Worst of Friends : Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the True Story of an American Feud
Gr 2–4—Many children know about our second and third presidents, but do they know that those men had a tumultuous friendship that spanned the beginning years of the United States? Cleverly humanizing them, Jurmain demonstrates that fractious politics are not a new phenomenon in America. The two men were best friends throughout the 1770s and […]
The Borning Room
The Ghost In the Noonday Sun
Agent 6
From The Critics Fortified by formidable details of Soviet history, Smith's closing volume of the Leo Demidov trilogy (Child 44; The Secret Speech) knits together iconic characters and elements as Leo for 30 years inexorably seeks justice. In a devastating tragedy in 1965, his wife is killed while on a Cold War public relations trip […]
The Invisible Ones
Publishers Weekly In her mesmerizing sophomore outing, Penney wraps a riddle in a mystery inside an enigma that intrigues from the very first page. As the tale—set in the ’80s—begins, private eye Ray Lovell wakes up in an English hospital with little memory and partial paralysis. While he recovers, other problems present. Lovell Price Investigations […]
Going Home : Finding Peace When Pets Die
Library Journal:Leave it to prolific author Katz (Soul of a Dog) to write this beautiful, heartrending book about saying good-bye to a loved pet. Katz draws from personal experience to discuss the difficulties of deciding to put a pet down, dealing with the guilt, and honoring that pet's legacy. He offers special prayers and rituals […]
Deadly Monopolies : the Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself, and the Consequences For Your Health and Our Medical Future
Publishers Weekly: Medical ethicist and journalist Washington, winner of the 2008 NBCC Award for Nonfiction for Medical Apartheid, spotlights the choices made within Big Pharma, and finds that they all point to one motive: profit. Washington begins with the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act, which "married the university to Big Pharma created a medical-industrial complex that eventually […]
The Alzheimer's Prevention Program : Keep Your Brain Healthy For the Rest of Your Life
Publishers Weekly Director of the UCLA Longevity Center, Small and partner Vorgan (The Memory Prescription) have refined their program into a seven-day kick-start to master such frustrating memory problems as “tip-of-the-tongue†phenomena and forgetting names, while developing healthy habits that could delay or prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Their regime […]
Wanted Women : Faith, Lies, and the War On Terror : the Lives of Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Aafia Siddiqui
Publishers Weekly For Scroggins (Emma’s War), two women who, despite a “weird symmetry†in their lives, embody the split among Muslims regarding the West and the war on terror. Ayaan Hirsi Ali “fights only with words†against Islam, calling it a “destructive, nihilistic cult of death,†while there are numerous indicators that Aafia Siddiqui was […]
Before I Go to Sleep
Publishers Weekly Memories—real, false, and a bit of both—are at the heart of British author Watson's haunting, twisted debut. Christine Lucas awakens each morning in London with no idea who she is or why she's in bed with a strange man, until he tells her that his name is Ben and they've been married for […]