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Hallelujah! The Welcome Table@
Hallelujah! The Welcome Table
Maya Angelou

Throughout Maya Angelou’s life, from her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas, to her world travels as a bestselling writer, good food has played a central role. Preparing and enjoying homemade meals...more

Ethnic America@
Ethnic America
Thomas Sowell

One of the greatest dramas in all of modern times involves the peopling of America. Thomas Sowell provides us with a useful and concise record tracing the history of six ethnic groups-the Irish, the...more

Satchel@
Satchel
Larry Tye
The definitive biography of Satchel Paige, an all-American story of struggle and triumph about the greatest pitcher to ever throw a baseball

In his hometown streets of Mobile, Alabama,...more

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The Story of My Father@
The Story of My Father
Sue Miller

When Sue Miller's father fell victim to Alzheimer's disease, her world plunged into crisis. Both as a daughter and as a writer, she was forced to bend to the disease's unrelenting course, and watch...more

Beautiful Boy@
Beautiful Boy
David Sheff

David Sheff's story is a first: a teenager's addiction from the parent's point of view—a real-time chronicle of the shocking descent into substance abuse and the gradual emergence into...more

The Doors of Perception@
The Doors of Perception
Aldous Huxley

The critically acclaimed novelist and social critic Aldous Huxley, describes his personal experimentation with the drug mescaline and explores the nature of visionary experience. The title of this...more


 Business & Careerscomplete list... 
Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan@
Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan
Suze Orman
The credit crunch, the stock market freefall, the staggering toll of home foreclosures and job losses: The economic crisis that struck in 2008 has left no one untouched and everybody reeling. Suddenly...more
Investing for Dummies®@
Investing for Dummies®
Eric Tyson

Master your financial future with Eric Tyson's revised and updated guide to investing. You'll find coverage of all aspects of investing including how to develop and manage a portfolio, understand...more

Know-How@
Know-How
Ram Charan

The new grand theory of leadership by Ram Charan…The breakthrough audiobook that links know-how--the skills of people who know what they are doing--with the personal and psychological traits of the...more


 Current Events & Politicscomplete list... 
The Audacity of Hope@
The Audacity of Hope
Barack Obama

Senator Barack Obama reflects on the American ideals that led him into politics. Barack Obama has been hailed by voters of all stripes as a man of uncommon gifts and far-reaching vision. In THE...more

The Age of Turbulence@
The Age of Turbulence
Alan Greenspan

In the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001, in his fourteenth year as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Alan Greenspan took part in a very quiet collective effort to ensure that America...more

Obamanos!@
Obamanos!
Hendrik Hertzberg

Hendrik Hertzberg, celebrated political analyst for the New Yorker, watches the long presidential campaign of 2007 and 2008 as it unfolds to reveal the transformation of the Democratic Party,...more


 Health & Fitnesscomplete list... 
Healthy Aging@
Healthy Aging
Andrew Weil

Spontaneous Healing . . . Eight Weeks to Optimum Health . . . Eating Well for Optimum Health . . . The Healthy Kitchen–in each of his widely acclaimed, best-selling books, Dr. Andrew Weil has...more

Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, New Edition, Updated and Expanded@
Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, New Edition, Updated and Expanded
Andrew Weil

Now expanded and updated: The audiobook in which one of America's most brilliant and respected doctors gives us his famous program for improving and maintaining health–already the program of...more

The Score Takes Care of Itself@
The Score Takes Care of Itself
Bill Walsh

Anyone who strives to be a better leader will benefit from these last words from Bill Walsh, the amazing NFL coach known as "The Genius."

Bill Walsh was perhaps the most influential and...more


 Historycomplete list... 
A Voyage Long and Strange@
A Voyage Long and Strange
Tony Horwitz

On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz makes an unsettling discovery. A history buff since early childhood, expensively educated at university—a history major, no less!—he’s reached middle...more

Men of Fire@
Men of Fire
Jack Hurst

In 1862, Ulysses S. Grant achieved what President Lincoln had sought since the start of the War: the first decisive Union victory. Fought on the western edge of the theater, the Forts Henry and...more

Boom!@
Boom!
Tom Brokaw

In THE GREATEST GENERATION, his landmark bestseller, Tom Brokaw eloquently evoked for America what it meant to come of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War. Now, in BOOM!, one of...more


 Religion & Spiritualitycomplete list... 
The Third Jesus@
The Third Jesus
Deepak Chopra

Who is Jesus Christ? IN THE THIRD JESUS, bestselling author and spiritual leader Deepak Chopra provides an answer to this question that is both a challenge to current systems of belief and a fresh...more

Dare to Be a Man@
Dare to Be a Man
Bishop David G. Evans
A true man is the man who dares to live up to God's design.

Men, within you there's a man God wants to release: a man of confidence, purpose, strength, destiny, consistency, sensitivity,...more
Practicing the Power of Now@
Practicing the Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle
Practicing the Power of Now extracts the essence from Eckhart Tolle’s teachings in The Power of Now, showing us how to free ourselves from “enslavement to the mind.” The aim is to be...more

 Self Improvement complete list... 
Become Who You Were Born to Be@
Become Who You Were Born to Be
Brian Souza

Do you ever feel burned out, beat up, or just plain bored, wondering, "Is this all there is?" Do you ever feel trapped in a stressful job that leaves you unhappy and unsatisfied? Do you ever...more

The 4-Hour Work Week@
The 4-Hour Work Week
Timothy Ferriss

Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

Tim Ferriss is an extraordinary young man on a mission. The twenty-eight-year-old serial vagabond and successful entrepreneur has been teaching a...more

Excuses Begone!@
Excuses Begone!
Wayne W. Dyer

In Excuses Begone! Dr. Wayne W. Dyer reveals how to change lifelong, self-defeating thinking patterns that prevent you from living at the highest levels of success, happiness, and health. You may...more



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