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Longfellow

A Rediscovered Life

by Charles C. Calhoun
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016

Charles C. Calhoun's Longfellow gives life, at last, to the most popular American poet who ever lived, a nineteenth-century cultural institution of extraordinary influence and the"one poet average, nonbookish Americans still know by heart" (Dana Gioia). Calhoun's Longfellow emerges...

The Age of Genomes

Tales from the Front Lines of Genetic Medicine

by Jon Luoma, Steven Monroe Lipkin
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016

A leading geneticist explores what promises to be one of the most transformative advances in health and medicine in history Almost every week, another exciting headline appears about new advances in the field of genetics. Genetic testing is experiencing the kind of exponential growth once seen...

Swan

Poems and Prose Poems

by Mary Oliver
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010

Widely regarded as the "rock star" of American poetry, Mary Oliver is a writer whose words have long had the power to move countless readers. Regularly topping the national poetry best-seller list and drawing thousands to her sold-out readings across the coutnry, Oliver is unparalleled in...

Not Quite Paradise

An American Sojourn in Sri Lanka

by Adele Barker
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

A chronicle of life on the resplendent island, combining the immediacy of memoir with the vividness of travelogue and reportage ** ** Adele Barker and her son, Noah, settled into the central highlands of Sri Lanka for an eighteen-month sojourn, immersing themselves in the customs, cultures, and landscapes...

Living When a Young Friend Commits Suicide

Or Even Starts Talking about It

by Earl A. Grollman
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010

In the last thirty years, the suicide rate among young people has tripled. In this book addressed to the young survivors of this epidemic, Earl A. Grollman, the internationally known lecturer, writer, and grief counselor, and Max Malikow, a psychotherapist and pastoral counselor, offer solace and...

The Lively Place

Mount Auburn, America's First Garden Cemetery, and Its Revolutionary and Literary Residents

by Stephen Kendrick
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016

The story of one of the Boston area’s most famous attractions, the Mount Auburn Cemetery, and how its founders and “residents” have influenced American culture When Mount Auburn Cemetery was founded, in 1831, it revolutionized the way Americans mourned the dead by offering a peaceful...

Defying the Nazis

The Sharps' War

by Artemis Joukowsky
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016

The little-known story of the Sharps whose rescue and relief missions across Europe during World War II saved the lives of countless Jews, refugees, and political dissidents. Official companion to the Ken Burns PBS film. For readers captivated by the story of Antonina Zabinski as told in The...

Our Bodies, Our Data

How Companies Make Billions Selling Our Medical Records

by Adam Tanner
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017

How the hidden trade in our sensitive medical information became a multibillion-dollar business, but has done little to improve our health-care outcomes Hidden to consumers, patient medical data has become a multibillion-dollar worldwide trade industry between our health-care providers, drug...

The Most Expensive Game in Town

The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today's Families

by Mark Hyman
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012

Building on the eye-opening investigation into the damaging effects of the ultra-competitive culture of youth sports in his previous book, Until It Hurts, Mark Hyman's new book looks at the business of youth sports, how it has changed, and how it is affecting young Americans. Examining the youth sports...
by Jeanne Theoharis
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013

**2014 NAACP Image Award Winner: Outstanding Literary Work – Biography / Auto Biography 2013 Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians  Choice Top 25 Academic Titles for 2013 The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades...
by Jeanne Theoharis
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015

**2014 NAACP Image Award Winner: Outstanding Literary Work – Biography / Auto Biography 2013 Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians  Choice Top 25 Academic Titles for 2013 The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades...
by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012

Together in one volume, Emerson's Nature and Thoreau's Walking, is writing that defines our distinctly American relationship to nature.

The Crooked Mirror

A Memoir of Polish-Jewish Reconciliation

by Louise Steinman
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013

A lyrical literary memoir that explores the exhilarating, discomforting, and ultimately healing process of Polish-Jewish reconciliation taking place in Poland today   Although an estimated 80 percent of American Jews are of Polish descent, many in the postwar generation and those born later know...

Daring Democracy

Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want

by Frances Moore Lappe, Adam Eichen
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017

An optimistic book for Americans who are asking, in the wake of Trump’s victory, What do we do now? The answer: We need to organize and fight to protect and expand our democracy. Americans are distraught as tightly held economic and political power drowns out their voices and values. Legendary...
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