The Bookshare website has a listing of almost 2000 of the most downloaded books. I thought it might be interesting to break that listing out into the various genres. The list has 359 books which specify "Nonfiction" as the first category. I was surprised that some made the most popular list. It could be that they were just downloaded out of curiosity. For example the cryptic title, MVS TSO: CLIST AND REXX (PART 2) BY DOUG LOWE made the list. Everyone's favorite president was represented: MILLARD FILLMORE: 13TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BY KEVIN J. LAW and everyone's favorite uncle: THE MAGIC OF RICE COOKBOOK BY UNCLE BEN. Here are all 359 of the most downloaded nonfiction titles. They are in no particular order.
======================================================= MUSIC, THE BRAIN, AND ECSTASY, BY ROBERT JOURDAIN Brief Synopsis: What makes a distant oboe's wail beautiful? Why do some kinds of music lift us to ecstasy, but not others? How can music make sense to an ear and brain evolved for detecting the approaching lion or tracking the unsuspecting gazelle? Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 380 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= MVS TSO: CLIST AND REXX ( PART 2), BY DOUG LOWE Brief Synopsis: The book shows the quickest and best way to learn how to use TSO commands...and how to write and use CLIST and REXX procedures that incorporate those commands on an IBM mainframe. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 451 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Computers and Internet ======================================================= MY BOOKY WOOK, BY RUSSELL BRAND Brief Synopsis: Russell Brand learned early on to make a joke of fear and failure. From a troubled childhood in industrial Essex, England, to his descent into addictions to alcohol, drugs, and sex in the seamy underbelly of London, Brand has seen his share of both and miraculously lived to tell the tale. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 355 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= MY LAND AND MY PEOPLE: THE ORIGINAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA OF TIBET , BY DALAI LAMA Brief Synopsis: Written by the Dalai Lama as a young man in exile, this dignified testament re-creates the miraculous search that identified him as the reincarnated leader of his country. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 253 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= MY LIFE: AN ATTEMPT AT AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BY LEON TROTSKY Brief Synopsis: The only Bolshevik leader to write his memoirs, Leon Trotsky published this remarkable book in 1930, the first year of a perilous, decade-long exile that ended with his assassination in Mexico. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 606 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= MYCELIUM RUNNING: HOW MUSHROOMS CAN HELP SAVE THE WORLD, BY PAUL STAMETS Brief Synopsis: A manual for healing the earth and creating sustainable forests through mushroom cultivation, featuring mycelial solutions to water pollution, toxic spills, and other ecological challenges. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 334 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature ======================================================= NEGOTIATION: THE ALTERNATIVE TO HOSTILITY, BY JIMMY CARTER Brief Synopsis: This first address of the Carl Vinson Memorial Lecture Series at Mercer University is a masterful assessment of the difficulties of resolving disputes. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 90 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Professional and Technical ======================================================= NEITHER WOLF NOR DOG: ON FORGOTTEN ROADS WITH AN INDIAN ELDER, BY KENT NERBURN Brief Synopsis: Nerburn recounts his travels with a Lakota elder whose identity he has pledged not to reveal, and the stories the old man told him. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 338 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= 10 DAYS TO A LESS DISTRACTED CHILD: THE BREAKTHROUGH PROGRAM THAT GETS YOUR KIDS TO LISTEN, LEARN, FOCUS AND BEHAVE, BY JEFFREY BERNSTEIN Brief Synopsis: A recent study reported that 10 percent of schoolchildren show symptoms of ADHD, and more children now face learning disabilities, anxiety, depression, and increased stress. Dr. Bernstein's plan works for all types of distracted kids. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 324 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Parenting and Family ======================================================= 10 SECRETS FOR SUCCESS AND INNER PEACE, BY WAYNE W. DYER Brief Synopsis: Is your life path lit by your inner candle flame, or are you stumbling along in the dark? Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 162 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= NOT GOOD AT TALKING: STAMMERING AS A SPUR TO SUCCESS, BY TIM NEWARK Brief Synopsis: A guide to transforming a perceived handicap into a strength. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 122 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Self-Help ======================================================= NUDGE: IMPROVING DECISIONS ABOUT HEALTH, WEALTH, AND HAPPINESS, BY CASS R. SUNSTEIN AND RICHARD H. THALER Brief Synopsis: Every day we make decisions on topics ranging from personal investments to schools for our children to the meals we eat to the causes we champion. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 293 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help ======================================================= OAXACA JOURNAL, BY OLIVER SACKS Brief Synopsis: Oaxaca Journal is Sacks's spellbinding account of his trip with a group of fellow fern enthusiasts to the beautiful, history-steeped province of Oaxaca. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 162 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= 100 EASY WAYS TO GET YOUR KIDS READING: A BUSY MOM'S GUIDE, BY JACOB DUBI AND KATHLEEN DUEY Brief Synopsis: Part how-to, part scrapbook, this parenting guide helps turn the grueling task of learning to read into an everyday pleasure. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 117 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Parenting and Family ======================================================= OFF THE BEATEN TRACK: RETHINKING GENDER JUSTICE FOR INDIAN WOMEN, BY MADHU KISHWAR Brief Synopsis: Madhu Kishwar's best essays. Topics include dowry, unwanted daughters, the denial of co-ownership rights to wives, women's land rights, love and marriage, sexual harassment, living identities vs. acquired ones, and the politics of beauty contests. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 290 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= 2012: THE RETURN OF QUETZALCOATL, BY DANIEL PINCHBECK Brief Synopsis: The epic that binds together the cosmological phenomena of our time, from crop circles to the resurgence of psychedelic drugs, to support the Mayan calendar that the year 2012 portends a global shift-in consciousness, culture, and way of living. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 412 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= OUTGROWING THE EARTH: THE FOOD SECURITY CHALLENGE IN AN AGE OF FALLING WATER TABLES AND RISING TEMPERATURES, BY LESTER BROWN Brief Synopsis: Historically food security was the responsibility of ministries of agriculture, but today that has changed. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 244 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Cooking, Food and Wine ======================================================= 23 DAYS IN JULY: INSIDE THE TOUR DE FRANCE AND LANCE ARMSTRONG'S RECORD-BREAKING VICTORY, BY JOHN WILCOCKSON Brief Synopsis: Taking place over 23 days in July and across more than 2,100 miles of smooth blacktop, rough cobblestones, and punishing mountain terrain, the Tour de France is the most grueling sports event in the world. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 333 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= PARENTING A BIPOLAR CHILD: WHAT TO DO AND WHY, BY NANCY AUSTIN AND GIANNI FAEDDA Brief Synopsis: Two preeminent researchers and clinicians specializing in the treatment of child-onset bipolar disorder offer the first and only step-by-step guide for parents, a comprehensive approach to helping a child with bipolar disorder by integrating professional medical treatment with behavior regulation, problem solving, positive reinforcement, and limit setting techniques. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 273 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Parenting and Family ======================================================= PHILOSOPHY OF JUDAISM, BY JOSHUA ADLER Brief Synopsis: A survey of the sociological and cultural aspects of Judaism in society today. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 160 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= 3:16: THE NUMBERS OF HOPE, BY MAX LUCADO Brief Synopsis: If 9/11 are the numbers of terror and despair, then 3:16 are the numbers of hope. Best selling author Max Lucado leads readers through a word-by-word study of John 3:16, the passage that he calls the "Hope Diamond" of scripture. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 225 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= PLAN B 3. 0: MOBILIZING TO SAVE CIVILIZATION, BY LESTER R. BROWN Brief Synopsis: The world faces many environmental trends of disruption. This book has a survival strategy for the early twenty-first-century civilization. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 400 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science ======================================================= PLEDGED: THE SECRET LIFE OF SORORITIES, BY ALEXANDRA ROBBINS Brief Synopsis: Here we find lushes, trollops, bigots, sadists, masochists, anorexics, and those made mad by unrequited lust for election as Prom Queen. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 372 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= POLITICS: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION, BY KENNETH MINOGUE Brief Synopsis: Providing the general reader and the student with an introduction to the central issues of political science, A Very Short Introduction to Politics shows how political trends and maneuvers develop and how they help shape our society. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 134 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= 32 THIRD GRADERS AND ONE CLASS BUNNY: LIFE LESSONS FROM TEACHING, BY PHILLIP DONE Brief Synopsis: A funny and intimate book about what really goes on at school. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 292 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= A 6TH BOWL OF CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: MORE STORIES TO OPEN THE HEART AND REKINDLE THE SPIRIT, BY MARK VICTOR HANSEN AND JACK L. CANFIELD Brief Synopsis: Jack and Mark's latest batch of wisdom, love and inspiration will warm the hearts and nourish the souls of all readers, whether they are "tasting" Chicken Soup for the first time, or have dipped their "spoons" many times before. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 397 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help ======================================================= RADICAL SIMPLICITY: SMALL FOOTPRINTS ON A FINITE EARTH, BY JIM MERKEL Brief Synopsis: Imagine you are first in line at a potluck buffet. The spread includes not just food and water, but all the materials needed for shelter, clothing, healthcare, and education. How do you know how much to take? Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 258 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature ======================================================= RAISING A BILINGUAL CHILD: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE FOR PARENTS, BY BARBARA ZURER PEARSON Brief Synopsis: If you would like your children to experience the benefits of becoming bilingual, but you aren't sure how to teach them a second language, then Raising a Bilingual Child is the perfect step-by-step guide for you. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 361 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Parenting and Family, Professional and Technical ======================================================= RAPID DEVELOPMENT: TAMING WILD SOFTWARE SCHEDULES, BY STEVE M. MCCONNELL Brief Synopsis: Get your development schedules under control and on track! Corporate and commercial software-development teams all want solutions for one important problem--how to get their high-pressure development schedules under control. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 656 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Computers and Internet, Business and Finance ======================================================= REMIX: MAKING ART AND COMMERCE THRIVE IN THE HYBRID ECONOMY, BY LAWRENCE LESSIG Brief Synopsis: This is an entreaty to end a war that harms users of technologies including children. It brings out the opportunities available to people who see art more as a resource than an article of trade. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 344 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Business and Finance ======================================================= RETIRE - AND START YOUR OWN BUSINESS, BY MARTHA S. SARGENT AND DENNIS J. SARGENT Brief Synopsis: A step-by-step guide to choosing and starting your own business in retirement. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 296 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Business and Finance ======================================================= REVENUE MANAGEMENT: HARD-CORE TACTICS FOR MARKET DOMINATION, BY ROBERT G. CROSS Brief Synopsis: Remember growth? That's what companies do when they're healthy, when they're focused on the revenue side of the ledger instead of the cost side. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 278 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Business and Finance ======================================================= REVERSE HEART DISEASE NOW: STOP DEADLY CARDIOVASCULAR PLAQUE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE, BY JAMES C. ROBERTS AND MARTIN ZUCKER AND STEPHEN T. SINATRA Brief Synopsis: While most books focus solely on the role of cholesterol in heart disease, "Reverse Heart Disease Now" draws on new research that points to the surprising other causes. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 254 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= RIVER OF THE SACRED MONKEY, BY DIMITAR KRUSTEV Brief Synopsis: An authentic chronicle of wilderness river exploration in Central America, with a valid portrayal of the last remaining descendants of the vanishing Mayans. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 63 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel, Outdoors and Nature ======================================================= ROUND IRELAND WITH A FRIDGE, BY TONY HAWKS Brief Synopsis: TV comedian Tony Hawks tries to win a bet by hitchhiking around the circumference of Ireland in one calendar month, with a fridge. This is the story of Tony's adventures, the people he meets, the difficulties, the triumphs, and that fridge. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 264 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= ROYAL CHILDREN, BY INGRID SEWARD Brief Synopsis: Focusing on the British Royal Family, a look at the psychological consequences of being raised by a nanny. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 296 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= RUNNING IN THE FAMILY, BY MICHAEL ONDAATJE Brief Synopsis: Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. As he records his journey through the drug-like heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India, " he retraces the baroque mythology of his Dutch-Ceylonese family. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 203 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= RUNNING THE TABLE: THE LEGEND OF KID DELICIOUS, THE LAST GREAT AMERICAN POOL HUSTLER, BY L. JON WERTHEIM Brief Synopsis: From a popular senior writer for Sports Illustrated comes this high-stakes, boys-on-the-road story about the most unlikely of phenoms--a heavyset, bipolar, and endlessly charming pool hustler named Kid Delicious. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 265 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= RUNNING TO THE MOUNTAIN: A MIDLIFE ADVENTURE, BY JON KATZ Brief Synopsis: Jon Katz, a respected journalist, father, and husband, was turning fifty. Running to the Mountain chronicles his hunger for change and his search for renewed purpose and meaning in his familiar world. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 248 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= RV LIVING IN THE 21ST CENTURY, BY PEGGI MCDONALD Brief Synopsis: A guide for all Rvers need to know. Provides all the information about RVs. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 282 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= A CENTURY OF NEW WORDS, BY JOHN AYTO Brief Synopsis: Words are language's response to circumstances. But--certainly when viewed in retrospect--can we not see the words of an era as giving shape to and summing up their time? They can be our terms of reference for a period--a decade, a crucial year, a whole century, perhaps a less easily definable stretch of history--which we constantly reinforce by usage, and which unfailingly conjure up their temporal origins. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 250 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Reference ======================================================= SCARS DON'T HURT: A STORY OF TRIUMPH OVER SEXUAL ABUSE, BY BLAKE DAVIDSON AND MARGARET DAVIDSON Brief Synopsis: Fear gripped her and held her captive in a prison of traumatic gloom until she met someone who would change her life. Author Margaret Davidson reveals the secrets of her childhood and the key to liberty in her new release, Scars Don't Hurt. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 363 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= SELECTED ESSAYS, BY PAUL ZWEIG AND SWAMI MUKTANANDA Brief Synopsis: Responding to his students' wishes, Swami Muktananda's series of talks and informal dialogues on spiritual practices and truths includes many of his favorite teaching stories. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 98 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, BY JOHN UPDIKE Brief Synopsis: One of our finest novelists now gives us his most dazzling creation -- his own life. In six eloquent chapters, the author of The Witches and the wonderful Rabbit trilogy gives us a look at the makings of an American writer. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 259 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= A DIFFERENT LIFE: GROWING UP LEARNING DISABLED AND OTHER ADVENTURES, BY JEFF HIMMELMAN AND QUINN BRADLEE Brief Synopsis: Born with a hole in his heart that required invasive surgery when he was only three months old, Quinn Bradlee was later diagnosed with VCFS, a leading cause of learning disabilities. This is his story. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 222 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= SHAPE SHIFTING: SHAMANIC TECHNIQUES FOR GLOBAL AND PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION, BY JOHN PERKINS Brief Synopsis: An exploration of the shamanic practice of shape shifting and the story of the author's transformation from a corporate executive to an environmental activist by practicing these techniques. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 173 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= SHARING GOOD TIMES, BY JIMMY CARTER Brief Synopsis: "Jimmy Carter writes about the things that matter most, the simple relaxed days and nights that he has enjoyed with family and friends through the years and across generations." Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 178 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= SITTING BULL: LAKOTA LEADER, BY CATHERINE IANNONE Brief Synopsis: Biography of the famous Native American leader. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 112 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= SMART COIN COLLECTING, BY WHITMAN PUBLISHING Brief Synopsis: Information on buying, selling and collecting all sorts of coins. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 60 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Reference ======================================================= A GOOD DOG: THE STORY OF ORSON, WHO CHANGED MY LIFE, BY JON KATZ Brief Synopsis: People who love dogs often talk about a 'lifetime' dog. I'd heard the phrase a dozen times before I came to recognize its significance. Lifetime dogs are dogs we love in especially powerful, sometimes inexplicable ways. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 240 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Animals, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= SPORTS ILLUSTRATED: KIDS YEAR IN SPORTS 2008, BY SPORTS ILLUSTRATED KIDS Brief Synopsis: This exciting almanac covers all major sports, from Fall 2006 through Summer 2007. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 319 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports, Teens ======================================================= STAND UP TO THE IRS (10TH EDITION), BY FREDERICK W. DAILY Brief Synopsis: Daily, an attorney with 30 years of experience in tax law, reveals tactics of the Internal Revenue Service and tells how to deal with them. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 380 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Professional and Technical, Business and Finance ======================================================= STAY MAD FOR LIFE: GET RICH, STAY RICH (MAKE YOUR KIDS EVEN RICHER), BY JAMES J. CRAMER Brief Synopsis: Jim Cramer, bestselling author and host of CNBC's Mad Money, has written the ultimate guide to lifetime investing for readers of any age. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 269 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Business and Finance ======================================================= A JOURNEY: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF APOLO ANTON OHNO, BY NANCY ANN RICHARDSON AND APOLO ANTON OHNO Brief Synopsis: I honestly don't know what battles I'm going to face next, only that I have the spirit and the will to face anything and fight for my sport and for what I believe is right. I'll give 110 percent and still dig down deeper for more. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 147 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= SUPER BABY FOOD: ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FEEDING YOUR BABY AND TODDLER FROM STARTING SOLID FOODS TO AGE THREE YEARS, BY RUTH YARON Brief Synopsis: You want the best of everything for your new baby, including the most nutritious food possible. The best food for your baby comes out of your kitchen, not from an industrial food plant. Making your own baby food gives you the power to insure that only healthy, whole foods are used as ingredients. Homemade food is more natural, more tasteful, and much more economical. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 594 PagesCategories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine, Health, Mind and Body, Parenting and
Family ======================================================= SWISS COOKING, BY ANNE MASON Brief Synopsis: Home cooking of Swiss that you won't be able to find at restaurants. Most of recipes are from the countryside style of cooking rather than the modern style. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 160 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine ======================================================= SYNDROME X, THE SILENT KILLER: THE NEW HEART DISEASE RISK, BY BARRY FOX AND TERRY KRISTEN STROM AND GERALD REAVEN Brief Synopsis: Despite emphasizing good nutrition for two decades, despite lowering our cholesterol levels and cutting fat from our diets, we're still likely to develop heart disease and die of heart attacks. Heart disease remains the number-one killer in this country. The problem lies in a little-known but very common metabolic disorder called Syndrome X. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 272 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= TAKE BIG BITES: ADVENTURES AROUND THE WORLD AND ACROSS THE TABLE, BY LINDA ELLERBEE Brief Synopsis: The celebrated journalist, producer, and bestselling author takes us on a remarkable culinary journey through "a life lived interestingly, if not especially intelligently." Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 302 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Cooking, Food and Wine ======================================================= TEACH YOURSELF BABY NAMES, BY VICTORIA WILSON Brief Synopsis: This book contains more than 7,000 names from every origin, from Celtic and Sanskrit to brand-new names for the 21st century. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 342 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Reference, Parenting and Family ======================================================= TEACH YOURSELF DESKTOP PUBLISHING, BY CHRISTOPHER LUMGAIR Brief Synopsis: Desktop publishing has become the industry standard for publishers and freelancers alike. Teach Yourself Desktop Publishing is a practical course in desktop publishing that includes up-to-date information on the latest software and techniques. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 186 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Computers and Internet ======================================================= TEACH YOURSELF ELECTRONICS, BY MALCOLM PLANT Brief Synopsis: Ideal for beginning electronics students as well as people who want some general knowledge of the subject,Teach Yourself Electronics is a lucid, easy-to-read guide. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 347 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Self-Help, Professional and Technical ======================================================= TEACH YOURSELF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BY ALEX MCMILLAN Brief Synopsis: Learn to be your own boss and be a success at it Teach Yourself Entrepreneurship promises to help you develop your entrepreneurial skills and succeed in business. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 273 PagesCategories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Professional and Technical, Business and Finance
======================================================= TEACH YOURSELF ETHICS, BY MEL THOMPSON Brief Synopsis: Do you need an introduction to the main ethical theories? Would you like to understand current ethical issues? Do you want to develop your own moral awareness? Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 248 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help ======================================================= TEACH YOURSELF HAND REFLEXOLOGY, BY DENISE WHICHELLO BROWN Brief Synopsis: Hand Reflexology is a simple, straightforward and practical guide to this ancient and increasingly popular healing art. Discover how reflexology has an enormous part to play in healthcare and how it offers much more than just a hand massage. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 142 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= TEACH YOURSELF ISLAM, BY RUQAIYYAH WARIS MAQSOOD Brief Synopsis: Given recent political developments, many want to know more about Islam. This accessible and informative guide covers not only Islamic history, theology, and the life of Muhammad, but also the role of the religion in shaping world politics. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 332 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= TEACH YOURSELF LINUX, BY ROBERT BILLING Brief Synopsis: Are you looking for a reliable, low-cost operating system? Do you want to discover how powerful and straightforward Linux is? Do you need help cutting through the jargon? Teach Yourself Linux will help you to make the most of this powerful system. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 232 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Computers and Internet ======================================================= TEACH YOURSELF SPEED READING, BY TINA KONSTANT Brief Synopsis: Speed-reading is about reading--and being able to recall--more written information in less time. Following a unique five-step system, this practical guide teaches readers the basics of speed-reading in less than an hour. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 183 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help ======================================================= TEACH YOURSELF TAI CHI, BY ROBERT PARRY Brief Synopsis: Do you want to understand the basic principles of Tai Chi? Do you want step-by-step instructions for the movements? Do you want to improve your basic health and fitness? Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 182 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= TEACH YOURSELF WRITING A NOVEL, BY NIGEL WATTS Brief Synopsis: Successful author and veteran writing teacher Nigel Watts walks you through the novel-writing process--from germinating an idea, through developing plot, character and theme, to finding an agent and contacting publishers. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 174 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Professional and Technical ======================================================= TEENS CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN: NINE STEPS TO SUCCESS, BY STEDMAN GRAHAM Brief Synopsis: From the prominent businessman and author of "You Can Make It Happen" comes a new personal success guide aimed at the booming teen audience. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 239 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Teens, Self-Help, Business and Finance ======================================================= TEENS FACE TO FACE WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS, BY SUZANNE LEVERT Brief Synopsis: In "Teens Face to Face With Chronic Illness," teenagers with illnesses such as asthma, arthritis, AIDS, diabetes, epilepsy, and leukemia talk about what life is like for them now -- how their illnesses affect their relationships with parents, friends, and teachers. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 130 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Parenting and Family ======================================================= TEMPING: THE INSIDER'S GUIDE, BY RICHARD ROGERS Brief Synopsis: "Get the inside scoop on the temp track: how to choose a temporary agency; salaries and benefits; your responsibilities to the agency and the client; professional temp positions; getting on the agency's "A" list; and much, much more."--BOOK JACKET. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 208 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Business and Finance ======================================================= TESTIMONY OF HOPE: SPIRITUAL EXERCISES OF JOHN PAUL II, BY FRANCIS XAVIER NGUNEN VAN THUAN Brief Synopsis: The book consists of short meditations given by a bishop imprisoned in North Vietnam. These were delivered at a retreat during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 230 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= THE ACORN PEOPLE, BY RON JONES Brief Synopsis: Being a counselor at a summer camp for disabled children opens the eyes of the author to the true potential of children. At first he resents the constant service they require. Then he begins relating to personalities and enthusiastically devises challenging, funny, meaningful activities. RL 7, Age 12 to adult. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 84 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Teens, Disability-Related, Outdoors and Nature ======================================================= THE ART OF HAPPINESS AT WORK, BY DALAI LAMA AND HOWARD C. CUTLER Brief Synopsis: For the first time since their revolutionary book, The Art of Happiness, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and psychiatrist Howard Cutler reunite to explore ways in which work and careers can become a meaningful part of our lives. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 214 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Business and Finance ======================================================= THE AUTOIMMUNE EPIDEMIC, BY DONNA JACKSON NAKAZAWA Brief Synopsis: Autoimmune diseases are appearing in more and more cases, and Donna Jackson Nakazawa explains what in our environment - chemicals, waste products - can be causing this increase. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 345 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2007, BY DAVID FOSTER WALLACE Brief Synopsis: "The Best American Essays 2007" offers up the best essays of the year selected and introduced by David Foster Wallace. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 315 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN MAGAZINE WRITING 2005, BY NICHOLAS LEMANN Brief Synopsis: In the magazine world, no recognition is more highly coveted or prestigious than a National Magazine Award. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 428 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN POLITICAL WRITING 2005, BY ROYCE FLIPPEN Brief Synopsis: "The Best American Political Writing 2005 is an annual compendium that culls from the nation's most influential news sources to provide the most incisive, controversial, and entertaining writing about the notable names and events of 2004 and the first half of 2005." Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 396 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2000, BY DAVID QUAMMEN Brief Synopsis: With the inaugural volume of THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING, Houghton Mifflin showcases the finest writing of the past year on subjects of ever-increasing interest to readers. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 275 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2005, BY JONATHAN WEINER AND TIM FOLGER Brief Synopsis: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2005 includes pieces by Natalie Angier, Jared Diamond, Timothy Ferris, Malcolm Gladwell, Jerome Groopman, Bill McKibben, Sherwin B. Nuland, Jeffrey M. O'Brien, Oliver Sacks, Michael J. Sandel, William Speed Weed, and others. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 323 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE WRITING 2001, BY TIMOTHY FERRIS Brief Synopsis: This anthology presents 22 essays and a poem (by John Updike) published during 2001 in various publications, and an introduction by guest editor/science writer Ferris. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 338 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE WRITING 2003, BY OLIVER SACKS Brief Synopsis: Dr. Sacks has selected the twenty-five extraordinary pieces that make up the latest installment of this acclaimed annual. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 277 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE WRITING 2005, BY ALAN LIGHTMAN Brief Synopsis: Today's most prominent thinkers provide enlightening insight into some of the most important and cutting-edge topics in the field in this acclaimed series. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 314 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN SPIRITUAL WRITING 2004, BY PHILIP ZALESKI Brief Synopsis: It is said that we live in a secular age, yet religion and spirituality, belief and practice, are ever more powerful forces in contemporary culture, shaping both personal lives and world events. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 290 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING 1992, BY THOMAS MCGUANE Brief Synopsis: The greatest sports stories of 1992. A sheer pleasure reading for sports lovers or anyone with a good sense of reading. The best compiled stories from Paul Solotaroff, Peter Gammons, William Nack, Gary Smith, Bryan Woolley and more. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 359 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING 1996, BY JOHN FEINSTEIN Brief Synopsis: The best sports writings for the year 1996. This is a good read for sports enthusiasts and sheer story lovers as well by Karen Karbo, Rick Reilly, David Remnick, Frank Deford among other great sports writers. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 372 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING 2002, BY RICK REILLY Brief Synopsis: The series has garnered wide acclaim for its stellar writing and topnotch editors; now Reilly, Sports Illustrated"s "Life of Reilly" columnist, continues that tradition with his choices for the year"s best sports journalism. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 307 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING 2005, BY MIKE LUPICA Brief Synopsis: For sports fans and fans of great writing alike, this collection brings together the finest sports writing from the past year. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 370 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN SPORTS WRITING 2007, BY DAVID MARANISS Brief Synopsis: For fans of sports and just plain great writing, this absorbing collection, featuring twenty-eight of the finest pieces from the past year, has something for everyone. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 386 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING 2001, BY PAUL THEROUX Brief Synopsis: Already a best-selling addition to the series, this year's Best American Travel Writing is a far-flung collection chosen by travel writer extraordinaire Paul Theroux. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 434 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING 2002, BY FRANCES MAYES Brief Synopsis: The Best American Travel Writing 2002 is edited by Frances Mayes, the author of Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany and the master of "running away to live in the place of one"s dreams" (Los Angeles Times). Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 368 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= THE BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING 2007, BY SUSAN ORLEAN AND JASON WILSON Brief Synopsis: "Travel is not about finding something. It's about getting lost -- that is, it is about losing yourself in a place and a moment. The little things that tether you to what's familiar are gone, and you become a conduit through which the sensation of the place is felt." Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 318 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= THE BOATER'S HANDBOOK: THE INDISPENSABLE LOOK-IT-UP BOOK, BY ELBERT S. MALONEY Brief Synopsis: Elbert S. "Mack" Maloney, author of "Chapman Piloting & Seamanship," brings his lifetime of hands-on experience to this newly updated and highly portable guide. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 304 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports ======================================================= THE BOXING SCENE, BY THOMAS HAUSER Brief Synopsis: "The Boxing Scene," Hauser's "provocative new anthology," contains all of his trademark insights and candor as he peels away layers of hypocrisy to reveal the men who make up the contemporary boxing landscape. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 244 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports ======================================================= A PRINCE OF OUR DISORDER, BY JOHN E. MACK Brief Synopsis: When this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography first appeared in 1976, it rescued T. E. Lawrence from the mythologizing that had seemed to be his fate. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 577 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= THE COLLAR: A YEAR OF STRIVING AND FAITH INSIDE A CATHOLIC SEMINARY, BY JONATHAN ENGLERT Brief Synopsis: The journalist Jonathan Englert goes inside a seminary to follow five men who have left their careers and lives behind in pursuit of the priesthood. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 302 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= THE COMPLETE BOOK OF ROAD CYCLING AND RACING, BY WILLARD PEVELER Brief Synopsis: Ride faster, fitter, smarter, and farther. Every road rider has goals. Yours may be to begin racing, to become more competitive, or to win a specific tour. Not interested in racing? Here's all the information you need to become a better, more performance-focused cyclist. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 226 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports ======================================================= THE COMPLETE BOOK OF RUNNING, BY JAMES F. FIXX Brief Synopsis: The purposes of this book are, first, to introduce you to the extraordinary world of running, and second, to change your life. If you are not yet a runner, it will show you how to become healthier and happier than you have ever imagined you could be. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 316 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= THE DALAI LAMA AT HARVARD: LECTURES ON THE BUDDHIST PATH TO PEACE, BY DALAI LAMA AND JEFFREY HOPKINS Brief Synopsis: A comprehensive introduction to Buddhism. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 255 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= THE DALAI LAMA AT MIT, BY ANNE HARRINGTON AND ARTHUR ZAJONC Brief Synopsis: Records of the conference "Investigating the Mind," at MIT, September 2003. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 288 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= THE DINNER DIARIES: RAISING WHOLE WHEAT KIDS IN A WHITE BREAD WORLD, BY BETSY BLOCK Brief Synopsis: "I'd always thought food was pretty straightforward: you're hungry, you eat; you're not, you don't. Then I became a mother." So begins Betsy Block's humorous, life-changing book on the ultimate of all makeovers: improving the family meal. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 263 PagesCategories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine, Health, Mind and Body, Parenting and
Family ======================================================= THE ECOLOGY OF COMMERCE: A DECLARATION OF SUSTAINABILITY, BY PAUL HAWKEN Brief Synopsis: A visionary new program that businesses can follow to help restore the planet. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 251 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Business and Finance ======================================================= THE EDIBLE FLOWER GARDEN, BY ROSALIND CREASY Brief Synopsis: A comprehensive guide to selecting and growing flowers that can be used for cookery, both as garnishes and as ingredients. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 106 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine, Home and Garden ======================================================= THE END OF THE LINE: HOW OVERFISHING IS CHANGING THE WORLD AND WHAT WE EAT, BY CHARLES CLOVER Brief Synopsis: We have reached a pivotal moment for fishing, with seventy-five percent of the world's fish stock either fully exploited or overfished. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 314 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: A JOURNEY AT THE DAWN OF THE 21ST CENTURY , BY ROBERT D. KAPLAN Brief Synopsis: Author of Balkan Ghosts, Robert D. Kaplan now travels from West Africa to Southeast Asia to report on a world of disintegrating nation-states, warring nationalities, metastasizing populations, and dwindling resources. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 476 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= THE FAT SMASH DIET, BY IAN K. SMITH Brief Synopsis: The diet plan used on VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club" Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 161 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= THE GOLDA MEIR STORY, BY MARGARET DAVIDSON Brief Synopsis: This readable story was revised in 1981 to include the last years of Meir's life. It presents her years in the kibbutz and as prime minister, helping to establish the independent state of Israel. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 212 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= THE GOOD HEART: A BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVE ON THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS, BY DALAI LAMA AND THUPTEN JINPA Brief Synopsis: Buddhist interpretations of Jesus, Christianity, and other religions Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 210 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= THE GRUB STREET DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL AIRCRAFT NICKNAMES, VARIANTS AND COLLOQUIAL TERMS, BY JOHN HORTON Brief Synopsis: A dictionary which provides the international aircraft nicknames, colloquial terms, etc... Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 186 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Reference ======================================================= THE HAPPY ISLES OF OCEANIA: PADDLING THE PACIFIC, BY PAUL THEROUX Brief Synopsis: Paul Theroux describes his travel across the Pacific through daring weather conditions.He crosses isolated islands, bad harbours and coastlines. He travels by Kayak directed by the wind, to wherever the winds take him. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 528 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO BUYING HOME FURNISHINGS, BY KIMBERLY CAUSEY Brief Synopsis: Tips on buying home furnishings of every sort imaginable. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 359 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Home and Garden ======================================================= THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO FINDING THE PERFECT JOB, BY ROBERT ORNDORFF Brief Synopsis: Job-hunting strategies from a university career services director. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 311 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Professional and Technical ======================================================= THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO MEXICO, BY MIKE BOND AND PEGGY BOND Brief Synopsis: A travel guide to Mexico that provides all information that visitors may need. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 316 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= THE JOY OF ENCOURAGEMENT, BY DAVID JEREMIAH Brief Synopsis: The Greatest Healing Agent Known to Mankind. What is loneliness but the echo of an unanswered cry for love? What is the wounded soul but one aching for hope? Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 196 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= THE KNEE SOURCEBOOK, BY LAURA O'HARE AND MARC DARROW Brief Synopsis: This is a guide explaining the causes, symptoms, and treatments for common injuries and chronic conditions of the knee. It also makes clear what to do immediately after an injury to avoid more harm and discusses the benefits of remedy versus surgery. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 142 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= THE KORAN: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION, BY MICHAEL L. COOK Brief Synopsis: The Koran has constituted a remarkably resilient core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 162 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= THE LATE GREAT PLANET EARTH, BY C. C. CARLSON AND HAL LINDSEY Brief Synopsis: A look at what biblical prophecy tells us about our times, the future, and the return of Jesus Christ. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 192 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= THE LETTERS OF DOROTHY WORDSWORTH, BY ALAN G. HILL AND DOROTHY WORDSWORTH Brief Synopsis: "I should detest," wrote Dorothy Wordsworth, "the idea of setting myself up as an author." Protesting to Lady Beaumont she explained "I have not the powers which Coleridge thinks I have--I know it." Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 212 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= THE MADNESS OF USHERS: COPING WITH VISION AND HEARING LOSS (USHER SYNDROME TYPE II), BY DOROTHY H. STIEFEL Brief Synopsis: Dorothy explains her experiences living with a dual disability of both hearing loss and Retinitis Pigmentosa. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 60 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= THE MAGIC APPLE TREE: A COUNTRY YEAR, BY SUSAN HILL Brief Synopsis: Looking out from Moon Cottage, Susan Hill records the sights and smells, the people, gardens, animals, births, festivals and deaths that mark the changing seasons in the small Oxfordshire community over a year. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 200 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Outdoors and Nature ======================================================= THE MAGIC OF RICE COOKBOOK, BY UNCLE BEN Brief Synopsis: Recipes with rice as one of the ingredients. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 128 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine ======================================================= THE MAGIC OF RUIN MIST: A CANDID LOOK AT ROBERT STANEK'S LIFE, WORK AND BOOKS, BY ROBERT STANEK Brief Synopsis: Readers all over the world are discovering the works of Stanek. Filled with mystery, intrigue, adventure, and magic, the books transport readers to a world unlike any other. This insightful book provides the real scoop on Robert Stanek. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 149 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= THE MODERN DOG: A JOYFUL EXPLORATION OF HOW WE LIVE WITH DOGS TODAY, BY STANLEY COREN Brief Synopsis: Dogs are invented creatures - invented by humans in the sense that we have been continually shaping and changing them for at least 15,000 years. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 275 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Animals ======================================================= THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM: THE INSIDER'S GUIDE TO THE BODY, BY KATHERINE WHITE Brief Synopsis: One of the most complex and important organ systems found in your body is the muscular system. You might think that your muscles only create movement--a rather large task all by itself--but the muscular system does even more than that. Did you know that some of the muscles within your body are not under your control, or that one of the main types of muscle is found only in your heart? The muscular system is full of surprises. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 48 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Teens, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= THE MUSIC OF PYTHAGORAS: HOW AN ANCIENT BROTHERHOOD CRACKED THE CODE OF THE UNIVERSE AND LIT THE PATH FROM ANTIQUITY TO OUTER SPACE, BY KITTY FERGUSON Brief Synopsis: Ferguson, a musician and author of several books on the history of science, presents an entertaining, erudite history of the work of Pythagoras, from its murky origins in the sixth century B.C.E. to the present. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 376 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science ======================================================= THE MUSLIM NEXT DOOR: THE QUR'AN, THE MEDIA, AND THAT VEIL THING, BY SUMBUL ALI-KARAMALI Brief Synopsis: What if you could sit down at a kitchen table with an American Muslim mom and ask anything you wanted about her faith and religious practice? Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 294 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= THE NEW JOYS OF JELL-O RECIPE BOOK, BY GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION Brief Synopsis: If you're new or a pro to the world of Jell-O Gelatin, you'll love THE NEW JOYS OF JELL-O Recipe Book. Start at the beginning of this book with the very fast and easy-to-make recipes and work your way to the more intricate recipes. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 128 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine ======================================================= THE NEW WORK OF DOGS: TENDING TO LIFE, LOVE, AND FAMILY , BY JON KATZ Brief Synopsis: The "New Work of Dogs" combines convincing personal narratives with a penetrating look at human/animal attachment, and questions whether this relationship shift is an entirely positive phenomenon for both species. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 238 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Animals ======================================================= THE ONCE AND FUTURE CELT: A MEMOIR, BY BILL WATKINS Brief Synopsis: "This witty true adventure of Celtic culture, language and history opens with twenty-one-year-old Bill stranded in a Gypsy camp with an injured foot, cared for by the beautiful, unattainable Riena." Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 358 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= THE ONLY THREE QUESTIONS THAT COUNT: INVESTING BY KNOWING WHAT OTHERS DON'T, BY KENNETH L. FISHER Brief Synopsis: This book shows you how to think about investing for yourself and develop innovative ways to understand and profit from the markets. It shows you how to do just that by using three simple questions. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 448 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Business and Finance ======================================================= THE OUT-OF-SYNC CHILD: RECOGNIZING AND COPING WITH SENSORY INTEGRATION DYSFUNCTION, BY CAROL STOCK KRANOWITZ Brief Synopsis: This guide explains how Sensory Integration Dysfunction can be confused with ADD, learning disabilities, and other problems, tells how parents can recognize the problem, and offers a drug-free treatment approach for children who need help. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 336 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NICKNAMES, BY ANDREW DELAHUNTY Brief Synopsis: This reference for the general reader contains concise explanations of the origins of over 1,800 nicknames from contemporary and historical culture. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 230 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Reference ======================================================= THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT, BY DALAI LAMA Brief Synopsis: One of the most accessible introductions to Tibetan Buddhism ever published. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 238 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= THE PATH TO TRANQUILITY: DAILY WISDOM, BY DALAI LAMA AND RENUKA SINGH Brief Synopsis: A year of excerpts from the writings, teaching, and interviews of the world head of Tibetan Buddhism. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 420 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= ABLE LIVES: WOMEN'S EXPERIENCE OF PARALYSIS, BY JENNY MORRIS Brief Synopsis: This is a book written by spinal cord injured women who want to share their experiences with newly injured women and their friends and relatives. It is part of a growing movement to bring disability issues which previously have been kept private out into the open. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 228 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Self-Help ======================================================= THE ROUGH GUIDE TO RUNNING, BY LLOYD BRADLEY Brief Synopsis: The Rough Guide to Running will propel you ahead of the pack with a power brew of reliable guidance and inspirational tips. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 258 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports ======================================================= AFENI SHAKUR: EVOLUTION OF A REVOLUTIONARY, BY JASMINE GUY Brief Synopsis: Jasmine Guy reveals the evolution of a woman through a series of intimate conversations on themes such as love, death, race, drugs, politics, music, and of course her son. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 228 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= THE SOUL OF A RHINO: A NEPALI ADVENTURE WITH KINGS AND ELEPHANT DRIVERS, BILLIONAIRES AND BUREAUCRATS, SHAMANS AND SCIENTISTS AND THE INDIAN RHINOCEROS, BY JIM OTTAWAY AND HEMANTA MISHRA Brief Synopsis: This is a story of a Nepalese who has spent his entire life devoted to the conservation of an endangered species. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 251 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Animals ======================================================= AFRICA: ALTERED STATES, ORDINARY MIRACLES, BY CHINUA ACHEBE AND RICHARD DOWDEN Brief Synopsis: After a lifetime's close observation of the continent, one of the world's finest Africa correspondents has penned a landmark book on life and death in modern Africa. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 591 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= THE SWEET POTATO QUEENS BIG-ASS COOKBOOK (AND FINANCIAL PLANNER), BY JILL CONNER BROWNE Brief Synopsis: This volume reveals secret recipes and also has stories of adventures in mothering, all-true story of the Cutest Boy in the World and the tiniest bit of plastic surgery. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 268 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine ======================================================= THE THYROID SOURCEBOOK (5TH EDITION), BY M. SARA ROSENTHAL Brief Synopsis: The Thyroid Sourcebook features patient narratives; information on the complications of hypo and hyperthyroidism, such as depression, weight gain, thyroid, eye disease, and sleep disorders; the latest on complimentary medicine; and much more. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 248 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= THE TRAVELS OF A T-SHIRT IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: AN ECONOMIST EXAMINES THE MARKETS, POWER AND POLITICS OF WORLD TRADE, BY PIETRA RIVOLI Brief Synopsis: The author investigates how a T-shirt is made from cotton in China, to its import into the US, through the path it follows as used cotton. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 263 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Business and Finance ======================================================= THE TYRANNY OF OIL: THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL INDUSTRY AND WHAT WE MUST DO TO STOP IT, BY ANTONIA JUHASZ Brief Synopsis: The book offers both a new take on problems and a new set of solutions to the most pressing energy questions concerned about oil and gas prices, global warming, wars for oil, and America's place in the world. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 466 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Business and Finance ======================================================= THE ULTIMATE COOK BOOK: 900 NEW RECIPES, THOUSANDS OF IDEAS, BY MARK SCARBROUGH AND BRUCE WEINSTEIN Brief Synopsis: Here's the ultimate of ultimates: nine hundred new recipes from Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough, the authors of the Ultimate cookbook series. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 699 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine ======================================================= THE WOMAN WHO CAN'T FORGET: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF LIVING WITH THE MOST REMARKABLE MEMORY KNOWN TO SCIENCE, BY BART DAVIS AND JILL PRICE Brief Synopsis: People might envy someone with such an extraordinary memory that she has been studied by neuroscientists, until they learn that Jill Price's ability extends only to details of her own life, sometimes haunting her, and does not to apply to memorizing facts. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 264 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= THE XENOPHOBE'S GUIDE TO THE AMERICANS, BY STEPHANIE FAUL Brief Synopsis: A preparatory travel guide for the apprehensive. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 64 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= THE XENOPHOBE'S GUIDE TO THE ENGLISH, BY ANTONY MIALL Brief Synopsis: A preparatory travel guide for the apprehensive. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 64 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= THE YEAR WE DISAPPEARED: A FATHER-DAUGHTER MEMOIR, BY JOHN BUSBY AND CYLIN BUSBY Brief Synopsis: This is an account of a shooting and its aftermath, even as it shows a young girl trying to make sense of the unthinkable, and the triumph of a family's bravery in the face of crisis. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 339 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= THOMAS NAST: CARTOONIST AND ILLUSTRATOR, BY DAVID SHIRLEY Brief Synopsis: Describes the life of the young German immigrant who became a noted illustrator of magazines and a political cartoonist. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 128 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= TO RIDE THE PUBLIC'S BUSES: THE FIGHT THAT BUILT A MOVEMENT, BY MARY JOHNSON AND BARRETT SHAW Brief Synopsis: How could you go to school, or go on a date, or volunteer somewhere if the only trips deemed worth funding for you were medical trips? How could you get a job if you could only get three rides a week? If you were never on time? How could you raise a family, shop for food, get your kids to and from school or wherever, if all the rides were taken up with work trips? Most of all, you heard the oppressive, overbearing message ... simply You did not count Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 183 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Disability-Related ======================================================= TOXIC FAITH: UNDERSTANDING AND OVERCOMING RELIGIOUS ADDICTION, BY JACK FELTON AND STEPHEN ARTERBURN Brief Synopsis: Well-meaning people can turn religion into an addiction, an addiction that can be used to avoid pain, reality and fear. This is toxic faith. This book deals with overcoming such faith. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 312 PagesCategories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Health, Mind and Body, Religion and Spirituality
======================================================= TRANSFORMING THE MIND: TEACHINGS ON GENERATING COMPASSION, BY DALAI LAMA Brief Synopsis: In his commentary on the Verses, His Holiness shows us how to cultivate wisdom and compassion in our daily lives. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 168 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= TURNING POINT: A CANDIDATE, A STATE, AND A NATION COME OF AGE , BY JIMMY CARTER Brief Synopsis: The former president's personal tale of political intrigue and social conflict during his first campaign for public office. Illuminates the origins of his commitment to human rights and bears further witness to the events of an extraordinary man. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 241 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= TWINS! PREGNANCY, BIRTH, AND THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE (2ND EDITION), BY ALAN KLEIN AND CONNIE L. AGNEW Brief Synopsis: Twins! is a comprehensive guide for all parents preparing for a multiple birth. It is filled with practical advice from specialists who work with expectant mothers and their twins every day. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 360 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Parenting and Family ======================================================= UNFINISHED JOURNEY, BY YEHUDI MENUHIN Brief Synopsis: The autobiography of the accomplished and world-renowned violinist. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 441 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= UNPOPULAR ESSAYS, BY BERTRAND RUSSELL Brief Synopsis: Twelve adventures in argument by the winner of the 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 178 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= UNSTOPPABLE GLOBAL WARMING EVERY 1,500 YEARS, BY S. FRED SINGER AND DENNIS T. AVERY Brief Synopsis: Lucid, in-depth treatment of global warming with fluctuations in solar output as the cause. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 264 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science ======================================================= ALL ABOUT CREATING JAPANESE GARDENS, BY ALVIN HORTON Brief Synopsis: These days, people crave gardens that fill the soul and comfort the body. Japanese gardening answers those yearnings. This book demonstrates how to: create a feeling of sanctuary; make tranquil spaces; and arrange plants and ornaments. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 112 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Home and Garden ======================================================= ALL SAID AND DONE, BY SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR Brief Synopsis: Autobiography of the French feminist writer Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 463 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= WAYNE GRETZKY: THE GREAT ONE, BY ANDREW SANTELLA Brief Synopsis: Describes the personal life and hockey career of one of the greatest players in the NHL. Includes a note on sources, a further reading list, and an index. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 108 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= WE ARE OUR MOTHERS' DAUGHTERS, BY COKIE ROBERTS Brief Synopsis: Essays describe personal experiences, women's roles, and some of the fascinating people met in the course of Roberts' career. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 236 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= WHAT BLIND PEOPLE WISH SIGHTED PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT BLINDNESS! (REVISED EDITION), BY HARRY MARTIN Brief Synopsis: This book illustrates some of the joys and frustrations about living with vision loss to the ordinary reader. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 186 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Disability-Related ======================================================= WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND, BY ARIC MCBAY AND DERRICK JENSEN Brief Synopsis: Life--human and nonhuman--will not go on unless we do everything we can to facilitate the most basic process on earth, the root of sustainability: one being's waste must always become another being's food. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 456 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature ======================================================= WHEN IS A PIG A HOG? A GUIDE TO CONFOUNDINGLY RELATED ENGLISH WORDS, BY BERNICE RANDALL Brief Synopsis: Want to know the difference between a saying, proverb, maxim, saw, adage, aphorism, epigram and motto? This and hundreds of other questions are answered in this informative book. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 328 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Reference ======================================================= WHERE DID I LEAVE MY GLASSES?: THE WHAT, WHEN, AND WHY OF NORMAL MEMORY LOSS, BY MARTHA WEINMAN LEAR Brief Synopsis: For any Baby Boomer who has ever said, 'Has anyone seen my keys?'...'What did I come in here for?'...or 'His name is on the tip of my tongue,' "Where Did I Leave My Glasses?" is the tailor-made book. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 261 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science ======================================================= WHERE NIGHTS ARE LONGEST: TRAVELS BY CAR THROUGH WESTERN RUSSIA, BY COLIN THUBRON Brief Synopsis: The descriptions of the Russian people and countryside, and the encounters and conversations with Russians are well-drawn vignettes of individuals and of the country. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 212 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= WHY I AM NOT A CHRISTIAN: AND OTHER ESSAYS ON RELIGION AND RELATED SUBJECTS, BY BERTRAND RUSSELL Brief Synopsis: Thoughts on life after death, man's place in the universe, and other contemplative subjects. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 278 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= WISE MEN AND THEIR TALES: PORTRAITS OF BIBLICAL, TALMUDIC, AND HASIDIC MASTERS, BY ELIE WIESEL Brief Synopsis: In Wise Men and Their Tales, a master teacher gives us his fascinating insights into the lives of a wide range of Biblical figures, Talmudic scholars, and Hasidic rabbis. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 362 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= WORK LESS, LIVE MORE: THE WAY TO SEMI-RETIREMENT (2ND EDITION), BY ROBERT CLYATT Brief Synopsis: This guide outlines financial planning for those wishing to stop working full-time before the traditional retirement age. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 374 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Business and Finance ======================================================= WRAPPED IN GEMS: 40 ELEGANT DESIGNS FOR WIRE-WRAPPED GEMSTONE JEWELRY, BY JESSE FLORES AND MAI SATO-FLORES Brief Synopsis: Few people would argue against the beauty and appeal of gemstone jewelry, but some jewelry makers find themselves intimidated by the thought of working with these precious stones. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 160 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Professional and Technical ======================================================= YEAGER: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BY LEO JANOS AND CHUCK YEAGER Brief Synopsis: General Chuck Yeager, the greatest test pilot of them all -- the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound... The World War II flying ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven P-51 Mustang... Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 436 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= YOU CAN PROFIT FROM A MONETARY CRISIS, BY HARRY BROWNE Brief Synopsis: The need of the hour is an understanding of the basic economic problems that afflict the United States--a firm grasp of the underlying market forces that are driving the world inexorably in one direction. Only then can you act with conviction to protect yourself. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 395 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Business and Finance ======================================================= YOUR DEFIANT TEEN: 10 STEPS TO RESOLVE CONFLICT AND REBUILD YOUR RELATIONSHIP, BY CHRISTINE M. BENTON AND ARTHUR L. ROBIN AND RUSSELL A. BARKLEY Brief Synopsis: When your teen's rebellious behavior "Crosses the line," how can you reestablish your authority without getting caught in a power struggle? Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 319 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Parenting and Family ======================================================= AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION LOW-FAT, LOW-CHOLESTEROL COOKBOOK (3RD EDITION), BY AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION Brief Synopsis: Eating well is essential to living well. This becomes ever more apparent as scientists continue to unravel the connection between the food we eat and our health. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 346 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= AMERICAN JOURNALS, BY ROGER GUILLIOT AND HUGH LEVICK AND ALBERT CAMUS Brief Synopsis: Furnishing tidbits for Camus scholars, providing his take on North and South America, notably New York City and cities of Brazil, along with Buenos Aires and Santiago, Camus seems to have met only a few people he liked, and maybe two or three sites impressed him. He reflects on suicide. No it is not a cheerful work, but it is vivid. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 160 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= AMONG THE RUSSIANS, BY COLIN THUBRON Brief Synopsis: Here is a fresh perspective on the last tumultuous years of the Soviet Union and an exquisitely poetic travelogue, with a keen grasp of Russia's history, an appreciation for its architecture and iconography, and enthusiasm for its people and its culture. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 214 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING, BY DAVID HUME Brief Synopsis: Scottish empiricist and philosopher David Hume's follow up to "A Treatise Of Human Nature," this text discusses the limits of human understanding, the role of determinism within the context of free will and the unstable foundations of religion. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 114 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING, BY JOHN LOCKE Brief Synopsis: A foundational text in Western philosophy, this essay discusses the ways in which humans develop and learn. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 368 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= ANONYMOUSLY YOURS, BY RICHARD PECK Brief Synopsis: The popular author describes how he grew up in Decatur, Illinois, went into teaching, and eventually became a writer, incorporating his earlier experiences into novels intended to reach and change young readers. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 122 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= ARTHRITIS AND COMMON SENSE (3RD EDITION), BY DAN DALE ALEXANDER Brief Synopsis: This book tells the proper diet, the selection and rotation of food, plus a dietetic therapy, so that more of the correct oils in your food can serve the joints. It also shows how these oils can stimulate your adrenal glands--to successfully combat arthritis. In addition to the special diet which the author explains in the book, he also advocates the use of cod liver oil. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 256 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= AS THEY SEE 'EM: A FAN'S TRAVELS IN THE LAND OF UMPIRES, BY BRUCE WEBER Brief Synopsis: Millions of American baseball fans know, with absolute certainty, that umpires are simply overpaid galoots who are doing an easy job badly. Millions of American baseball fans are wrong. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 342 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports ======================================================= ASK SUZE: SUZE ORMAN'S ANSWERS TO THE FINANCIAL QUESTIONS EVERYONE WANTS TO ASK, BY SUZE ORMAN Brief Synopsis: Suze Orman's answers to the most common financial questions. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 128 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Business and Finance ======================================================= AT THE PLATE WITH... KEN GRIFFEY JR., BY MATT CHRISTOPHER Brief Synopsis: This biography of Ken Griffey Jr. includes his stats, and a list of career highlights of the charismatic outfielder. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 124 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= AZALEAS, RHODODENDRONS AND CAMELLIAS, BY SUNSET EDITORIAL STAFF Brief Synopsis: Clear how-to information on soil preparation for each plant, plus detailed directions for planting and care. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 81 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Home and Garden ======================================================= BANANA: THE FATE OF THE FRUIT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, BY DAN KOEPPEL Brief Synopsis: The most popular fruit in the world is really a giant berry that grows on a tree that is actually a humongous herb. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 293 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= BARBARA JORDAN: VOICE OF DEMOCRACY, BY LISA RENEE RHODES Brief Synopsis: Traces the life and work of a pioneering African-American woman who was a respected politician, teacher, and spokeswoman for democracy. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 113 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= BECOME YOUR OWN MATCHMAKER: EIGHT EASY STEPS FOR ATTRACTING YOUR PERFECT MATE, BY LISA JOHNSON MANDELL AND PATTI STANGER Brief Synopsis: If you've ever found yourself picking off your nail polish, sitting in your sweats with an empty carton of Ben & Jerry's, wondering, "Where are all the good men, and why isn't a gorgeous one standing shirtless in my kitchen mixing me up a pomegranate mojito?" I hate to tell you this, but it's your own fault. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 278 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Romance, Self-Help ======================================================= BECOMING ENLIGHTENED, BY JEFFREY HOPKINS AND DALAI LAMA Brief Synopsis: In "Becoming Enlightened," His Holiness the Dalai Lama powerfully explores the foundation of Buddhism, laying out an accessible and practical approach to age-old questions: How can we live free from suffering? Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 256 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= BEETHOVEN'S ANVIL: MUSIC IN MIND AND CULTURE, BY WILLIAM BENZON Brief Synopsis: A cognitive scientist and co-founder of the Afro-Eurasian Connection music ensemble, Benzon argues that music connects people not so much to the physical world as to the social world that comes into being through music. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 348 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture ======================================================= BEST NEW WRITING 2008, BY JASON PRICE EVERETT AND ANDREI BHUYAN Brief Synopsis: Best New Writing is an annual collection of new fiction and creative nonfiction from writers around the world, including the winners of the Eric Hoffer Award for prose and books. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 235 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction ======================================================= BETTY CROCKER'S NEW OUTDOOR BARBEQUE COOKBOOK, BY GENERAL MILLS Brief Synopsis: A cookbook that gives tips and techniques of how to do an outdoor cooking, such as barbeque. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 160 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine ======================================================= BEYOND BASKETBALL, BY JAMIE K. SPATOLA AND MIKE KRZYZEWSKI Brief Synopsis: Coach K, the 12-time Coach of the Year and longtime head basketball coach at Duke University, explains his philosophy on winning, losing, and sportsmanship, as well as dozens of everyday lessons that apply to life on and off the court. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 174 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= BEYOND BULLET POINTS: USING MICROSOFT® POWERPOINT® TO CREATE PRESENTATIONS THAT INFORM, MOTIVATE, AND INSPIRE, BY CLIFF ATKINSON Brief Synopsis: The Beyond Bullet Points approach to PowerPoint presentations has roots in many sources, including classical philosophy, contemporary media techniques, and recent research related to the way people learn from multimedia. It draws from these inspirations and more, and interprets them all through the lens of a process you can use to produce a presentation. This book doesn't dwell on the theory behind the ideas, but instead embeds the ideas into every step of the process. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 226 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Computers and Internet, Business and Finance ======================================================= BEYOND THE WHITE HOUSE: WAGING PEACE, FIGHTING DISEASE, BUILDING HOPE, BY JIMMY CARTER Brief Synopsis: President Jimmy Carter's post-presidency. Through The Carter Center, which he and Rosalynn Carter founded in 1982, he has fought neglected diseases, waged peace in war zones, and built hope among some of the forgotten and needy people in the world. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 273 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= BIG GREEN PURSE: USE YOUR SPENDING POWER TO CREATE A CLEANER GREENER WORLD, BY DLANE MACECHEIN Brief Synopsis: Big Green Purse shows women hundreds of ways they can make their money matter and protect the planet, too. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 413 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Business and Finance ======================================================= BILLY, BY PAMELA STEPHENSON Brief Synopsis: Billy Connolly has worked his way to the top from his working class roots. Billy has proved beyond doubt his versatility and sheer determination. Pamela writes about him - a highly talented musician, actor and comedian. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 383 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= BLACK & DECKER COMPLETE GUIDE TO DECKS: UPDATED 4TH EDITION, BY CREATIVE PUBLISHING INTERNATIONAL Brief Synopsis: A deck is an excellent tool for extending the living space of your home into the outdoors while offering a good return on your investment. This book begins with a gallery of beautiful decks to help get your creative juices flowing. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 320 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Home and Garden ======================================================= BLONDE INDIAN: AN ALASKA NATIVE MEMOIR, BY ERNESTINE HAYES Brief Synopsis: Born in Juneau, Alaska, Ernestine Hayes (English, U. of Alaska Southeast) is a member of the Wolf House of the Kaagwaantaan clan of the Lingit. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 175 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= BLOODLINES: ODYSSEY OF A NATIVE DAUGHTER, BY JANET CAMPBELL HALE Brief Synopsis: A collection of essays--on writing, American Indian reservation life, being a woman, and family--by a distinguished writer and member of the Coeur d'Alene tribe. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 211 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= BLOODY CONFUSED!: A CLUELESS AMERICAN SPORTSWRITER SEEKS SOLACE IN ENGLISH SOCCER, BY CHUCK CULPEPPER Brief Synopsis: Chuck Culpepper was a veteran sports journalist edging toward burnout . . . then he went to London and discovered the high-octane, fanatical (and bloody confusing!) world of English soccer. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 265 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports ======================================================= BOOMERANG JOY: JOY THAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND, BY BARBARA JOHNSON Brief Synopsis: 60 brief essays show that life is like a boomerang in that our views, deeds and words return to us to some extent. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 251 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= BUDDHISM: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION, BY DAMIEN KEOWN Brief Synopsis: This Very Short Introduction introduces the reader to the teachings of the Buddha and to the integration of Buddhism into daily life. What are the distinctive features of Buddhism? Who was the Buddha, and what are his teachings? Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 142 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= BUILDING THE GREEN ECONOMY, BY JASON MARK AND SHANNON BIGGS AND KEVIN DANAHER Brief Synopsis: After centuries of economic activity based on extraction, exploitation, and depletion, we now face undeniable environmental threats. New business models that save or restore natural resources are critical. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 286 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature ======================================================= BUILDING YOUR HOME: AN INSIDER'S GUIDE, BY CAROL SMITH Brief Synopsis: This book brings you an industry insider's perspective on what buyers should expect, what questions they should ask, and who is responsible for what. Builders in the area where you want to live may do things a bit differently from what you are familiar with or from what is presented here. The author discusses typical methods, forms, and steps in the process. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 165 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Home and Garden ======================================================= BURNING THE DAYS, BY JAMES SALTER Brief Synopsis: In this brilliant book of recollection, one of America's finest writers re-creates people, places, and events spanning some fifty years, bringing to life an entire era through one man's sensibility. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 370 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED, BY DEBORAH KENDRICK Brief Synopsis: The second title in the exciting Jobs That Matter series written by an award-winning blind journalist, Business Owners Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired demonstrates the wide range of careers and talents that can be pursued by persons with visual impairments. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 148 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Business and Finance ======================================================= CAN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BE PREVENTED?, BY NATIONAL INSTITUTES ON HEALTH Brief Synopsis: Learning about risk factors you can't control, prevention strategies, what else can you do about Alzheimer's disease? Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 31 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= CHAOS: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION, BY LEONARD A. SMITH Brief Synopsis: Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system can be subject to chaos, denying us accurate predictions of its behavior, and sometimes giving rise to astonishing structures of large-scale order. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 180 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science ======================================================= CHARCOAL DRAWING, BY KEN GOLDMAN Brief Synopsis: Provides basic techniques of how to draw by using charcoal. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 64 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture ======================================================= CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY SOUL: STORIES TO OPEN THE HEART AND REKINDLE THE SPIRIT, BY NANCY MITCHELL AUTIO AND PATTY AUBRY AND MARK VICTOR HANSEN AND JACK L. CANFIELD Brief Synopsis: The stories in this collection bring out traditional values and principles like forgiveness, faith, hope, charity and love. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 406 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE CHRISTIAN TEENAGE SOUL: STORIES OF FAITH, LOVE, INSPIRATION AND HOPE, BY NANCY MITCHELL-AUTIO AND PATTY AUBERY AND KIMBERLY KIRBERGER AND MARK VICTOR HANSEN AND JACK L. CANFIELD Brief Synopsis: These stories about love, friendship, forgiveness and courage, show how God is at work in teenagers' lives. This very special volume will also help them to use other teens' experiences to build a stronger relationship with God. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 277 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Teens, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE COFFEE LOVER'S SOUL: CELEBRATING THE PERFECT BLEND, BY JACK CANFIELD AND THERESA PELUSO AND MARK VICTOR HANSEN Brief Synopsis: This delectable collection of stories is full of interesting facts and anecdotes about coffee's history and culture, how a bean goes from field to cup, and the many varieties available. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 230 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Cooking, Food and Wine ======================================================= CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE GOLFER'S SOUL: 101 STORIES OF INSIGHTS, INSPIRATION AND LAUGHTER ON THE LINKS, BY CHRISSY DONNELLY AND MARK DONNELLY AND JEFF AUBERY AND MARK VICTOR HANSEN AND JACK L. CANFIELD Brief Synopsis: This inspiring collection of 101 stories from professionals, caddies, and amateur golfers shares the memorable moments of the game when, despite all odds, an impossible shot lands in the perfect position; when a game becomes a lesson in life. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 392 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports, Self-Help ======================================================= CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE GRIEVING SOUL: STORIES ABOUT LIFE, DEATH AND OVERCOMING THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE, BY MARK VICTOR HANSEN AND JACK L. CANFIELD Brief Synopsis: The key message of this book is that togetherness and sharing are the keys to moving on. In these stories people share their experiences with coping, and they share deep memories. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 276 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help ======================================================= CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE NASCAR® SOUL: INSPIRATIONAL STORIES OF COURAGE, SPEED AND OVERCOMING ADVERSITY, BY KIRK AUTIO AND JEFF AUBERY AND MATTHEW E. ADAMS AND MARK VICTOR HANSEN AND JACK L. CANFIELD Brief Synopsis: This features 101 great stories of speed, courage, dedication and overcoming adversity. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 267 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports, Self-Help ======================================================= CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE PARENTS SOUL: STORIES OF LOVING, LEARNING AND PARENTING, BY RAYMOND AARON AND KIMBERLY KIRBERGER AND MARK VICTOR HANSEN AND JACK CANFIELD Brief Synopsis: This book offers inspiration and advice to parents going through a difficult time and provides hope to those who worry that they're not living up to the Supermom or Superdad ideal. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 362 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Parenting and Family ======================================================= CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL AT WORK: 101 STORIES OF COURAGE, COMPASSION, AND CREATIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE, BY MARTIN RUTTE AND MAIDA ROGERSON AND TIM CLAUSS AND MARK VICTOR HANSEN AND JACK L. CANFIELD Brief Synopsis: This collection of 101 stories talk about courage, compassion, and creativity in the workplace. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 454 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Business and Finance ======================================================= CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: CHRISTMAS CHEER: STORIES ABOUT THE LOVE, INSPIRATION, AND JOY OF CHRISTMAS, BY AMY NEWMARK AND MARK VICTOR HANSEN AND JACK CANFIELD Brief Synopsis: Everyone loves Christmas and the holiday season. We love reuniting scattered family members, watching the wonder in the eyes of a child, and seeing the joy on the face of a gift giver. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 391 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help ======================================================= CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: GRAND AND GREAT: GRANDPARENTS AND GRANDCHILDREN SHARE THEIR STORIES OF LOVE AND WISDOM, BY AMY NEWMARK AND MARK VICTOR HANSEN AND JACK CANFIELD Brief Synopsis: A parent becomes a new person the day the first grandchild is born. Grandparents dote on their grandchildren, and grandchildren love them back with all their hearts. This book has the best stories on being a grandparent. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 399 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Parenting and Family ======================================================= CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: MY RESOLUTION: GREAT IDEAS FOR YOUR MIND, BODY, AND WALLET, BY BARBARA LOMONACO AND D'ETTE CORONA AND AMY NEWMARK AND MARK VICTOR HANSEN AND JACK CANFIELD Brief Synopsis: Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Resolution gives you 101 great stories with practical ideas for today's times - for your mind, your body, and your wallet! Everyone makes resolutions - for New Year's, for big birthdays, for new school years. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 394 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help ======================================================= CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: TEENS TALK MIDDLE SCHOOL: 101 STORIES OF LIFE, LOVE, AND LEARNING FOR YOUNGER TEENS, BY VALERIE HOWLETT AND MADELINE CLAPPS AND MARK VICTOR HANSEN AND JACK CANFIELD Brief Synopsis: The stories in this book cover topics important to the 12- to 14-year-old age range, including regrets and lessons learned, discovering the opposite sex, cliques and popularity, and new privileges and responsibilities such as jobs, cell phones, and grades. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 418 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Teens, Self-Help ======================================================= CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: TEENS TALK TOUGH TIMES: STORIES ABOUT THE HARDEST PARTS OF BEING A TEENAGER , BY AMY NEWMARK AND MARK VICTOR HANSEN AND JACK CANFIELD Brief Synopsis: Being a teenager is difficult even under idyllic circumstances. But when bad things happen, the challenges of being a teenager can be overwhelming, leading to self-destructive behavior, eating disorders, substance abuse, and other challenges. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 377 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Teens, Self-Help ======================================================= CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL: WOMAN TO WOMAN: WOMEN SHARING THEIR STORIES OF HOPE, HUMOR, AND INSPIRATION, BY AMY NEWMARK AND MARK VICTOR HANSEN AND JACK CANFIELD Brief Synopsis: Women have always been wonderful sources of inspiration and support for each other. They are willing to lay bare their souls and share their experiences, even with perfect strangers. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 392 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help ======================================================= CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE TRAVELER'S SOUL: STORIES OF ADVENTURE, INSPIRATION AND INSIGHT TO CELEBRATE THE SPIRIT OF TRAVEL, BY STEVE ZIKMAN AND MARK VICTOR HANSEN AND JACK L. CANFIELD Brief Synopsis: Whether your idea of travel at its finest, is trekking through Europe with a backpack, road-tripping across America in a fully loaded RV, Chicken Soup for the Traveler's Soul celebrates the people you'll meet and the lessons you'll learn. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 399 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel, Self-Help ======================================================= CHILD CUSTODY: BUILDING PARENTING AGREEMENTS THAT WORK, BY MIMI E. LYSTER Brief Synopsis: "Child Custody" presents a step-by-step method for overcoming the obstacles and putting together a parenting agreement that will minimize conflict and identify the child's needs. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 319 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Parenting and Family ======================================================= COLLECTED ESSAYS, BY ALDOUS HUXLEY Brief Synopsis: A collection of essays from the author of "Brave New World." Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 408 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= COMMON SENSE, BY THOMAS PAINE Brief Synopsis: none Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 55 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= COMPLETE DRYWALL, BY KEN SIDEY Brief Synopsis: Complete step-by-step instruction to build or repair walls and ceilings; Basic techniques to plan, select, cut, hang, tape, and sand drywall; Addresses drywall remodeling issues, and unusual situations; Professional drywall techniques for corners. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 144 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Home and Garden ======================================================= COMPOSTING: AN EASY HOUSEHOLD GUIDE, BY NICKY SCOTT Brief Synopsis: Everything you need to know about composting, from the different containers available, to what to put in them, to how to use the results. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 96 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature ======================================================= CONFUCIUS: PHILOSOPHER AND TEACHER, BY JOSH WILKER Brief Synopsis: A biography of the Chinese teacher and sage whose teachings influenced all aspects of Chinese life for many centuries after his death. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 111 PagesCategories: Nonfiction, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
======================================================= CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1787, BY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Brief Synopsis: none Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 17 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= COOKING THE GERMAN WAY, BY HELGA PARNELL Brief Synopsis: A professional cook of German cuisine shares the traditional foods of her native country & describes the special dishes of each region. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 48 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! BAHRAIN, BY MARGARET TRIPP AND HARVEY TRIPP Brief Synopsis: Bahrain--the world's smallest desert kingdom, yet immensely rich in culture and history. Bahrain's history was born in the ancient world. The book has primarily been written from a Western perspective for English-speaking visitors. It contains background information on historical events, providing the reader with an insight as to how Bahrainis have evolved their unique culture, appearing to be the same as other Arabs in the Arabian Gulf. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 192 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! BEIJING, BY ANTHONY PAN AND KAY JONES Brief Synopsis: Beijing is an amazing city. High-rise buildings now tower above historical sites, and the airport accommodates both international as well as domestic travellers in style and comfort. This book is all about thriving during an extended stay in the modern city of Beijing. This book is intended as a guide to adaptation to life in Beijing, certain aspects of which have not changed much in recent years. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 254 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! CZECH REPUBLIC, BY TIM NOLLEN Brief Synopsis: This book is about living in the Czech Republic, as opposed to travelling there, and the focus is more on life in Prague, which is where more expatriates in the country are located. The perspective applies to Czechs in general. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 292 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! ECUADOR, BY NICHOLAS CROWDER Brief Synopsis: If you are lucky enough to have the opportunity to move to or visit Ecuador, you are in for an adventure. Despite its small size, it is not a homogeneous country. It possesses many divisions socially, culturally and geographically. A constant factor about Ecuador is that it always seems to be in transition. Whether it is suffering from natural catastrophes or expanding substantially due to oil exports, it is always changing. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 326 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! FINLAND, BY DEBORAH SWALLOW Brief Synopsis: This book, written with love and admiration, has a different focus--it tries to paint a picture of Finnish life, as seen through the author's eyes and heard through his ears, and draws on Finnish history to explain its culture, traditions, behaviour, literature, music and mindset. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 302 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! FRANCE, BY SALLY ADAMSON TAYLOR Brief Synopsis: Culture shock can be reduced considerably if you know something about how the French see themselves, both in public life and in private life. There are certain basics of cultural survival in any country: eating, dressing and communicating. In France, each of these is an art form--which is one reason why Paris is the most popular tourist destination on earth. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 256 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! GREECE, BY CLIVE L. RAWLINS Brief Synopsis: This book aims to help you understand and enjoy Greece, as settlers or tourists. It aims to inform you of Greece's history, language and mentality, of its mores, institutions and hope--though all of these items should be expressed in the plural, for Greece is a society of many peoples as well as an eclectic one. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 296 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! HAWAI'I, BY BRENT MASSEY Brief Synopsis: This book has information on physical orientation but more importantly, it tells you about the people: what they value, why they act the way they do and how their unique history affects their philosophy and way of life. This book will help you cope with the volcano of unexpected issues when living in Hawai'i. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 290 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! HUNGARY, BY ZSUZSANNA ARDó Brief Synopsis: This book initiates you into some of the important steps and routines of the Hungarian culture. It makes you aware of local patterns so that you can avoid misconstruing them and aim to recognise individual variations on the cultural theme. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 349 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! ITALY, BY RAYMOND FLOWER AND ALESSANDRO FALASSI Brief Synopsis: This book is intended to be a companion, not a guide. This book takes on the general matters, such as learning the language, getting around the country, appreciating the different regional dishes, seeing how Italians live, understanding their attitudes and customs, tackling the problems of setting up a home, as well as those of working and doing business in Italy. In short, of interacting with Italians and their culture. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 295 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! JAKARTA, BY TERRY COLLINS AND DEREK BACON Brief Synopsis: It is the biggest, most expensive, most polluted, most corrupt, most Westernised, most crowded, most lurid, most worldly city in Indonesia. The signs are everywhere: hopelessly struggling transport systems with endless traffic jams, the super-rich living opposite the very poor, a suffocating confusion of red tape and an increasingly restless yet apathetic young generation. Jakarta is all of Indonesia concentrated into a single fat Mother City--Ibu kota kita. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 356 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! JAPAN, BY P. SEAN BRAMBLE Brief Synopsis: This book is for those newcomers (that's you!) who are contemplating a trip to Japan. There is a huge cultural differences one must obviously overcome. But there are too many self-serving publications put out about Japan, endlessly nattering on about how absolutely marvy it all is here. Japan is neither paradise nor inferno; it's just what you make of it. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 286 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA AT YOUR DOOR, BY LYNN WITHAM Brief Synopsis: This book is designed to assist you in navigating the diversity in Kuala Lumpur and can serve as an orientation prior to your arrival and as a reference during your stay. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 312 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! LONDON, BY ORIN HARGRAVES Brief Synopsis: Culture Shock! London is the all-essential guide designed to immerse you in the real London. Full of practical information and settling-in tips, this book will help make your stay in this vibrant city as smooth as possible. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 294 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! MALAYSIA, BY HEIDI MUNAN Brief Synopsis: Malaysia is a cultural potpourri for the casual visitor. Malays, Chinese and Indians dominate in Peninsular Malaysia while in Sabah and Sarawak--the Borneo states that make up the rest of the country--Kadazans and Dayaks add to the variety. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 264 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! MEXICO, BY GUY MAVOR Brief Synopsis: The best-selling Culture Smart! series continues where other guides leave off. Whether you are traveling on business or pleasure, long-term or short, Culture Smart! is your pocket-sized cultural roadmap that never goes out of date. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 164 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! MOROCCO, BY ORIN HARGRAVES Brief Synopsis: Culture Shock! Morocco contains all the essential information to help you settle comfortably in this unique but often bewildering country. Unless something dreadful happens upon your arrival in Morocco, chances are that you will thoroughly enjoy the beginning of your stay. It is after all a sunny, friendly, hospitable country where the food is delicious, the scenery fantastic, transportation easy and prices are low. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 296 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! NETHERLANDS, BY RIA VAN EIL AND HUNT JANIN Brief Synopsis: Each of the Netherlands' major cities has its distinctive character, even though they are not very far apart. The 'big four'--Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht--are all part of an urban conurbation known as the Randstad, which has a population of ten million. The Dutch are world travellers and world traders. They usually like foreign visitors, foreign languages, foreign food and foreign things. The book gives you details about everything like its history, culture, how to arrive, where to stay etc. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 224 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! NEW YORK AT YOUR DOOR, BY MARK CRAMER Brief Synopsis: New York is a city of distinct neighborhoods. Typical introductions to New York correctly begin with a description of key neighborhoods. Either citizens are struggling to make important changes in their community, or they are entrenched in a battle to prevent such changes. New York is composed of five boroughs, four of them located on islands, with only the Bronx on the mainland of New York State. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 200 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! NEW ZEALAND, BY PETER OETTLI Brief Synopsis: This book is designed to help the modern-day navigators, explorers and settlers to find their way in modern-day New Zealand. It will give you the information that the early travellers and many of those that followed them did not have and had to find out the hard way. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 274 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! PARIS AT YOUR DOOR, BY FRANCES GENDLIN Brief Synopsis: Paris truly is a city in which ultimately it is better to live than to visit. This book, different in approach, starts where tourism ends, and it is designed to offer specific advice and assistance about daily life in Paris. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 308 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! PARIS, BY FRANCES GENDLIN Brief Synopsis: This book is designed for anyone who loves Paris. A tourist who comes to Paris for a week or two is fortunate, to be sure. There is so much atmosphere to soak up in the city's streets and there are historical monuments to stop and admire, outstanding works of art to appreciate and parks landscaped so beautifully that they take one's breath away. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 370 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! PHILIPPINES, BY GRACE ROCES AND ALFREDO ROCES Brief Synopsis: Culture Shock! Philippines is a survival guide for anyone living, working, or wanting to discover life in the Philippines. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 324 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! PORTUGAL, BY VOLKER POELZL Brief Synopsis: Culture Shock! Portugal is every reader's guide to living, working, and adapting to life in this beautiful, charming country. Packed full of useful information, this book will answer all your questions and provide you with much, much more. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 292 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! ROME AT YOUR DOOR, BY FRANCES GENDLIN Brief Synopsis: This book is designed to offer specific advice and assistance about daily life in Rome for those coming to stay a while, including examples of a representative variety of needed services and shops. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 295 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! SAN FRANCISCO , BY FRANCES GENDLIN Brief Synopsis: Welcome to San Francisco, certainly the most open and probably the most tolerant city in the United States. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 389 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! SCOTLAND, BY JAMIE GRANT Brief Synopsis: Scotland is a country of contrasts, a country dominated by its landscape and its weather, an odd mix of old and new. Spend a day in Glasgow and you can buy top designer clothes, drink frothy cappuccinos, go to the theatre, eat anything from fish and chips to a Malaysian curry and dance the night away in a packed club. Travel 300 miles north and you are in the magical seascape of the Orkney Isles, where there are so few cars that pedestrian crossings were only introduced in 1999. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 244 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! TAIWAN, BY LING LI BATES AND CHRIS BATES Brief Synopsis: Taiwan is a place of contradictions begging to be explored, enjoyed, and contemplated. Few locations so small can boast snow-peaked mountains, bountiful plains and tropical beaches, all within a few hours' drive of each other. Culturally, it is just as diverse. Taiwan is home to a Chinese-speaking population of hardworking, hard-playing people. In Taiwan, how you communicate is as important as what you are actually saying. This book will help you make your message clear. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 292 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! TURKEY, BY ARIN BAURAKTAROğLU Brief Synopsis: Culture Shock! Turkey is the essential handbook for anyone who wishes to comprehend the dynamic texture of the country. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 200 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= CULTURE SHOCK! UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, BY GINA CROCETTI BENESH Brief Synopsis: The cultural traditions of the UAE are rooted in Islam and similar to those of the wider Arab world. The culture and society of the UAE are a blend of traditional and modern elements. There is, however, a decidedly tolerant and cosmopolitan atmosphere that gives resident non-Emiratis opportunities to enjoy their own cultural and religious practices. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 262 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= DAMS AND DEVELOPMENT: TRANSNATIONAL STRUGGLES FOR WATER AND POWER, BY SANJEEV KHAGRAM Brief Synopsis: Big dams built for irrigation, power, water supply, and other purposes were among the most potent symbols of economic development for much of the twentieth century. Of late they have become a lightning rod for challenges to the vision of development. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 271 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science ======================================================= DEATH BY BLACK HOLE: AND OTHER COSMIC QUANDARIES, BY NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON Brief Synopsis: Touching on just about everything you want to know about the cosmos, this collection of essays by Tyson, an astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History and columnist for Natural History, explores topics from astral life to the movie industry's attempts to represent the night skies. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 384 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science ======================================================= DEMONS IN EDEN: THE PARADOX OF PLANT DIVERSITY, BY JONATHAN SILVERTOWN Brief Synopsis: Jonathan Silvertown here explores the astonishing diversity of plant life in regions as spectacular as the verdant climes of Japan, the lush grounds of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, the shallow wetlands and teeming freshwaters of Florida, and many more. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 186 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Outdoors and Nature ======================================================= DEMYSTIFYING ANOREXIA NERVOSA: AN OPTIMISTIC GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AND HEALING, BY ALEXANDER R. LUCAS Brief Synopsis: A scientific study of the illness, as well as accounts of recovery and strategies for healing. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 193 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= DINOSAURS: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION, BY DAVID NORMAN Brief Synopsis: The popularity of dinosaurs seems never ending, fueled by films such as Jurassic Park and documentaries (Walking with Dinosaurs). Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 180 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Animals ======================================================= DISCOVER THE BEST JOBS FOR YOU (4TH EDITION), BY CARYL RAE KRANNICH AND RONALD L. KRANNICH Brief Synopsis: Complete with tests and self-directed exercises, this book addresses the fundamentals central to developing an effective job search. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 197 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help ======================================================= DR. SPOCK'S BABY AND CHILD CARE (8TH EDITION), BY ROBERT NEEDLMAN AND BENJAMIN M. SPOCK Brief Synopsis: Dr. Spock's classic handbook on caring for and rearing children is now fully revised and expanded for the 21st century. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 976 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Parenting and Family ======================================================= EASY GUIDE TO SEWING TOPS AND T-SHIRTS, SKIRTS, AND PANTS, BY MARCY TILTON AND LYNN MACINTYRE Brief Synopsis: Expert step-by-step information, including tips and trade secrets, for how to layout, cut, and construct tops and t-shirts, skirts, and pants. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 378 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Home and Garden ======================================================= EMERGENCY FOOD STORAGE AND SURVIVAL HANDBOOK: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY SAFE IN A CRISIS, BY PEGGY LAYTON Brief Synopsis: Always Be Prepared! What if your life was disrupted by a natural disaster, food or water supply contamination, or any other type of emergency? Do you have the essentials for you and your family? Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 290 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help ======================================================= EMILY POST'S ETIQUETTE (14TH EDITION), BY ELIZABETH L. POST Brief Synopsis: A thumb-index guides readers to the major categories of social interaction. Every aspect has been reviewed for this edition, and new coverage includes electronic mail as well as sexual harassment in the workplace. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 1,031 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Professional and Technical ======================================================= ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DOGS, BY DAVID ALDERTON Brief Synopsis: Dogs have been our closest animal companions since before the start of recorded history. They have traveled with us, fought with us, and saved countless lives. As society has changed over the course of millennia, so have dogs--a trend that is still apparent today, with dogs being kept increasingly for companionship rather than for working purposes. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 384 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Reference, Animals ======================================================= END OF THE EARTH: VOYAGES TO ANTARCTICA, BY PETER MATTHIESSEN Brief Synopsis: Matthiessen chronicles two voyages into the frozen seas that surround a landmass larger than the continental United States, most of it buried under eternal snow and ice as much as three miles deep. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 242 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel, Outdoors and Nature ======================================================= ESSAYS OF E. B. WHITE, BY E. B. WHITE Brief Synopsis: A classic collection by one of the greatest essayists of our time. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 278 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= ESSENCE OF THE HEART SUTRA: THE DALAI LAMA'S HEART OF WISDOM TEACHINGS, BY THUPTEN JINPA AND TENZIN GYATSO Brief Synopsis: In Essence of the Heart Sutra, the Dalai Lama masterfully unpacks the Heart Sutra so that any reader can benefit from its teachings--teachings meant to help us release ourselves from suffering and live with true compassion. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 180 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= ESSENTIAL TEACHINGS, BY ZéLIE POLLON AND DALAI LAMA Brief Synopsis: Essential Teachings presents the first English translation of a series of talks given in 1974 by the Dalai Lama in Bodh Gaya, India--the site of the Buddha's enlightenment--to a gathering of Tibetan refugees and Western Buddhists. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 136 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= EVER INCREASING FAITH, BY SMITH WIGGLESWORTH Brief Synopsis: This is the story of an unschooled plumber, Smith Wigglesworth, who became a world-renowned evangelist and brought healing, faith, and revelation to thousands during his lifetime. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 168 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS ON THE GOSPELS: JOHN, VOLUME 1 , BY J. C. RYLE Brief Synopsis: Exposition of the first part of the Gospel of John. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 425 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= FABULOSITY: WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO GET IT, BY KIMORA LEE SIMMONS Brief Synopsis: Fabulosity (n): 1: a state of everything that is fabulous 2: a quality ascribed to that which expresses glamor, style, charisma, power, and heart. Kimora Lee Simmons knows what it means to have fabulosity -- and she wants to tell you how to get it. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 264 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help ======================================================= FACING YOUR GIANTS, BY MAX LUCADO Brief Synopsis: Giants. We must face them. Yet, we need not face them alone. This profound look at the life of David digs deeply into the defeats he suffered, and the victories he won, as he faced the giants in his life. When David focused on God, giants tumbled. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 242 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= FAIR TRADE: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE, BY JACQUELINE DECARLO Brief Synopsis: This book serves in some measure to honor artisans and farmers and to advance their aspirations for lives of dignity and opportunity in partnership with conscious consumers and advocates. Fair Trade is definitely for billions of people in isolated villages and dilapidated shanty towns who haven't experienced all the benefits of globalization or "free trade." Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 179 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Business and Finance ======================================================= FAMILY FIRST: YOUR STEP-BY-STEP PLAN FOR CREATING A PHENOMENAL FAMILY, BY PHIL MCGRAW Brief Synopsis: Cynics will tell you that in our fast-paced society "family" is becoming obsolete. I'm here to tell you that that is not right, not even close. Family is even more important today than in generations past, and its erosion is unacceptable. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 294 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Parenting and Family ======================================================= FINANCIAL AID FOR THE UTTERLY CONFUSED, BY ANTHONY J. BELLIA Brief Synopsis: Yes, you can afford a top-notch college education! You'll want to leave no stone unturned when it comes to paying for a great college education, so get the guide that answers all your questions! Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 278 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Professional and Technical, Business and Finance ======================================================= FINDING FLOW, BY MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI Brief Synopsis: From the author of "Flow" comes an illuminating guide to improving the quality of our lives through stimulating challenges. Though they appear simple on the surface, the lessons in "Finding Flow" are life-altering. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 182 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help ======================================================= FLOW: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF OPTIMAL EXPERIENCE, BY MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI Brief Synopsis: An investigation into the pleasurable state of concentration known as flow. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 317 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help ======================================================= FOOD TO LIVE BY, BY LINDA HOLLAND AND PAMELA MCKINSTRY AND MYRA GOODMAN Brief Synopsis: In "Food to Live By", a dazzling full-color cookbook, Myra Goodman offers an utterly appealing, new casual style of cooking based on using the best ingredients, organic or otherwise. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 406 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine ======================================================= FOOTPRINTS OF HOPE: VCFS (VELO-CARDIO-FACIAL SYNDROME) , BY RAYMOND G. TANNER Brief Synopsis: This book is a compilation of stories from Australia, France, Israel, New Zealand, South Africa, the UK and the USA. Along with other information about VCFS, it also tells Raymond Tanner's life story with VCFS (he was diagnosed with VCFS at age 43 and is now 54), the death of his son James 18 years ago from VCFS, his second son who is 16, and his trials and tribulations in growing up with the Syndrome. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 105 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= FOR HEARING PEOPLE ONLY: ANSWERS TO SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEAF COMMUNITY, ITS CULTURE, AND THE "DEAF REALITY" (NEWLY REVISED AND EXPANDED), BY LINDA LEVITAN AND MATTHEW S. MOORE Brief Synopsis: A question and answer book to those questions that the general public wants to know about Deafness, the Deaf culture, and what it is like to be Deaf in America. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 256 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Disability-Related ======================================================= FOUCAULT: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION, BY GARY GUTTING Brief Synopsis: From aesthetics to the penal system, and from madness and civilization to avantgarde literature, Foucault was happy to reject old models of thinking and replace them with fresh versions that are still being debated today. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 128 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: RESISTANCE AND REPRESSION IN THE AGE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, BY KEMBREW MCLEOD Brief Synopsis: This is about the ways in which intellectual property laws have been used to privatize all forms of expression including the right of speech. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 380 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Professional and Technical ======================================================= FREEING YOUR CHILD FROM OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER: A POWERFUL, PRACTICAL PROGRAM FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS, BY TAMAR E. CHANSKY Brief Synopsis: If you're a parent of one of the more than one million children in this country with obsessive-compulsive disorder, you know how confusing, even frightening, the symptoms of OCD can be. You're terrified of losing your child. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 363 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Parenting and Family ======================================================= FROM B. A. TO PAYDAY: LAUNCHING YOUR CAREER AFTER COLLEGE, BY MICHAEL WILDER AND D. A. HAYDEN Brief Synopsis: As college graduates soon find out, the real world is tough. Sure, it was hard getting into the right school. But landing a good job is a lot harder. The number of new college grads now outnumbers available entry-level jobs by at least 25 percent. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 240 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Teens, Professional and Technical ======================================================= FROM CHOCOLATE TO MORPHINE: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MIND-ALTERING DRUGS, BY WINIFRED ROSEN AND ANDREW WEIL Brief Synopsis: From coffee to marijuana to smart drugs, Dr. Weil's definitive guide to legal and illegal drugs - revised and updated for the 1990's. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 240 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Reference, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= FROMMER'S SCOTLAND (9TH EDITION), BY DANFORTH PRINCE AND DARWIN PORTER Brief Synopsis: How to get the most out of your trip to Scotland. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 468 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= FUNDAMENTALISM: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION, BY MALISE RUTHVEN Brief Synopsis: Fundamentalism is seen as the major threat to world peace today, a conclusion impossible to ignore since the events in New York on September 11, 2001. But what does "fundamentalism" really mean? Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 154 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= GEEKS: HOW TWO LOST BOYS RODE THE INTERNET OUT OF IDAHO, BY JON KATZ Brief Synopsis: Jesse and Eric were roommates in the tiny town of Caldwell, Idaho, nineteen-year-old working class kids eking out a living with their seven-dollar-an-hour jobs selling and fixing computers. College was never in the cards. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 225 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Computers and Internet ======================================================= GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER: SCIENTIST AND INVENTOR, BY BARBARA KRAMER Brief Synopsis: Profiles the dynamic man who began life as a slave and became an artist, agriculturist, university professor, and public speaker who addressed the House Ways and Means Committee on the issue of import tariffs in 1921. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 127 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= GET A LIFE: YOU DON'T NEED A MILLION TO RETIRE WELL (5TH EDITION), BY RALPH WARNER Brief Synopsis: This updated edition of his compendium of advice, interviews, and exemplar cases includes coverage of finances, lifestyle choices, and coping strategies as well as new health research and information about how to prepare for retirement while still in midlife. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 372 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Business and Finance ======================================================= GLOBAL JUSTICE, BY ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA Brief Synopsis: Ernesto Che Guevara presents a revolutionary view of a different world in which human solidarity replaces imperialist aggression and exploitation. Includes Socialism and Man in Cuba, plus Che's controversial speech in Algiers in 1965. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 91 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= GO GREEN: HOW TO BUILD AN EARTH-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY, BY NANCY H. TAYLOR Brief Synopsis: Go Green is an indispensable resource for the grown-up greenies who have accepted the philosophy and are ready to spread it beyond just their own homes. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 167 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= GOOD CALORIES, BAD CALORIES: CHALLENGING THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ON DIET, WEIGHT CONTROL, AND DISEASE, BY GARY TAUBES Brief Synopsis: In this book, the result of seven years of research in every science connected with the impact of nutrition on health, award-winning science writer Gary Taubes shows us that almost everything we believe about the nature of a healthy diet is wrong. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 630 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= GOOD THINGS TO EAT: THE FIRST COOKBOOK BY AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHEF, BY RUFUS ESTES Brief Synopsis: The first cookbook to be written and published by a black chef includes nearly 600 mouth-watering recipes: chicken gumbo, chestnut stuffing with truffles, cherry dumplings, southern style waffles, and scores of other dishes from haute cuisine to family-style meals. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 173 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine ======================================================= GRAYSON, BY LYNNE COX Brief Synopsis: Lynne Cox tells the story of a miraculous ocean encounter that happened to her when she was seventeen and in training for a big swim. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 148 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Animals, Outdoors and Nature ======================================================= GREEN CHIC: SAVING THE EARTH IN STYLE, BY CHRISTIE MATHESON Brief Synopsis: Want to go green without giving up great style? Not sure how to make changes--or why they matter? Welcome to the world of GREEN CHIC. Being green--thoughtfully, consciously green--makes a real difference in the fight against global warming. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 222 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science ======================================================= GREEN LIVING FOR DUMMIES, BY YVONNE JEFFERY AND MICHAEL GROSVENOR AND LIZ BARCLAY Brief Synopsis: Want to do your part to reduce energy consumption, waste, and pollution; clean up the environment, and save the planet? Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 385 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Home and Garden ======================================================= GROWING UP WITH EPILEPSY: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR PARENTS, BY LYNN BENNETT BLACKBURN Brief Synopsis: Blackburn, a pediatric neuropsychologist at St. Louis Children's Hospital, shows parents how to support social development, advocate for a child with epilepsy in the educational system, and provide effective discipline. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 162 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Disability-Related ======================================================= GUNDEL'S HUNGARIAN COOKBOOK, BY ÁGNES KáDáR AND KáROLY GUNDEL Brief Synopsis: This cookbook illustrates the unique way of cooking Hungarian food and provides all the recipes you would not find anywhere else. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 88 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine ======================================================= HAPPENS EVERY DAY: AN ALL-TOO-TRUE STORY, BY ISABEL GILLIES Brief Synopsis: Isabel Gillies had a wonderful life -- a handsome, intelligent, loving husband; two glorious toddlers; a beautiful house; the time and place to express all her ebullience and affection and optimism. And then her husband announced that he was leaving her... Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 262 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Parenting and Family ======================================================= HEALING ANGER: THE POWER OF PATIENCE FROM A BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVE, BY DALAI LAMA AND GESHE THUPTEN JINPA Brief Synopsis: The Dalai Lama teaches with clear and forceful language. The antidote to anger is patience, and so the dissemination of Shantideva's wisdom regarding patience becomes a critical need in these times. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 157 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE, BY CAROLYN JOURDAN Brief Synopsis: Carolyn Jourdan, an attorney on Capitol Hill, thought she had it made. But when her mother has a heart attack, she returns home--to the Tennessee mountains, where her father is a country doctor and her mother works as his receptionist. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 317 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= HELPING CHILDREN COPE WITH THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE, BY MARIA D. TROZZI AND WILLIAM C. KROEN Brief Synopsis: Dr. William Kroen offers sound advice, comfort and compassion to any adult helping a child cope with death. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 104 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Parenting and Family ======================================================= HE'S GONNA TOOT AND I'M GONNA SCOOT: WAITING FOR GABRIEL’S HORN, BY BARBARA JOHNSON Brief Synopsis: Barbara Johnson shows from real-life examples, how to put life's path into a blissful Christian perspective. She gives a different perspective to view the world, which often seems thorny and difficult. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 164 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= HILLSIDE LANDSCAPING, BY HAZEL WHITE Brief Synopsis: When it comes to slippery slopes, one thing you don't need is a steep learning curve. That's why Sunset is releasing a new edition of its popular Hillside Landscaping book. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 160 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Home and Garden ======================================================= HOME BUSINESS TAX DEDUCTIONS: KEEP WHAT YOU EARN (5TH EDITION), BY STEPHEN FISHMAN Brief Synopsis: Fishman explains how owners of home-based businesses can take advantage of tax deductions such as office costs, health insurance, entertainment and meals, and startup and operating expenses. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 516 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Business and Finance ======================================================= HOPE'S WISH: HOW ONE GIRL'S DREAM MADE OTHERS' COME TRUE, BY SHELBY STOUT AND STUART STOUT Brief Synopsis: One courageous girl used her final wish to fulfill the wishes of 155 other children. When Hope Stout was diagnosed with bone cancer, the Stouts prayed for a miracle. The miracle occurred, but not in the way the Stouts expected. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 309 PagesCategories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body, Religion and
Spirituality ======================================================= HOW I LEARNED TO COOK AND OTHER WRITINGS ON COMPLEX MOTHER–DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIPS, BY MARGO PERIN Brief Synopsis: A collection of writings by women on the tangled bonds they share with their (often) less-than-perfect mothers. Every woman has something to say on the subject of her mother. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 322 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Parenting and Family ======================================================= HOW SOCCER EXPLAINS THE WORLD: AN UNLIKELY THEORY OF GLOBALIZATION, BY FRANKLIN FOER Brief Synopsis: Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. It is a perfect window into the cross-currents of today's world, with all its joys and its sorrows. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 262 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports ======================================================= HOW TO FIND THE WORK YOU LOVE, BY LAURENCE G. BOLDT Brief Synopsis: "Technological advances and the global marketplace are changing the way we live and work. In today's work environment, doing the work you love is the critical factor to personal fulfillment and economic success." Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 156 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Business and Finance ======================================================= HOW TO GET A GREEN CARD (7TH EDITION), BY CARL FALSTROM AND ILONA M. BRAY Brief Synopsis: This guide explains the basic requirements for obtaining legal permission to stay in the United States, and walks through the process for requesting a green card based on family relations, political asylum, the visa lottery, and ten years residency. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 288 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Professional and Technical ======================================================= HOW TO SEE YOURSELF AS YOU REALLY ARE, BY JEFFREY HOPKINS AND DALAI LAMA Brief Synopsis: Like the two wings of a bird, love and insight work cooperatively to bring about enlightenment, says a fundamental Buddhist teaching. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 278 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= HOW TO WIN YOUR PERSONAL INJURY CLAIM (6TH EDITION), BY Brief Synopsis: The attorney author provides tips on both claims that consumers can handle themselves and those requiring working with a lawyer. Matthews discusses how fault is legally determined and covers all phases of the claim process. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 289 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Professional and Technical, Business and Finance ======================================================= HOW TO WRITE A BUSINESS PLAN (9TH EDITION), BY MIKE MCKEEVER Brief Synopsis: This thorough guide describes the elements of a small business plan, shows how to apply financial and business planning techniques, and suggests financing sources for starting a new business. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 278 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Business and Finance ======================================================= HYPING HEALTH RISKS: ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS IN DAILY LIFE AND THE SCIENCE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, BY GEOFFREY C. KABAT Brief Synopsis: According to author and epidemiologist Geoffrey C. Kabat, this hyping of low-level environmental hazards leads to needless anxiety and confusion on the part of the public as to which exposures have important effects on health. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 250 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= I AM A MEMORY COME ALIVE: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGS, BY FRANZ KAFKA Brief Synopsis: Autobiography of the noted author. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 272 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= I WONDER AS I WANDER, BY ARNOLD RAMPERSAD INTRODUCTION BY AND LANGSTON HUGHES Brief Synopsis: Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 408 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= I'M SO GLAD YOU TOLD ME WHAT I DIDN'T WANNA HEAR, BY BARBARA JOHNSON Brief Synopsis: Barbara Johnson writes from her own personal experience and the letters she has received from hundreds of hurting women. She shares hope and wit to cheer parents in desperate circumstances. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 201 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Parenting and Family, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= INSIDER'S GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA, BY PERRY D. YOUNG Brief Synopsis: Exclusive preview of California, gives guides to all travelers/visitors who want and will visit California. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 244 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= IRISH PUB COOKING, BY LARRY DOYLE Brief Synopsis: From master Irish Chef, Larry Doyle, comes this modern take on classic Irish cooking. Cook all your favorites, including fish and chips, and corned beef and cabbage with this easy-to-follow cookbook. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 140 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine ======================================================= JAMES A. GARFIELD (THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS SERIES), BY IRA M. RUTKOW Brief Synopsis: The ambitious self-made man who reached the pinnacle of American politics--only to be felled by an assassin's bullet and to die at the hands of his doctors. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 184 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= JAMES K. POLK (THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS SERIES), BY ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER AND JOHN SEIGENTHALER Brief Synopsis: James K. Polk was a shrewd and decisive commander-in-chief, the youngest president elected to guide the still-young nation, who served as Speaker of the House and governor of Tennessee before taking office in 1845. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 186 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= JAMES MONROE (THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS SERIES), BY GARY HART Brief Synopsis: The actions and priorities of James Monroe are portrayed here. He is described as a president ahead of his time whose priority in setting up America's national security has a great deal in common with chief executives of our own time. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 171 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= JESUS, INTERRUPTED: REVEALING THE HIDDEN CONTRADICTIONS IN THE BIBLE (AND WHY WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM), BY BART D. EHRMAN Brief Synopsis: Picking up where Bible expert Bart Ehrman's New York Times bestseller Misquoting Jesus left off, Jesus, Interrupted addresses the larger issue of what the New Testament actually teaches--and it's not what most people think. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 297 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= JOHN ADAMS (THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS SERIES), BY ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER AND JOHN P. DIGGINS Brief Synopsis: John Adams is overshadowed by Washington and Jefferson. Adams seemed temperamentally unsuited for the presidency. Yet in many ways he was the perfect successor to Washington in terms of ability, experience, and popularity. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 188 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= JOSEPH GOEBBELS, BY CURT RIESS Brief Synopsis: All about Joseph Goebbels, his childhood and adulthood. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 342 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= JOYS AND SORROWS, BY PABLO CASALS AND ALBERT KAHN Brief Synopsis: Cellist Pablo Casals shares his life story, his beliefs and reflections on music. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 316 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= LAPSED AGNOSTIC, BY JOHN WATERS Brief Synopsis: Irish Times columnist tells of his initial faith, his loss of it, and finally how he regained it. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 193 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= LAUGHTER: A SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION, BY ROBERT R. PROVINE Brief Synopsis: From a ten-year ethnological study of laughter that retains some levity, Provine (psychology and neuroscience, U. of Maryland- Baltimore) proceeds from philosophical, theoretical, and natural history perspectives to paleohumorology, brain physiology, abnormal and healthy laughter. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 272 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= LEGENDS OF OUR TIME, BY ELIE WIESEL Brief Synopsis: A graceful and emotionally charged biographical narrative by Elie Wiesel, of the people he knew during and after WWII. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 197 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= LETTER TO MY FATHER, BY HOWARD COLYER AND FRANZ KAFKA Brief Synopsis: This letter is the closest that Kafka came to setting down his autobiography. He was driven to write it by his father's opposition to his engagement with Julie Wohryzek. The marriage did not take place; the letter was not delivered. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 97 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= LETTERS TO MILENA, BY PHILIP BOEHM AND FRANZ KAFKA Brief Synopsis: Kafka's terrible illness was progressing. He was a man who needed so much time, and who had so painfully little. Kafka lived his whole life as few do; these letters are a testimony to his intense vitality and to his genius as a writer. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 300 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= LETTERS TO OUR CHILDREN: LESBIAN AND GAY ADULTS SPEAK TO THE NEW GENERATION, BY LARRY DANE BRIMNER Brief Synopsis: Gay men and lesbians from all walks of life describe their personal experiences, travails and triumphs. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 144 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Teens, Gay and Lesbian ======================================================= LIBERTY AND TYRANNY: A CONSERVATIVE MANIFESTO, BY MARK R. LEVIN Brief Synopsis: Conservative talk radio's fastest-growing superstar is also a New York Times bestselling phenomenon: the author of the groundbreaking critique of the Supreme Court, Men in Black, delivers his perspective on many political topics from the Conservative's point of view. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 246 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= LIVING THE GOOD LIFE: HOW ONE FAMILY CHANGED THEIR WORLD FROM THEIR OWN BACKYARD, BY LINDA COCKBURN Brief Synopsis: Inspiring and challenging, this chronicle of a unique household experiment takes readers inside one family's environmental test. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 276 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Home and Garden, Parenting and Family ======================================================= LIVING WILLS AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY FOR CALIFORNIA (3RD EDITION), BY SHAE IRVING Brief Synopsis: Helps Californians create a living will and other legal forms they need to protect their families, property and themselves. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 151 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Business and Finance ======================================================= LIVING WITH JUVENILE DIABETES: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS, BY VICTORIA PEURRUNG Brief Synopsis: In Living with Juvenile Diabetes, author Victoria Peurrung, mother to two children with juvenile diabetes, provides answers and coping strategies for families everywhere who are struggling with juvenile diabetes. Includes recipes. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 203 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Parenting and Family ======================================================= LOCH NESS MONSTERS AND RAINING FROGS: THE WORLD'S MOST PUZZLING MYSTERIES SOLVED, BY ALBERT JACK Brief Synopsis: FOOLED BY FABLES? LED ON BY LEGENDS? MYTH-GUIDED? WONDER NO MORE, MYSTERY-PHILES: THE TRUTH IS IN HERE! What in the world (or out of it) made those giant crop circles? Did skydiving skyjacker D. B. Cooper really get away with it? Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 254 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= LOWER TAXES IN 7 EASY STEPS, BY STEPHEN FISHMAN Brief Synopsis: Not your typical tax-reduction book -- with this one, anyone can save on taxes! Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 278 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Business and Finance ======================================================= MADE IN AMERICA: AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE UNITED STATES, BY BILL BRYSON Brief Synopsis: Bill Bryson, who gave glorious voice to "The Mother Tongue," now celebrates her magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood... Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 428 Pages Categories: Nonfiction ======================================================= MALTA AND GOZO, BY CAROLYN BAIN Brief Synopsis: Basking in the Mediterranean, the Maltese Islands boast attractions well out of proportion to their tiny size. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 208 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Travel ======================================================= MASTERING SWIMMING, BY MAUREEN CHAMBERS AND JAMES P. MONTGOMERY Brief Synopsis: Trim seconds off your time, train more efficiently, or simply maximize your fitness workouts with Mastering Swimming. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 212 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Sports ======================================================= MILLARD FILLMORE: 13TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, BY KEVIN J. LAW Brief Synopsis: Examines the life of Millard Fillmore from birth to death, including his childhood, education, and political career. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 124 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs ======================================================= MINDFULNESS, BY ELLEN J. LANGER Brief Synopsis: Harvard professor of psychology discusses the differences between mindfulness, and mindlessness, and the positive healthy benefits of the former. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 246 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Health, Mind and Body ======================================================= MINDSCIENCE: AN EAST-WEST DIALOGUE, BY DALAI LAMA AND ROBERT THURMAN AND DANIEL GOLEMAN Brief Synopsis: Exploration of mind/body concepts based on a Harvard Medical School symposium. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 142 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Religion and Spirituality ======================================================= MOCHA MIX COOKBOOK, BY JEANNE JONE Brief Synopsis: A cookbook that provides tips and cooking techniques for Mocha Mix Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 135 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine ======================================================= MONEY MATTERS FOR TEENS, BY TODD TEMPLE AND MARNIE WOODING AND LARRY BURKETT Brief Synopsis: Teens always want more money. However, often they do not know how to handle the money they do have. Larry Burkett knows parents need to educate teens on solid, biblical money management if they're to exercise these habits as adults. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 160 PagesCategories: Nonfiction, Teens, Religion and Spirituality, Business and Finance
======================================================= MORE: POPULATION, NATURE AND WHAT WOMEN WANT, BY ROBERT ENGELMAN Brief Synopsis: In the capital of Ghana, a teenager nicknamed "Condom Sister" trolls the streets to educate other young people about contraception. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 304 Pages Categories: Nonfiction, Science, Health, Mind and Body, Outdoors and Nature ======================================================= MOVING OVER THE EDGE: ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES TAKE THE LEAP , BY PAMELA K. WALKER Brief Synopsis: A book about the author's coming of age alongside disability activists and artists with disabilities, reflecting the sociological evolution from disability rights to disability culture. It features many of the artists and groups that emerged in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1980s, including Axis Dance Company, Bruce Curtis, CJ Jones, David Roche, Cheryl Marie Wade and Wry Crips Disabled Women's Theater. Book Quality: Excellent Book Size: 244 PagesCategories: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Art and Architecture, Biographies and
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