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In Oceans Deep
Courage, Innovation, and Adventure Beneath the Waves
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
In the spirit of Bill Bryson and Ian Frazier comes this fascinating examination of our past, present, and future beneath the waves.
In an age of unprecedented exploration and innovation, our oceans remain largely unknown, and endlessly fascinating: full of mystery, danger, beauty, and inspiration....
by Sean Rowe
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
James M. Cain meets Elmore Leonard in this blisteringly fast debut thriller in which hijacking a cruise ship is just the first step in one man's sprint to deliverance--or destruction.
The Fig Eater
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2001
When a young woman's body is discovered in the summer of 1910 Vienna, the Inspector's wife is certain the figs found in her stomach during the autopsy are the clue to the identity of the murderer--for there are no fresh figs in Vienna at this time of year.
by James Patterson, Liza Marklund
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
Europe is stunning in the summer . . . but NYPD detective Jacob Kanon isn't there for the beauty. He's on a mission: to track down his daughter's killer.
NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren't what draw him-he sees each museum, each cathedral,...
Le Colonial
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
A "richly satisfying" ("Newsday") epic of Asian history in the tradition of James Clavell, from the bestselling author of "The Tapestries."
by Mary Street Alinder, Andrea G. Stillman, Wallace Stegner
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
In his early years in Yosemite, Ansel Adams formed the habit of writing letters at every opportunity. Among the family, friends, and colleagues with whom he corresponded rank such eminent names as Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand and Jimmy Carter.
Ansel Adams
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
In this bestselling autobiography, completed shortly before his death in 1984, Ansel Adams looks back at his legendary six-decade career as a conservationist, teacher, musician, and, above all, photographer. Written with characteristic warmth, vigor, and wit, this fascinating account brings to life...
Leaving Mother Lake
A Girlhood at the Edge of the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
The haunting memoir of a girl growing up in the Moso country in the Himalayas--a unique matrilineal society. But even in this land of women, familial tension is eternal. Namu is a strong-willed daughter, and conflicts between her and her rebellious mother lead her to break the taboo that holds the Moso world together--she leaves her mother's house.
Great Tales from English History
The Truth About King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Richard the Lionheart, and More
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2004
With insight, humor and fascinating detail, Lacey brings brilliantly to life the stories that made England--from Ethelred the Unready to Richard the Lionheart, the Venerable Bede to Piers the Ploughman.
Goodbye, Darkness
A Memoir of the Pacific War
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2008
The nightmares began for William Manchester 23 years after WW II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of a battle-weary youth (himself), "angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms." To find out, Manchester visited those places...
The Yellow House
Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2009
This chronicle of the two months in 1888 when Paul Gauguin shared a house in France with Vincent Van Gogh describes not only how these two hallowed artists painted and exchanged ideas, but also the texture of their everyday lives. Includes 60 B&W reproductions of the artists' paintings and drawings from the period.
Mistress Bradstreet
The Untold Life of America's First Poet
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
Though her work is a staple of anthologies of American poetry, Anne Bradstreet has never before been the subject of an accessible, full-scale biography for a general audience. Anne Bradstreet is known for her poem, "To My Dear and Loving Husband," among others, and through John Berryman's...
Singing in a Strange Land
C. L. Franklin, the Black Church, and the Transformation of America
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
A prizewinning historian pens this biography of C.L. Franklin, the greatest African-American preacher of his generation, father of Aretha, and civil rights pioneer.
Rock Breaks Scissors
A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
A practical guide to outguessing everything from multiple-choice tests to the office football pool to the stock market.
People are predictable even when they try not to be. William Poundstone demonstrates how to turn this fact to personal advantage in scores of everyday situations, from playing...