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Leader in education technology questions the rules we currently live by, with personal anecdotes and stories from famous friends like…
Arianna Huffington and Elon Musk. Broken down into four parts: being aware of the culturescape, choosing what to believe, transforming yourself, and changing the world. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2016White trash: the 400-year untold history of class in America
Par Nancy Isenberg. 2016
Historian looks at the role of the white poor in American history. Examines both public policy and popular opinion about…
poverty, from early settlers through the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Great Depression, and even early twenty-first-century reality TV, disproving the myth of America as a class-free society. Bestseller. 2016The gene: an intimate history
Par Siddhartha Mukherjee. 2016
Physician and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies (DB 72227) examines the birth, growth, and future of…
what he calls one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in the history of science. Discusses key geneticists' work, beginning with Mendel's 1856 discovery of heredity in pea plants. Bestseller. 2016Grit: the power of passion and perseverance
Par Angela Duckworth. 2016
A psychology professor explores what makes successful people tick. She believes it is a quality she calls grit. Starting with…
raw talent helps, but her research shows that determination and desire are the key to outstanding achievement. Bestseller. 2016The power of broke: how empty pockets, a tight budget, and a hunger for success can become your greatest competitive advantage
Par Daniel Paisner, Daymond John. 2016
Founder of the FUBU brand and costar of Shark Tank presents the business lessons he learned from beginning his business…
on a limited budget. Discusses the need for creativity and for developing and maintaining a solid brand. Shares stories from behind the scenes of the television show. Bestseller. 2016The third wave: an entrepreneur's vision of the future
Par Steve Case. 2016
Thesis on technology entrepreneurship from a cofounder of AOL. Discusses his own history with AOL and the work of other…
companies that connect the general public with the Internet. Describes how Google and Facebook built on that foundation, and explores the potential of new companies to transform other industries. Bestseller. 2016The rainbow comes and goes: a mother and son on life, love, and loss
Par Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt. 2016
Conversation between Gloria Vanderbilt (born 1924) and her son, journalist Anderson Cooper (born 1967), concerning the lessons she has learned…
throughout her life dealing with such tribulations as the custody battle she was the subject of, the sudden death of her fourth husband, and the suicide of Cooper's brother. Bestseller. 2016First women: the grace and power of America's modern First Ladies
Par Kate Andersen Brower. 2016
Author of The Residence (DB 82761) considers the role of the First Lady of the United States through profiles of…
Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, and Michelle Obama. Discusses pressures and joys. Bestseller. 2016The Immortal Irishman: the Irish revolutionary who became an American hero
Par Timothy Egan. 2016
Author of Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher (DB 76136) profiles Thomas Francis Meagher, who was exiled from Ireland for…
fomenting revolt during the Great Famine of the 1840s. Details Meagher's banishment to Tasmania, escape to America, service in the Civil War, and death in Montana. Some violence. Bestseller. 2016The longevity book: the science of aging, the biology of strength, and the privilege of time
Par Sandra Bark, Cameron Diaz. 2016
Forty-three-year-old actress and her coauthor examine the current science on aging in women. Topics examined include how the body changes…
through time, menopause, cellular aging, building stronger bodies and brains, and the biological impact of genes, choices, and attitudes. Bestseller. 2016My grandfather would have shot me: a Black woman discovers her family's Nazi past
Par Jennifer Teege, Nikola Sellmair, Carolin Sommer. 2015
A German Nigerian woman recounts learning that her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the brutal Nazi commandant depicted in Thomas Keneally's…
Schindler's List (DB 20835). Teege details how she grappled with her family's past. Journalist Sellmair supplies historical context in an interwoven narrative. Originally published in German. Bestseller. 2013Back from the dead
Par Bill Walton, John Papanek. 2016
Legendary basketball player reflects on his life on and off the court. He had great success as a college player…
at UCLA before moving on to the NBA with the Portland Trail Blazers and the Boston Celtics, but he was plagued by injury and chronic pain. Bestseller. 2016A biographer explores the topic of existentialism through the lives of influential philosophers. While the café culture of 1930s Paris…
and lovers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir are a big focus, other important thinkers are profiled as well. Bestseller. 2016All the single ladies: unmarried women and the rise of an independent nation
Par Rebecca Traister. 2016
Feminist journalist and author of Big Girls Don't Cry (DB 72493) examines the demographic phenomenon that single women now outnumber…
married women in the United States. She looks at changes in the lives and roles of women, as well as historical and modern ways society views the single woman. Bestseller. 2016The wait: a powerful practice to finding the love of your life and the life you love
Par DeVon Franklin. 2016
Film producer Franklin and actress Good discuss celibacy before marriage, developing a romantic relationship rooted in shared Christian values with…
a mutual agreement to abstain from sex, and the effect of this practice on their own relationship and marriage. Expands this philosophy to achieving other goals through delayed gratification. Bestseller. 2016And then all hell broke loose: two decades in the Middle East
Par Richard Engel. 2016
Chief foreign correspondent for NBC chronicles his experiences reporting in the Middle East since 1997, when he was a young…
man fresh out of college. Recounts stories of the people he has encountered, including everyday people, rebels, and dictators. Discusses the political changes he has seen. Some violence. Bestseller. 2016Bestselling historian and author of Atlantic (DB 72681) looks at how the planet's largest ocean is at the center of…
the new world stage. Focuses on both the cultural and the political history of the region since 1950, showing the shifts in world influence. Bestseller. 2015SPQR: a history of ancient Rome
Par Mary Beard. 2015
Historian explores Roman history, examining, among other topics, how the Romans challenged imperial rule, responded to terrorism and revolution, and…
invented a new idea of citizenship. Also details the gaps between the historical record and the many fictions and myths. Both familiar historical figures and the obscure are portrayed. Bestseller. 2015The devil's chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the rise of America's secret government
Par David Talbot. 2015
Portrait of Allen Welsh Dulles and his reign as the longest-serving director of the CIA. Utilizes government documents, intelligence sources,…
personal correspondence, journals, and exclusive interviews to characterize Dulles, his work, and his questionable behavior and tactics. Bestseller. 2015Exceptional: why the world needs a powerful America
Par Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Richard B Cheney. 2015
Former vice president and his daughter, former deputy assistant secretary of state, discuss their views on the indispensable nature of…
American power, maintaining that President Obama abandoned this principle. They offer detailed plans for how America could reverse this course and lead once more. Bestseller. 2015