Henry: 2809 books
by David Fisher, Bill O'Reilly
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
The must-have companion to Bill O'Reilly's historic series Legends and Lies: The Real West, a fascinating, eye-opening look at the truth behind the western legends we all think we know
How did Davy Crockett save President Jackson's life only to end up dying at the Alamo? Was the Lone Ranger...
Timeless Thomas
How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
What do record players, batteries, and movie cameras have in common?
All these devices were created by the man known as The Wizard of Menlo Park: Thomas Edison.
Edison is most famous for inventing the incandescent lightbulb, but at his landmark laboratories in Menlo Park & West Orange,...
Rising from the Rails
Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
An engaging social history that reveals the critical role Pullman porters played in the struggle for African American civil rights
When George Pullman began recruiting Southern blacks as porters in his luxurious new sleeping cars, the former slaves suffering under Jim Crow laws found his offer...
Red Summer
The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
A narrative history of America's deadliest episode of race riots and lynchings
After World War I, black Americans fervently hoped for a new epoch of peace, prosperity, and equality. Black soldiers believed their participation in the fight to make the world safe for democracy finally earned...
Bad Bridesmaid
Bachelorette Brawls and Taffeta Tantrums--Tales from the Front Lines
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2007
A laugh-out-loud look at the most underrated supporting role in today's maxed-out wedding world, featuring "bad bridesmaids" who've had enough taffeta to last a lifetime
I just can't have any negative energy around my wedding." This is what Siri Agrell's best friend told her...
by Antonio Iturbe
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust.
Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother...
The Influential Mind
What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
A cutting-edge, research-based inquiry into how we influence those around us and how understanding the brain can help us change minds for the better.
In The Influential Mind, neuroscientist Tali Sharot takes us on a thrilling exploration of the nature of influence. We all have a duty to affect...
The Importance of Being Famous
Behind the Scenes of the Celebrity-Industrial Complex
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Vanity Fair's veteran special correspondent pulls back the curtain on the world of celebrity and those who live and die there
Vanity Fair's Maureen Orth always makes news. From Hollywood to murder trials to the corridors of politics, this National Magazine Award winner covers lives led in public,...
The Day Freedom Died
The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
The untold story of the slaying of a Southern town's ex-slaves and a white lawyer's historic battle to bring the perpretators to justice
Following the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a town, like many, where African Americans and whites mingled uneasily. But on April 13, 1873, a small army...
Happiness: A Memoir
The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine’s April 2018 book pick
A shirt-grabbing, page-turning love story that follows a one-of-a-kind family through twists of fate that require nearly unimaginable choices.
Happiness begins with a charming courtship between hopelessly attracted opposites:...
Get Well Soon
History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
A witty, irreverent tour of history's worst plagues—from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio—and a celebration of the heroes who fought them
In 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn’t stop. She danced until she was carried away six days later, and...
Lead from the Outside
How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
A personal and empowering blueprint—from one of America’s rising Democratic stars—for outsiders who seek to become the ones in charge
Leadership is hard. Convincing others—and often yourself—that you possess the answers and are capable of world-affecting change requires confidence,...
by Kathryn Williams
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Sixteen-year-old Sophie Nicolaides was practically raised in the kitchen of her family's Italian-Greek restaurant, Taverna Ristorante. When her best friend, Alex, tries to persuade her to audition for a new reality show, Teen Test Kitchen, Sophie is reluctant. But the prize includes a full scholarship...
by Janet Tashjian
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
After creating a controversial and hugely popular website, teenager Josh Swensen becomes trapped inside his brilliant creation and must find a way to remain anonymous.
I am lying on my bed doing my homework in Greek and Latin roots for Advanced English. 'Ped' for foot, 'homo' for man, 'nym'...