Non-Fiction

Eating in the city

by Nicolas Bricas, Audrey Soula, Olivier Lepiller & Chelsie Yount-André et al. – Quae (December 22, 2020)

This book explores changes in eating habits in African, Latin American and Asian cities. It reveals—through studies on city dwellers’ food practices and representations—the inadequacy of an analytical...

Clean Hands Save Lives

by Thierry Crouzet, Sir Liam Donaldson, Oms & Margaret Chan, Oms – Thaulk (April 28, 2014)

pYou may not know it, but an innovation has made our world a better place. The use of alcohol-based handrubs protects us from infectious diseases and saves millions of lives each year through safer health care./p...

Promise Me, Dad

by Joe Biden – Flatiron Books (November 13, 2017)

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller

From President-Elect Joe Biden, Promise Me Dad is his deeply moving memoir about the year that would forever change both a family and a country.

?Biden splices a heartbreaking...

The Correlation Between Trauma and Addiction

by Johanna O'Flaherty – Central Recovery Press (November 29, 2014)

Trauma and addiction frequently go together, and when they do they form complex, difficult to treat co-occurring disorders.

Forex Trading Made Easy For Beginners: Software, Strategies and Signals: The Complete Guide on Forex Trading Using Price Action

by Marlon Green – Speedy Publishing Books (June 15, 2014)

There is quite a buzz in the marketplace about Forex trading. More and more persons are trying their hands at this form of trading in a bid to make additional income to support their families. Some are even...

The Hard Thing About Hard Things

by Ben Horowitz – Harper Business (March 04, 2014)

Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley's most respected and experienced entrepreneurs, offers essential advice on building and running a startup—practical wisdom for managing...

Emergence of infectious diseases

by Serge Morand & Muriel Figuié – Quae (April 03, 2018)

From SARS to avian influenza, Ebola virus and MERS-CoV, infectious diseases have received increasing attention in recent decades from scientists, risk managers, the media and the general public. What explains...

Battle Story: Hastings 1066

by Jonathan Trigg – The History Press (November 30, 2011)

In 1066 the most significant battle on English soil – and arguably the most important in British history – took place some six miles northwest of Hastings. A king would die on the battlefield and a new dynasty...

Blessed Names and Attributes of Allah

by Abdur Raheem Kidwai – Kube Publishing Ltd (March 25, 2016)

"Allah's are the names most beautiful. Whatever is in the heavens and earth extols His glory."—The Qur'an (Al-Hashr 59:24)

"Allah has 99 names. He who remembers these will certainly enter Paradise."—Prophet...

The SaaS Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About SaaS

by Christian Dalton – Emereo Publishing (November 20, 2016)

Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until 'The SaaS Handbook', we could only guess why. Christian Dalton's brilliant book from the frontiers of SaaS technology offers...

365 Sex Positions

by Lisa Sweet – Amorata Press (July 10, 2009)

Sex Positions books are the strongest selling subcategory of sex books and Amorata has had good success in this area

Position per day (aka 365 total) sex books are always a popular hook

Tastefully illustrated...

The Agile Gene

by Matt Ridley – Harper Perennial (February 14, 2012)

Armed with extraordinary new discoveries about our genes, acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley turns his attention to the nature-versus-nurture debate in a thoughtful book about the roots of human behavior.

Ridley...

Home Education: With Linked Table of Contents

by Charlotte Mason – Dancing Unicorn Books (August 08, 2016)

Home Education consists of six lectures by Charlotte Mason about the raising and educating of young children (up to the age of nine), for parents and teachers. She encourages us to spend a lot of time outdoors,...

Surprised by Hope

by N. T. Wright – HarperOne (May 05, 2009)

In Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, top-selling author and Anglican bishop, N.T. Wright tackles the biblical question of what happens after we die and shows...

America's Hidden History

by Kenneth C. Davis – HarperCollins e-books (October 13, 2009)

Kenneth C. Davis, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Don't Know Much About History, presents a collection of extraordinary stories, each detailing an overlooked episode that shaped the nation's...

Storming the Old Boys' Citadel

by Carla Blank & Tania Martin – Baraka Books (December 15, 2014)

"Women" and "architecture" were once mutually exclusive terms. In an 1891 address, Louise Blanchard Bethune declared, "it is hardly safe to assert" that a connection even exists between the two words. Some women...

Women, Food, and Desire

by Alexandra Jamieson – Gallery Books (January 06, 2015)

A holistic health counselor and co-star of the award-winning documentary Super Size Me explores women?s cravings?for food, sleep, sex, movement, companionship, inspiration?and teaches them to listen to their...

Emergence

by Derek Rydall – Atria Books/Beyond Words (January 06, 2015)

In his bestselling book Emergence, Derek Rydall helps you throw aside the self-help books and recognize one simple, radical truth: the answer is already in you.

The harder we try to change, the deeper in the...

Countdown to My Birth

by Julie B Carr – Meadowbrook (January 06, 2015)

This day by day account of pregnancy will help expecting mothers discover captivating facts like when your baby is the length and weight of a hot dog roll, when the heart begins to beat, when their eyes open...

The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics

by David G. Dodd – Free Press (December 16, 2014)

Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the most popular and enduring band ever: “Even the most hardcore Deadheads will be impressed by this obsessively complete look at the Grateful Dead’s lyrics” (Publishers...

Creativity as Sacrifice: Toward a Theological Model for Creativity in the Arts

by James M. Watkins – Fortress Press (January 01, 2015)

Creativity as Sacrifice argues for a theological methodology in engaging the arts and puts forward a theological model for understanding human creativity in the light of Jesus’ sacrificial redemption. In interdisciplinary...

The Power and Vulnerability of Love: A Theological Anthropology

by Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo – Fortress Press (February 01, 2015)

Gandolfo constructs a theological anthropology that begins with the condition of human vulnerability as a site to answer why human beings experience and inflict terrible suffering. This volume argues that vulnerability...

Pedagogies for Student-Centered Learning: Online and On-Gound

by Cari Crumly – Fortress Press (November 01, 2014)

This book will help you to identify the difference between teacher-centered and student-centered learning and the various pedagogies commonly associated with each. This book will draw upon the research and experience...

Endoscopic Ear Surgery: Principles, Indications, and Techniques

by Livio Presutti & Daniele Marchioni – Thieme (December 17, 2014)

Increasingly used as an adjunctive tool in the diagnosis and management of ear disease, middle ear endoscopy has the potential to decrease patient morbidity, prevent disease recurrence, and reduce costs. Its...

Social Media Curation

by Joyce Kasman Valenza – ALA TechSource (January 01, 2014)

This issue of Library Technology Reports draws from 17 in-depth interviews to show how libraries are using social media to collect, organize, share, and interpret-in short, how to tell a digital story.

Mathematics, Magic and Mystery

by Martin Gardner – Dover Publications (December 02, 2014)

Why do card tricks work? How can magicians do astonishing feats of mathematics mentally? Why do stage "mind-reading" tricks work? As a rule, we simply accept these tricks and "magic" without recognizing that...

Taste of Home Easy Weeknight Dinners

by Editors of Taste of Home – Reader's Digest/Taste of Home (December 30, 2014)

Taste of Home Easy Weeknight Dinners is the go-to cookbook for any family cook who wants to serve up tasty dishes?but doesn?t have time to spare. Inside, you?ll discover a year of simply delicious weeknight...

Decision #6: How to Increase Your Self-Worth

by Sean Covey – Simon & Schuster (January 12, 2015)

There?s nothing wrong with wanting to look your best, but if your self-confidence (or lack of it) comes from how you stack up on the good-looks gauge, you?ve got serious problems. When all is said and done,...

Decision #5: How to Avoid Addictions

by Sean Covey – Simon & Schuster (January 12, 2015)

Teens today face so much peer pressure to binge-drink, smoke, do drugs, and try any number of other things. And while it may seem like everyone else is doing it, addiction is a serious consequence. Decision...

Decision #4: How to Be Smart About Dating & Sex

by Sean Covey – Simon & Schuster (January 12, 2015)

The choices you make on dating and sex are some of the most important decisions you?ll ever make, if not the most important. It?s crucial to be clear about what kind of people you?re going to date and what you?re...

Decision #3: How to Get Along With Your Parents

by Sean Covey – Simon & Schuster (January 12, 2015)

The quality of the relationship you want to have with your mom and dad is a choice, and it?s one of the most important decisions you?ll ever make. Decision #3 explores vital issues, including:

-How to build...

Decision #2: How to Make and Keep Good Friends

by Sean Covey – Simon & Schuster (January 12, 2015)

Being a teen can be tough?especially when it comes to trying to fit in. People will judge you because you don?t have a perfect body or wear the right clothes, or maybe you just moved to a new town and don?t...

Decision #1: How to Succeed in School

by Sean Covey – Simon & Schuster (January 12, 2015)

With all the homework, tests, gossip, and anxious parents, school can be a major source of stress. But why is school so important? Decision #1 explores how the way in which you handle your education can be the...

The Power of 100!

by Shaun King – Howard Books (January 06, 2015)

Too broke or broken, too old or young, too stressed or busy to make your dreams reality? Join Shaun King and walk the transformative path to overcoming adversity and achieving success as he reveals practical...

Waiting on God

by Charles F. Stanley – Howard Books (January 06, 2015)

Trusted pastor and bestselling author Dr. Charles Stanley offers words of comfort and patience to anyone waiting for the answer to their prayers.

Are you waiting for God to answer your prayers? Do the days, weeks...

The Life Intended

by Kristin Harmel – Gallery Books (December 30, 2014)

Sliding Doors meets P.S. I Love You in this richly told novel from the author of The Sweetness of Forgetting about the struggle to overcome the past when our memories refuse to be forgotten.

After her husband?s...

The Like Switch

by Jack Schafer & Marvin Karlins – Atria Books (January 13, 2015)

From a former FBI Special Agent specializing in behavior analysis and recruiting spies comes a handbook filled with his proven strategies on how to instantly read people and influence how they perceive you,...

The 5 Choices

by Kory Kogon, Adam Merrill & Leena Rinne – Simon & Schuster (December 30, 2014)

“The 5 Choices provides the methods to get the right things done, not try to get everything done, and to feel like you made a meaningful contribution at the end of the day.” ?Kevin Turner, former COO of...

Punk Rock Blitzkrieg

by Marky Ramone & Richard Herschlag – Atria Books (January 13, 2015)

The ?entertaining and enlightening? (Stephen King) final word on the genius and mischief of the Ramones, told by the man who created the beat behind their iconic music and lived to tell about it.

When punk rock...

One-Night Stands with American History: Odd, Amusing, and Little-Known Incidents

by Richard Shenkman & Kurt Reiger – HarperCollins e-books (June 07, 2011)

Respect yourself in the morning -- read One-Night Stands with American History!

This collection of little-known facts and anecdotes is American history with the boring parts left out. Richard Shenkman and Kurt...

Mother Teresa (Revised Edition)

by Kathryn Spink – HarperOne (June 07, 2011)

Mother Teresa of Calcutta was the founder of the Missionaries ofCharity and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, but her story is so much moreremarkable. From her childhood in the Balkans to her work in India, from...

Try This: Traveling the Globe Without Leaving the Table

by Danyelle Freeman – HarperCollins e-books (June 07, 2011)

Try This is a fresh and saucy beginner’s guide to eating out in the new American food scene. The creator of the popular “Restaurant Girl” blog, Danyelle Freeman is our guide on a delectable Cook’s Tour...

Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading

by Nina Sankovitch – HarperCollins e-books (June 07, 2011)

“NinaSankovitch has crafted a dazzling memoir that remindsus of the most primal function of literature-to heal, to nurture and to connectus to our truest selves." —Thrity Umrigar, author of The Space Between...

My Year with Eleanor: A Memoir

by Noelle Hancock – HarperCollins e-books (June 07, 2011)

“I honestly loved this book.”

—Jim Norton, New York Times bestselling author of I Hate Your Guts

“Eleanor taught Noelle that, first and foremost, Courage Takes Practice. Her yearlong quest to face her...

Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn't

by Steve Volk – HarperOne (June 07, 2011)

“Fringe-Ologybrings a poet’s eye to the frayed edges between the known and unknown, beliefand skepticism. . . . A dive into the paranormal even a hardcore skeptic like myselfcan enjoy.” —Mat Johnson,...

The Evolution of Faith

by Philip Gulley – HarperOne (June 07, 2011)

"Noone raises provocative questions about Christianity more kindly than PhilipGulley. " —Diana Butler Bass,author of Christianity for the Rest of Us

“Everyserious Christian ought to read this book, ponder...

Through My Eyes

by Tim Tebow & Nathan Whitaker – HarperOne (May 31, 2011)

FormerUniversity of Florida star quarterback, 2010 first-round draft pick for theDenver Broncos, and devout Christian Tim Tebow tellsthe story of his faith, his life, and his career in football in Through MyEyes...

Black Pearls

by Eric V. Copage – Amistad (June 07, 2011)

Eric V. Copage's Black Pearls is an extraordinary book of inspirational thoughts and practical advice for African-Americans. The 365 quotes that begin each day's entry range from African proverbs to wisdom from...

Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs

by Deborah Willis & Kevin Merida – HarperCollins e-books (May 17, 2011)

Through 150 striking color photographs, Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs charts the road to Barack Obama's nomination as the first African American to lead the presidential ticket of a major party....

The Dress Doctor: Prescriptions for Style, From A to Z

by Edith Head – Harper Design (June 07, 2011)

Edith Head was perhaps the most famous Hollywood costume designer of all time. Long before Rachel Zoe, Andrea Leibermann, Estee Stanley, and Nicole Chavez were styling Hollywood celebrities, eight-time Oscar...