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Recent Releases in Nonfiction
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By Gary Brackett, 2011
ISBN 1578605199
Framed within the frenzy leading up to a Super Bowl, Gary Brackett flashes back to the defining moments and lessons in his journey leading to the threshold of a championship season. With his heart metaphorically on his jersey sleeve, Gary invites the reader inside the world of NFL football and the...
- Girl Hunter: Revolutionizing the Way We Eat, One Hunt at a Time
By Georgia Pellegrini, 2011
ISBN 0738214663
What happens when a classically-trained New York chef and fearless omnivore heads out of the city and into the wild to track down the ingredients for her meals? After abandoning Wall Street to embrace her lifelong love of cooking, Georgia Pellegrini comes face to face with her first kill.
- The Weasel: A Double Life in the Mob
By Adrian Humphreys, 2011
ISBN 0470964510
By a quirk of fate, Marvin Elkind -- later The Weasel -- was placed in the foster home of a tough gangster family, immersing him from the age of nine in a daring world of con men, cheats, bootleggers, loan sharks, bank robbers, leg breakers and Mafia bosses.
- The Warren Buffett Stock Portfolio: Warren Buffett Stock Picks: Why and When He Is Investing in Them
By Mary Buffett, 2011
ISBN 1451606486
Warren Buffett has always believed that the time to buy stocks is when nobody else wants them. As we enter the fifth year of what many economists are calling the Great Recession, we find that some of the most amazing businesses -- those with a durable competitive advantage -- are trading at prices...
- Sergeant Rex: The Unbreakable Bond Between a Marine and His Military Working Dog
By Mike Dowling, 2011
ISBN 1451635966
Deployed to Iraq's infamous Triangle of Death in 2004, Sergeant Mike Dowling and his military working dog Rex were part of the first Marine Corps military K9 teams sent to the front lines of combat since Vietnam. It was Rex's job to sniff out weapons caches, suicide bombers, and IEDs, the...
- Screw Business As Usual
By Richard Branson, 2011
ISBN 1591844347
In Screw Business as Usual, Virgin head Richard Branson reveals his exciting new vision for the future. It's time to turn capitalism upside down -- to shift our values, to switch from a just profit focus, to caring for people, communities and the planet.
- December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World
By Craig Shirley, 2011
ISBN 1595554572
From December 1, 1941, until the morning of December 7, 1941, America was at peace and -- with the exception of the stubborn and persistent high unemployment of the Great Depression -- was a relatively happy country. By the afternoon of the December 7 attack on Pearl Harbor, America was a radically...
- Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine
By Eric Weiner, 2011
ISBN 0446539473
When a health scare puts him in the hospital, Eric Weiner -- an agnostic by default -- finds himself tangling with an unexpected question, posed to him by a well-meaning nurse: "Have you found your God yet?" The thought of it nags him, and prods him -- and ultimately launches him on a far-flung...
- World Changers: 25 Entrepreneurs Who Changed Business as We Knew It
By John A. Byrne, 2011
ISBN 1591844509
They are the descendants of Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford -- visionaries who built exceptional enterprises from the bottom up. Great entrepreneurs mix creativity and imagination with managerial know-how and financial acumen to change the way we live and work.
- Brothers (and Me)
By Donna Britt, 2011
ISBN 0316021849
Donna Britt has always been surrounded by men -- her father, three brothers, two husbands, three sons, countless friends. She learned to give to them at an early age. But after her beloved brother Darrell's senseless killing by police 30 years ago, she began giving more, unconsciously seeking to...
- Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are
By Jack Kornfield, 2011
ISBN 1590309138
If you want to find inner peace and wisdom, you don't need to move to an ashram or monastery. Your life, just as it is, is the perfect place to be. Jack Kornfield, one of America's most respected Buddhist teachers, shares this and other key lessons gleaned from more than forty years of committed...
- Arrows of the Night: Ahmad Chalabi's Long Journey to Triumph in Iraq
By Richard Bonin, 2011
ISBN 0385524730
In 1958, Ahmad Chalabi's wealthy Shiite family was exiled from Iraq after a revolution that ultimately put Saddam Hussein in power. The young Chalabi devoted his life to restoring his family to prominence. His first coup attempt was in 1963 at age nineteen, while on a school break from MIT.
- We Got Him!
By Steve Russell, 2011
ISBN 1451662483
When U.S. forces exterminated Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on May 1, 2011, the world cheered not only the death of the 9/11 terrorist mastermind but the unmatched might, skill, and perseverance of America's military elite. It was a brilliant example of history repeating itself in the most positive...
- Onstage, Offstage
By Michael Bublé, 2011
ISBN 1451674716
He's sold more than 25 million records. His live shows fill the world's biggest stadiums to capacity. He has captured hearts everywhere with his classic style. Now, for the first time ever, Grammy Award-winning singer Michael Bublé offers fans an all-access, behind-the-scenes glimpse at his...
- This Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl
By Paul Brannigan, 2011
ISBN 0306819562
This Is a Call, the first in-depth, definitive biography of Dave Grohl, tells the epic story of a singular career that includes Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, and Them Crooked Vultures. Based on ten years of original, exclusive interviews with the man himself and conversations with...
- Don't Look Behind You: Ann Rule's Crime Files #15
By Ann Rule, 2011
ISBN 1451641087
Walking home on a dark night, you hear footsteps coming up behind you. As they get closer, your heart pounds harder. Who is closing in with dangerous intent -- a total stranger? Or someone you know and trust? The answer is as simple as turning around, but don't look behind you -- run.
- Love, God, And The Art Of French Cooking
By James F. Twyman, 2011
ISBN 1401935230
Imagine meeting a French chef who is much more than what he seems. In this true story, James Twyman enters the mystical world of Roger Dufau, the owner of a bed-and-breakfast outside Toronto, who dishes out lessons on love and God just as easily as he does the most delicious cuisine.
- Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
By Richard Rhodes, 2011
ISBN 0385534388
What do Hedy Lamarr, avant-garde composer George Antheil, and your cell phone have in common? The answer is spread-spectrum radio: a revolutionary invention based on the rapid switching of communications signals among a spread of different frequencies.
- Reel Cuisine: Blockbuster Dishes from the Silver Screen
By Nami Iijima, 2011
ISBN 1935654268
REEL CUISINE is like the Academy Awards of Gastronomy. Professional food stylist Nami Iijima has worked on the sets of more than a dozen international films and TV programs. Her dishes have inspired hunger across the globe. The Finnish/Japanese co-production "Seagull Diner" was partially inspired...
- Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts
By Kelly Gallagher, 2011
ISBN 1571108963
If you want to learn how to shoot a basketball, you begin by carefully observing someone who knows how to shoot a basketball. If you want to be a writer, you begin by carefully observing the work of accomplished writers. Recognizing the importance that modeling plays in the learning process, high...
- The Boy Who Met Jesus: Segatashya of Kibeho
By Immaculee Ilibagiza, 2011
ISBN 1401935818
It's the greatest story never told: that of a boy who met Jesus and dared to ask Him all the questions that have consumed mankind since the dawn of time. His name was Segatashya. He was a shepherd born into a penniless and illiterate pagan family in the most remote region of Rwanda.
- Tao Song and Tao Dance: Sacred Sound, Movement, and Power from the Source for Healing, Rejuvenation, Longevity, and Transformation of All Life
By Dr. Zhi Gang Sha, 2011
ISBN 1451673124
Soul Language carries soul frequency and vibration, which can transform the frequency and vibration of your systems, organs, tissues, and cells. Soul Language carries your soul's love, forgiveness, compassion, and light.
