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Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

by Jeff Kinney

It's a new school year and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into the harsh landscape of secondary school, where undersized weaklings have to share the hallways with kids who are six-feet-tall,... read more

The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

by Timothy Ferriss

Based on Ferrisss controversial lectures at Princeton University, this resource shows how members of a new subculture use simple loopholes and tactics to escape the 9-5 workday, live anywhere, and... read more

My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands

My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands

by Chelsea Handler

In this raucous collection of true-life stories, actress and comedian Handler recounts her time spent in the social trenches with that wild, strange, irresistible, and often gratifying beast: the one... read more

The Biggest Loser Simple Swaps: 100 Easy Changes to Start Living a Healthier Lifestyle

The Biggest Loser Simple Swaps: 100 Easy Changes to Start Living a Healthier Lifestyle

by Cheryl Forberg, R.D., Melissa Roberson

The experts and cast members of the hit reality show "The Biggest Loser" are back with more healthy lifestyle advice. 100 color photographs. (Consumer Health)

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

by Christopher McDougall

Part adventure story, part extreme sports, "Born to Run" is a riveting story about one journalist's quest to discover the secrets of the world's greatest distance runners--a reclusive Indian tribe... read more

True Compass: A Memoir

True Compass: A Memoir

by Edward M Kennedy, Senator

In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and 50 years at the center of national... read more

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice (1940)

directed by Robert Z. Leonard
featuring Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver, Edmund Gwenn, Maureen O'Sullivan

Long before 19th-century novelist Jane Austen became a hot property in Hollywood, MGM produced this opulent and entertaining adaptation of one of Austen's best-known novels. The elegant and slyly... read more

Back in Black

Back in Black (1980)

by AC/DC

The first sound on Back in Black is the deep, ominous drone of church bells -- or "Hell's Bells," as it were, opening the album and AC/DC's next era with a fanfare while ringing a fond farewell to... read more

Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

directed by Steven Spielberg
featuring Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Jeremy Davies, Vin Diesel

Steven Spielberg directed this powerful, realistic re-creation of WWII's D-day invasion and the immediate aftermath. The story opens with a prologue in which a veteran brings his family to the... read more

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