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Pandora's Seed
The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
Ten thousand years ago, our species made a radical shift in its way of life: We became farmers rather than hunter-gatherers. Although this decision propelled us into the modern world, renowned geneticist and anthropologist Spencer Wells demonstrates that such a dramatic change in lifestyle had a downside...
Life Happens
And Other Unavoidable Truths
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2006
From the 2005 Pulitzer Prize—winning columnist Connie Schultz comes fresh, clever, insightful commentary on life today: love, politics, social issues, family, and much, much more. In the tradition of Anna Quindlen, Molly Ivins, and Erma Bombeck, but with a distinctive voice and sensibility all her...
Wrestling with Gravy
A Life, with Food
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2008
In this inviting feast of a memoir, former New York Times food columnist Jonathan Reynolds dishes up a life that is by turns hilarious and tender–and seasoned with the zest of cooking, family, eating, and lounging around various tables in tryptophanic stupors.
A Ticket to the Circus
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
BONUS: This edition contains an A Ticket to the Circus discussion guide.
In this revealing memoir, told with southern charm and wit, Norris Church Mailer depicts the full evolution of her colorful life—from her childhood in a small Arkansas town all the way through her intense thirty-three-year...
The Bone Clocks
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
The New York Times bestseller by the author of Cloud Atlas• Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize •Named One of the Top Ten Fiction Books of the Year by Time, Entertainment Weekly, and O: The Oprah Magazine• A New York Times Notable Book • An American Library Association Notable Book • Winner...
A Daughter's Tale
The Memoir of Winston Churchill's Youngest Child
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
In this charming and intimate memoir, Winston Churchill’s youngest daughter shares stories from her remarkable life—and tells of the unbreakable bond she forged with her father through some of the most tumultuous years in British history.
Now approaching her ninetieth birthday, Mary Soames...
Seeking Rapture
Scenes from a Woman's Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
In this exquisite book of personal reflections on a woman’s life as a child, wife, and mother, Kathryn Harrison, “a writer of extraordinary gifts” (Tobias Wolff), recalls episodes in her life, exploring how the experiences of childhood recur in memory, to...
by Ian Buruma
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
“I like the surprise of the curtain going up, revealing what’s behind it.”
–John Schlesinger
The British director John Schlesinger was one of the cinema’s most dynamic and influential artists. Now, in Conversations with John Schlesinger, acclaimed writer Ian Buruma, Schlesinger’s...
by Norman Mailer
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Beginning with his debut masterpiece, The Naked and the Dead, Norman Mailer has repeatedly told the truth about war. Why Are We at War? returns Mailer to the gravity of the battlefield and the grand hubris of the politicians who send soldiers there to die. First published in the early days of the...
Isaac's Army
A Story of Courage and Survival in Nazi-Occupied Poland
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Starting as early as 1939, disparate Jewish underground movements coalesced around the shared goal of liberating Poland from Nazi occupation. For the next six years, separately and in concert, they waged a heroic war of resistance against Hitler’s war machine that culminated in the Warsaw Ghetto...
Something in the Air
Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2009
A sweeping, anecdotal account of the great sounds and voices of radio–and how it became a bonding agent for a generation of American youth
When television became the next big thing in broadcast entertainment, everyone figured video would kill the radio star–and radio, period. But radio...
Prime Time (with Bonus Content)
Love, health, sex, fitness, friendship, spirit; Making the most of all of your life
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
BONUS: This eBook includes the full text of the book plus 50 photographs not found in the print version.
In this inspiring and candid book, Jane Fonda, #1 bestselling author, actress, and workout pioneer, gives us a blueprint for living well and for making the most of life, especially the second...
A Future Perfect
The Challenge and Promise of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
A Future Perfect is the first comprehensive examination of the most important revolution of our time—globalization—and how it will continue to change our lives. Do businesses benefit from going global? Are we creating winner-take-all societies? Will globalization seal the triumph of junk culture?...
Game Face
What Does a Female Athlete Look Like?
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
On playing fields and street corners, in backyards and gyms, the people in this arresting array of pictures are unselfconsciously exploring the physical and emotional pleasures of competition and play. Each image offers an affirming and satisfying answer to the question at the heart of Game Face:...