 | Claireece Precious Jones is an overweight, illiterate black teenager pregnant with her second child--both the result of incest by her father--and infected with the AIDS virus--also thanks to her father. This first novel by the poet and performance... |
 | This sixth edition of APA guide provides even more support and advice than ever before for those in the social sciences for whom communication is essential. It provides guidance on the writing and publication processes for those writing papers and... |
 | Fame and riches are dangerous assets. Thanks to her appearances on CNN--and her nearly perfect record, Dr. Kay Scarpetta's reputation is growing, which is good for her career as a celebrity forensic pathologist. But when she receives a creepy phone... |
 | |
 | Cultural critic Malcolm Gladwell applies his best trend watching insights and peripatetic methodology to the biq question of why some people achieve success and others do not. These Outliers, as he calls them--successful people who stand out from the... |
 | Malcolm Gladwell's highly imaginative pop treatise on the flow of goods and ideas in society reached a tipping point of its own, spending many weeks on the New York Times best-seller list , and then appearing for weeks on both lists following its... |
 | After his first book reached a tipping point and became a runaway bestseller, Malcolm Gladwell shot to stardom in a blink and became an outlier in the realm of popular nonfiction. But those who have only read Gladwell in book form have been missing... |
 | Pat Conroy's first novel in almost 15 years simultaneously acts as a portrait of a single man, a family, and a city. The man is Leopold Bloom King and the city is Charleston, South Carolina, Conroy's own home town. Leo's father is a high school... |
 | While people may not (yet) be able to converse with their canine companions, Alexandra Horowitz provides us with a tantalizing glimpse at some of what they might be thinking. Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, takes a look at the world from a dog's eye... |
 | |
)
)
)
