Books In Print: September 2016

Friday, September 30, 2016

The Secret Chord

By :"Geraldine Brooks"
Published on 2015-10-06 by Penguin

Category :"Fiction"

“A page turner. . .Brooks is a master at bringing the past alive. . .in her skillful hands the issues of the past echo our own deepest concerns: love and loss, drama and tragedy, chaos and brutality.” – Alice Hoffman, The Washington Post A rich and utterly absorbing novel about the life of King David, from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of People of the Book and March. With more than two million copies of her novels sold, New York Times bestselling author Geraldine Brooks has achieved both popular and critical acclaim. Now, Brooks takes on one of literature’s richest and most enigmatic figures: a man who shimmers between history and legend. Peeling away the myth to bring David to life in Second Iron Age Israel, Brooks traces the arc of his journey from obscurity to fame, from shepherd to soldier, from hero to traitor, from beloved king to murderous despot and into his remorseful and diminished dotage. The Secret Chord provides new context for some of the best-known episodes of David’s life while also focusing on others, even more remarkable and emotionally intense, that have been neglected. We see David through the eyes of those who love him or fear him—from the prophet Natan, voice of his conscience, to his wives Mikhal, Avigail, and Batsheva, and finally to Solomon, the late-born son who redeems his Lear-like old age. Brooks has an uncanny ability to hear and transform characters from history, and this beautifully written, unvarnished saga of faith, desire, family, ambition, betrayal, and power will enthrall her many fans. From the Hardcover edition.

Lenght : 320

Language : en

This Book was ranked 38 by Google Books for keyword the iron king

The Iron Traitor

By :"Julie Kagawa"
Published on 2013-11-01 by Harlequin

Category :"Juvenile Fiction"

IN THE REAL WORLD, WHEN YOU VANISH INTO THIN AIR FOR A WEEK, PEOPLE TEND TO NOTICE After his unexpected journey into the lands of the fey, Ethan Chase just wants to get back to normal. Well, as \

Lenght : 384

Language : en

This Book was ranked 36 by Google Books for keyword the iron king

Julie Kagawa's: The Iron King #0

By :"Julie Kagawa","Sara Gundell"
Published on by Bluewater Productions INC.

Category :"Comics & Graphic Novels"

Based off the New York Times best selling novels. The Iron King is the first book in the Iron Fey series, and follows the adventures of a girl named Meghan Chase. On her sixteenth birthday, Meghan discovers her little brother has been kidnapped by a faery race known as \

Lenght : 23

Language : en

This Book was ranked 19 by Google Books for keyword the iron king

The Iron Queen

By :"Julie Kagawa"
Published on 2011-02-01 by Harlequin

Category :"Juvenile Fiction"

The New York Times Bestseller My name is Meghan Chase. I thought it was over. That my time with the fey, the impossible choices I had to make, the sacrifices of those I loved, was behind me. But a storm is approaching, an army of Iron fey that will drag me back, kicking and screaming. Drag me away from the banished prince who's sworn to stand by my side. Drag me into the core of conflict so powerful, I'm not sure anyone can survive it. This time, there will be no turning back. Don't miss the first book in Julie Kagawa's highly anticipated new series, TALON, AVAILABLE OCTOBER 28, 2014

Lenght : 304

Language : en

This Book was ranked 7 by Google Books for keyword the iron king

25 Most Dangerous Sales Myths

By :"Stephan Schiffman"
Published on 2004-06-04 by Adams Media

Category :"Business & Economics"

America's #1 corporate sales trainer, Stephan Schiffman, debunks the 25 most popular myths that cost salespeople money every day. By avoiding these myths and knowing the truth behind them, salespeople will improve their pitch and strengthen their sales calls. Schiffman's simple, direct, easy-to-apply advice provides surefire strategies to win more sales every time, using methods that have trained thousands of top-notch salespeople worldwide. Stephan Schiffman (New York, NY) has trained more than 500,000 salespeople at firms such as AT&T Information Systems, Chemical Bank, and Motorola. He is the president of D.E.I. Management Group and the author of many sales and marketing books.

Lenght : 128

Language : en

This Book was ranked 22 by Google Books for keyword something about you

Level Best

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Language : en

This Book was ranked 16 by Google Books for keyword something about you

Something About Ewe & The Purrfect Man

By :"Ruth Jean Dale"
Published on 2014-11-15 by Harlequin

Category :"Fiction"

Animal Passions! Something About Ewe by Ruth Jean Dale Counting sheep only made her nights more restless… Oh-so-serious Thalia Mitchell is back in Shepherd's Pass, pretending she hadn't tried to seduce animal crusader Luke Dalton the last time she'd seen him…wrapped in a plastic shower curtain. But Luke hasn't forgotten. And he's no longer the sheepish boy next door. He's all grown up now, breathtakingly handsome and determined to take up exactly where the two of them left off! The Purrfect Man by Ruth Jean Dale Once bitten, twice shy Cat person Emily Patton doesn't like trendy lawyer Michael Forbes and his perfect good looks. She doesn't like his ugly dog, either. So how she ended up with the mutt in her backyard and Michael as a permanent dinner guest is still a mystery to her. Emily has to do something—quickly—before man and beast get the wrong idea…. Or is it the right one?

Lenght : 384

Language : en

This Book was ranked 14 by Google Books for keyword something about you

There's Something about Mary

By :"Peter Ludlow","Yujin Nagasawa","Daniel Stoljar"
Published on 2004 by MIT Press

Category :"Philosophy"

Key papers on one of the most important and provocative thought experiments in philosophy of mind.

Lenght : 463

Language : en

This Book was ranked 11 by Google Books for keyword something about you

Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons

By :"Lorna Landvik"
Published on 2010-07-20 by Random House

Category :"Fiction"

Sometimes life is like a bad waiter - it serves you exactly what you don't want. The women of Freesia Court have come together at life's table, fully convinced that there is nothing that good coffee, delectable desserts and a strong shoulder can't fix. Laughter is the glue that holds them together - the foundation of a book group they call AHEB (Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons) - an unofficial club that becomes a lifeline. The five women each have a story to tell. There's Faith, the newcomer, a housewife and mother who harbours a terrible secret; big, beautiful Audrey, the resident sex queen who knows that with good posture and attitude you can get away with anything; Merit, the shy doctor's wife with the face of an angel and the private hell of an abusive husband; Kari, a wise woman with a wonderful laugh who knows that the greatest gifts appear after life's fiercest storms; and finally, Slip, activist and adventurer, a tiny spitfire who looks trouble straight in the eye and challenges it to arm wrestle. Holding on through forty eventful years - through the swinging Sixties, the turbulent Seventies, the anything-goes Eighties, the nothing's-impossible Nineties, to the present day - they take the plunge into the chaos that inevitably comes to those with the temerity to stay alive and kicking.

Lenght : 512

Language : en

This Book was ranked 35 by Google Books for keyword saving ceecee honeycutt

Moloka'i

By :"Alan Brennert"
Published on 2010-04-01 by Macmillan

Category :"Fiction"

Young Rachel Kalama, growing up in idyllic Honolulu in the 1890s, is part of a big, loving Hawaiian family, and dreams of seeing the far-off lands that her father, a merchant seaman, often visits. But at the age of seven, Rachel and her dreams are shattered by the discovery that she has leprosy. Forcibly removed from her family, she is sent to Kalaupapa, the isolated leper colony on the island of Moloka'i. In her exile she finds a family of friends to replace the family she's lost: a native healer, Haleola, who becomes her adopted \

Lenght : 384

Language : en

This Book was ranked 27 by Google Books for keyword saving ceecee honeycutt

Charter, By-laws, House Rules and List of Officers and Members of the University Club of Boston

By :"University Club of Boston"
Published on 1904 by

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Language : en

This Book was ranked 25 by Google Books for keyword house rules

Officers, Committees, Constitution, By-laws, House Rules, Members, Annual Reports

By :"Grolier Club"
Published on 1918 by

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Language : en

This Book was ranked 21 by Google Books for keyword house rules

Henderson's House Rules

By :"E. L. Henderson","David Edward O'Connor"
Published on 2005-01-01 by East Quincy Publishing

Category :"Humor"

Room by room, Henderson's House Rules takes a humorous yet practical look at all those petty yet contentious household issues, from how to reseal a bag of bread to which way the toilet paper should hang. In a world where compromise is king, only Henderson's dares to say, \

Lenght : 114

Language : en

This Book was ranked 7 by Google Books for keyword house rules

House Rules

By :"Jodi Picoult"
Published on 2010-04-03 by Simon and Schuster

Category :"Fiction"

The astonishing novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult about a young boy with autism falsely accused of murder. When your son can’t look you in the eye...does that mean he’s guilty? Jacob Hunt is a teen with Asperger’s syndrome. He’s hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, though he is brilliant in many ways. But he has a special focus on one subject—forensic analysis. A police scanner in his room clues him in to crime scenes, and he’s always showing up and telling the cops what to do. And he’s usually right. But when Jacob’s small hometown is rocked by a terrible murder, law enforcement comes to him. Jacob’s behaviors are hallmark Asperger’s, but they look a lot like guilt to the local police. Suddenly the Hunt family, who only want to fit in, are directly in the spotlight. For Jacob’s mother, Emma, it’s a brutal reminder of the intolerance and misunderstanding that always threaten her family. For his brother, Theo, it’s another indication why nothing is normal because of Jacob. And over this small family, the soul-searing question looms: Did Jacob commit murder?

Lenght : 544

Language : en

This Book was ranked 1 by Google Books for keyword house rules

Get Me Out of Here

By :"Rachel Reiland"
Published on 2009-07-30 by Hazelden Publishing

Category :"Self-Help"

With astonishing honesty, this memoir, Get Me Out of Here, reveals what mental illness looks and feels like from the inside, and how healing from borderline personality disorder is possible through intensive therapy and the support of loved ones. A mother, wife, and working professional, Reiland was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder at the age of 29--a diagnosis that finally explained her explosive anger, manipulative behaviors, and self-destructive episodes including bouts of anorexia, substance abuse, and promiscuity. A truly riveting read with a hopeful message. Excerpt: \

Lenght : 464

Language : en

This Book was ranked 38 by Google Books for keyword out of my mind

Out of my mind

By :"Richard Armour"
Published on 1972-03-01 by McGraw-Hill Companies

Category :"Literary Criticism"

Lenght : 214

Language : en

This Book was ranked 32 by Google Books for keyword out of my mind

Strangeness in My Mind

By :"Orhan Pamuk"
Published on 2015-10-21 by Penguin UK

Category :"Fiction"

From the Nobel Prize winner and best-selling author of Snow and My Name Is Red: a soaring, panoramic new novel - his first since The Museum of Innocence- telling the unforgettable tale of an Istanbul street vendor and the love of his life. Since his boyhood in a poor village in Central Anatolia, Mevlut Karatas has fantasized about what his life would become. Not getting as far in school as he'd hoped, at the age of twelve, he comes to Istanbul - 'the center of the world' - and is immediately enthralled both by the city being demolished and the new one that is fast being built. He follows his father's trade, selling boza (a traditional Turkish drink) on the street, and hoping to become rich, like other villagers who have settled the desolate hills outside the booming metropolis. But chance seems to conspire against him. He spends three years writing love letters to a girl he saw just once at a wedding, only to elope by mistake with her sister. And though he grows to cherish his wife and the family they have, his relations all make their fortunes while his own years are spent in a series of jobs leading nowhere; he is sometimes attracted to the politics of his friends and intermittently to the lodge of a religious guide. But every evening, without fail, he still wanders the streets of Istanbul, selling boza and wondering at the 'strangeness' in his mind, the sensation that makes him feel different from everyone else, until fortune conspires once more to let him understand at last what it is he has always yearned for. Told from the perspectives of many beguiling characters, A Strangeness in My Mindis a modern epic of coming of age in a great city, and a mesmerizing narrative sure to take its place among Pamuk's finest achievements.

Lenght : 352

Language : en

This Book was ranked 13 by Google Books for keyword out of my mind

For the Love of Physics

By :"Walter Lewin"
Published on 2012-02-07 by Simon and Schuster

Category :"Biography & Autobiography"

Largely autobiographical account of the author's life as one who fell in love first with physics and then with teaching physics to students.

Lenght : 302

Language : en

This Book was ranked 22 by Google Books for keyword the sky is everywhere

No Place to Fall

By :"Jaye Robin Brown"
Published on 2014-12-09 by Harper Collins

Category :"Young Adult Fiction"

The Sky Is Everywhere meets This Lullaby in a sexy and poignant debut novel about family, friendships, and first romance. Amber Vaughn is a good girl. She sings solos at church, babysits her nephew after school, and spends Friday nights hanging out at the house of her best friend, Devon. But when she learns about an audition at a prestigious arts school, Amber decides that her dream—to sing on bigger stages—could also be her ticket to a new life. Devon’s older brother, Will, helps Amber prepare for her one chance to try out. The more time Will and Amber spend together, the more complicated their relationship becomes . . . and Amber starts to wonder if she’s such a good girl, after all. Then, in an afternoon, the bottom drops out of her family’s world—and Amber is faced with an impossible choice between her promise as an artist and the people she loves. Amber always thought she knew what a good girl would do. But between right and wrong, there’s a whole world of possibilities.

Lenght : 368

Language : en

This Book was ranked 13 by Google Books for keyword the sky is everywhere

Apple and Rain

By :"Sarah Crossan"
Published on 2014-08-14 by A&C Black

Category :"Juvenile Fiction"

When Apple's mother returns after eleven years of absence, Apple feels whole again. She will have an answer to her burning question – why did you go? And she will have someone who understands what it means to be a teenager – unlike Nana. But just like the stormy Christmas Eve when she left, her mother's homecoming is bitter sweet, and Apple wonders who is really looking after whom. It's only when Apple meets someone more lost than she is, that she begins to see things as they really are. Like a brilliant hybrid of Cathy Cassidy and Jacqueline Wilson, Sarah Crossan entices you into her world, then tells a moving, perceptive and beautifully crafted, Carnegie Shortlisted story which has the power to make you laugh and cry. Shortlisted for The CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2015.

Lenght : 240

Language : en

This Book was ranked 11 by Google Books for keyword the sky is everywhere

Adobe Captivate CS 5.5 Companion

By :"Cathy Wilson"
Published on 2012-04-15 by Cathy Wilson

Category :"Education"

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Language : en

This Book was ranked 23 by Google Books for keyword captivate

Mastering Adobe Captivate 6

By :"Damien Bruyndonckx"
Published on 2012-08-23 by Packt Publishing Ltd

Category :"Computers"

Step by step tutorial to build three projects including a demonstration, a simulation and a random SCORM-compliant quiz featuring all possible question slides. Enhance your projects by adding interactivity, animations, sound and more. Publish your project in a wide variety of formats enabling virtually any desktop and mobile devices to play your e-learning content. Deploy your e-Learning content on a SCORM or AICC-compliant LMS Learn by doing. Each concept is immediately explained with a meaningful exercise.

Lenght : 476

Language : en

This Book was ranked 4 by Google Books for keyword captivate

Captivate

By :"Carrie Jones"
Published on 2010-04-05 by A&C Black

Category :"Juvenile Fiction"

Zara and her friends knew they hadn't solved the pixie problem for good. Far from it. The king's needs grow deeper every day he's stuck in captivity, while his control over his people becomes weaker. It's made him vulnerable. And now there's a new king in town. A turf war is imminent. The new pixie king is moving in quickly. He swears that he and Zara are destined to be together, that he's one of the good guys. Zara isn't so sure. Despite herself, she wants to trust the new king, but there's a lot more than her relationship with boyfriend Nick at stake. It's her life - and his.

Lenght : 288

Language : en

This Book was ranked 2 by Google Books for keyword captivate

The Horns

By :"Dale McMillan"
Published on 2013-05-17 by Xlibris Corporation

Category :"Family & Relationships"

The Horn family is a poor family, but proud of their heritage; descending from some of the early settlers who helped carve out homes in the dense forest of the Big Thicket area of East Texas. The Horns live a very primitive lifestyle, which is hard, but good. Lonnie and Martha Horn are not educated people by most standards; however, they are self-educated far beyond their formal education. This proves to be an enigma to the people in the nearby town of Pine Hill. Their six children are smart and industrious. Martha and Lonnie give each child responsibilities at a very early age and require them to accept and execute those responsibilities in an adult manner. This invokes the wrath of many in the town of Pine Hill and the Foggy Bottom community where they live. Rex Horn, their oldest child has finished high school and is leaving home to attend college. Beth and Mark assume his responsibilities. Rex continues his long range courtship with Mary Ann Anderson who is now a student at Rice University. Rex is at Stephen F. Austin State College in Nacogdoches, Texas 160 miles away. . Since WWII has ended, progress is rapidly encroaching on the Foggy Bottom community. Modern civilization is about to come to that area. Lonnie and Martha are encouraging each of their children to plan toward a college education and they are struggling to position them financially to make that possible. This is very difficult on a poor dirt farm and requires all of the family’s effort.

Lenght : 303

Language : en

This Book was ranked 23 by Google Books for keyword horns

Horns and Trumpets of the World

By :"Jeremy Montagu"
Published on 2014-05-08 by Rowman & Littlefield

Category :"Music"

Humanity has blown horns and trumpets of various makes and models, lengths and diameters since prehistoric times. In Horns and Trumpets of the World, the eminent scholar Jeremy Montagu surveys the vast range in time and type of this instrument that has accompanied everything in human history from the war cry to the formal symphony, from the hunting call to the modern jazz performance. No work on this topic offers as much detail or so many illustrations—over 150, in fact—of this remarkable instrument. Montagu’s examination starts with horns constructed from such unusual materials as seaweed, cane, and bamboo, and continues the journey of exploration through those of shell, wood, ivory, and metal. The chronological scope of Horns and Trumpets of the World is equally vast: it looks at instruments of the Bible and from the Bronze and Iron Ages respectively before diving headlong into those from the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods, and, following the Industrial Revolution, those that have appeared in the modern era. Drawing on the many instruments from the author’s own extensive collection, Montagu offers details, including measurements, at levels rarely seen in other surveys of this world of instrumentation. Horns and Trumpet of the World should appeal to not only scholars and collectors, but professional brass players and manufacturers, as well as museums and institutions with a vested interest in our musical heritage.

Lenght : 256

Language : en

This Book was ranked 16 by Google Books for keyword horns