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13 Is the New 18
And Other Things My Children Taught Me--While I Was Having a Nervous Breakdown Being Their Mother
Written by Beth J. Harpaz
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $14.00
“I wonder sometimes if there’s something to the old superstition about the number thirteen. Maybe that superstition was originally created by the mothers in some tribe who noticed that in their children’s thirteenth year, they suddenly became possessed by evil spirits. Because it did seem that whenever Taz was around, things... Read more >
And Other Things My Children Taught Me--While I Was Having a Nervous Breakdown Being Their Mother
Written by Beth J. Harpaz
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $14.00
“I wonder sometimes if there’s something to the old superstition about the number thirteen. Maybe that superstition was originally created by the mothers in some tribe who noticed that in their children’s thirteenth year, they suddenly became possessed by evil spirits. Because it did seem that whenever Taz was around, things... Read more >
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Koestler
The Literary and Political Odyssey of a Twentieth-Century Skeptic
Written by Michael Scammell
Format: Hardcover, 720 pages
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $35.00
From award-winning author Michael Scammell comes a monumental achievement: the first authorized biography of Arthur Koestler, one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the twentieth century. Over a decade in the making, and based on new research and full access to its subject’s papers, Koestler is the definitive account... Read more >
The Literary and Political Odyssey of a Twentieth-Century Skeptic
Written by Michael Scammell
Format: Hardcover, 720 pages
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $35.00
From award-winning author Michael Scammell comes a monumental achievement: the first authorized biography of Arthur Koestler, one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the twentieth century. Over a decade in the making, and based on new research and full access to its subject’s papers, Koestler is the definitive account... Read more >
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Koestler
The Literary and Political Odyssey of a Twentieth-Century Skeptic
Written by Michael Scammell
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $35.00
From award-winning author Michael Scammell comes a monumental achievement: the first authorized biography of Arthur Koestler, one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the twentieth century. Over a decade in the making, and based on new research and full access to its subject’s papers, Koestler is the definitive account... Read more >
The Literary and Political Odyssey of a Twentieth-Century Skeptic
Written by Michael Scammell
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $35.00
From award-winning author Michael Scammell comes a monumental achievement: the first authorized biography of Arthur Koestler, one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the twentieth century. Over a decade in the making, and based on new research and full access to its subject’s papers, Koestler is the definitive account... Read more >
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Orangutan
A Memoir
Written by Colin Broderick
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $14.00
Few people who have been slave to an addiction as vicious, as destructive, and as unrelenting as Colin Broderick's have lived to tell their tale. Fewer still have emerged from the darkest depths of alcoholism—from the perpetual fistfights and muggings, car crashes and blackouts—to tell the harrowing truth about the modern... Read more >
A Memoir
Written by Colin Broderick
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $14.00
Few people who have been slave to an addiction as vicious, as destructive, and as unrelenting as Colin Broderick's have lived to tell their tale. Fewer still have emerged from the darkest depths of alcoholism—from the perpetual fistfights and muggings, car crashes and blackouts—to tell the harrowing truth about the modern... Read more >
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Orangutan
A Memoir
Written by Colin Broderick
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $14.00
Few people who have been slave to an addiction as vicious, as destructive, and as unrelenting as Colin Broderick's have lived to tell their tale. Fewer still have emerged from the darkest depths of alcoholism—from the perpetual fistfights and muggings, car crashes and blackouts—to tell the harrowing truth about the modern... Read more >
A Memoir
Written by Colin Broderick
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $14.00
Few people who have been slave to an addiction as vicious, as destructive, and as unrelenting as Colin Broderick's have lived to tell their tale. Fewer still have emerged from the darkest depths of alcoholism—from the perpetual fistfights and muggings, car crashes and blackouts—to tell the harrowing truth about the modern... Read more >
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trade paperback.
The Rose Man of Sing Sing
A True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow Journalism
Written by James McGrath Morris and John H. Mayer
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $25.00
Today, seventy-three years after his death, journalists still tell tales of Charles E. Chapin. As city editor of Pulitzeras New York Evening World, Chapin was the model of the take-no-prisoners newsroom tyrant: he drove reporters relentlesslyaand kept his paper in the center ring of the circus of big-city journalism. From the... Read more >
A True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow Journalism
Written by James McGrath Morris and John H. Mayer
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Price: $25.00
Today, seventy-three years after his death, journalists still tell tales of Charles E. Chapin. As city editor of Pulitzeras New York Evening World, Chapin was the model of the take-no-prisoners newsroom tyrant: he drove reporters relentlesslyaand kept his paper in the center ring of the circus of big-city journalism. From the... Read more >
Last Flight
Written by Amelia Earhart
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $9.99
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Written by Amelia Earhart
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $9.99
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The Futurist
The Life and Films of James Cameron
Written by Rebecca Keegan
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: December 15, 2009
Price: $24.00
With the release of Avatar, James Cameron cements his reputation as king of sci-fi and blockbuster filmmaking. It’s a distinction he’s long been building, through a directing career that includes such cinematic landmarks as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and the highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic.
The Futurist is the... Read more >
The Life and Films of James Cameron
Written by Rebecca Keegan
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: December 15, 2009
Price: $24.00
With the release of Avatar, James Cameron cements his reputation as king of sci-fi and blockbuster filmmaking. It’s a distinction he’s long been building, through a directing career that includes such cinematic landmarks as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and the highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic.
The Futurist is the... Read more >
Also available as an
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The Futurist
The Life and Films of James Cameron
Written by Rebecca Keegan
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 15, 2009
Price: $24.00
With the release of Avatar in December 2009, James Cameron cements his reputation as king of sci-fi and blockbuster filmmaking. It’s a distinction he’s long been building, through a directing career that includes such cinematic landmarks as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and the highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic... Read more >
The Life and Films of James Cameron
Written by Rebecca Keegan
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 15, 2009
Price: $24.00
With the release of Avatar in December 2009, James Cameron cements his reputation as king of sci-fi and blockbuster filmmaking. It’s a distinction he’s long been building, through a directing career that includes such cinematic landmarks as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and the highest grossing movie of all time, Titanic... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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White Heat
The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Written by Brenda Wineapple
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $16.95
White Heat is the first book to portray the remarkable relationship between America's most beloved poet and the fiery abolitionist who first brought her work to the public.
As the Civil War raged, an unlikely friendship was born between the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a literary figure... Read more >
The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Written by Brenda Wineapple
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $16.95
White Heat is the first book to portray the remarkable relationship between America's most beloved poet and the fiery abolitionist who first brought her work to the public.
As the Civil War raged, an unlikely friendship was born between the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a literary figure... Read more >
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A Writer's Notebook
Written by W. Somerset Maugham
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $16.00
Filled with keen observations, autobiographical notes, and the seeds of many of Maugham's greatest works, A Writer's Notebook is a unique and exhilarating look into a great writer's mind at work.
From nearly five decades, Somerset Maugham recorded an intimate journal. In it we see the budding of his incomparable vision and... Read more >
Written by W. Somerset Maugham
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2009
Price: $16.00
Filled with keen observations, autobiographical notes, and the seeds of many of Maugham's greatest works, A Writer's Notebook is a unique and exhilarating look into a great writer's mind at work.
From nearly five decades, Somerset Maugham recorded an intimate journal. In it we see the budding of his incomparable vision and... Read more >
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Stranger Among Friends
Written by David Mixner
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: November 25, 2009
Price: $19.00
"From my fear of coming out to coming on strong in the struggle for human rights, this is my American journey, the story of an outsider on the inside, a gay man proudly committed to a life of standing up for freedom.
"President Clinton and I were born three days apart. We had... Read more >
Written by David Mixner
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: November 25, 2009
Price: $19.00
"From my fear of coming out to coming on strong in the struggle for human rights, this is my American journey, the story of an outsider on the inside, a gay man proudly committed to a life of standing up for freedom.
"President Clinton and I were born three days apart. We had... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me
Written by Howie Mandel and Josh Young
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $25.00
A frank, funny, no-holds-barred memoir that reveals the Deal or No Deal host’s ongoing struggle with OCD and ADHD–and how it has shaped his life and career.
Howie Mandel is one of the most recognizable names in entertainment–respected by his peers and beloved by audiences as the host of the enormously... Read more >
Written by Howie Mandel and Josh Young
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $25.00
A frank, funny, no-holds-barred memoir that reveals the Deal or No Deal host’s ongoing struggle with OCD and ADHD–and how it has shaped his life and career.
Howie Mandel is one of the most recognizable names in entertainment–respected by his peers and beloved by audiences as the host of the enormously... Read more >
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Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me
Written by Howie Mandel
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $25.00
A frank, funny, no-holds-barred memoir that reveals the Deal or No Deal host’s ongoing struggle with OCD and ADHD–and how it has shaped his life and career.
Howie Mandel is one of the most recognizable names in entertainment–respected by his peers and beloved by audiences as the host of the enormously... Read more >
Written by Howie Mandel
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $25.00
A frank, funny, no-holds-barred memoir that reveals the Deal or No Deal host’s ongoing struggle with OCD and ADHD–and how it has shaped his life and career.
Howie Mandel is one of the most recognizable names in entertainment–respected by his peers and beloved by audiences as the host of the enormously... Read more >
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Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me
Written by Howie Mandel and Josh Young
Read by Howie Mandel
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $30.00
A frank, funny, no-holds-barred memoir that reveals the Deal or No Deal host’s ongoing struggle with OCD and ADHD–and how it has shaped his life and career.
Howie Mandel is one of the most recognizable names in entertainment–respected by his peers and beloved by audiences as the host of the enormously... Read more >
Written by Howie Mandel and Josh Young
Read by Howie Mandel
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $30.00
A frank, funny, no-holds-barred memoir that reveals the Deal or No Deal host’s ongoing struggle with OCD and ADHD–and how it has shaped his life and career.
Howie Mandel is one of the most recognizable names in entertainment–respected by his peers and beloved by audiences as the host of the enormously... Read more >
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Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me
Written by Howie Mandel and Josh Young
Read by Howie Mandel
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $14.00
A frank, funny, no-holds-barred memoir that reveals the Deal or No Deal host’s ongoing struggle with OCD and ADHD–and how it has shaped his life and career.
Howie Mandel is one of the most recognizable names in entertainment–respected by his peers and beloved by audiences as the host of the enormously... Read more >
Written by Howie Mandel and Josh Young
Read by Howie Mandel
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $14.00
A frank, funny, no-holds-barred memoir that reveals the Deal or No Deal host’s ongoing struggle with OCD and ADHD–and how it has shaped his life and career.
Howie Mandel is one of the most recognizable names in entertainment–respected by his peers and beloved by audiences as the host of the enormously... Read more >
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The Journal of Henry David Thoreau 1837-1861
Written by Henry David Thoreau
Preface by John Stilgoe
Edited by Damion Searls
Format: Trade Paperback, 704 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $22.95
Henry David Thoreau’s Journal was his life’s work: the daily practice of writing that accompanied his daily walks, the workshop where he developed his books and essays, and a project in its own right—one of the most intensive explorations ever made of the everyday environment, the revolving seasons, and the changing... Read more >
Written by Henry David Thoreau
Preface by John Stilgoe
Edited by Damion Searls
Format: Trade Paperback, 704 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2009
Price: $22.95
Henry David Thoreau’s Journal was his life’s work: the daily practice of writing that accompanied his daily walks, the workshop where he developed his books and essays, and a project in its own right—one of the most intensive explorations ever made of the everyday environment, the revolving seasons, and the changing... Read more >
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Hearts of the City
The Selected Writings of Herbert Muschamp
Written by Herbert Muschamp
Introduction by Nicolai Ouroussoff
Format: Hardcover, 912 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $50.00
From the late Herbert Muschamp, the former architecture critic of The New York Times and one of the most outspoken and influential voices in architectural criticism, a collection of his best work.
The pieces here—from The New Republic, Artforum, and The New York Times—reveal how Muschamp’s views were both ahead of their... Read more >
The Selected Writings of Herbert Muschamp
Written by Herbert Muschamp
Introduction by Nicolai Ouroussoff
Format: Hardcover, 912 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $50.00
From the late Herbert Muschamp, the former architecture critic of The New York Times and one of the most outspoken and influential voices in architectural criticism, a collection of his best work.
The pieces here—from The New Republic, Artforum, and The New York Times—reveal how Muschamp’s views were both ahead of their... Read more >
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Get Happy
The Life of Judy Garland
Written by Gerald Clarke
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2009
Price: $18.00
She lived at full throttle on stage, screen, and in real life, with highs that made history and lows that finally brought down the curtain at age forty-seven. Judy Garland died over thirty years ago, but no biography has so completely captured her spirit -- and demons -- until now.
From... Read more >
The Life of Judy Garland
Written by Gerald Clarke
Format: eBook, 528 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2009
Price: $18.00
She lived at full throttle on stage, screen, and in real life, with highs that made history and lows that finally brought down the curtain at age forty-seven. Judy Garland died over thirty years ago, but no biography has so completely captured her spirit -- and demons -- until now.
From... Read more >
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Wahoo
The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine
Written by Richard O'Kane
Format: eBook, 372 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2009
Price: $19.00
Read more >
The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II Submarine
Written by Richard O'Kane
Format: eBook, 372 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2009
Price: $19.00
Read more >
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Redeeming Features
A Memoir
Written by Nicholas Haslam
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $30.00
From British interior designer Nicholas Haslam, a dazzling and witty account of a frenetic and full life—from the 1940s to the present—in Europe and America, in a crowd of friends and acquaintances that includes virtually all of the cultural icons of our time.
Haslam has found himself at the center of... Read more >
A Memoir
Written by Nicholas Haslam
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $30.00
From British interior designer Nicholas Haslam, a dazzling and witty account of a frenetic and full life—from the 1940s to the present—in Europe and America, in a crowd of friends and acquaintances that includes virtually all of the cultural icons of our time.
Haslam has found himself at the center of... Read more >
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eBook.
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Redeeming Features
Written by Nicholas Haslam
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $30.00
From British interior designer Nicholas Haslam, a dazzling and witty account of a frenetic and full life—from the 1940s to the present—in Europe and America, in a crowd of friends and acquaintances that includes virtually all of the cultural icons of our time.
Haslam has found himself at the center of... Read more >
Written by Nicholas Haslam
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $30.00
From British interior designer Nicholas Haslam, a dazzling and witty account of a frenetic and full life—from the 1940s to the present—in Europe and America, in a crowd of friends and acquaintances that includes virtually all of the cultural icons of our time.
Haslam has found himself at the center of... Read more >
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hardcover.
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Open
An Autobiography
Written by Andre Agassi
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2009
Price: $28.95
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.
Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis... Read more >
An Autobiography
Written by Andre Agassi
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2009
Price: $28.95
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.
Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis... Read more >
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abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download and an
unabridged audiobook download.
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An Autobiography
Written by Andre Agassi
Read by Erik Davies
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 9, 2009
Price: $32.00
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.
Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis... Read more >
An Autobiography
Written by Andre Agassi
Read by Erik Davies
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: November 9, 2009
Price: $32.00
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.
Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis... Read more >
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Open
An Autobiography
Written by Andre Agassi
Read by Erik Davies
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 9, 2009
Price: $16.00
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.
Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis... Read more >
An Autobiography
Written by Andre Agassi
Read by Erik Davies
Format: Abridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 9, 2009
Price: $16.00
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.
Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis... Read more >
