Crown Publishing Group (NY)
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How to Be a High School Superstar: A Revolutionary Plan to Get Into College by Standing Out (Without Burning Out)
$19.00 Add to cartDo Less, Live More, Get Accepted
What if getting into your reach schools didn’t require four years of excessive A.P. classes, overwhelming activity schedules, and constant stress?
In How to Be a High- Author: Newport, Cal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 27 2010
- ISBN10: 0767932587
- Language: English
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John: A Biography
$17.00 Read moreNow in paperback, the New York Times bestselling expos of the real John Lennon
The time has come when I feel ready to tell the truth about John and me, our years together and the years since his deat- Author: Lennon, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0307338568
- Language: English
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The Physics of Everyday Things: The Extraordinary Science Behind an Ordinary Day
$17.00 Add to cartPhysics professor, bestselling author, and dynamic storyteller James Kakalios reveals the mind-bending science behind the seemingly basic things that keep our daily lives running, from our smart phone… [more below]
- Author: Kakalios, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 15 2018
- ISBN10: 0770437753
- Language: English
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Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun
$19.00 Add to cartThe Glock pistol is America’s Gun. It has been rhapsodized by hip-hop artists and coveted by cops and crooks alike. Created in 1982 by Gaston Glock, the pistol arrived in America at a fortuitous time.
- Author: Barrett, Paul M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0307719952
- Language: English
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Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization
$20.00 Add to cartFilled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary citizen, Lost to the West reveals how much we owe to th… [more below]
- Author: Brownworth, Lars
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0307407969
- Language: English
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How to Weep in Public: Feeble Offerings on Depression from One Who Knows
$20.00 Add to cartThis darkly funny memoir from “one of the next great stars in comedy” (Mike Birbiglia) doesn’t offer help overcoming depression–just much-needed comfort, company, and tips for life inside the fog.
“No… [more below]- Author: Novak, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0804139709
- Language: English
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Eight Pieces of Empire: A 20-Year Journey Through the Soviet Collapse
$22.00 Add to cart“[An] unforgettable memoir” (Boston Globe) that provides a window into the wildly divergent nations that once comprised the Soviet Union, from a former NPR reporter
Not with a bang, but with a quiet,- Author: Sheets, Lawrence Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 30 2012
- ISBN10: 0307395839
- Language: English
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The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet
$19.00 Add to cartMatthieu Ricard trained as a molecular biologist, working in the lab of a Nobel prize–winning scientist, but when he read some Buddhist philosophy, he became drawn to Buddhism. Eventually he left his… [more below]
- Author: Ricard, Matthieu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 26 2004
- ISBN10: 1400080797
- Language: English
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It’s Ok to Be Angry about Capitalism
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A progressive takedown of the uber-capitalist status quo that has enriched millionaires and billionaires at the expense of the working class, and a blueprint for what trans… [more below]
- Author: Sanders, Bernie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0593238737
- Language: English
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The Hunt for Zero Point: Inside the Classified World of Antigravity Technology
$17.00 Add to cartThis riveting work of investigative reporting and history exposes classified government projects to build gravity-defying aircraft–which have an uncanny resemblance to flying saucers.
The atomic bomb- Author: Cook, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 12 2003
- ISBN10: 0767906284
- Language: English
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If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
$18.00 Add to cartA classic from the New York Times bestselling author of The Things They Carried
“One of the best, most disturbing, and most powerful books about the shame that was / is Vietnam.”
—Minneapolis Star and- Author: O’Brien, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0767904435
- Language: English
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Surviving Death: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for an Afterlife
$20.00 Add to cartTHE INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES – An impeccably researched, page-turning investigation, revealing stunning and wide-ranging evidence suggesting that consciousness survives death, from … [more below]
- Author: Kean, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0451497147
- Language: English
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So, Anyway…: A Memoir
$20.00 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “John Cleese’s memoir is just about everything one would expect of its author–smart, thoughtful, provocative and above all funny. . . . A picture, if you will, of the arti
- Author: Cleese, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 29 2015
- ISBN10: 0385348266
- Language: English
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The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
$20.00 Read moreThe untold story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War–now a Netflix original series starring Jose Miguel Vasquez, Bryan Hibbard, and Bradley James
“Exceptional- Author: Kershaw, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 15 2013
- ISBN10: 0307888002
- Language: English
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American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America
$30.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The former First Lady, author of Becoming, and producer and star of Waffles + Mochi tells the inspirational story of the White House Kitchen Garden and how gardens can … [more below]
- Author: Obama, Michelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 29 2012
- ISBN10: 0307956024
- Language: English
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Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea’s Elite
$20.00 Add to cartA haunting account of teaching English to the sons of North Korea’s ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il’s reign
Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lin- Author: Kim, Suki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 13 2015
- ISBN10: 0307720667
- Language: English
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
$20.00 Add to cartAt the age of twenty-six, Maarten Troost–who had been pushing the snooze button on the alarm clock of life by racking up useless graduate degrees and muddling through a series of temp jobs–decided t… [more below]
- Author: Troost, J. Maarten
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 08 2004
- ISBN10: 0767915305
- Language: English
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The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World as Your Child’s Classroom
$20.00 Add to cartTo Unschoolers, Learning Is As Natural As Breathing
Did you know that a growing percentage of home schoolers are becoming unschoolers? The unschooling movement is founded on the principle that children… [more below]- Series: Prima Home Learning Library
- Author: Griffith, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 29 1998
- ISBN10: 0761512764
- Language: English
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Ideas and Opinions
$20.00 Add to cartA collection of insightful and thought provoking essays from one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century
A new edition of the most definitive collection of Albert Einstein’s popular writings- Author: Einstein, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 06 1995
- ISBN10: 0517884402
- Language: English
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Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats
$24.00 Add to cart“An intimate and deeply human memoir that shows why we should all be concerned about nuclear safety, and the dangers of ignoring science in the name of national security.”–Rebecca Skloot, #1 New York
- Author: Iversen, Kristen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 04 2013
- ISBN10: 0307955656
- Language: English
