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"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." --Randy Pausch Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon delivered his "Last Lecture" titled "Really Achiev... more

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." --Randy Pausch Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon delivered his "Last Lecture" titled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" at CMU on September 18, 2007. He did not think that it would be his last since he had been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. In "The Last Lecture" , Randy Pausch has pooled intelligence, inspiration, hope and humor that made his lecture marvelously exceptional and... less

My Last Supper

In a haunting, barely fictionalized memoir, the author of "A Man's Place" gives her most searing, revealing work to date. One Sunday, just after lunch, a young girl's father explodes in anger, and ... more

In a haunting, barely fictionalized memoir, the author of "A Man's Place" gives her most searing, revealing work to date. One Sunday, just after lunch, a young girl's father explodes in anger, and tries to kill her mother. The outburst is all over almost as soon as it happens, but the girl's image of her father in those few seconds cuts through her, a chilling, incomprehensibl­e picture that won't go away. less

Tackling the Korean War with monumental research and laser-sharp reportage, Halberstam explores the untold heroism and pathos of the worst American military defeat since Little Big Horn--and the Wa... more

Tackling the Korean War with monumental research and laser-sharp reportage, Halberstam explores the untold heroism and pathos of the worst American military defeat since Little Big Horn--and the Washington politics that set it in motion. less

In "Ego Psychology II," Gertrude and Rubin Blanck elaborate upon ego psychological theory, extending and broadening it into a psychoanalytic developmental psychology. They present the unifying prop... more

In "Ego Psychology II," Gertrude and Rubin Blanck elaborate upon ego psychological theory, extending and broadening it into a psychoanalytic developmental psychology. They present the unifying proposal, derived from Freud's concept of an overall ego (the "Gesamt Ich"), that the ego is the organizing process itself. Out of this basic proposition, a holistic conception of psychological development evolves.Within the developmental framework established in "Ego Psychology II" symptom constellatio... less

In a state of depression and isolation after her mother dies of breast cancer, 16-year-old Star sees no way out of her bleak state, but when she discovers an unsent letter written by her mother to ... more

In a state of depression and isolation after her mother dies of breast cancer, 16-year-old Star sees no way out of her bleak state, but when she discovers an unsent letter written by her mother to John Lennon and her mother's broken Gibson guitar, Star finally feels a purpose in life once more as she decides to finish something her mother never could. less

In celebration of his 80th birthda, Regnery presents Bill Buckley's New York Times bestseller. Included are treasured essays from the beloved founder of National Review that ...

Ina Garten invites you into her home and kitchen with this collection of tried-and-true recipes that she makes over and over again for friends and family. There are more than 85 recipes in all, ran... more

Ina Garten invites you into her home and kitchen with this collection of tried-and-true recipes that she makes over and over again for friends and family. There are more than 85 recipes in all, ranging from leisurely Sunday breakfasts and fresh salads to homey dinners and luscious desserts. Her suggested menus will inspire you to cook a Mediterranean feast, a working lunch and a winter fireside dinner. Along the way she shares secrets for cooking, entertaining, designing a kitchen and shoppin... less

After more than twenty years of running Barefoot Contessa, the acclaimed specialty food store, Ina Garten published her first collection of recipes. The Barefoot Contessa ...

A facted filled call to action, which Steve Forbes will use to lobby the President and Congress for real reform.