"Using real world examples, such as traffic flow, politics and baby linguistics, the author makes the theories of 'simplexity' accessible to the layperson...Kluger makes complex science seem simple."-
An Academy Award-nominated actor and a renowned human rights activist present a call to action on behalf of the genocide victims of Sudan's Darfur, describing the brutalities taking place there and ou
A business parable about how companies can achieve remarkable results by helping their employees fulfill their dreams. The fictional company in this book is grappling with real problems of high turnov
Presents a compelling, in-depth study of the life and career of golf icon Bobby Jones, focusing on his remarkable accomplishment of winning four major golfing championships, the Grand Slam, during the
he Savvy Senior' is a nationally syndicated newspaper column that serves the growing needs of the senior population and the families who support them by providing useful information and valuable resou
An innovative cookbook introduces family recipes by some of the world's most famous chefs--including Jacques Pepin, Martin Yan, Mollie Katzen, Jamie Oliver, Lidia Bastianich, Barbara Kafka, and Daniel
From the Pump Energy Food restaurants come more than 150 delicious recipes to help you lose body fat, gain muscle, and have more energy than you ever thought possible.Athletes, trainers, dancers, diet
Graduating from the London School of Medicine for Women in 1900, aristocratic and idealistic India Selwyn-Jones attempts to establish herself in the East End by providing services to disadvantaged pat
Motivational speaker Natasha Munson offers techniques for taking action to change your financial, spiritual, and emotional life for the betterSearching for a life blessed with peace and happiness Long
A hilarious compendium of more than four hundred quotations from Groucho Marx and John Lennon presents the iconoclastic comedian's and musician's commentary and reflections on life. Original. 40,000 f
Annie Rush has it all. A loving husband, adoring sons, an interesting job. But tragedy haunts her. Her identical twin sister died in a horrifying farm accident when the girls were nine years old, and
There has never been another comedian like Bob Newhart. His comedy albums, movies, and two hit television series have made him a national treasure and placed him firmly in the pantheon of comedy legen
A history of Air Force One includes anecdotes from former presidents and officials to reveal sixty years of presidential travel, offering insight into the personalities of the last twelve presidents w
“If you have tears, prepare to shed them.”--Frank McCourt "In the firehouse, the men not only live and eat with each other, they play sports together, go off to drink together, help repair one another
From the award-winning author of One Thousand White Women, a novel in the tradition of Little Big Man, tracing one man's search for adventure and the wild Apache girl who invites him into her world he
Lydia Carson is an accident waiting to happen. Strung out, she's always running from disaster, and more often she's running right into it. Now at seventeen, Lydia has stumbled onto real trouble. Not
Here we find lushes, trollops, bigots, sadists, masochists, anorexics, and those made mad by unrequited lust for election as Prom Queen. Journalist Robbins takes a novelistic approach as she joins the
Gross has transcribed 39 interviews from her weekday public radio program Fresh Air with people from the art and literature community. Among them are Johnny Cash, Mickey Spillane, Jodie Foster, Divine
The author looks at her life after her husband left her for another woman as she copes with raising two toddlers, tries to understand what caused the disintigration of her marriage, finds self-accepta
As World War II draws closer and closer to Guernsey, Vivienne de la Mare knows that there will be sacrifices to be made. Not just for herself, but for her two young daughters and for her mother-in-law
