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A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
by Ishmael Beah
In a heart-wrenching, candid autobiography, a human rights activist offers a firsthand account of war from the perspective of a former child soldier, detailing the violent civil war that wracked his native Sierra Leone and the government forces that transformed a gentle young boy into a killer as a member of the army. 75,000 first printing.
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The other Wes Moore : One Name, Two Fates
by Wes Moore
Traces the parallel lives of two youths with the same name born a year apart in the same community, describing how the author grew up to be a Rhodes Scholar, White House Fellow and promising business leader while his counterpart suffered a life of violence and imprisonment.
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Flags of our fathers : Heroes of Iwo Jima
by James Bradley
Focusing on the men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima, this stirring chronicle of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II follows the young men--most of them barely out of high school--into the fiercest hand-to-hand combat of the war. 100,000 first printing.
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Blizzard of glass : the Halifax explosion of 1917
by Sally M. Walker
Relates the harrowing tale from World War I in which two towns were leveled and nearly 2,000 people killed when two warships collided in Halifax Harbour and then a blizzard dumped more than a foot of snow on the area, hampering relief efforts.
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Stiff : the curious lives of human cadavers
by Mary Roach
A compelling look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, the testing of the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin, space exploration, a Tennessee human decay research facility, and a Scandinavian funeral directors' conference on human composting. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.
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The last lecture
by Randy Pausch
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family
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An American plague : the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793
by Jim Murphy
Accompanied by black-and-white archival photos and drawn from first-hand accounts, a compelling true story vividly recreates the devastation rendered to the city of Philadelphia in 1793 by an incurable disease known as yellow fever, detailing the major social and political events as well as 18th-century medical beliefs and practices.
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The Wright sister : Katharine Wright and her famous brothers
by Richard Maurer
Casts new light on one of the twentieth century's most famous events by presenting Katherine Wright's role in her brothers' struggle to make the flying machine practical, to present it to a skeptical world, and to forestall claims of rival inventors who professed to have flown first.
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Hana's suitcase : a true story
by Karen Levine
A biography of a Czech girl who died in the Holocaust, told in alternating chapters with an account of how the curator of a Japanese Holocaust center learned about her life after Hana's suitcase was sent to her
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Seabiscuit : an American legend
by Laura Hillenbrand
The author retraces the amazing journey of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that nevertheless made racing history in 1938, thanks to the efforts of a trainer, an owner, and a jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a legend. 75,000 first printing.
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Marley & me : life and love with the world's worst dog
by John Grogan
Follows the life story of an exuberant golden Labrador who gets into perpetual trouble and experiences a range of inspiring adventures, from comforting his human companions in the aftermath of a devastating miscarriage, to shutting down an entire beach, to guarding a seventeen-year-old neighbor in the aftermath of a stabbing attack. 100,000 first printing.
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The life and death of Adolf Hitler
by James Giblin
Filled with a wealth of black-and-white archival photographs, a riveting glimpse into the life of Adolf Hitler, from his childhood to his astonishing rise as dictator of Germany and his final days in an embattled bunker under Berlin, reveals a brilliant, yet deeply disturbed, individual who became one of the most influential people of the twentieth century.
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Andy Warhol : prince of pop
by Jan Greenberg
The artist's rise from poverty and obscurity to Pop icon is an absorbing tale of the American dream, where Warhol outlived his fifteen minutes of fame through his art, controversial films, hip magazine, and more.
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Phineas Gage : a gruesome but true story about brain science
by John Fleischman
A fascinating exploration into how the brain works details the strange case of Phineas Gage, who, in 1848, was injured at work when a thirteen-pound iron rod was shot through his brain, baffling scientists and doctors alike when he miraculously recovered but suffered a severe personality change.
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Nickel and dimed : on (not) getting by in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
The sharp social critic and author of Blood Rites looks underneath the illusion of American prosperity at poverty and hopelessness in America. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.
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The day the world came to town : 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
by Jim DeFede
Shares the experiences of the citizens of Gander, Newfoundland, who were hosts to the more than six thousand passengers of thirty-eight U.S.-bound jetliners forced to land there in the wake of the September 11 attacks. 40,000 first printing.
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How I killed Pluto and why it had it coming
by Mike Brown
A dramatic account by the astronomer who inadvertently triggered the "demotion" of Pluto in his effort to officially recognize the solar system's 10th planet describes ensuing debates and public outcry while revealing the behind-the-scenes story of his discovery.
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Close to shore : the terrifying shark attacks of 1916
by Mike Capuzzo
Offers the true story of the great white shark attacks that took place in unusual areas at the Jersey Shore that changed the way people viewed these powerful animals and the havoc they were able to cause so close to land.
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My losing season
by Pat Conroy
In a heartwarming new memoir, the author of The Water Is Wide reflects on the place of sports in his own life, describing his love of basketball, the role of the athlete for young men searching for their own identity and place in the world, his education at the Citadel, his relationship with his coach, and his journey to best-selling writer. 500,000 first printing.
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