An Hour Before Daylight

Former President Carter recalls his wonder years growing up on a farm in Georgia. He evokes a sense of place and time as he tells of everyday chores and hard work, and of the people who were a lifelong influence on him.

The Lost Children of Wilder

Through a long study of several principles in a landmark court decision, a journalist exposes the gulag of New York`s foster care system. The author examines the lost lives that were caught up in the system, and the large social issues such as race, ...

Chruchill

This political biography of Winston Churchill shows how he prepared himself over several decades for his role as leader and hope of the English people during World War II.

Every Breath You Take

The author of The Stranger Beside Me chronicles a wealthy man's obsession with his ex-wife--a terrifying ordeal that eventually led to murder--in a stunning true crime study written at the request of the victim.

Special Ops

A new novel by the creator of The Aviators chronicles the exploits of American Special Forces troops who fought a covert war against Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara in the Congo in 1964. Reprint.

Various Artists - Bet Your Country

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MS Outlook

Straightforward and concise, this book provides a fast, easy, visual way to solve problems and get work done with the latest version of Microsoft's popular desktop information management program.

Hacking Exposed 2nd Ed.-Scambray, McClure, Kurtz

Here s the second edition of the internationally popular Hacking Exposed. This epic volume brings even greater insight into how hackers infiltrate e-business, and how to stop them.

Oracle8i Tips & Techniques

Become an expert using hundreds of hidden, undocumented solutions that can only be discovered through extensive trial and error.

Pure JavaScript - J. Gilliam, C. Ting, A. Wyke

Pure JavaScript is a substantial and focused reference for experienced Web developers.

Rules of Engagement (DVD)

William Friedkin unleashes his flare for tense action and gripping suspense in RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, an exciting military legal thriller that examines the moral gray area of combat experience and reflects on the ethos of the American military in the l...

Tale of Genji

THE TALE OF GENJI, the world`s first novel, was written around A.D. 1000 and has often been called Japan`s greatest literary achievement. The author of this story of a Japanese prince and his many lovers was Shikibu Murasaki, the brilliant young gove...

Brutal Imagination

Exactly who would the fictional African-American male perpetrator of the 1994 crime involving the death-by-drowning of Susan Smith`s two young sons be? The first section of this seventh collection by Eady, a previous recipient of the Academy of Ameri...

James Joyce

Edna O`Brien`s life of Joyce (which she distinguishes from a biography ) emphasizes his exile, his marriage, and the magic of his language. A lifelong admirer of Joyce and his work, O`Brien has written an accessible and informative study of the writ...

Half a Life

HALF A LIFE, another of Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul`s highly autobiographical novels, is about Willie Chandran, who leaves his Indian family behind as he finds success in England as a writer. The trouble is that this new, assimilated life begins to ...

Savage Beauty

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) was something of Jazz Age celebrity, even outside the literary scene. Here, Milford, who was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, documents the poet`s amazing climb from poverty to Lost Generation darling. A New York Times N...

Marie Antoinette

This biography of Marie Antoinette describes her royal upbringing, her arranged marriage, the difficulties she had getting accepted, her indiscretions, and the political turmoil--which her behavior helped stir up--that led to her death by guillotine ...

Living a Life That Matters

Rabbi Kushner talks about the ways in which we make our lives meaningful, from how we view ourselves, to whom we love, to our relationship with the world and with God.

Hidden Power

In this study of 12 presidential marriages of the 20th century, Kati Marton examines how the unique synergy brought about by these marriages substantially influenced presidential power. She also looks at the individual ways each presidential wife ex...

The World Below

Catherine Hubbard inherits her grandmother`s house in Vermont, and--newly divorced and at loose ends--she decides to leave her San Francisco home and move into it. In the house, she discovers old diaries that show her that her beloved grandmother was...