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Quick view Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat: The Great Speeches by Winston S Churchill The most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time - phrases such as 'iron curtain', 'business as usual', 'the few', and 'summit meeting' passed quickly into everyday use - Winston Churchill used language as his most powerful weapon at a time when... View Details
Quick view Bird by Bird: Some Instrutions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at ourfamily cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table... View Details
Quick view A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson With his offbeat sensibility, his eye for the absurd, and his laugh-out-loud sense of humor, Bryson recounts his confrontations with nature at its most uncompromising over his five-month journey along the Appalachian Trail in this "New York Times"... View Details
Quick view A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson In this book, bestsellling author Bill Bryson confronts his greatest challenge: to understand--and, if possible, answer--the oldest, biggest questions posed about the universe, everything from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization. High school &... View Details
Quick view A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking Marking the tenth anniversary of a worldwide science classic, this fully updated edition is enriched with a new Introduction by Professor Hawking and an entirely new chapter on wormholes and time travel. View Details
Quick view The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us by Tanya Lee Stone Barbie just might be the most famous doll in the world. She has represented fifty different nationalities. She's stepped into the always-fashionable shoes of more than one hundred twenty careers. She has been played with, studied, celebrated, and... View Details
Quick view Black Ships Before Troy: the Story of the Iliad by Rosemary Sutcilff Retells the story of the Trojan War, from the quarrel for the golden apple, and the flight of Helen with Paris, to the destruction of Troy. View Details
Quick view Black Mirror by Nancy Werlin Frances's brother, Daniel, has committed suicide, and she can't help thinking that it's somehow her fault. It's time to reach out to Daniel's friends at Unity Service, the charitable group at their school. However, something's not quite right about... View Details
Quick view Funni in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranina in America by Firoozeh Dumas In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern California, arriving with no firsthand knowledge of this country beyond her father's glowing memories of his graduate school years here. More family soon followed,... View Details
Quick view Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir by John McCain Congressman John McCain explains how he learned about life and honor from his grandfather and father, both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy. View Details
Quick view Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal This collection of entries muses on the stuff of daily life, both trivial and essential. Readers get a full and rich sense of one woman's life--ordinary, perhaps, but extraordinary in the sense that her observations are so dead-on and universal. View Details
Quick view Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas Still relevant today, Piri Thomas's classic memoir of the "barrio" of Spanish Harlem celebrates its 30th anniversary of publication with a new Introduction by the author. As Thomas recounts his transformation from gang member, junkie, and stick-up man... View Details
