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Quick view Periodic Table by Primo Lei An extraordinary work in which each of the 21 chapters takes its title and starting point from one of the elements in the periodic table. Mingling fact and fiction, history and anecdote, Levi uses his training as a chemist and his experiences as a... View Details
Quick view Out of Africa: And Shadows on the Grass by Isak Dinesen Set in Africa, it is the story of Dinesen's years in Africa--together with Shadows on the Grass. View Details
Quick view Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored by Clifton L Taulbert In this beautifully evocative tale of life in the segregated South, the author of The Last Train North looks back at his "colored" childhood with deep pride, striking honesty, and unusual affection. Soon to be released as a major film from BET Pictures,... View Details
Quick view My War: Killing Time in Iraq by Colby Buzzell Trapped amid "guerrilla warfare, urban-style" in Mosul, Iraq, Buzzell was struck by the bizarre, absurd, often frightening world surrounding him. He began writing an online web log describing the war--not as it was being reported by CNN or in briefings... View Details
Quick view Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America by Nathan MaCall In this "honest and searching look at the perils of growing up a black male in urban America" ("San Francisco Chronicle"), "Washington Post" reporter Nathan McCall tells the story of his passage from the street and the prison yard to the newsroom of one... View Details
Quick view Living Up the Street by Gary Soto From the critically acclaimed author of A Summer Life comes a moving collection of prose reflecting the author's childhood years in California. "One of those rare books that come from the author's heart . . . and made alive by imaginative spirit".--San... View Details
Quick view Letters from Burma by Aung San Suu Kyi Letters from Burma - an unforgettable collection from the Nobel Peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi In these astonishing letters, Aung San Suu Kyi reaches out beyond Burma's borders to paint for her readers a vivid and poignant picture of her native... View Details
Quick view Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig The creator of the cult classic TV series, "Freaks and Geeks, " offers a truly hilarious and blisteringly honest look at his real-life high school experiences to which every adult can relate. View Details
Quick view Hatching Twitter: A true Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal by Nick Bilton Despite all the coverage of Twitter s rise, Nick Bilton of "The New York Times" is the firstjournalist to tell the full story a gripping drama of betrayed friendships and highstakespower struggles. The four founders Evan Williams, Biz Stone, Jack... View Details
Quick view God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimagie to the Heart of Medicine by Victoria Sweet A medical "page-turner" that traces one doctor's "remarkable journey to the essence of medicine" ("The San Francisco Chronicle"). Laguna Honda Hospital, low-tech but human-paced, gave Sweet the opportunity to practice a kind of attentive medicine that... View Details
Quick view Getting Away With Murder hc by Chris Crowe The 1955 kidnapping and murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi is famous as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. In clear, vivid detail Crowe investigates the before-and-aftermath of the crime, as well as the dramatic court trial, and... View Details
Quick view Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S Thompson Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one... View Details
