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In his many novels, poetry, histories, editorials, plays, and letters, W. E. B.

The Bridge of Silver Wings 2009 is, technically, the fifth book of poetry by the Savannah,

A digital true-crime story, Zero Day Threat is an alarming and eye-opening investigative expose o

Andrew Bienkowski was five years old in 1939 when his family was banished to Siberia from their Polish homeland.

A brief personal memoir from my birth through the publication of my second novek, SKIRTS. At the time of writing it I was living in a tiny cottage in Berkeley; I have since

Three dozen women, most over 45, tell their stories and wisdom learned on the trail.

We are living in what one author describes as "highly promotional times." Governments, corporations, non-profits, and special interest groups all have spin doctors trying to turn the news to

They say the Army makes a man out of you—but for 18-year-old SPC Michael Anthony, that fabled rite of passage proved a very dark journey.

If you learned that one of your ancestors served time behind bars at one of the most famou

As the Western world struggles to comprehend the paradoxes of modern Turkey, a country both European and Asian, forward-looking yet rooted in ancient empire, a new nonfiction anthology promises to

Seven million people board the subways of New York City every day, each one with a story to tell.

Andrea Askowitz has the best life in the world.  She's pregnant and healthy. She has friends and family who love her.  She has money and meaningful work.

NBA star-turned-rapper Shaquille O'Neal talks about how "a big man with rhythm is a dangerous big man."

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Building Hope tells, from the trenches, what it's like to lead and manage a nonprofit agency.

Chris Baty, motivator extraordinaire and instigator of a wildly successful writing revolution, spells out the secrets of writing—and finishing—a novel.

When his father had a near-fatal heart attack and gave up the will to live, Matthew Biberman panicked.

"Möchten Sie mühelos 5000 Dollar verdienen?" Mit dieser Frage eines Mitreisenden im Flugzeug nach Damaskus beginnt für den österreichischen UNO-Soldaten Robert Bergner, der sich mitte

On April 4, 1968, Senator Robert F.

In the late 1950s the Soviet Union shocked the world by placing a small satellite—Sputnik—in orbit around the earth.

American GIs who participated in the invasions of such far-flung Pacific Ocean locations as New Georgia, Makin, Tarawa, Kwajalein, and Eniwetok during World War II could always count on a blisterin

To the millions of Americans on the home front during World War II, Ernie Pyle’s column

From fighting for the cause of freedom during the Civil War to writing of one of the best-selling books of all time, Lew Wallace of Indiana enjoyed a remarkable career that touched the lives of suc

Is the separation of church and state a myth? Was the United States founded as a "Christian nation"? ...

This is an eye-opening expose, revealing a sometimes funny but more often disturbing world of fanaticism and extremism.

Fission Among the Fanatics is about growing u ...

In The Perfect Fruit, Chip Brantley tells the creation myth behind the pluot, a plum-apricot hybrid. The book is part biography, part cultural history, and part horticultural inquest.

Essays on fifteen crime fiction writers (Michael Connelly, Loren D. Estleman, Jack Finney, Nicolas Freeling, William Campbell Gault, Chester Himes, Edward D. Hoch, P.D.

For those who know the joys of gardening, Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul s 101 stories to sow seeds of love, hope, and laughter.If you talk to your houseplants or daydream about tomato seedlings

One of Kathy's essays is included in this anthology exploring the vital connection between motherhood and social change.

This paperback original offers the most hilarious and heart-wrenching essays from ten years of this quintessential alternative-parenting bible.

THE SACRED HOOP, by Bill Broder, Sierra Club Books

A New York Times and international bestseller with over a million copies sold, The Daring Book For Girls is the perfect book for any girl with an eye for adventure and a nose for tro

This portable, pocket-sized take on the bestselling phenomenon The Daring Book For Girls is filled with many favorite activities from the original, plus some exciting new games, crafts, and p

Another fun, portable, pocket-sized guide filled with tons of favorite facts (and brand-new chapters), The Pocket Daring Book for Girls: Wisdom and Wonder is just the thing for anyone who lov

The most popular question any pregnant woman is asked — aside from “When are you due?” — has got to be “Are you having a girl or a boy?” When author Andrea Buchanan was

It’s a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons, edited by Andrea J.

For mothers who write or aspire to, who find meaning and humor in the demanding but wondrous daily experience of raising children, and who value the sharing of these varied experiences, comes a wonder

God’s Creatures: A Biblical View of Animals answers all of the questions animal lovers

Robert Olen Butler, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, teaches graduate fiction at Florida State University - his version of literary boot camp.

 "Nona Caspers gives us a refreshingly honest and poignant slice of truth in her BOOK OF DAYS.

You can turn your dream of writing a book into a reality. ...

Whether you're a great cook wanting to share your recipes, or you want to pass down Grandma's secret recipes through your family, or you're a chef writing a cookbook, or your church, school, grou ...

The author describes a visit to Peshawar, Pakistan, and the Darra gun bazaar in the Northwest Frontier Province.

Attack of the Man-Eating Lotus Blossoms is a collection of these performance art texts, along with doc

A literary dreamscape in which the landscapes of childhood, homelands, bodies, lovers, and desires suc

On the morning of May 25, 1979, six-year-old Etan Patz kissed his mother goodb

Of all the recordings to emerge from the Athens-via-Denver collective called Elephant 6, Neutral Milk Hotel’s second album is the one that has worked its way under the most skins.

Lost in the Grooves is a genre-surfing Smithsonian of overlooked musical marvels. Without fetishizing obscurity for its own sake, the Guide sidesteps cynical cool vs.

An old school pot smuggler emerges from prison with one goal: to reunite with the love of his life.

Autism, ADHD, behavior disorders, lowered IQ a

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"Age of Obama: A Reporter's Journey with Clinton, McCain and Obama in the Making of the President 2008" is a first-hand account of

An inside look at a former prosecutor

From veteran journalist Kevin Davis comes the compelling and critically acclaimed tru

A girl describes her history of fascination with the New York City subway system.

When Patricia, the Italian-American, marries Gregori, the “gorgeous” Greek, she spends almost two decades in a sometimes tragic, sometimes uproarious pursuit of ‘Happily-Ever-After’.

An examination of my pro-choice beliefs, and how my feelings about abortion were changed by pregnancy.

Attention aspiring and working writers alike! Finish your work in four easy steps with this explosion of inspiration.

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Lois’s adult, non-fiction book about the murder of her teenage daughter, Kaitlyn Arquette, in Albuquerque, NM.

Dr. John Dee (1527-1608) was one of the greatest minds of the Elizabethan Age, and his system of angelic communication was the result of the most dramatic magical operation ever recorded.

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More than two centuries after the signing of The Declaration of Independence, finally ... the sequel!

What is Radical Equality?

In a heartrending and astonishing novel, Eggers illuminates the history of the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee now living in the United States.

A full-color guide to 128 breeds of chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, and other fowl.

And every week, there was the unspoken question, the one I didn’t know enough to ask myself : Have you found her yet? The one who reminds you of you?

Kate Evans' book is the first ever study of lesbian and gay pre-service teachers.

On a journey begun twenty years earlier, Daryl Farmer, a twenty-year-old two-time college dropout, did what lost men have so often done in this country: he headed west.

Conduct Unbecoming, a CD-ROM based on Randy Shilts' 1993 homonymous book on gays in the military, gives us a tantalizing peek at the potential of CD-ROM publishing.

Quella di Zubaida e una storia di dolore, coraggio, speranza. E di un amore profundo a caparbio che supera tutti i contini.

 

 

In the United States female crime has grown at a faster rate than male crime over the past couple of decades.

The Savard System for Managing and Controlling Your Healthcare. Marie Savard, M.D.

Doris J. Day, M.D.

"As an Ioway Indian, [Lance Foster] is interested in the landscape as it was when his ancestor

My essay "A Closing Circle: Musings on the Ioway Indians in Iowa" is in The Worlds Between Two Rivers: Perspectives on American Indians in Iowa (An Expanded Edition), Edited by Gretchen

The University of Alabama Press says about the book: "

Many different Indian tribes have lived in Iowa, each existing as an independent nation with its own h

This investigative report unmasks the escalating crime rate on three Philadelphia college campuses: University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University and Temple University.

PAVE YOUR WAY TO ENLIGHTENMENT  

We are our greatest enemy...

“Release Your Writing, Book Publishing, Your Way” goes beyond “how-to” books with all the information you need, whether you have: ...

THE STORY OF LOVE

With this book, China Galland brought increased attention to the spiritual traditions of the Black Madon

In this wide-ranging and deeply felt book, J. Ruth Gendler invites us to reclaim the often misunderstood quality of beauty.

Barry Gifford’s diverse interests, varied influences, wide travels, and multitudinous acquaintances have fueled his prolific writing career.

900+ translated haiku, all on the sea cucumber and most over a hundred years old, with a good me

17-syllabet Japanese poems about human foibles, sans season (i.e., not haiku), were introduced a half-century ago by RH Blyth i