"An Improvised Life" is Oscar winner Alan Arkin's wise and unpretentious recollection of the process--artistic and personal--of becoming an actor, and a revealing look into the creative mind of one of
What exactly is PCOS? What are the signs and symptoms? How is the diagnosis confirmed? What causes it? And most importantly, what can you do about it? If you've been diagnosed with polycystic ovarian
I can't believe I'm going to be a parent! How am I going to begin to prepare? Which baby gear essentials do we need to buy? What's the best way to set up a nursery? When do I tell the office? And how
In The Tradition Of Atul Gawande and Sherwin Nuland, Marc Agronin writes of life as he sees it as a doctor. His beat is a nursing home in Miami that some would dismiss as "God's waiting room."And to
Painful sex is a condition that causes embarrassment and silenceuoften going undiscussed or misdiagnosed; as many as 40 percent of women who suffer from it won't seek medical care. And most medical pr
The lost Filipino tourist who boards a lonely A-Train at midnight and asks a fellow passengera Brooklyn Web editorthe way to Chinatown. The dirt-poor sailor from Texas who buys dinner for
Dr. Gordon Livingston?a physician of the human heart, a philosopher of human psychology?offers an urgently needed meditation on who best (and who best not) to love. As in his previous books, Dr. Livin
Drawing is an accuired skill not a talent---anyone can learn to crawl An you need is a pencil, a piece of paper, and the willingness to tap into your hidden artistic abilities. You Can Draw in 30 Days will teach you the rest.In just 20 minutes a day for a month, you can learn to draw anything, whether from the world around you or from your own Imagination it's time to embark on your creative journey, Pick up your pencil and begin today!.
Includes dozens of quick-and-easy, low-carb recipes and menus tailored to each step of the diet laid out in the best-selling The Metabolism Miracle--from appetizers, soups and salads to entrees and de
Kathy Spencer can whittle a $267.22 grocery bill down to one penny. How to Shop for Free is Spencer’s smart, sassy, step-by-step savings guide that teaches you how to do just that?and more. You’ll lea
Presents a collection of essays and articles about music and its culture published in 2009, covering a diversity of music styles, including rock, pop, rap, jazz, blues, and country.
The only thing Americans like better than a story about a down-and-out hero is a story about a triumphal return from the edge. In Hilary Williams’s story, you have all that and more.”
A biography of the only boxer to ever win seven championships, from his childhood in a cardboard shack in the Philippines to his partnership with trainer Freddie Roach and his rise as the best pound-f
A cost-saving cookbook includes 125 tasty, easy-to-make recipes--including kid-friendly meals and desserts--that are free of major allergen ingredients, including gluten, dairy, nuts, soy, eggs and mo
The acclaimed author of The Longest Winter offers the epic and heroic story of how Swedish envoy Raoul Wallenberg out-dueled Nazi SS Colonel Adolph Eichmann and risked his life countless times to save
Howard Sounes, the bestselling author of Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan and Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life, turns his considerable reporting and storytelling skills to
In this action-packed history, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger unfolds the epic story of Patrick Henry, who roused Americans to fight government tyrannyboth British and American. Rememb
Drawing on exclusive access to family friends, archives, journals, letters and artwork, a rock journalist exposes the wild life of the mysterious founder of Pink Floyd, whose obsession with ingesting
Documents, dissects and deconstructs the myths that drive the conservative movement's growing reliance on persecution politics, examining the psychological and sociological appeal of conspiracy theori
At age thirty-five, Cami Walker was burdened by an intensified struggle with multiple sclerosis, a chronic neurological disease that left her debilitated and depressed. Then she received an uncommon
The official history of one of the best-selling albums and most lauded stage shows of all time, Pink Floyd: The Wall, published to coincide with Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters’s sold out, 40+
In a study funded by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Foundation, Dr. Mary Flynn researched the effects of an olive-oil-and-plant-based diet on overweight women who had previously undergone trea
From a noted food blogger (the Washington Post and True/Slant)this kitchen companion to the Meatless Mondays” campaign teaches die-hard carnivores that veggies are real food, too
One of the original vegan cookbooks, Fresh and Fast Vegan is a must-have on any kitchen shelf. Amanda Grant has created mouthwatering dishes that not only taste great, but also help you achieve optim
On the night of July 19, AD 64, a fire began beneath the stands of Rome’s great stadium, the Circus Maximus. For more than a week the fire spread, engulfing most of the city and nearly burning
Chronicling Nick Kent’s up-close , personal, often harrowing adventures with the Rolling Stones, Lester Bangs, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, the Sex Pistols, and Chrissie Hynde, among scores of ot
Marcus Aurelius (121180 AD) is one of the great figures of antiquity whose life and words still speak to us today. His Meditations remains one of the most widely read books from the classical w
Discusses how to identify and analyze missing developmental steps that can lead to learning problems, utilizing the metaphor of a tree to examine how children perceive the world; grow socially and academically; and develop the ability to read, write, organize their work, perform mathematics, and more.
Explores the practical art and science of mindfulness as it relates to the traditions of Buddhism with a helpful guide to improving a mindful stance and an awareness of life experiences in any situati
Learn how to activate and accelerate your child's capacity for learning: the key is to introduce the right activities at the right time. You'll learn how to identify your child's literacy phrase and t
What does E=mc2 actually mean? Dr. Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw go on a journey to the frontier of twenty-first century science to unpack Einstein’s famous equation. Explaining and simp
Describes the harmful ingredients that are present in various beauty products currently used for the hair, face, body, skin, and in makeup, and presents advice on where to find items free of such ingr
Having a premature baby?a baby born before the thirty-seventh week of pregnancy? can be a crash course in both medicine and health economics, not just in parenting. Parents face complex information, d
George Carlin's comic material represents the most enduring legacy of the countercultural revolution of the 1960s. If acid rock, Victorian clothing, Aquarian spirituality, and radical pranksterism ha
In the past decade, depression rates have skyrocketed, and one in four Americans will suffer from major depression at some point in their lives. Where have we gone wrong? Dr. Stephen Ilardi sheds ligh
This third edition is completely updated with the latest scientific information on calorie restriction (CR), and with an all-new introduction, by the coauthors of The Longevity Diet, CR Society presi
The Ride tells the shocking true story of the 1997 abduction and gruesome murder of ten-year-old Massachusetts resident Jeffrey Curley, and how his father, Bob, healed the deep wounds of rage and eme
Iran and Afghanistan. Two modern countries so overtaken by Islamic fundamentalism that many citizens spend their entire lives hiding what they do, enjoy, and value. To better understand the cultural
Revered today as, perhaps, the greatest of Renaissance painters, Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist at heart. The artist who created the Mona Lisa also designed functioning robots and digital computer
Explores the rise and fall of this popular trio based on recollections from friends, family, and Motown contemporaries who were there when their songs were made, their hits climbed the charts, and the
