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Wild Horses - Dick Francis
From Publishers WeeklyFor his 33rd-and quite splendid-novel, Francis (Decider) adds to his usual horse-racing setting a backdrop involving feature filmmaking. As usual, though, it'... -
Wild Ginger - Anchee Min
From Publishers WeeklyA happy ending is relative to what precedes it in this case, it stands in contrast to a horrific, true-to-life story about two girls growing up in Shanghai du... -
Wicked River_ The Mississippi W - Lee Sandlin
Amazon.com ReviewJohn M. Barry Reviews Wicked RiverJohn M. Barry is the author of five previous books, including the highly acclaimed and award-win... -
Why Work Sucks and How to Fix I - Cali Ressler; Jody Thompson
Review"If you work, you need this book! Cali and Jody share the secrets of the most radical workplace experiment the Fortune 500 have ever seen. Want 35% greater productivity while... -
Why Read the Classics_ - Italo Calvino
Amazon.com ReviewWhy read Italo Calvino's book on the classics? Because it passes his own test for what a classic is, and its brisk prose can blast your concept of the word clean o... -
Why Read Moby-Dick_ - Nathaniel Philbrick
Product DescriptionThe New York Times bestselling author of seagoing epics now celebrates an American classic. Moby-Dick is perhaps the greatest o... -
Why Is Sex Fun__ The Evolution - Jared M. Diamond
Amazon.com ReviewMany of us pursue fitness because we want to remain attractive to partners and potential partners, and we stay healthy so we can continue to have sex with those pa... -
Why Can't Elephants Jump_ - New Scientist
Product DescriptionWell, why not? Is it because elephants are too large or heavy (after all, they say hippos and rhinos can play hopscotch)? Or is it because their knees face the w... -
Why Aren't We Saving the Planet - Geoffrey Beattie
Review"The planet is in peril on account of human activity. Politicians, philosophers, and various pundits have been proposing ways to reverse the destructive thrust of this activi... -
Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness_ - Toure; Michael Eric Dyson
Review“One of the most acutely observed accounts of what it is like to be young, black and middle-class in America. Toure inventively draws on a range of evidence . . . for a perfo...