Great Reads – Books for All
“Read a great book just the other day — “The History of Glue” ——– I couldn’t put it down! ”
― Unknown
To pull together this book list, we scoured a year’s worth of reviews and best-of lists, polled our staff, and reached out to voracious readers and writers for their top picks. Spanning a variety of genres, from fiction to nonfiction to short stories and essays, these books look at life through a kaleidoscope of experience.
Beginner's Guide to the Stock Market 📈
Learn to make money in the stock market, even if you've never traded before. Are you ready to get your piece of it?
The stock market is the greatest opportunity machine ever created. Are you ready to get your piece of it?
Words to Live By Every Day
This Just Speaks to Me, number-one New York Times best-selling author Hoda Kotb offers inspiration, wisdom, and hope 365 days a year.
The Biden Deception
If you want to know how far-left a Joe Biden presidency can go, you need look no further than his own words.
🇱🇷 USA History Gift Notebook/To Do List
Funny Thomas Jefferson Task Journal For Independence Day Procrastinators - Simple 100 Page Task Planner Gift for July 4th (Founding Father Jokes)
Mother Goddam ⭐⭐ Career of Bette Davis 📚
A sympathetic biography of the 10-time Academy Award nominated Hollywood legend, written by Stine with "running commentary" by Davis inserted throughout the text in red ink.
Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
Biden nearly imploded before his run for the presidency after a relentless string of misfires left him freefalling in polls and nearly broke.
Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors 🏴
Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors is the National Archives' official guide and is written in an accessible style.
PHYLLIS DILLER Still Strutting Like a Peacock 📖 Kindle Edition
Rumor has it that Diller is the mother of a well known American actress, is it true?
Persona 4 Volume 1 👧🏻 Illustrated Paperback
Great read for new persona fans or diehard old ones. Has a lot of scenes that were not in the game or anime. Highly recommended!
🧘 Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
In 1994, no one predicted that Mindfulness Meditation would launch itself onto bestseller lists nationwide selling 750,000 copies to date.
Fill in the Love Gift Journal ❤️❤️
Simple prompts make it easy to express yourself. Just complete each line and you have a uniquely personal gift your loved one will read again and again.
Turkey Goes to School 🦃 Picture Book
School is starting soon and Turkey can’t wait. Each day, he and his barnyard friends practice their writing and math...
Vladimir Putin 🇷🇺 Life Coach
How the machinations that enabled Putin to undermine the USA could also help you take control of your mundane life.
The Greatest Stories Never Told 📜
History isn't always made by great armies colliding or by great civilizations rising or falling. Sometimes it's made when a chauffeur takes a wrong turn, a scientist forgets to clean up his lab, or a drunken soldier gets a bit rowdy.
Excalibur Omnibus 💥 Hardcover
Chris Claremont and Alan Davis' 1980s classic EXCALIBUR gets the Omnibus treatment!
Classical Music Book 🎵 Big Ideas Explained
Where did the system of musical notation come from? How do composers construct symphonies? The Classical Music Book answers these questions and more.
A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality 📚
This book is for anyone who wants to learn about asexuality, and for Ace people themselves, to validate their experiences. Asexuality is a real identity.
Machinima: The Art and Practice of Virtual Filmmaking
Unlike traditional animation techniques that use specialized 3D animation software, machinima--a term derived from the words "machine" and "cinema"--records the action in real-time interactive 3D environments, such as those found in video games, to create a cinematic production.
Where Eagles Dare; H. M. S. Ulysses; Ice Station Zebra...
... When Eight Bells Toll; Guns Of Navarone Hardcover. Alistair Maclean's works include The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra and Where Eagles Dare – all three were made into popular films. He also wrote two novels under the pseudonym Ian Stuart.
'No Hollywood Awards'
142 movies are covered in this volume, with the special added attraction of two articles about director Henry Hathaway and his movies.
John Gilbert 📽️ Last of the Silent Film Stars (Screen Classics)
Charming and classically handsome, John Gilbert (1897--1936) was among the world's most recognizable actors during the silent era.
Memory Craft 🧠 Improve Your Memory
Memory Craft introduces the best memory techniques humans have ever devised, from ancient times and the Middle Ages, to methods used by today's memory athletes.
How the West Brought War to Ukraine 💥
How the US-led West actively provoked conflict, subjecting its own citizens—and the rest of the world—to the risk of nuclear war.
Making YouTube Videos 👦🏼 Star in Your Own Video! (Dummies Junior)
Written for kids in a language they can understand, this book helps budding filmmakers and producers create their own videos―no matter the subject.
Guide to the Feng Shui Compass ♋️ A Compendium of Classical Feng Shui
The first book in English to explain what the lo p'an is, how it works, and how to read and use it for luck, happiness, and an improved life.
Reinventing Hollywood: How 1940s Filmmakers Changed Movie Storytelling Kindle Edition
If you are interested in film more than "movie stars" this is your book. Well written serious study of editing and story telling. Highly recommended.
The Manga Artist's Workbook 💥 Lessons for Creating Your Own Characters
You'll learn the fundamental proportions of the manga face and figure, how to draw those large sparkling eyes, and how to create hairstyles and costumes that make each character unique. A sketchbook and art tutorial rolled into one portable journal, this workbook contains tracing paper, blank practice pages, and exercise to help you become a true manga artist.
Inspire Me! 📚 Book of Quotations
Inspire Me! is a compilation of quotes from people both widely and never before published.
The Invaders 👾 The Series Hardcover
This book is the first to list every episode in the series, along with story synopses, cast listings, original air dates, directorial credits, and numerous photographs.
Close-up on Sunset Boulevard: Billy Wilder, Norma Desmond, & the Dark Hollywood Dream
Sam Staggs's Close-Up On Sunset Boulevard tells the story of this extravagant work, from the writing, casting and filming to the disastrous previews that made Paramount consider shelving it.
The First Beverly Hillbilly 👨🏻🌾 The Untold Story of the Creator of Rural TV Comedy
A talented country boy, Paul Henning created one of the highest rated TV series of all time – “The Beverly Hillbillies.”
Cool TV 2: More Cult TV From the 1960s 📺
Featuring all the episodes of six cult TV shows from the ‘60s covered in complete nit-picking, fact-checking, family-annoying, partner-irritating detail: The Outer Limits, The Invaders, The Green Hornet, Jonny Quest, and more.
Freshwater Aquariums For Dummies 🐟
Freshwater Aquariums For Dummies makes it easier than ever to set up and take care of a freshwater aquarium―and the fish within it.
Like a Lampshade In a Whorehouse
My Life In Comedy by Phyllis Diller. "You think I’m overdressed? This is my slip!
No, I’m going to tell you the truth about what I’m wearing. I used to work as a lampshade in a whorehouse. I couldn’t get one of the good jobs."
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Irwin Allen’s Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Volume One documents the creation and production of the most challenging TV series up to its time.
Managing Sex in the U.S. Military 🌈
Managing Sex in the U.S. Military is essential for those who would learn about war, gender, and sexuality in America's transgender army.
Rich Dad Poor Dad 💰 What Rich Kids Learn
Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki believes we have the power to makes changes in our lives, and live the rich life we deserve.
I Spy Fun Interactive Thanksgiving Book 🍂 for Kids Ages 3-6
I Spy Book For Toddlers - A Fun Interactive Coloring and Guessing Game for 3-6 year about Thanksgiving & Autumn.
Blank Comic Book 💥 Draw your own Comics!
This Blank Comic book has 120 pages of seven panel action layout templates. Good Quality white paper. Size 8.5 x11 (large). High quality Matte cover. Perfect for sketching and drawing Comic strips. Suitable for students, artists, teens, kids and adults.
Comic Manga Anime Sketch Book 👧🏻 for Drawing and Sketching
Do you love to draw or do you want to learn? Are you creative and want to keep your drawing projects in one place? Then grab our blank sketchbook now. Ideal for comics and mangas. Let your creativity run free and draw what it takes. The drawing book is DIN A4 and offers enough space for your ideas.
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