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Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black In Nazi Germany

by Hans Massaquoi

This is a story of the unexpected.In Destined to Witness, Hans Massaquoi has crafted a beautifully rendered memoir -- an astonishing true tale of how he came of age as a black child in Nazi Germany. The son...

The Substance of Style

by Virginia Postrel

Whether it's sleek leather pants, a shiny new Apple computer, or a designer toaster, we make important decisions as consumers every day based on our sensory experience. Sensory appeals are everywhere, and they...

How Math Explains the World

by James D. Stein

In How Math Explains the World, mathematician Stein reveals how seemingly arcane mathematical investigations and discoveries have led to bigger, more world-shaking insights into the nature of our world. In the...

Climbing Chamundi Hill

by Ariel Glucklich

An American traveler in India chances upon an old storyteller, who joins him on his pilgrimage to the top of a holy hill and along the way shares the authentic flavor of India through stories of courtesans and...

The Lost Ark of the Covenant

by Tudor Parfitt

After 2,500 Years of Mystery, the Truth About the Ark of the Covenant Is Revealed

The Lost Ark of the Covenant is the real-life account of an astounding quest—professor Tudor Parfitt's effort to recover the...

Riding Toward Everywhere

by William T. Vollmann

Vollmann is a relentlessly curious, endlessly sensitive, and unequivocally adventurous examiner of human existence. He has investigated the causes and symptoms of humanity's obsession with violence (Rising Up...

How to Get Married After 35

by Helena Hacke Rosenberg

For women thirty-five and over who don't want to leave their chances to fate, relationship consultant Helena Rosenberg -- who got married in her forties -- offers a concrete program to help singles maximize...

Manic

by Terri Cheney

An attractive, highly successful Beverly Hills entertainment lawyer, Terri Cheney had been battling debilitating bipolar disorder for the better part of her life—and concealing a pharmacy’s worth of prescription...

The House on First Street

by Julia Reed

After fifteen years of living like a vagabond on her reporter's schedule, Julia Reed got married and bought a house in the historic Garden District. Four weeks after she moved in, Hurricane Katrina struck. The...

Dump That Chump!

by Debra Mandel

Too many intelligent, attractive women these days find themselves trapped in destructive, unhealthy relationships, or simply settling for far less than they deserve.

In Dump That Chump!, psychologist, author,...

Marked for Death

by Brian J. Karem

A seasoned investigative reporter takes us behind the scenes of one of the most shocking cases in California history when a greedy and seductive wife brutally murders her devoted husband.

Tavia Williams thought...

Goddesses in Older Women: The Third Phase of Women's Lives

by Jean Shinoda Bolen

At some point after fifty, every woman crosses a threshold into the third phase of her life. As she enters this uncharted territory -- one that is generally uncelebrated in popular culture -- she can choose...

Sweet Machine

by Mark Doty

Mark Doty's last two award-winning collections of poetry, as well as his acclaimed memoir Heaven's Coast, used the devastation of AIDS as a lens through which to consider questions of loss, love and identity....

Unlocking The Sky

by Seth Shulman

Unlocking the Sky tells the extraordinary tale of the race to design, refine, and manufacture a manned flying machine, a race that took place in the air, on the ground, and in the courtrooms of America. While...

Novel Pictorial Noise

by Noah Eli Gordon

An exciting new collection of prose poetry from an emerging talent, Noah Eli Gordon's Novel Pictorial Noise was a winner of the 2006 National Poetry Series Open Competition, selected by esteemed poet John Ashbery....

The Wit and Wisdom of Winston Churchill

by James C. Humes

An extremely entertaining compendium of bon mots, anecdotes, and trivia about Winston Churchill from a leading Churchill lecturer and performer -- useful for speakers, students, of history, and World War II...

Eternal Echoes

by John O'Donohue

There is a divine restlessness in the human heart, our eternal echo of longing that lives deep within us and never lets us settle for what we have or where we are.In this exquisitely crafted and inspirational...

Cooking the RealAge (R) Way

by M.D., John La Puma & Michael F. Roizen

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of RealAge^® and coauthor of You: The Owner's Manual shows you how to cook your way to a younger you.

In his RealAge^® books, Dr. Michael F. Roizen proved that incorporating...

Living Well with Parkinson's Disease

by Michael J. Church, Winifred Conkling & Gretchen Garie

A complete guide to Parkinson's from two people with the disease who cofounded a national support and advocacy organization.

In Living Well with Parkinson's Disease, Gretchen Garie and Michael J. Church, a couple...

Lab 257

by Michael C. Carroll

Strictly off limits to the public, Plum Island is home to virginal beaches, cliffs, forests, ponds -- and the deadliest germs that have ever roamed the planet. Lab 257 blows the lid off the stunning true nature...