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Drink the Harvest: Making and Preserving Juices, Wines, Meads, Teas, and Ciders
DeNeice C. Guest - Storey Publishing
Format: Paperback
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Preserving the harvest doesn't have to stop with jam and pickles. Many fruits, vegetables, and herbs can be made into delicious beverages to enjoy fresh or preserve for later. Drink the Harvest presents simple recipes accompanied by mouthwatering photographs for a variety of teas,... |
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Dreams at the Threshold: Guidance, Comfort, and Healing at the End of Life
Jeanne Van Bronkhorst - Llewellyn Publications
Format: Print book
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At the end of life dreams can help start important conversations and encourage the resolution of old wounds. They provide a welcome sense of dignity in their sharing and often help those who are dying move confidently toward an unknown future. Dreams at the Threshold provides simple instructions... |
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Note to Self
Connor Franta - Atria/Keywords Press
Format: Print book
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In his New York Times bestselling memoir, A Work in Progress, Connor Franta shared his journey from small-town Midwestern boy to full-fledged Internet sensation. Exploring his past with humor and astounding insight, Connor reminded his fans of why they first fell in love with... |
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Brain Games for Puppies
Claire Arrowsmith - Firefly Books Ltd
Format: Print book
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Praise for Brain Games for Dogs, by the same author: "Ideal for the growing number of dog owners who know that mental activity is as important as exercise when it comes to their dog's health and happiness." -- Pet Business Magazine Brain Games for Puppies... |
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Jesse Ventura's Marijuana Manifesto
Jesse Ventura - W W Norton
Format: Print book
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In this groundbreaking book, bestselling author Jesse Ventura lays out his philosophy on marijuana, and why he's always been in favor of legalization. Now, more than ever before, our country needs to see full legalization of medical/recreational marijuana and hemp.Any way you look at it, for whoever... |
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So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead
David Browne - Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover
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Fifty years after they first came together and changed the sound of rock 'n' roll, the Grateful Dead remain one of rock's most beloved bands - a musical and cultural phenomenon that spans generations and paved the way for everything from the world of jam bands and the idea of independently... |
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Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
Mark Miodownik - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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Sometimes explosive, often delicious, occasionally poisonous, but always interesting: the New York Times best-selling author of Stuff Matters show us the secret lives of liquids: the shadow counterpart of our solid "stuff."We all know that without water we couldn't... |
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Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom
RUSSELL SHORTO - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the acclaimed history The Island at the Center of the World, an intimate new epic of the American Revolution that reinforces its meaning for today.With America's founding principles being debated today as never before, Russell Shorto looks back to the era in which those... |
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Going Deep: John Philip Holland and the Invention of the Attack Submarine
Lawrence Goldstone - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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The controversial history of the attack submarine -- and the story of its colorful creator, John Philip Holland -- that reveals how this imaginative invention changed the face of modern warfare. From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea to The Hunt for Red October, readers the world over... |
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Do You Have a Tipped Uterus: 69 Things Your Gynecologist Wishes You Knew
Melissa Wolf - Morgan James Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Did you know, every woman has a tipped uterus, and ovarian cysts are usually normal (even when they burst)? Have you ever wondered how to balance your hormones, why you have to repeat yourself at the doctor’s office or why your yeast infection keeps coming back? Have you agonized... |
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The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
CLEMANTINE WAMARIYA - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"The plot provided by the universe was filled with starvation, war and rape. I would not - could not - live in that tale." Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear,... |
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New Space Frontiers: Venturing into Earth Orbit and Beyond
Piers Bizony - Zenith Press
Format: Hardcover
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Take a journey into the New Space Frontier!It is easy to imagine that the space shuttle's retirement has edged the Space Age toward closure, at least in terms of human flight beyond the bounds of earth. In fact, there are more people-carrying ships being constructed now than at any time... |
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Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places
COLIN DICKEY - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
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Colin Dickey is on the trail of Americas ghosts. Crammed into old houses and hotels, abandoned prisons and empty hospitals, the spirits that linger continue to capture our collective imagination, but why His own fascination piqued by a house hunt in Los Angeles that revealed derelict foreclosures... |
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My Marathon: Reflections on a Gold Medal Life
Frank Shorter - Rodale
Format: Print book
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My Marathon: Reflections on a Gold Medal Life is a revealing memoir by Frank Shorter, the father of American distance running. After winning the 1969 NCAA title in the 10,000-meters title during his senior year at Yale, Shorter went on to win a staggering 24 national titles on track,... |
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Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy: Ernest Hemingway's Secret Adventures, 1935-1961
Nicholas Reynolds - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A "riveting"* international cloak-and-dagger epic, here is the stunning untold story of Ernest Hemingway's dangerous secret life -- including his role as a Soviet agent code-named "Argo" -- that fueled his art and his undoing.In 2010, while... |
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Praxis Core For Dummies, with Online Practice Tests
Chan Cleveland - For Dummies; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Get the ultimate guide to the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators, complete with practice tests The Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators test has replaced the Praxis (PPST) as the pre-certification exam for educators, and plenty has changed. The new exam still tests competency... |
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Special Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage and Love
Bret Baier - Center Street
Format: Hardcover
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Special Heart is a deeply touching personal story told through the eyes of a journalist as he faces the most daunting challenge in life -- far more frightening than reporting from battlefields, infinitely more momentous than interviewing newsmakers of the day: caring for his critically... |
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Creative Block: Get Unstuck, Discover New Ideas. Advice & Projects from 50 Successful Artists
Danielle Krysa - Chronicle Books; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback
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Creative block presents the most crippling - and unfortunately universal - challenge for artists. No longer! This chunky blockbuster of a book is chock-full of solutions for overcoming all manner of artistic impediment. The blogger behind The Jealous Curator interviews 50 successful international... |
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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
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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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Frank & Ava: In Love and War
John Brady - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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"If I had to go back in Hollywood history and name two people who were most desperately and passionately in love with each other, I would say Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner were It." -- Liz Smith.It began in Hollywood's golden age when Ava was emerging as a movie star. But she fell... |
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Close Encounters with Humankind: A Paleoanthropologist Investigates Our Evolving Species
SANG-HEE LEE - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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In this captivating bestseller, Korea's first paleoanthropologist offers fresh insights into humanity's dawn and evolution.What can fossilized teeth tell us about the life expectancy of our ancient ancestors? How did farming play a problematic role in the history of human evolution? How can simple... |
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Orders to Kill: The Putin Regime and Political Murder
Amy Knight - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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Ever since Vladamir Putin came to power in Russia, his critics have turned up dead on a regular basis. According to Amy Knight, this is no coincidence. In Orders to Kill, the KGB scholar ties dozens of victims together to expose a campaign of political murder during Putin's reign... |
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The Last 100 Days: FDR at War and at Peace
David B Woolner - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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A revealing portrait of the end of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's life and presidency, shedding new light on how he made his momentous final policy decisionsThe first hundred days of FDR's presidency are justly famous, often viewed as a period of political action without equal in American... |
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War Dogs: Tales of Canine Heroism, History, and Love
Rebecca Frankel - Palgrave Macmillan Trade
Format: Hardcover
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*A New York Times Best Seller*Under the cover of night, deep in the desert of Afghanistan, a US Army handler led a Special Forces patrol with his military working dog. Without warning an insurgent popped up, his weapon raised. At the handler's command, the dog charged their attacker.... |
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The End of Advertising: Why It Had to Die, and the Creative Resurrection to Come
Andrew Essex - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover
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A recovering Mad Man throws down the ultimate challenge to his profession: Innovate or die.The ad apocalypse is upon us. Today millions are downloading ad-blocking software, and still more are paying subscription premiums to avoid ads. This $600 billion industry is now careening toward... |
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The Emotional Journey of the Alzheimer's Family
Robert B. Santulli MD - Dartmouth
Format: Hardcover
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Alzheimer's disease is a growing public health crisis. According to the Alzheimer's Association, there are 5.4 million victims of this disease; by 2050, there will be close to 15 million people who suffer from this debilitating disorder of memory, thinking, personality, and functioning.... |
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Dementia Reimagined: Building a Life of Joy and Dignity from Beginning to End
Tia Powell - Avery
Format: Hardcover
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The cultural and medical history of dementia and Alzheimer's disease by a leading psychiatrist and bioethicist who urges us to turn our focus from cure to care.Despite being a physician and a bioethicist, Tia Powell wasn't prepared to address the challenges she faced when... |
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In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Cult
Rebecca Stott - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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A father-daughter story that tells of the authors experience growing up in a separatist fundamentalist Christian cult, from the author of the national bestseller Ghostwalk. Rebecca Stott grew up in in Brighton, England, as a fourth-generation member of the Exclusive Brethren, a cult that... |
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The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
Gretchen Anna Bakke - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Print book
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The grid is an accident of history and of culture, in no way intrinsic to how we produce, deliver and consume electrical power. Yet this is the system the United States ended up with, a jerry-built structure now so rickety and near collapse that a strong wind or a hot day can bring it to a grinding... |
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Parrot Parenting: The Essential Care and Training Guide to +20 Parrot Species
Carol Frischmann - i5 Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the tiny parakeet to the giant hyacinth macaw not all parrots place the same demands on their parents Parakeets conures cockatiels loriesthe parrot family consists of the most popular pet birds each offering keepers their unique characteristics and exotic beauty as well as their specific... |
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The Sullivan Street Bakery Cookbook
Jim Lahey - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of My Bread: A clear, illustrated guide to making sourdough and the Italian-inspired café dishes from one of Manhattans best bakeries.Founded in 1994, Sullivan Street Bakery is renowned for its outstanding bread, which graces the tables of New Yorks most celebrated... |
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Guns and Contemporary Society
Glenn H Utter - Praeger
Format: Print book
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This three-volume set examines various approaches to firearms, including constitutional and legal issues, public health and criminal justice concerns, and perspectives on personal safety and self-defense.* Considers a wide variety of policy recommendations, from advocating greater firearm... |
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The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace
Ron Friedman PhD - Perigee Books
Format: Hardcover
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For readers of Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Pink, and Freakonomics, comes a captivating and surprising journey through the science of workplace excellence.Why do successful companies reward failure What can casinos teach us about building a happy workplace How do you design an office that enhances... |
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Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
REBECCA TRAISTER - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies - whom Anne Lamott called "the most brilliant voice on feminism in this country" - comes a vital, incisive exploration into the transformative power of female anger and its ability... |
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Incendiary: The Psychiatrist, the Mad Bomber, and the Invention of Criminal Profiling
Michael Cannell - Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover
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Long before the specter of terrorism haunted the public imagination, a serial bomber stalked the streets of 1950s New York. The race to catch him would give birth to a new science called criminal profiling.Grand Central, Penn Station, Radio City Music Hall -- for almost two decades, no place... |
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Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
Anders Ericsson - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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From the world's reigning expert on expertise comes a powerful new approach to mastering almost any skill. Have you ever wanted to learn a language or pick up an instrument, only to become too daunted by the task at hand? Expert performance guru Anders Ericsson has made a career studying... |
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Let the Elephants Run: Unlock Your Creativity and Change Everything
David Usher - House of Anansi Press
Format: Hardcover
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At David Usher's company, CloudID Creativity Labs, a sign on the wall reads: "Dream big, let the elephants run!" The words are a reminder for us to hold a place in our minds for big ideas. Based on his wildly popular speaking engagements, Let the Elephants Run shows us how to reignite... |
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Give Me Liberty: Speakers and Speeches that Have Shaped America
Christopher L. Webber - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book
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Sure to become a classic of American oratorical history, ?Give Me Liberty reveals the enduring power of America's quest for a freer and more just society, and the context of the speeches and speakers -- from Daniel Webster and Patrick Henry to Martin Luther King and Ronald Reagan -- that... |
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Becoming a Mountain: Himalayan Journeys in Search of the Sacred and the Sublime
Stephen Alter - Arcade Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Stephen Alter was raised by American missionary parents in the hill station of Mussoorie, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where he and his wife, Ameeta, now live. Their idyllic existence was brutally interrupted when four armed intruders invaded their house and viciously attacked them,... |
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American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
Shane Bauer - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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A ground-breaking and brave inside reckoning with the nexus of prison and profit in America: in one Louisiana prison and over the course of our country's history.In 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana.... |
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Trump's War: His Battle for America
MICHAEL SAVAGE - CENTER ST
Format: Print book
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p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px Arial; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} The wall, taxes, tariffs, deportations, Obamacare, guns, military strength, schools, abortion, religion - what will the new president do? The "Godfather of Trumpmania,"... |
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Mean Dads for a Better America: The Generous Rewards of an Old-Fashioned Childhood
Tom Shillue - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the stand-up comedian and host of Fox News' humorous late-night talk show Red Eye, a nostalgic look back at his childhood and the simple American values that shaped his worldview - a portrait of growing up in 1970s America.As a comedian and the host of Red Eye, whip-smart funny... |
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The Fighters
C. J. Chivers - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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"A classic of war reporting...The author's stories give heart-rending meaning to the lives and deaths of these men and women, even if policymakers generally have not." - The New York Times Pulitzer Prize winner C.J. Chivers' unvarnished account of modern combat, told through... |
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The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek: A Tragic Clash Between White and Native America
Richard Kluger - Knopf; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The riveting story of a dramatic confrontation between Native Americans and white settlers, a compelling conflict that unfolded in the newly created Washington Territory from 1853 to 1857.When appointed Washington’s first governor, Isaac Ingalls Stevens, an ambitious military man turned... |
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Bella Figura: How to Live, Love, and Eat the Italian Way
Kamin Mohammadi - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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"She walks down the street with a swing in her step and a lift to her head. She radiates allure as if followed by a personal spotlight. She may be tall or short, slim or pneumatically curvaceous, dressed discreetly or ostentatiously - it matters not. Her gait, her composure, the very... |
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Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
SARAH SMARSH - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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An eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in the American Midwest.During Sarah Smarsh's turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country's changing economic policies solidified her family's place among the working poor. By telling... |
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Different: The Story of an Outside-the-Box Kid and the Mom Who Loved Him
Sally Clarkson - Tyndale House Publishers
Format: Print book
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Nathan was different and Sally knew it.From his early childhood, Nathan was bursting with creativity and uncontainable energy, struggling not only with learning issues but also with anxiety and OCD. He saw the world through his own unique lens -- one that often caused him to be labeled... |
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The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
Niall Ferguson - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networksMost history is hierarchical: it's about emperors, presidents, prime ministers and field marshals. It's about states,... |
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The Invisible Emperor: Napoleon on Elba from Exile to Escape
Mark Braude - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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Part forensic investigation, part dramatic jailbreak adventure, Mark Braude's The Invisible Emperor is a gripping narrative history of Napoleon Bonaparte's ten-month exile on the Mediterranean island of ElbaIn the spring of 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated. Having overseen... |
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Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker
A N WILSON - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A radical reappraisal of Charles Darwin from the bestselling author of Victoria: A Life.With the publication of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin - hailed as the man who "discovered evolution" - was propelled into the pantheon of great scientific thinkers, alongside Galileo,... |
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Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success
Ivanka Trump - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Ivanka is donating the unpaid portion of her advance and all future royalties received from Women Who Work to the Ivanka M. Trump Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund that will make grants to organizations that empower and educate women and girls.* "This... |
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The Book Of Separation: A Memoir
Tova Mirvis - Harper Perennial
Format: Paperback
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The memoir of a woman who leaves her faith and her marriage and sets out to navigate the terrifying, liberating terrain of a newly mapless world. Born and raised in a tight-knit Orthodox Jewish family, Tova Mirvis committed herself to observing the rules and rituals prescribed by this way of life.... |
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Strength Training for Fat Loss
Nick Tumminello - Human Kinetics; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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No fads, gimmicks, or miracle claims. Just science-based programming, sensible strategies, and the results you desire. In Strength Training for Fat Loss, Nick Tumminello, renowned trainer and innovator in the field of human performance, explains how to use the 3 Cs of metabolic strength... |
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Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon
Larry Tye - Random House
Format: Print book
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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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Sexuality in Classical South Asian Buddhism
José Ignacio Cabezón - Wisdom Publications
Format: Hardcover
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A prolific scholar surveys classical Buddhism's approach to sex, gender, and sexual orientation in this landmark volume.More than twenty-five years in the making, this detailed sourcebook on Buddhist understandings of sexuality, desire, ethics, and deviance in classical South Asia is filled... |
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The Invention of Russia: From Gorbachev's Freedom to Putin's War
Arkady Ostrovsky - Viking
Format: Print book
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WINNER OF THE 2016 ORWELL PRIZE FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR "Fast-paced and excellently written ... much needed, dispassionate and eminently readable." - New York Times "Filled with sparkling prose and deep analysis." -The Wall Street Journal... |
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Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
KATE BOWLER - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of living without certainty. Thirty-five-year-old Kate Bowler was a professor at the school of divinity at Duke, and had finally had a baby with her childhood sweetheart after years of trying,... |
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Paperback
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#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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Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways to Love Your Body
Kate Hudson - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book
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I didn't just wake up one day understanding how to take care of myself. I had to learn how to do so over time, and I continue to learn - each and every day. This is a process, and my body is constantly changing. So is yours. And when I learned how to accept that I will always be like this,... |
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Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Created a Legacy That Will Prevail
Jonathan Chait - Custom House
Format: Print book
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"An unassailable case that, in the eyes of history, Barack Obama will be viewed as one of America's best and most accomplished presidents. Over the course of eight years, Barack Obama has amassed an array of outstanding achievements. His administration saved the American economy from... |
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Smitten Kitchen Every Day: Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites
Deb Perelman - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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Deb Perelman, award-winning blogger and New York Times best-selling author of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, understands that a happy discovery in the kitchen has the ability to completely change the course of your day. Whether we're cooking for ourselves, for a date night... |
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Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life
Mallory Smith - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Hardcover
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The diaries of a remarkable young woman who was determined to live a meaningful and happy life despite her struggle with cystic fibrosis and a rare superbug - from age fifteen to her death at the age of twenty-five"Captures the heartbreaking beauty of being alive." - Beck Dorey-Stein,... |
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Profiles of American Colleges 2019
BARRON'S COLLEGE DIVISION. - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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America's leading college directory and a perennial favorite among high school guidance counselors is a recognized authority in comparative college ratingsThe brand-new edition of Barron's Profiles of American Colleges describes more than 1,650 colleges, with up-to-date facts and figures... |
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Country Living Smart Storage Solutions: Creative Closets, Stylish Shelves & More
Country Living - Hearst
Format: Hardcover
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In need of organization, comfort, and style? With hundreds of innovative storage solutions and inspirational images, Country Living can help you find a place for everything and keep everything in its place. Room by room, see how to make the most of open shelving and unused nooks and crannies;... |
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One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams
Chris Fussell - Portfolio
Format: Hardcover
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From the co-author ofthe New York Times bestseller Team of Teams, a practical guide for leaders looking to make their organizations more interconnected and unified in the midst of sudden change. Too often, companies end up with teams stuck in their own silos, pursuing goals and metrics... |
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I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir
Brian Wilson - Da Capo Press
Format: Print book
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They say there are no second acts in American lives, and third acts are almost unheard of. That's part of what makes Brian Wilson's story so astonishing.As a cofounding member of the Beach Boys in the 1960s, Wilson created some of the most groundbreaking and timeless popular music ever... |
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Llewellyn's Complete Book of Tarot: A Comprehensive Resource
Anthony Louis - Llewellyn
Format: Print book
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This book covers everything about tarot and includes references for readers who want to go deeper into a particular topic. History, various types of tarot, associations and correspondences, reversals, dignities, spreads, reading tips, card meanings, and activities. Author Anthony Louis... |
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Food for Thought: An Indiana Harvest
David Hoppe - Indiana Humanities
Format: Paperback
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Through stories and pictures, this book tells the story of Indiana's food renaissance. Indiana has a rich agricultural history, and in these interviews Hoppe celebrates the breadth of Hoosier creativity. From Jesu's Alvarez, the Mexican immigrant known as the Pierogi King of Whiting,... |
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Midnight in Siberia: A Train Journey into the Heart of Russia
David Greene - W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Travels with NPR host David Greene along the Trans-Siberian Railroad capture an overlooked, idiosyncratic Russia in the age of Putin.Far away from the trendy cafs, designer boutiques, and political protests and crackdowns in Moscow, the real Russia exists.Midnight in Siberia chronicles... |
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Leftover in China: The Women Shaping the World's Next Superpower
ROSEANN LAKE - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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Factory Girls meets The Vagina Monologues in this fascinating narrative on China's single women -- and why they could be the source of its economic future.Forty years ago, China enacted the one-child policy, only recently relaxed. Among many other unintended consequences, it resulted in both... |
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Suspicious Minds: Why We Believe Conspiracy Theories
Rob Brotherton - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback
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'A first class book' Sunday Times We're all conspiracy theorists. Some of us just hide it better than others. Conspiracy theorists do not wear tin-foil hats (for the most part) . They are not just a few kooks lurking on the paranoid fringes of society with bizarre ideas about... |
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Starting Your Career as a Contractor: How to Build and Run a Construction Business
Claudiu Fatu - Allworth Press
Format: Paperback
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This incisive, practical guide provides a thorough breakdown of the ins and outs everyone needs to know when turning contracting skills into a business. From summoning the motivation to start your own business to the intricacies of being your own boss, Claudiu Fatu artfully turns his personal... |
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Andy and Don: The Making of a Friendship and a Classic American TV Show
Daniel De Visé - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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A lively and revealing biography of Andy Griffith and Don Knotts, this "humorous, informative, and poignant book" celebrates the powerful real-life friendship behind one of America's most iconic television programs and "shows how the magic was created" (Library Journal)... |
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Rescue of the Bounty: Disaster and Survival in Superstorm Sandy
Michael J. Tougias - Scribner Book Company
Format: Paperback
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From the author of the Fall 2015 Disney movie The Finest Hours, the "thrilling and perfectly paced" (BOOKLIST ) story of the sinking and rescue of Bounty - the tall ship used in the classic 1962 movie Mutiny on the Bounty - which was caught in the path... |
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The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After
Julie Yip-Williams - Random House
Format: Hardcover
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As a young mother facing a terminal diagnosis, Julie Yip-Williams began to write her story, a story like no other. What began as the chronicle of an imminent and early death became something much more - a powerful exhortation to the living. That Julie Yip-Williams survived infancy was a miracle.... |
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Confessions of a Funeral Director: How the Business of Death Saved My Life
CALEB WILDE - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
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The blogger behind Confessions of a Funeral Director - what Time magazine called a "must read" - reflects on mortality and the powerful lessons death holds for every one of us in this compassionate and thoughtful spiritual memoir that combines the humor and insight of Smoke Gets... |
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How to Read the Solar System: A Guide to the Stars and Planets
Paul Abel - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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A fresh and essential guide to understanding and interpreting the wonders of our solar system, from two intrepid young astronomers who are the hosts of the popular BBC television series, "The Sky at Night."What exactly is the solar system? We've all learned the basics at school... |
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The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling
John Muir Laws - Heyday
Format: Paperback
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Gold Medal, 2016 Foreword INDIES Book AwardsThe best-selling, ultimate guide to nature drawing and journaling!A potent combination of art, science, and boundless enthusiasm, this art instruction book from John Muir Laws (author of The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds) is a how-to guide for becoming... |
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All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power
Nomi Prins - Perseus Books Group
Format: Print book
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Who rules AmericaAll the Presidents' Bankers is a groundbreaking narrative of how an elite group of men transformed the American economy and government, dictated foreign and domestic policy, and shaped world history.Culled from original presidential archival documents, All the Presidents'... |
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Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything
Randi Hutter Epstein - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A guided tour through the strange science of hormones and the age-old quest to control them.Metabolism, behavior, sleep, mood swings, the immune system, fighting, fleeing, puberty, and sex: these are just a few of the things our bodies control with hormones. Armed with a healthy dose of wit and curiosity,... |
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Christmas with Southern Living 2014: Our Best Guide to Holiday & Decorating
The Editors of Southern Living Magazine - Oxmoor House
Format: Hardcover
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Christmas with Southern Living is ALL NEW for 2014. Included are special holiday menus and over 100 recipes especially designed for holiday cooking, baking, entertaining, and gift-giving. Dozens of photos, kitchen tips, and entertaining ideas add extra value to the recipe pages, which make... |
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Goop Clean Beauty
Goop. - Grand Central Life & Style
Format: Print book
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The ultimate beauty guide from the experts at GOOP--the trusted resource for healthy, mindful living, curated by Gwyneth Paltrow Millions of women around the world turn to the clean-living team at GOOP for beauty advice. From nontoxic product recommendations, red carpet- (and everyday-)... |
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The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
Ben Macintyre - Crown
Format: Hardcover
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The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart... |
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American Qur'an
Sandow Birk - Liveright Publishing Corporation
Format: Print book
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This triumph of American art, reflecting a decade of travel in the Islamic work, unites two cultures with its transcendent power.At a time when the United States was involved in two wars against Islamic nations, American-born artist Sandow Birk wanted to understand the Qur'an as it is, and always... |
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Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
Francis Fukuyama - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order offers a provocative examination of modern identity politics: its origins, its effects, and what it means for domestic and international affairs of stateIn 2014, Francis Fukuyama wrote that American institutions... |
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Hidden Figures: The Story of the African-American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race
Margot Lee Shetterly - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestseller-WINNER OF ANISFIELD-WOLF AWARD FOR NONFICTION-WINNER BLACK CAUCUS OF AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST NONFICTION BOOK-WINNER NAACP IMAGE AWARD BEST NONFICTION BOOK-WINNER NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE COMMUNICATION AWARDThe phenomenal... |
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Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country
Pam Houston - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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"How do we become who we are in the world? We ask the world to teach us."On her 120-acre homestead high in the Colorado Rockies, beloved writer Pam Houston learns what it means to care for a piece of land and the creatures on it. Elk calves and bluebirds mark the changing seasons,... |
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Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Kentucky
Gerald W Fischer - Acclaim Press
Format: Print book
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Usually when people think about guerrilla activity during the Civil War, the border conflicts between Kansas and Missouri come to mind, enhanced by tales of Quantrill's Raiders and Bloody Bill Anderson preying upon innocent townsfolk and civilians. However, guerrilla forces roamed throughout... |
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Montana: The Biography of Football's Joe Cool
Keith Dunnavant - Thomas Dunne Books, 2015
Format: Print book
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As long as football is played, Joe Montana will be synonymous with the heart-pounding rally. Seemingly impervious to the pressure of a scoreboard deficit, the quarterback known as Joe Cool brought a steadying calm to every huddle, especially when the situation seemed especially dire. His reputation... |
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Faith Commander: Living Five Values from the Parables of Jesus
Korie Robertson - Zondervan; Stg edition
Format: Book
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The Robertson Family Helps You Build a Faith-Shaped Life … Join Korie Robertson and Chrys Howard as they tell stories of the Robertson family of the hit television show, Duck Dynasty®, and discuss some of the Bible’s most-loved parables. You will learn how to build a legacy... |
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Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story
Matti Friedman - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Format: Print book
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"Destined to become a classic text on the absurdities of war. . . A beautifully written account of a young Israeli soldier's experience. A stunning achievement." - Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and New York Times bestselling author of The Good Spy... |
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Knockout.js: Building Dynamic Client-Side Web Applications
Jamie Munro - O'Reilly Media; 1 edition
Format: eBook
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Design, architect, and build a dynamic web application using Knockout.js, the open source JavaScript library that helps you to create rich, responsive display and editor user interfaces with a clean underlying data model. By introducing you to Model-View-View Model (MVVM) pattern used in Knockout.js,... |
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The Book of the People: How to Read the Bible
A.N. Wilson - Harper
Format: Print book
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From renowned historian, biographer and novelist, A.N. Wilson, a deep personal, literary, and historical exploration of the Bible.In The Book of the People, A. N. Wilson explores how readers and thinkers have approached the Bible, and how it might be read today. Charting his own relationship... |
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Putin's World: Russia Against the West
Angela Stent - Twelve
Format: Hardcover
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A brilliant analysis of Putin's Russia and how Russians perceive their place in the modern world. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px... |
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National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear
David Rothkopf - PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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In the wake of 911, America and its people have experienced a sense of vulnerability unprecedented in the nations recent history. Buffeted by challenges from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the financial crisis, from Washington dysfunction to the rise of China and the dawn of the era of cyber... |
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Cyberspies: The Secret History of Surveillance, Hacking, and Digital Espionage
Gordon Corera - Pegasus Books
Format: Print book
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The previously untold -- and previously highly classified -- story of the conflux of espionage and technology, with a compelling narrative rich with astonishing revelations taking readers from World War II to the internet age. As the digital era become increasingly pervasive, the intertwining... |
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The Stowaway: A Young Man's Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica
Laurie Gwen Shapiro - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on the Roaring Twenties' most remarkable feat of science and daring: an expedition to Antarctica.It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun. The Great... |
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The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland
Dan Barry - Harper
Format: Print book
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With this Dickensian tale from America's heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice... |
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Girl in a Band: A Memoir
Kim Gordon - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover
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Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story - a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty... |
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The Women Who Flew for Hitler: A True Story of Soaring Ambition and Searing Rivalry
CLARE MULLEY - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Biographers' Club Prize-winner Clare Mulley's The Women Who Flew for Hitler -- a dual biography of Nazi Germany's most highly decorated women pilots.Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg were talented, courageous, and strikingly attractive women who fought convention to make... |
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Warman's Antiques & Collectibles 2019
Noah Fleisher - Krause Publications
Format: Hardcover
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The Warman's Advantage The antiques and collectibles world is big, bold and beautiful. Your experience with it should be as well. Welcome to Warman's Antiques & Collectibles 2019, a rich interpretation of this amazing field. Presented with the style and substance you've... |
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The Human Canvas: The World's Best Body Paintings
Karala Barendregt - IMPACT
Format: Hardcover
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"The human body is the most beautiful thing to us, both inside and out." --Nick & Brian WolfeInside the Magical World of Bodypainting From fine art to fashion and from advertising to competition, the world of bodypainting is vast and beautiful. With The Human Canvas you will get front... |
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Herbs for Stress & Anxiety: How to Make and Use Herbal Remedies to Strengthen the Nervous System. A Storey Basics® Title
Rosemary Gladstar - Storey Publishing, LLC; 2 edition
Format: Paperback
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In this accessible guide, best-selling author and renowned herbalist Rosemary Gladstar shows you how to make your herbal remedies to strengthen your nervous system and address a wide range of symptoms, including panic attacks, depression, insomnia, anxiety, headaches, migraines, herpes,... |
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Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King (Revised and Expanded)
Mike Pitts - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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"As gripping as any detective fiction. Proof that one doesnt need to be fascinated with Richard III to be enthralled by the story of his bodys discovery." - Publishers WeeklyIn August 2012 a search began, and on February 4, 2013, a team from Leicester University delivered its verdict... |
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Jason Priestley: A Memoir
Jason Priestley - HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Format: Hardcover
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Jason Priestley, star of the iconic hit television series Beverly Hills, 90210 and one of the biggest teen idols of the 1990s, chronicles the highs and lows of his life and career in this charming and honest memoir.The hit Fox show Beverly Hills, 90210 became a cultural touchstone of the 1990s... |
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The Origins of Creativity
EDWARD O WILSON - Liveright
Format: Hardcover
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Following the extraordinary success of The Meaning of Human Existence, Edward O. Wilson offers a philosophically probing work on the origins of human creativity. "Creativity is the unique and defining trait of our species; and its ultimate goal, self-understanding," begins Edward... |
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Untitled
Mark Manson - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times best-selling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck comes a new unorthodox self-help book. 2 million first printing. |
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JUST KIDS
PATTI SMITH - ECCO
Format: Print book
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Believer: My Forty Years in Politics
David Axelrod - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times Book Review"A stout defense--indeed, the best I have read--of the Obama years."A New York Times BestsellerDavid Axelrod has always been a believer. Whether as a young journalist investigating city corruption, a campaign consultant guiding underdog candidates against... |
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The Wind in My Hair: My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran
MASIH ALINEJAD - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Book
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An extraordinary memoir from an Iranian journalist in exile about leaving her country, challenging tradition and sparking an online movement against compulsory hijab. A photo on Masih's Facebook page: a woman standing proudly, face bare, hair blowing in the wind. Her crime: removing... |
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Social Media in the Courtroom: A New Era for Criminal Justice?
Thaddeus A. Hoffmeister - Praeger
Format: Hardcover
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While social media has become embedded in our society as a way to stay connected with friends, it serves another important purpose: to support the prosecution and defense of criminal cases. Social media is now used as proof of a crime; further, social media has become a vehicle for criminal... |
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A Cash-Free Society: Whether We Like It or Not
Kai A Olsen - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Information technology is changing the world through automation, by bypassing middlemen and by digitization. We see dramatic effects today in the music industry, going from CDs to streaming, in newspapers, from paper to online, and in the banking industry, from branch offices to the Internet.... |
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Shook One: Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me
NOT AVAILABLE. - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover
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Charlamagne Tha God, New York Times bestselling author of Black Privilege and cohost of Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club, reveals his blueprint for breaking free from your fears and anxiety to reach that elusive next level of success.Fear is holding you back. It's time... |
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Israel : is it good for the Jews
Richard M Cohen - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book
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"A very personal journey through Jewish history (and Cohen's own) , and a passionate defense of Israel's legitimacy. Richard Cohen's book is part reportage, part memoir--an intimate journey through the history of Europe's Jews, culminating in the establishment of Israel.... |
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The Paper Playhouse: Awesome Art Projects for Kids Using Paper, Boxes, and Books
Katrina Rodabaugh - Quarry Books
Format: Book
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Artist Katrina Rodabaugh shares her artistic training and up-cycling sensibility in this unique and inspired book, The Paper Playhouse. With simple techniques including sculpture, printmaking, bookbinding, collage, and even ideas for public art, families work through step-by-step instructions... |
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Rest in peace : a planning guide for the inevitable
Charles Walts - Next Century Pub
Format: Print book
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As human beings, we are not immortal. Life comes with an expiration date and sooner or later we are all going to pass away, often without warning or time to prepare. To help prepare for the end of life, Rest in Peace is a pre-death planning guide; whether it be for your own demise... |
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Distant Neighbors: The Selected Letters of Wendell Berry & Gary Snyder
Wendell Berry - Counterpoint; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In 1969 Gary Snyder returned from a long residence in Japan to the Sierra foothills, where he intended to build a house and settle with his wife and sons. He had just published his first book of essays, Earth House Hold. A few years before, Wendell Berry left New York City for farmland... |
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Blood Moon: An American Epic of War and Splendor in the Cherokee Nation
John Sedgwick - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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This sweeping American epic reveals one of the greatest untold stories of the nineteenth century: the fierce rivalry between two great Cherokee chiefs that led to war, forced migration, and the devastation of a once-proud nation.Blood Moon is the story of the century-long blood feud... |
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Integrative Men's Health (Weil Integrative Medicine Library)
Myles D. Spar - Oxford University Press; 1 edition
Format: Print Replica]
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As a field, men's health is far behind women's health in terms of the availability of reliable, scientifically based information that men, their partners, and health care providers can rely on when seeking information and treatment. Moreover, integrative approaches are becoming more popular... |
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Being John Lennon: A Restless Life
Ray Connolly - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate yet unsparing biography of one of the greatest and most mythologized musicians of the twentieth century.What was it like to be John Lennon? What was it like to be the castoff child, the clown at school, and the middle-class suburban boy who pretended to be a working-class hero?... |
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Crystals for Energy Healing: A Practical Sourcebook of 100 Crystals
Ashley Leavy - Fair Winds Press
Format: Hardcover
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Get advice and information about 100 healing crystals!This comprehensive sourcebook of 100 essential crystals for spiritual healing and all-round protection is packed with practical advice and fascinating information. Not only will you find out about the crystal's attributes, legendary... |
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The Girl from the Metropol Hotel: Growing Up in Communist Russia
Li︠u︡dmila Petrushevskai︠a︡ - Penguin Books
Format: Print book
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The prizewinning memoir of one of the world's great writers, about coming of age and finding her voice amid the hardships of Stalinist Russia Born across the street from the Kremlin in the opulent Metropol Hotel - the setting of the New York Times bestselling novel A Gentleman... |
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Barron's ACT, 3rd Edition: With Bonus Online Tests
BRIAN STEWART - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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College-bound students preparing for the ACT will find the help they need in this fully updated edition of Barron's trusted ACT study manual. With additional science passages, a new statistics and probability review section, over 1,600 practice questions in the book, and 432 additional... |
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My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth
Wendy E. Simmons - Rosettabooks
Format: Print book
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Most people want out of North Korea. Wendy Simmons wanted in.In My Holiday in North Korea: The Funniest/Worst Place on Earth, Wendy shares a glimpse of North Korea as it's never been seen before. Even though it's the scariest place on Earth, somehow Wendy forgot to check her sense... |
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Country Living Christmas Joys: Decorating * Crafts * Recipes
Country Living - Hearst
Format: Print book
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Make this Christmas the best and brightest yet, with hundreds of gorgeous decorating ideas and delicious recipes. From holiday house tours and ways to deck the halls to handmade gifts and festive feasts, this beautiful book will help you celebrate Christmas in "Country Living"... |
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The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014
Carlotta Gall - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Hardcover
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Carlotta Gall has reported from Afghanistan and Pakistan for almost the entire duration of the American invasion and occupation, beginning shortly after 9/11. She knows just how much this war has cost the Afghan people, and how much damage can be traced to Pakistan and its duplicitous government... |
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Follow Your Gut: The Enormous Impact of Tiny Microbes
Rob Knight - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Allergies, asthma, obesity, acne: these are just a few of the conditions that may be caused - and someday cured - by the microscopic life inside us. The key is to understand how this groundbreaking science influences your health, mood, and more.In just the last few years, scientists have... |
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Big Agenda: President Trump's Plan to Save America
David Horowitz - Humanix Books
Format: Hardcover
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Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 election was more than a historic upset. It was the beginning of a major political, economic, and social revolution that will change America - and the world.One of the nation's foremost conservative commentators, New York Times bestselling author,... |
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Scrappy Little Nobody
Anna Kendrick - Touchstone
Format: Print book
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THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An "honest, effortlessly funny, and alternatively relatable" (Harper's Bazaar) collection of autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress and star of Up in the Air, Pitch Perfect, and Trolls,... |
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Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
Gordon S Wood - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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From the great historian of the American Revolution, New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer-winning Gordon Wood, comes a majestic dual biography of two of America's most enduringly fascinating figures, whose partnership helped birth a nation, and whose subsequent falling out did much... |
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Logical Family: A Memoir
ARMISTEAD MAUPIN - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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"A book for any of us, gay or straight, who have had to find our family. Maupin is one of America's finest storytellers." - Neil Gaiman"I fell in love with Maupin's effervescent Tales of the City decades ago, and his genius turn at memoir is no less compelling. Logical Family... |
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The Secret Life: Three True Stories of the Digital Age
Andrew O'Hagan - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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A trio of reported essays exploring identity and the InternetThe slippery online ecosystem is the perfect breeding ground for identities: true, false, and in between. The Internet shorthand IRL -- "in real life" -- now seems nave. We no longer question the reality of online experiences... |
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Faeries & Elementals for Beginners: Learn About & Communicate With Nature Spirits
Alexandra Chauran - Llewellyn Publications
Format: Print book
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Explore the magical world where nature spirits dwell From sprites to will-o'-the-wisps, this practical beginner's guide introduces you to a wide assortment of wild and wondrous creatures. Discover how to attract faeries and elementals to your home and garden, as well as how to befriend... |
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A Fine Romance
Candice Bergen - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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In the follow-up to Knock Wood - her bestselling "engaging, intelligent, and wittily self-deprecating autobiography" (The New York Times) - Candice Bergen shares the big events: her marriage to a famous French director, the birth of her daughter, Murphy Brown, widowhood, falling... |
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