Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace
with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Greg Mortenson picks up where Three Cups of Tea
left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish
schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and
Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways
he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal
leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords and
surviving an eight-day armed abduction by the Taliban.
In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers
a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year journey between two
worlds--two men, two faiths, two communities--that will inspire readers
everywhere.
This stunning set, complete with all four
hardcover books as well as four collectible prints, makes the perfect gift for
fans of the bestselling vampire love story.
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved
athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis
court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.
On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in
Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the
rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall
from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the dome"
comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided
from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this
barrier is, where it came from, and when--or if--it will go away.
In her most accomplished novel, Barbara Kingsolver
takes us on an epic journey from the Mexico City of artists Diego Rivera and
Frida Kahlo to the America of Pearl Harbor, FDR, and J. Edgar Hoover. The
Lacuna is a poignant story of a man pulled between two nations as they
invent their modern identities.
The Conscious Cook: Delicious
Meatless Recipes That Will Change the Way You Eat
The Conscious Cook shows readers that
avoiding the health risks and ethical dilemmas of eating meat and dairy does not
mean sacrificing taste and appetite. This is not a cookbook of sprouts and tofu
burgers, but of mouth-watering, hearty meals that keep the protein at the center
of your plate. Featuring 75 original recipes that will satisfy the fussiest
foodies and the most dedicated of carnivores, The Conscious Cook is a
breakthrough in meatless cuisine that will revolutionize the way readers
experience food..
Where the Wild Things Are is one of those
truly rare books that can be enjoyed equally by a child and a grown-up. If you
disagree, then it's been too long since you've attended a wild rumpus. Max dons
his wolf suit in pursuit of some mischief and gets sent to bed without supper.
Fortuitously, a forest grows in his room, allowing his wild rampage to continue
unimpaired. Sendak's color illustrations (perhaps his finest) are beautiful, and
each turn of the page brings the discovery of a new wonder.
It’s summer vacation, the weather’s great, and all
the kids are having fun outside. So where’s Greg Heffley? Inside his house,
playing video games with the shades drawn.
Greg, a self-confessed “indoor person,” is living out his ultimate summer
fantasy: no responsibilities and no rules. But Greg’s mom has a different vision
for an ideal summer . . . one packed with outdoor activities and “family
togetherness.”
Whose vision will win out? Or will a new addition to the Heffley family change
everything?
How to Survive the End of the World
as We Know It: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times
It would only take one unthinkable event to
disrupt our way of life. If there is a terrorist attack, a global pandemic, or
sharp currency devaluation--you may be forced to fend for yourself in ways
you've never imagined. Where would you get water? How would you communicate with
relatives who live in other states? What would you use for fuel?
Survivalist expert James Wesley, Rawles, author of Patriots and editor of
SurvivalBlog.com, shares the essential tools and skills you will need for you
family to survive.
How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It is a must-have for every
well-prepared family.
What do dogs know? How do they think? The answers
will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist,
explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky
animal, the human.
Inside of a Dog is a fresh look at the world of dogs -- from the dog's
point of view. As a dog owner, Horowitz is naturally curious to learn what her
dog thinks about and knows. And as a scientist, she is intent on understanding
the minds of animals who cannot speak for themselves.
The Healing of America: A Global
Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
In The Healing of America, New York Times
bestselling author T. R. Reid shows how all the other industrialized democracies
have achieved something the United States can't seem to do: provide health care
for everybody at a reasonable cost.
The Lost Symbol will once again feature Dan
Brown’s unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon.
“The Lost Symbol is a brilliant and compelling thriller. Dan Brown’s
prodigious talent for storytelling, infused with history, codes and intrigue, is
on full display in this new book. This is one of the most anticipated
publications in recent history, and it was well worth the wait,” said Sonny
Mehta, Chairman and Editor in Chief of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
In this landmark autobiography, five years in the
making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal tory--of his
legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events..
NurtureShock is a groundbreaking collaboration
between award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. They
argue that when it comes to children, we've mistaken good intentions for good
ideas. With impeccable storytelling and razor-sharp analysis, they demonstrate
that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact
backfiring--because key twists in the science have been overlooked.
Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association
The Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association" is the style manual of choice for writers, editors,
students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences. It provides
invaluable guidance on all aspects of the writing process, from the ethics of
authorship to the word choice that best reduces bias in language. Well-known for
its authoritative and easy-to-use reference and citation system, the Publication
Manual also offers guidance on choosing the headings, tables, figures, and tone
that will result in strong, simple, and elegant scientific communication..
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical
Dictionary, 21st Edition
To thrive in the ever-changing world of health
care, you need a respected, trusted, and cutting-edge, cyclopedic resource. In
hand, online, or on a mobile device, turn to Taber s Cyclopedic Medical
Dictionary, 21st Edition...anytime, anywhere!
Taber s 21 is today s most comprehensive health science dictionary. Under the
editorial direction of Donald Venes, MD, MSJ, a team of expert consulting
editors and consultants representing every branch of health care, work with the
Taber s in-house editorial staff to ensure that the content reflects the state
of the art.
Anyone can cook in the French manner anywhere,”
wrote Mesdames Beck, Bertholle, and Julia Child, “with the right instruction.”
And here is the book that, for forty years, has been teaching Americans how.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking is for both seasoned cooks and beginners who
love good food and long to reproduce at home the savory delights of the classic
cuisine, from the historic Gallic masterpieces to the seemingly artless
perfection of a dish of spring-green peas.
Scott Kelby, author of The Digital Photography
Book, volume 1 (the world’s best-selling digital photography book of all time),
is back with a follow-up to his volume 2 smash best seller, with an entirely new
book that picks up right where he left off. It’s even more of that “Ah ha—so
that’s how they do it,” straight-to-the-point, skip-the-techno-jargon stuff you
can really use today to make your shots even better.
Mikael Blomkvist, crusading journalist and
publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will
expose an extensive sex trafficking operation between Eastern Europe and Sweden,
implicating well-known and highly placed members of Swedish society, business,
and government.
But he has no idea just how explosive the story will be until, on the eve of
publication, the two investigating reporters are murdered. And even more
shocking for Blomkvist: the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to
Lisbeth Salander—the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker who came to
his aid in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and who now becomes the focus
and fierce heart of The Girl Who Played with Fire.
A dazzling novel in the most untraditional
fashion, this is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing,
adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare
Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and
Clare's passionate love affair endures across a sea of time and captures the two
lovers in an impossibly romantic trap, and it is Audrey Niffenegger's cinematic
storytelling that makes the novel's unconventional chronology so vibrantly
triumphant.
Clean: The Revolutionary Program to
Restore the Body's Natural Ability to Heal Itself
Clean is an M.D.'s program that provides
all the tools necessary to support and reactivate our detoxification system to
its fullest capabilities, and can be easily incorporated into a busy schedule.
The effect is transformative: nagging health problems will suddenly disappear,
extra weight will drop away, and for the first time in our lives we will
experience what it truly means to feel healthy.
Every day spent on the Clean program is a major step in healing not just the
symptom but the root of the problem, effectively and simply. Dr. Junger's
life-changing program restores what rightfully belongs to you—your health,
vitality, and peace of mind.
Three Cups of Tea: One
Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
Anyone who despairs of the individual’s
power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a
homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s
treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished
mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next
decade he built fifty-five schools—especially for girls—that offer a
balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on
earth. As it chronicles Mortenson’s quest, which has brought him into
conflict with both enraged Islamists and uncomprehending Americans,
Three Cups of Tea combines adventure with a celebration of the
humanitarian spirit.
At times stern, at other times patient, at
times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a
retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of
Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always
recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by
a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive’s
own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities;
and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a
blessing and a curse.
In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett
creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a
movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women—mothers,
daughters, caregivers, friends—view one another. A deeply moving novel
filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and
universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don’t.
Excuses Begone!: How to
Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits
Within the pages of this transformational
book, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer reveals how to change the self-defeating
thinking patterns that have prevented you from living at the highest
levels of success, happiness, and health. Even though you may know what
to think, actually changing those thinking habits that have been with
you since childhood might be somewhat challenging.
The next Stephanie Plum novel, in which
complications arise, loyalties are tested, cliffhangers are resolved,
and donuts are eaten.
Janet Evanovich is the #1 bestselling
author of the Stephanie Plum novels, twelve romance novels, the
Alexandra Barnaby novels, and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling
Author. She lives in New Hampshire and Florida along with her St.
Bernard granddog Barnaby.
Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid
the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with
a bang, using his final days at the paperto write the definitive murder
story of his career.
He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after
confessing to a brutal murder. But as he delves into the story, Jack
realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus. The kid might
actually be innocent.
Jack is soon running with his biggest story since The Poetmade his
career years ago. He is tracking a killer who operates completely below
police radar--and with perfect knowledge of any move against him.
Including Jack's.
January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton
receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey
Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of
the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as
extraordinary as its name.
Mind Programming: From
Persuasion and Brainwashing, to Self-Help and Practical Metaphysics
Mind Programming is a riveting expose
on the plethora of research that has been carried out simply to discover
ways to control your every thought and desire. What you will learn will
both shock and horrify you. Tweaking your psyche has become big
business. Never again will you be able to ignore the truth—your very
thoughts are not your own.
Mind Programming provides the tools to take back control and reprogram
your own mind. Eldon Taylor provides the insight, information, and
easy-to-use methods that will empower you to realize the life of your
dreams. You were not meant to be the product of another’s manipulation,
whether in attitude and mood or in ambition and consumption.
Serious Barbecue: Smoke,
Char, Baste, and Brush Your Way to Great Outdoor Cooking
These original, mouthwatering recipes,
which include step-by-step seasoning instructions and a flip-by-flip
grilling or smoking guide, will have amateur and expert cooks firing up
their barbecues and enjoying perfect results every time--whether they're
impressing a group of friends with Perry Lang's insanely delicious Salt
and Pepper Dry-Aged Cowboy-Cut Rib Eye or wowing half the neighborhood
with his massive, slow-cooking, succulent "Get a Book" Whole Pork
Shoulder. Whatever the recipe, his goal is for everyone to achieve the
holy grail of barbecuing: bragging rights.
Eye of My Heart: 27
Writers Reveal the Hidden Pleasures and Perils of Being a Grandmother
In Eye of My Heart, twenty-seven
smart, gutsy writers explode myths and stereotypes and tell the whole
crazy, complicated truth about being a grandmother in today's world.
In this groundbreaking collection, you
will encounter the real stories that usually go untold. Free of
platitudes and clichés, the essays in Eye of My Heart are linked
by a common thread: a love for grandchildren that knows no bounds,
despite inescapable obstacles and limitations.
Hungry Girl: 200 Under
200: 200 Recipes Under 200 Calorie
Hungry Girl mania is sweeping the
nation! The New York Times bestselling phenomenon delivers even more
yum-tastic recipes!
An easy-to-use cookbook containing 200 Hungry Girl recipes all under 200
calories.
She’s not a
nutritionist, she’s just hungry. LISA LILLIEN is the founder of www.hungry-girl.com.
Over half a million loyal fans receive her daily emails containing
guilt-free recipes, food and product reviews, dieting news, shockers and
more. She lives in Los Angeles, California.
On September 12, 1609, Henry Hudson
first set eyes on the land that would become Manhattan. It's difficult
for us to imagine what he saw, but for more than a decade, landscape
ecologist Eric Sanderson has been working to do just that. Mannahatta:
A Natural History of New York City is the astounding result of those
efforts, reconstructing, in words and images, the wild island that
millions of New Yorkers now call home.
The Ultimate Depression
Survival Guide: Protect Your Savings, Boost Your Income, and Grow
Wealthy Even in the Worst of Times
Step by step, Martin Weiss--America's
Consumer Advocate for Financial Safety--introduces, explains, and helps
solve many of the new challenges and risks that face millions of
Americans. Throughout the book, Weiss provides readers with sound
strategies for coping with the credit crunch, housing bust, and decline
of the U.S. dollar. The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide also examines
important topics that today's investor must be familiar with--including
global investing, foreign currencies, and commodities--if they intend to
make it through the decade ahead.
Always Looking
Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
There are many words to describe Michael
J. Fox: Actor. Husband. Father. Activist. But readers of Always Looking
Up will soon add another to the list: Optimist. Michael writes about the
hard-won perspective that helped him see challenges as opportunities.
Instead of building walls around himself, he developed a personal policy
of engagement and discovery: an emotional, psychological, intellectual,
and spiritual outlook that has served him throughout his struggle with
Parkinson's disease. Michael's exit from a very demanding, very public
arena offered him the time-and the inspiration-to open up new doors
leading to unexpected places. One door even led him to the center of his
own family, the greatest destination of all.
Malcolm Gladwell poses a more provocative
question in Outliers: why do some people succeed, living remarkably
productive and impactful lives, while so many more never reach their
potential? Challenging our cherished belief of the "self-made man," he
makes the democratic assertion that superstars don't arise out of
nowhere, propelled by genius and talent: "they are invariably the
beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities and
cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make sense
of the world in ways others cannot."
This stunning set, complete with all four
hardcover books as well as four collectible prints, makes the perfect
gift for fans of the bestselling vampire love story.
Act Like a Lady, Think
Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy,
and Commitment
Steve Harvey, the host of the nationally
syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Show, can't count the number of
impressive women he's met over the years, whether it's through the
"Strawberry Letters" segment of his program or while on tour for his
comedy shows. These are women who can run a small business, keep a
household with three kids in tiptop shape, and chair a church group all
at the same time. Yet when it comes to relationships, they can't figure
out what makes men tick. Why? According to Steve it's because they're
asking other women for advice when no one but another man can tell them
how to find and keep a man.
Sometimes funny, sometimes direct, but
always truthful, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is a book you must
read if you want to understand how men think when it comes to
relationships.
Too many marriages end when someone
says "I've fallen out of love with you" or "I don't love you anymore."
The Love Dare discusses how these statements reveal a lack of
understanding about the fundamental nature of true love.
As featured in the popular new movie
Fireproof, from the team that brought us the #1 best selling DVD Facing
the Giants, The Love Dare is a 40-day guided devotional
experience that will lead your heart back to truly loving your spouse
while learning more about the design, nature, and source of true love.
Each reading includes Scripture, a statement of principle, the day's
"dare," and a journaling area and check box to chart progress.
Dare to take The Love Dare, and
see your marriage change forever.
