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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

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3@
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3
Edward Gibbon

Considered one of the finest historical works in the English language, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is lauded for its graceful, elegant prose style as much as for its grand scope...more

Science Matters@
Science Matters
Robert M. Hazen

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Resilience@
Resilience
Elizabeth Edwards
The bestselling author of Saving Graces shares her inspirational message on the challenges and blessings of coping with adversity.

She’s one of the most beloved political...more
The Measure of a Man@
The Measure of a Man
Sidney Poitier

"I have no wish to play the pontificating fool, pretending that I've suddenly come up with the answers to all life's questions. Quite that contrary, I began this book as an exploration, an exercise...more

Escape@
Escape
Carolyn Jessop

The dramatic first-person account of life inside an ultra-fundamentalist American religious sect, and one woman's courageous flight to freedom with her eight children.

When she was eighteen years...more


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7 Steps to Fearless Speaking@
7 Steps to Fearless Speaking
Lilyan Wilder
In 7 Steps to Fearless Speaking, communications consultant Lilyan Wilder will teach you how to cope with the panic, avoidance, and trauma of speaking as you give the gift of your convictions and...more
Superfreakonomics@
Superfreakonomics
Steven D. Levitt
New York Times bestselling authors Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner return with more iconoclastic insight and observations in this long-awaited follow-up to their blockbuster...more
Basic Black@
Basic Black
Cathie Black

BASIC BLACK is a guide to seizing opportunity in the workplace, illustrated by colorful, personal anecdotes from Cathleen Black's four decades in the media business. Cathie Black is the wise, funny...more


 Current Events & Politicscomplete list... 
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

The Assault on Reason@
The Assault on Reason
Al Gore

A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degration of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reason ...more

The Triumph of Liberty@
The Triumph of Liberty
Jim Powell

Of humankind's great achievements over the past 2,000 years, one towers above all the rest: the arduous, painstaking process of wresting liberty from tyranny's iron fist. The Triumph of...more


 Health & Fitnesscomplete list... 
Champions Body-for-LIFE@
Champions Body-for-LIFE
Art Carey

The all-new official guide to the Body-for-LIFE Challenge, with success secrets and tips to help you win your own personal Body-for-LIFE Challenge, by Body-for-LIFE Challengers and Champions from...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

Mindless Eating@
Mindless Eating
Brian Wansink

We all overeat sometimes--when we're feeling emotional, are out to dinner, are celebrating a holiday, or are simply bored. But in addition to these common diet traps, there are others so...more


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The Art of War@
The Art of War
Sun-Tzu

Master Sun said: "Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting."

For more than two thousand years, The Art of War has stood as a...more

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3@
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3
Edward Gibbon

Considered one of the finest historical works in the English language, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is lauded for its graceful, elegant prose style as much as for its grand scope...more

American Studies@
American Studies
Louis Menand

Brilliant, surprising insights into America yesterday and today from the New York Times bestselling author of The Metaphysical Club.

What was the real significance of William...more


 Religion & Spiritualitycomplete list... 
The Last Lecture@
The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." - Randy Pausch

A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their...more

Eckhart Tolle's Findhorn Retreat@
Eckhart Tolle's Findhorn Retreat
Eckhart Tolle
Catptured on Audio is a talk given by Eckhart Tolle at an extraordinary two-day retreat in Findhorn, Scotland. Tolle speaks on the subject of stillness and shows listeners how to find stillness in the...more
Finding Faith In Difficult Times@
Finding Faith In Difficult Times
Iyanla Vanzant
Iyanla Vanzant knows hard times--and how to work through them using the power of faith. Before writing five New York Times bestsellers, she had a troubled childhood followed by teen pregnancy, two...more

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A New Earth@
A New Earth
Eckhart Tolle

AN OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK!

Building on the astonishing success of The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle presents listeners with an honest look at the current state of humanity: He implores...more

100 Promises to My Baby@
100 Promises to My Baby
Mallika Chopra
A lyrical ode to maternal love - and a universal expression of every mother's hopes and dreams for her child.

I promise to love you with no conditions. I promise to try to teach you through...more

Stillness Speaks@
Stillness Speaks
Eckhart Tolle
Stillness Speaks is an authentic, unsentimental, and wisdom-laden guide to living a fuller emotional, psychological and more authentic life. Eckhart Tolle's follow-up to The Power of Now speaks...more


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