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Everybody's Got Something

Robin Roberts - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

"Regardless of how much money you have, your race, where you live, what religion you follow, you are going through something. Or you already have or you will. As momma always said, "Everybody's got something." So begins beloved Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts's...
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The Artful Parent: Simple Ways to Fill Your Familys Life with Art and Creativity

Jean Vant Hul - Roost Books
Format: Paperback

Bring out your childs creativity and imagination with more than 60 artful activities in this completely revised and updated edition. Art making is a wonderful way for young children to tap into their imagination, deepen their creativity, and explore new materials, all while strengthening...
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The Barefoot Woman

Scholastique Mukasonga - Archipelago
Format: Paperback

A moving, unforgettable tribute to a Tutsi woman who did everything to protect her children from the Rwandan genocide, by the daughter who refuses to let her family's story be forgotten.The story of the author's mother, a fierce, loving woman who for years protected her family from...
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Mayo Clinic on Osteoporosis: Keep your bones strong and reduce your risk of fractures

Ann E. Kearns M.D. - Mayo Clinic Press; 1st edition
Format: Paperback

Around 54 million Americans live with osteoporosis or low bone mass, but many don't recognize the symptoms until it is too late. Before a bad fall or fracture renders you immobile, learn how to reduce your risk of developing osteoporosis, manage your day-to-day symptoms, and even treat...
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Taking the Lead: Lessons from a Life in Motion

Derek Hough - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

Derek Hough, the dashing Emmy Award-winning fan favorite, and only five-time champion of the hit ABC reality show Dancing With the Stars, tells the inspiring story of his life and career, and shares insider tips of how he transforms his celebrity dance partners into confident, charismatic...
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Lawns into Meadows: Growing a Regenerative Landscape

Owen Wormser - Stone Pier Press
Format: Paperback

In Lawns Into Meadows, landscape designer Owen Wormser makes a case for the power and generosity of meadows. In a world where lawns have wreaked havoc on our natural ecosystems, meadows offer a compelling solution. They establish wildlife and pollinator habitats. They're low-maintenance...
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Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain

Mick Conefrey - ?Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

The dramatic and inspiring account of the very first attempt to climb Mount Everest, published to coincide with the centenary of the expedition of 1922.The first attempt on Everest in 1922 by George Leigh Mallory and a British team is an extraordinary story full of controversy, drama, and incident,...
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A Disappearance in Damascus: Friendship and Survival in the Shadow of War

DEBORAH CAMPBELL - Picador
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for NonfictionWinner of the Freedom to Read AwardWinner of the Hubert Evans PrizeIn the midst of an unfolding international crisis, renowned journalist Deborah Campbell finds herself swept up in the mysterious disappearance of Ahlam, her guide...
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Keeper: One House, Three Generations, and a Journey into Alzheimer's

Andrea Gillies - Broadway Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Five years ago, Andrea Gillies - writer, wife, and mother of three - seeing that her husband's parents were struggling to cope, invited them to move in. She and her newly extended family relocated to a big Victorian house on a remote, windswept peninsula in the far north of Scotland,...
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49 Myths about China

Marte Kjær Galtung - Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
Format: Print book

Communism is dead in China. "China Inc." is buying up the world. China has the United States over a barrel. The Chinese are just copycats. China is an environmental baddie, China is colonizing Africa. Mao was a monster. The end of the Communist regime is near. The 21st century...
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