A moving, inspiring, personal look at the vastly changing world
of wildlife on planet earth as a result of human incursion, and the
crucial work of animal and bird preservation across the globe being
done by scientists, field biologists, zoologists,
environmentalists, and conservationists.
Soon to be a major motion picture, from Brad Pitt and Tony
Kushner
A Washington Post Best Book of 2015
A mid-century doctor's raw, unvarnished account of his own descent into madness, and his daughter's attempt to piece his life back together and make sense of her own.
A Washington Post Best Book of 2015
A mid-century doctor's raw, unvarnished account of his own descent into madness, and his daughter's attempt to piece his life back together and make sense of her own.
An extraordinary work of history and original reporting that
reveals the ways in which presidential marriages have affected the
tone, character, and policies of twelve administrations, from
Woodrow and Edith Wilson to George W. and Laura Bush.
Each of the marriages that Kati Marton examines in this hugely appealing book offers up its own unexpected lessons about power and marriage, about the influence of presidential wives, and about the evolution of women’s roles in the twentieth century.
Each of the marriages that Kati Marton examines in this hugely appealing book offers up its own unexpected lessons about power and marriage, about the influence of presidential wives, and about the evolution of women’s roles in the twentieth century.
"Out in the woods stood a nice little Fir Tree. The place he had
was a very good one. the sun shone on him. as to fresh air, there
was enough of that, and round him grew many large-sized comrades,
pines as well as firs. But the little Fir wanted so very much to be
a grown-up tree.
In O. Henry's classic story about Christmas and the holiday spirit, a young married couple deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money.
