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A Story of Marriage, Meat, and Obsession
Little, Brown and Company
Julie Powell thought cooking her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking was the craziest thing she'd ever do -- until she embarked on the voyage recounted in her memoir, Cleaving. Her marriage challenged by an insane, …
View book details for Don't Wait for the Next War
A Strategy for American Growth and Global Leadership
PublicAffairs
With the end of the Cold War came not the end of history, but the end of America's sense of its strategic purpose in the world. Then, after a decade of drift, the US was violently dragged back into international …
Grand Central Publishing
The Duke's Desire Simon Hawkins, duke of Trent, is no stranger to scandal. Rumors and innuendo have darkened the House of Trent for decades, and it has fallen to Simon to restore his tattered family name. He lives by a …
View book details for Mitten Strings for God
Reflections for Mothers in a Hurry
Grand Central Publishing
Through stories and suggestions, Katrina Kenison shares her insights into how to celebrate life's quiet moments, softly reminding busy mothers to pause and remember the deep sense of well-being comes from a listening ear, an open heart, and a quiet …
View book details for The Imaginations of Unreasonable Men
Inspiration, Vision, and Purpose in the Quest to End Malaria
PublicAffairs
A small cadre of scientists -- collaborators and competitors -- are determined to develop a vaccine for malaria -- a feat most tropical disease experts have long considered impossible. Skepticism, doubt, and a host of logistical and financial obstacles dog …
Redleaf Press
This easy-to-use guide gives you a quick overview on many topics related to working with young children with special needs. Learn about inclusion in early childhood programs and disability law, as well as typical vs. atypical development. The quick guide …
PublicAffairs
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in 1945, his lifelong physician swore that the president had always been in perfect health. Twenty-five years later, his cardiologist admitted that the president suffered from hypertension, and that contrary to what the public was …
Little, Brown and Company
When Russell joins Black Arts games, brainchild of two visionary designers who were once his closest friends, he reunites with an eccentric crew of nerds hacking the frontiers of both technology and entertainment. In part, he's finally given up chasing …
View book details for Anchor and Flares
A Memoir of Motherhood, Hope, and Service
Little, Brown and Company
Kate Braestrup's life was transformed by the loss of her husband; now Kate faces the possibility that she may lose her son. As a young mother, Kate Braestrup discovered the fierce protectiveness that accompanies parenthood. In the intervening years -- …
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My Journey as an Abortion Doctor
PublicAffairs
A brave account of the social and political forces that threaten a woman's right to choose, this emotionally affecting memoir from a doctor on the front lines of the abortion debate reveals what's really at stake in the Supreme Court …
View book details for Just Tell Me I Can't
How Jamie Moyer Defied the Radar Gun and Defeated Time
Grand Central Publishing
An extraordinary -- and surprising -- memoir from Jamie Moyer, who at age 49 became the oldest pitcher to ever win a game in the major leagues.Long-time fans of the National Pastime have known Moyer's name for more than 25 …
Orbit
In the vein of Kelley Armstrong and Patricia Briggs, Amanda Carlson's debut is a new urban fantasy that rewrites the werewolf myth. . .It's not easy being a girl. It's even harder when you're the only girl in a family …
Grand Central Publishing
Put simply, it's time for a national update on college fraternities. Greek life today makes Animal House look like a Pixar movie. The amount of alcohol that is being consumed, promiscuous sex that is being enjoyed, and intense drug-induced raging …
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A New Africa Breaks Free
Little, Brown and Company
A vivid, powerful, and controversial look at how the world gets Africa wrong, and how a resurgent Africa is forcing it to think again. Africa has long been misunderstood -- and abused -- by outsiders. Correspondent Alex Perry traveled the …
University of Queensland Press
Just Flesh and Blood is the highly anticipated conclusion in the popular trilogy about Queen Elizabeth I.'A terrible dread took hold in my belly. The only bed left to me was my deathbed and I was not ready for that …
Orbit
An Orc on the Wild Side is the latest comic masterpiece from one of the funniest writers in fantasy.Winter is coming, so why not get away from it all?Being the Dark Lord and Prince of Evil is not as much …
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A Well-Seasoned Life
The History Press
Hershman has managed to gather a huge amount of information and distill it into a book that is not only respectful but full of insights into what makes this unstarriest of stars able to produce brilliant work without appearing to …
University of Queensland Press
A powerful and heart-stopping young adult novel from a master storyteller. This is Steven Herrick at his best.'There are worse things than school.' Luke sleepwalks through his days wagging school, swimming at the reservoir and eating takeaway pizza. That is …
University of Queensland Press
Just Flesh and Blood is the highly anticipated conclusion in the popular trilogy about Queen Elizabeth I.'A terrible dread took hold in my belly. The only bed left to me was my deathbed and I was not ready for that …
View book details for A Stronger Kinship
One Town's Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith
Little, Brown and Company
Starting in the 1860s, the people of Covert, Michigan, broke laws and barriers to attempt what then seemed impossible: to love one's neighbor as oneself. This is the inspiring, true story of an extraordinary town where blacks and whites lived …
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The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu
Basic Books
A deeply reported biography of the scandal-plagued Israeli Prime Minister, showing that we cannot understand Israel -- its history, present, and future -- without first understanding the life and worldview of the man who leads it Benjamin Netanyahu is embroiled …
View book details for The Way We Never Were
American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
Basic Books
The definitive edition of the classic, myth-shattering history of the American familyLeave It to Beaver was not a documentary, a man's home has never been his castle, the "male breadwinner marriage" is the least traditional family in history, and rape …
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Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Infidelity Is Wrong and How the New Science Can Set Us Free
Little, Brown and Company
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Primates of Park Avenue, a bold, timely reconsideration of female infidelity that will upend everything you thought you knew about women and sex. What do straight, married female revelers at an …
View book details for The Philosophical Library Existentialism Collection
Hasidism, Essays in Metaphysics, and The Emotions
Philosophical Library/Open Road
Explore the work of three great existential philosophers together in this collection. Hasidism: Zionist philosopher Martin Buber shares the results of forty years of study and introduces the philosophies of Hasidism to a Western audience. In this modern masterpiece, Buber …
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How Matter Becomes Imagination
Basic Books
What goes on in our head when we have a thought? Why do the physical events that occur inside a fistful of gelatinous tissue give rise to the world of conscious experience? In The Universe of Consciousness , Gerald Edelman …
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