book.id,book.ts,book.title,book.description,book.author,book.isbn_13,book.isbn_10,book.format,book.publication_date,book.publisher,book.series_info,book.language,book.pages,book.height,book.width,book.thickness,book.number_of_units,book.illustration,book.upc_code,book.author_2,book.foreword_by,book.media_run_time,book.subject,book.binding,book.yf_slug
316,"2017-04-02 19:08:00","On the Move: A Life","From Powells.com Staff PickAn intimate firsthand account of a truly exceptional life, On the Move showcases Sacks's humanity and writing chops while tracing his path toward a game-changing career in neurology. This is the kind of book you'll remember, written by a person whose legacy will endure decades to come. Recommended By Renee P., Powells.com Synopses & ReviewsPublisher CommentsA New York Times Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, BookPage, Slate, Men’s Journal When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote: “Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far.” It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. With unbridled honesty and humor, Sacks writes about the passions that have driven his life—from motorcycles and weight lifting to neurology and poetry. He writes about his love affairs, both romantic and intellectual; his guilt over leaving his family to come to America; his bond with his schizophrenic brother; and the writers and scientists—W. H. Auden, Gerald M. Edelman, Francis Crick—who have influenced his work. On the Move is the story of a brilliantly unconventional physician and writer, a man who has illuminated the many ways that the brain makes us human.Review“[Sacks is] a wonderful storyteller.... It’s his keen attentiveness as a listener and observer, and his insatiable curiosity, that makes his work so powerful.” San Francisco Chronicle Review“Marvelous.... He studies himself as he has studied others: compassionately, unblinkingly, intelligently, acceptingly and honestly.” The Wall Street Journal Review“Pulses with his distinctive energy and curiosity.” The New York Review of BooksReview“A glorious memoir.... In this volume Sacks opens himself to recognition, much as he has opened the lives of others to being recognized in their fullness.” The Atlantic Review“[A] wonderful memoir, which richly demonstrates what an extraordinary life it has been.... A fascinating account — a sort of extended case study, really — of Sacks’ remarkably active, iconoclastic adulthood.” Los Angeles TimesReview“Intimate.... Brim[s] with life and affection.” The New York TimesAbout the AuthorOliver Sacks was a physician, writer, and professor of neurology. Born in London in 1933, he moved to New York City in 1965, where he launched his medical career and began writing case studies of his patients. Called the “poet laureate of medicine” by The New York Times, Sacks is the author of more than a dozen books, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Musicophilia, and Awakenings, which inspired an Oscar-nominated film and a play by Harold Pinter. He was the recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, and was made a Commander of the British Empire in 2008 for services to medicine. He died in 2015.","Oliver Sacks",9780804170932,0804170932,"Trade Paperback",02/23/2016,Vintage,,,416,8.00,5.19,,,,,,,,Biography/Medical,,
317,"2017-04-04 21:27:45","Love Warrior: A Memoir",,"Glennon Doyle Melton",9781250075727,1250075726,Hardcover,09/06/2016,"Flatiron Books",,,272,1.10IN,5.50IN,,,,,,,B,,,
318,"2017-04-04 21:27:45","Mountains Beyond Mountains The...",,"Kidder, Tracy",9780812973013,0812973011,"Trade Paperback",08/31/2004,"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE",,,322,.80IN,5.20IN,.75,12,,,"Tracy Kidder",,B,"General science|Biography/Medical",,
319,"2017-04-04 21:28:12",Gratitude,,"Oliver Sacks",9780451492937,0451492935,Hardcover,11/24/2015,"Knopf Publishing Group",,,45,6.00,4.00,.25,,Yes,,,,,,,
320,"2017-04-02 19:08:46","Spirit Catches You & You Fall Down A Hmong Child Her American Doctors & the Collision of Two Cultures","Awards1997 National Book Critics Circle Award for general nonfiction Synopses & ReviewsPublisher CommentsWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionWhen three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor her doctors would ever recover. Lia's parents, Foua and Nao Kao, were part of a large Hmong community in Merced, refugees from the CIA-run ""Quiet War"" in Laos. The Hmong, traditionally a close-knit and fiercely people, have been less amenable to assimilation than most immigrants, adhering steadfastly to the rituals and beliefs of their ancestors. Lia's pediatricians, Neil Ernst and his wife, Peggy Philip, cleaved just as strongly to another tradition: that of Western medicine. When Lia Lee Entered the American medical system, diagnosed as an epileptic, her story became a tragic case history of cultural miscommunication.Parents and doctors both wanted the best for Lia, but their ideas about the causes of her illness and its treatment could hardly have been more different. The Hmong see illness and healing as spiritual matters linked to virtually everything in the universe, while medical community marks a division between body and soul, and concerns itself almost exclusively with the former. Lia's doctors ascribed her seizures to the misfiring of her cerebral neurons; her parents called her illness, qaug dab peg — the spirit catches you and you fall down — and ascribed it to the wandering of her soul. The doctors prescribed anticonvulsants; her parents preferred animal sacrifices.Review""Ms. Fadiman tells her story with a novelist's grace, playing the role of cultural broker, comprehending those who do not comprehend each other and perceiving what might have been done or said to make the outcome different."" Richard Bernstein, The New York TimesReview""An intriguing, spirit-lifting, extraordinary exploration of two cultures in uneasy coexistence...A wonderful aspect of Fadiman's book is her evenhanded, detailed presentation of these disparate cultures and divergent views — not with cool, dispassionate fairness but rather with a warm, involved interest...Fadiman's book is superb, informal cultural anthropology — eye-opening, readable, utterly engaging."" Carole Horn, The Washington Post Book WorldReview""This fine book recounts a poignant tragedy...It has no heroes or villains, but it has an abunance of innocent suffering, and it most certainly does have a moral...[A] sad, excellent book."" Melvin Konner, The New York Times Book ReviewReview""I cannot think of a book by a non-physician that is more understanding of the difficulties of caring for people...or of the conditions under which today's medicine is practiced."" Sherwin B. Nuland, The New RepublicReview""So good I want to somehow make it required reading....The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores issues of culture, immigration, medicine, and the war in [Laos] with such skill that it's nearly impossible to put down."" Linnea Lannon, The Detroit Free PressSynopsisWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, this brilliantly reported and beautifully crafted book explores the clash between a medical center in California and a Laotian refugee family over their care of a child — and the lack of understanding that led to tragedy.DescriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. [313]-326) and index.About the AuthorAnne Fadiman is the author of two essay collections, At Large and At Small and Ex Libris, and the editor of Rereadings: Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down received a National Book Critics Circle Award, an L.A. Times Book Prize, and a Salon Book Award. Her essays and articles have appeared in Harpers, The New Yorker, and The New York Times, among other publications. She is the Francis Writer-in-Residence at Yale.","Anne Fadiman",9780374525644,0374525641,"Trade Paperback",09/01/1998,"FARRAR STRAUS & GIROUX",,,341,,,,,,2800374525646,,,,"Transcultural medical care|Hmong Americans.|Delivery of Health Care|Cross-Cultural Comparison|Health and Medicine-Professional Medical Reference",,
321,"2017-04-04 21:28:29","Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks",,"Rebecca Skloot",9781400052172,1400052173,Hardcover,02/02/2010,"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE",,,369,1.45IN,6.44IN,1.50,1,Yes,2801400052174,"Rebecca Skloot",,B,"Cell culture|Medical ethics|History|Health and Medicine-History of Medicine",,
322,"2017-04-04 21:28:12","Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And...",,"Caitlin Doughty",9780393351903,0393351904,"Trade Paperback",09/28/2015,"W W NORTON & CO",,,254,8.25,5.50,1.00,,,,,,,"Biography - General",,
323,"2017-04-02 19:09:17","Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets","From Powells.comStaff PickDittrich uses Patient H.M. to investigate both the life of the titular patient and the morality of his treatment at the hands of researchers. He exposes sides of a well-known case that will appeal to the already familiar as well as newcomers interested in mental illness and the brain. Recommended By Ashleigh B., Powells.com Synopses & ReviewsPublisher CommentsFor readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks comes a propulsive, haunting journey into the secret history of brain science by Luke Dittrich, whose grandfather performed the surgery that created the most studied human research subject of all time: the amnesic known as Patient H.M. ""Oliver Sacks meets Stephen King in a piercing study of one of psychiatric medicine’s darker hours....A mesmerizing, maddening story and a model of journalistic investigation."" — Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) In 1953, a twenty-seven-year-old factory worker named Henry Molaison—who suffered from severe epilepsy—received a radical new version of the then-common lobotomy, targeting the most mysterious structures in the brain. The operation failed to eliminate Henry’s seizures, but it did have an unintended effect: Henry was left profoundly amnesic, unable to create long-term memories. Over the next sixty years, Patient H.M., as Henry was known, became the most studied individual in the history of neuroscience, a human guinea pig who would teach us much of what we know about memory today. Patient H.M. is, at times, a deeply personal journey. Dittrich’s grandfather was the brilliant, morally complex surgeon who operated on Molaison—and thousands of other patients. The author’s investigation into the dark roots of modern memory science ultimately forces him to confront unsettling secrets in his own family history, and to reveal the tragedy that fueled his grandfather’s relentless experimentation—experimentation that would revolutionize our understanding of ourselves. Dittrich uses the case of Patient H.M. as a starting point for a kaleidoscopic journey, one that moves from the first recorded brain surgeries in ancient Egypt to the cutting-edge laboratories of MIT. He takes readers inside the old asylums and operating theaters where psychosurgeons, as they called themselves, conducted their human experiments, and behind the scenes of a bitter custody battle over the ownership of the most important brain in the world. Patient H.M. combines the best of biography, memoir, and science journalism to create a haunting, endlessly fascinating story, one that reveals the wondrous and devastating things that can happen when hubris, ambition, and human imperfection collide.ReviewIn this courageous mix of scientific investigation and memoir journalist Dittrich recounts the life of Henry Molaison (1926–2008) an epileptic man hailed by many as the most important human research subject in the history of neuroscience. A 1953 operation by Yale neurosurgeon William Beecher Scoville (1906–1984) Dittrich’s grandfather on Molaison’s hippocampus left the 27 year old without memory in a world where “every day is alone in itself.” The story of “what led my grandfather to make those devastating enlightening cuts” Dittrich writes “is a dark one full of the sort of emotional and physical pain and fierce desires that Patient H.M. himself couldn’t experience.” And he unravels it by documenting the decades long studies Molaison’s extraordinary amnesia spawned and the researchers he would inspire and confound. Those threads are woven around the history of neurosurgery—including the professional infighting that can obscure the legacy of scientific advances and failures the torturous mid 20th century treatment of the mentally ill and the rise and fall of lobotomies. At the heart of this breathtaking work however is Dittrich’s story of his complicated grandfather his mentally ill grandmother and a long held family secret with Molaison stranded “where the past and the future were nothing but indistinct blurs.” Agent: Sloan Harris ICM. (Aug.)"" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.""Review""It felt as if I read this book in one breath. Patient H.M. is a fascinating, powerful investigation, a matryoshka doll of nested stories about the past and present, remembering and forgetting."" Michael Paterniti, author of The Telling RoomReview""This book succeeds on every level: as a fresh look at the most famous patient in medical history, as an exposé of our dark history of psychiatry and neurosurgery, and, most powerfully, as a deeply personal investigation into the author’s past. And yet it’s still a page-turner that reads like a thriller."" Susannah Cahalan, author of Brain on FireReview""Dittrich explores the limits of science and the mind. In the process, he rescues an iconic life from oblivion. Dittrich is well aware that while we are the sum of what we may remember, we’re also at the mercy of what we can forget. This is classic reporting and myth-making at the same time."" Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World SpinReview""Patient H.M. tells one of the most fascinating and disturbing stories in the annals of medicine, weaving in ethics, philosophy, a personal saga, the history of neurosurgery, the mysteries of human memory, and an exploration of human ego."" Sheri Fink, M.D., Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Five Days at MemorialAbout the AuthorLuke Dittrich is a National Magazine Award–winning journalist, and a contributing editor at Esquire. This is his first book. Luke Dittrich on PowellsBooks.Blog I remember rummaging in the archives of an old asylum, digging through boxes full of dusty documents. I found the asylum's surgical logbook at the bottom of one of the boxes, fished it out, cracked it open, scanned through the lists of experimental lobotomies. Hundreds of them, a relentless stream of attempts to cure madness... Read More»","Luke Dittrich",9780812992731,0812992733,Hardcover,08/09/2016,"Random House",,English,464,1.60IN,6.10IN,,,,,,,B,"Biography-Social Scientists and Psychologists",,
324,"2017-04-04 21:28:29","On the Move: A Life",,"Oliver Sacks",9780385352543,0385352549,Hardcover,04/28/2015,"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE",,,397,8.50,5.75,1.50,,,,,,,"Health and Medicine-Medical Specialties|Biography/Medical",,
325,"2017-04-02 19:09:47","Oliver Sacks The Last Interview",,"Oliver Sacks",9781612195773,1612195776,"Trade Paperback",11/15/2016,"MELVILLE HOUSE PUBLISHING",,,128,.30IN,5.50IN,,,,,,,B,,,
326,"2017-04-04 21:29:17","Working Stiff Two Years 262...",,"Judy Melinek, T J Mitchell",9781476727264,1476727260,"Trade Paperback",06/16/2015,"Scribner Book Company",,,288,.70IN,5.50IN,1.00,,,,"T J Mitchell",,B,"Biography - General",,
327,"2017-04-02 19:10:02","Dr. Mutter's Marvels: A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern Medicine","Synopses & ReviewsPublisher CommentsA mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country's most famous museum of medical oddities Imagine undergoing an operation without anesthesia performed by a surgeon who refuses to sterilize his tools — or even wash his hands. This was the world of medicine when Thomas Dent Mütter began his trailblazing career as a plastic surgeon in Philadelphia during the middle of the nineteenth century. Although he died at just forty-eight, Mütter was an audacious medical innovator who pioneered the use of ether as anesthesia, the sterilization of surgical tools, and a compassion-based vision for helping the severely deformed, which clashed spectacularly with the sentiments of his time. Brilliant, outspoken, and brazenly handsome, Mütter was flamboyant in every aspect of his life. He wore pink silk suits to perform surgery, added an umlaut to his last name just because he could, and amassed an immense collection of medical oddities that would later form the basis of Philadelphia's Mütter Museum. Award-winning writer Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz vividly chronicles how Mütter's efforts helped establish Philadelphia as a global mecca for medical innovation — despite intense resistance from his numerous rivals. (Foremost among them: Charles D. Meigs, an influential obstetrician who loathed Mütter's ""overly"" modern medical opinions.) In the narrative spirit of The Devil in the White City, Dr. Mütter's Marvels interweaves an eye-opening portrait of nineteenth-century medicine with the riveting biography of a man once described as the ""P. T. Barnum of the surgery room."" Review""Performance poet Aptowicz (Words in Your Face) turns her attention to the birth of modern American medicine, and the astonishing degree to which it was influenced by one man, in this moving and delicately crafted biography. As chief of surgery at Jefferson Medical College, one of the U.S.'s first teaching hospitals, Thomas Dent Mütter (1811 – 1850) transformed medicine with technical innovations like the surgical skin flap that has saved millions of burn victims. Mütter instinctively understood the value of sterility long before germs were discovered — establishing cleanliness standards in hospital wards, operating rooms, and surgical recovery rooms — and viewed anesthesia as a triumph that rendered certain surgical horrors a thing of the past rather than a Satanic tool. Mütter also transformed the profession via his attitude, entertaining and involving students instead of lecturing at them, and told patients the truth about their illnesses, respecting their 'right to know' a century before the patient autonomy movement. Aptowicz shows Mütter, beloved by his students, evolving from a mischievous, impatient young doctor to an increasingly spiritual man beset by premature illness, and her writing is as full of life as her subject. (Sept.)"" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.Review""Aptowicz rescues Mütter the man from undeserved obscurity, recreating his short life and hard times with wit, energy and gusto."" Wall Street Journal Review""An extraordinary, moving and humbling story about a remarkable and compassionate surgeon who changed the face of medicine forever. Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz immerses us in the strange world of Dr. Thomas Mütter and unfolds the tale of his pioneering approach to surgery with verve, wit and sensitivity. We are all of us the richer for Dr. Mütter's visionary work and the legacy he left us in the shape of one of the world's most beguiling museums."" Wendy Moore, author of The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching and the Birth of Modern Surgery Review""Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz has not just written a highly readable and affecting biography of the singularly debonair doctor, the ameliorator of deformities of skin and bone, and the beloved teacher behind Philadelphia's world-renowned Mütter Museum. She has given us a stirring account of the exigencies of medical practice in nineteenth century Philadelphia; the consequential controversies; the not-so-petty rivalries; the ghastly bravura of medically sanctioned spectacles; and, the outcomes for patients, then and now, of a profession divided and at odds. An indispensable companion to Philadelphia's Mütter Museum, Dr. Mütter's Marvels will enable visitors to encounter the collections in an entirely new and important way."" Mary Cappello, author of Swallow: Foreign Bodies, Their Ingestion, Inspiration and the Curious Doctor who Extracted Them About the AuthorCristin O'Keefe Aptowicz is an award-winning writer of Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam and popular touring poet and spoken word performer. She lives in Austin, Texas.","O'Keefe Aptowicz, Cristin",9781592408702,1592408702,Hardcover,09/04/2014,"PENGUIN PUTNAM TRADE",,,384,1.24IN,6.26IN,1.00,,,,"Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz",,B,Biography/Medical,,
328,"2017-04-04 21:30:12","A Thousand Naked Strangers: A...",,"Kevin Hazzard",9781501110832,1501110837,Hardcover,01/05/2016,"Simon & Schuster",,English,288,8.38,5.50,,,,,,,,Biography-Literary,,
329,"2017-04-04 21:30:12","Thousand Naked Strangers A...",,"Kevin Hazzard",9781501110863,1501110861,"Trade Paperback",09/20/2016,"Scribner Book Company",,,288,.70IN,5.40IN,,,,,,,B,,,
330,"2017-04-04 21:30:34","Strength in What Remains",,"Tracy Kidder",9780812977615,0812977610,"Trade Paperback",05/04/2010,"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE","Random House Reader's Circle",,304,8,5.1,.50,1,,,"Tracy Kidder",,B,"Biography - General|Immigrants -- United States.|Africa, east|New york (n.y.)|cultural heritage",,
331,"2017-04-04 21:31:15","Dog Medicine How My Dog Saved Me...",,"Julie Barton",9780143130017,0143130013,"Trade Paperback",07/19/2016,"Penguin Books",,,256,.80IN,5.40IN,,,,,,,B,,,
332,"2017-04-04 21:31:15","Dr. Mutters Marvels",,"Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz",9781592409259,1592409253,"Trade Paperback",09/08/2015,"Penguin Group USA",,English,371,9.25,6.00,1.25,,,,"Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz",,,Biography/Medical,,
333,"2017-04-04 21:31:15","God's Hotel: A Doctor, a...",,"Sweet, Victoria",9781594486548,1594486549,"Trade Paperback",04/02/2013,"RIVERHEAD BOOKS/PENGUIN PUTNAM",,,432,1.00IN,5.40IN,1.00,,,,"Victoria Sweet",,B,Biography/Medical,,
334,"2017-04-04 21:32:01","Wild and Precious Life",,"Deborah Ziegler",9781501128516,1501128515,Hardcover,10/25/2016,"Atria Books",,,352,,,,,,,,,B,,,
335,"2017-04-04 21:35:13","It Was Me All Along: A Memoir",,"Andie Mitchell",9780770433253,0770433251,"Trade Paperback",12/29/2015,"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE",,,256,.70IN,5.10IN,,,,,,,B,"Biography - General",,
336,"2017-04-16 00:37:16","The End of Your Life Book Club",,"Schwalbe, Will",9780307594037,0307594033,Hardcover,10/02/2012,"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE",,,352,1.40IN,5.80IN,1.50,,,,"Will Schwalbe",,B,,,
338,"2017-04-12 01:08:59","Wright Brothers",,"David McCullough",9781476728742,1476728747,Hardcover,05/05/2015,"SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE",,,336,1.30IN,6.60IN,1.25,,Yes,,,,B,,,
339,"2017-04-05 17:40:41","Mans Search for Meaning",,"Viktor E Frankl, Ilse Lasch, Harold S Kushner",9780807014295,080701429X,"Mass Market",06/01/2006,"Beacon Press",,,165,.51IN,4.38IN,.75,1,,2800807014297,"Viktor Frankl",,B,"Psychologists|Biography - General|Personal Memoirs|Logotherapy|Biography-Historical",,
340,"2017-04-04 05:08:18","In the Garden of Beasts Love...",,"Larson, Erik",9780307408846,0307408841,Hardcover,05/10/2011,"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE",,,448,1.40IN,6.40IN,1.50,8,Yes,,"Erik Larson",,B,Biography-Historical,,
341,"2017-04-08 02:13:23","Cleopatra A Life",,"Stacy Schiff",9780316001946,0316001945,"Trade Paperback",09/06/2011,"HACHETTE BOOK GROUP",,,432,1.20IN,6.60IN,1.25,,Yes,,,,B,Biography-Historical,,
342,"2017-04-05 17:40:41","48 Laws of Power",,"Robert Greene",9780140280197,0140280197,"Trade Paperback",09/01/2000,"PENGUIN PUTNAM TRADE",,,452,1.27IN,6.42IN,1.25,1,,2800140280199,"Robert Greene",,B,"Contrãole|Success|Power (philosophy)|Control (psychology)|Power",,
344,"2017-04-12 01:10:26","Lafayette in the Somewhat United...",,"Sarah Vowell",9781594631740,1594631743,Hardcover,10/20/2015,"Riverhead Books",,,,9.50,6.50,1.25,,,,,,,"United States / Colonial Period(1600-1775)|US History-Colonial America",,
345,"2017-04-12 01:09:33","Team of Rivals The Political...",,"Goodwin, Doris Kearns",9780743270755,0743270754,"Trade Paperback",09/26/2006,"SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE",,,916,1.80IN,6.10IN,2.00,1,Yes,2800743270757,"Doris Kearns Goodwin",,B,"Abraham Lincoln, Seward, Lincoln leadership, Steven Spielberg, Daniel Day-Lewis, Oscar, Tony Kushner, oscar winning lincoln movie, lincoln prize, 13th ammendment, abolition slavery|Biography-Presidents and Heads of State|Biography-Historical",,
346,"2017-04-07 15:49:01","Autobiography of Malcolm X",,"Malcolm X",9780345350688,0345350685,"Mass Market",10/12/1987,"BALLANTINE BOOKS",,,496,1.20IN,4.20IN,1.50,1,,2800345350680,"Alex Haley",,B,"cultural heritage|Afro-Americans -- Biography.|X, Malcolm|African Americans|Black Muslims -- Biography.",,
347,"2017-04-02 19:13:17","Girls Of Atomic City The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II","Synopses & ReviewsPublisher CommentsThe New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback — an incredible true story of the top-secret World War II town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the young women brought there unknowingly to help build the atomic bomb. At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, and consumed more electricity than New York City, yet it was shrouded in such secrecy that it did not appear on any map. Thousands of civilians, many of them young women from small towns across the U.S., were recruited to this secret city, enticed by the promise of solid wages and war-ending work. What were they actually doing there? Very few knew. The purpose of this mysterious government project was kept a secret from the outside world and from the majority of the residents themselves. Some wondered why, despite the constant work and round-the-clock activity in this makeshift town, did no tangible product of any kind ever seem to leave its guarded gates? The women who kept this town running would find out at the end of the war, when Oak Ridge's secret was revealed and changed the world forever. Drawing from the voices and experiences of the women who lived and worked in Oak Ridge, The Girls of Atomic City rescues a remarkable, forgotten chapter of World War II from obscurity. Denise Kiernan captures the spirit of the times through these women: their pluck, their desire to contribute, and their enduring courage.Review""Fascinating...Kiernan has amassed a deep reservoir of intimate details of what life was like for women living in the secret city, gleaned from seven years of interviews and research....Rosie, it turns out, did much more than drive rivets."" The Washington Post Review""Kiernan...brings a unique and personal perspective to this key part of American history....Instead of the words of top scientists and government officials, Kiernan recounts the experiences of factory workers, secretaries, and low-level chemists in a town that housed at its peak 75,000 people trained not to talk about what they knew or what they did. She combines their stories with detailed reporting that provides a clear and compelling picture of this fascinating time."" The Boston Globe Review""Kiernan's focus is on the intimate and often strange details of work and life at Oak Ridge. It's told in a novelistic style and is an intimate look at the experiences of the young women who worked at Oak Ridge and the local residents whose lives were changed by the presence of the project."" The San Francisco Book Review Review""Kiernan's book, the result of seven years of research and interviews with the surviving 'girls,' sparkles with their bright, WWII slang and spirit, and takes readers behind the scenes into the hive-like encampments and cubicles where they spent their days and nights....The Girls of Atomic City brings to light a forgotten chapter in our history that combines a vivid, novelistic story with often troubling science."" Atlanta Journal-Constitution Review""A fresh take on the secret city built in the mountains of Tennessee as part of the Manhattan Project during World War II....An inspiring account of how people can respond with their best when called upon."" Kirkus Reviews Review""Kiernan snugly fits original research into the creation story of Oak Ridge and should engage readers interested in both women's history and the background of the atomic bomb."" Booklist Review""This intimate and revealing glimpse into one of the most important scientific developments in history will appeal to a broad audience."" Publishers Weekly About the AuthorDenise Kiernan is the author of several books, including The Girls of Atomic City, Signing Their Lives Away, and Signing Their Rights Away. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Discover, Village Voice, Ms., and other national publications. Visit her at DeniseKiernan.com.","Denise Kiernan",9781451617535,1451617534,"Trade Paperback",03/11/2014,"SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE",,,373,1.10IN,6.00IN,1.00,,Yes,,,,B,Biography-Women,,
348,"2017-04-25 07:09:53",Night,,"Elie Wiesel",9780553272536,0553272535,"Mass Market",11/01/1987,"BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL","v. 11, no. 2 (Summer 2000)",,128,"7.08 in.","4.18 in.",".38 in.",1,,2800553272538,"Francois Mauriac",,,"World war, 1939-1945|Jewish authors|Holocaust, jewish|Continental european fiction (fictional works|Novels and novellas",,
349,"2017-04-12 01:10:26","Alexander Hamilton",,"Ron Chernow",9780143034759,0143034758,"Trade Paperback",03/29/2005,"PENGUIN PUTNAM TRADE",,,818,1.80IN,5.90IN,1.50,1,Yes,2800143034751,"Ron Chernow",,B,"Personal Memoirs|United States Politics and government.|Biography - General|Statesmen|United states",,
350,"2017-04-12 01:10:26","John Adams",,"David McCullough",9780743223133,0743223136,"Trade Paperback",09/03/2002,"SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE",,,751,1.44IN,6.14IN,1.25,1,Yes,2800743223135,"David McCullough",,B,"John Adams, second president, declaration of independence, Continental Congress, constitution, revolution, revolutionary war, boston tea party, abigail adams, sam adams, george washington, thomas jefferson, benjamin franklin, alexander hamilton, john quin|United States Politics and government.|Presidents -- United States.|United states|Biography-Presidents and Heads of State",,
351,"2017-04-08 15:32:22","Cleopatra A Life",,"Stacy Schiff",9780316001922,0316001929,Hardcover,11/01/2010,"HACHETTE BOOK GROUP",,,368,1.24IN,6.31IN,1.25,1,Yes,4294967295,"Patricia Bosworth",,B,Biography-Historical,,
352,"2017-04-25 07:09:53","Diary Of A Young Girl",,"Anne Frank",9780553296983,0553296981,"Mass Market",06/01/1993,"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE",,,304,.81IN,4.24IN,1.00,1,,2800553296985,"Anne Frank",,B,"World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Netherlands.|Jews|Biography-Historical|Amsterdam (Netherlands) History.|Amsterdam",,
353,"2017-04-07 15:30:58","Dont Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight",,"Alexandra Fuller",9780375758997,0375758992,"Trade Paperback",03/11/2003,"Random House Inc",,English,315,8.00,5.00,.75,1,,2800375758999,,,,"Biography-Historical|Zimbabwe - History - Chimurenga War, 1966-|Zimbabwe|Fuller, Alexandra - Childhood and youth|Biography-Childhood Memoir",,
354,"2017-04-06 02:34:05","Maus: A Survivor's Tale",,"Spiegelman, Art",9780394747231,0394747232,"Trade Paperback",08/12/1986,"PANTHEON BOOKS",Maus,,160,.45IN,6.54IN,.50,1,Yes,,"Art Spiegelman",,B,"Holocaust survivors -- United States.|Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland.|Children of Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.|Children of Holocaust survivors|Holocaust survivors",,
355,"2017-04-02 19:14:57","Mans Search for Meaning","From Powells.comStaff PickMan's Search for Meaning is like nothing you've ever read before. The first half of the book depicts Dr. Frankl's four years losing everything in concentration camps — a description so hellish, it leaves you desolate. Shattered by his Holocaust experiences, Frankl struggles to survive after he is freed. In the second half of the book, Frankl shows how that period of his life informs and develops his theory of ""logotherapy"" — he asserts that life is about finding meaning, what is meaningful to each individual. As excruciating as his experiences are, Frankl's theory is full of love; he is able to find redemption for himself and others. This book is beautifully life-changing. Recommended By Dianah H., Powells.com Synopses & ReviewsPublisher CommentsPsychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of others he treated later in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. Frankl's theory — known as logotherapy, from the Greek word logos (""meaning"") — holds that our primary drive in life is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of what we personally find meaningful.At the time of Frankl's death in 1997, Man's Search for Meaning had sold more than 10 million copies in twenty-four languages. A 1991 reader survey for the Library of Congress that asked readers to name a ""book that made a difference in your life"" found Man's Search for Meaning among the ten most influential books in America. Beacon Press, the original English-language publisher of Man's Search for Meaning, is issuing this new paperback edition with a new Foreword, biographical Afterword, jacket, price, and classroom materials to reach new generations of readers.Review""One of the great books of our time."" Harold S. Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good PeopleReview""One of the outstanding contributions to psychological thought in the last fifty years."" Carl R. RogersReview""[O]ne of the most significant books of the 20th century."" O, the Oprah magazineSynopsisBased on his experiences in Nazi death camps, including Auschwitz, from 1942 to 1945, Frankl's timeless memoir and meditation on finding meaning in the midst of suffering argues that man cannot avoid suffering but can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. About the AuthorViktor E. Frankl was professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of Vienna Medical School until his death in 1997. His twenty-nine books have been translated into twenty-one languages. During World War II, he spent three years in Auschwitz, Dachau, and other concentration camps.Harold S. Kushner is rabbi emeritus at Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, and the author of bestselling books including When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Living a Life That Matters, and When All You’ve Ever Wanted Isn’t Enough. William J. Winslade is a philosopher, lawyer, and psychoanalyst who teaches psychiatry, medical ethics, and medical jurisprudence at the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston.","Viktor E Frankl, Ilse Lasch, Harold S Kushner",9780807014271,0807014273,"Trade Paperback",06/01/2006,"Beacon Press",,,165,.52IN,6.10IN,.50,1,,2800807014273,"Harold S Kushner",,B,"Psychologists|Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)|Logotherapy",,
356,"2017-04-12 01:11:05","Team of Rivals The Political...",,"Doris Kearns Goodwin",9781451688092,1451688091,"Trade Paperback",10/16/2012,"SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE",,,944,1.71IN,6.24IN,1.75,,Yes,,"Doris Kearns Goodwin",,B,"Biography-Presidents and Heads of State",,
357,"2017-04-09 23:22:13","Founding Brothers The...",,"Joseph J Ellis",9780375705243,0375705244,"Trade Paperback",02/05/2002,"BALLANTINE BOOKS",,,288,.65IN,5.48IN,".65 in.",1,,2800375705245,,,B,"Presidents -- United States.|Statesmen -- United States.|United states|Statesmen|Biography-Historical",,
358,"2017-04-11 07:53:08","Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the...",,"Douglas Smith",9780374240844,0374240841,Hardcover,11/22/2016,"Farrar, Straus and Giroux",,,848,"9.33 in","160.27 mm",,,Yes,,,,B,,,
359,"2017-04-05 17:41:22","Mans Search for Meaning",,"Viktor E Frankl, Viktor Emil Frankl, Gordon W Allport",9780671023379,0671023373,"Mass Market",12/01/1997,"SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE",,,224,"6.75 in.","4.19 in.",,1,,2800671023371,"Gordon W Allport",,,"Personal narratives|Psychologists|Holocaust, jewish|Philosophy|Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)",,
360,"2017-04-04 21:29:17","Mans Search For Meaning An...",,"Viktor E Frankl",9780671244224,0671244221,"Trade Paperback",10/01/1984,"POCKET BOOKS","A Touchstone book",,189,"8.4375 in.","5.5 in.",,1,,2800671244226,"Viktor E. Frankl",,,"Biography|Psychologists|Psychoanalytic Therapy|Logotherapy|Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)",,
361,"2017-04-02 19:16:00","Rainbow Comes & Goes A Mother & Son On Life Love & Loss","Synopses & ReviewsReviewVanderbilt and her son Cooper relate the touching story of how an epistolary exchange created new emotional intimacy between them. After fashion designer and society icon Vanderbilt now 92 became seriously ill in 2015 Cooper a globe trotting journalist questioned their closeness and realized much had gone unsaid between them. He sets about rectifying that by opening an email exchange that proves illuminating and healing. Vanderbilt's early years were rife with tragedy and her father died before she was two years old; in parallel Cooper's father died when Cooper was 10. Vanderbilt writes of having no one to talk to about the turmoil around her childhood and adolescence leading to countless regrettable turns such as dropping out at 17 to marry a decades older man and it never occurred to her to share or explain to her sons what she endured. Cooper recalls feeling loved by his mother but also feeling that he barely knew her. As Cooper delves into their respective pasts he starts to understand that following the deaths of his father and older brother he also took big risks motivated by the out of control circumstances surrounding him. Through greater openness Cooper and Vanderbilt achieve a new closeness demonstrating in this intimate and lively read that it's never too late to have a rich relationship with family. (Apr.) "" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.""ReviewVanderbilt and her son Cooper relate the touching story of how an epistolary exchange created new emotional intimacy between them. After fashion designer and society icon Vanderbilt now 92 became seriously ill in 2015 Cooper a globe trotting journalist questioned their closeness and realized much had gone unsaid between them. He sets about rectifying that by opening an email exchange that proves illuminating and healing. Vanderbilt's early years were rife with tragedy and her father died before she was two years old; in parallel Cooper's father died when Cooper was 10. Vanderbilt writes of having no one to talk to about the turmoil around her childhood and adolescence leading to countless regrettable turns such as dropping out at 17 to marry a decades older man and it never occurred to her to share or explain to her sons what she endured. Cooper recalls feeling loved by his mother but also feeling that he barely knew her. As Cooper delves into their respective pasts he starts to understand that following the deaths of his father and older brother he also took big risks motivated by the out of control circumstances surrounding him. Through greater openness Cooper and Vanderbilt achieve a new closeness demonstrating in this intimate and lively read that it's never too late to have a rich relationship with family. (Apr.) "" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.""Synopsis#1 New York Times Bestseller A touching and intimate correspondence between Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, offering timeless wisdom and a revealing glimpse into their livesThough Anderson Cooper has always considered himself close to his mother, his intensely busy career as a journalist for CNN and CBS affords him little time to spend with her. After she suffers a brief but serious illness at the age of ninety-one, they resolve to change their relationship by beginning a year-long conversation unlike any they had ever had before. The result is a correspondence of surprising honesty and depth in which they discuss their lives, the things that matter to them, and what they still want to learn about each other.Both a son's love letter to his mother and an unconventional mom's life lessons for her grown son, The Rainbow Comes and Goes offers a rare window into their close relationship and fascinating life stories, including their tragedies and triumphs. In these often humorous and moving exchanges, they share their most private thoughts and the hard-earned truths they've learned along the way. In their words their distinctive personalities shine through--Anderson's journalistic outlook on the world is a sharp contrast to his mother's idealism and unwavering optimism.An appealing memoir with inspirational advice, The Rainbow Comes and Goes is a beautiful and affectionate celebration of the universal bond between a parent and a child, and a thoughtful reflection on life, reminding us of the precious insight that remains to be shared, no matter our age.About the AuthorAnderson Cooper joined CNN in 2001 and has anchored his own program, Anderson Cooper 360°, since 2003. He had previously served as a correspondent for ABC News and was a foreign correspondent for Channel One News. Cooper has won several awards for his work, including an Emmy. He graduated from Yale University in 1989 and also studied Vietnamese at the University of Hanoi. He writes regularly for Details magazine.Gloria Vanderbilt is the author of four memoirs and two novels. She contributes to various publications, including the New York Times, Vanity Fair, and Elle, and has received two honorary doctorates of Fine Arts. She lives in New York City.","Anderson Cooper",9780062454942,0062454943,Hardcover,04/05/2016,"HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS",,,304,1.10IN,5.40IN,,,Yes,,"Gloria Vanderbilt",,B,,,
362,"2017-04-02 19:16:09","Angry Optimist",,"Lisa Rogak",9781250080479,1250080479,"Trade Paperback",07/21/2015,"St. Martin's Griffin",,English,288,.80IN,5.40IN,.50,,Yes,,,,B,"Biography-Entertainment and Performing Arts",,
363,"2017-04-08 19:07:42","The Bully Pulpit: Theodore...",,"Goodwin, Doris Kearns",9781416547877,1416547878,"Trade Paperback",09/09/2014,"Simon & Schuster",,,912,1.67IN,6.10IN,2.00,,,,,,B,"US History - 20th Century",,
365,"2017-04-08 19:07:52","Avid Reader: A Life",,"Robert Gottlieb",9780374279929,0374279926,Hardcover,09/13/2016,"Farrar, Straus and Giroux",,English,352,"9.33 in","6.34 in",,,Yes,,,,B,,,
366,"2017-04-08 19:07:52","Angry Optimist The Life & Times...",,"Lisa Rogak",9781250014443,1250014441,Hardcover,09/09/2014,"ST MARTINS PRESS",,English,273,1.10IN,6.00IN,1.00,,Yes,,"Lisa Rogak",,B,"Biography-Entertainment and Performing Arts",,
367,"2017-04-02 19:16:42","Old Age A Beginners Guide","Synopses & ReviewsReviewIn this collection of eight essays Kinsley (Please Don’t Remain Calm) a columnist at Vanity Fair a New Yorker contributor and the founder of Slate proposes—somewhat facetiously—that life is a game in which all of us are in competition. As such he asks what does it mean to “win” at life? Does it pay off to have the most possessions live the longest or be remembered best? Kinsley doesn’t really present an answer but it’s enjoyable to follow his train of thought. The focus is ultimately on coming to terms with the final chapter of life which in Kinsley’s case means coming to terms with being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Throughout Kinsley showcases his fine writing tackling a potentially depressing subject with a mixture of humor and serious reflection. Though targeted most specifically to Kinsley’s own generation of the baby boomers the book might be helpful for anyone who has a progressive illness. Readers are almost forced to accept the premise of life as competition as it appears time and again throughout and some may find this disconcerting. However Kinsley’s superb prose and well judged tone—both frustrated and hopeful for the future—make this a valuable book for anyone interested in exploring ideas around life death and legacy. (Apr.)"" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.""SynopsisVanity Fair columnist Michael Kinsley escorts his fellow Boomers through the door marked ""Exit."" The notorious baby boomers the largest age cohort in history are approaching the end and starting to plan their final moves in the game of life. Now they are asking: What wasthatall about? Was it about acquiring things or changing the world? Was it about keeping all your marbles? Or is the only thing that counts after you re gone the reputation you leave behind? In this series of essays, Michael Kinsley uses his own battle with Parkinson s disease to unearth answers to questions we are all at some time forced to confront. Sometimes, he writes, I feel like a scout from my generation, sent out ahead to experience in my fifties what even the healthiest Boomers are going to experience in their sixties, seventies, or eighties. This surprisingly cheerful book is at once a fresh assessment of a generation and a frequently funny account of one man s journey toward the finish line. The least misfortune can do to make up for itself is to be interesting, he writes. Parkinson s disease has fulfilled that obligation. ""","Michael Kinsley",9781101903766,1101903767,Hardcover,04/26/2016,"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE",,,160,.90IN,4.70IN,,,,,,,B,,,
368,"2017-04-06 02:39:55","Fargo Rock City A Heavy Metal...",,"Chuck Klosterman",9780743406567,0743406567,"Trade Paperback",05/01/2002,"POCKET BOOKS",,,288,.78IN,5.34IN,.75,1,,2800743406569,"Chuck Klosterman",,B,"Heavy metal (music)|United states|Heavy metal (Music) - Social aspects -|North dakota|North Dakota Social life and customs.",,
369,"2017-04-06 02:40:51","Stringer A Reporters Journey in...",,"Anjan Sundaram",9780345806321,0345806328,"Trade Paperback",11/04/2014,"Anchor Books",,,288,.90IN,5.20IN,1.00,,,,,,B,"congo;africa;journalism|Biography - General",,
370,"2017-04-04 17:58:24","Becoming Grandma The Joys &...",,"Lesley Stahl",9780399168154,039916815X,Hardcover,04/05/2016,"Blue Rider Press",,,288,1.00IN,6.20IN,.62,,,,,,B,,,
371,"2017-04-08 19:08:00","& Then All Hell Broke Loose A...",,"Richard Engel",9781451635119,1451635117,Hardcover,02/09/2016,"Simon & Schuster",,,256,1.30IN,6.30IN,,,Yes,,"Richard Engel",,B,,,
372,"2017-04-06 02:45:40","Rainbow Comes & Goes A Mother &...",,"Anderson Cooper, Gloria Vanderbilt",9780062466730,0062466739,"Trade Paperback",04/05/2016,Harperluxe,,,320,.75IN,6.00IN,,,Yes,,"Gloria Vanderbilt",,B,,,
374,"2017-04-02 19:17:42","Grace a Memoir","Synopses & ReviewsPublisher CommentsThere are giants in the world of fashion, and then there is Grace Coddington. Grace: A Memoir chronicles a life in Vogue, offers readers a bird’s-eye view into an influential industry, and paints a stylish portrait of a creative genius at work and play.Review""'Don't expect me to be in it,' was what Coddington, Vogue's creative director, said when her boss Anna Wintour told her that R.J. Cutler was making a documentary about the fashion bible (2007's The September Issue). Coddington, ever shy and diligent, was not only in it, but became the film's heroine by standing for creative expression and old-fashioned practices rooted in her deep appreciation for the fundamentals of fashion (she's one of the few remaining fashion editors to dress her own models). This preciously illustrated and honest memoir is written in a delightful colloquial style that will appeal to fashion insiders and average readers. Coddington weaves a story with fairytale beginnings (she clipped modeling school coupons while poring over outdated issues of British Vogue.), some drama (A car accident almost took her life, led to five surgeries and ended her modeling career.), and humorous tidbits (a 'raccoon incident' during lunch with Wintour at the Four Seasons, or the time Coddington, who has never asked for a raise in her life, was mistaken for an assistant during an early visit to Conde Nast.) What's a woman who has worked with all the top photographers and models to do? Keep creating the exquisite fantasy worlds she's known for, of course. (Nov.)"" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.About the AuthorBeautiful. Willful. Charming. Blunt. Grace Coddington’s extraordinary talent and fierce dedication to her work as creative director of Vogue have made her an international icon. Known through much of her career only to those behind the scenes, she might have remained fashion’s best-kept secret were it not for The September Issue, the acclaimed 2009 documentary that turned publicity-averse Grace into a sudden, reluctant celebrity. Grace’s palpable engagement with her work brought a rare insight into the passion that produces many of the magazine’s most memorable shoots.   With the witty, forthright voice that has endeared her to her colleagues and peers for more than forty years, Grace now creatively directs the reader through the storied narrative of her life so far. Evoking the time when models had to tote their own bags and props to shoots, Grace describes her early career as a model, working with such world-class photographers as David Bailey and Norman Parkinson, before she stepped behind the camera to become a fashion editor at British Vogue in the late 1960s. Here she began creating the fantasy “travelogues” that would become her trademark. In 1988 she joined American Vogue, where her breathtakingly romantic and imaginative fashion features, a sampling of which appear in this book, have become instant classics.   Delightfully underscored by Grace’s pen-and-ink illustrations, Grace will introduce readers to the colorful designers, hairstylists, makeup artists, photographers, models, and celebrities with whom Grace has created her signature images. Grace reveals her private world with equal candor—the car accident that almost derailed her modeling career, her two marriages, the untimely death of her sister, Rosemary, her friendship with Harper’s Bazaar editor-in-chief Liz Tilberis, and her thirty-year romance with Didier Malige. Finally, Grace describes her abiding relationship with Anna Wintour, and the evolving mastery by which she has come to define the height of fashion.   NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FINANCIAL TIMES“If Wintour is the Pope . . . Coddington is Michelangelo, trying to paint a fresh version of the Sistine Chapel twelve times a year.”—Time","Grace Coddington",9780812993356,0812993357,Hardcover,11/20/2012,"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE",,,416,1.40IN,7.50IN,1.50,,Yes,,"Michael (CON) Roberts",,B,"PHOTOGRAPHY / Fashion|Biography - General",,
375,"2017-04-08 19:08:16","Hitch 22 A Memoir",,"Christopher Hitchens",9780446540339,0446540331,Hardcover,06/02/2010,"HACHETTE BOOK GROUP",,,435,9.25,6.25,1.50,15,,4294967295,"topher Hitchens",,,Biography-Literary,,
376,"2017-04-08 19:08:32","Fear & Loathing on the Campaign...",,"Hunter S Thompson",9781451691573,1451691572,"Trade Paperback",06/26/2012,"SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE",,,481,1.32IN,5.56IN,1.25,,Yes,,"Hunter S. Thompson",,B,"Politics - General",,
377,"2017-04-06 02:49:28","Stories I Tell Myself: Growing Up...",,"Juan F. Thompson",9780307265357,0307265358,Hardcover,01/05/2016,"Knopf Publishing Group",,,288,1.10IN,5.90IN,,,Yes,,,,,Biography-Literary,,
378,"2017-04-08 19:08:32","Hitch-22: A Memoir",,"Hitchens, Christopher",9780446540346,044654034X,"Trade Paperback",06/03/2011,"HACHETTE BOOK GROUP",,,434,1.30IN,5.20IN,1.25,,Yes,,,,B,Biography-Literary,,
379,"2017-04-02 19:18:31","Killing Yourself to Live 85% of a True Story","Synopses & ReviewsPublisher CommentsA star par excellence, Dolly Parton is one of country musicand#8217;s most likable personalities. Even a hard-rocking punk or orchestral aesthete canand#8217;t help cracking a smile or singing along with songs like and#147;Joleneand#8221; and and#147;9 to 5.and#8221; More than a mere singer or actress, Parton is a true cultural phenomenon, immediately recognizable and beloved for her talent, tinkling laugh, and steel magnolia spirit. She is also the only female star to have her own themed amusement park: Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Every year thousands of fans flock to Dollywood to celebrate the icon, and Helen Morales is one of those fans. In Pilgrimage to Dollywood, Morales sets out to discover Partonand#8217;s Tennessee. Her travels begin at the top celebrity pilgrimage site of Elvis Presleyand#8217;s Graceland, then take her to Loretta Lynnand#8217;s ranch in Hurricane Mills; the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville; to Sevierville, Gatlinburg, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park; and finally to Pigeon Forge, home of the and#147;Dolly Homecoming Parade,and#8221; featuring the star herself as grand marshall. Moralesand#8217;s adventure allows her to compare the imaginary Tennessee of Partonand#8217;s lyrics with the real Tennessee where the singer grew up, looking at essential connections between country music, the land, and a way of life. Itand#8217;s also a personal pilgrimage for Morales. Accompanied by her partner, Tony, and their nine-year-old daughter, Athena (who respectively prefer Mozart and Miley Cyrus), Morales, a recent transplant from England, seeks to understand America and American values through the celebrity sites and attractions of Tennessee. This celebration of Dolly and Americana is for anyone with an old country soul who relies on music to help understand the world, and it is guaranteed to make a Dolly Parton fan of anyone who has not yet fallen for her music or charisma.Review""Mr. Klosterman makes good, smart company."" -- Janet Maslin, The New York TimesReview""Sometimes when you're the co-pilot on a road trip, you're having such a good time talking to your buddy, gazing out the window, and listening to awesome music that you're a little reluctant to stop and get out when you actually reach your destination. That's what reading this book is like."" -- Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment WeeklyReview""[Klosterman] writes with real articulacy and feeling about the relationship between rock music and the non-alpha males who worship it. . . . He's ferociously clever and ferociously self-deprecating, which makes him a superb companion. . . . I absolutely loved it. I don't suppose those guys in tight trousers and makeup have any idea they have such a great chronicler."" -- William Leith, Evening Standard (London)Review ""I can't think of a more sheerly likable writer than Chuck Klosterman and his old-fashioned, all-American voice: big-hearted and direct, bright and unironic, optimistic and amiable, self-deprecating and reassuring -- with a captivating lack of fuss or pretension. He's also genuinely funny and I pretty much agree with everything he says."" -- -Bret Easton Ellis Review ""Thank God Chuck lives the life he does and writes the way he writes about it. It's not just autobiography; it's a vital form of truth, and he's the real thing."" --Douglas Coupland Reviewand#8220;Morales has made a moving, provocative pilgrimage through the complex cultureand#8212;mainly southernand#8212;that produces country music and some of its outsized performers. I found her very readable.and#8221;Reviewand#8220;Part quirky travelogue, part study of celebrity culture, part autobiography, Pilgrimage to Dollywood is a witty and self-aware account of being transplanted into an alien culture and deciding to revel in its (and oneand#8217;s own) otherness.and#8221;Reviewand#8220;The heart of the book is Moralesand#8217;s personal meditation on the Dollywood shrine itself, the theme park for feminism, Christianity, and the Old South, its mythical log-cabin home, its worshippers at the Dolly Dollar cash-tills, and the reputation of the whole (deserved or not: discuss) as and#8216;the redneck Disneyland.and#8217; This is cultural criticism on holiday . . . frank, self-revelatory, comic and clever, revealing greater identification with the heroine than her day job traditionally allows.and#8221;Reviewand#8220;and#8217;This is not a book written from the Olympic heights of an objective observer,and#8217; writes Morales in the introduction to her funny, engaging and erudite book. and#8216;I confess up front that I love Dolly Parton and her music.and#8217;and#8221;Reviewand#8220;Itand#8217;ll make you want to experience your own pilgrimage, with the windows down and and#8216;Joleneand#8217; blaring.and#8221;Review ""Girl music nerds have been debating Beatles versus Stones and curating their collections for as long as male music snobs, but that perspective has been on low rotation; hail, hail, Courtney E. Smiths Record Collecting for Girls, a mix tape of female rock history, playlists for getting busy and coping with heartbreak, and essential info such as how to decode a dudes CD collection (Yo La Tengo = romantically hapless; Leonard Cohen = asshole)."" —Vanity Fair   ""Courtney Smith has smarts and sass in spades. Her insights are as hilarious as they are thoughtful and when you finish reading this book, youll feel like you just got home from a perfect night out with your best friend. And youll want to listen to Prince. Full volume."" —Megan Jasper, Executive Vice President, Sub Pop Records   ""Record Collecting For Girls is an invitation for all of you stereophiles, (who happen to be female), to make your own top five lists, and then, armed and ready with the book's fun facts, to argue their merits to the ever present boys' club of music snobs in your life.""  —Sarahbeth Purcell, author of Love Is the Drug and This Is Not A Love Song ""Insightful and hilarious...Smith easily blends her own musical coming-of-age narrative with rock history...This is a book for anyone whose day has a soundtrack and for whom music reigns supreme."" —Publishers Weekly ""A melodious road map...There is much here that is both interesting and infomative."" —Kirkus  SynopsisBuilding on the national bestselling success of ""Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs,"" pop culture writer Klosterman unleashes his best book yet--the story of his cross-country tour of sites where rock stars have died and his search for love, excitement, and the meaning of death.SynopsisBuilding on the national bestselling success of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, preeminent pop culture writer Chuck Klosterman unleashes his best book yet—the story of his cross-country tour of sites where rock stars have died and his search for love, excitement, and the meaning of death.For 6,557 miles, Chuck Klosterman thought about dying. He drove a rental car from New York to Rhode Island to Georgia to Mississippi to Iowa to Minneapolis to Fargo to Seattle, and he chased death and rock ‘n’ roll all the way. Within the span of twenty-one days, Chuck had three relationships end—one by choice, one by chance, and one by exhaustion. He snorted cocaine in a graveyard. He walked a half-mile through a bean field. A man in Dickinson, North Dakota, explained to him why we have fewer windmills than we used to. He listened to the KISS solo albums and the Rod Stewart box set. At one point, poisonous snakes became involved. The road is hard. From the Chelsea Hotel to the swampland where Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane went down to the site where Kurt Cobain blew his head off, Chuck explored every brand of rock star demise. He wanted to know why the greatest career move any musician can make is to stop breathing...and what this means for the rest of us.SynopsisCambridge don Helen Moralesand#151;recently transplanted to a new job in Californiaand#151;has written a rousing travel book centering on the life and legacy of Tennessee native Dolly Parton.and#160;and#160; Apart from being a distinguished philologist, Morales is an avid country-music fan.and#160; For years she has especially admired the great country singer, songwriter, actress, and all-round smart cookie Dolly Parton. The Dolly Parton trail she traces is set entirely in Tennessee.and#160; It takes in key sites of Dollyand#8217;s life, from the Grand Ole Opry, where Dolly became a star, to Sevierville, her birthplace, to various homes occupied by Dolly and her gigantic family, to schools she attended. Helen also visits the institutions that have helped immortalize the singer, including the Country Music Hall of Fame, where relics of Dollyand#8217;s life are displayed as those of a saint.and#160; If this is starting to sound like a sacred pilgrimage, well, in a sense it is.and#160; It culminates at the town of Pigeon Forge, where the Dolly Parton Annual Parade is held, featuring the star herself as Grand Marshall, enthroned on a float.and#160; Helen was accompanied on her trip by her husband and their pre-pubescent daughter, Athena, who operates as aand#160; matter-of-fact foil to the authorand#8217;s own romantic and sometimes misguided English notions about American popular culture.and#160; Itand#8217;s good chemistry and makes for a hilarious read.SynopsisFormer MTV music programmer and MTV blogger Courtney E. Smith delivers a humorous and edgy look at the world of music from the female perspective.Synopsis“Record Collecting for Girls is an invitation for all of you stereophiles (who happen to be female), to make your own top-five lists, and then, armed and ready with the books fun facts, to argue their merits to the ever-present boys club of music snobs in your life.” —Sarahbeth Purcell, author of Love Is the Drug and This Is Not a Love SongYou never leave home without your iPod. Youre always on the lookout for new bands, and you have strong opinions when it comes to music debates, like Beatles vs. Stones. For years, youve listened to guys talk about all things music, but the female perspective has been missing. Until now.Drawing on her personal life as a music enthusiast, as well as her experience working at MTV and in radio, Courtney E. Smith explores what music can tell women about themselves—and the men in their lives. She takes on a range of topics, from the romantic soundtracks of Romeo and Juliet to the evolution of girl bands. She shares stories from her own life that shed light on the phenomenon of guilty pleasures and the incredible power of an Our Song. Along the way, she evaluates the essential role that music plays as we navigate lifes glorious victories and its soul-crushing defeats. Finally, here is a voice that speaks to women—because girls get their hearts broken and make mix tapes about it, too.“Courtney Smith has smarts and sass in spades. Her insights are as hilarious as they are thoughtful, and when you finish reading this book, youll feel like you just got home from a perfect night out with your best friend. And youll want to listen to Prince. At full volume.” —Megan Jasper, Executive Vice President, Sub Pop RecordsAbout the Author Courtney Smith has more than a decade of experience working in the music industry. She recently left MTV after spending 8 years as a music programmer and manager of label relations, where she was one of the executives who decided which videos went into rotation on all of MTV's 20 music platforms. She specialized in grooming upcoming bands and has worked closely with Death Cab for Cutie, the Shins, and Vampire Weekend, among others.Table of Contents1and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Caviar and Fish Sticks 2and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; A Series of Cravings and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Graceland and Other Shrines, Memphis 3and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Country Is as Country Does and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Loretta Lynnand#8217;s Ranch, Hurricane Mills 4and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Music City, USA and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Nashville 5and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Tennessee Mountain Homes and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, Sevierville, and Locust Ridge 6and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Color Me America and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Dixie Stampede, Pigeon Forge 7and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Sifting Specks of Gold and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Dollywood Amusement Park, the Great Smoky Mountains Doing the Pilgrimage Further Reading Acknowledgments","Chuck Klosterman",9780743264464,0743264460,"Trade Paperback",06/13/2006,"SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE",,,257,.69IN,6.76IN,.75,1,,2800743264466,"Helen Morales",,B,"General Music|Personal Memoirs|Biography - General|United States / South / East South Central (AL, MS, KY, TN)|Rock music -- Social aspects -- United States.",,
380,"2017-04-08 19:08:32","Gonzo A Graphic Biography of...",,"Will Bingley, Anthony Hope Smith, Alan Rinzler",9781419702426,1419702424,"Trade Paperback",04/01/2012,"HARRY N ABRAMS INC",,,180,.60IN,6.60IN,.75,,Yes,,"Alan Rinzler","Alan Rinzler",B,"Graphic Novels-Nonfiction",,
382,"2017-04-08 19:08:56","How about Never Is Never Good for...",,"Bob Mankoff",9780805095906,080509590X,Hardcover,03/25/2014,"Henry Holt & Company",,,285,1.20IN,8.30IN,1.00,,Yes,9780805095906,"Bob Mankoff",,B,"Biography - General",,
383,"2017-04-08 02:06:16","Fear & Loathing at Rolling Stone...",,"Hunter S Thompson, Jann Wenner",9781439165966,1439165963,"Trade Paperback",10/16/2012,"SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE",,,592,1.50IN,5.50IN,1.25,,,,"Jann Wenner",,B,"Literature-A to Z",,
384,"2017-04-02 19:19:10","Ancient Gonzo Wisdom: Interviews with Hunter S. Thompson","Synopses & ReviewsPublisher CommentsBristling with inspired observations and wild anecdotes, this first collection offers a unique insight into the voice and mind of the inimitable Hunter S. Thompson, as recorded in the pages of Playboy, The Paris Review, Esquire, and elsewhere.Fearless and unsparing, the interviews detail some of the most storied episodes of Thompsons life: a savage beating at the hands of the Hells Angels, talking football with Nixon on the 1972 Campaign Trail (“the only time in 20 years of listening to the treacherous bastard that I knew he wasnt lying”), and his unlikely run for sheriff of Aspen. Elsewhere, passionate tirades about journalism, culture, guns, drugs, and the law showcase Thompsons voice at its fiercest.Arranged chronologically, and prefaced with Anita Thompsons moving account of her husbands last years, the interviews present Hunter in all his fractured brilliance and provide an exceptional portrait of his times.ReviewNational Public Radio “This amusing collection pulls from 30 years of conversations and reveals the gonzo journalist to be much more of a craftsman than he is often given credit for being. It would, in fact, make a great gift to any budding journalist.”Crawdaddy! “What better way to explore any mind (and perhaps especially a mind, like Thompson’s, as warped as it was brilliant) than to go straight to the source?...The interviews in this book capture the outlaw journalist at every glorious twist in the road…This book contains Thompson at his peak, with all the cryptic wit and irony that made him one of America's true literary greats. A must-read for any Thompson aficionado.”A.V. Club, 7/16/09 “The best items in Gonzo Wisdom are among the straightest: a gratifyingly sober 1979 confab with Washington Journalism Review, and the classic Playboy interview finished right after Nixon’s resignation. Wild and funny though he was, Thompson was always serious about his writing.”New York Times Paper Cuts book blog, 7/20/09 “The book is fun to rummage around in.”Creative Loafing Daily Loaf blog, 7/14/09 “A substantial new volume…A solid and indispensible record of Hunter S. Thompson’s public life as a writer.”Tucson Citizen, Shelf Life blog, 8/5/09 “Arranged in chronological order, the interviews provide remarkable insight into the thinking of this extraordinary man.”Library Journal, 9/1/09 “All of [the interviews] emphasize Thompson’s flamboyant and exaggerated style. His fervent base of fans will want this book.”PopMatters.com, 8/27/09 “Recently, Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson, another book collecting Thompson’s essential interviews was published, and with Ancient Gonzo Wisdom coming so close after that, you might think that there’s a glut of the good doctor out there. Fortunately, there are only a couple of overlapping interviews between the two, and because Anita Thompson has done such an extensive excavation of the Thompson archives—including transcribing rare broadcast interviews in addition to his most important interviews from the publication of Hell’s Angels right up through the months before his death in 2004—this is the vital volume…Trying to pick out the best, or most interesting, interviews here is, of course, impossible. Thompson’s mind is so sharp, his responses so detailed, his considerable charm consistently outpaces his crankiness, even in the later years that it’s hard even to choose a favorite… Ancient Gonzo Wisdom: Interviews with Hunter S. Thompson is as close as we as readers can get to having Thompson as a conversational companion. It’s challenging and clever, frustrating and funny, and it’s a great companion to his canon.”WNTI Radio website, Hackettstown, NJ, 8/25/09 “Thompson has done all fans of the 'Good Doctor' a favor in compiling these interviews…Ancient Gonzo Wisdom provides a close and personal look at the great gonzo journalist.” Roanoke Times, 8/23 “Thompson may have seemed to treat Q&As like a lark, but he used them to promote an image of himself, increasingly that of a crazed, politically obsessed Yosemite Sam behind a typewriter. That persona is on full display in Ancient Gonzo Wisdom, a career-spanning collection of interviews, transcripts and profiles…Ancient is a solid overview.” Waterbury’s Republican-American, 9/6 “Worthy of being placed on the shelf alongside [Thompson’s] reportage and letters, to put a lie to the image that he was an out of control madman who got by on attitude alone. Indeed, the real lesson upon reading this book is that Thompson was as serious a journalist as we had in this country over the past four decades.” Blogcritics.org and AssociatedContent.com, 9/8 “A marvelous read for fans…Hunter, by way of his editor and widow Anita Thompson, presents an autobiography of sorts through his responses to questions in print, in a lecture hall, on television, and online. Anita does a great job providing footnotes to make clear what is being discussed in the conversations…Provide[s] a very good portrait of the man and his work.” New York Press 9/9 “Features previously unpublished interviews from 1974 to 2005 studded with outrageous anecdotes and quotes and some plain-old folk wisdom from the ‘Doctor,’ as he liked to call himself.” HybridMagazine.com, 10/9 “An important part of any library dedicated to The Doctor of Divinity, The Creator of Gonzo Journalism, the man that faced ‘The Fear’ headlong and survived…The book is a superb chronological collection of interviews…The interviews used here in this fine collection are wide ranging…With a collection as good as Ancient Gonzo Wisdom: Interviews with Hunter S. Thompson we get a good glimpse inside the literary giant that created Gonzo Journalism.” Sinning in L.A., 12/28/09 “With many turns as well as consistencies, the book provides a look at the man behind the typewriter…Sometimes dark and distant, but usually very witty and charming, he’s allowed to show himself, rather than the cartoon caricature that had been created of him by others.”SynopsisA collection of outrageous and brilliant interviews with the author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, selected and edited by his widow, Anita Thompson.About the AuthorAnita Thompson was Hunter S. Thompsons wife and assistant. She is the author of The Gonzo Way, a celebration of Thompsons legacy, and lives in Woody Creek, outside of Aspen, Colorado.","Anita Thompson",9780306816512,0306816512,"Trade Paperback",07/01/2009,"Da Capo Press",,English,412,1.20IN,6.00IN,1.25,1,,,"Christopher Hitchens",,B,"Authors, American -- 20th century.|Journalists -- United States.",,
386,"2017-04-05 17:43:41","Captain John R. Hughes, Lone Star...",,"Chuck Parsons",9781574413045,157441304X,Hardcover,01/13/2011,"University of North Texas Press","Frances B. Vick",English,400,1.24IN,6.36IN,,,Yes,,"Robert K Dearment",,B,General-General,,
387,"2017-04-08 00:03:08","Under & Alone The True Story of...",,"William Queen",9780345487520,0345487524,"Mass Market",03/28/2006,"BALLANTINE BOOKS",,English,260,.81IN,4.24IN,.75,1,Yes,2800345487522,"William Queen",,B,"Motorcycle gangs -- California.|Biography - General|Motorcycle gangs|Undercover operations|United States Officials and employees.",,
388,"2017-04-08 00:05:12","No Angel My Harrowing Undercover...",,"Jay Dobyns, Nils Johnson Shelton",9780307405869,0307405869,"Trade Paperback",02/02/2010,"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE",,English,328,.90IN,5.10IN,1.00,1,Yes,,"Nils Johnson Shelton",,B,"Organized crime|Personal Memoirs|Crime - True Crime",,
389,"2017-04-06 02:57:12","Deal: In a Deadly Game of Working...",,"Vigil, Michael S.",9781491735213,149173521X,Hardcover,06/26/2014,iUniverse,,English,370,.94IN,6.00IN,1.10,,Yes,9781491735213,"Michael S. Vigil",,B,"Biography - General",,
390,"2017-04-04 21:48:11","Working Stiff: Two Years, 262...",,"Melinek MD, Judy and Mitchell, T. J.",9781476727257,1476727252,Hardcover,08/12/2014,"SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE",,,258,.98IN,6.25IN,1.00,,,,"Tj Mitchell",,B,"Biography - General",,
391,"2017-04-08 00:05:21","Blue Blood",,"Edward Conlon",9781594480737,1594480737,"Trade Paperback",04/30/2005,"RIVERHEAD BOOKS/PENGUIN PUTNAM",,,562,9.00,6.00,1.25,1,,2801594480739,,,,"Biography - General|Personal Memoirs",,
392,"2017-04-08 00:06:32","Crooked Brooklyn: Taking Down...",,"Michael Vecchione and Jerry Schmetterer",9781250065186,1250065186,Hardcover,11/17/2015,"Thomas Dunne Books",,English,272,.90IN,5.80IN,1.00,,Yes,,"Jerry Schmeterrer",,B,"Crime - True Crime",,
393,"2017-04-08 00:07:00","Running with the Firm: My Double...",,"James Bannon",9780091951528,0091951526,"Trade Paperback",07/22/2014,"Ebury Press",,English,326,.90IN,4.90IN,1.00,,,9780091951528,"James Bannon",,B,"Biography - General",,
394,"2017-04-02 19:20:39","Art of Intelligence Lessons from a Life in the CIAs Clandestine Service","Synopses & ReviewsPublisher CommentsA legendary CIA spy and counterterrorism expert tells the spellbinding story of his high-risk, action-packed career Revelatory and groundbreaking, The Art of Intelligence will change the way people view the CIA, domestic and foreign intelligence, and international terrorism. Henry A. “Hank” Crumpton, a twenty-four-year veteran of the CIAs Clandestine Service, offers a thrilling account that delivers profound lessons about what it means to serve as an honorable spy. From CIA recruiting missions in Africa to pioneering new programs like the UAV Predator, from running post–9/11 missions in Afghanistan to heading up all clandestine CIA operations in the United States, Crumpton chronicles his role—in the battlefield and in the Oval Office—in transforming the way America wages war and sheds light on issues of domestic espionage.About the AuthorHenry A. Crumpton�is the chairman and CEO�of Crumpton Group LLC, a global business advisory firm. After a twenty-four-year career in the CIA's Clandestine Service, he served as the U.S. coordinator for counterterrorism with the rank of Ambassador at Large. He lives in the Washington, D.C., area.","Henry A Crumpton",9780143123378,0143123378,"Trade Paperback",04/30/2013,"PENGUIN PUTNAM TRADE",,,338,.90IN,5.40IN,.75,,,,Crumpton,,B,"Biography - General",,
395,"2017-04-08 00:08:39","Poachers Were My Prey: Eighteen...",,"R. T. Stewart",9781606351376,1606351370,"Trade Paperback",09/01/2012,"Black Squirrel Books",,English,202,.70IN,5.90IN,1.25,,Yes,9781606351376,"W. H. (CON) Gross",,B,,,
396,"2017-04-08 00:08:53","The Dark Art: Undercover in the...",,"Follis, Edward and Century, Douglas",9781592409440,159240944X,"Trade Paperback",10/13/2015,"Berkley Books",,English,304,.90IN,5.20IN,.75,,,,"Douglas Century",,B,,,
397,"2017-04-08 00:09:08","Within Arm's Length: A Secret...",,"Dan Emmett",9781250070272,1250070279,"Trade Paperback",11/17/2015,"St. Martin's Griffin",,English,320,.90IN,5.40IN,,,,,"Dan Emmett",,B,"Biography - General",,
398,"2017-04-06 02:02:33","Good Month for Murder",,"Del Quentin Wilber",9780805098815,080509881X,Hardcover,06/07/2016,"HENRY HOLT & CO",,,288,"9.5 in","6.41 in",,8,,,"Scott Sowers",,B,"Crime - True Crime",,
399,"2017-04-08 09:01:01","Royal Irish Constabulary Officers...",,"Herlihy, Jim",9781851828265,1851828265,Hardcover,11/22/2005,"Four Courts Press",,English,366,1.10IN,6.50IN,"1.10 in.",1,Yes,2801851828267,"W. E. Vaughan",,B,Police|Biography-Reference,,
400,"2017-04-05 18:12:39","Guardian of the Golden Gate...",,"Kevin Briggs",9780990437574,0990437574,Hardcover,07/01/2015,"Ascend Books",,,,1.00IN,6.40IN,1.25,,Yes,,"Sam Mellinger",,B,"Biography - General",,
401,"2017-04-06 22:23:09","Job True Tales from the Life of a...",,"Steve Osborne",9781101872147,1101872144,"Trade Paperback",03/22/2016,"Anchor Books",,,272,.80IN,5.20IN,,,,,"Steve Osborne",,B,,,
402,"2017-04-08 00:13:31","Guantanamo Diary",,"Siems, Larry",9780316328685,0316328685,Hardcover,01/20/2015,"Little Brown and Company",,,432,1.40IN,6.40IN,1.25,,,,"Larry Siems",,B,,,
403,"2017-04-02 19:22:18","U S Marshals Inside Americas Most Storied Law Enforcement Agency","Synopses & ReviewsPublisher CommentsBlending history and memoir, retired U.S. Marshal Mike Earp—a descendant of the legendary lawman Wyatt Earp—offers an exclusive and fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the most storied law enforcement agency in America, illuminating its vital role in the nations development for more than two hundred years.Mike Earp spent his career with the U.S. Marshals Service, reaching the number three position in the organizations hierarchy before he retired. In this fascinating, eye-opening book, written with the services full cooperation, he shares his experiences and takes us on a fascinating tour of this extraordinary organization—the oldest, the most effective, and the most dangerous branch of American law enforcement, and the least known.Unlike their counterparts in the police and the FBI, U.S. Marshals arent responsible for investigating or prosecuting crimes. They pursue and arrest the most dangerous criminal offenders on U.S. soil, an extraordinarily hazardous job often involving gun battles and physical altercations. Earp takes us back to the services early days, explaining its creation and its role in the border wars that helped make continental expansion possible. He brings to life the gunslingers and gunfights that have made the Marshals legend, and explores the services role today integrating federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies in the hunt for the most notorious criminals—terrorists, drug lords, gun runners.Setting his own experiences within the long history of the U.S. Marshals service, Earp offers a moving and illuminating tribute to the brave marshals who have dedicated their lives to keeping the nation safe.Review“A swift-moving history of and tribute to officers who are ‘out there at all hours of the day and night, kicking down doors, stopping vehicles, and arresting heinous fugitives.” Kirkus ReviewsReview“U.S. Marshals is a fast-paced, interesting and well-told story about modern-day manhunters.” Washington TimesSynopsisIf you are a fugitive in America, your worst nightmare is a deputy U.S. marshal on your trail: each year the Marshals Service takes more criminals off the streets than every other federal law enforcement agency—combined. Tasked with apprehending the most dangerous and elusive criminals, the Marshals have been essential to numerous famous manhunts, from the D.C. sniper to Whitey Bulger to Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega.From Mike Earp, the former associate director of operations for the Marshals Service, and #1 New York Times bestselling author David Fisher, this book tells the thrilling inside story of today's U.S. marshals in their own words. Based on interviews with more than fifty current and former deputies, as well as Earp's personal case notes, here are the greatest cases, hairiest arrests, and most unforgettable moments, all revealed for the first time. Here also is a history of how the marshals of legend have evolved into the country's frontline law enforcement agency, charged with arresting the most notorious suspects. This is the untold story of the new U.S. Marshals Service, as seen through the eyes of the men and women who were pivotal in solving many of the most high-profile and dangerous cases in recent history.About the AuthorMike Earp retired as the third-highest-ranking official in the U.S. Marshals Service in January 2012, after twenty-nine years of service. As the associate director for operations, he supervised all operational divisions and programs of the agency. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.David Fisher is the author or coauthor of more than seventy books, nineteen of which have been New York Times bestsellers, including most recently Bill O'Reilly's Legends & Lies: The Real West.","Mike Earp, David Fisher",9780062227256,0062227254,"Trade Paperback",07/01/2015,"William Morrow & Company",,,384,.90IN,5.20IN,1.00,,Yes,,"Mike Earp",,B,"Crime-Enforcement and Investigation",,
404,"2017-04-08 00:13:31","Job True Tales from the Life of a...",,"Steve Osborne",9780385539623,0385539622,Hardcover,04/21/2015,"BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL",,,272,1.00IN,5.70IN,1.00,,,,"Steve Osborne",,B,,,
405,"2017-04-08 00:14:07","Art of Intelligence Lessons from...",,"Henry A Crumpton",9781594203343,1594203342,Hardcover,05/14/2012,"Penguin Press",,,338,9.50,6.50,1.25,11,,,"Henry A. Crumpton",,,"Biography-Military|Biography - General",,
406,"2017-04-08 00:14:18","The Real Sherlock Holmes the...",,"Buckley, Angela",9781781592694,1781592691,Hardcover,05/01/2014,"Pen & Sword Books",,English,176,.90IN,6.10IN,1.00,,,9781781592694,,,B,,,
407,"2017-04-07 17:31:26","Ranger Confidential",,"Andrea Lankford",9780762752638,0762752637,"Trade Paperback",04/02/2010,"GLOBE PEQUOT PRESS",,,245,.69IN,6.12IN,.50,1,,4294967295,,,B,"Personal Memoirs|General-General",,
408,"2017-04-07 17:32:52","Eliot Ness The Rise & Fall of an...",,"Douglas Perry",9780670025886,0670025887,Hardcover,02/20/2014,"PENGUIN PUTNAM TRADE",,,335,9.25,6.25,1.50,,,,"Douglas Perry",,,,,
409,"2017-04-02 19:23:16","Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg","Synopses & ReviewsPublisher CommentsNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “The authors make this unassuming, most studious woman come pulsing to life.... Notorious RBG may be a playful project, but it asks to be read seriously.... That I responded so personally to it is a testimony to [its] storytelling and panache.” — Jennifer Senior, New York Times Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg never asked for fame—she has only tried to make the world a little better and a little freer. But nearly a half-century into her career, something funny happened to the octogenarian: she won the internet. Across America, people who weren’t even born when Ginsburg first made her name as a feminist pioneer are tattooing themselves with her face, setting her famously searing dissents to music, and making viral videos in tribute. Notorious RBG, inspired by the Tumblr that amused the Justice herself and brought to you by its founder and an award-winning feminist journalist, is more than just a love letter. It draws on intimate access to Ginsburg's family members, close friends, colleagues, and clerks, as well an interview with the Justice herself. An original hybrid of reported narrative, annotated dissents, rare archival photos and documents, and illustrations, the book tells a never-before-told story of an unusual and transformative woman who transcends generational divides. As the country struggles with the unfinished business of gender equality and civil rights, Ginsburg stands as a testament to how far we can come with a little chutzpah.Review“If you admired RBG before, Carmon and Knizhnik will make you fall in love with her, not only as a feminist hero but a human being.” VogueReview“What a wonderful book: The annotated dissents! The knockout photos! Why she likes to write through the night! The litany of big cases she won as a lawyer, and how she picked them! How she made Bill Clinton cry! Notorious RBG is a laugh-out-loud joy to read.” Rachel MaddowReview“It's the combination of Ginsburg's woman-hear-me-roar history, her frail-little-old-lady appearance and her role as the leader of the Supreme Court's dissident liberals that have rallied her new fan base.” –Gail Collins, New York TimesSynopsisYou can't spell truth without Ruth. Only Ruth Bader Ginsburg can judge me. The Ruth will set you free. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg never asked for fame—she was just trying to make the world a little better and a little freer. But along the way, the feminist pioneer's searing dissents and steely strength have inspired millions. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, created by the young lawyer who began the Internet sensation and an award-winning journalist, takes you behind the myth for an intimate, irreverent look at the justice's life and work. As America struggles with the unfinished business of gender equality and civil rights, Ginsburg stays fierce. And if you don't know, now you know.About the AuthorIrin Carmon is a national reporter at MSNBC. Shana Knizhnik is a recent graduate of the New York University School of Law and the creator of the Notorious R.B.G. Tumblr.","Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik",9780062415837,0062415832,Hardcover,10/27/2015,"HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS",,,227,9.25,7.75,.75,,,,"Irin Carmon",,,"Biography-Lawyers and Judges",,
411,"2017-04-08 20:17:19","Sisters in Law How Sandra Day...",,"Linda Hirshman",9780062238474,0062238477,"Trade Paperback",09/06/2016,"HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS",,,432,1.10IN,5.30IN,,,Yes,,"Linda R. Hirshman",,B,,,
412,"2017-04-08 15:32:33","My Beloved World",,"Sonia Sotomayor",9780307594884,0307594882,Hardcover,01/15/2013,"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE",,,315,1.22IN,6.68IN,1.50,,Yes,,"Sonia Sotomayor",,B,"Biography-Women|Biography-Lawyers and Judges",,
413,"2017-04-08 20:17:31","Sisters in Law Sandra Day OConnor...",,"Linda Hirshman",9780062238467,0062238469,Hardcover,09/01/2015,HARPER,,,416,1.50IN,6.10IN,1.25,,Yes,,"Linda Hirshman",,B,"US History-General|Biography-Lawyers and Judges",,
414,"2017-04-02 19:23:53","Illusion of Justice: Inside Making a Murderer and America's Broken System","Synopses & ReviewsSynopsisInterweaving his account of the Steven Avery trial at the heart of Making a Murderer with other high profile cases from his criminal defense career, attorney Jerome F. Buting explains the flaws in America s criminal justice system and lays out a provocative, persuasive blue-print for reform.Over his career, Jerome F. Buting has spent hundreds of hours in courtrooms representing defendants in criminal trials. When he agreed to join Dean Strang as co-counsel for the defense in Steven A. Avery vs. State of Wisconsin, he knew a tough fight lay ahead. But, as he reveals in Illusion of Justice, no-one could have predicted just how tough and twisted that fight would be or that it would become the center of the documentary Making a Murderer, which made Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey household names and thrust Buting into the spotlight. Buting s powerful, riveting boots-on-the-ground narrative of Avery s and Dassey s cases becomes a springboard to examine the shaky integrity of law enforcement and justice in the United States, which Buting has witnessed firsthand for more than 35 years. From his early career as a public defender to his success overturning wrongful convictions working with the Innocence Project, his story provides a compelling expert view into the high-stakes arena of criminal defense law; the difficulties of forensic science; and a horrifying reality of biased interrogations, coerced or false confessions, faulty eyewitness testimony, official misconduct, and more.Combining narrative reportage with critical commentary and personal reflection, Buting explores his professional and personal motivations, career-defining cases including his shocking fifteen-year-long fight to clear the name of another man wrongly accused and convicted of murder and what must happen if our broken system is to be saved. Taking a place beside Just Mercy and The New Jim Crow, Illusion of Justice is a tour-de-force from a relentless and eloquent advocate for justice who is determined to fulfill his professional responsibility and, in the face of overwhelming odds, make America s judicial system work as it is designed to do.""","Jerome F. Buting",9780062569318,0062569317,Hardcover,02/28/2017,Harper,,English,352,1.40IN,6.30IN,,,,,"Jerome F. Buting",,B,,,
415,"2017-04-02 19:24:02","My Beloved World",,"Sonia Sotomayor",9781410459398,141045939X,Hardcover,06/26/2013,"THORNDIKE PRESS","Thorndike Biography",,579,1.30IN,5.50IN,1.25,,Yes,9781410459398,"Sonia Sotomayor",,B,"Biography-Lawyers and Judges",,
416,"2017-04-08 00:03:52","Convictions A Prosecutors Battles...",,"John Kroger",9780374531775,0374531773,"Trade Paperback",05/12/2009,"FARRAR STRAUS & GIROUX",,,466,1.40IN,5.50IN,1.25,1,,2800374531777,"John Kroger",,B,"Biography - General|Personal Memoirs",,
417,"2017-04-07 15:49:53","Color-Blind Justice: Albion...",,"Mark Elliott",9780195370218,019537021X,"Trade Paperback",10/01/2008,"Oxford University Press, USA",,English,388,1.00IN,5.70IN,"1 in.",1,Yes,,"Mark Elliott",,B,"Reconstruction|cultural heritage|History, American | Civil War & Reconstruction|Biography-Historical|History, American | Civil War",,
418,"2017-04-09 23:35:14","The Life and Times of Richard J....",,"Wefing, John B.",9780813546414,0813546419,Hardcover,11/01/2009,"Rutgers University Press",,English,357,1.06IN,6.40IN,,1,Yes,2800813546416,,,B,"New Jersey Politics and government 1951-|New jersey|Biography-Political",,
419,"2017-04-06 03:02:20","Distance Between Us a Memoir",,"Reyna Grande",9781451661774,1451661770,Hardcover,08/28/2012,"ATRIA BOOKS",,,325,9.25,6.25,1.00,,,9781451661774,"Reyna Grande",,,Biography-Literary,,
420,"2017-04-05 17:52:20","Piece of Cake A Memoir",,"Cupcake Brown",9781400052295,1400052297,"Trade Paperback",04/10/2007,"THREE RIVERS PRESS",,,472,1.02IN,6.28IN,1.00,12,,2801400052297,"Cupcake Brown",,B,"cultural heritage|San Francisco (Calif.)|Personal Memoirs|San Diego (Calif.)|Biography-Lawyers and Judges",,
421,"2017-04-08 20:21:19","All Rise: The Remarkable Journey...",,"McGrane, Bill",9781600785047,1600785042,Hardcover,09/01/2010,"Triumph Books (IL)",,English,256,.98IN,6.26IN,1.00,,Yes,9781600785047,,"Bill Clinton",B,"Biography-Sports|United States / Midwest / West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD)",,
422,"2017-04-08 20:21:32","The Nominee",,"Leslie H. Southwick",9781617039126,1617039128,Hardcover,10/11/2013,"University Press of Mississippi","Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography",English,336,"9 in","6 in",1.25,,Yes,,"Leslie H. Southwick",,B,"Biography-Lawyers and Judges|Memoir|Politics|Law",,