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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Angelou, MayaRandom House Publishing Group 2009Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of...
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Marley & Me : Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog
Grogan, JohnWilliam Morrow 2009Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a bigger-than-life, bad-boy dog? Just ask the Grogans. John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. T...
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Wishful Drinking
Fisher, CarrieSimon & Schuster Audio 2009Finally, after four hit novels, Carrie Fisher comes clean (well, sort of ) with the crazy truth that is her life in her first-ever memoir. In Wishful Drinking, adapted from her one...
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The Way of Korean Zen
Sunim, KusanShambhala 2009The power and simplicity of the Korean Zen tradition shine in this collection of teachings by a renowned modern master, translated by Martine Batchelor. Kusan Sunim provides a weal...
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Anne Frank Remembered
Gies, Miep; Gold, Alison LeslieOasis Audio 2009She found Anne Frank's diary and brought the world a message of love and hope. For more than two years, Miep Gies and her husband helped hide the Franks from the Nazis. Like thous...
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A Passion for Nature : The Life of John Muir
Worster, DonaldOxford University Press 2008 1. painos"I am hopelessly and forever a mountaineer," John Muir wrote. "Civilization and fever and all the morbidness that has been hooted at me has not dimmed my glacial eye, and I care to...
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Django : The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend
Dregni, MichaelOxford University Press 2004 1. painosDjango Reinhardt was arguably the greatest guitarist who ever lived, an important influence on Les Paul, Charlie Christian, B.B. King, Jerry Garcia, Chet Atkins, and many others. Y...
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The Grass Arena : An Autobiography
Healy, JohnPenguin Books Ltd 2008John Healy's The Grass Arena describes with unflinching honesty his experiences of addiction, his escape through learning to play chess in prison, and his ongoing search for peace...
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Novel Destinations : Literary Landmarks From Jane Austen's Bath to Ernest Hemingway's Key West
McKenna Schmidt, Shannon; Rendon, JoniNational Geographic Society 2008It's often said that a good book takes us somewhere we've never been before, and here's the proof: a book-lover's Baedeker to more than 500 literary locales across the United State...
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God Grew Tired of Us : The Heartbreaking, Inspiring Story of a Lost Boy of Sudan
Dau, John Bul; Sweeney, MichaelDisney Book Group 2008"Lost Boy" John Bul Dau's harrowing experience surviving the brutal horrors of Sudanese civil war and his adjustment to life in modern America is chronicled in this inspiring memoi...
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Endurance : Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Lansing, AlfredBlackstone Audio, Inc. 2008This is a new reading of the thrilling account of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded. In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance s...
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American Prometheus : The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER
Bird, Kai; Sherwin, Martin J.Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER • "A riveting account of one of history’s most essential and paradoxical figures.”—Christopher Nolan...
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The Beatles' Second Album
Marsh, DaveHarmony/Rodale 2007The Beatles' Second Album runs only 22 minutes, with just 11 songs—many of which the group didn't write. Despite all that, the album personifies the Beatles: the world's greatest r...
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Coffee at Luke's : An Unauthorized Gilmore Girls Gabfest
Crusie, Jennifer; Wilson, LeahBenBella Books 2007In the fall of 2000, Gilmore Girls premiered on the WB and viewers were introduced to the quirky world of Stars Hollow and the Gilmores who had made it their home, mother-daughter...
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A Long Way Gone
Beah, IshmaelMacmillan Audio 2008This is how wars are fought now by children, hopped up on drugs, and wielding AK-47s. In the more than fifty violent conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are so...
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Eat, Pray, Love : One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Gilbert, ElizabethPenguin Publishing Group 2007One of the most iconic, beloved, and bestselling books of our time from the bestselling author of City of Girls and Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert. Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love...
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Istanbul : Memories And the City
Pamuk, OrhanKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2006From the Nobel Prize winner and acclaimed author of My Name is Red comes a portrait of Istanbul by its foremost writer, revealing the melancholy that comes of living amid the ruins...
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The Voyage of the Beagle
Darwin, CharlesDisney Book Group 2006Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection has been debated and disparaged over time, but there is no dispute that he is responsible for some of the most remarkable...
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The Ten Most Influential Christians
christianaudio 2006Issue# 65 The Ten Most Influential Christians of 20th Century – Read about inspiring leaders such Billy Graham, C. S. Lewis, John Paul II, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King, Jr., a...
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost
Solnit, RebeccaPenguin Publishing Group 2006“An intriguing amalgam of personal memoir, philosophical speculation, natural lore, cultural history, and art criticism.” —Los Angeles Times From the award-winning author of Orwell...