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The Black Clans: Beginnings

by Marvin Altstatt

Published: 2017-08-09

Paperback: 511 pages

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On this planet species go extinct daily, so apocalypse is a pretty grandiose term for the near-extinction of a single species, even if that’s the species that keeps score. Harry and Michael are faced with a life-saving medication that misfires, a global catastrophe, and some very harsh times following....

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The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels)

by Philippa Gregory

Published: 2004-11-09

Kindle Edition: 672 pages

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The #1 New York Times bestseller from “the queen of royal fiction” (USA TODAY) Philippa Gregory is a rich, compelling novel of love, sex, ambition, and intrigue surrounding the Tudor court of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the infamous Boleyn family.When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an ...

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Twilight over Burma: My Life as a Shan Princess (Kolowalu Books (Paperback))

by Inge Sargent

Published: 1994-08-01

Paperback: 240 pages

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Just married and returning to live in her new husband's native land, a young Austrian woman arrived with her Burmese husband by passenger ship in Rangoon in 1953. They were met at dockside by hundreds of well-wishers displaying colorful banners, playing music on homemade instruments, and c...

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Sky Burial: An Eyewitness Account of China's Brutal Crackdown in Tibet

by Blake Kerr

Published: 1993-06-01

Hardcover: 206 pages

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Sky Burial is the remarkable story of a young American man traveling in the Himalayas who inadvertently walked into one of the grimmest - and least-known - scenes of political oppression in the world. Blake Kerr had just graduated from medical school and was fulfilling a lifelong dream by ...

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Grandmother's Secrets: The Ancient Rituals and Healing Power of Belly Dancing

by Rosina-Fawzia B. Al-Rawi

Published: 2000-11-01

Paperback: 158 pages

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Al-Rawi has written a strikingly graceful and original book that blends p personal memoir with the history and theory of the dance known in the West as belly dancing. She conveys in this book not only the history and technique of grieving and mourning dances, pregnancy and birth dances, but the spirit...

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Mr. Rochester

by Sarah Shoemaker

Published: 2017-05-09

Hardcover: 464 pages

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"A CRACKING-GOOD READ!"--People, Best New BooksA deft and irresistible retelling of Charlotte Brontë's beloved classic Jane Eyre--from the point of view of the dashing, mysterious Mr. Rochester himself.For 170 years, Edward Fairfax Rochester has stood as one of literature's most complex a...

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Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together

by Van Jones

Published: 2017-10-10

Hardcover: 256 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A passionate manifesto that exposes hypocrisy on both sides of the political divide and points a way out of the tribalism that is tearing America apart—by the CNN political contributor and host hailed as “a star of the 2016 campaign” (The New York Times)...

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Little Big Sister

by Amy B. McCoy

Published: 2016-05-20

Paperback: 144 pages

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WINNER of the 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Children’s Fiction! Meet nine-year-old Katie, the little sister who feels like a big sister. Her eleven-year-old brother, Mikey, has autism. Katie can ride a two-wheeler, but Mikey’s bike still has training wheels. Katie rides the bus to...

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The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed with Happiness

by Emily Esfahani Smith

Published: 2017-09-05

Paperback: 320 pages

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In a culture obsessed with happiness, this wise, stirring book points the way toward a richer, more satisfying life.Too many of us believe that the search for meaning is an esoteric pursuit—that you have to travel to a distant monastery or page through dusty volumes to discover life’s ...

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Paper Daughter

by Jeanette Ingold

Published: 2010-04-05

Kindle Edition: 229 pages

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Maggie Chen's journalist father has fired her imagination with the thrill of the newsroom, and when her father is killed, she is determined to keep his dreams alive by interning at the newspaper. While assisting on her first story, Maggie learns that her father is suspected of illegal acti...