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Book of Us: The Journal of Your Love Story in 150 Questions

Book of Us: The Journal of Your Love Story in 150 Questions

by Kate Marshall, David Marshall

This attractively designed, user-friendly, and elegant volume invites readers to record the stories and moments of the romance of a lifetime through 100 simple, yet poignant, prompts.

Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self

Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self

by Sara Shandler

At age sixteen, Sara Shandler read Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia, the national bestseller that candidly explored the unique issues that challenge girls in their struggle toward womanhood. Moved by Pipher's insight yet driven to hear the unfiltered voices of today's adolescent girls, Shandler yearned to speak for herself, and to provide a forum for other Ophelias to do so as well. A poignant collection of... (more)

Schindler's List

by Thomas Keneally

Winner of the Booker Prize Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Fiction Schindler's List is a remarkable work of fiction based on the true story of German industrialist and war profiteer, Oskar Schindler, who, confronted with the horror of the extermination camps, gambled his life and fortune to rescue 1,300 Jews from the gas chambers. Working with the actual testimony of Schindler's... (more)

Ein rundherum tolles Land. Erinnerungen.

Ein rundherum tolles Land. Erinnerungen.

by Frank McCourt

Dracula: Book 1

Dracula

by Bram Stoker

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house, he makes horrifying and unbelievable discoveries in his client's castle. In the ensuing battle of wits between the sinister Count and a determined group of adversaries, Bram Stoker presents a classic gothic horror that continues to inspire vampire myths to this day.

The Long Goodbye

by Patti Davis

President Reagan’s daughter’s personal farewell to her father In The Long Goodbye , Patti Davis describes losing her father to Alzheimer’s disease, saying goodbye in stages, helpless against the onslaught of a disease that steals what is most precious—a person’s memory. "Alzheimer’s," she writes, "snips away at the threads, a slow unraveling, a steady retreat; as a witness all you can do is watch,... (more)

Anna and the King of Siam (International Collectors Library)

Anna and the King of Siam (International Collectors Library)

by Margaret Landon

Anna Leonowens, a proper Englishwoman, was an unlikley candidate to change the course of Siamese (Thai) history. A young widow and mother, her services were engaged in the 1860's by King Mongkut of Siam to help him communicate with foreign governments and be the tutor to his children and favored concubines. Stepping off the steamer from London, Anna found herself in an exotic land she could have only dreamed of... (more)

My Trade: A Short History of British Journalism

My Trade: A Short History of British Journalism

by Andrew Marr

How do you decide what is a "story" and what isn't? What does a newspaper editor actually do all day? The purpose of this insider's account is to provide an answer to all these questions and more. Andrew Marr's brilliantly funny book is a guide for those of us who read newspapers, or who listen to and watch news bulletins but want to know more.

White Teacher (with a New Preface)

by Vivian Gussin Paley

Vivian Paley presents a moving personal account of her experiences teaching kindergarten in an integrated school within a predominantly white, middle-class neighborhood. In a new preface, she reflects on the way that even simple terminology can convey unintended meanings and show a speaker's blind spots. She also vividly describes what her readers have taught her over the years about herself as a "white... (more)

Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar

by Sebag Montefiore

This widely acclaimed biography provides a vivid and riveting account of Stalin and his courtiers—killers, fanatics, women, and children—during the terrifying decades of his supreme power. In a seamless meshing of exhaustive research and narrative ?lan, Simon Sebag Montefiore gives us the everyday details of a monstrous life. We see Stalin playing his deadly game of power and paranoia at debauched dinners at... (more)

The Tennis Partner (ARC)

by A. Verghese

When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital.There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from drug addition, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security in the sport they love and with each other. This friendship between doctor... (more)

But Enough About Me: A Jersey Girl's Unlikely Adventures Among the Absurdly Famous

But Enough About Me: A Jersey Girl's Unlikely Adventures Among the Absurdly Famous

by Jancee Dunn

New Jersey in the 1980s had everything Jancee Dunn wanted: trips down the shore, Bruce Springsteen, a tantalizing array of malls. To music lover Jancee, New York City was a foreign country. So it was with bleak expectations that she submitted her résumé to Rolling Stone magazine. And before she knew it, she was backstage and behind the scenes with the most famous people in the world—hiking in Canada with Brad... (more)

Born Again (Colson, Charles)

by Charles W. Colson

In 1974 Charles W. Colson pleaded guilty to Watergate-related offenses and, after a tumultuous investigation, served seven months in prison. In his search for meaning and purpose in the face of the Watergate scandal, Colson penned Born Again. This unforgettable memoir shows a man who, seeking fulfillment in success and power, found it, paradoxically, in national disgrace and prison. In the decades since its... (more)

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: An Unauthorized Autobiography

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: An Unauthorized Autobiography

by Chuck Barris

Suspense, excess, danger, and exuberant fun come together in Chuck Barris's unlikely autobiography- the tale of a wildly amboyant '70s television producer nationally known as the host of The Gong Show. What most people don't know is that Barris also spent close to two decades as a decorated covert assassin for the CIA, claiming to have killed over thirty people. Honestly. Barris, who achieved tremendous success as... (more)

Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member

Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member

by Sanyika Shakur

After pumping eight blasts from a sawed-off shotgun at a group of rival gang members, eleven-year-old Kody Scott was initiated into the L.A. gang the Crips. He quickly matured into one of the most formidable Crip combat soldiers, earning the name Monster for committing acts of brutality and violence that repulsed even his fellow gang members. When the inevitable jail term confined him to a maximum-security cell,... (more)

Drive: The Story of My Life

by Larry Bird

"Of all the people I play against, the only one I truly fear is Larry Bird."--Magic Johnson, from the Foreword. The heart and soul of a champion: his life, his career, his game. To understand basketball, you have to understand Larry Bird. Arguably the greatest all-around player the game has ever known, he led the Boston Celtics from the basement to three world championships, collecting three NBA Most Valuable... (more)

Belligerence and Debauchery: The Tucker Max Stories

Belligerence and Debauchery: The Tucker Max Stories

by Tucker Max

Tucker Max represents the latest in celebrity, a combination of urban legend and internet personality. This title is a compilation of 47 "true life" stories of Tucker's exploits, experiences, and outrageousness. From tales of late night drinking to verbal abuse to "how to's" for obtaining the attentions of the opposite sex, Max carries the reader on a hilarious ride through his adventures and his psyche. ... (more)

The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian's Stand in Time of Transition

The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian's Stand in Time of Transition

by Sarah-Patton Boyle

When first published in 1962, Sarah Patton Boyle's narrative of personal growth and change was highly praised and quickly sold more than sixty thousand copies, though few of them in the South. In it we witness Boyle's journey from sedate Virginia housewife to civil rights activist via an often naive, but ultimately courageous path. Catalyst for Boyle's conversion was African American attorney Gregory... (more)

Ra Expeditions

by Thor Heyerdahl

Text: English, Norwegian (translation)

Working on the Edge: Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession : King Crab Fishing on Alaska's High Seas

Working on the Edge: Surviving in the World's Most Dangerous Profession : King Crab Fishing on Alaska's High Seas

by Spike Walker

Now in paperback, a dramatic insider's account of the world's most dangerous profession: king-crab fishing in the frigid waters of the Bering Sea where the conditions are beyond most imaginations (90 mph Arctic winds, 25-foot seas, and superhuman stretches of on-deck labor). But the payback, if one survives, can be tens of thousands of dollars for a month-long season. Photographs.

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