The Other Wes Moore
One Name, Two Fates
Written by Wes Moore
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 27, 2010
Price: $11.99
BONUS: This edition contains a new afterword and a
The Other Wes Moore discussion guide.
The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.
Two kids named Wes Moore were born blocks apart within a year of each other. Both grew...
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Half the Sky
Written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 8, 2009
Price: $11.99
#1 National BestsellerFrom two of our most fiercely moral voices, a passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women and girls in the developing world.
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa...
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Born to Run
A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Written by Christopher McDougall
Read by Fred Sanders
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $20.00
Full of incredible characters, amazing athletic achievements, cutting-edge science, and, most of all, pure inspiration,
Born to Run is an epic adventure that began with one simple question:
Why does my foot hurt? In search of an answer, Christopher McDougall sets off to find a tribe of the world’s greatest distance...
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The Mushroom Hunters
On the Trail of an Underground America
Written by Langdon Cook
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2013
Price: $13.99
In the tradition of Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief, and Mark Kurlansky’s Cod—a renowned culinary adventurer goes into the woods with the iconoclasts and outlaws who seek the world’s most coveted ingredient . . . and one of nature’s last truly wild foods: the uncultivated, uncontrollable...
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Dreams from My Father
A Story of Race and Inheritance
Written by Barack Obama
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: August 10, 2004
Price: $14.95
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a figure he knows more as a myth than...
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Start Something That Matters
Written by Blake Mycoskie
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $14.00
The incredible story of the man behind TOMS Shoes and One for One, the revolutionary business model that marries fun, profit, and social good
“A creative and open-hearted business model for our times.”—The Wall Street Journal
Why this book is for you:
• You’re ready to make...
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Ten Billion
Written by Stephen Emmott
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2013
Price: $12.95
A VINTAGE ORIGINAL
Just over two hundred years ago, there were one billion humans on Earth.
There are now over seven billion of us.
And, sometime this century, the world population will reach at least ten billion.
Deforestation. Desertification. Species extinction. Global warming. Growing threats to food and water. The driving issues of our times are...
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
Written by Jared Diamond
Read by Doug Ordunio
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 18, 2011
Price: $22.50
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize,
Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history.
Having done field work in New Guinea for more than 30 years, Jared Diamond presents the geographical and ecological factors that have shaped the modern world. From the viewpoint of...
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Keep It Pithy
Useful Observations in a Tough World
Written by Bill O'Reilly
Read by Bill O'Reilly and Dan Woren
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $25.00
From the bestselling author of Killing Lincoln and host of Fox News' top show The O'Reilly Factor, the best of Bill O’Reilly’s provocative writing—reflecting his ideas, wisdom, and core values
Bill O’Reilly is one of the most recognized and talked-about journalists of our time. With an unparalleled track record as an author and with the...
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