 | The Catcher in the Rye
Publication Date: January 30, 2001Anyone who has read J.D. Salinger's New Yorker stories--particularly A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, The Laughing Man, and For Esme With Love and Squalor--will not be surprised by the fact that his first novel is full of children. The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caulfield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days. The boy himsel...
 |  | Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
Release Date: May 4, 2010What is Jesus worth to you?It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily...But who do you know who lives like that? Do you?In Radical, David Platt challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences. He shows what Jesus act...
|  | Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 21st Edition (Thumb Index Version)
Publication Date: February 18, 2009| ISBN-10: 0803615590 | ISBN-13: 978-0803615595| Edition: 21 To thrive in theever-changing world of health care, you need a respected, trusted, andcutting-edge, cyclopedic resource. In hand, online, or on amobile device, turn to Taber'sCyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 21st Edition, anytime, anywhere! Taber's 21 is today's most comprehensive health science dictionary. Under the editorial directionof Donald Venes, MD, MSJ, a team of expert consulting editors and consultants,representing every branch of health care, worked with the Taber's in-houseeditorial ...
|  | Introduction to Algorithms
Publication Date: July 31, 2009| ISBN-10: 0262033844 | ISBN-13: 978-0262033848| Edition: third edition Some books on algorithms are rigorous but incomplete; others cover masses of material but lack rigor. Introduction to Algorithms uniquely combines rigor and comprehensiveness. The book covers a broad range of algorithms in depth, yet makes their design and analysis accessible to all levels of readers. Each chapter is relatively self-contained and can be used as a unit of study. The algorithms are described in English and in a pseudocode designed to be readable by anyone who has done a l...
|  | Zoom (Picture Puffins)
Release Date: July 1, 1998| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up...
|  | 500 Days: Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars
Release Date: September 11, 2012Kurt Eichenwald—New York Times bestselling author of Conspiracy of Fools and The Informant— recounts the first 500 days after 9/11 in a comprehensive, compelling page-turner as gripping as any thriller. In 500 Days, master chronicler Kurt Eichenwald lays bare the harrowing decisions, deceptions, and delusions of the eighteen months that changed the world forever, as leaders raced to protect their citizens in the wake of 9/11. Eichenwald’s gripping, immediate style and trueto- life dialogue puts readers at the heart of these historic events, f...
|  | The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law 2011
Publication Date: July 26, 2011| ISBN-10: 0465021875 | ISBN-13: 978-0465021871| Edition: Forty-fifth Edition The style of the Associated Press is the gold standard for news writing. With The AP Stylebook in hand, you can learn how to write and edit with the clarity and professionalism for which they are famous. Fully revised and updated, this new edition contains more than 3,000 A to Z entries—including more than 200 new ones—detailing the AP’s rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviation, and word and numeral usage. You’ll find ...
|  | Man's Search for Meaning
Release Date: June 1, 2006Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of those he treated in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. Frankl's theory—known as logot...
|  | How To Win Friends and Influence People
Release Date: November 3, 2009• One of the best known motivational books in history: Since it was released in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People has sold more than 15 million copies. Carnegie’s first book is timeless and appeals equally to business audiences, self-help audiences, and general readers alike..• Proven advice for success in life: Carnegie believed that most successes come from an ability to communicate effectively rather than from brilliant insights. His book teaches these skills by showing readers how to value others and make them feel appreciated rat...
|  | In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
Release Date: May 1, 2012“Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.”—New York Times Book Review Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history. A mild-manne...
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