Never Enough
Library Journal Review McGinniss (Fatal Vision) has produced another page-turning true-crime blockbuster. This surreal story of successful investment banker Robert Kissel and his compulsive-shopper wife Nancy living the seemingly perfect "expat" life in Hong Kong with their three children features plenty of money, sex, and greed. In 2003, Nancy and the kids spent time in […]
This Republic of Suffering : Death and the American Civil War
Library Journal Review: Starred Review. Renowned historian and new president of Harvard University Faust grapples with the meaning of death in the Civil War as no scholar has done before. The reality of death defined the Civil War for most Americans more than the promise of freedom, she says. Death touched many aspects of life […]
How Your House Works : a Visual Guide to Understanding & Maintaining Your Home
Library Journal Review: Starred Review. The more you understand how your home works, the easier it becomes to handle simple problems without paying a lot of money for repair. With this premise, Wing, author of many books on home repair and maintenance, teaches the basics of home systems and appliances. Providing clean and detailed diagrams, […]
The Myth of Alzheimer's : What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis
Library Journal Review: Starred Review. Renowned neurologist and Alzheimer's expert Whitehouse founded the University Memory and Aging Center at Case Western Reserve University. Here, he and his research assistant, George, confront traditional views of Alzheimer's, offering new perspectives that will help readers understand what Alzheimer's disease is and isn't and providing a new framework for […]
Discovery! : Unearthing the New Treasures of Archaeology
Library Journal: Readers interested in archaeology must discover this treasure of a book! Written by leading archaeologists (many of whom discovered the objects they are writing about), the book is breathtakingly beautiful, filled with archaeological treasures and histories from around the world. Under the editorial supervision of Fagan (anthropology, emeritus, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara; […]
Who's Who In NH Agriculture
The Merck/Merial Manual For Pet Health
Authored by more than 200 veterinary experts, this guide offers an in-depth resource that covers the full spectrum of health issues facing todays pets, emphasizing a focus on preventative care to help maintain a pets good health.
Entering Hades : the Double Life of a Serial Killer
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Austrian Jack Unterweger was many things to many people—celebrated author, well-known bon vivant and loyal friend. To prostitutes plying their trade in Vienna, he was a ruthless killer. When he hanged himself in his jail cell after being convicted of murder in 1994, Unterweger brought to a close a story […]
You Staying Young : the Owner’s Manual to Extending Your Warranty
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. In their newest in the You series, physicians Oz and Roizen and a supporting cast of contributors explain why the body ages and how readers can become anatomical puppeteers, mastering their genes, bad habits, environmental pollution and stress while igniting the body's ability to stay fit, strong and healthy. According […]
For the Soul of Mankind : the United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Drawing on extensive research in American and Soviet archives, Bancroft Prize–winner Leffler (A Preponderance of Power) offers a scintillating account of the forces that constrained Soviet and American leaders in the second half of the 20th century. Leffler begins by admitting that he was shocked by the rapid demise of […]