Friday, November 15, 2019

iTunes Store: Top 25 Books in Nonfiction 2019-11-15

Malcolm Gladwell - Talking to Strangers artwork Talking to Strangers
What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell
Genre: Sociology
Price: $19.99
Publish Date: September 10, 2019
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers , offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers -- and why they often go wrong. How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn't true? While tackling these questions, Malcolm Gladwell was not solely writing a book for the page. He was also producing for the ear. In the audiobook version of Talking to Strangers , you'll hear the voices of people he interviewed--scientists, criminologists, military psychologists. Court transcripts are brought to life with re-enactments. You actually hear the contentious arrest of Sandra Bland by the side of the road in Texas. As Gladwell revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, and the suicide of Sylvia Plath, you hear directly from many of the players in these real-life tragedies. There's even a theme song - Janelle Monae's "Hell You Talmbout." Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know. And because we don't know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our world.



Stephen Snyder M.D. - Love Worth Making artwork Love Worth Making
How to Have Ridiculously Great Sex in a Long-Lasting Relationship
Stephen Snyder M.D.
Genre: Family & Relationships
Price: $1.99
Publish Date: February 13, 2018
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Seller: Macmillan

Can sex survive monogamy? Yes, once you understand how sexual emotions really work. This acclaimed, paradigm-shifting guide turns traditional sex therapy inside-out to reveal the hidden rules for great sex. Gentle, compassionate, and filled with compelling stories from Dr. Stephen Snyder’s thirty years as a sex therapist working with over 1,500 individuals and couples, Love Worth Making is essential reading for anyone hoping to keep sexual inspiration alive in a committed relationship.



Angela Ricketts - No Man's War artwork No Man's War
Irreverent Confessions of an Infantry Wife
Angela Ricketts
Genre: Family & Relationships
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: June 16, 2014
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC

“If you’ve ever wanted to know what life on an army base is like, you have to read this amazingly honest memoir.” — PureWow   Raised as an Army brat, Angie Ricketts thought she knew what she was in for when she eloped with Darrin—then an infantry lieutenant—on the eve of his deployment to Somalia. Since that time, Darrin, now a colonel, has been deployed eight times, serving four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. And Ricketts, has lived every one of those deployments intimately—distant enough to survive the years spent apart from her husband, but close enough to share a common purpose and a lifestyle they both love.   With humor, candor, and a brazen attitude, Ricketts pulls back the curtain on a subculture many readers know, but few ever will experience. Counter to the dramatized snap shot seen on the TV show Army Wives , Ricketts digs into the personalities and posturing that officers’ wives must survive daily—whether navigating a social event on post, suffering through a husbands prolonged deployment or reacting to a close friends death in combat.   “Outspoken in her critique of the ‘Army machine,’ Ricketts celebrates the ‘secret sisterhood’ of soldiers’ wives, defiantly and desperately battling for survival. A blunt, bold debut memoir.” — Kirkus Reviews



Ronan Farrow - Catch and Kill artwork Catch and Kill
Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
Ronan Farrow
Genre: True Crime
Price: $19.99
Publish Date: October 15, 2019
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

In this instant New York Times bestselling account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up the truth, at any cost. In 2017, a routine network television investigation led Ronan Farrow to a story only whispered about: one of Hollywood's most powerful producers was a predator, protected by fear, wealth, and a conspiracy of silence. As Farrow drew closer to the truth, shadowy operatives, from high-priced lawyers to elite war-hardened spies, mounted a secret campaign of intimidation, threatening his career, following his every move, and weaponizing an account of abuse in his own family. All the while, Farrow and his producer faced a degree of resistance they could not explain -- until now. And a trail of clues revealed corruption and cover-ups from Hollywood to Washington and beyond. This is the untold story of the exotic tactics of surveillance and intimidation deployed by wealthy and connected men to threaten journalists, evade accountability, and silence victims of abuse. And it's the story of the women who risked everything to expose the truth and spark a global movement. Both a spy thriller and a meticulous work of investigative journalism, Catch and Kill breaks devastating new stories about the rampant abuse of power and sheds far-reaching light on investigations that shook our culture. INDIE BOUND #1 BESTSELLERUSA TODAY BESTSELLERWALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER



Kevin Donovan - The Billionaire Murders artwork The Billionaire Murders
The Mysterious Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman
Kevin Donovan
Genre: True Crime
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: October 29, 2019
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

A top journalist crosses the yellow tape to investigate a shocking high-society crime. Billionaires, philanthropists, socialites . . . victims. Barry and Honey Sherman appeared to lead charmed lives. But the world was shocked in late 2017 when their bodies were found in a bizarre tableau in their elegant Toronto home. First described as murder-suicide — belts looped around their necks, they were found seated beside their basement swimming pool — police later ruled it a staged, targeted double murder. Nothing about the case made sense to friends of the founder of one of the world’s largest generic pharmaceutical firms and his wife, a powerhouse in Canada’s charity world. Together, their wealth has been estimated at well over $4.7 billion.   There was another side to the story. A strategic genius who built a large generic drug company — Apotex Inc. — Barry Sherman was a self-described workaholic, renowned risk-taker, and disruptor during his fifty-year career. Regarded as a generous friend by many, Sherman was also feared by others. He was criticized for stifling academic freedom and using the courts to win at all costs. Upset with building issues at his mansion, he sued and recouped millions from tradespeople. At the time of his death, Sherman had just won a decades-old legal case involving four cousins who wanted 20 percent of his fortune.   Toronto Star investigative journalist Kevin Donovan chronicles the unsettling story from the beginning, interviewing family members, friends, and colleagues, and sheds new light on the Shermans’ lives and the disturbing double murder. Deeply researched and authoritative, The Billionaire Murders is a compulsively readable tale of a strange and perplexing crime.



Karen Kingsbury - Missy's Murder artwork Missy's Murder
Passion, Betrayal, and Murder in Southern California
Karen Kingsbury
Genre: True Crime
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: March 08, 2017
Publisher: RosettaBooks
Seller: OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC

From a New York Times –bestselling author and former Los Angeles Times  reporter, two teens kill their friend, then befriend the girl’s family to avoid suspicion.   On a beautiful October day in the San Fernando Valley, teenager Missy Avila was lured into the woods, beaten, tortured, and drowned. Missy’s best friend, Karen Severson, publicly vowed to find the killer and even moved in with Missy’s family to help. Three years later, a surprise witness exposed the murderers as Missy’s two best friends—one of whom was Karen.   New York Times –bestselling author Karen Kingsbury delivers a story full of twists, turns, betrayals, and confessions. Missy’s Murder is a shocking tale of one of the most notorious murder trials of the eighties, and a startling debut novel from Kingsbury, who now has over twenty-five million books in print.



Amir Levine & Rachel Heller - Attached artwork Attached
The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find-and Keep-Love
Amir Levine & Rachel Heller
Genre: Family & Relationships
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: December 30, 2010
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

We rely on science to tell us everything from what to eat to when and how long to exercise, but what about relationships? Is there a scientific explanation for why some people seem to navigate relationships effortlessly, while others struggle? According to psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller, the answer is a resounding "yes." In Attached , Levine and Heller reveal how an understanding of adult attachment-the most advanced relationship science in existence today-can help us find and sustain love. Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment posits that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways: Anxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner's ability to love them back Avoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness. Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving. In this book Levine and Heller guide readers in determining what attachment style they and their mate (or potential mate) follow, offering a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections with the people they love.



Caroline Criado Perez - Invisible Women artwork Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Caroline Criado Perez
Genre: Social Science
Price: $17.99
Publish Date: March 12, 2019
Publisher: ABRAMS
Seller: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on numbers to allocate resources and make crucial decisions. But because so much data fails to take into account gender, because it treats men as the default and women as atypical, bias and discrimination are baked into our systems. And women pay tremendous costs for this bias, in time, money, and often with their lives. Celebrated feminist advocate Caroline Criado Perez investigates shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in  Invisible Women†‹, diving into women’s lives at home, the workplace, the public square, the doctor’s office, and more. Built on hundreds of studies in the US, the UK, and around the world, and written with energy, wit, and sparkling intelligence, this is a groundbreaking, unforgettable exposé that will change the way you look at the world.



Gary Chapman - The 5 Love Languages artwork The 5 Love Languages
The Secret to Love that Lasts
Gary Chapman
Genre: Family & Relationships
Price: $15.99
Publish Date: January 01, 2015
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Seller: Moody Bible Institute

- Over 11 million copies sold - #1 New York Times  Bestseller for 8 years running - Now celebrating its 25th anniversary Simple ideas, lasting love Falling in love is easy. Staying in love—that’s the challenge. How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands, conflicts, and just plain boredom of everyday life? In the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages , you’ll discover the secret that has transformed millions of relationships worldwide. Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, Dr. Gary Chapman’s proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner—starting today. The 5 Love Languages is as practical as it is insightful. Updated to reflect the complexities of relationships today, this new edition reveals intrinsic truths and applies relevant, actionable wisdom in ways that work. Includes the Couple's Personal Profile assessment so you can discover your love language and that of your loved one.



Lyndsay Green - The Well-Lived Life artwork The Well-Lived Life
Live with Purpose and Be Remembered
Lyndsay Green
Genre: Family & Relationships
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: January 15, 2019
Publisher: Patrick Crean Editions
Seller: Harper Collins Canada Limited

Legacy is about who we are and how we will be remembered. In this thought-provoking book, bestselling author Lyndsay Green compels us to think about our legacy and consider how we would feel if we knew our life would soon be over. We assume that we’ll have time to think about our legacy; time to compose meaning for our lives; time to figure out our life’s purpose; time to make amends; time to clean up our messy lives. But what if we don’t? Would our time on Earth have made a difference to anyone or anything? What would we be leaving behind for those we love? What responsibilities would be left dangling? Green’s premise is that living with an eye to a future without us both enhances our present and shapes our legacy. With this awareness, we can lead inspired and fulfilled lives. Green examines the multiple facets that form a legacy, both material and non-material—from living a conscious life that makes a contribution, to writing our wills and recording our lives. She intersperses stories about struggles to align lives with values and efforts to write equitable wills, with eclectic tales about bequeathing tattoos and legacy bots using artificial intelligence so our digital selves can live forever. She wrote this book for people of all ages because our one precious life could end any day, and she offers insights for everyone regardless of assets. Her findings emphasize that since we’ll be leaving a legacy—like it or not—we’d be wise to pay attention to what it will be.



Aurélie Dorchy - Accompagner un enfant surdoué artwork Accompagner un enfant surdoué
Mieux le comprendre pour permettre son épanouissement
Aurélie Dorchy
Genre: Family & Relationships
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: November 23, 2017
Publisher: 50Minutes.fr
Seller: RC WEB SOLUTIONS

Découvrez tous nos conseils et astuces pour accompagner votre enfant surdoué ! Être surdoué : voilà qui, en réalité, ne simplifie pas la vie des enfants concernés. Derrière ce concept se cachent parfois mal-être, exclusion, difficultés scolaires, voire dépression. En tant que parent, l'on peut se sentir démuni face à la douance et aux besoins spécifiques des enfants touchés par cette précocité intellectuelle. Il est important d'accompagner au mieux son enfant surdoué, afin qu'il s'épanouisse pleinement, tant intellectuellement qu'émotionnellement. Ce livre vous donnera des informations et des solutions pour :     • détecter les indices qui pourraient indiquer que votre enfant est surdoué ;    • comprendre ce qu'est la douance afin d'être en mesure d'accompagner au mieux son enfant surdoué ;    • trouver les techniques d'apprentissage qui lui conviennent ;     • l'aider à mieux gérer ses émotions et ses relations sociales ;    • et bien plus encore !  Le mot de l'éditeur :   « Dans ce petit livre de la collection 50MINUTES | Santé & Bien-être, Aurélie Dorchy nous explique ce qu'est la douance et comment les parents peuvent aider leurs enfants touchés par cette différence. Grâce à ses conseils, vous découvrirez comment accompagner concrètement votre enfant diagnostiqué HP, afin qu'il s'épanouisse pleinement ! » À PROPOS DE LA COLLECTION 50MINUTES | Santé & Bien-être   L'ambition de la collection 50MINUTES | Santé & Bien-être est de proposer aux lecteurs des méthodes, des pistes et des conseils faciles à appliquer au quotidien pour aller vers un mieux-être. Nos livres s'adressent ainsi à toute personne désirant mieux gérer sa vie personnelle, et mieux appréhender les difficultés et obstacles qui peuvent se présenter à elle.



Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat & Yuval Noah Harari - Sapiens artwork Sapiens
Une brève histoire de l'humanité
Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat & Yuval Noah Harari
Genre: Social Science
Price: $24.99
Publish Date: September 02, 2015
Publisher: Albin Michel
Seller: ADILIBRE

Il y a 100 000 ans, la Terre était habitée par au moins six espèces différentes d'hominidés. Une seule a survécu. Nous, les Homo Sapiens . Comment notre espèce a-t-elle réussi à dominer la planète ? Pourquoi nos ancêtres ont-ils uni leurs forces pour créer villes et royaumes ? Comment en sommes-nous arrivés à créer les concepts de religion, de nation, de droits de l'homme ? À dépendre de l'argent, des livres et des lois ? À devenir esclaves de la bureaucratie, des horaires, de la consommation de masse ? Et à quoi ressemblera notre monde dans le millénaire à venir ? Véritable phénomène d'édition, traduit dans une trentaine de langues, Sapiens est un livre audacieux, érudit et provocateur. Professeur d'Histoire à l'Université hébraïque de Jérusalem, Yuval Noah Harari mêle l'Histoire à la Science pour remettre en cause tout ce que nous pensions savoir sur l'humanité : nos pensées, nos actes, notre héritage... et notre futur.



Dr. Sue Johnson - Hold Me Tight artwork Hold Me Tight
Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
Dr. Sue Johnson
Genre: Family & Relationships
Price: $17.99
Publish Date: April 08, 2008
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Heralded by the New York Times and Time as the couples therapy with the highest rate of success, Emotionally Focused Therapy works because it views the love relationship as an attachment bond. This idea, once controversial, is now supported by science, and has become widely popular among therapists around the world. In Hold Me Tight, Dr. Sue Johnson presents Emotionally Focused Therapy to the general public for the first time. Johnson teaches that the way to save and enrich a relationship is to reestablish safe emotional connection and preserve the attachment bond. With this in mind, she focuses on key moments in a relationship-from "Recognizing the Demon Dialogue" to "Revisiting a Rocky Moment" -- and uses them as touch points for seven healing conversations. Through case studies from her practice, illuminating advice, and practical exercises, couples will learn how to nurture their relationships and ensure a lifetime of love.



Bruce D. Perry & Maia Szalavitz - The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog artwork The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog
And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing
Bruce D. Perry & Maia Szalavitz
Genre: Family & Relationships
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: August 29, 2017
Publisher: Basic Books
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

In this instant classic of developmental psychology, a renowned psychiatrist examines the effect that trauma can have on a child, reveals how PTSD impacts the developing mind, and outlines the path to recovery. What happens when a young brain is traumatized? How does terror, abuse, or disaster affect a child's mind -- and how can that mind recover? Child psychiatrist Dr. Bruce D. Perry has helped children faced with unimaginable horror: genocide survivors, murder witnesses, kidnapped teenagers, and victims of family violence. In The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog , Dr. Perry tells their stories of trauma and transformation through the lens of science, revealing the brain's astonishing capacity for healing. Deftly combining unforgettable case histories with his own compassionate, insightful strategies for rehabilitation, Perry explains what exactly happens to the brain when a child is exposed to extreme stress -- and reveals the unexpected measures that can be taken to ease a child's pain and help him grow into a healthy adult. As a senior fellow at the Child Trauma Academy, Dr. Perry and his clinical group worked with hundreds who endured severe childhood neglect and abuse with incredible resilience and strength. Through the stories of children who recover -- physically, mentally, and emotionally -- from the most devastating circumstances, Perry shows how simple things like surroundings, affection, language, and touch can deeply impact the developing brain, for better or for worse. In this deeply informed and moving book, Bruce Perry dramatically demonstrates that only when we understand the science of the mind can we hope to heal the spirit of even the most wounded child.



Matthew Hussey - Get the Guy artwork Get the Guy
Learn Secrets of the Male Mind to Find the Man You Want and the Love You Deserve
Matthew Hussey
Genre: Family & Relationships
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: April 09, 2013
Publisher: Harper Wave
Seller: Harper Collins Canada Limited

Most dating books tell you what NOT to do. Here's a book dedicated to telling you what you CAN do. In his book, Get the Guy, Matthew Hussey—relationship expert, matchmaker, and star of the reality show Ready for Love—reveals the secrets of the male mind and the fundamentals of dating and mating for a proven, revolutionary approach to help women to find lasting love. Matthew Hussey has coached thousands of high-powered CEOs, showing them how to develop confidence and build relationships that translate into professional success. Many of Matthew’s male clients pressed him for advice on how to apply his winning strategies not to just get the job, but how to get the girl. As his reputation grew, Hussey was approached by more and more women, eager to hear what he had learned about the male perspective on love and romance. From landing a first date to establishing emotional intimacy, playful flirtation to red-hot bedroom tips, Matthew’s insightfulness, irreverence, and warmth makes Get the Guy:  Learn Secrets of the Male Mind to Find the Man You Want and the Love You Deserve a one-of-a-kind relationship guide and the handbook for every woman who wants to get the guy she’s been waiting for.



Isabelle Filliozat & Margot Fried-Filliozat - Sexpérience artwork Sexpérience
Les réponses aux questions des ados
Isabelle Filliozat & Margot Fried-Filliozat
Genre: Family & Relationships
Price: $24.99
Publish Date: September 12, 2019
Publisher: Robert Laffont
Seller: Interforum, S.A.

Un livre incontournable pour tous les ados et les jeunes adultes. Je l'aime ou je le désire ? Comment lui dire non ? Ça fait mal ? Et si elle ne cherche qu'un coup d'un soir ? Et si je ne bande pas ? Qu'est-ce qui plaît vraiment aux filles ? Marre des images trash du porno ? Besoin d'infos fiables ? C'est ici ! Un livre qui parle de la vraie sexualité, celle où l'on s'épanouit dans la tendresse et le respect de l'autre. Isabelle Filliozat et Margot Fried-Filliozat, mère et fille, ont uni leurs talents pour apporter aux jeunes les connaissances, valeurs humaines et compétences émotionnelles et sociales fondamentales sur ce sujet si sensible. Corps, amour, communication, désir, orientation sexuelle, première fois, consentement, plaisir, porno, viol... : sans ambages, avec clarté et simplicité, Sexpérience aborde tous les sujets de la sexualité des jeunes et de la relation à l'autre. À partir de 13 ans. Attention, certaines images peuvent heurter la sensibilité des plus jeunes ainsi que des personnes non averties.



Eli Clare - Exile and Pride artwork Exile and Pride
Disability, Queerness, and Liberation
Eli Clare
Genre: Social Science
Price: $31.99
Publish Date: August 27, 2015
Publisher: Duke University Press
Seller: Duke University Press

First published in 1999, the groundbreaking Exile and Pride is essential to the history and future of disability politics. Eli Clare’s revelatory writing about his experiences as a white disabled genderqueer activist/writer established him as one of the leading writers on the intersections of queerness and disability and permanently changed the landscape of disability politics and queer liberation. With a poet’s devotion to truth and an activist’s demand for justice, Clare deftly unspools the multiple histories from which our ever-evolving sense of self unfolds. His essays weave together memoir, history, and political thinking to explore meanings and experiences of home: home as place, community, bodies, identity, and activism. Here readers will find an intersectional framework for understanding how we actually live with the daily hydraulics of oppression, power, and resistance. At the root of Clare’s exploration of environmental destruction and capitalism, sexuality and institutional violence, gender and the body politic, is a call for social justice movements that are truly accessible to everyone. With heart and hammer, Exile and Pride pries open a window onto a world where our whole selves, in all their complexity, can be realized, loved, and embraced.



Tracy Hogg & Melinda Blau - The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems artwork The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems
Sleeping, Feeding, and Behavior--Beyond the Basics from Infancy Through Toddlerhood
Tracy Hogg & Melinda Blau
Genre: Family & Relationships
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: May 11, 2010
Publisher: Atria Books
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

New York Times bestselling author Tracy Hogg, now in a new role as "Ms. Fixit," takes us beyond the basics presented in her first two successful Baby Whisperer books. In this latest book, Hogg shares her experience in the trenches, responding to questions she has been asked repeatedly by thousands of parents who have sought her out for private consultations, flocked to her book signings, and contacted her via her website (babywhisperer.com). Here she focuses her renowned baby-whispering energies on solving the most common difficulties -- including feeding issues, sleep troubles, and behavior problems -- and puts together a comprehensive package of specific and targeted strategies. In addition to explaining her most effective approaches in greater depth and detail, Hogg introduces a wealth of new baby-whispering concepts in these pages. She teaches parents of babies and toddlers how to catch everyday difficulties before they become chronic, as well as how to solve deeply entrenched problems. As such, The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems lives up to its promise, providing a compendium of surprising and deceptively simple trouble-shooting techniques and practical remedies. For Tracy's fans, this book will be a welcome addition to the Hogg library; for readers unfamiliar with her philosophy of care, it will open a new world of understanding and insight. It is a must-have for all parents of young children, a guidebook to read from cover to cover, a resource to keep on the nightstand.



Lisa Taddeo - Three Women artwork Three Women
Lisa Taddeo
Genre: Social Science
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: July 09, 2019
Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Seller: Simon & Schuster Canada

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “THIS IS THE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR. This is it. This is the one...It blew the top of my head off and I haven’t been able to stop thinking or talking about it since.” —Elizabeth Gilbert “Taddeo spent eight years reporting this groundbreaking book...Breathtaking...Staggeringly intimate.” — Entertainment Weekly “The most in-depth look at the female sex drive that’s been published in decades.” — New York “A breathtaking and important book…What a fine thing it is to be enthralled by another writer’s sentences. To be stunned by her intellect and heart.” —Cheryl Strayed Desire as we’ve never seen it before: a riveting true story about the sex lives of three real American women, based on nearly a decade of reporting Hailed as “a dazzling achievement” ( Los Angeles Times ) and “riveting page-turner that explores desire, heartbreak, and infatuation in all its messy, complicated nuance” ( The Washington Post ), Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women has captivated readers, booksellers, and critics—and topped bestseller lists—worldwide. In suburban Indiana we meet Lina, a homemaker and mother of two whose marriage, after a decade, has lost its passion. Starved for affection, Lina battles daily panic attacks and, after reconnecting with an old flame through social media, embarks on an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming. In North Dakota we meet Maggie, a seventeen-year-old high school student who allegedly has a clandestine physical relationship with her handsome, married English teacher; the ensuing criminal trial will turn their quiet community upside down. Finally, in an exclusive enclave of the Northeast, we meet Sloane—a gorgeous, successful, and refined restaurant owner—who is happily married to a man who likes to watch her have sex with other men and women. Based on years of immersive reporting and told with astonishing frankness and immediacy, Three Women is both a feat of journalism and a triumph of storytelling, brimming with nuance and empathy. “A work of deep observation, long conversations, and a kind of journalistic alchemy” (Kate Tuttle, NPR), Three Women introduces us to three unforgettable women—and one remarkable writer—whose experiences remind us that we are not alone.



James Patterson - Murder Beyond the Grave artwork Murder Beyond the Grave
James Patterson
Genre: True Crime
Price: $12.99
Publish Date: February 06, 2018
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

A wealthy kidnapped man fights for his life and a real estate deal turns deadly in these two true crime thrillers that inspired Discovery's Murder is Forever TV series. Murder Beyond the Grave (with Andrew Bourelle): Stephen Small has it all: a Ferrari, fancy house, loving wife, and three boys. But the only thing he needs right now is enough air to breathe. Kidnapped, buried in a box, and held for ransom, Stephen has forty-eight hours of oxygen. The clock is ticking . . . Murder in Paradise (with Christopher Charles): High in the Sierra Nevada mountains, developers Jim and Bonnie Hood excitedly tour Camp Nelson Lodge. They intend to buy and modernize this beautiful rustic property, but the locals don't like rich outsiders changing their way of life. After a grisly shooting, everybody will discover just how you can make a killing in real estate . . .



Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat & Yuval Noah Harari - Homo deus artwork Homo deus
Une brève histoire du futur
Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat & Yuval Noah Harari
Genre: Social Science
Price: $25.99
Publish Date: September 06, 2017
Publisher: Albin Michel
Seller: ADILIBRE

Que deviendront nos démocraties quand Google et Facebook connaîtront nos gouts et nos préférences politiques mieux que nous-mêmes ? Qu'adviendra-t-il de l'Etat providence lorsque nous, les humains, serons évincés du marché de l'emploi par des ordinateurs plus performants ? Quelle utilisation certaines religions feront-elles de la manipulation génétique ? Homo Deus nous dévoile ce que sera le monde d'aujourd'hui lorsque, à nos mythes collectifs tels que les dieux, l'argent, l'égalité et la liberté, s'allieront de nouvelles technologies démiurgiques. Et que les algorithmes, de plus en plus intelligents, pourront se passer de notre pouvoir de décision. Car, tandis que l'Homo Sapiens devient un Homo Deus, nous nous forgeons un nouveau destin. Best-seller international - plus de 200 000 exemplaires vendus en France, traduit dans près de 40 langues - Sapiens interrogeait l'histoire de l'humanité, de l'âge de la pierre à l'ère de la Silicon Valley. Le nouveau livre de Yuval Noah Harari offre un aperçu vertigineux des rêves et des cauchemars qui façonneront le XXIe siècle.



Harold Schechter - The Serial Killer Files artwork The Serial Killer Files
The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers
Harold Schechter
Genre: True Crime
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: December 30, 2003
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

THE DEFINITIVE DOSSIER ON HISTORY’S MOST HEINOUS! Hollywood’s make-believe maniacs like Jason, Freddy, and Hannibal Lecter can’t hold a candle to real life monsters like John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and scores of others who have terrorized, tortured, and terminated their way across civilization throughout the ages. Now, from the much-acclaimed author of Deviant, Deranged , and Depraved, comes the ultimate resource on the serial killer phenomenon. Rigorously researched and packed with the most terrifying, up-to-date information, this innovative and highly compelling compendium covers every aspect of multiple murderers–from psychology to cinema, fetishism to fan clubs, “trophies” to trading cards. Discover: WHO THEY ARE: Those featured include Ed Gein , the homicidal mama’s boy who inspired fiction’s most famous Psycho , Norman Bates; Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi , sex-crazed killer cousins better known as the Hillside Stranglers; and the Beanes , a fifteenth-century cave-dwelling clan with an insatiable appetite for human flesh HOW THEY KILL: They shoot, stab, and strangle. Butcher, bludgeon, and burn. Drown, dismember, and devour . . . and other methods of massacre too many and monstrous to mention here. WHY THEY DO IT: For pleasure and for profit. For celebrity and for “companionship.” For the devil and for dinner. For the thrill of it, for the hell of it, and because “such men are monsters, who live . . . beyond the frontiers of madness.” PLUS: in-depth case studies, classic killers’ nicknames, definitions of every kind of deviance and derangement, and much, much more. For more than one hundred profiles of lethal loners and killer couples, Bluebeards and black widows, cannibals and copycats– this is an indispensable, spine-tingling, eye-popping investigation into the dark hearts and mad minds of that twisted breed of human whose crimes are the most frightening . . . and fascinating.



Summary Station - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind  Summary and Analysis artwork Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Summary and Analysis
Summary Station
Genre: Social Science
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: October 28, 2015
Publisher: Summary Station
Seller: Smashwords, Inc.

The human race developed from a complex background. Different types of Homo evolved depending on the area that they lived in. Neanderthals developed in the hotter climates of earth and are adapted best for this climate, and other Homos are best suited for the places they are found the most. After millions of years, Homo sapiens started to expand over the globe, mating and killing the local Homo species until it was Homo sapiens that dominated the earth. This can be seen in those native to different areas of the earth now, who possess around 1-5% of the genes of those Homos from that area. Once Homo sapiens were spread around the earth, a variety of changes happened over many thousands of years so they became adapted to finding food and functioning as a society. Homo sapiens moved from the middle of the food chain to the top as they possess a skill no other animal does, the ability to imagine concepts and scenarios. This means that humans can have a common bond with any other person without having met them before just because they believe in the same God or the strength of the tribe.



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Standard Operating Procedures for General Aviation Pilots
Jason Miller, CFII
Genre: Transportation
Price: $39.99
Publish Date: March 27, 2013
Publisher: The Finer Points
Seller: On The Flight Line Productions

Standard operating procedures are a set of behaviors or actions designed to prevent the occurrence of specific errors.  Commercial operators successfully use SOPs to mitigate the risks of flying. The procedures in the book will yield similar results in the single-pilot, part 91 environment.



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The Making Of A Feminist Revolution
Judy Rebick
Genre: Social Science
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: September 07, 2004
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Seller: Penguin Random House Canada

Ten Thousand Roses is a rich tapestry of stories told by over a hundred feminists from across Canada who organized, discussed, protested and struggled for change. Legalized abortion, resistance to male violence, pay equity and employment equity, legal equality through the Charter, pornography, anti-racism, action against poverty, rights for Aboriginal women and child care: these are the issues that rallied Canadian women to activism from the 1960s through the 1990s, the second wave of feminism. Judy Rebick, feminist activist, weaves together an insightful and stirring oral history full of four decades of struggle, defeat and triumph. The book also offers honest and insightful discussions of the differences that simultaneously divided and strengthened the women's movement in its efforts to remake a male-dominated culture. These stories define the Canadian women's movement as one of the most successful on the planet and open a treasure chest of knowledge for anyone wanting to make a better world.