Free Press: 1051 books
Lighten Up
Love What You Have, Have What You Need, Be Happier with Less
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2010
The bestselling author, clutter expert, and host of Enough Already! with Peter Walsh offers a roadmap to creating a less-is-more life and how a life of less can actually be a life of great abundance.
It seems as though not a day goes by that we don’t think about money. We try to save more....
Sex, Lies, and Handwriting
A Top Expert Reveals the Secrets Hidden in Your Handwriting
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2007
A handwriting expert reveals the secrets hidden in your penmanship—now featuring a new afterword analyzing the handwriting of President Donald Trump.
Handwriting expert Michelle Dresbold—the only civilian to be invited to the United States Secret Service's Advanced Document Examination...
The Little Blue Book
The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
The indispensable handbook for Democrats
Voters cast their ballots for what they believe is right, for the things that make moral sense. Yet Democrats have too often failed to use language linking their moral values with their policies. The Little Blue Book demonstrates how to make that connection...
Down to Earth Sociology: 14th Edition
Introductory Readings, Fourteenth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1981
For thirty-five years and through thirteen editions, Jim Henslin's Down to Earth Sociology has opened new windows onto the social realities that shape our world. Now in its fourteenth edition, the most popular anthology in sociology includes new articles on our changing world while also retaining...
The Landmark Thucydides
A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 1998
Thucydides called his account of two decades of war between Athens and Sparta “a possssion for all time,” and indeed it is the first and still most famous work in the Western historical tradition. Considered essential reading for generals, statesmen, and liberally educated citizens for more than...
A Privilege to Die
Inside Hezbollah's Legions and Their Endless War Against Israel
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
While Hamas and Al Qaeda are certainly dangerous to Israel and the West, Hezbollah and its millions of foot soldiers are the premier force in the Middle East.
Veteran Middle East correspondent Thanassis Cambanis offers the first detailed look at the surprising cross section of people willing...
How to Organize (Just About) Everything
More Than 500 Step-by-Step Instructions for Everything from Organizing Your Closets to Planning a Wedding to Creating a Flawless Filing System
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Professional organizer Peter Walsh presents this witty and enormously practical guide to getting it—and keeping it—all together.
With more than 500 easy-to-follow how-to instructions, How to Organize (Just About) Everything is packed with shrewd advice and insider tips to make your home,...
Always Faithful
A Memoir of the Marine Dogs of WWII
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2002
Twenty-three-year-old Bill Putney enlisted in the Marines in 1943 in search of military glory. Instead, Putney, a licensed veterinarian, was relegated to the Dog Corps.
Putney became the Commanding Officer of the 3rd War Dog Platoon, and later the chief veterinarian and C.O. of the War Dog Training...
Why We Love the Dogs We Do
How to Find the Dog That Matches Your Personality
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2000
A Dog's Best Friend
In Why We Love the Dogs We Do, Stanley Coren provides a foolproof guide to understanding which dog will make the best lifetime companion. He brings together his expertise in the fields of human psychology and animal behavior to provide a completely new approach to the dog/human...
Next American Nation
The New Nationalism and the Fourth American Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Are we now, or have we ever been, a nation?
As this century comes to a close, debates over immigration policy, racial preferences, and multiculturalism challenge the consensus that formerly grounded our national culture. The question of our national identity is as urgent as it has ever been...
Eagle Against the Sun
The American War with Japan
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
Historian Ronald H. Spector, drawing on declassified intelligence files, an abundance of British and American archival material, Japanese scholarship and documents, and the research and memoirs of scholars, politicians, and the military men, presents a thrilling narrative of American war in the Pacific.
Spector...
The Art of Learning
A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
In his riveting new book, The Art of Learning, Waitzkin tells his remarkable story of personal achievement and shares the principles of learning and performance that have propelled him to the top—twice.
Josh Waitzkin knows what it means to be at the top of his game. A public figure since...
by Ernest Becker
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackles the problem of the vital lie -- man's refusal...
The Language of God
A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2006
Does science necessarily undermine faith in God? Or could it actually support faith? Beyond the flashpoint debates over the teaching of evolution, or stem-cell research, most of us struggle with contradictions concerning life's ultimate question. We know that accidents happen, but we believe we are...