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Who Was Franklin Roosevelt_ - Margaret Frith
Although polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and served as president during World War II. Elected four times, he spen... -
When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi
For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis wh... -
Vampire Diaries_ Dark Reunion, The - L. J. Smith
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved."Things can be just like they were before," said Caroline warmly, reaching out to squeeze Bonnie's hand.But it wasn't tr... -
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... -
The Tender Bar_ A Memoir - J. R. Moehringer
Amazon.com Review"Long before it legally served me, the bar saved me," asserts J.R. Moehringer, and his compelling memoir The Tender Bar is the story of how and why. A Pulitzer-Pr.... -
The Shun Lee Cookbook - Michael Tong; Elaine Louie; Rog
Until the 1960s, nearly all Chinese food served in the United States was Cantonese. Egg Foo Yung. Barbecued Spareribs. Egg Drop Soup. But with the opening of his Shun Lee restauran... -
The Sculptor - Gregory Funaro
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **Killing Is An Art** In life, they were flawed. In death, they are perfect works of art--killed, preserved, and carefully molded into replicas of Michelangelo's ... -
The Last Ember - Daniel Levin
Amazon.com ReviewProduct DescriptionAn Italian antiquities squad discovers a woman's preserved corpse inside an ancient column. Pages torn from priceless ma... -
The Feast of Love - Charles Baxter
Among literary cognoscenti, Charles Baxter has a well-deserved reputation as one of America's finest writers. Bes... -
The Fat Man_ A Tale of North Po - Ken Harmon
FromHarmon’s debut is a combination of heartwarming holiday story and tough guy noir, an interesting mix that creates an enjoyable story. For over 1300 years Gumdrop Coal has serve...