Every so often a book comes along that makes us cry and makes us strong, that makes us want to hug our children and call our old friends. This is one of those rare books.
As a tomboy growing up in Kansas, Amelia Earhart delighted in trying new and risky things, once she even built a roller-coaster in her grandparent’s backyard. In her 20s she fell in love with flight...
The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
Sylvia Nasar
In this powerful and dramatic biography, Sylvia Nasar vividly re-creates the life of a mathematical genius whose career was cut short by schizophrenia and who, after three decades of devastating...
A Family's Adventure at Sea and the Disaster That Saved Them
John Silverwood
When Californians John Silverwood and his wife Jean decided to take their four children on a sail around the world on their fifty-five-foot catamaran, Emerald Jane, they could not foresee the range...
My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer
Sheriff David Reichart
For twenty years, Sheriff David Reichert of King County, Washington, was a man with a single, all-consuming obsession: to capture the most notorious serial killer in American history — the monster who...
When Mark Doty went looking to adopt a small dog-- a cuddly creature who might comfort his terminally ill partner, Wally Roberts--he was surprised to find himself returning home from an animal...
'Duke Ellington was hailed as the "King of the Keys." This is a most fitting tribute to a great man who proudly celebrated the history of African-Americans from slavery to civil rights struggles.
