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Unequal Childhoods - Annette Lareau
Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on in-depth observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, Uneq... -
Under the Banner of Heaven_ A S - Jon Krakauer
Amazon.com ReviewIn 1984, Ron and Dan Lafferty murdered the wife and infant daughter of their younger brother Allen. The crimes were noteworthy not merely for their brutality but f... -
Uncharted territory - Connie Willis
From Publishers WeeklyWillis's short novel could hardly be more different from her last, the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Doomsday Book , which dealt with a time-travelling jaunt ... -
U is for Undertow - Sue Grafton
SUMMARY: This title is from Diamond Dagger winner Sue Grafton - Kinsey Millhone's latest compelling case. In 1960s Santa Teresa, California, a child is kidnapped and never returned... -
Two for the Dough - Janet Evanovich
SUMMARY: It's Stephanie Plum, New Jersey's "fugitive apprehension" agent (aka bounty hunter), introduced to the world by Janet Evanovich in the award-winning novel "One for the Mon... -
Twitter Wit_ Brilliance in 140 - Nick Douglas
SUMMARY: New York Magazine proclaims, "Twitter is the hot web company right now...the Next Big Thing;" the New York Times calls it "one of the fastest-growing phenomena on the Inte... -
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate - Karen Armstrong
From Publishers WeeklyThe prolific, well-informed, and passionate Armstrong (The Case for God) writes a somewhat different book this time out, stemming from her winning a ,000 priz... -
Tweak_ Growing Up on Methamphet - Nic Sheff
Nic Sheff was drunk for the first time at age eleven. In the years that followed, he would regularly smoke pot, do cocaine and Ecstasy, and develop addictions to crystal meth and h... -
Turbulence - Giles Foden
SUMMARY: From the highly acclaimed and prizewinning author of The Last King of Scotland (“Clever, and fluently written”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times): a heart-stopping race... -
Truth - Al Franken
Al Franken is “the perfect guy to write a book attacking America’s nasty, mean, vicious right-wing pols, pundits and preachers,” wrote The Washington Post in its review of Lies. “B...