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Softcover. Condition: Good. 60th ed. Surgeon Bernie S. Siegel gives an inspirational, first-hand account of how patients can participate in their own recovery.Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant of the immune system. The truth is: love heals. Miracles happen to exceptional patients every day-patients who have the courage to love, those who have the courage to work with their doctors to participate in and influence their own recovery.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. As a result of her own experience with many kind of loss, Stephanie Ericsson offers an intimate, profoundly touching guide for those in grief, legitimizing the complex and often taboo emotions we all feel when loss transforms our lives. In Companion Through the Darkness, Stephanie Ericsson defines grief as "the constant reawakening that things are now different." Using a very simple format -- which combines excerpts from her own diary writings with brief essays -- she vividly speaks the language of loss and captures the contradictory, wrenching, and chaotic emotions of grief. The book can be opened at any point to chapters no more than a few pages long on such themes as:Abandonment: The sudden state I am forced into. I no longer belong to you. I no longer belong to anyone.Rage: The state I use to survive seemingly moments of intolerable pain.Humor: The backside of agony.Pity: The look on people's faces when they haven't a clue what to say to me.Transition: The moments, strung out over months, when I know I am no longer the woman I was, but not quite the woman I am becoming.The result is compelling, intimate, and heartbreakingly truthful -- a book that promises to be enormously sought-after support and touchstone for all those making their own journey through grief.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reissue. In the Depression year of 1931, on the golf links at Krewe Island off Savannah's windswept shore, two legends of the game-Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen-meet for a mesmerizing thirty-six-hole showdown. Another golfer will also compete-a troubled local war hero, once a champion, who comes with his mentor and caddie, the mysterious Bagger Vance. It is Vance, sage and charismatic, who will ultimately guide the match, for he holds the secret of the Authentic Swing. And he alone can show his protege the way back to glory.Written in the spirit of Golf in the Kingdom and The Natural, The Legend of Bagger Vance reveals the true nature of the game in a story that is unforgettable.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. From mad as a wet hen to corn dodger and hobgoblin, Charles Funks collections of curious words and expressions are a treasure trove of word origin.Where did expressions like this come from anyway?Now finally well know what letting the cat out of the bag or going on wild-goose chase refers to. In this fun collection of over 400 curious expressions and sayings, Dr. Funk explains the meanings that we use in everyday speech without even thinking about it. He has traced them back through the years-in some cases centuries-in an effort to determine their sources, to find out what the original allusions were, or, at the very least, to give us his expert opinion when facts cannot be traced.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Reeling from the loss of her mother, plagued with a bad case of writer's block (and don't even talk about those extra twenty pounds), Renata DeChavannes feels as though everything is just plain wrong. And that was before the tabloids caught her sweetheart, filmmaker Ferg Lauderdale, sharing an intimate squeeze with Hollywood's hottest young tamale.But the granddaughter of the formidable Honora DeChavannes possesses more hell than belle in her backbone-and she's about to reclaim it. Heading south to Honora's home on the Gulf Coast, Renata is determined to stop feeling like a wilted gardenia and emerge as the unstoppable kudzu her beloved grandmother proudly proclaimed she would be. But for that to happen Renata's got to face some not-so-genteel ghosts from her past, discover the truth about the mother she desperately misses, and make peace with the first man who abandoned her and broke her heart: her handsome and distant father.

Softcover. Condition: Good. From Suzannah Dunn, the critically acclaimed author of The Queen of Subtleties, The Sixth Wife and The Queens Sorrow, comes the tragic, gripping, and intensely moving story of Katherine Howard-the fifth wife of Englands King Henry VIII-and the best friend she nearly took down with her. The Confession of Katherine Howard is masterful historical fiction, ideal for fans of Phillipa Gregory and Allison Weir, bringing to rich, lustrous life the sights and sounds of the royal Tudor court while telling a story of passion, intrigue, betrayal, and destiny that will live in the readers memory long after the final page is turned.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. In clear, lively prose, Harriet Lerner takes a bold look at women and the psychotherapists who work with them.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A remarkable compendium of the worst militarydecisions and the men who made themThe annals of history are littered with horribly bad military leaders. These combat incompetents found amazing ways to ensure their army's defeat. Whether it was a lack of proper planning, miscalculation, ego, bad luck, or just plain stupidity, certain wartime stratagems should never have left the drawing board. Written with wit, intelligence, and eminent readability, How to Lose a Battle pays dubious homage to these momentous and bloody blunders, including:Cannae, 216 B.C.: the bumbling Romans lose 80,000 troops to Hannibal's forces.The Second Crusade: an entire Christian army is slaughtered when it stops for a drink of water.The Battle of Britain: Hitler's dreaded Luftwaffe blows it big-time.Pearl Harbor: more than one warning of the impending attack is there, but nobody listens.How to Lose a Battle includes more than thirty-five chapters worth of astonishing (and avoidable) disasters, both infamous and obscure -- a treasure trove of trivia, history, and jaw-dropping facts about the most costly military missteps ever taken.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Putting has often been described as an art, but the author of this book, by trade a physicist, has analyzed it as never before, using scientific principles. Pelz has come up with a system to perfect your putting stroke -- or at least to come as close to perfect as humanly possible.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean and Twelve Times Blessed comes a novel of the breakdown of a family and of healing after a lossGiving advice is what Julianne Ambrose Gillis does for a living-every Sunday she doles it out to clueless people she doesnt know, in a column in her local Wisconsin paper. But when it comes to her personal life, Julie seems to have no insight whatsoever. She has worked hard to keep her marriage fresh and to be a good mother, so its a mystery when Leo, her husband of twenty years, decides to defect from their life together and their three children: Gabe, Caroline and Aury.In his absence, Julie is diagnosed with a serious illness, which drives her children to undertake a dangerous journey to find Leo-before its too late. But what they discover about their father is even more devastating than their mothers deteriorating health.As the known world sinks precariously from view and leaves them all adrift, the Gillis clan must navigate their way through the trenches of love, guilt and betrayal, back to solid ground and a new definition of family.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Lisa EdwardsThis Prada-wearing magazine editor thinks her life is over when her "fabulous" new job turns out to be a deportation to Dublin to launch Colleen magazine. The only saving grace is that her friends aren't there to witness her downward spiral. Might her new boss, the disheveled and moody Jack Devine, save her from a fate worse than hell?Ashling KennedyAshling, Colleen's assistant editor, is an award-winning worrier, increasinglyaware that something fundamental is missing from her life -- apart from a boyfriendand a waistline.Clodagh "Princess" KellyAshling's best friend, Clodagh, lives the domestic dream in a suburban castle.So why, lately, has she had the recurring urge to kiss a frog -- or sleep with afrog, if truth be told?As these three women search for love, success, and happiness, they willdiscover that if you let things simmer under the surface for too long, sooneror later they'll boil over.Discover the Keyes to a Great Read!.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Asperger's Syndrome and Your Child, an informative, empathetic, and comprehensive guide to this elusive condition, answers the most common questions and offers an encouraging outlook for your child's future. Dr. Michael Powers weaves together a compassionate account of everything related to AS, offering such practical advice from getting the right diagnosis to helping your child develop social skills. Infused with voices of real children who offer insights about their own conditions, the book gives perspective on how children live with the disorder. Asperger Syndrome and Your Child is an indispensable book for parents as well as teachers and other professionals who have someone with Asperger Syndrome in their lives.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Original. She was taught to submit, to obey . . . but she dreamed of an empire.The sole heir to the House of Omura, a venerable family of Kobe sake brewers, nineteen-year-old Rie hears but cannot heed her mother's advice: that in nineteenth-century Japan, a woman must "kill the self" or her life will be too difficult to bear. In this strict, male-dominated society, women may not even enter the brewery-and repressive tradition demands that Rie turn over her family's business to the inept philanderer she's been forced to marry. She is even expected to raise her husband's children by another woman-a geisha-so that they can eventually run the Omura enterprise.But Rie's pride will not allow her to relinquish what is rightfully hers. With courage, cunning, brilliance, and skill, she is ready to confront every threat that arises before her-from prejudice to treachery to shipwrecks to the insidious schemes of relentless rivals-in her bold determination to forge a magnificent dynasty.and to, impossibly, succeed.An epic and breathtaking saga that spans generations as it sweeps through the heart of a century, Joyce Lebra's The Scent of Sake is a vivid and powerful entry into another world.and an unforgettable portrait of a woman who would not let that world defeat her.

Softcover. Condition: Good. New York Times and USA Today BestsellerIn this stunning new historical novel inspired by true events, Kim van Alkemade tells the fascinating story of a woman who must choose between revenge and mercy when she encounters the doctor who subjected her to dangerous medical experiments in a New York City Jewish orphanage years before.In 1919, Rachel Rabinowitz is a vivacious four-year-old living with her family in a crowded tenement on New York Citys Lower Eastside. When tragedy strikes, Rachel is separated from her brother Sam and sent to a Jewish orphanage where Dr. Mildred Solomon is conducting medical research. Subjected to X-ray treatments that leave her disfigured, Rachel suffers years of cruel harassment from the other orphans. But when she turns fifteen, she runs away to Colorado hoping to find the brother she lost and discovers a family she never knew she had.Though Rachel believes shes shut out her painful childhood memories, years later she is confronted with her dark past when she becomes a nurse at Manhattans Old Hebrews Home and her patient is none other than the elderly, cancer-stricken Dr. Solomon. Rachel becomes obsessed with making Dr. Solomon acknowledge, and pay for, her wrongdoing. But each passing hour Rachel spends with the old doctor reveal to Rachel the complexities of her own nature. She realizes that a persons fate-to be one who inflicts harm or one who heals-is not always set in stone.Lush in historical detail, rich in atmosphere and based on true events, Orphan #8 is a powerful, affecting novel of the unexpected choices we are compelled to make that can shape our destinies.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. MICHAEL CRICHTON meets STEPHEN KING at their finest. - Lisa Gardner Joins the ranks of classic paranoid thrillers about human achievement run amok, with STEPHEN KINGs The Stand and MICHAEL CRICHTONs Terminal Man. - Joseph Finder A heart-stopping thriller. A must-read for MICHAEL CRICHTON fans. - Dallas Morning News Matt Richtel has taken his place as an heir to MICHAEL CRICHTON. - Connecticut PostFLIGHT 194 LANDED. SOMETHING LETHAL AWAITS OUTSIDE. THIS IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL, FROM PULITZER-PRIZE WINNER MATT RICHTEL OF THE NEW YORK TIMES.An airplane touches down at a desolate airport in a remote Colorado ski town. Shortly after landing, Dr. Lyle Martin, a world-class infectious disease specialist, is brusquely awakened to shocking news: Everyone not on the plane appears to be dead. The world has gone dark. While they were in the air, a lethal new kind of virus surfaced, threatening mankind's survival, and now Martin-one of the most sought-after virologists on the planet until his career took a precipitous slide-is at the center of the investigation.Moving at lightning pace from the snowbound Rockies to the secret campus of Google X, where unlimited budgets may be producing wonders beyond our capacity to control, Dead on Arrival is a brilliantly imaginative, intricately plotted thriller that draws on Matt Richtel's years of science and technology reporting for the New York Times, and establishes him as one of the premier thriller writers working today.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. In the bestselling tradition of The Dance of Anger, a compassionate and insightful guide that shows women how they can learn to feel good about who they are and what they do.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. From the Back CoverAndrea knows everything about her mother, Laura. She knows Laura has spent nearly her whole life in the small beachside town of Belle Isle, Georgia; she knows Lauras a beloved speech pathologist; she knows Lauras never kept a secret in her life. Andrea knows that Laura is everything she isnt-confident, settled, sure of herself. Feeling listless, with no direction, Andrea, unlike Laura, struggles to find her way.But Andreas certainty is upended when a visit to the mall is shattered by an act of horrifying violence that reveals a new side of Laura-a cool woman who calmly faces down a murderer. It turns out that before Andreas mother was Laura, she was someone completely different. For nearly thirty years shes been hiding from the woman she once was, lying low in the hope that no one would ever find her. But now shes been exposed, and nothing will be the same again.To save her mother, Andrea embarks on a desperate journey following the bread crumb trail of her mothers past. Andrea knows that if she cant uncover the secrets hidden there, there may be no future for her mother . . . or her.Product DescriptionNow on Netflix! Starring Toni Collette and Bella Heathcote!Mother. Hero. Liar. Killer. How can you tell when all you have is. Pieces of Her.What if the person you thought you knew best turns out to be someone you never knew at all . . . ?Andrea Oliver knows everything about her mother Laura. Shes knows shes spent her whole life in the small beachside town of Gullaway Island; she knows shes never wanted anything more than to live a quiet life as a pillar of the community; she knows shes never kept a secret in her life. Because we all know our mothers, dont we?But all that changes when a Saturday afternoon trip to the mall explodes into violence and Andrea suddenly sees a completely different side to Laura. Because it turns out that before Laura was Laura, she was someone completely different. For nearly thirty years shes been hiding from her previous identity, lying low in the hope that no one will ever find her. But now shes been exposed, and nothing will ever be the same again.Twenty-four hours later Laura is in the hospital, shot by an intruder whos spent thirty years trying to track her down and discover what she knows. Andrea is on a desperate journey following the breadcrumbs of her mothers past. And if she cant uncover the secrets hidden there, there may be no future for either one of them. . . .ReviewA propulsive, high-stakes thriller rife with intrigue and suspense. - USA TodayThe ever-popular crime novelist is back with another pulse-pounding standalone, this one considering the twisted relationship between a mother and a daughter after the latter realizes she may not know the woman who gave birth to her at all. - Entertainment Weekly on Pieces of Her[Slaughters] talent for writing convincingly flawed yet sympathetic characters is in high relief here. Readers will find themselves totally immersed in the suspenseful, alternating story lines and wont want either of them to end.- Booklist (starred review) on Pieces of HerAll of Slaughters books. are satisfyingly surprising and plausible, but its Slaughters prodigious gifts of characterization that make her stand out among thriller writers. Slaughters satirical touches are as deft as her grimmer renditions of real life. - Washington PostIf youre into mystery thrillers, then youre into Karin Slaughter. - theSkimmEnter the world of Karin Slaughter. Just be forewarned, theres no going back. - Lisa Ko, author of The LeaversBreathtaking. Fiction doesnt get any better than this. - Jeffery DeaverSimply one of the best thriller writers working today. Id follow her anywhere. - Gillian FlynnIts a compelling story that swept me along, unable to resist and unable to stop reading. - Suspense Magazine on Pieces of HerWith an intrigue and suspense-filled plot, Slaughters well-crafted.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Intensely moving. [An] exceptional novel.-Boston GlobeA poignant and magical story set in eighteenth-century England, The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson is the tale of two baby elephants and the young man who accidentally finds himself their guardian. Every reader who was enchanted by Sara Gruens Water for Elephants or enthralled by When Elephants Weep will adore Nicholsons The Elephant Keeper-a masterful blending of historical novel, coming-of-age tale, animal adventure, and love story.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Product DescriptionThe dazzling narrator of The Wicked City brings her mesmerizing voice and indomitable spirit to another Jazz Age tale of rumrunners, double crosses, and true love, spanning the Eastern seaboard from Florida to Long Island to Halifax, Nova Scotia.1924. Ginger Kelly wakes up in tranquil Cocoa Beach, Florida, having fled south to safety in the company of disgraced Prohibition agent Oliver Anson Marshall and her newly-orphaned young sister, Patsy. But paradise is short-lived. Marshall is reinstated to the agency with suspicious haste and put to work patrolling for rumrunners on the high seas, from which he promptly disappears. Gin hurries north to rescue him, only to be trapped in an agonizing moral quandary by Marshalls desperate mother.1998. Ella Dommerich has finally settled into her new life in Greenwich Village, inside the same apartment where a certain redheaded flapper lived long ago.and continues to make her presence known. Having quit her ethically problematic job at an accounting firm, cut ties with her unfaithful ex-husband, and begun an epic love affair with Hector, her musician neighbor, Ellas eager to piece together the history of the mysterious Gin Kelly, whose only physical trace is a series of rare vintage photograph cards for which she modeled before she disappeared.Two women, two generations, two urgent quests. But as Ginger and Ella track down their separate quarries with increasing desperation, the mysteries consuming them take on unsettling echoes of each other, and both women will require all their strength and ingenuity to outwit a conspiracy spanning decades.About the AuthorBeatriz Williams is the bestselling author of thirteen novels, including Her Last Flight, The Summer Wives, and The Golden Hour, as well as All the Ways We Said Goodbye, cowritten with Lauren Willig and Karen White. A native of Seattle, she graduated from Stanford University and earned an MBA in finance from Columbia University. She lives with her husband and four children near the Connecticut shore, where she divides her time between writing and laundry.

Softcover. Condition: Good. 1. Product DescriptionFrom the author of New York Times bestseller You're Wearing That? this bestselling classic work draws upon groundbreaking research by an acclaimed sociolinguist to show that women and men live in different worlds, made of different words.Women and men live in different worlds.made of different words.Spending nearly four years on the New York Times bestseller list, including eight months at number one, You Just Don't Understand is a true cultural and intellectual phenomenon. This is the book that brought gender differences in ways of speaking to the forefront of public awareness. With a rare combination of scientific insight and delightful, humorous writing, Tannen shows why women and men can walk away from the same conversation with completely different impressions of what was said.Studded with lively and entertaining examples of real conversations, this book gives you the tools to understand what went wrong -- and to find a common language in which to strengthen relationships at work and at home. A classic in the field of interpersonal relations, this book will change forever the way you approach conversations.Review[A] refreshing and readable account of the complexities of communication between men and women. - The New York Times Book ReviewA chatty, earnest and endearing book that promises here-and-now rewards. - Los Angeles TimesPeople are telling Tannen that the book is saving their marriages. - Washington PostA novelists ear for the way people speak with a rare power of original analysis. - Oliver SacksUtterly fascinating. . . . A classic in the field. - San Francisco ChronicleFrom the Back CoverWomen and men live in different worlds.made of different words.Spending nearly four years on the New York Times bestseller list, including eight months at number one, You Just Don't Understand is a true cultural and intellectual phenomenon. This is the book that brought gender differences in ways of speaking to the forefront of public awareness. With a rare combination of scientific insight and delightful, humorous writing, Tannen shows why women and men can walk away from the same conversation with completely different impressions of what was said.Studded with lively and entertaining examples of real conversations, this book gives you the tools to understand what went wrong -- and to find a common language in which to strengthen relationships at work and at home. A classic in the field of interpersonal relations, this book will change forever the way you approach conversations.About the AuthorDeborah Tannen is Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Her books include the New York Times bestsellers You Just Don't Understand, You're Wearing THAT?, Talking from 9 to 5, and You Were Always Mom's Favorite! She has written for and been featured in numerous major newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, the Washington Post, and Time.Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.You Just Don't UnderstandWomen and Men in ConversationBy Tannen, Deborah QuillCopyright 2004 Deborah TannenAll right reserved.ISBN: 0060959622Chapter OneDifferent Words,Different WorldsMany years ago I was married to a man who shouted at me, "I do not give you the right to raise your voice to me, because you are a woman and I am a man." This was frustrating, because I knew it was unfair. But I also knew just what was going on. I ascribed his unfairness to his having grown up in a country where few people thought women and men might have equal rights.Now I am married to a man who is a partner and friend. We come from similar backgrounds and share values and interests. It is a continual source of pleasure to talk to him. It is wonderful to have someone I can tell everything to, someone who understands. But he doesn't always see things as I do, doesn't always react to things as I expect him to. And I often don't under.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Product Description#1 New York Times Bestseller - Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, and Gary Oldman - Available on Netflix on May 14, 2021"Astounding. Thrilling. Amazing." -Gillian Flynn"Unputdownable." -Stephen King"A dark, twisty confection." -Ruth Ware"Absolutely gripping." -Louise PennyFor readers of Gillian Flynn and Tana French comes one of the decades most anticipated debuts, published in forty-one languages around the world and in development as a major film from Fox: a twisty, powerful Hitchcockian thriller about an agoraphobic woman who believes she witnessed a crime in a neighboring house.It isnt paranoia if its really happening . . .Anna Fox lives alone-a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times . . . and spying on her neighbors.Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, mother, their teenaged son. The perfect family. But when Anna, gazing out her window one night, sees something she shouldnt, her world begins to crumble and its shocking secrets are laid bare.What is real? What is imagined? Who is in danger? Who is in control? In this diabolically gripping thriller, no one-and nothing-is what it seems.Twisty and powerful, ingenious and moving, The Woman in the Window is a smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense that recalls the best of Hitchcock.ReviewThe rocket fuel propelling The Woman in the Window, the first stratosphere-ready mystery of 2018, is expertise. . . . Dear other books with unreliable narrators: This one will see you and raise you. - New York Times Book ReviewThe Woman in the Window is a tour de force. A twisting, twisted odyssey inside one womans mind, her illusions, delusions, reality. It left my own mind reeling and my heart pounding. An absolutely gripping thriller. - Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling authorTheres something irresistible about this made-for-the-movies tingler. Finn knows how to pleasurably wind us up. - USA TodaySuperior. - New YorkerAs the plot seizes us, the prose caresses us. . . [Finn] has not only captured, sympathetically, the interior life of a depressed person, but also written a riveting thriller that will keep you guessing to the very last sentence. - Washington PostThe Woman in the Window is one of those rare books that really is unputdownable. The writing is smooth and often remarkable. The way Finn plays off this totally original story against a background of film noir is both delightful and chilling. - Stephen KingAstounding. Thrilling. Lovely and amazing.Finn has created a noir for the new millennium, packed with mesmerizing characters, stunning twists, beautiful writing and a narrator with whom Id love to split a bottle of pinot. Maybe two bottles-Ive got a lot of questions for her. - #1 New York Times bestselling author Gillian FlynnTwisted to the power of max. Hitchcockian suspense with a 21st century twist. - Bestselling author Val McDermidCompelling, wrenching, and gasp-for-breath exciting-I was blown away. - #1 New York Times bestselling author Joe HillA dark, twisty confection with an irresistible film noir premise. Hitchcock would have snapped up the rights in a heartbeat. - New York Times bestselling author Ruth WareThe Woman in the Window is the most riveting thriller Ive read since Gone Girl. A. J. Finn is a bold new talent with the touch of a master. - New York Times bestselling author Tess GerritsenFinns debut lives up to the hype. . . . A riveting and mature first novel that stands out in a crowded genre. - Library Journal [starred review]Gripping, compelling, and utterly intriguing. - Liz Nugent, author of the 2017 BEA Buzz Book Unraveling OliverThe Woman in the Window reads like a classic Hitchcock movie in novel form, in fact I was half expecting a cameo. Dripping with suspense. Creaki.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Witty, wise, and hope-filled, Five Fortunes is a large-hearted tale of five vivid and unforgettable women who know where they've been but have no idea where they're going. A lively octogenarian, a private investigator, a mother and daughter with an unresolved past, and a recently widowed politician's wife share little else except a thirst for new dreams, but after a week at the luxurious health spa known as "Fat Chance" their lives will be intertwined in ways they couldn't have imagined. At a place where doctors, lawyers, spoiled housewives, movie stars, and captains of industry are stripped of the social markers that keep them from really seeing one another, unexpected friendships emerge, reminding us of the close links between the rich and the poor, fortune and misfortune, and the magic of chance.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated. Now available with a contemporary look, a must-have collection of riveting short stories from the New York Times bestselling author of Mystic River and Shutter Island.Locations are vivid and crisp, characters are memorable and, most importantly, the story lines dig into you and leave their mark. -Boston HeraldWhen it comes to contemporary crime fiction theres no territory quite as dangerous and unpredictable as that of New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane. These five short stories and a play are Lehane at his visceral best.In Running Out of Dog, a vet returning from Vietnam is asked to redirect the violent skills he learned overseas to deal with his hometowns rampant population of strays. ICU follows a hunted man who finds refuge in the oddest place imaginable. Surprises await a gang of Texas high-school football jocks who lay siege to a luxury home in the suburbs in Gone Down to Corpus. And in Mushrooms, a simple theft triggers a series of murders that forces a disillusioned young girl to consider her next move. This collection also includes Until Gwen and its stage adaptation, Coronado, which expands on the trenchant tale of a morally bankrupt conman father, his ill-fated son, and the woman they have in common.In Lehanes capable hands, each story faces unflinchingly the darkest depths of the human experience-sin and redemption, loss and longing, flesh and blood-delivering a knockout punch thatll have readers reeling.

Softcover. Condition: Good. 4. For more than 40 years, mothers have depended on the wisdomand warmth of Nursing Your Baby. Now authors Karen Pryor and her daughter Gale Pryor have revised and updated their classic guide for today's generation of women. New information includes: Up-to-date studies on health benefits for breastfed infantsand breastfeeding mothers Tips for getting the best start on breastfeeding during thefirst hours, weeks, and months after birth Breastfeeding advice for working mothers Legal rights as a nursing mother Choosing and using a breast pump How fathers and families can support new nursing mothersWith its unique blend of support, science, and research, this classic guide will continue to encourage mothers to nurse their babies as long as they both desire.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Bestselling inspirational author Wayne Dyers classic parable, with a powerful message for achieving happiness here on Earth, now and forever.How would an intelligent visitor from another planet react to life on Earth? Would we welcome that visitor's presence and views? Are we ready for such an open exchange? Weaving together science fiction, spirituality, and philosophy with wisdom, humor, and plain common sense, Dyer tells the story of two peaceful beings from different worlds who work together to enhance the well-being of all. The gifts that Eykis, an alien traveling from a distant, Earth-like planet, brings to the people of Earth help them see themselves in a new light, and compel them to rethink their negative actions. Her insightful offerings will move you to new emotions, new behaviors, and a new understanding of humankind's limitless possibilities.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Media tie-in. Product DescriptionThe #1 New York Times bestsellerThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of Americas greatest achievements in space-a powerful, revelatory history essential to our understanding of race, discrimination, and achievement in modern America. The basis for the smash Academy Award-nominated film starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as human computers used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in the Souths segregated public schools, they were called into service during the labor shortages of World War II, when Americas aeronautics industry was in dire need of anyone who had the right stuff. Suddenly, these overlooked math whizzes had a shot at jobs worthy of their skills, and they answered Uncle Sams call, moving to Hampton, Virginia and the fascinating, high-energy world of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory.Even as Virginias Jim Crow laws required them to be segregated from their white counterparts, the women of Langleys all-black West Computing group helped America achieve one of the things it desired most: a decisive victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and complete domination of the heavens.Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASAs greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their countrys future.-WINNER OF ANISFIELD-WOLF AWARD FOR NONFICTION-WINNER BLACK CAUCUS OF AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST NONFICTION BOOK-WINNER NAACP IMAGE AWARD BEST NONFICTION BOOK-WINNER NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE COMMUNICATION AWARDReviewMeticulous the depth and detail that are the books strength make it an effective, fact-based rudder with which would-be scientists and their allies can stabilize their flights of fancy. This hardworking, earnest book is the perfect foil for the glamour still to come. - Seattle TimesMuch as Tom Wolfe did in The Right Stuff, Shetterly moves gracefully between the womens lives and the broader sweep of history . . . Shetterly, who grew up in Hampton, blends impressive research with an enormous amount of heart in telling these stories - Boston GlobeRestoring the truth about individuals who were at once black, women and astounding mathematicians, in a world that was constructed to stymie them at every step, is no easy task. Shetterly does it with the depth and detail of a skilled historian and the narrative aplomb of a masterful storyteller. - Bookreporter.comFrom the Back CoverThe #1 New York Times bestsellerNow a Major Motion Picture from Twentieth Century FoxThe phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of Americas greatest achievements in spaceBefore John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as human computers used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women. Originally math teachers in the Souths segregated public schools, these gifted profess.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Pre-publication 1st Edition. Before the sweet delight of Chocolat, before the heady concoction that is Blackberry Wine, and before the tart pleasures of Five Quarters of the Orange, bestselling author Joanne Harris wrote Sleep, Pale Sister -- a gothic tourde-force that recalls the powerfully dark sensibility of her novel Holy Fools.Originally published in 1994 -- and never before available in the United States -- Sleep, Pale Sister is a hypnotically atmospheric story set in nineteenth century London. When puritanical artist Henry Chester sees delicate child beauty Effie, he makes her his favorite model and, before long, his bride. But Henry, volatile and repressed, is in love with an ideal. Passive, docile, and asexual, the woman he projects onto Effie is far from the woman she really is. And when Effie begins to discover the murderous depths of Henry's hypocrisy, her latent passion will rise to the surface.Sleep, Pale Sister combines the ethereal beauty of a Pre-Raphaelite painting with a chilling high gothic tale and is a testament to Harris's brimming cornucopia of talents.This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Sublimely ties together the drama of high school football, gender politics, and the impact of war on a small town in Texas. - Sports IllustratedA 2019 One of the Best Books So Far--Newsweek.comA cross between Friday Night Lights and The Atomic City Girls, When The Men Were Gone is a debut historical novel based on the true story of Tylene Wilson, a woman in 1940's Texas who, in spite of extreme opposition, became a female football coach in order to keep her students from heading off to war.Football is the heartbeat of Brownwood, Texas. Every Friday night for as long as assistant principal Tylene Wilson can remember, the entire town has gathered in the stands, cheering their boys on. Each September brings with it the hope of a good season and a sense of unity and optimism.Now, the war has changed everything. Most of the Brownwood men over 18 and under 45 are off fighting, and in a small town the possibilities are limited. Could this mean a season without football? But no one counted on Tylene, who learned the game at her daddys knee. She knows more about it than most men, so she does the unthinkable, convincing the school to let her take on the job of coach.Faced with extreme opposition-by the press, the community, rival coaches, and referees and even the players themselves-Tylene remains resolute. And when her boys rally around her, she leads the team-and the town-to a Friday night and a subsequent season they will never forget.Based on a true story, When the Men Were Gone is a powerful and vibrant novel of perseverance and personal courage.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Product DescriptionTodd has written a first novel that speaks out, urgently and compassionately, for a long-dead generation.A meticulously wrought puzzle.-New York Times Book ReviewAn intricately plotted mystery. With this remarkable debut, Charles Todd breaks new ground in the historical crime novel.-Peter Lovesey, author of The CircleYoure going to love Todd.-Stephen King, Entertainment WeeklyThe first novel to feature war-damaged Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge, A Test of Wills is the book that brought author Charles Todd into the spotlight. This Edgar and Anthony Award-nominated, New York Times Notable mystery brilliantly evokes post-World War I Great Britain and introduces readers to one of crime fictions most compelling series protagonists. Here the shell-shocked Rutledge struggles to retain his fragile grip on sanity while investigating the death of a popular army colonel, murdered, it appears, by a decorated war hero with ties to the Royal Family. A phenomenal writer, a twisting puzzle, a character-rich re-creation of an extraordinary time and placeit all adds up to one exceptional read that will delight fans of Elizabeth George, Martha Grimes, Jacqueline Winspear, Ruth Rendell, and other masters of the British procedural.ReviewYoure going to love Todd. - Stephen King, Entertainment WeeklyFrom the Inside FlapIt's 1919, and the War to End All Wars has been won. But for Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge, recently returned from the battlefields of France, there is no peace. Suffering from shell shock, tormented by the mocking, ever-present voice of the young Scot he had executed for refusing to fight, Rutledge plunges into his work to save his sanity. But his first assignment is a case certain to spell disaster, personally and professionally.In Warwickshire, a popular colonel has been murdered, and the main suspect is a decorated war hero and close friend of the Prince of Wales. The case is a political minefield, and no matter what the outcome, Rutledge may not escape with his career intact. But, win or lose, the cost could be even higher: the one witness who could break the case is himself a shell shock victim, teetering on the edge of reality. And in this war-ravaged man, Rutledge sees his own possible future, should he lose grip on his mind.From the Back CoverDont miss the first book in the critically acclaimed Inspector Ian Rutledge seriesIts 1919, and the War to End All Wars has been won. But there is no peace for Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge, recently returned from the battlefields of France shell-shocked and tormented by the ever-present voice of the young Scot he had executed for refusing an order. Escaping into his work to save his sanity, Rutledge investigates the murder of a popular colonel in Warwickshire and his alleged killer, a decorated war hero and close friend of the Prince of Wales.The case is a political minefield, and its resolution could mean the end of Rutledges career. Win or lose, the cost may be more than the damaged investigator can bear. For the one witness who can break the case open is, like Rutledge, a war-ravaged victim . . . and his grim, shattered fate could well prove to be the haunted investigators own.About the AuthorCharles Todd is the New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector IanRutledge mysteries, the Bess Crawfordmysteries, and two stand-alone novels. A mother-and-son writing team, Caroline passed away in August 2021 and Charles lives in Florida.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. A Doctor, A Lawyer, and an Accountant tell You Everything You Need To Know About What Men Want.If you're like most women, you're in the dark about what men really think about love. This enormously helpful book takes you into the heart and mind of the single professional male to show you not only what but how he thinks about dating and being in love, about what turns him on, and what sends him running in the other direction.