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Einstein's Greatest Mistake
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
“What Bodanis does brilliantly is to give us a feel for Einstein as a person. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that does this as well” (Popular Science).
In this “fascinating” biography, the acclaimed author of E=mc2 reveals that in spite of his indisputable brilliance, Albert...
Sister Aimee
The Life of Aimee Semple McPherson
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
The true story of America’s first superstar evangelist that “fills a significant gap in the history of revivalism” (The New York Times Book Review).
Once she answered the divine calling, Aimee Semple McPherson rose fast from unfulfilled housewife in Rhode Island to “miracle woman”—the...
by Garry Wills
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2003
An “intellectually satisfying, and spiritually moving,” argument for a questioning, conscience-driven faith, by a New York Times bestselling author (Booklist).
Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills has been asked more than once why he remains in the Church, especially in the wake of his bestselling...
Judgment Days
Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Laws That Changed America
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2005
A Pulitzer Prize winner’s up-close account of how a white president and a black minister ultimately came together to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
They were the unlikeliest of partners: a white Texan politician and an African American minister who led a revolution. But together, President...
Queen of Scots
The True Life of Mary Stuart
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
This Whitbread Award–winning biography and basis for the film ***Mary Queen of Scots ***starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie “reads like Shakespearean drama” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
“A triumph . . . A masterpiece full of fire and tragedy.” —Amanda Foreman, author...
Reversing the Curse
Inside the 2004 Boston Red Sox
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2006
“A true insider’s perspective on the 2004 Red Sox” and their World Series win, from the bestselling author of Curse of the Bambino (USA Today).
On October 27, 2004, the Red Sox won their first World Series Championship in eighty-six years—breaking the infamous Curse of the Bambino and...
I Live for This!
Baseball's Last True Believer
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2009
An award-winning sportswriter teams up with LA Dodgers manager and Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda to reveal the secrets of his unlikely success.
Tommy Lasorda is baseball's true immortal and one of its larger than life figures. A former pitcher who was overshadowed by Sandy Koufax, Lasorda went...
Growing Up Gronk
A Family’s Story of Raising Champions
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Huge boys, huge dreams, huge success—how one family from Buffalo put five boys on the track to realizing their athletic potential and making it “big.”
“The beauty of Growing Up Gronk is that you never really have to grow up at all. A fascinating look inside a larger-than-life football...
by John Kenneth Galbraith
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 1998
The classic by the renowned economist: “One of those rare works that forces a nation to re-examine its values” (The New York Times).
One of the New York Public Library’s “Books of the Century”
Hailed as a “masterpiece” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), this examination of the “economics...
Ambitious Brew
The Story of American Beer
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2007
A “fascinating and well-documented social history” of American beer, from the immigrants who invented it to the upstart microbrewers who revived it (Chicago Tribune).
Grab a pint and settle in with Ambitious**Brew, the fascinating, first-ever history of American beer. Included here are...
The Good Society
The Human Agenda
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 1997
The legendary economist explains how a nation can remain both compassionate and fiscally sound, with “common sense raised to the level of genius” (The New Yorker).
This compact, eloquent book offers a blueprint for a workable national agenda that allows for human weakness without compromising...
by Therese Huston
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
“An authoritative guide to help women navigate the workplace and their everyday life with greater success and impact” (Forbes).
So, you’ve earned a seat at the table. What happens next?
We all face hard decisions every day—and the choices we make, and how others perceive them,...
Creative Change
Why We Resist It . . . How We Can Embrace It
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
“This book completely changed the way I think about creative innovation. . . . A must read” (Cal Newport, bestselling author of Deep Work).
Business leaders say they want creativity and need real innovation in order to thrive. But according to startling research from management professor...
Napa
The Story of an American Eden
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2002
The New York Times–bestselling history of the rise of California’s wine country and its most famous vintners—from the author of Napa at Last Light.
James Conaway’s remarkable bestseller delves into the heart of California’s lush and verdant Napa Valley, also known as America’s Eden....