Author: Diane Ravitch
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Keywords: nation, moved, words, reader, american
Number of Pages: 656
Published: 2000-09-01
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0062737333
ISBN-13: 9780062737335

The American Reader is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse.  The 200 poems, speeches, songs, essays, letters, and documents were chosen both for their readability and for their significance.  These are the words that have inspired, enraged, delighted, chastened, and comforted Americans in days gone by.  Gathered here are the writings that illuminate -- with wit, eloquence, and sometimes sharp words -- significant aspects of national conciousness. They reflect the part that all Americans -- black and white, nativ

Author: Brunonia Barry
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Keywords: novel, reader, lace
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2009-09-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 0061624772
ISBN-13: 9780061624773

Every gift has a price . . . every piece of lace has a secret. Towner Whitney, the self-confessed unreliable narrator, hails from a family of Salem women who can read the future in the patterns in lace, and who have guarded a history of secrets going back generations. Now the disappearance of two women is bringing Towner back home to Salem—and is bringing to light the shocking truth about the death of her twin sister.

Authors:Christine Vachon, David Edelstein,
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Keywords: kill, shooting
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1998-09-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 0380798549
ISBN-13: 9780380798544

Complete with behind-the-scenes diary entries from the set of Vachon’s best-known fillms, Shooting to Kill offers all the satisfaction of an intimate memoir from the frontlines of independent filmmakins, from one of its most successful agent provocateurs -- and survivors. Hailed by the New York Times as the "godmother to the politically committed film" and by Interview as a true "auteur producer," Christine Vachon has made her name with such bold, controversial, and commercially successful films as "Poison," "Swoon," Kids," "Safe," "I Shot Andy Warhol," and "Velvet Goldmine."Over the las

Authors:Marion Morra, Eve Potts,
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Keywords: choices, information, cancer, complete, fourth, sourcebook
Number of Pages: 1136
Published: 2003-10-01
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0060521244
ISBN-13: 9780060521240

For more than twenty years, Choices has been the leading source-book for cancer patients and their families. Fully revised to cover the latest medical and technological breakthroughs, Choices, Fourth Edition, provides the most up-to-date and essential facts on cancer, from diagnosis to recovery -- medication and nutrition, symptoms and stages, and all available surgical and nonsurgical treatments -- in an accessible, easy-to-use Q&A format. The book also includes checklists of essential questions for your doctor; useful Internet resources; a state-by-state listing of cancer-related program

Author: Spencer Johnson
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Keywords: decisions, guide
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 1993-08-04
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 0887306314
ISBN-13: 9780887306310

"Yes" or "No," from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Spencer Johnson, presents a brilliant and practical system anyone can use to make better decisions, soon and often -- both at work and in personal life. The "Yes" or "No" System lets us: focus on real needs, versus mere wants create better options see the likely consequences of choices and identify and then use our own integrity, intuition, and insight to gain peace of mind, self-confidence, and freedom from fear

Author: Laura C. Schlessinger
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Keywords: relationships, mess, couples, things, stupid
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 0060512601
ISBN-13: 9780060512606

1. Stupid Secrets Withholding important information for fear of rejection 2. Stupid Egotism Asking not what you can do for the relationship but only what the relationship can do for you 3. Stupid Pettiness Making a big deal out of the small stuff 4. Stupid Power Always trying to be in control 5. Stupid Priorities Consuming all your time and energies with work, hobbies, errands, and chores instead of focusing on your relationship 6. Stupid Happiness Seeking stimulation and assurance from all the wrong places to satisfy the immature need to feel good 7. Stupid Excuses Not being accountable for

Author: David F. Hawke
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Keywords: america, life, everyday
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1989-01-25
List price: $13.00
ISBN-10: 0060912510
ISBN-13: 9780060912512

"In this clearly written volume, Hawke provides enlightening and colorful descriptions of early Colonial Americans and debunks many widely held assumptions about 17th century settlers."--Publishers Weekly