Hit Lit
Cracking the Code of the Twentieth Century's Biggest Bestsellers
Written by James W. Hall

Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2012
Price: $11.99

DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF WHAT MAKES A MEGA-BESTSELLER IN THIS ENTERTAINING, REVELATORY GUIDE
 
What do Michael Corleone, Jack Ryan, and Scout Finch have in common? Creative writing professor and thriller writer James W. Hall knows. Now, in this entertaining, revelatory book, he reveals how bestsellers work, using twelve twentieth-century blockbusters as...

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The New Global Student
Skip the SAT, Save Thousands on Tuition, and Get a Truly International Education
Written by Maya Frost

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $14.95

Good-bye, Old School. Hello, Bold School!

In 2005, Maya Frost and her husband sold everything and left their suburban American lifestyle behind in order to have an adventure abroad. The tricky part: they had to shepherd their four teenage daughters through high school and into college. This hilarious and conspiratorial how-to handbook... Read more >

Being the Other One
Growing Up with a Brother or Sister Who Has Special Needs
Written by Kate Strohm

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: February 8, 2005
Price: $22.95

When there's a disabled child in the family, how are normally developing siblings affected? According to Kate Strohm, a counselor and health educator, siblings of the disabled face particular emotional challenges that are often overlooked. Able siblings commonly struggle with feelings of isolation, grief, anger, and anxiety—and these and other emotional... Read more >

Be Different
Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian with Practical Advice for Aspergians, Misfits, Families & Teachers
Written by John Elder Robison
Read by John Elder Robison

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $17.50

The author of the New York Times bestselling Look Me in the Eye returns to help Aspergians, and even ordinary geeks, embrace being different and fix the things that hold them back in life.

With his usual honesty, dry wit, and unapologetic eccentricity, John Robison argues that Asperger's is about difference, not... Read more >

Speak American
A Survival Guide to the Language and Culture of the U.S.A.
Written by Dileri Borunda Johnston

Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: April 25, 2000
Price: $8.99

Imagine that you're from England, or India, or Hong Kong, and your English is impeccable. But when you travel to America, you get a funny look when you tell a colleague,"I'll knock you up tomorrow at half-eight." And you can't find bangers on a single restaurant menu.

You feel like you speak... Read more >

How to Be a Person
The Stranger's Guide to College, Sex, Intoxicants, Tacos, and Life Itself
Written by Lindy West, Dan Savage, Christopher Frizzelle, Bethany Jean Clement and The Staff of The Stranger

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $16.95

From Dan Savage, Lindy West, and The Stranger staff comes this hilarious guide to life for college students and beyond. Here is all the information you actually need to know that no one else will tell you including: which majors to avoid, how to not get a STD, everything there is... Read more >

Light without Fire
The Making of America's First Muslim College
Written by Scott Korb

Format: eBook
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $25.95

The story of America’s first Muslim institution of higher education, Zaytuna College
 
In the fall of 2010, anti-Muslim furor in the United States reached a breaking point, capping a decade in which such sentiment had surged. Loud, angry crowds gathered near New York’s Ground Zero to protest plans to build...

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The Freedom Writers Diary
How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them
Written by Erin Gruwell and The Freedom Writers
Read by Various

Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 17, 2006
Price: $24.95

Straight from the front line of urban America, the inspiring story of one fiercely determined teacher and her remarkable students.


As an idealistic twenty-three-year-old English teacher at Wilson High School in Long beach, California, Erin Gruwell confronted a room of “unteachable, at-risk” students. One day she intercepted a note with an ugly... Read more >

The Passionate Teacher
A Practical Guide
Written by Robert Fried

Format: Trade Paperback, 328 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2001
Price: $17.00

An inspiring handbook, enthusiastically embraced by teachers; with a new chapter

Every teacher can be a passionate teacher-one who engages young people in the excitement of learning and ideas-if teaching is not undermined by the ways we "do business" in schools. The Passionate Teacher draws on voices, stories, and successes of... Read more >

Superlearning 2000
New Triple Fast Ways You Can Learn, Earn, and Succeed in the 21st Century
Written by Sheila Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder

Format: Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: July 7, 1997
Price: $7.99

Whether you want to learn a foreign language, improve your tennis game, ace a test, or learn anything two-to-five times faster, the fun and innovative method of superlearning is designed to unlock your limitless potential. This revolutionary program reveals how the right kind of music can enhance learning, which "superfood" can... Read more >