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Sneak Peek Adult NonFiction
Vanderhoof, Ann, 1952-
Wouldn't you like to sail the Caribbean for two years and leave real life behind? Find out how a Canadian couple did it and see what they saw.
Sills, Judith
Comfort as a trap? Indeed, if your life is missing something, if complacency is "holding you back". Author offers ways to get off that horse in many differing life situations.
Peck, Cheryl
Humorous anecdotes and rememberances of softball, cats and family and friends growing up, this self-published book is now available for a deservedly wider audience.
Haizlip, Shirlee Taylor.
Author of "The Sweeter The Juice" continues the story, of a family split along color lines reunited. What happened since they first met in the last book, six years ago?
Demarais, Ann
Don't be put off by "first impressions" of the title. This is not so much a "self help" book but a close examination of the factors that how others see us for the first time. First impressions DO matter, many are with us for a lifetime. Why not find out what it is that makes you so likeable, or what makes people run away?
Engel, Richard
Non-embedded journalist Engel recalls the recent horror of war in Iraq from an independent perspective.
FREE CULTURE : HOW BIG MEDIA USES TECHNOLOGY AND THE LAW TO LOCK DOWN CULTURE AND CONTROL CREATIVITY
Lessig, Lawrence
Lessings previous books and writings about copyright, ideas and the "information commons" are now very relevant, with issues like file-sharing and the original intent of copyright vs. the current use of it by large corporations. Should appeal to a wider audience as this mess continues to be sorted out.
Shorto, Russell
Manhattan was settled just three years after the Pilgrims hit Plymouth Rock, but only with the late-1960s discovery of a cache of letters, contracts, and government reports totaling an astounding 12,000 pages have we had evidence of the colony's profound influence.
Boyd, Helen
The title says it all. First-hand experience led to Boyd (a pseudonym) to share her experience with the confused and curious alike.
Cagen, Sasha
Not everyone has to be in a couple to be a fully realized and functional human being. Author explores the "new norm" and questions dating for datings' sake.
Dee, Kool Mo
One of the top "old school" MCs (or so he says!), Mo Dee separates the wack suckas from the def dons and covers 25 years of hip-hop.
McCain, John
The senator from Arizona illustrates the ethics of courage with examples from lives of those who found it or faced it.
Decker, Joe
Al around fitness advice from the "world's fittest man", who has some Guinness World Records to prove it.
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