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by Richard P. Wasowski
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2010
The CliffsNotes study guide on Hosseini's The Kite Runner supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as...
The Nazis Next Door
How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
A Newsweek Best Book of the Year: “Captivating . . . rooted in first-rate research” (The New York Times Book Review).
In this New York Times bestseller, once-secret government records and interviews tell the full story of the thousands of Nazis—from concentration camp guards to high-level...
Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating
How to Choose the Best Bread, Cheeses, Olive Oil, Pasta, Chocolate, and Much More
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2003
A culinary master shares the secrets of shopping for the very best ingredients: “As delicious and satisfying a read as the traditional foods it celebrates” (Detroit Free Press).
Hailed as one of the best delicatessens in the country by the New York Times, Esquire, and the Atlantic Monthly,...
This Is Not Civilization
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2004
Hopscotching from Arizona to Central Asia to Istanbul, this inspired debut novel is “a vibrant mix of the serious and the absurd” (Publishers Weekly).
In the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s collapse, Anarbek Tashtanaliev singlehandedly supports his small village in Kyrgyzstan, despite...
Work Shirts for Madmen
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2008
A quirky tale of a hard-drinking artist by an author who “writes about the rural South without sentimentality . . . but with plenty of sharp-witted humor” (NPR Morning Edition).
Renegade artist Harp Spillman is lower than a bow-legged fire ant. Because of an unhealthy relationship with the...
by Tony Vigorito
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award for Best Visionary Fiction: “A lyrical, thoughtful, viral meme of a book” (Christopher Moore, author of Noir).
It all starts when a mischievous artist kicks off a game of graffiti tag by painting the phrase, “Uh-oh” on an overpass. Next,...
by Tamara Castleman
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2011
The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.
In CliffsNotes...
Soldiers of Reason
The RAND Corporation and the Rise of the American Empire
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2009
An “entertaining and fast-paced” account of the organization that defines the military-industrial complex—and continues to shape our world today (The New York Times Book Review).
The RAND Corporation was born in the wake of World War II as a think tank to generate research and analysis...
Darwin's Athletes
How Sport Has Damaged Black America and Preserved the Myth of Race
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 1997
A “provocative, disturbing, important” look at how society’s obsession with athletic achievement undermines African Americans (The New York Times).
Very few pastimes in America cross racial, regional, cultural, and economic boundaries the way sports do. From the near-religious respect...
American Romantic
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
A young diplomat is torn between two women during the earliest days of the Vietnam War in this “wide-ranging and well-written” novel (The Christian Science Monitor).
Harry Sanders is a young Foreign Service officer in 1960s Indochina when the course of his life is suddenly altered by a...
The Spanish Bow
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2008
A “riveting historical page-turner” about a cellist caught up in the tumult and passions of early twentieth-century Spain (Booklist).
A Library Journal Best Book of the Year
I was almost born Happy . . .
So begins The Spanish Bow and the remarkable history of Feliu Delargo,...
by Marcus Stuart
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
For every pet owner, animal farting can be particularly troublesome to endure! Luckily, nature can offer a helping hand in the form of natural herbal and homeopathic remedies. Pimpinella anisum has been used for centuries to treat digestive disorders and cramps – helping to relieve gas and promote...
Bear and His Daughter
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 1998
From a National Book Award winner, “a volume of short stories that belongs alongside Raymond Carver . . . brilliant, moving, often gloriously funny” (The San Francisco Chronicle).
Spanning nearly thirty years in the career of the New York Times–bestselling author of Dog Soldiers, the...
The Scarpetta Cookbook
125 Recipes from the Acclaimed Restaurant
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Italian recipes from the Food Network star that show “you don’t need expensive ingredients or complicated methods to produce delicious food” (The Miami Herald).
In addition to appearances on Chopped and Bravo’s Top Chef, Scott Conant is known for founding Scarpetta—cited on such lists...