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A Gift of Hope
A Gift of Hope
Written by Danielle Steel
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780345531377
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A Gift of Hope
Helping the Homeless
Written by Danielle Steel


Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2012
Price: $9.99

In her powerful memoir His Bright Light, #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel opened her heart to share the devastating story of the loss of her beloved son. In A Gift of Hope, she shows us how she transformed that pain into a campaign of service that enriched her... Read more >
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The Future
The Future
Written by Al Gore
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780679644309
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The Future
Six Drivers of Global Change
Written by Al Gore


Format: eBook, 592 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $15.99

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From the former vice president and #1 New York Times bestselling author comes An Inconvenient Truth for everything—a frank and clear-eyed assessment of six critical drivers of global change in the decades to come.
 
Ours is a time of revolutionary change that has no precedent in history... Read more >
All Souls
A Family Story from Southie
Written by Michael Patrick MacDonald


Format: eBook
On Sale: July 28, 2010
Price: $14.95

A breakaway bestseller since its first printing, All Souls takes us deep into Michael Patrick MacDonald's Southie, the proudly insular neighborhood with the highest concentration of white poverty in America. Rocked by Whitey Bulger's crime schemes and busing riots, MacDonald's Southie is populated by sharply hewn characters like his Ma, a miniskirted, accordion-playing... Read more >
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The Next Wave
The Next Wave
Written by Catherine Herridge
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307885265
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The Next Wave
On the Hunt for Al Qaeda's American Recruits
Written by Catherine Herridge


Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $15.00

TERROR WALKS AMONG US. Born here, raised here, plotting here, the terrorists of al Qaeda 2.0 aim to kill Americans. And our government helps.
 
Who are the recruits for the next wave? They live next door.

A radicalized army major guns down forty-five, killing twelve soldiers and one civilian; an... Read more >
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Saturday Night Widows
Saturday Night Widows
Written by Becky Aikman
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307590435
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Saturday Night Widows
The Adventures of Six Friends Remaking Their Lives
Written by Becky Aikman


Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $26.00

Six marriages, six heartbreaks, one shared beginning.

   In her forties – a widow, too young, too modern to accept the role – Becky Aikman struggled to make sense of her place in an altered world.  In this transcendent and infectiously wise memoir, she explores surprising new discoveries about how people experience grief... Read more >
The Revenge of Geography
The Revenge of Geography
Written by Robert D. Kaplan
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781400069835
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The Revenge of Geography
What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
Written by Robert D. Kaplan


Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $28.00

In this provocative, startling book, Robert D. Kaplan, the bestselling author of Monsoon and Balkan Ghosts, offers a revelatory new prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead for continents and countries around the world.
 
In The Revenge of Geography, Kaplan builds on the insights... Read more >
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The Looming Tower
The Looming Tower
Written by Lawrence Wright
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ISBN: 9780307266088
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The Looming Tower

Written by Lawrence Wright


Format: eBook
On Sale: August 8, 2006
Price: $12.99

UPDATED AND WITH A NEW AFTERWORD

National Book Award Finalist

A Time, Newsweek, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and New York Times Book Review Best Book of the Year

A gripping narrative that spans five decades, The Looming Tower explains in unprecedented detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence...

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The Next Wave
The Next Wave
Written by Catherine Herridge
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ISBN: 9780307885272
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The Next Wave
On the Hunt for Al Qaeda's American Recruits
Written by Catherine Herridge


Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: June 21, 2011
Price: $9.99

TERROR WALKS AMONG US. Born here, raised here, plotting here, the terrorists of al Qaeda 2.0 aim to kill Americans. And our government helps.
 
Who are the recruits for the next wave? They live next door.

A radicalized army major guns down forty-five, killing twelve soldiers and one civilian; an airport shuttle-bus driver... Read more >
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In the President's Secret Service
In the President's Secret Service
Written by Ronald Kessler
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ISBN: 9780307461377
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In the President's Secret Service
Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect
Written by Ronald Kessler


Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: August 4, 2009
Price: $10.99

Never before has a journalist penetrated the wall of secrecy that surrounds the U.S. Secret Service, that elite corps of agents who pledge to take a bullet to protect the president and his family. After conducting exclusive interviews with more than one hundred current and former Secret Service agents, bestselling author... Read more >
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The Social Animal
The Social Animal
Written by David Brooks
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812979374
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The Social Animal
The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement
Written by David Brooks


Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: January 3, 2012
Price: $16.00

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

With unequaled insight and brio, New York Times columnist David Brooks has long explored and explained the way we live. Now Brooks turns to the building blocks of human flourishing in a multilayered, profoundly illuminating work grounded in everyday life. This is the story of how success...

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