New Releases

Walpow, Nathan Death of an Orchid Lover eBook

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Glucklich, Ariel Dying for Heaven eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

In Dying for Heaven, Georgetown scholar and advisor to the defense community Ariel Glucklich explains the religious motivation of terrorism. This provocative work of political science argues that the very best qualities of religionits ability to make people feel good and bring them togetherare in fact its most dangerous. Glucklich, author of Sacred Pain and Climbing Chamundi Hill, offers a new understanding of religion and provides a vision for preventing further religiously-inspired violence.

Korgeski, Ph.D., Gregory P. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Phobias eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

An accessible book on phobias and how to overcome them.

Phobia: an irrational, intense, persistent fear of certain situations, activities, things or people. Here, a psychologist discusses over 100 phobias. Beginning with the current theories about phobias, the book has a complete listing of the most common phobias, each with a full history and description, with the most effective ways to cope. Interesting, jargon-free and full of insight, it sheds light on this widespread condition.

*Informal and informative

*Combination of reading and dictionary format for quick reference

*Full of advice on how to cope with phobias

Smith, Barbara B. Smith Cooks Southern-Style eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Barbara Smith, the famed fashion model who was the first African American to appear on the cover of Mademoiselle magazine, went on to build an empire that includes television shows, restaurants, her own furniture line (another first for an African American woman), and other lifestyle products from rugs to kitchenware.

Called "one of the most formidable rivals of Martha Stewart" by The Wall Street Journal, Barbara Smith not only shattered glass ceilings, she also brought America a casual, elegant, easy style that is all her own.

With B. Smith Cooks Southern-Style, Barbara focuses solely on the food -- no table settings, no party plans -- and gives readers more than 200 recipes and tales from her incomparable career. Readers and cooks will be surprised: for a skinny girl, she knows her way around cornbread, fritters, and pain perdu.

She also knows and passes on lots of tips and strategies for bringing down the calorie count without losing flavor.

From Cajun and Creole to Soul Food and beyond -- including some of the many ways to use smoked pig -- Barbara treats the home cook to a mouthwatering tour of Southern cuisine. Crave the classic Southern white meat? Barbara gives Catfish Fingers a tweak with a Guinness-flavored tartar sauce. Many iconic dishes of the American South are here -- Frogmore Stew, Jambalaya, Kentucky Burgoo, and touffe, along with updated versions of old favorites such as Vegetarian touffe, Chocolate Chip Dessert Sliders, and Bananas Foster converted into a sundae. Barbara even gives up the recipe for Swamp Thang, a riff on favorite Southern flavors and a perennial selection at her restaurants.

As The New York Times Magazine noted, "B. Smith's goal is to get you looking good and having fun." And with dishes such as Root Beer Barbecued Pulled Pork, Collard Greens Slaw, and Coconut-Pecan Cupcakes, how could you not have fun?

White, Theodore H. The Making of the President 1960 eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

The greatest political story ever told-the epic clash between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon, as captured in Theodore White's dramatic and groundbreaking chronicle The Making of the President 1960 is the book that revolutionized-even created-modern political journalism. Granted intimate access to all parties involved, Theodore White crafted an almost mythic story of the battle that pitted Senator John F. Kennedy against Vice-President Richard M. Nixon-from the decisive primary battles to the history-making televised debates, the first of their kind. Magnificently detailed and exquisitely paced, The Making of the President 1960 imbues the nation's presidential election process with both grittiness and grandeur, and established a benchmark against which all new campaign reporters would measure their work. The winner of the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction-and the first entry in White's influential four-volume ""narrative history of American politics in action""-this classic account remains the keystone of American political journalism.

Guide, Gilbert Gilbert Guide to Senior Housing eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Finding the best place to live in the golden years of life

2008 was a landmark year, as over 79 million people became eligible for Social Security benefits. More and more senior citizens and their children will need to make decisions about where they will live the remainder of their lives and most will seek to downsize and seek out age-appropriate communities.

Gilbert Guide, America's premier source of information for senior care and housing needs, provides helpful and comprehensive information about:

*How to evaluate housing needs

*Each available housing option, including services, contacts, and financing

*Subsidized housing

*Moving and settling in

*How to get the best services

*Government agencies and other resources

Donaldson, Stephen R. A Dark and Hungry God Arises eBook

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Patton, Fiona The Silver Lake eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

In Anavatan, the city of the Silver Lake, the gods manifest on a regular basis. But if you are among the unpledged, it is hard to survive, especially during the three-night-long chaos known as Havo's Dance. When Havo's storms sweep through Anavatan, anyone who is unaffiliated had best find a safe place to hide or they risk madness or death. But this year, three young street orphans have been chosen for special attention by Incasa, the god of prophecy.When that God's dice roll during the height of Havo's Dance, these three boys-thieves and con artists-will discover their destinies. One will be bound by a life-or-death pledge that will see him marked as the future Champion of the War God, another forced to walk a perilous road as he seeks to master his talent as a seer, and the last will be cast forth from the city and claimed by the hungry spirits seeking a way into Anavatan and the precious power contained in the Silver Lake.

Henry, Sue The End of The Road eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

New from the multiple award-winning author of The Refuge, whose "grasp of storytelling and strong characterization matches her with Sue Grafton" (Colorado Springs Gazette).

Maxie McNabb and her miniature dachshund, Stretch, are just back from their latest adventure when a murder shatters the quiet in their hometown of Homer, Alaska. Now it's up to Maxie to find the killer-a search that leads her to a place called "the end of the road."

Warner, Penny A Quiet Undertaking eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

How did I get myself into this?

I wiped a clump of damp bangs from my sweaty forehead with the back of my hand. Hunkered down beside a jagged volcanic rock, I cocked my gun, then low-crawled among the manzanita and Sierra thistle toward the safety of a cluster of trees.

I squatted, waiting; my eyes scanned the underbrush. Nothing moved except a river of perspiration down my chest.

Fear has a way of pushing the senses into overdrive. Suddenly I could see every blade of field grass quake. Feel the relentless pressure of the warm breeze against my overheated body. Smell my floral lotion fighting pungent sweat. Even my saliva tasted different--sticky, salty, sour.

In spite of the density of the blue oaks and needle pines, and the camouflage of the rugged terrain, it was difficult to stay out of the line of fire. And I had lost track of the man who was stalking me with a loaded gun in his hand.

Before I could find new cover, I saw something fly past my head, narrowly missing my ear. Ducking flat, I felt my black T-shirt stick to my sweaty skin like a giant Band-Aid.

Damn! How had he spotted me? I'd been careful not to make any noise as I crept through the tangle of shrubs and soft pine needles. Not that I could be certain I hadn't made any sound, being deaf. But it felt like I was quiet. I scanned the overgrown grass, oak trees, and jutting rocks for movement. He was out there. With a gun. Determined to shoot me.

A flicker. I became aware of movement next to one of the big oaks. My heart beat double time as I tried to leap behind a large, spiky bush, praying he didn't see me. The dive onto the rough ground cost me a scraped elbow and knee. My skin burned under my clothes. I rose halfway, panicked, searching for someplace to hide.

Too late.

A sharp sting pierced the back of my thigh as the impact of the shot knocked me back to the ground. I rolled over in the weeds and dirt, then pushed myself up, my leg searing from the pain. Twisting around, I checked the wound and winced at the sight of a bright red starburst.

"Shit! I'm hit! I'm hit!" I screamed, as I forced myself to stand. I plugged the neon orange barrel into the nose of the gun and waved it back and forth, high in the air.

"And no one told me it was going to hurt this much!"

I rubbed the back of my leg where I'd been struck, trying to soothe the smarting skin, but I only managed to spread the sticky crimson color over my hands and my black jeans. Frustrated, I started toward the base, but before I could move more than a few steps, another shot hit me in the back. This one didn't hurt as much, but it pissed me off even more.

"I said I'm hit, you idiot! Knock it off!"

A man wearing camouflage fatigues and a fluorescent red armband waved an apology from the safety of his tree. I couldn't make out who it was, since a mask and eye protectors covered half his face, but I'd remember him. He had two blue circles on the front of his shirt from a previous battle, and I promised myself I'd hunt him down and kill him if it took the rest of the day.

"Did they get you?" Jeff Pike, the teenaged referee standing on the sidelines, waved me in. He and his younger brother hosted the paint ball events every weekend. They both wore holey camouflage T-shirts and baggy cargo pants, along with the orange vest that was de rigeur for all the paint ball ref

Dante PURGATORY eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Anthony Esolen is a professor of English at Providence College. He is a published poet who has written numerous scholarly articles on Renaissance and medieval literature. He is the author of Peppers, a book of poetry, and his translations include Lucretius’s De rerum natura and Torquato Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberata, along with Dante’s Inferno, published by the Modern Library.

Dante Alighieri, the Italian poet whose masterpiece The Divine Comedy has exerted a profound influence on Western thought, was born in Florence in May 1265. He entered public life in 1295, later becoming one of the six governing magistrates of Florence. He repeatedly opposed the machinations of Pope Boniface VIII, who was attempting to place all of Tuscany under Papal control, and in 1301 was banished from Florence on trumped-up charges. Dante would never enter his native city again, spending his remaining years with a series of patrons in various courts in Italy. He completed The Divine Comedy shortly before his death in September 1321.

From the Hardcover edition.

Karas, Dr. Erica HOLY 1 OF ISREAL eBook

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Willis, Connie Remake eBook

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Wilson, Robert A. Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy eBook

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Fleming, Thomas The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

A compelling, intimate look at the foundersGeorge Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madisonand the women who played essential roles in their livesWith his usual storytelling flair and unparalleled research, Tom Fleming examines the women who were at the center of the lives of the founding fathers. From hot-tempered Mary Ball Washington to promiscuous Rachel Lavien Hamilton, the founding fathers' mothers powerfully shaped their sons' visions of domestic life. But lovers and wives played more critical roles as friends and often partners in fame. We learn of the youthful Washington's tortured love for the coquettish Sarah Fairfax, wife of his close friend; of Franklin's two "wives," one in London and one in Philadelphia; of Adams's long absences, which required a lonely, deeply unhappy Abigail to keep home and family together for years on end; of Hamilton's adulterous betrayal of his wife and then their reconciliation; of how the brilliant Madison was jilted by a flirtatious fifteen-year-old and went on to marry the effervescent Dolley, who helped make this shy man into a popular president. Jefferson's controversial relationship to Sally Hemings is also examined, with a different vision of where his heart lay.Fleming nimbly takes us through a great deal of early American history, as his founding fathers strove to reconcile the private and public, often beset by a media every bit as gossip seeking and inflammatory as ours today. He offers a powerful look at the challenges women faced in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. While often brilliant and articulate, the wives of the founding fathers all struggled with the distractions and dangers of frequent childbearing and searing anxiety about infant mortalityJefferson's wife, Martha, died from complications following labor, as did his daughter. All the more remarkable, then, that these women loomed so large in the lives of their husbandsand, in some cases, their country.

White, Michael C. The Blind Side of the Heart eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Maggie Quinn, the narrator, is a middle aged Irish woman who has settled as a housekeeper at the rectory of Father Jack Devlin, an admired and beloved priest in a small town in western Massachusetts. Two young men accuse Father Jack of sexually abusing them decades ago when they were altar boys. Maggie is convinced it is a lie. Father Jack assumes a dignified, quiet stance through the course of the trial. Slowly, doubts creep into Maggie's mind as she sifts through memories of her life with Father Jack. When an unsolved case of a murdered boy resurfaces, she faces a crucial dilemma: does she stand by a man who may have perpetrated horrible crimes, or does she go with her instinct that the kind man she has known for decades is being falsely accused?A gripping tale of crime, punishment, and faith in small town America, The Blind Side of the Heart features vividly drawn characters faced with compelling moral choices.

Chen, Patrizia It Takes Two: A Novel eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Francesca Rivabuona is fifty and exhausted by the monotony of her life. Stuck in a stale marriage with grown children who have long since fled the coop, and desperate to escape the endless cycle of Upper East Side dinner parties and charity luncheons, she jumps at the chance to write an article about Buenos Aires for a glossy travel magazine.

Francesca is instantly captivated by Buenos Aires's palpable rhythm. She explores the city with her new friends -- a group of tango dancers who give her an insider's scoop into the best Buenos Aires has to offer -- and rediscovers the sense of passion and excitement she thought she had relinquished forever.As Francesca learns to master the sensual movements of tango dancing, she begins to let down her guard -- on the dance floor, in the bedroom, and in her personal life. Embarking on a steamy love affair with Argentina's most famous plastic surgeon, she knows that she has been irrevocably transformed by the pulsing, erotic thrill of life in Argentina.

At once a tale of a middle-aged woman taking a stand against the disappointments of her life and a sexy, fast-paced, entertaining novel about the ecstasy of tango dancing, It Takes Two reads like a soulful tango: irresistible, exotic, and sensual.

Payne, C.D. Youth in Revolt eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

The hilarious, take-no-prisoners novel about a cynical, sex-obsessed teenager's pining love for an intelligent girl– now a major motion picture from Dimension Films starring Michael Cera

SIX MONTHS IN THE LIFE OF THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS TEENAGER

Youth in Revolt is the journals of Nick Twisp, California's most precocious diarist, whose ongoing struggles to make sense out of high school, deal with his divorced parents, and lose his virginity result in his transformation from an unassuming fourteen-year-old to a modern youth in open revolt. As his family splinters, worlds collide, and the police block all routes out of town, Nick must cope with economic deprivation, homelessness, the gulag of the public schools, a competitive type-A father, murderous canines, and an inconvenient hair trigger on his erectile response–all while vying ardently for the affections of the beauteous Sheeni Saunders, teenage goddess and ultimate intellectual goad.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Sofia, Robert The Complete Idiot's Guide to Business Success in Your 20s and 30s eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

Calling all go-getters

Even in this economy, an outstanding business career for 20- and 30-somethings is possibleand this book can help get them on the fast track to success. It includes: finding motivation; setting goals; networking; how to work with and rise through management; and overcoming specific obstacles.

*Addresses an age-specific set of obstacles and issues

*Author has experience with early business success

*Even more necessary during the recent economic downturn

Breathitt, Barbie L Dream Encounters: Seeing Your Destiny From God's Perspective eBook

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Bender, Sue Stretching Lessons eBook

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In the tradition of such classics as Hugh Prather's Notes to Myself, and other books on how to connect with our inner selves and the things that matter in life, Sue Bender asks the question we all want answered in these fast-moving times: "Is it possible to have a full and complex life, and still remain peaceful?" In her 1989 bestseller Plain and Simple, Sue Bender invited the reader along on a spiritual sojourn which led her to live with an Amish community, thus changing her outlook and values, and healing her fragmented life. In her 1996 follow-up book Everyday Sacred, she returned home from the Amish, struggling to apply the peaceful wisdom and simplicity she learned to her hectic time-starved everyday life, a place she finds transformed by her newly simple conception of what is sacred. Now with Stretching Lessons, she brings that wisdom home, to the body and spirit. In her candid and intimate way, she, who sees herself as a poster child for our stressful times, reflects on the feeling of being constantly overwhelmed and how it requires us to dig deeper: to learn to see ourselves and be seen by others, to listen to our bodies' wisdom, to overcome obstacles, to take risks, and to find solutions. In this, her wisest book yet, her down-to-earth reflective musings on the quest for self-awareness and soul ease find resolution. Bender's writing holds out the promise that struggling is only the first step in the process of stretching our souls to adequately encompass our hopes, dreams, and goals.

Bell, Madison Smartt DEVILS DREAM eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

MADISON SMARTT BELL is the author of fourteen previous works of fiction, including Soldier’s Joy and Anything Goes. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and grew up collection bullets on the same fields where many of Forrest's battles were fought. He now lives in Baltimore.

From the Hardcover edition.

Shortridge, Jennie When She Flew eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

A new novel about faith, family, and finding the courage to do the right thing from the author of Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe.

Police officer Jessica Villareal has always played by the book and tried to do the right thing. But now, she finds herself approaching midlife divorced, estranged from her daughter, alone, and unhappy. And she's wondering if she ever made a right choice in her life.

But then Jess discovers a girl and her father living off the radar in the Oregon woods, avoiding the comfortsand cursesof modern life. Her colleagues on the force are determined to uproot and separate them, but Jess knows the damage of losing those you love. She recognizes her chance to make a difference by doing something she's never dared. Because even though she's used to playing by the rules, there are times when they need to be broken

Prochnau, William, Parker, Laura, The Survivors Of Flight 1549 MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

William Prochnau and Laura Parker write collaborative articles for Vanity Fair, where Prochnau is a contributing editor. They interviewed 120 passengers of Flight 1549, as well as many first responders and rescuers. Prochnau, a former national correspondent for The Washington Post, has written three acclaimed books, including Once Upon A Distant War . Parker covered aviation for The Washington Post and spent 10 years as a national correspondent at USA Today. They live in Washington, D.C.

From the Hardcover edition.

Marsh, Stefanie I'm No Monster eBook

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 49:11:30 GMT

The true-crime story that stunned and appalled the world. With photos and never-before-revealed information.

For 24 years Josef Fritzl held his daughter Elizabeth prisoner as a sex slave and, with her, he fathered seven of his own grandchildren. But the true depth of his depravity was yet to be uncovered in the underground bunker his children called home. Over the years, his secret family knew next to nothing of the outside world. Incredibly, Josef's submissive wife Rosemarie never suspected a thing. It was a tale so appalling, so unbelievable, it reverberated in shock waves across the globe.

In defense of his own moral character, Josef Fritzl made a stunning statement. "I'm no monster," he reasoned. "I could have just killed them and no one would have ever found out about it." With exclusive interviews, and never-before- released information, award-winning journalists Stefanie Marsh and Bojan Pancevski tell the complete story of an abominable crime.