Books in category Non-Fiction

God Is Not Great

Author: Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : Twelve
ISBN : 9781600240096
Essayist and contrarian Christopher Hitchens takes on all the world`s major and minor religions (and, perhaps, God himself) in this well-argued, though controversial, summa theologica. Hitchens considers religion to be a primitive response to the world, cites the harm done through history in the name of religion, and argues in favor of science and reason. He is less than hagiographic on Gandhi, Bi

Mastering the Verbal Sat 1/Psat

Author: Kriger, Douglas J. Paul
Publisher : Great Source Education Group Inc
ISBN : 9780669468250
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Andy Warhol, Prince of Pop (Paperback)

Author: Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
ISBN : 9780385732758
The artist`s rise from poverty and obscurity to Pop icon is an absorbing tale of the American dream, where Warhol outlived his fifteen minutes of fame through his art, controversial films, hip magazine, and more. Reprint.

Cotton And People in America

Author: Deborah Hopkinson
Publisher : Scholastic
ISBN : 9780439639019
Offers the stories of the men, women, and children who worked and toiled in the cotton industry in America, from the sharecroppers to the slaves, through oral histories, archival photos, and informative, fact-filled text about their various jobs, dangerous duties, and harsh working conditions.

Einstein (Abridged audio CDs)

Author: Walter Isaacson, Edward Herrmann
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN : 9780743560962
In this accessible and affectionate biography of the 20th century`s most famous theoretical physicist, Walter Isaacson recounts the public and private life of Albert Einstein, making his abstruse theories understandable while capturing the unique qualities of Einstein`s personality, including his maverick approach to authority. Isaacson presents an engaging narrative of Einstein`s childhood, his

Witch-hunt

Author: Stephanie Anderson
Publisher : Simon Pulse
ISBN : 9781416903154
Sifting through the facts, myths, half-truths, misinterpretations, and theories around the 1692 trials in Salem, Massachusetts, that claimed twenty-five lives, an acclaimed historian lets readers come to their own conclusions about what really happened during those terrifying months of accusations, trials, and executions. Reprint.

The Tipping Point (abridged audio CD)

Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher : Hachette Audio
ISBN : 9781586217457
From the Publisher: Why did crime in New York drop so suddenly in the mid-90s? How does an unknown novelist end up a bestselling author? Why is teenage smoking out of control, when everyone knows smoking kills? What makes TV shows like Sesame Street so good at teaching kids how to read? Why did Paul Revere succeed with his famous warning? In this brilliant and groundbreaking book, New Yorker write

To Dance

Author: Mark Siegel, Siena Cherson Siegel
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN : 9780689867477
Part family history, part backstage drama, this original work takes a firsthand look into a young dancer's beginnings--and beyond. To Dance is the stunning graphic memoir of a young ballerina's journey.

With Courage and Cloth

Author: Ann Bausum
Publisher : Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books
ISBN : 9780792276470
Provides an in-depth look at the people, protests, and events that took place for more than seventy years that finally led to the passage of the suffrage amendment in 1920, enhanced with photographs and period illustrations.

Blink (unabridged audio CD)

Author: Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher : Hachette Audio
ISBN : 9781586217198
Social commentator Malcolm Gladwell once again takes the pulse of contemporary experience and, in BLINK, comes up with this enlightening exploration of the role of rapid thinking in everyday life. Gladwell shows how what we call snap judgments, first impressions, or instinct are often right on target and get to the core truths. He reveals that experts call this process thin-slicing--the ability to

Ten Plays by Euripides

Author: John McLean, Euripides, Moses Hadas
Publisher : Bantam Classic & Loveswept
ISBN : 9780553213638
The first playwright of democracy, Euripides wrote with enduring insight and biting satire about social and political problems of Athenian life. In contrast to his contemporaries, he brought an exciting--and, to the Greeks, a stunning--realism to the pure and noble form of tragedy. For the first time in history, heroes and heroines on the stage were not idealized: as Sophocles himself said, Eur

What Is God?

Author: Etan Boritzer, Nancy Forrest, Robbie Marantz
Publisher : Firefly Books Ltd
ISBN : 9780920668894
What is God? is an eloquent introduction to the ideas behind God and religion, and brings forward complex ideas in a way children will understand. It is written with a simple clarity and beautifully illustrated with just the right blend of seriousness and humor. What is God? compares different religions -- Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism -- and their holy books, looks at misunders

What Is God?

Author: Etan Boritzer, Nancy Forrest, Robbie Marantz
Publisher : Firefly Books Ltd
ISBN : 9780920668887
The depth of meaning here defies easy description. Through Boritzer's clear text and Marantz's vivid and humorous illustrations, the reader does, in fact, receive an answer to the question, What is God? Full-color illustrations.

The Snow Baby

Author: Katherine Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN : 9780823419739
When her famous explorer parents brought her to live in the far north of Greenland, young Marie Peary delighted in her unique childhood and, despite standing out amongst the Inuit people because of her fair skin, became friends with the native children--learning the games, customs, and traditions of the tundra.

Fight for Freedom

Author: Benson Bobrick
Publisher : Atheneum
ISBN : 9780689864223
The renowned historian pens a passionate chronicle of the American Revolution for young readers that contains personal anecdotes from soldiers and profiles of the many historical luminaries involved. Includes period paintings, political cartoons, and campaign and battlefield maps.

Hitler And the Nazis

Author: David F. Crew
Publisher : Oxford Univ Pr
ISBN : 9780195152852

Mammals Who Morph

Author: Dana Lynne Andersen, Jennifer Morgan
Publisher : Dawn Pubns
ISBN : 9781584690856
This remarkable evolution series, narrated by the Universe itself, concludes with Book 3, the amazing story of mammals. It picks up with the extinction of dinosaurs, and tells how tiny mammals survived and morphed into lots of new Earthlings...horses, whales, and a kind of mammal with a powerful imagination--you. It`s a story of chaos, creativity, and heroes--the greatest adventure on Earth! And i

Song of the Water boatman& Other Pond Poems

Author: Beckie Prange, Joyce Sidman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN : 9780618135479
Eleven poems celebrate the cycle of the seasons in a pond ecosystem, exploring the lives of the wood ducks, diving beetles, and dragon flies that live there. Rhythmic poetry crosses the water, from the calls of teeny, tiny spring peepers that herald the thawing of winter, to the overflow of insect and plant life that emerges with warm weather. Paragraphs chock full of fascinating tidbits, such as

Mammals Who Morph

Author: Dana Lynne Andersen, Jennifer Morgan
Publisher : Dawn Pubns
ISBN : 9781584690849
This remarkable evolution series, narrated by the Universe itself, concludes with Book 3, the amazing story of mammals. It picks up with the extinction of dinosaurs, and tells how tiny mammals survived and morphed into lots of new Earthlings . . . horses, whales and a kind of mammal with a powerful imagination-you. It's a story of chaos, creativity and heroes-the greatest adventure on Earth! And i

101 Things to Do Before You`re Old And Boring

Author: RICHARD HORNE, Helen Szirtes
Publisher : Walker & Co
ISBN : 9780802777454
Tips for starting one`s own blog, learning how to become a spy, and working to save the planet are a few of the things teens suggested in this interactive guide to avoiding boredom and making each day count, enhanced with fill-in pages, checklists, and adhesive stars. Original.