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The Count of Monte Cristo (Word Cloud Classics)

by Alexandre Dumas

Published: 2013-07-02

Flexibound: 1192 pages

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Best-selling author Alexandre Dumas--who also wrote The Three Musketeers--tells this heartbreaking yet heroic tale of Edmond Dantes who takes revenge on the men responsible for his unjust fourteen-year imprisonment, keeping him from the woman he loved and the life he was supposed to live.-...

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Why Sinatra Matters

by Pete Hamill

Published: 2015-10-20

Hardcover: 208 pages

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In honor of Sinatra's 100th birthday, Pete Hamill's classic tribute returns with a new introduction by the author.In this unique homage to an American icon, journalist and award-winning author Pete Hamill evokes the essence of Sinatra--examining his art and his legend from the inside, as o...

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A Tender Struggle: Story of a Marriage

by Krista Bremer

Published: 2015-03-31

Paperback: 304 pages

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“A story about love, marriage, compromise, parenthood and the difference between the life one imagined and reality.”* Fifteen years ago, Krista Bremer, a California-bred feminist, surfer, and aspiring journalist, met Ismail Suayah, sincere, passionate, kind, yet from a very different w...

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Here Comes Eleanor: A New Biography of Eleanor Roosevelt for Young People

by Virginia Veeder Westervelt

Published: 1998-11

Paperback: 142 pages

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A biography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own, devoted to helping others and working for peace.

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Two Gold Coins and a Prayer: The Epic Journey of a World War II Bomber Pilot, Evader, and POW

by James H. Keeffe III

Published: 2010-06-01

Paperback: 500 pages

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Fate, unexpected allies, betrayal, two gold coins, and a prayer changes the life of a young airman. World War II was raging when 19-year old James Keeffe joins the U.S. Army Air Forces. After months of rigorous training as a B-24 heavy bomber pilot, he and his crew arrive in England and be...

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White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son

by Tim Wise

Published: 2011-09-13

Paperback: 208 pages

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With a new preface and updated chapters, White Like Me is one-part memoir, one-part polemical essay collection. It is a personal examination of the way in which racial privilege shapes the daily lives of white Americans in every realm: employment, education, housing, criminal justice, and ...

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Zami: A New Spelling of My Name - A Biomythography (Crossing Press Feminist Series)

by Audre Lorde

Published: 1982-01-01

Paperback: 256 pages

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“ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author’s vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lorde’s work is cyclical. It especially relates the linkage of women who have shaped her . . . Lorde brings into play her craft of lush d...

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Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

by Radley Balko

Published: 2014-08-26

Paperback: 400 pages

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The last days of colonialism taught America's revolutionaries that soldiers in the streets bring conflict and tyranny. As a result, our country has generally worked to keep the military out of law enforcement. But according to investigative reporter Radley Balko, over the last several deca...

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Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid

by Nikki Giovanni

Published: 2013-10-29

Hardcover: 160 pages

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With Chasing Utopia, Nikki Giovanni, one of America’s most celebrated artists, demands that the prosaic—flowers, birdsong, winter—be seen as poetic.The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements and inspired songs, turned hearts and informed generations. She’s been hailed as a ...

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Medjugorje: The Final Prophecy

by Peter Danish

Published: 2015-10-13

Kindle Edition: 0 pages

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A down-on-his-luck American filmmaker is visiting a holy shrine in war-torn Bosnia, where it's said that little children are seeing visions of the Virgin Mary.  After miraculous cures begin taking place, pilgrims from all over the world come to the little country town seeking miracles of their own. ...