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Mao's Last Dancer - Li Cunxin
At the age of eleven, Li Cunxin was one of the privileged few selected to serve in Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution by studying at the Beijing Dance Academy. Having known bitter ... -
Magic Seeds - V. S. Naipaul
From Publishers WeeklyMandvi turns in a soft, reserved performance of Naipaul's novel about idealism, revolution and self-discovery. The book follows on the heels of Naipaul's Half... -
Living My Life - Emma Goldman
The classic memoir of revolution and uncompromising freedomAnarchist, journalist, drama critic, advocate of birth control and free love, Emma Goldman was the most famous-and notori... -
Inside Steve's Brain, Expanded - Leander Kahney
One of USA Today's Best Business Books of 2008—now updated with a new chapter It's hard to believe that one man revolutionized computers in the 1970s and '80s (with the Apple II an... -
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Chi - Marc Weissbluth; M.D_
SUMMARY: One of the country's leading researchers updates his revolutionary approach to solving--and preventing--your children's sleep problems Here Dr. Marc Weissbluth, a distingu... -
Havana Nocturne - T. J. English
From Publishers WeeklyOld Havana mambos on the brink of the abyss in this chronicle of Cuba in the decades before the 1959 revolution. True-crime writer English (Paddy Whacked) pr.... -
Hard Revolution_ A Novel - George P. Pelecanos
From Publishers WeeklyThe author's admirers are familiar with middle-aged black PI Derek Strange, featured in several novels (Soul Circus, etc.) so strong that one critic has dubbe... -
HTML5 Canvas - Steve Fulton; Jeff Fulton
HTML5 is revolutionizing the way web applications are developed, and this practical, hands-on book puts you right in the middle the action. You'll learn how to build interactive mu... -
Going Dutch_ How England Plunde - Lisa Jardine
From Publishers WeeklyEngland's almost bloodless Glorious Revolution of 1688, in which the Dutch king William of Orange overthrew James II, began as a hostile takeover but rapidly ... -
Game of Patience - Susanne Alleyn
From Publishers WeeklyAfter A Far Better Rest (2000), an homage to Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, Alleyn returns to postrevolutionary Paris in her second novel, a taut p...