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Getting Stoned with Savages

A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu

by J. Maarten Troost
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2006

From the bestselling author of The Sex Lives of Cannibals, the laugh-out-loud true story of his years on the islands of Vanuatu and Fiji, among cannibals, volcanoes . . . and the world’s best narcotics. With The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Maarten Troost established himself as one of the most...

Nanny State

How Food Fascists, Teetotaling Do-Gooders, Priggish Moralists, and other Boneheaded Bureaucrats are Turning America into a Nation of Children

by David Harsanyi
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2007

When did we lose our right to be lazy, unhealthy, and politically incorrect? Move over Big Brother! An insidious new group has inserted itself into American politics. They are the nannies—not the stroller-pushing set but an invasive band of do-gooders who are subtly and steadily stripping...

Renewing Your Wedding Vows

A Complete Planning Guide to Saying I Still Do

by Sharon Naylor
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008

Say “I do” all over again with significance and style Whether this is your chance to have the wedding you always wanted, you’re celebrating a milestone anniversary, or you simply want to reaffirm your commitment to each other, the renewing of your vows is an important symbolic step in...

What It Means to Be a Libertarian

A Personal Interpretation

by Charles Murray
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2010

Charles Murray believes that America's founders had it right--strict limits on the power of the central government and strict protection of the individual are the keys to a genuinely free society. In What It Means to Be a Libertarian, he proposes a government reduced to the barest essentials: an executive...

Gridiron Genius

A Master Class in Winning Championships and Building Dynasties in the NFL

by Michael Lombardi
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018

Former NFL general manager and three-time Super Bowl winner Michael Lombardi reveals what makes football organizations tick at the championship level. From personnel to practice to game-day decisions that win titles, Lombardi shares what he learned working with coaching legends Bill Walsh of the 49ers,...

The Mere Mortal's Guide to Fine Dining

From Salad Forks to Sommeliers, How to Eat and Drink in Style Without Fear of Faux Pas

by Colleen Rush
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008

From aperitif to digestif, approach every meal with savvy and grace. We’ve all experienced Fancy-Pants Restaurant Jitters at some point – the fear that you will unknowingly commit some fine-dining crime, whether it’s using the wrong fork, picking an amateur wine, mispronouncing foie gras,...

The Art of the Personal Letter

A Guide to Connecting Through the Written Word

by Margaret Shepherd, Sharon Hogan
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008

When was the last time you wrote a letter? Or received one in the mail? These days, it’s so easy to dash off a quick e-mail or text message or make a cell- phone call while you’re on the run that you may rarely make time for letter writing. But letters are a time-honored form of connection...

The Miracles of Mentoring

How to Encourage and Lead Future Generations

by Thomas Dortch, Carla Fine
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009

"How many times have you said, 'I'd like to help a child, but I don't know what to do? I don't have the time, I don't have anything to offer, I can't afford it.' I promise you, by the time you finish reading this book, all of these questions will be answered." —from the Foreword by Tom Joyner, of...

Earth Odyssey

Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future

by Mark Hertsgaard
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009

Like many of us, Mark Hertsgaard has long worried about the declining health of our environment. But in 1991, he decided to act on his concern and investigate the escalating crisis for himself. Traveling on his own dime, he embarked on an odyssey lasting most of the decade and spanning nineteen countries....

Radical Evolution

The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human

by Joel Garreau
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2005

In Radical Evolution, bestselling author Joel Garreau, a reporter and editor for the Washington Post, shows us that we are at an inflection point in history. As you read this, we are engineering the next stage of human evolution. Through advances in genetic, robotic, information and nanotechnologies,...

Eat the City

A Tale of the Fishers, Foragers, Butchers, Farmers, Poultry Minders, Sugar Refiners, Cane Cutters, Beekeepers, Winemakers, and Brewers Who Built New York

by Robin Shulman
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012

New York is not a city for growing and manufacturing food. It’s a money and real estate city, with less naked earth and industry than high-rise glass and concrete.   Yet in this intimate, visceral, and beautifully written book, Robin Shulman introduces the people of New York City  - both past...

Consider Lily

A Novel

by Anne Dayton, May Vanderbilt
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007

A tale of love, trials, and faith set against a wonderfully drawn portrait of San Francisco, Consider Lily is chick lit with a heart. Lily Traywick thinks she must have been adopted. It’s easier than believing she’s actually related to Jane and Roland Traywick, her power-couple parents who own...

The End of the Long Summer

Why We Must Remake Our Civilization to Survive on a Volatile Earth

by Dianne Dumanoski
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2009

For the past twelve thousand years, Earth’s stable climate has allowed human civilization to flourish. But this long benign summer is an anomaly in the Earth’s history and one that is rapidly coming to a close. The radical experiment of our modern industrial civilization is now disrupting our...

Ubiquity

Why Catastrophes Happen

by Mark Buchanan
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2002

Critically acclaimed science journalist, Mark Buchanan tells the fascinating story of the discovery that there is a natural structure of instability woven into the fabric of our world, which explains why catastrophes-- both natural and human-- happen. Scientists have recently discovered a new...
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