habitat in your Backyard

Editors at Birds and Blooms - Reader's Digest Association
Format: Paperback

Whether you're installing a new garden bed or trying to attract orioles for the first time, it helps to start with the right information. And here it is! In this book, experts and readers from North America's #1 Bird and Garden Magazine, Birds & Blooms, give their tried-and-true advice.Attracting...
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Top 10 Vancouver & Victoria

Constance Brissenden - DK Eyewitness Travel; Fol Lam Pa edition
Format: Paperback

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Top 10 Vancouver and Victoria will lead you straight to the very best this region has to offer. Whether youre looking for the things not to miss at the Top 10 sights or want to find the best nightspots, this fully updated guide with pull-out map is the perfect...
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The End of Dieting: How to Live for Life

Joel Fuhrman - HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Format: Hardcover

In The End of Dieting, Joel Fuhrman M.D., a board-certified family physician who specializes in preventing and reversing disease through nutritional and natural methods, and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat to Live, Super Immunity and The End of Diabetes, delivers a powerful...
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Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between

Lauren Graham - Ballantine Books
Format: Print book

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In this collection of personal essays, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood reveals stories about life, love, and working as a woman in Hollywood - along with behind-the-scenes dispatches from the set of the new Gilmore Girls,...
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Paperback

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followedNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times...
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Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties

Elijah Wald - Tantor Audio
Format: Hardcover

On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at Newport Folk Festival, backed by an electric band, and roared into his new rock hit, "Like a Rolling Stone". The audience of committed folk purists and political activists who had hailed him as their acoustic prophet...
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The Wild Truth

Carine McCandless - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller"The Wild Truth is an important book on two fronts: It sets the record straight about a story that has touched thousands of readers, and it opens up a conversation about hideous domestic violence hidden behind a mask of prosperity and propriety."-NPR.orgThe...
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The Blood of Emmett Till

Timothy B Tyson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Audiobook

Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction This extraordinary New York Times bestseller reexamines a pivotal event of the civil rights movement - the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till - "and demands that we do the one vital thing we aren't often enough asked to do with...
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God Less America: Real Stories From the Front Lines of the Attack on Traditional Values

Todd Starnes - Frontline
Format: Hardcover

Pay attention, people of faith. Dark clouds are gathering. The winds of intolerance are blowing. Theres a great storm approaching. American Christians are facing uncertain times. Our nations values are under assault. Religious liberty has been undermined. We live in a day when right is now wrong...
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Modern Ethics in 77 Arguments: A Stone Reader

Peter Catapano - Liveright
Format: Hardcover

From the editors of the widely influential The Stone Reader comes the most thorough and engaging guide to modern ethical thought available. Since 2010, The Stone -- the immensely popular, award-winning philosophy column in the New York Times -- has revived and reinterpreted age-old inquiries...
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Younger Next Week: Your Ultimate Rx to Reverse the Clock, Boost Energy and Look and Feel Younger in 7 Days

Elisa Zied - Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
Format: Paperback

The Fast, Fun, Delicious Way to Fight Aging A radiant appearance. Boundless energy. Effortless weight management. Supercharged health and well-being. Forget facelifts and fancy wrinkle creams - the fountain of youth is in the foods you eat and simple exercises and behaviors that will turn...
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Folk Medicine

D C Jarvis - Fawcett Crest
Format: Book

"Fascinating revelations about the belifefs and lore of folk medicine and the miraculous secrets of nature.....
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A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir

Bill OReilly - Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook

One day in 1957, in the third-grade classroom of St. Brigids parochial school, an exasperated Sister Mary Lurana bent over a restless young William OReilly and said, "William, you are a bold, fresh piece of humanity." Little did she know that she was, early in his career as a troublemaker,...
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Biohistory: Decline and Fall of the West

Jim Penman - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Format: Paperback

Western civilisation is on a path to destruction. In coming decades, economies will shrink, democracy will retreat and nations crumble. The long-term result will be grinding poverty, superstition and disease. This isn't scaremongering it is science. In Biohistory: The Decline and Fall...
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Small Victories: Recipes, Advice Hundreds of Ideas for Home Cooking Triumphs

Julia Turshen - Chronicle Books
Format: Print book

"I can't wait to cook my way through this amazing new book," Ina Garten writes in the foreword to this cookbook of more than 400 recipes and variations from Julia Turshen, writer, go-to recipe developer, co-author for best-selling cookbooks such as Gwyneth Paltrow's It's All Good,...
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Not Dead Yet

Phil Collins - Crown Archetype
Format: Print book

Phil Collins pulls no punches - about himself, his life, or the ecstasy and heartbreak that's inspired his music. In his much-awaited memoir, Not Dead Yet, he tells the story of his epic career, with an auspicious debut at age 11 in a crowd shot from the Beatles' legendary film A...
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Crazy-Cool Duct Tape Projects: Fun and Funky Projects for Fashion and Flair

Marisa Pawelko - Design Originals
Format: Paperback

Get inspired to craft your world with these stylish and imaginative duct tape creations. Celebrity crafter Marisa Pawelko shows how to cut, rip, layer and fold colorful duct tape to concoct fantastic fashions, school supplies and room decor. With step-by-step instructions and how-to pictures,...
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Frommer's EasyGuide to the Virgin Islands

Alexis Lipsitz-Flippin - FrommerMedia
Format: Book

Quick to read, light to carry with expert advice in all price ranges, Frommer's EasyGuide to the Virgin Islands is the complete up-to-date reference for travelers who want to maximize their stay in the smartest, most efficient way. With Frommer's trademark candid and accessible...
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Always a Home Game: Our Journey Through Steelers Country in 140 Days

Josh Miller - St. Lynn's Press
Format: Hardcover

The Pittsburgh Steelers hold the #1 away-game attendance record in the NFL, with a diehard fan base from coast to coast. TV announcers sometimes jokingly ask if this is a home game for the black-and-gold because there are so many fans in the stands. Pittsburgh natives are spread out across...
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Cræft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts

Alexander Langlands - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Paperback

"Hypnotic. ... [Langlands] begins to see not just the beauty of an object. ... but the deeper purpose for which each has been created." -- New York TimesFaced with an endless supply of mass-manufactured products, we find ourselves nostalgic for goods bearing the mark of authenticity...
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The ABCs of Success: The Essential Principles from America's Greatest Prosperity Teacher

Bob Proctor - Tarcher
Format: Print book

An accessible guide to the principles of success by one of the most respected and sought-after motivational speakers of our time. In the tradition of Og Mandino and Zig Ziglar, this inspirational guide uses a wide variety of subjects, from "Achievement" to "Worry," to bring...
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Apple Cider Vinegar For Health: 100 Amazing and Unexpected Uses for Apple Cider Vinegar

Britt Brandon - Adams Media; 1 edition

Discover the power of apple cider vinegar!One of the world's most renowned home remedies, vinegar has always been praised for its powerful antioxidants and incredible antiseptic power. Apple Cider Vinegar for Health shows you how to use the all-natural product in your daily beauty and health...
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Uproot: Travels in 21st-Century Music and Digital Culture

Jace Clayton - Farrar
Format: Print book

In 2001, Jace Clayton was an unknown DJ who recorded a three-turntable, sixty-minute mix called Gold Teeth Thiefand put it online to share with his friends. Within months, the mix became an international calling card, whisking Clayton away to a sprawling, multi-tiered nightclub in Zagreb,...
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Lonely Planet Canada (Travel Guide)

Lonely Planet - Lonely Planet
Format: Paperback

Lonely Planet: The worlds leading travel guide publisherLonely Planet Canada is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Experience the grandeur of the Rockies, marvel at the totem pole carvings of the Haida...
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What If?

Randall Munroe - Mariner Books
Format: Print book

From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language,...
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The Vampire Diaries: Unlocking the Secrets of Mystic Falls

Andrea Robinson - Insight Editions
Format: Hardcover

A richly illustrated, behind-the-scenes look at the creative magic behind CW's popular drama, which concludes its thrilling eighth and final season in 2017.Since its debut, The Vampire Diaries has enthralled millions of die-hard fans all over the world. Based on the popular book series,...
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The New One Minute Manager

Ken Blanchard - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

A new edition based on the timeless business classic - updated to help today's readers succeed more quickly in a rapidly changing world.For decades, The One Minute Manager has helped millions achieve more successful professional and personal lives. While the principles it lays out are timeless,...
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Northeast (SmartGarden Regional Guides)

Rita Pelczar - DK ADULT
Format: Paperback

A comprehensive guide to gardening in the Northeast -- includes Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin. Presenting a new way to think about gardening,...
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90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life

Don Piper - Baker Publishing Group
Format: Audiobook

Now available in hardcover, 90 Minutes in Heaven is the runaway bestseller about one mans experience with death and life. As Baptist minister Don Piper drove home from a conference, his car collided with a semi-truck that had crossed into his lane. Piper was pronounced dead at the scene....
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Toxin Toxout: Getting Harmful Chemicals Out of Our Bodies and Our World

Bruce Lourie - St. Martin's Press; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

How do I get this stuff out of me?Bruce Lourie and Rick Smith, two of North America's environmental leaders, have been asked this question on an almost daily basis since the publication of their runaway international bestseller, Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday...
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Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy

Anne Lamott - Riverhead Books
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy, its limitless (if sometimes hidden) presence, why we ignore it, and how we can embrace it."Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening...
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Lovability: How to Build a Business That People Love and Be Happy Doing It

Brian de Haaff - Greenleaf Book Group Press
Format: Hardcover

Love is the surprising emotion that company builders cannot afford to ignore. Genuine, heartfelt devotion and loyalty from customers - yes, love - is what propels a select few companies ahead. Think about the products and companies that you really care about and how they make you feel....
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Christy Mathewson, the Christian Gentleman: How One Man's Faith and Fastball Forever Changed Baseball

Bob Gaines - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Nearly a century after his final major league appearance, Christy Mathewson is still considered one of the greatest right-handed pitchers in the history of baseball. Mathewson ranks in the top ten among pitchers for wins, shutouts, and ERA, and in 1936 he was honored as one of the inaugural...
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Wicked women of northeast Ohio

Jane Ann Turzillo - History Press
Format: Print book

In Wicked Women of Northeast Ohio, author Jane Ann Turzillo recounts the misdeeds of ten dark-hearted women who refused to play by the rules. They unleashed their most base impulses using axes, guns, poison and more. You'll meet Perry's Velma West, a mere slip of a girl who was unfortunately...
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Good Grief: Heal Your Soul, Honor Your Loved Ones, and Learn to Live Again

THERESA CAPUTO - ATRIA BOOKS
Format: Print book

The star of TLC's Long Island Medium and New York Times bestselling author Theresa Caputo provides a guide to overcoming grief, filled with inspiring lessons from Spirit and astonishing stories from the clients who have been empowered by Theresa's spiritual readings.After...
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Forensic Detective: How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases

Robert Mann - Ballantine Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Death. It’s not only inevitable and frightening, it’s intriguing and fascinating–especially today, when science continues to make ever more stunning advances in the investigation of the oldest and darkest of mysteries. To discover the how and why of death, unearth its roots,...
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The Intimidation Game: How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech

Kimberley Strassel - Twelve
Format: Print book

From Kim Strassel-one of the preeminent political columnists writing today and member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board-comes an insightful, alarming look at how the Left, once the champion of civil liberties, is today orchestrating a coordinated campaign to bully Americans out of free...
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Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone

Scott Shane - Tim Duggan Books
Format: Hardcover

Objective Troy tells the gripping and unsettling story of Anwar al-Awlaki, the once-celebrated American imam who called for moderation after 9/11, a man who ultimately directed his outsized talents to the mass murder of his fellow citizens. It follows Barack Obama's campaign against...
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The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus

John Glatt - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling crime writer John Glatt tells the true story behind the kidnappings and long-overdue rescue of three women found in a Cleveland basement.The Lost Girls tells the truly amazing story of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who were kidnapped, imprisoned,...
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Anne Frank: The Biography

Melissa Müller - Picador Usa
Format: Book

UPDATED AND FILLED WITH STRIKING NEW REVELATIONS, THE BESTSELLING, "SUPERB" BIOGRAPHY THAT "HONORS IN FULL A LIFE WE THOUGHT WE KNEW" (NEWSWEEK) Praised as "remarkable," "meticulous," and "long overdue," Anne Frank: The Biography, originally...
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Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give

ADA CALHOUN - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

Poignant and witty essays on the beautiful complexity of marriage.Inspired by her wildly popular New York Times essay "The Wedding Toast I'll Never Give," Ada Calhoun provides a funny (but not flip) , smart (but not smug) take on the institution of marriage. Weaving intimate...
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Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors

George W. Bush - Crown/Archetype
Format: Hardcover

A vibrant collection of oil paintings and stories by President George W. Bush honoring the sacrifice and courage of America's military veterans. With Forewords by former First Lady Laura Bush and General Peter Pace, 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Growing out of President...
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Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonarola, and the Battle for the Soul of a Renaissance City

Paul Strathern - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

One of the defining moments in Western history, the bloody and dramatic story of the battle for the soul of Renaissance Florence. By the end of the fifteenth century, Florence was well established as the home of the Renaissance. As generous patrons to the likes of Botticelli and Michelangelo,...
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Not Pretty Enough: The Unlikely Triumph of Helen Gurley Brown

Gerri Hirshey - Sarah Crichton Books ; Farrar
Format: Print book

A bold and deeply researched biography of a complicated cultural iconWhen Helen Gurley Brown published Sex and the Single Girl in 1962, it sold more than two million copies in just three weeks, presaging the self-help boom and helping to usher in the unapologetic self-affirmation...
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You Need a Budget: The Proven System for Breaking the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle, Getting Out of Debt, and Living the Life You Want

JESSE MECHAM - HarperBusiness
Format: Hardcover

Discover four simple rules to help you stop living paycheck to paycheck, get out of debt, and save more money faster! The You Need A Budget (YNAB) Method has helped tens of thousands of people to turn their financial lives around. It can certainly help you! Whether you're looking to right...
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The Republic of Conscience

Gary Hart - Blue Rider Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Format: Print book

Former Senator Gary Hart's The Republic of Conscience is a meditation on the growing gap between the founding principles of the United States Constitution and our current political landscape. Going back as early as 400 BC, the idea of a true republic has been threatened by narrow,...
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I Said Yes to Everything: A Memoir

Lee Grant - Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover

Born Lyova Haskell Rosenthal in New York City, actress Lee Grant spent her youth accumulating more experiences than most people have in a lifetime: from student at the famed Neighborhood Playhouse to member of the legendary Actors Studio; from celebrated Broadway star to Vogue "It...
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Unbroken A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand - Random House
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: 2014's Unbroken and the upcoming Unbroken: Path to Redemption.On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific...
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Listen, Love, Repeat: Other-Centered Living in a Self-Centered World

Karen Ehman - Zondervan
Format: Print book

Our culture is obsessed with self. In our schedules, our relationships, and especially online. (Can you say "selfie'?) But in the midst of this near-narcissism, people are less content than in decades past. Why? Because we have forgotten the joy that comes from putting others...
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The Story of My Experiments with Truth: An Autobiography

Gandhi Mahatma - CreateSpace
Format: Print book

The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the autobiography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921.
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Jane Doe January : my twenty-year search for truth and justice

Emily Winslow - William Morrow & Company
Format: Print book

In the vein of Alice Sebold s Lucky, comes a compelling, real-life crime mystery and gripping memoir of the cold case prosecution of a serial rapist, told by one of his victims. On the morning of September 12, 2013, a fugitive task force arrested Arthur Fryar at hisapartment in Brooklyn....
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Guinness World Records 2017, Gamers Edition

Guinness Editors - Turtleback Books
Format: Print book

It s time to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the "Guinness World Records: Gamer s Edition" With over four million copies sold, this is the ultimate annual for every gaming fan. It s bursting with the latest facts and stats on your favorite games from the futuristic soccer action...
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Google Drive: A No Nonsense Approach to Mastering Google Drive

Danit Rudman - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Print book

Discover What You Can Get Out Of Your Google Drive Account! What are you getting out of Google Drive? Google Drive is a great system that you can use for free but not everyone knows how to take advantage of it. Google Drive is about more than just saving your data onto a cloud network....
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The Lioness in Winter: Writing an Old Woman's Life

Ann Burack-Weiss - Columbia University Press,
Format: eBook

When she started working with the aged more than forty years ago, Ann Burack-Weiss began storing the knowledge and skills she thought would help when she got old herself. It was not until she hit her mid-seventies that she realized she had packed sneakers to climb Mount Everest, not anticipating...
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Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mavericks Edition

David Pogue - O'Reilly Media; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

What makes Windows refugees decide to get a Mac? Enthusiastic friends? The Apple Stores? Great-looking laptops? A "halo effect" from the popularity of iPhones and iPads? The absence of viruses and spyware? The freedom to run Windows on a Mac? In any case, there’s never been...
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Face the Music: A Life Exposed

Paul Stanley - Fourth Estate
Format: Hardcover

In Face the Music, Paul Stanley - the co-founder and famous "Starchild" frontman of KISS - reveals for the first time the incredible highs and equally incredible lows in his life both inside and outside the band. Face the Music is the shocking, funny, smart, inspirational story...
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Cosby: His Life and Times

Mark Whitaker - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The first major biography of an American icon, comedian Bill Cosby. Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with Cosby and more than sixty of his closest friends and associates, it is a frank, fun and fascinating account of his life and historic legacy.. Far from the gentle...
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Trump Revealed: An American Journey of Ambition, Ego, Money, and Power

Michael Kranish - Scribner
Format: Print book

Authoritative, timely, and provocative, this deeply researched biography of Donald Trump provides a complex portrait of the man who - despite broad skepticism - could be the next president of the United States.Who is Donald J. Trump? Despite decades of scrutiny, many aspects of his life...
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50 Years, 50 Moments: The Most Unforgettable Plays in Super Bowl History

Jerry Rice - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book

In commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of America's most beloved sporting event - the Super Bowl - an authoritative collection of the most pivotal plays through the decades, compiled by the legendary Jerry Rice, and illustrated with dozens of color photographs.New York Times bestseller...
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Standard and Poors 500 Guide 2013

Standard and Poor's Corporation. - McGraw-Hill Professional
Format: Paperback

The most up-to-date and accurate market intelligence for superior investment decisions -- from the world's premier financial index! Standard & Poor's 500 Guide, 2013 Edition, contains hard-to-find data and analysis on the bluest of blue chip stocks -- from Abbot Labs and GE to Microsoft...
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Napkin Notes: Make Lunch Meaningful, Life Will Follow

W. Garth Callaghan - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Garth Callaghan doesnt know how long he has to live. But he can be certain of one simple thing No matter his fate, his daughter, Emma, will find a handwritten note inside her lunchbox each day until she graduates from high school.Cancer has given Garth Callaghan a new purpose to inspire...
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Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva

Rosemary Sullivan - Harper
Format: Hardcover

The award-winning author of Villa Air-Bel returns with a painstakingly researched, revelatory biography of Svetlana Stalin, a woman fated to live her life in the shadow of one of history's most monstrous dictators - her father, Josef Stalin.Born in the early years of the Soviet Union,...
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TV

Alan Sepinwall - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Print book

Is The Wire better than Breaking Bad? Is Cheers better than Seinfeld? What's the best high school show ever made? Why did Moonlighting really fall apart? Was the Arrested Development Netflix season brilliant or terrible?For twenty years-since they...
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The Anthology Part 1

Garth Brooks - Pearl Records
Format: Hardcover

The first five years were filled with high adventure, with dreams coming true, with new friendships beginning and old friendships growing. Most of all, though, the years were filled with music being made. We thought about songs night and day, chased the things. I was surrounded by songwriters,...
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