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Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky
Written by Paolo Hewitt
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
From the moment that Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm conceived "Rocket 88" to the suicide of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain and Lennon’s Anniversary concert, ‘Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky chronicles 50 moments in history that shaped the music industry as we know it.
Paolo Hewitt’s lively... Read more >
Written by Paolo Hewitt
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
From the moment that Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm conceived "Rocket 88" to the suicide of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain and Lennon’s Anniversary concert, ‘Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky chronicles 50 moments in history that shaped the music industry as we know it.
Paolo Hewitt’s lively... Read more >
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Sex, Death and God in L.A.
Written by David Reid
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2013
Price: $22.99
Los Angeles is the labyrinth at the end of the American Dream, a city often celebrated, often condemned—rarely understood. In this fascinating and unusual collection David Reid has gathered together the novelists, journalists, and cultural critics who could best debunk the myths, define the truths, and decipher the strange iconography of... Read more >
Written by David Reid
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2013
Price: $22.99
Los Angeles is the labyrinth at the end of the American Dream, a city often celebrated, often condemned—rarely understood. In this fascinating and unusual collection David Reid has gathered together the novelists, journalists, and cultural critics who could best debunk the myths, define the truths, and decipher the strange iconography of... Read more >
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William Shakespeare's Star Wars
Written by Ian Doescher
Read by Daniel Davis, Jonathan Davis, January LaVoy and Marc Thompson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $15.00
Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star... Read more >
Written by Ian Doescher
Read by Daniel Davis, Jonathan Davis, January LaVoy and Marc Thompson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $15.00
Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas’s epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star... Read more >
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Shaping Our Nation
How Surges of Migration Transformed America and Its Politics
Written by Michael Barone
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $13.99
It is often said that America has become culturally diverse only in the past quarter century. But from the country’s beginning, cultural variety and conflict have been a centrifugal force in American politics and a crucial reason for our rise to power.
The peopling of the United States is one... Read more >
How Surges of Migration Transformed America and Its Politics
Written by Michael Barone
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $13.99
It is often said that America has become culturally diverse only in the past quarter century. But from the country’s beginning, cultural variety and conflict have been a centrifugal force in American politics and a crucial reason for our rise to power.
The peopling of the United States is one... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
Skulk
Written by Rosie Best
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $6.99
To some, Meg Banks’ life might look perfect – she lives in a huge house in West London, goes to a prestigious school, and has famous parents. Only Meg knows the truth: her tyrannical mother rules the house and her shallow friends can talk about nothing but boys and drinking. Meg’s... Read more >
Written by Rosie Best
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $6.99
To some, Meg Banks’ life might look perfect – she lives in a huge house in West London, goes to a prestigious school, and has famous parents. Only Meg knows the truth: her tyrannical mother rules the house and her shallow friends can talk about nothing but boys and drinking. Meg’s... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Stop
How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement
Written by Nick Saul and Andrea Curtis
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $19.95
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
British super chef Jamie Oliver called it "amazing," telling his Twitter followers that he'd traveled all over the world and never seen anything like it. New York Times food writer Mark Bittman called it "one of those forward-thinking groups pointing the way to the future of good food." Raj... Read more >
How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement
Written by Nick Saul and Andrea Curtis
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $19.95
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
British super chef Jamie Oliver called it "amazing," telling his Twitter followers that he'd traveled all over the world and never seen anything like it. New York Times food writer Mark Bittman called it "one of those forward-thinking groups pointing the way to the future of good food." Raj... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Story of Astronomy
Written by Peter Aughton
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
From the ancient origins of astronomy to the Copernican revolution, and from Galileo to Hawking’s research into black holes, The Story of Astronomy charts the discoveries of some of the greatest minds in human history, and their attempts to unveil the secrets of the stars.
Peter Aughton’s trademark narrative style is... Read more >
Written by Peter Aughton
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
From the ancient origins of astronomy to the Copernican revolution, and from Galileo to Hawking’s research into black holes, The Story of Astronomy charts the discoveries of some of the greatest minds in human history, and their attempts to unveil the secrets of the stars.
Peter Aughton’s trademark narrative style is... Read more >
The Story of Che Guevara
Written by Lucia Alvarez De Toledo
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $22.95
Che Guevara is something of a symbol in the West, a representative of Sixties counterculture and the face adorning the T-shirts of a million student radicals. But in the rest of the world he is something else: a charismatic revolutionary who redrew the political map of Latin America and gave hope... Read more >
Written by Lucia Alvarez De Toledo
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $22.95
Che Guevara is something of a symbol in the West, a representative of Sixties counterculture and the face adorning the T-shirts of a million student radicals. But in the rest of the world he is something else: a charismatic revolutionary who redrew the political map of Latin America and gave hope... Read more >
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The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
Written by Daniel Lieberman
Read by Sean Runnette
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $45.00
In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between... Read more >
Evolution, Health, and Disease
Written by Daniel Lieberman
Read by Sean Runnette
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $45.00
In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between... Read more >
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The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
Written by Daniel Lieberman
Read by Sean Runnette
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $22.50
In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between... Read more >
Evolution, Health, and Disease
Written by Daniel Lieberman
Read by Sean Runnette
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $22.50
In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between... Read more >
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The Story of the Human Body
Evolution, Health, and Disease
Written by Daniel Lieberman
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $14.99
In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between... Read more >
Evolution, Health, and Disease
Written by Daniel Lieberman
Format: eBook, 480 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $14.99
In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman—chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field—gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between... Read more >
Suburban Legends
True Tales of Murder, Mayhem, and Minivans
Written by Sam Stall
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $3.99
Its a Terrible Day in the Neighborhood
They told you the suburbs were a great place to live. They said nothing bad could ever happen here.
But they were wrong.
This collection of terrifying true stories exposes the dark side of life in the ’burbs—from corpses buried in backyards... Read more >
True Tales of Murder, Mayhem, and Minivans
Written by Sam Stall
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $3.99
Its a Terrible Day in the Neighborhood
They told you the suburbs were a great place to live. They said nothing bad could ever happen here.
But they were wrong.
This collection of terrifying true stories exposes the dark side of life in the ’burbs—from corpses buried in backyards... Read more >
Superheroes!
Capes, Cowls, and the Creation of Comic Book Culture
Written by Laurence Maslon
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $19.99
Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wonder Woman, the Avengers, the X-Men, Watchmen, and more: the companion volume to the PBS documentary series of the same name that tells the story of the superhero in American popular culture.
Together again for the first time, here come the greatest comic book superheroes... Read more >
Capes, Cowls, and the Creation of Comic Book Culture
Written by Laurence Maslon
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $19.99
Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wonder Woman, the Avengers, the X-Men, Watchmen, and more: the companion volume to the PBS documentary series of the same name that tells the story of the superhero in American popular culture.
Together again for the first time, here come the greatest comic book superheroes... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
Surrender to Mr. X
Written by Rosa Mundi
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
Vanessa d’A works on reception in one of London’s plusher hotels, offering her services to special guests both on the books and after hours. It is the perfect setup—she does what she loves (sex), and buys what she wants (Christian Lacroix).
Then Vanessa meets Mr. Alden X: a well-heeled gentleman looking for... Read more >
Written by Rosa Mundi
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $12.95
Vanessa d’A works on reception in one of London’s plusher hotels, offering her services to special guests both on the books and after hours. It is the perfect setup—she does what she loves (sex), and buys what she wants (Christian Lacroix).
Then Vanessa meets Mr. Alden X: a well-heeled gentleman looking for... Read more >
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Tainted
Written by A E Rought
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $9.99
Alex Franks believes the madness is behind them. With Ascension Labs under his direction and the forces threatening Emma's life overcome, they have a chance at a normal life, and keeping his secrets safely buried. But a shadow rises from Alex’s past, and she wants him back. Criminally brilliant, Hailey Westmore... Read more >
Written by A E Rought
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $9.99
Alex Franks believes the madness is behind them. With Ascension Labs under his direction and the forces threatening Emma's life overcome, they have a chance at a normal life, and keeping his secrets safely buried. But a shadow rises from Alex’s past, and she wants him back. Criminally brilliant, Hailey Westmore... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Tainted
Written by A E Rought
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $6.99
Alex Franks believes the madness is behind them. With Ascension Labs under his direction and the forces threatening Emma's life overcome, they have a chance at a normal life, and keeping his secrets safely buried. But a shadow rises from Alex’s past, and she wants him back. Criminally brilliant, Hailey Westmore... Read more >
Written by A E Rought
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $6.99
Alex Franks believes the madness is behind them. With Ascension Labs under his direction and the forces threatening Emma's life overcome, they have a chance at a normal life, and keeping his secrets safely buried. But a shadow rises from Alex’s past, and she wants him back. Criminally brilliant, Hailey Westmore... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Book of Ninja
The Bansenshukai - Japan's Premier Ninja Manual
Written by Anthony Cummins
Format: eBook, 503 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2013
Price: $25.00
The Book of Ninja, the ultimate ninjutsu manual, was penned in 1676 by a ninja known as Fujibayashi. Born in the post-civil war era of Japan, Fujibayashi collected and combined information from the ninja clans of Iga - regarded to be the homeland of the ninja - and compiled it into... Read more >
The Bansenshukai - Japan's Premier Ninja Manual
Written by Anthony Cummins
Format: eBook, 503 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2013
Price: $25.00
The Book of Ninja, the ultimate ninjutsu manual, was penned in 1676 by a ninja known as Fujibayashi. Born in the post-civil war era of Japan, Fujibayashi collected and combined information from the ninja clans of Iga - regarded to be the homeland of the ninja - and compiled it into... Read more >
The Strength of the Wolf
The Secret History of America's War on Drugs
Written by Douglas Valentine
Format: eBook, 554 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $17.95
Voted Outstanding Academic Title in 2004 by Choice.
The Strength of the Wolf is the first complete history of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN), which existed from 1930 until its wrenching termination in 1968. The most successful federal law enforcement agency ever, the FBN was populated by some of the most... Read more >
The Secret History of America's War on Drugs
Written by Douglas Valentine
Format: eBook, 554 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $17.95
Voted Outstanding Academic Title in 2004 by Choice.
The Strength of the Wolf is the first complete history of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN), which existed from 1930 until its wrenching termination in 1968. The most successful federal law enforcement agency ever, the FBN was populated by some of the most... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
The Third Day
Written by Chochana Boukhobza
Translated by Alison Anderson
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $19.95
A leading Israeli musician and her protégé return to Jerusalem for three days to perform with the Philharmonic Orchestra. Both women—one a gifted young cellist, one a Holocaust survivor saved by her extraordinary musical talent—have been in America for some time, are quickly caught up in tangled threads from former lives... Read more >
Written by Chochana Boukhobza
Translated by Alison Anderson
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $19.95
A leading Israeli musician and her protégé return to Jerusalem for three days to perform with the Philharmonic Orchestra. Both women—one a gifted young cellist, one a Holocaust survivor saved by her extraordinary musical talent—have been in America for some time, are quickly caught up in tangled threads from former lives... Read more >
The Third Reich
Written by Richard Overy
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $22.95
The Third Reich was the name Hitler and the Nazi Party gave to the dictatorship that began in 1933 and ended twelve years later with the utter destruction of Germany and Hitler's suicide. Defined by the messianic, iconic figure of the Führer, the Third Reich was one of the pivotal periods... Read more >
Written by Richard Overy
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $22.95
The Third Reich was the name Hitler and the Nazi Party gave to the dictatorship that began in 1933 and ended twelve years later with the utter destruction of Germany and Hitler's suicide. Defined by the messianic, iconic figure of the Führer, the Third Reich was one of the pivotal periods... Read more >
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Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an
Islam and the Founders
Written by Denise A. Spellberg
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $13.99
Islam and the Founders
Written by Denise A. Spellberg
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $13.99
In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dimension of the story of American religious freedom—a drama in which Islam played a surprising role. In 1765, eleven years before composing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson bought a Qur’an. This marked only the beginning of...
Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
Three Windows on Eternity
Exploring Evolution and Human Destiny
Written by Allerd Stikker
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2013
Price: $9.99
Three Windows on Eternity is an exploratory voyage past the frontiers of our knowledge and scientific understanding. It has led the author to inspirational insights about the role of the individual human being in the current phase of the evolutionary process. The author takes the reader on a journey through evolution... Read more >
Exploring Evolution and Human Destiny
Written by Allerd Stikker
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: October 3, 2013
Price: $9.99
Three Windows on Eternity is an exploratory voyage past the frontiers of our knowledge and scientific understanding. It has led the author to inspirational insights about the role of the individual human being in the current phase of the evolutionary process. The author takes the reader on a journey through evolution... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Thursdays in the Park
Written by Hilary Boyd
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $15.95
In this touching, romantic tale of new attraction and old loyalties, Jeanie is on the brink of turning sixty, and the man she's been married to for more than half of her life has abandoned the marital bed.
When Jeanie’s husband George retreats from his conjugal duties, she is deeply... Read more >
Written by Hilary Boyd
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $15.95
In this touching, romantic tale of new attraction and old loyalties, Jeanie is on the brink of turning sixty, and the man she's been married to for more than half of her life has abandoned the marital bed.
When Jeanie’s husband George retreats from his conjugal duties, she is deeply... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
THE TREES
Written by Conrad Richter
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 2, 2013
Price: $15.99
“They moved along in the bobbing, springy gait of a family that followed the woods as some families follow the sea.” In that first sentence Conrad Richter sets the mood of this magnificent epic of the American wilderness. Toward the close of the eighteenth century the land west of the Alleghenies... Read more >
Written by Conrad Richter
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 2, 2013
Price: $15.99
“They moved along in the bobbing, springy gait of a family that followed the woods as some families follow the sea.” In that first sentence Conrad Richter sets the mood of this magnificent epic of the American wilderness. Toward the close of the eighteenth century the land west of the Alleghenies... Read more >
Unhooking the Moon
Written by Gregory Hughes
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $16.95
When an adventurous sister-and-brother duo become orphans, a funny and heartbreaking roadtrip to New York ensues, as the pair searches for their long-lost uncle.
Meet the Rat: A dancing, soccer-loving, fearless ten-year-old from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Meet her older brother, Bob: Protector of the Rat, though more often than not her faithful follower... Read more >
Written by Gregory Hughes
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 1, 2013
Price: $16.95
When an adventurous sister-and-brother duo become orphans, a funny and heartbreaking roadtrip to New York ensues, as the pair searches for their long-lost uncle.
Meet the Rat: A dancing, soccer-loving, fearless ten-year-old from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Meet her older brother, Bob: Protector of the Rat, though more often than not her faithful follower... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
