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The National Parks: America's Best Idea

by Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan

This evocative and lavishly illustrated narrative--the companion volume to the 12-hour PBS series--delves into the history of the park idea, from the first sighting by white men in 1851 through to... read more

Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World

by Lisa Lillien

Based on one of the most wildly popular, fastest-growing free daily e-mail subscription services, "Hungry Girl" is a collection of delicious, low-calorie recipes and survival strategies for anyone... read more

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists

by Neil Strauss

Informative inside look at a subculture of men striving to perfect the art of picking up women. They meet in underground "lairs" to discuss tactics and strategies then venture into the "field" to... read more

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

by Nicholas D Kristof, Sheryl Wudunn

Two Pulitzer Prize winners issue a call to arms against our era's most pervasive human rights violation: the oppression of women in the developing world.

The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet

by Alicia Silverstone, Neal D Barnard, M.D. (Introduction by)

Alicia explains how meat, fish, milk, and cheese - the very foods we've been taught to regard as the cornerstones of good nutrition - are actually the culprits behind escalating rates of disease and... read more

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak

Liesel Meminger, a foster child living outside Munich during World War II, scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist--books--in this... read more

The Fifth Element (1997)

directed by Luc Besson
featuring Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Ian Holm, Gary Oldman, Chris Tucker, Luke Perry

Good and evil battle for the future of 23rd century Earth in this visually striking big-budget science fiction epic. In the movie's prologue, which is set in 1914, scientists gather in Egypt at the... read more

Greatest Hits (1998)

by The Mamas & the Papas

This is the single-CD successor to Creeque Alley, the double-disc career retrospective issued in the early '90s. All of the hits from "California Dreamin'" to "Dream a Little Dream of Me" are here,... read more

The Long, Long Trailer (1954)

directed by Vincente Minnelli
featuring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Gladys Hurlbut

At the height of their TV fame, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were contracted by MGM to make two theatrical films. The first of these, The Long, Long Trailer, stars Lucy and Desi as an upwardly mobile... read more