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  • The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

    • UPC: 046442773478
    • ASIN: 0618773479
    • ISBN: 0618773479
    • Brand: Mariner Books
    • Manufacturer: Mariner Books

    The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since.Timothy Egan’s critically acclaimed account rescues this iconic chapter of American history from the shadows in a tour de force of historical reportage. Following a dozen families and their communities through the ris... [Read More]

  • The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: A History of Now

    • ASIN: B073PDL2L2
    • Manufacturer: Picador

    In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the way the world should be governed. However, events in the early years of the twenty-first century – first, the 2003 war with Iraq and its chaotic aftermath and, second, the financial crash of 2008 – h... [Read More]

  • The Worst Times Are the Best Times

    • ASIN: 0692211799
    • ISBN: 0692211799
    • Manufacturer: MR Publishing, LLC

    This collection of endearing, heartfelt stories is from an NCAA Division I basketball coach who overcame life’s everyday obstacles—poverty, violence, bullying, and heartbreak—to find success on and off the court. North Carolina Central University head coach LeVelle Moton shares personal stories to help inspire and motivate. Looking back at hi... [Read More]

  • Best of Times, Worst of Times: Contemporary American Short Stories from the New Gilded Age

    • UPC: 884481873359
    • ASIN: 0814796281
    • ISBN: 0814796281
    • Brand: Brand: NYU Press
    • Manufacturer: NYU Press

    Late twentieth and early twenty-first century America has been labeled as “The New Gilded Age,” a phrase that embodies the glitz and glamour of one of the wealthiest countries in the world but also suggests the greed, corruption, and inequalities teeming just below the surface. Identifying some of the sparkling moments of humanity interwoven be... [Read More]

  • Grace Based Discipline: How to Be at Your Best When Your Kids Are at Their Worst

    • ASIN: 0982799349
    • ISBN: 0982799349
    • Brand: Family Matters Inc.
    • Manufacturer: Family Matters Inc.

    Every parent wants to know, "How do I discipline my kids?""Parents face a crazy paradox," says author Karis Kimmel Murray. "We love our kids exactly as they are, but we also love them too much to let them stay that way!" Disciplining kids is tough . . . even on a good day. We just want the 140-character version of what we should do when our kids' b... [Read More]

  • Best of Times, Worst of Times: Memoirs of a Political Education (The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry)

    • ASIN: 1584657987
    • ISBN: 1584657987
    • Brand: Brand: Brandeis
    • Manufacturer: Brandeis University Press

    Walter Laqueur has been writing and teaching for over six decades, primarily in the fields of twentieth century history and politics, always as a shrewd and thoughtful generalist in an age of specialization. In this engaging memoir, Laqueur focuses on the political and historical events that shaped his thinking and that have inspired his intellectu... [Read More]

  • Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

    • ASIN: 1594205078
    • ISBN: 1594205078
    • Brand: Penguin Press (May 2, 2017)
    • Manufacturer: Penguin Press

    The New York Times bestseller“It’s no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I’ve ever read.” —David P. Barash, The Wall Street Journal"It has my vote for science book of the year.” —Parul Sehgal, The New York Times"Hands-down one of the best books I’ve read in years. I loved it." —Dina Temple-Rasto... [Read More]

  • Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments (Bloomberg)

    • ASIN: 1119366550
    • ISBN: 1119366550
    • Manufacturer: Bloomberg Press

    A Must-Read for Any Investor Looking to Maximize Their Chances of Success Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments explores the ways in which the biggest names have failed, and reveals the lessons learned that shaped more successful strategies going forward. Investing can be a rollercoaster of highs and lows, and the investors d... [Read More]

  • Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life

    • UPC: 000316101699
    • ASIN: 0316101699
    • ISBN: 0316101699
    • Brand: Little Brown and Company
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

    Discover the #1 bestselling middle-grade comic that inspired a major motion picture: Children's Choice Award winner James Patterson has never been more hilarious and heartwarming.Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he's got an ace plan for the best year ever: to brea... [Read More]

  • Worst Pills, Best Pills: A Consumer's Guide to Avoiding Drug-Induced Death or Illness

    • ASIN: 0743492560
    • ISBN: 0743492560
    • Brand: Gallery Books
    • Manufacturer: Gallery Books

    "More than 100,000 people a year die in American hospitals from adverse reactions to medication, making drug reactions one of the leading causes of death in this country, researchers are reporting today...." -- Journal of the American Medical Association study, as quoted in The New York Times It is no longer a secret that adverse drug reactions ca... [Read More]

  • The Worst Best Man

    • ASIN: B079KTD171
    • Manufacturer: That's What She Said Publishing

    "Newsflash. You don't buy me, a$#%^*e. You earn me." The bride is a doll. The groom is the perfect gentleman. But the rest of the wedding party? They're the stuff of nightmares. Rich? Check. Vapid? Double Check. Entitled? Not enough checks in the world. And the Best Man? More like the Worst Man.But Maid of Honor Franchesca takes her duties serious... [Read More]

  • The Tattooist of Auschwitz: A Novel

    • ASIN: B0756DZ4C1
    • Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks

  • Classic Farm Tractors: 200 of the Best, Worst, and Most Fascinating Tractors of All Time

    • UPC: 752748345515
    • ASIN: 0760345511
    • ISBN: 0760345511
    • Brand: Hachette Book Group/Motorbooks
    • Manufacturer: Voyageur Press

    From iconic stalwarts to more eccentric entries into the agriculture industry, this colorful, fun, and fact-filled book profiles scores of farm tractor classics from the twentieth century. Veteran tractor author Robert Pripps tackles each model with aplomb, offering concise descriptions and histories along with informative specification charts that... [Read More]

  • The Presidents: Noted Historians Rank America's Best--and Worst--Chief Executives

    • ASIN: 1541774337
    • ISBN: 1541774337
    • Brand: PublicAffairs
    • Manufacturer: PublicAffairs

    The complete rankings of our best -- and worst -- presidents, based on C-SPAN's much-cited Historians Surveys of Presidential Leadership. Over a period of decades, C-SPAN has surveyed leading historians on the best and worst of America's presidents across a variety of categories -- their ability to persuade the public, their leadership skills, the ... [Read More]

  • The Art of Serenity: The Path to a Joyful Life in the Best and Worst of Times

    • ASIN: 0743228316
    • ISBN: 0743228316
    • Brand: Simon & Schuster
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

  • The 50 Best and Worst Business Deals of All Time

    • ASIN: 1564144771
    • ISBN: 1564144771
    • Brand: Brand: Career Press
    • Manufacturer: Career Pr Inc

    The 50 Best (and Worst) Business Deals of All Time analyzes how and why these deals became bargains or busts (or both). From the purchase of Manhattan in 1624, to the merger of AOL and Time Warner in 2000, author Michael Craig presents examples illustrating how the outcome of mega-deals can depend on clear thinking and the adherence to simple guide... [Read More]

  • Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

    • ASIN: 0465062881
    • ISBN: 0465062881
    • Brand: DA CAPO PRESS
    • Manufacturer: Basic Books

    The harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole, one of the greatest adventure stories of the modern age. In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, after battling ... [Read More]

  • Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope

    • ASIN: B00NVLNZ8Y
    • Manufacturer: Harper

    The Nazis murdered their husbands but concentration camp prisoners Priska, Rachel, and Anka would not let evil take their unborn children too—a remarkable true story that will appeal to readers of The Lost and The Nazi Officer’s Wife, Born Survivors celebrates three mothers who defied death to give their children life.Eastern Europe, 1944: Thre... [Read More]

  • The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator

    • ASIN: 1524743410
    • ISBN: 1524743410
    • Manufacturer: Dutton

    **The instant New York Times bestseller***An international bestseller*“Hugely impressive, a major work.”—NPRA pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity... [Read More]

  • Forever is the Worst Long Time: A Novel

    • ASIN: 1503941612
    • ISBN: 1503941612
    • Brand: LAKE UNION
    • Manufacturer: Lake Union Publishing

    From acclaimed author Camille Pagán comes a wry, heartfelt exploration of love and loss.When struggling novelist James Hernandez meets poet Louisa “Lou” Bell, he’s sure he’s just found the love of his life. There’s just one problem: she’s engaged to his oldest friend, Rob. So James toasts their union and swallows his desire.As the year... [Read More]

  • The Moth Presents Anthony Griffith: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times

    Charles Dickens poem It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom

    Sage Francis - "The Best Of Times"