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Jack Benny: An Intimate Biography
by Irving A. FeinFein joined Benny in 1947 as publicity and advertising director of his company, which was sold to CBS. Fein then became executive producer of Benny's programs, winning an Emmy in 1961.
When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel of Obsession
by Irvin D. YalomIn nineteenth-century Vienna, a drama of love, fate, and will is played out amid the intellectual ferment that defined the era. Josef Breuer, one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis, is at the height of his career. Friedrich Nietzsche, Europe's greatest philosopher, is on the brink of suicidal despair, unable to find a cure for the headaches and other ailments that plague him. When he agrees to treat Nietzsche with his experimental "talking cure," Breuer never expects that he too will find solace in their sessions. Only through facing his own inner demons can the gifted healer begin to help his patient. In When Nietzsche Wept, Irvin Yalom blends fact and fiction, atmosphere and suspense, to unfold an unforgettable story about the redemptive power of friendship.
Beaches
by Iris Rainer DartTwo strikingly different women, whose extraordinary friendship binds them together through 30 years of drama, excitement, joy and tragedy.
Guardian of the Trust (Merlin's Descendants #2)
by Irene RadfordMerlin's descendants in the reign of King John assist in bringing about the signing of Magna Carta.
A Kiss Before Dying
by Ira LevinAs a young coed's suicide leads her troubled sister into a perilous investigation, she is trapped in a web of mounting horror and suspense.
The Boys from Brazil
by Ira Levin94 civil servants, all aged 65. Harmless men in different countries, all marked for death. Their deaths will lay the groundwork for a grand scheme to allow evil to rise again.
The San Diego Restaurant Cookbook: Recipes from America's Finest City
by Ingrid CroceOver 260 fabulous recipes from some of the finest restaurants in San Diego, California
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
by Ingri D'Aulaire Edgar Parin D'AulaireHere are the stories of the gods, goddesses, and legendary figures of ancient Greece!
Worlds in Collision
by Immanuel VelikovskyPropounds the theory that more than once within historical times, the order in our planetary system was disturbed and caused enormous cataclysms. From the book: WORLDS IN COLLISION, the most discussed book of our time, propounds the startling theory that more than once within historical times the order in our planetary system was disturbed and caused enormous cataclysms; the earth became a primeval chaos lashed by tornadoes of cinders; the skies darkened; land masses were destroyed and large portions of the human race perished.
Chanukah Guilt
by Ilene SchneiderRabbi Aviva Cohen lives an uneventful life, until she presides at the funeral of an unpopular land developer. Was he murdered? Why was there a suicide after the funeral?
The Subtleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin, and the Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin
by Idries ShahThe Mulla and his stories appear in literature and oral traditions from the Middle East to Greece, Russia, France -- even China. Many nations claim Nasrudin as a native son, the Turks going so far as to exhibit a grave with his date of death as 386. But nobody really knows who he was or where he came from. According to a legend dating from at least the 13th century, Nasrudin was snatched as a schoolboy from the clutches of the "Old Villain" -- the crude system of thought that ensnares man -- to carry through the ages the message of how to escape. He was chosen because he could make people laugh, and humor has a way of slipping through the cracks of the most rigid thinking habits. Today -- as they have for centuries -- the Sufis use these stories as teaching exercises, in part to momentarily "freeze" situations in which states of mind can be recognized. In these delightful volumes, Shah not only gives the Mulla a proper vehicle for our times, he proves that the centuries-old stories and quips of Nasrudin are still some of the funniest jokes in the world.
Escape from Warsaw
by Ian SerraillierHistorical fiction. In Warsaw in 1942, the Balicki chidren watch in horror as Nazi Storm Troopers arrest their mother. With the war raging around them, they live in constant fear.
The Black Lizard, and Beast in the Shadows
by Edogawa Rampo Ian HughesTwo Golden Age classics from Japan's grand master of mystery and suspense. A master criminal, as deadly as she is beautiful, wagers all in an epic battle with a master detective. A mystery writer vows to protect the woman he secretly loves, but disaster strikes when he turns detective himself.
The Man with the Golden Gun (James Bond #13)
by Ian FlemingThe 13th saga in the James Bond series, the last one that Ian Fleming wrote.
You Only Live Twice (James Bond #12)
by Ian FlemingA James Bond tale of the Orient and his appointment with destiny in a place of easy death.
The Land I Lost
by Huynh Quang NhuongA collection of personal reminiscences of the author's youth in a hamlet on the central highlands of Vietnam.
The Religions of Man
by Huston SmithNot a history or a critique, this is a unique study of all the world's great religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confuciansim, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.
The Music of Liszt
by Humphrey SearleThis is the most authoritative study of Liszt's music, being a survey of his 700 compositions and a review of his place in the history of music.
Tolkien: A Biography
by Humphrey CarpenterDrawing on many sources, including friends, children and grandchildren, writings both published and unpublished by Professor Tolkien, Carpenter gives a detailed picture of the life of J. R. R. Tolkien, distinguished scholar and author most widely known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He describes his childhood in South Africa, the years at King Edward's school in Birmingham, his meeting and romance with his future wife, Edith Bratt, his undergraduate years at Oxford, and experiences in World War I. In subsequent chapters, Carpenter describes Tolkien's work on the New English dictionary, his brief tenure at Leeds University and return to Oxford as Professor of Anglo-Saxon and later of English Language and Literature until his retirement in 1959. The author discusses his collaborations with various colleagues on academic works and his writing of many imaginative stories for his children and his own amusement, including The Hobbit. Carpenter describes Tolkien's close friendship with C. S. Lewis and the circumstances that later lead to its waning. He relates the lengthy history of the writing of The Lord of the rings and its complicated publishing history. Finally, he discusses the success of the book and how it affected Tolkien's life. The book ends with a chronology of events, a complete list of the published works of Tolkien up to 1977, a simplified genealogical chart and an index.
Wool
by Hugh HoweyIn a ruined and toxic landscape, a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them. Sheriff Holston, who has unwaveringly upheld the silo's rules for years, unexpectedly breaks the greatest taboo of all: He asks to go outside. <P><P> His fateful decision unleashes a drastic series of events. An unlikely candidate is appointed to replace him: Juliette, a mechanic with no training in law, whose special knack is fixing machines. Now Juliette is about to be entrusted with fixing her silo, and she will soon learn just how badly her world is broken. The silo is about to confront what its history has only hinted about and its inhabitants have never dared to whisper. Uprising.
The Private Passions of Bonnie Prince Charlie
by Hugh DouglasA reexamination of the Scottish hero whose flawed character influenced his relations with the royal courts of Europe and played an important part in the history of Scotland and England.