Barbara McCulloh
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Is a painting of a can of soup really art? Born in 1928 to immigrant parents, Andy Warhol became famous for paintings of things once deemed unworthy of "art," like soup cans, celebrities, and dollar bills. As a child, Andy loved to draw. He took classes at the Carnegie Museum of art, where his teacher told the class, "everything you look at has art." In college, many teachers didn't appreciate Andy's understanding of art. He annoyed them by doing...
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For hearing people, deafness can be an invisible impairment. The connecting link between our world and theirs is lengthened through our ignorance and insensitivity. In this candid, often moving account, Lou Ann Walker describes what it was like being the child of parents who are deaf. Her story brings new insight into a silent world.
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A team of scientists works to expose athletes who use banned drugs to win Olympic medals. Here is the true, inside story of the UCLA Olympic Laboratory - the drug-detection team that tests athletes for banned performance-enhancing drugs. The scientists worked long nights to detect a new, never-before-tested performance-enhancing drug called NESP (novel erythropoietic stimulating protein) during the 19th Winter Olympics (2002) in Salt Lake City, Utah....
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There is no animal in the world that can run faster than a cheetah. Yet no matter how quickly they run from trouble, cheetahs may not roam the African plains forever. They have lost much of their habitat to farmland, and some are killed by farmers who worry about their livestock. But cheetahs have important friends-like Dr. Laurie Marker and the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia. The CCF saves injured and orphaned cheetahs that would die if they...
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Allison Bottke, CBA best-selling author of A Stitch in Time, crafts a savvy yet thought-provoking story that examines the relative importance of family and fame. In One Little Secret, a housewife's idyllic world is threatened by a Hollywood dream that bubbles to the surface. This imaginative tale will captivate listeners with its well-drawn characters, witty style, and soul-searching theme.
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Diane Ackerman is an Orion Book Award-winning author and naturalist. In One Hundred Names for Love, Ackerman reflects on the time she spent caring for her husband, Pushcart Prize-winning novelist Paul West, after a stroke took his ability to speak. With conventional therapy not working, Ackerman decided to step in and do everything she could to help her husband find his words.
8) What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer: How Hormone Balance Can Help Save Your Life
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Are you a woman between 35 and 50 experiencing PMS, migraine headaches, sudden weight gain, fatigue, irritability, tender or lumpy breasts, memory loss, fibroids, or cold hands and feet? If so, you may be experiencing symptoms of premenopause. Even if you're a decade or more away from menopause, your hormones may already be out of balance, usually caused by an excess of estrogen and a deficiency of progesterone, say the authors of What Your Doctor...