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Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America

by Robert Whitaker

Published: 2011-08-02

Paperback: 432 pages

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Now with bonus material, including a new foreword and afterword with updated researchIn this astonishing and startling book, award-winning science and history writer Robert Whitaker investigates a medical mystery: Why has the number of disabled mentally ill in the United States tripled ove...

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You Play the Girl: On Playboy Bunnies, Stepford Wives, Train Wrecks, Other Mixed Messages

by Carina Chocano

Published: 2017-08-08

Paperback: 304 pages

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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR CRITICISM A FINALIST FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD FOR THE ART OF THE ESSAY "If Hollywood's treatment of women leaves you wanting, you'll find good, heady company in You Play the Girl."—ELLE As a kid in the 1970s and 80s, Ca...

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Fire Sermon

by Jamie Quatro

Published: 2018-01-09

Hardcover: 224 pages

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“It would be difficult to overstate the wonder I felt while reading this novel. It’s among the most beautiful books I’ve ever read about longing?for beauty, for sex, for God, for a coherent life.”?Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to YouMaggie is entirely devoted to her husb...

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Don't Bend Over in the Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes

by Lewis Grizzard

Published: 1988-10-22

Hardcover: 245 pages

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This time Lewis Grizzard has gone and done it--written a book about sex, as seen through his bespectacled, ironic squint. He tells us why Junior Leaguers don't do it in groups, why Baptists won't do it standing up, and why Richard Nixon never did it, among other things. From the Paperback ...

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Box of Butterflies: Discovering the Unexpected Blessings All Around Us

by Roma Downey

Published: 2018-03-06

Hardcover: 256 pages

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An Instant New York Times BestsellerRoma Downey—best known as the beloved angel on the TV show Touched by an Angel—has created a beautiful book filled with encouragement and hope, assuring us of God’s comforting presence in our lives.Ever since she was a little girl, Roma has seen b...

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No One Cares About Crazy People: My Family and the Heartbreak of Mental Illness in America

by Ron Powers

Published: 2018-05-01

Paperback: 384 pages

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* Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award * Washington Post Notable Book of the Year * People Magazine Best Book of the Year * Shelf Awareness Best Book of the Year *"Extraordinary and courageous . . . No doubt if everyone were to read this book, the world would ch...

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A Problematic Paradox

by Eliot Sappingfield

Published: 2018-01-23

Hardcover: 352 pages

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Guardians of the Galaxy meets The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in this wild, warm-hearted, and hilarious sci-fi debut about a brainy young girl who is recruited for a very special boarding school."It's like Harry Potter, but with science instead of magic. Nikola is exactly the smart fe...

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Head First Design Patterns: A Brain-Friendly Guide

by Eric Freeman, Bert Bates, Kathy Sierra, Elisabeth Robson

Published: 2004-10

Paperback: 694 pages

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What’s so special about design patterns?At any given moment, someone struggles with the same software design problems you have. And, chances are, someone else has already solved your problem. This edition of Head First Design Patterns—now updated for Java 8—shows you the tried-and-tr...

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The Carry Home: Lessons From the American Wilderness

by Gary Ferguson

Published: 2015-09-15

Paperback: 296 pages

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The nature writing of Gary Ferguson arises out of intimate experience. He trekked 500 miles through Yellowstone to write Walking Down the Wild and spent a season in the field at a wilderness therapy program for Shouting at the Sky. He journeyed 250 miles on foot for Hawks Rest and followed...

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True Fiction (Ian Ludlow Thrillers)

by Lee Goldberg

Published: 2018-04-01

Hardcover: 237 pages

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#1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Lee Goldberg hits the ground running in a breakneck thriller where truth and fiction collide for the unluckiest writer alive.When a passenger jet crashes onto the beaches of Waikiki, bestselling thriller writer Ian Ludlow knows the hor...