"Failing schools. Underprivileged schools. Just plain bad schools." That's how Eve L. Ewing opens Ghosts in the Schoolyard: describing Chicago Public Schools from the outside. The way politicians and pundits and parents of kids who attend other schools talk about them, with a mix of pity and contempt....
The Lost Tribe of Coney Island:...
Author: Claire Prentice
Publisher: New Harvest; 1 edition
The Lost Tribe of Coney Island is an Amazon Best Book of the Month October 2014The Lost Tribe of Coney Island is a New York Post "must read"! October 2014Coney Island, summer 1905: a new attraction opened at Luna Park. Within weeks it would be the talk of the nation.For the first time, The Lost Tribe of Coney...
Qb : an autobiography
Author: Steve Young
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
In the most candid and compelling sports memoir since Andre Agassi's riveting bestseller Open, former San Francisco 49er, Super Bowl champion, NFL MVP, and Hall of Famer Steve Young gives readers an unprecedented and stunning inside look at what it takes to become a super-elite professional quarterback. Steve Young...
Food Becomes You
Author: Peg Doyle
Publisher: Wellness and You
When you envision your future, what do you see? Food Becomes You reminds readers of the simple truth that the food we put in our bodies becomes a part of us, in our tissues, organs, systems, and senses. It deconstructs nutrition science to show what our bodies and minds need to thrive, all woven into the stories of many...
Return to Glory: The Story of Ford's...
Author: MATTHEW DEBORD
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
In January 2015 at the Detroit Auto Show, Ford unveiled a new car and the automotive world lost its collective mind. This wasn't some new Explorer or Focus. Onto the stage rolled a supercar, a carbon-fiber GT powered by a mid-mounted six-cylinder Ecoboost engine that churned out over 600 horsepower. It was sexy and jaw dropping,...
The FibroManual: A Complete Fibromyalgia...
Author: Ginevra Liptan
Publisher: Ballantine Books
The most up-to-date, comprehensive treatment guide to fibromyalgia, by a renowned physician who herself has the condition If you suffer from fibromyalgia and are struggling to get help from your doctor, you're far from alone. Ten million Americans experience the widespread muscle pain, profound fatigue, and fuzzy brain...
Low-Hanging Fruit: 77 Eye-Opening...
Author: Jeremy Eden
Publisher: Wiley
Management guru, Peter Drucker once observed, "So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work." His observation rings true all across the corporate world: poor or non-existent decision-making processes, endless meetings, and layers of management between the worker bees and the power-elite....
Experiencing Jazz: A Listener's...
Author: Michael Stephans
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield...
Experiencing Jazz demonstrates how the act of listening to jazz takes place on a deeply personal level and takes readers on a whirlwind tour of the genre, instrument by instrument - offering not only brief portraits of key musicians like Joe Lovano and John Scofield, but also their own commentaries on how best to experience...
Eat Dat New Orleans: A Guide to the Unique...
Author: Michael Murphy
Publisher: The Countryman Press
Completely revised and updated with brand-new restaurants, Eat Dat New Orleans is the ultimate guide to America's best food city When Mario Batali was asked his favorite food city, he responded, "New Orleans, hands down." No city has as many signature dishes, from gumbo and beignets to pralines and po'...
The Very Easy Guide to Using Your...
Author: Wendy Gardiner
Publisher: Search Press
Thousands of people buy a basic sewing machine and never get it out of its box, lacking the confidence to get started and daunted by off-putting manuals, compiled by manufacturers rather than people who actually sew. This book is for them.Sewing machine guru and popular author, Wendy Gardiner, has written a user-friendly...
