Crown Publishing Group (NY)
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On Freedom
$32.00 Read moreA brilliant exploration of freedom–what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only chance for survival–by the acclaimed Yale historian and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller O… [more below]
- Author: Snyder, Timothy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0593728726
- Language: English
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Run Faster from the 5K to the Marathon: How to Be Your Own Best Coach
$18.00 Add to cartLearn how to run faster, unlock your potential, and reach peak performance with training advice from a former Olympic trials marathoner and coach to Olympians like Dathan Ritzenhein.
Hudson is the mos- Author: Hudson, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 29 2008
- ISBN10: 0767928229
- Language: English
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The Red Garden
$17.00 Add to cartFrom the author of Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick The Rules of Magic comes a transfixing glimpse into a small American town where a mysterious, magical garden holds the truth behind three hundred ye… [more below]
- Author: Hoffman, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 02 2011
- ISBN10: 0307405974
- Language: English
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Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment
$20.00 Add to cart“Current fans and recovering Hulkamaniacs alike should find Sex, Lies, and Headlocks] as gripping as the Camel Clutch.” —Maxim
Sex, Lies, and Headlocks is the ultimate behind-the-scenes look at the- Author: Assael, Shaun
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 24 2004
- ISBN10: 1400051436
- Language: English
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Bryson’s Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer’s Guide to Getting It Right
$20.00 Add to cartOne of the English language’s most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free grammar.
As usual Bill Bryson says it best: “English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, f- Author: Bryson, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 14 2004
- ISBN10: 0767910435
- Language: English
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Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-And the World
$17.00 Add to cartFifty-two inspiring and insightful profiles of history’s brightest female scientists.
“Rachel Swaby’s no-nonsense and needed Headstrong dynamically profiles historically overlooked female visionaries- Author: Swaby, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 07 2015
- ISBN10: 0553446797
- Language: English
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The Professor Is in: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job
$22.00 Add to cartThe definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get tenure or turn their Ph.D. into their ideal job
Each year tens of thousands of students will, after yea- Author: Kelsky, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 04 2015
- ISBN10: 0553419420
- Language: English
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Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories: And Other Disasters
$16.00 Read moreA bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana and the basis of the movie A Christmas Story.
“Mr. Shepherd has the true satirist’s grip on his pen: he is humorous, sympathetic, and ironic al… [more below]- Author: Shepherd, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 01 1982
- ISBN10: 0385116322
- Language: English
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Food in History
$18.00 Add to cartAn enthralling world history of food from prehistoric times to the present. A favorite of gastronomes and history buffs alike, Food in History is packed with intriguing information, lore, and startlin… [more below]
- Author: Tannahill, Reay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 10 1995
- ISBN10: 0517884046
- Language: English
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Signing: Signed English: A Basic Guide
$22.00 Add to cartThis quick-reference dictionary is for everyone who knows, cares about, or wants to communicate with someone who is deaf or hearing impaired. Designed by Harry Bornstein and Karen L. Saulnier, two of … [more below]
- Author: Bornstein, Harry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 21 1988
- ISBN10: 0517561328
- Language: English
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Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil
$18.00 Add to cartA leading cognitive scientist argues that a deep sense of good and evil is bred in the bone.
From John Locke to Sigmund Freud, philosophers and psychologists have long believed that we begin life as b- Author: Bloom, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 11 2014
- ISBN10: 0307886859
- Language: English
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Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises
$20.00 Read moreNew York Times Bestseller
Los Angeles Times Bestseller
Washington Post Bestseller
Stress Test is the story of Tim Geithner’s education in financial crises.
As president of the Federal Reserve Bank of N- Author: Geithner, Timothy F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: May 05 2015
- ISBN10: 0804138613
- Language: English
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The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan
$21.00 Add to cartAn investigative journalist uncovers a hidden custom in Afghanistan that will transform your understanding of what it means to grow up as a girl.
“An astonishingly clear picture of this resourceful, i- Author: Nordberg, Jenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 14 2015
- ISBN10: 0307952509
- Language: English
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Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The “superb [and] intensely readable” (The Washington Post) untold story of one of the greatest deceptions of World War II and the extraordinary spies who achieved it–from… [more below]
- Author: MacIntyre, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 14 2013
- ISBN10: 0307888770
- Language: English
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100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet
$27.00 Add to cartThe acclaimed editor of The New York Times Book Review takes readers on a nostalgic tour of the pre-Internet age, offering powerful insights into both the profound and the seemingly trivial things we’… [more below]
- Author: Paul, Pamela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0593136772
- Language: English
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Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life: A Memoir
$18.00 Add to cartA memoir in bite-size chunks from the author of the viral Modern Love column “You May Want to Marry My Husband.”
” Rosenthal] shines her generous light of humanity on the seemingly humdrum moments of … [more below]- Author: Rosenthal, Amy Krouse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 06 2005
- ISBN10: 1400080460
- Language: English
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Billy Joel: The Definitive Biography
$20.00 Add to cartThe all-access biography and unprecedented look at the life, career, and legacy of a pint-sized kid from Long Island who became a music legend.
“A funny, revealing, and poignant look at [Billy] Joel’s … [more below]- Author: Schruers, Fred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 17 2015
- ISBN10: 0804140219
- Language: English
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The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World’s Most Glorious–And Perplexing–City
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of My Paris Kitchen and L’Appart, a deliciously funny, offbeat, and irreverent look at the city of lights, cheese, chocolate, and other confections.
Like so m… [more below]- Author: Lebovitz, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 01 2011
- ISBN10: 076792889X
- Language: English
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Why We Make Mistakes: How We Look Without Seeing, Forget Things in Seconds, and Are All Pretty Sure We Are Way Above Average
$22.00 Add to cartWe forget our passwords. We pay too much to go to the gym. We think we’d be happier if we lived in California (we wouldn’t), and we think we should stick with our first answer on tests (we shouldn’t).… [more below]
- Author: Hallinan, Joseph T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 09 2010
- ISBN10: 0767928067
- Language: English
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The Ferrari in the Bedroom
$19.00 Add to cart“[Jean] Shepherd is that very rare breed, a homespun humorist cut from the same Midwestern cloth as Mark Twain and George Ade.”–Saturday Review
Jean Shepherd was one of America’s favorite humorists,- Author: Shepherd, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 12 2004
- ISBN10: 0385237928
- Language: English
