Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=6670&N=3+8036&No=50 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1402308 Kaling shares her observations, fears, and opinions about a wide-ranging list of the topics she thinks about the most. From her favorite types of guys to life in the The Office writers room, her book is full of personal stories and laugh-out-loud philosophies. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251165 Having achieved the seemingly unachievable-- becoming a U.S. Memory Champion-- Foer shows how anyone with enough training and determination can achieve mastery of their memory. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1249352 The incredible true account of Kamila Sidiqi who, when her father and brother were forced to flee Kabul, became the sole breadwinner for her five siblings. Armed only with grit and determination, she picked up a needle and thread and created a thriving business of her own and held her family together. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1336306 The memoir of Jaycee Dugard who was kidnapped on June 10, 1991, when she was 11 years old, and was missing for over 18 years before her reappearance in 2009. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1277627 The late-night show host and former cast member of Saturday Night Live addresses more than subjects in need of his undying gratitude, including the Taco Bell chihuahua, Pez dispensers, and fake drawers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1377195 The stand-up comedian, television host, best-selling author and actress candidly discusses her personal life, her professional career and describes what it was like to become a judge on American Idol. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1258569 As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of our defining national drama, historian Adam Goodheart presents an original account of how the Civil War began. 1861 is an epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields. Early in that fateful year, a second American revolution unfolded, inspiring a new generation to reject their parents faith in compromise and appeasement, to do the unthinkable in the name of an ideal. It set Abraham Lincoln on the path to greatness and millions of slaves on the road to freedom. Goodheart takes us from the corridors of the White House to the slums of Manhattan, from the mouth of the Chesapeake to the deserts of Nevada, from Boston Common to Alcatraz Island, vividly evoking the Union at this moment of ultimate crisis and decision.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1306964 Beck reworks the Federalist Papers into modern English and provides his own illuminating commentary and annotations. For a number of the essays, he includes the viewpoints of both liberal and conservative historians and scholars, making this a fair and insightful perspective on the historical works that remain the primary source for interpreting Constitutional law and the rights of American citizens. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1366370 Presents a collection of stories about animals who have forged unlikely, abiding bonds with other animals of different species, from Koko the gorilla and All Ball the kitten to Owen the hippo and the tortoise Mzee. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1299051 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1203690 Traces the rewards and pitfalls of a Chinese mothers exercise in extreme parenting, describing the exacting standards applied to grades, music lessons, and avoidance of Western cultural practices. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1476895 Rule chronicles fateful encounters with the hidden predators among us in this riveting collection. Uncover cases of unfortunate victims who made one tragic mistake: trusting the wrong person-- even someone theyd know intimately, or thought they knew. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1468717 The award-winning actress documents her rise from an everyday girl to an acclaimed performer while exploring her defining relationship with her mother and how their shared and separate dreams influenced their experiences. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1486646 Tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for Julian Fellowess Emmy Award-winning PBS show, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1363774 From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history that explores the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbuss voyages brought them back together--and marked the beginning of an extraordinary exchange of flora and fauna between Eurasia and the Americas. As Charles Mann shows, this global ecological tumult--the Columbian Exchange--underlies much of subsequent human history. Presenting the latest generation of research by scientists, Mann shows how the creation of this worldwide network of exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China, convulsed Africa, and for two centuries made Manila and Mexico City-- where Asia, Europe, and the new frontier of the Americas dynamically interacted--the center of the world. In 1493, Charles Mann gives us an eye-opening scientific interpretation of our past, unequaled in its authority and fascination-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1425907 Based on interviews with some of his closest associates, a portrait of the thirty-fifth president discusses his privileged childhood, military service, struggles with a life-threatening disease, and career in politics. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1262729 Award-winning former Boston Globe reporter Mitchell Zuckoff unleashes the exhilarating, untold story of an extraordinary World War II rescue mission, where a plane crash in the South Pacific plunged a trio of U.S. military personnel into the jungle-clad land of New Guinea http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1117187 Examines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly, and how humans rationalize the black swan phenomenon to make it appear less random. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1117689 The life story of one of the most admired and controversial public intellectuals of our time--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1189058 A magnificently written biography of cancer--from its origins to the epic battle to cure, control, and conquer it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1100590 The bestselling author of Mayflower sheds new light on one of the iconic stories of the American West, reminding readers that the Battle of the Little Bighorn was also, even in victory, the last stand for the Sioux and Cheyenne Indian nations. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1053596 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1110992 Junger, author of The Perfect Storm, turns his brilliant and empathetic eye to the reality of combat in this on-the-ground account that follows a single platoon through a 15-month tour of duty in the most dangerous outpost in Afghanistans Korengal Valley. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1453765 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1166248 Along with Caltech physicist Mlodinow (The Drunkards Walk), University of Cambridge cosmologist Hawking (A Brief History of Time) deftly mixes cutting-edge physics to answer three key questions-- Why is there something rather than nothing? Why do we exist? Why this particular set of laws and not some other?-- and explains that scientists are approaching what is called M-theory, a collection of overlapping theories (including string theory) that fill in many (but not all) the blank spots in quantum physics. This collection is known as the Grand Unified Field Theories. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1059231 The internationally bestselling true story of the remarkable 10-year-old Yemeni girl who dared to defy her countrys most archaic traditions by fighting for a divorce. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1235574 Traces the parallel stories of nineteenth-century art patron Charles Ephrussi and his unique collection of 360 miniature netsuke Japanese ivory carvings, documenting Ephrussis relationship with Marcel Proust and the impact of the Holocaust on his cosmopolitan family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1166297 In Washington : a Life celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation, dashing forever the stereotype of a stolid, unemotional man, and revealing an astute and surprising portrait of a canny political genius who knew how to inspire people. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1170600 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1170899 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1055655 In this new collection of original essays, the #1 bestselling author of Are You There, Vodka? Its Me, Chelsea delivers one laugh-out-loud moment after another as she sets her sights on the ridiculous side of childhood, adulthood, and daughterhood. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1201513 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1113918 Okrent explores the origins, implementation, and failure of that great American delusion known as Prohibition. Last Call explains how Prohibition happened, what life under it was like, and what it did to the country. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1185058 Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of Americas 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life while writing honestly and directly about his flaws and mistakes, as well as his accomplishments. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1113279 Bonhoeffer presents a profoundly orthodox Christian theologian whose faith led him to boldly confront the greatest evil of the 20th century, and uncovers never-before-revealed facts, including the story of his passionate romance. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1148120 Two kids with the same name were born blocks apart in the same decaying city within a few years of each other. One grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, army officer, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. Here is the story of two boys and the journey of a generation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1048844 Reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist now being used in medicine, aviation, the armed services, homeland security, investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1100577 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1222734 Presents the life of the Australian speech therapist who helped the English king, George VI, overcome a lifelong speech disorder and become an eloquent leader of his people during the difficult days of World War II. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1031441 Picking up where her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love left off, Gilbert details the extraordinary circumstances that surround her love with Felipe, the man she swore never to marry. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1064994 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1171276 Autobiography of the guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards. With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards lived the original rock and roll life. He tells his story of life in the crossfire hurricane; his listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records, learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones first fame and the notorious drug busts that led to his enduring image as outlaw folk hero, creating immortal riffs like the ones in Jumping Jack Flash and Honky Tonk Women. He discusses falling in love with Anita Pallenberg and the death of Brian Jones, his tax exile in France, wildfire tours of the U.S., isolation and addiction, as well as falling in love with Patti Hansen, and his bitter estrangement from Jagger and subsequent reconciliation. He talks about his marriage, family, solo albums and Xpensive Winos; the road that goes on forever. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1164249 In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1048842 Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first immortal human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer and viruses; helped lead to in vitro fertilization, cloning, and gene mapping; and have been bought and sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta Lacks is buried in an unmarked grave. Her family did not learn of her immortality until more than twenty years after her death, when scientists began using her husband and children in research without informed consent. The story of the Lacks family is inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we are made of--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1048389 Patel shows how our faith in prices as a way of valuing the world is misplaced and reveals that our current crisis is not simply the result of too much of the wrong kind of economics but rather the larger failure of a democratically bankrupt political system. The solution he offers: discover democratic ways in which people, and not simply governments, can play a crucial role in deciding how we might share our world and its resources in common. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1262179 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1037117 From two of the best political reporters in the country comes the gripping inside story of the historic 2008 presidential election. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1186474 In this tough, tender memoir, singer-songwriter Patti Smith transports readers to what seemed like halcyon days for art and artists in New York as she shares tales of the denizens of Maxs Kansas City, the Hotel Chelsea, Scribners, Brentanos and Strand bookstores and her new life in Brooklyn with a young man named Robert Mapplthorpe--the man who changed her life with his love, friendship, and genius. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1187782 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1298206 Bryson takes readers on a tour of his house, a rural English parsonage, showing how each room has figured in the evolution of private life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1059803 In this sequel to her New York Times bestsellers Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany, the celebrated bard of Tuscany (New York Times) Frances Mayes lyrically chronicles her continuing, two decades-long love affair with Tuscanys people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1149817 In this gorgeous, moving memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Caldwell reflects on her own coming-of-age in midlife, as she learns to open herself to the power and healing of sharing her life with a best friend. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1111336 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1267866 The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Though her life spanned fewer than 40 years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1189571 A humorous collection of personal essays discusses the authors career in journalism, divorce, a long-anticipated inheritance with unanticipated results, and the evolution of her relationship with her e-mail in-box. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1003924 When an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Alboms old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy, Albom goes back to his nonfiction roots and becomes involved with a Detroit pastor--a reformed drug dealer and convict--who preaches to the poor and homeless in a decaying church with a hole in its roof. A timely, moving, and inspiring look at faith: not just who believes, but why. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=989320 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=989382 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1012270 Brilliantly synthesizing philosophy, literature, science, memoir and his own detective work, Eating Animals explores the many fictions we use to justify our eating habits--from folklore to pop culture to family traditions and national myth--and how such tales can lull us into a brutal forgetting. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1009536 Presents a moment-by-moment account of the recent financial collapse that documents state efforts to prevent an economic disaster, offering insight into the pivotal consequences of decisions made throughout the past decade. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=941454 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=885583 An adaptation of the bestselling book about the American Greg Mortensons building of over 60 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1003304 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1031439 Pink argues that the secret to high performance and satisfaction in todays world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1030270 Explores cases of people killed by trusted spouses, lovers, family members, or helpful strangers who turned on them, including the murder of Chuck Leonard, a middle school counselor who was an odd mix of family man and wild man. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=991245 McDougall reveals the secrets of the worlds greatest distance runners--the Tarahumara Indians of Copper Canyon, Mexico--and how he trained for the challenge of a lifetime: a fifty-mile race through the heart of Tarahumara country pitting the tribe against an odd band of super-athletic Americans. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=994827 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1004085 Two Pulitzer Prize winners issue a call to arms against our eras most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women in the developing world. They show that a little help can transform the lives of women and girls abroad and that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing womens potential. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1009606 During a fight at home, young Max flees and runs away into the woods. He finds a boat there, jumps in, and ends up on the open sea, destination unknown. He lands on the island of the Wild Things, and soon he becomes their king. But things get complicated when Max realizes that the Wild Things want as much from him as he wants from them. Based loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay co-written with Spike Jonze. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=999266 A wise and involving book about feminine thresholds, spiritual growth, and renewal, Traveling with Pomegranates is a revealing self-portrait by the beloved author of The Secret Life of Bees and her daughter, a writer in the making. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1009295 Whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically, Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling to show how people respond to incentives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1147669 Brings together, for the first time, the best of Gladwells writing from The New Yorker in the past decade, including: the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control pill; the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard Moscowitz; spotlighting Ron Popeil, the king of the American kitchen; and the secrets of Cesar Millan, the dog whisperer. Gladwell also explores intelligence tests, ethnic profiling and hindsight bias, and why it was that everyone in Silicon Valley once tripped over themselves to hire the same college graduate. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1001491 A pet rescue volunteer and literacy outreach coordinator describes her relationship with a three-pound blind cat whose daredevil character and affectionate personality saw the author through six moves, a burglary, and the healing of her broken heart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1293249 Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. These simple words go to the heart of food journalist Pollans thesis. Humans used to know how to eat well, he argues, but the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused and distorted by food industry marketers, nutritional scientists, and journalists. As a result, we face today a complex culinary landscape dense with bad advice and foods that are not real. Indeed, plain old eating is being replaced by an obsession with nutrition that is, paradoxically, ruining our health, not to mention our meals. Pollans advice is: Dont eat anything that your great-great grandmother would not recognize as food. Looking at what science does and does not know about diet and health, he proposes a new way to think about what to eat, informed by ecology and tradition rather than by the nutrient-by-nutrient approach. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1005561 Relates how an enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=982756 Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of the tragic death of her daughter, Paula. Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor, and wisdom, this remarkable memoir is as exuberant and full of life as its creator. Allende bares her soul as she shares her thoughts on love, marriage, motherhood, spirituality and religion, infidelity, addiction, and memory--and recounts stories of the wildly eccentric, strong-minded, and eclectic tribe she gathers around her and lovingly embraces as a new kind of family--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1005863 In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, longtime New Orleans residents Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun are cast into an unthinkable struggle with forces beyond wind and water. In the days after the storm, Abdulrahman traveled the flooded streets in a secondhand canoe, passing on supplies and helping those he could. A week later, on September 6, 2005, Zeitoun abruptly disappeared-- arrested and accused of being an agent of al Qaeda. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=994173 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1002633 Documents the authors discovery that his new family home in Florence had been the scene of a double murder, his relationship with the investigative journalist co-author, and how they both became targets of the police investigation into the murders. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1003371 In the tradition of Black Hawk Down, The Good Soldiers takes an unforgettable look at the heroes and the ruined soldiers fighting in the Iraq War. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=753747 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=721395 When Chelsea Handler needs to get a few things off her chest, she appeals to a higher power--vodka. Welcome to Chelseas world--a place where absurdity reigns supreme and a quick wit is the best line of defense. In this collection, Chelsea mines her past for stories about her family, relationships, and career that are at once singular and ridiculous. Whether shes convincing her third-grade class that she has been tapped to play Goldie Hawns daughter in the sequel to Private Benjamin, deciding to be more egalitarian by dating a redhead, or looking out for a foulmouthed, rum-swilling little person who looks just like her, only smaller, Chelsea has a knack for getting herself into the most outrageous situations. --From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=783891 In his first book in five years, the man loved by liberals and denounced by conservatives presents the definitive guide to the 2008 election. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=783878 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=824589 Discusses what Obama would have to do as president to restore Americas economic future, arguing that transformative leadership is needed to rescue the country from its current financial crisis. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=767652 A physician discusses the thought patterns and actions that lead to misdiagnosis on the part of healthcare providers, and suggests methods that patients can use to help doctors assess conditions more accurately. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=808695 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=879863 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=784120 The best-selling author of Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires, why certain cultures are associated with better academic performance, and why the Beatles earned their fame. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=966813 The true story of Nathaniel Ayers, a musician who becomes schizophrenic and homeless, and his friendship with Steve Lopez, the Los Angeles columnist who discovers and writes about him in the newspaper. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=804946 Presidential candidate Barack Obama offers bold and specific ideas about how to fix our ailing economy and strengthen the middle class, make health care affordable for all, achieve energy independence, and keep America safe in a dangerous world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=930556 Nechama Tec, herself a Holocaust survivor, offers a riveting history of a European Jewish group in western Belorussia led by Tuvia Bielski that would number more than 1,200 by 1944 and become the largest armed rescue operation of Jews by Jews in World War II. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=933293 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=992478 Excerpted from the runaway bestseller 90 minutes in heaven, this ... edition focuses on the reality of Pipers heavenly experience--Cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1244657 The disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden, gnaws at her octogenarian uncle, Henrik Vanger. He is determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder. He hires crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist, recently at the wrong end of a libel case, to get to the bottom of Harriets disappearance. Lisbeth Salander, a twenty-four-year-old, pierced, tattooed genius hacker, possessed of the hard-earned wisdom of someone twice her age--and a terrifying capacity for ruthlessness--assists Blomkvist with the investigation. This unlikely team discovers a vein of nearly unfathomable iniquity running through the Vanger family, an astonishing corruption at the highest echelon of Swedish industrialism--and a surprising connection between themselves.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=953865 Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire, one of Englands richest and most influential aristocrats. She became the queen of fashionable society and founder of the most important political salon of her time. But Georgianas public success concealed an unhappy marriage, a gambling addiction, drinking, drug-taking, and rampant love affairs with the leading politicians of the day. With penetrating insight, Amanda Foreman reveals a fascinating woman whose struggle against her own weaknesses, whose great beauty and flamboyance, and whose determination to play a part in the affairs of the world make her a vibrant, astonishingly contemporary figure.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1058595 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=692395 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=880279 Hang on for the ride: With characteristic poetry and pluck, Barbara Kingsolver and her family sweep readers along on their journey away from the industrial-food pipeline to a rural life in which they vow to buy only food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Their good-humored search yields surprising discoveries about turkey sex life and overly zealous zucchini plants, en route to a food culture thats better for the neighborhood and also better on the table. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle makes a passionate case for putting the kitchen back at the center of family life and diversified farms at the center of the American diet.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=722700