Audition : a Memoir
The Washington Post – Kathleen Matthews: Breaking news: Barbara Walters wears fake eyelashes, is afraid to drive, gave up her black married lover to save her career (while his went down the tubes). These and other true confessions provide the tabloid interest through 600 pages of the network diva's new memoir, Audition. But it's her […]
The American Woodland Garden : Capturing the Spirit of the Deciduous Forest
The Washington Post – Joel Lerner: Should be displayed where you and your guests can refer to it regularly. Reading this book is like winding through the forest with the author at your side and learning from how his 20 years of studying how the woods work. He does a superlative job addressing the totally […]
Escape
Choosing freedom from polygamy over fear, Carolyn Jessop flees her life within the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and now tells her harrowing story. Not only did she manage a daring escape from a brutal environment, she became the first woman ever granted full custody of her children in a contested suit […]
Go Green, Live Rich : 50 Simple Ways to Save the Earth and Get Rich Trying
Publisher Weekly Review: Bach (The Automatic Millionaire; Start Late, Finish Rich) offers a multitude of suggestions for conserving the planet?and your money?in this attractive and accessible guide. A few of Bach's tips require making a serious commitment (growing your own vegetables, using recyclable energy, trading in your car for a fuel-efficient model); others such as […]
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
Kirkus Reviews: Painstaking but never boring recreation of a sensational 1860 murder brings to shivering life the age of the Victorian detective. The Road Hill case served as fodder for the emerging detective genre taken up with relish by such authors as Dickens, Poe and Wilkie Collins. It perplexed detectives at the time and was […]
Ladies of Liberty : the Women Who Shaped Our Nation
Synopsis: In Founding Mothers, Cokie Roberts paid homage to the heroic women whose patriotism and sacrifice helped create a new nation. Now the number one New York Times bestselling author and renowned political commentator?praised in USA Today as a "custodian of time-honored values"?continues the story of early America's influential women with Ladies of Liberty. In […]
Make Any Divorce Better!
Deborah Bigelow Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. – School Library Journal: Attorney and author Sherman ("How To Do Your Own Divorce" series) offers an insider's guide to making divorce go smoothly, quickly, painlessly, and inexpensively, revealing how the law works against divorcing couples and showing how […]
The Blue Zone : Lessons For Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest
?A must-read if you want to stay young! Buettner teaches us the secrets of the world?s longest-lived cultures and how they can turn back your biological clock.? ?Mehmet C. Oz, M.D
A Terrible Glory : Custer and the Little Bighorn– the Last Great Battle of the American West
Library Journal Review: Starred Review. Recent decades have seen important new findings regarding the Battle of the Little Bighorn. What has been needed next is a clear narrative for scholars and lay readers alike embracing all of the recent research; literary agent Donovan has written just that. First he provides the context of the campaign […]