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No Paved Road to Freedom - A Dramatic and Inspiring Story of Human Struggle Against Overwhelming Odds - Based on a True Story

by Sharon R. Rushton

Published: 2011-06-30

Paperback: 322 pages

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A gripping and emotional story, No Paved Road To Freedom humanizes the impact of communist occupation in Romania after World War II. It is relevant, it inspires, and it reminds us that freedom is precious. Based on a true story, it documents the extraordinary courage of Cornel Dolana and his family as...

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Giovanni's Room (Vintage International)

by James Baldwin

Published: 2013

Paperback: 176 pages

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Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. With a sharp, probing imagination, James Baldwin's now-classic narrative delves into the mystery of loving and creates a moving, highly controversial story...

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Get Jiro!

by Anthony Bourdain, Joel Rose

Published: 2013-05-07

Paperback: 160 pages

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A New York Times BestsellerIn a not-too-distant future L.A. where master chefs rule the town like crime lords and people literally kill for a seat at the best restaurants, a bloody culinary war is raging.On one side, the Internationalists, who blend foods from all over the world into exo...

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The Billionaire's Secrets

by Meadow Taylor

Published: 2012-12-11

Kindle Edition: 169 pages

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Love on the Rock… When Chloe Winters answers an advertisement seeking a private tutor for a six-year-old girl, little does she know it means relocating from metropolitan Boston to an isolated mansion on a cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Newfoundland. Nor does she realize the litt...

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A Southern Garden

by Elizabeth Lawrence

Published: 2001-02-26

Paperback: 288 pages

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The author believes gardening in the middle South, where seasons have no definite boundaries but merge imperceptibly, could and should be a year-round pleasure. She takes us through the cycle of seasons, telling which plants are most suitable to which season. The book includes tables giving blooming...

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Russia Survival Guide

by Alexander Rodionov

Published: 2013-12-30

Paperback: 186 pages

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«Russia Survival Guide» is different from other travel guides out there in that it is conversational in tone and is written by two people who live in and have fallen in love with Russia. It is a treasure trove of historical and cultural facts and figures which are made more immersive by...

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Edge of Eternity: Book Three of The Century Trilogy

by Ken Follett

Published: 2014-09-16

Hardcover: 1120 pages

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Ken Follett’s Century Trilogy follows the fortunes of five intertwined families—American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh—as they make their way through the twentieth century. It has been called “potent, engrossing” (Publishers Weekly) and “truly epic” (Huffington Post). ...

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Solo: A James Bond Novel

by William Boyd

Published: 2013-10-08

Hardcover: 336 pages

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It's 1969, and, having just celebrated his forty-fifth birthday, James Bond—British special agent 007—is summoned to headquarters to receive an unusual assignment. Zanzarim, a troubled West African nation, is being ravaged by a bitter civil war, and M directs Bond to quash the rebels t...

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Toxic Food/Healthy Food: Your Survival Guide to Healthy Eating and Better Nutrition

by Edward Aronoff

Published: 2011-12-07

Kindle Edition: 282 pages

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My new book on nutrition, good health and the food we eat, is a real departure from my earlier books on the American Civil War. Nevertheless, after 40 years as a doctor and certified nutritionist, I think this may be the most important book I’ve ever written. It may be the most important...

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With My Body: A Novel

by Nikki Gemmell

Published: 2012-06-19

Paperback: 480 pages

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From the author of the international bestseller The Bride Stripped Bare comes the raw and resonant story of a middle-aged wife and mother who attempts to reclaim her lost sense of self by exploring the memory of an old love affair, the consequences of which have remained unresolved for yea...