Authors:Bobby Murcer, Glen Waggoner,
Publisher: Harper
Keywords: pinstripes, journey, year, life, yankee
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2008-06-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0061473413
ISBN-13: 9780061473418

A former Yankees great remembers his years in pinstripes and talks candidly about his courageous battle with brain cancer. As he stepped to the plate at Yankee Stadium on Opening Day in 1966, Bobby Murcer carried with him the hopes and expectations of Yankees fans looking for the next Mickey Mantle. Like Mantle, Murcer was a phenom from Oklahoma. Like Mantle, he came up to the majors as a shortstop, but was later converted to a centerfielder. And like Mantle, his first at-bat in Yankee Stadium was at the tender age of 19. Bobby wasn’t the Mick, but he became one of the most belo

Author: Walter A. Mcdougall
Publisher: Harper
Keywords: war, era, civil, american, democracy, throes
Number of Pages: 816
Published: 2008-03-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0060567511
ISBN-13: 9780060567514

"And then there came a day of fire!" From its shocking curtain-raiser—the conflagration that consumed Lower Manhattan in 1835—to the climactic centennial year of 1876, when Americans staged a corrupt, deadlocked presidential campaign (fought out in Florida), Walter A. McDougall’s Throes of Democracy: The American Civil War Era, 1829-1877 throws off sparks like a flywheel. This eagerly awaited sequel to Freedom Just Around the Corner: A New American History, 1585-1828 carries the saga of the American people’s continuous self-reinvention from the inauguration of Preside

Author: Thrity Umrigar
Publisher: Harper
Keywords: novel, heaven, weight
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2009-04-01
List price: $25.99
ISBN-10: 0061472549
ISBN-13: 9780061472541

When Frank and Ellie Benton lose their only child, seven-year-old Benny, to a sudden illness, the perfect life they had built is shattered. Filled with wrenching memories, their Ann Arbor home becomes unbearable, and their marriage founders. But an unexpected job half a world away offers them an opportunity to start again. Life in Girbaug, India, holds promise—and peril—when Frank befriends Ramesh, a bright, curious boy who quickly becomes the focus of the grieving man’s attentions. Haunted by memories of his dead son, Frank is consumed with making his family right—a

Author: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Publisher: Harper
Keywords: first, woman, president, africa’s, life, memoir, remarkable, child
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2009-04-01
List price: $26.99
ISBN-10: 0061353477
ISBN-13: 9780061353475

In January 2006, after the Republic of Liberia had been racked by fourteen years of brutal civil conflict, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf—Africa’s "Iron Lady"—was sworn in as president, an event that marked a tremendous turning point in the history of the West African nation. In this stirring memoir, Sirleaf shares the inside story of her rise to power, including her early childhood; her experiences with abuse, imprisonment, and exile; and her fight for democracy and social justice. This compelling tale of survival reveals Sirleaf’s determination to succeed in multiple worlds

Author: Karl Taro Greenfeld
Publisher: Harper
Keywords: memoir, brother’s
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2009-05-01
List price: $25.99
ISBN-10: 0061136662
ISBN-13: 9780061136665

Karl Taro Greenfeld knew from an early age that his little brother, Noah, was not like other children. He couldn’t crawl, and he had trouble making eye contact or interacting with his family. As Noah grew older, his differences became even more pronounced—he was unable to communicate verbally, use the toilet, or tie his shoes, and despite his angelic demeanor, he often had violent outbursts. No doctor, social worker, or specialist could pinpoint what was wrong with Noah beyond a general diagnosis: autism. The boys’ parents, Josh and Foumi, dedicated their lives to caring f

Author: Jay Winik
Publisher: Harper
Keywords: world, modern, birth, america, upheaval
Number of Pages: 688
Published: 2007-09-11
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0060083131
ISBN-13: 9780060083137

It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast imperial power, and France plunged into revolution. But in contrast to the way conventional histories tell it, none of these remarkable events occurred in isolation. Now, for the first time, in The Great Upheaval, acclaimed historian Jay Winik masterfully illuminates how their fates combined in one extraordinary moment to change the course of civilization. In this sweeping, magisterial drama, Winik brings his vast, meticulous research and narrative genius to

Author: Barbara Wallraff
Publisher: Harper
Keywords: words, wanted, pursuit, fugitives, word
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2006-03-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0060832738
ISBN-13: 9780060832735

Despite the many thousands of dictionary words at our disposal, our language can be dismayingly inadequate. How many times have you searched for a word that means just what you want it to but failed to find anything suitable anywhere? Most of us, it turns out, lead lives rife with experiences, people, and things that have no names. At least, they lacked names until now. Word Fugitives comes to the rescue, supplying hundreds of inspired words coined or redefined to meet everyday needs. For instance, wouldn’t it be handy to have a word for the momentary confusion people experience when