Book De*ion The "unwritten" final chapter of Anne Frank: The Diary of a YoungGirl tells the story of the time between Anne Frank's arrest andher death through the testimony of six Jewish women who survivedthe hell from which Anne Frank never retumed. From Publishers Weekly With approximately 30% more material than the original 1947edition, revealing a more rebellious and complex narrator, the newedition of Frank's classic diary spent five weeks on PW'sbestseller list. From School Library Journal Lindwer presents the tran*s of six in-depth interviewsconducted in preparation for his film documentary, The Last SevenMonths of Anne Frank . Although "Lies Goosens," real name HannahElisabeth Pick-Goslar, will be the most familiar to readers of AnneFrank: The Diary of a Young Girl , each of these women'sfirst-person accounts is compelling. They relate their backgrounds,their capture, details of the concentration camp experience, andde*ions of the time immediately following liberation. Eachincludes her relationship

David Dornstein was twenty-five years old, with dreams ofbecoming a great writer, when he boarded Pan Am Flight 103 onDecember 21, 1988. Thirty-eight minutes after takeoff, a terroristbomb ripped the plane apart over Lockerbie, Scotland. Almost adecade later, Ken Dornstein set out to solve the riddle of hisolder brother’s life, using the notebooks and manu*s thatDavid left behind. In the process, he also began to create a newlife of his own. The Boy Who Fell Out of the Sky is theunforgettable story of one man’s search for the truth about hisbrother--and himself.

In the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ ofLatter-day Saints (FLDS), girls can become valuable property asplural wives, but boys are expendable, even a liability. In thispowerful and heartbreaking account, former FLDS member Brent Jeffsreveals?0?2both the terror and the love he experienced growing upon his prophet’s compound—and the harsh exile existence that somany boys?0?2face once they have been expelled by the sect. Brent Jeffs is the nephew of Warren Jeffs, the imprisoned leaderof the FLDS. The son of a prominent family in the church, Brentcould have grown up to have multiple wives of his own andsignificant power in the 10,000-strong community. But he knew thatbehind the group’s pious public image—women in chaste dressescarrying babies on their hips—lay a much darker reality. So hewalked away, and was the first to file a sexual-abuse lawsuitagainst his uncle. Now Brent shares his courageous story and thatof many other young men who have become “lost boys” when th

A Step-by-Step Guide to Healing Your Heart and RebuildingYour Marriage Discovering that your husband has beenunfaithful can be emotionally devastating, leaving you reeling inpain and confusion. But take heart—this survival guide for womenoffers compassionate and practical solutions for coping with theaftermath of an affair. Drawing on their years of experience asprofessional therapists, authors Marcella Bakur Weiner and Armand DiMele explain how to heal the marriage bond andrestore trust between partners. Written with empathy andunderstanding, this book addresses such vital topics as: ·Coming to terms with the sense of loss and betrayal ·Coping with feelings of suspicion and the specter of "the otherwoman" ·Dealing with the children during and after the affair ·Understanding character traits of men who have affairs—and howdifferent women's personalities interact with them ·Finding the best sources of emotional support Also included are helpful exercises for self-healing andredeveloping mutual t

Since she first burst onto the international music scene,Melissa Etheridge has released seven albums that have sold morethan 25 million copies worldwide, garnering not only publicadoration for her uncompromising honesty but numerous criticalawards, including two Grammys and the prestigious ASCAP Songwriterof the Year award. The Truth Is . . . is a highly chargedautobiography—a bold and unflinching account of an extraordinarylife that Melissa describes as only she can: from her Kansas roots,through her early love of music, to her brilliant rise tosuperstardom in a male-dominated rock world. Melissa openlydiscusses the massive impact of her publicly coming out, arevelation that only increased her popularity, making her a highlyvisible spokesperson for the gay and lesbian community. TheTruth Is . . . shares Melissa Etheridge’s fascinating storywith unprecedented candor and insight.

One day in Ventura, California, Jonell McLain saw a beautifuldiamond necklace in a jewelry store window and wondered: Why arepersonal luxuries so plentiful yet accessible to so few? What if weshared what we desired? Several weeks, dozens of phone calls, andone great leap of faith later, Jonell and twelve other women boughtthe necklace together–to be passed along among them all. The dazzling treasure weaves in and out of each woman’s life,reflecting her past, defining her present, making promises for herfuture. Lending sparkle in surprising and unexpected ways, thenecklace comes to mean something dramatically different to each ofthe thirteen women. With vastly dissimilar histories and lives,they transcend their individual personalities and politics to jointogether in an uncommon journey–and what started as a quirky socialexperiment becomes something far richer and deeper.

In the late nineteenth century, nations the world over weremired in economic recession and beset by social unrest, theirleaders increasingly threatened by acts of terrorism andassassination from anarchist extremists. In this riveting history of that tumultuous period, AlexButterworth follows the rise of these revolutionaries from thefailed Paris Commune of 1871 to the 1905 Russian Revolution andbeyond. Through the interwoven stories of several key anarchistsand the secret police who hunted them, Butterworth vividlydescribes how a movement born in idealism turned increasingly todesperate acts of terrorism and murder. Rich in anecdote and with afascinating array of supporting characters, The World That NeverWas offers a revelatory portrait of an era with uncanny echoes ofour own.

Each woman has a special spiritual destiny, as unique andinalienable as the rhythms that govern her life. Maria Harristeaches women how to dance to the music of their own souls anddiscover the spiritual steps that can transform their lives.

The gripping and inspiring story of two extraordinarywomen--from their imprisonment by the Taliban to their rescue byU.S. Special Forces. When Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer arrived in Afghanistan, theyhad come to help bring a better life and a little hope to some ofthe poorest and most oppressed people in the world. Within a fewmonths, their lives were thrown into chaos as they became pawns inhistoric international events. They were arrested by the rulingTaliban government for teaching about Christianity to the peoplewith whom they worked. In the middle of their trial, the events ofSeptember 11, 2001, led to the international war on terrorism, withthe Taliban a primary target. While many feared Curry and Mercercould not survive in the midst of war, Americans nonetheless prayedfor their safe return, and in November their prayers wereanswered. In Prisoners of Hope, Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer tell thestory of their work in Afghanistan, their love for the people theyserved, their arrest, t

On the heels of her acclaimed book In an Instant, the #1 New York Times bestseller she wrote with her husband, ABCNews anchor Bob Woodruff, and with the same candor and charm, LeeWoodruff now chronicles her life as wife, mother, daughter, sister,and friend. Woodruff’s deeply personal and, at times, uproariouslyfunny stories highlight such universal topics as family, marriage,friends, and how life never seems to go as planned. From raisingteenagers (“Now with a boy and girl on the precipice of seriousadolescence, the bathroom door is sealed tighter than a governmentnuclear testing ground”) to how she copes with tragedy (“Swimmingsurrounds me in the velvet wet of a bluish green world where I candive deep down and sob with no trace”), Perfectly Imperfect: ALife in Progress is the testimonial of a woman who embraces thechaos of her surroundings, discovers the splendor of life’s flaws,and accepts that perfection is as impossible to achieve as aspotless kitchen floor.

In twelve nonfiction tales, Hanna Krall reveals how the livesof World War II survivors are shaped in surprising ways by thetwists and turns of historical events. A paralytic Jewish womanstarts walking after her husband is suffocated by fellow Jewsafraid that his coughing would reveal their hiding place to theGermans. A young American man refuses to let go of the ghost of hishalf brother who died in the Warsaw ghetto. He never knew the boy,yet he learns Polish to communicate with his dybbuk. A high rankingGerman officer conceives of a plan to kill Hitler after witnessinga mass execution of Jews in Eastern Poland. Through Krall's adroit and journalistic style, her reader is throwninto a world where love, hatred, compassion, and indifferenceappear in places where we least expect them, illuminating theimplacable logic of the surreal. "It is precisely the difficult path [Krall] takes toward her topicthat has made some of these texts masterpieces." -- FrankfurterAllgemeine Zeitung (on Dancing at Other People's W

Finally, homeschoolers have a comprehensive guide to designinga homeschool curriculum, from one of the country's foremosthomeschooling experts. , Rebecca Rupp presents a structured plan toensure that your children will learn what they need to know whenthey need to know it, from preschool through high school. Based onthe traditional pre-K through 12th-grade structure, Home LearningYear by Year features: The integral subjects to be covered within each grade Standards for knowledge that should be acquired by your child ateach level Recommended books to use as texts for every subject Guidelines for the importance of each topic: which knowledge isessential and which is best for more expansive study based on yourchild's personal interests Suggestions for how to sensitively approach less academic subjects,such as sex education and physical fitness

"Buzz Aldrin relives the Magnificent Desolation of space, andthe soul-sucking depression that awaited back home." –Vanity Fair, “Hot Type” "An admirable account of an icon of the golden age of spaceflight." –Kirkus Reviews “Space fans, in particular, will cheer.” –Booklist “Aldrin presents a no-holds-barred account of how his celebrity,career and human weaknesses nearly destroyed his life….Thisinspiring story exhibits Aldrin as a different, perfectly humankind of hero, giving readers a sympathetic look at a man eclipsedby his own legend.” –Publishers Weekly “Buzz Aldrin relives the Magnificent Desolation of space, and thesoul-sucking depression that awaited back home." –Vanity Fair, “Hot Type” “Riveting reading.” –The Economist “Leads the field of new releases.The candid portrayal of hisearthly battles—often written with great humor—make this a cutabove the rest….Great holiday reading.”

Suddenly they go from striving for A’s to barely passing, fromfretting about cooties to obsessing for hours about crushes. Formerchatterboxes answer in monosyllables; freethinkers mimic everythingfrom clothes to opinions. Their bodies and psyches morph throughthe most radical changes since infancy. They are kids in themiddle-school years, the age every adult remembers well enough todread. Here at last is an up-to-date anthropology of this criticallyformative period. Prize-winning education reporter Linda Perlsteinspent a year immersed in the lunchroom, classrooms, hearts, andminds of a group of suburban Maryland middle schoolers and emergedwith this pathbreaking account. Perlstein reveals what’s reallygoing on under kids’ don’t-touch-me facade while they grapple withschoolwork, puberty, romance, and identity. A must-read for parentsand educators, Not Much Just Chillin’ offers a trail map to thebaffling no-man’s-land between child and teen.

As an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,William Queen must tackle a number of challenging cases. In thewinter of 1985, he faces his toughest mission to date: He mustapprehend Mark Stephens, a notorious narcotics trafficker who hasbeen terrorizing the communities around Los Angeles with frequentrampages involving machine guns and hand grenades. A recluse livingin the treacherous backwoods outside the city, Stephens is a wilysurvivalist. Nobody has been able to catch him, but Queen isdetermined to take him down. Queen’s unique expertise is not taughtin any police academy or ATF training seminar–he honed hisoutdoorsman abilities as a kid. He is adept at hunting and trappingand living for weeks in the wild. Queen will use these skills–alongwith surveillance, confidential informants, and intelligencegathering–as he doggedly tracks his dangerous quarry, a chase thatculminates in a gripping showdown high in the San BernardinoMountains.

Now you can have normal vision all the time, thanks to excimerlaser treatment–commonly known as PRK and LASIK–a painlessprocedure that takes less than five minutes. Dr. Andrew I. Caster,one of the leading physicians in the permanent correction ofnearsightedness, astigmatism, and farsightedness, takes you throughthe entire process–including the experiences of patients who haveundergone the procedure and their incredible joy at suddenly beingable to see again. ·What are the differences between the PRK, LASIK, and RKprocedures, and which is right for me? ·What are the most common side effects of excimer lasertreatment? ·How do I judge whether a doctor is sufficiently qualified toperform excimer laser treatment? ·Will the procedure be painful? ·When can I fully resume normal daily activities such as drivingand reading? ·Will eye laser treatment stop my eyes from getting worse? ·How well has the FDA monitored this technique? ·How many people have

A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year An O, The Oprah Magazine #1 Terrific Read In an age of bolters—women who broke the rules and fled theirmarriages—Idina Sackville was the most celebrated of them all. Herrelentless affairs, wild sex parties, and brazen flaunting ofconvention shocked high society and inspired countless writers andartists, from Nancy Mitford to Greta Garbo. But Idina’s compellingcharm masked the pain of betrayal and heartbreak. Now Frances Osborne explores the life of Idina, her enigmaticgreat-grandmother, using letters, diaries, and family legend,following her from Edwardian London to the hills of Kenya, whereshe reigned over the scandalous antics of the “Happy Valley Set.”Dazzlingly chic yet warmly intimate, The Bolter is a fascinatinglook at a woman whose energy still burns bright almost a centurylater.

When fourteen-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs ofLittle Rock Central High School on September 25, 1957, she andeight other black students only wanted to make it to class. But thejourney of the “Little Rock Nine,” as they came to be known, wouldlead the nation on an even longer and much more turbulent path, onethat would challenge prevailing attitudes, break down barriers, andforever change the landscape of America. For Carlotta and the eight other children, simply getting throughthe door of this admired academic institution involved angry mobs,racist elected officials, and intervention by President Dwight D.Eisenhower, who was forced to send in the 101st Airborne to escortthe Nine into the building. But entry was simply the first of manytrials. Breaking her silence at last and sharing her story for thefirst time, Carlotta Walls has written an engrossing memoir that isa testament not only to the power of a single person to make adifference but also to the sacrifices made by familie

A fascinating look at some fascinating people who show howdemocracy advances hand in hand with crime in Japan.--MarioPuzo In this unorthodox chronicle of the rise of Japan, Inc., RobertWhiting, author of You Gotta Have Wa, gives us a fresh perspectiveon the economic miracle and near disaster that is modernJapan. Through the eyes of Nick Zappetti, a former GI, former blackmarketer, failed professional wrestler, bungling diamond thief whoturned himself into "the Mafia boss of Tokyo and the king ofRappongi," we meet the players and the losers in the high-stakesgame of postwar finance, politics, and criminal corruption in whichhe thrived. Here's the story of the Imperial Hotel diamond robbers,who attempted (and may have accomplished) the biggest heist inTokyo's history. Here is Rikidozan, the professional wrestler whoalmost single-handedly revived Japanese pride, but whose ownethnicity had to be kept secret. And here is the story of theintimate relationships shared by Japan's ruling party, itsf

The Ultimate Guide to Surviving and Thriving in the Dorm Dorm life offers you a great chance to meet new people and trynew things. But leaving the comforts of home for the first time toenter the roommate-having, small-room-sharing,possibly-coed-bathroom-using world of the dorms can be overwhelmingand intimidating. The College Dorm Survival Guide offers expert advice and theinside scoop on: ? Choosing the right residence hall for you ? Getting along with your roommate (and handling conflict) ? Bathroom, laundry, and dining hall survival ? Dealing with stress, depression, and safety issues From avoiding the dreaded Freshman 15 to decorating your space,this informative and funny guide gives experts' advice oneverything you need to know to enjoy dorm living to thefullest.

Winner of the Excellence in Medical Communications Award,SUPER NUTRITION FOR WOMEN is the first scientifically basednutrition program to take into account women's distinct bodychemistry and dietary needs—and reveals the best way to incorporatethem into any weight-loss or workout plan. This newly revised edition includes the latest nutritionalstudies and addresses the unique health and dietary concerns thatwomen are facing today. Whether they're on a vegetarian or ameat-and-potatoes regimen, no matter what their age or lifestyle,SUPER NUTRITION FOR WOMEN will show readers: * How to evaluate which weight-loss plan is best for them—fromlow carb to low fat—and how to stay healthy and happy whileshedding pounds * How to prevent and combat a variety of illnesses, includingosteoporosis, breast cancer, heart disease, yeast infections, andallergies * Easy menus, recipes, and Super Female Foods—staples that shouldbe on every woman's shopping list SUPER NUTRITION FOR WOMEN is

The island is nearly deserted, haunting, beautiful. Across aslip of ocean lies South Carolina. But for the handful of familieson Yamacraw island, America is a world away. For years the peoplehere lived proudly from the sea, but now its waters are not safe.Waste from industry threatens their very existence–unless, somehow,they can learn a new life. But they will learn nothing withoutsomeone to teach them, and their school has no teacher. Here is PAT CONROY’S extraordinary drama based on his ownexperience–the true story of a man who gave a year of his life toan island and the new life its people gave him.