Last Best Hope Of Humanity - April 2024

All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book, National Book Award finalist, more than two and a half years on the New York Times bestseller listFrom the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the stunningly beautiful instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie-Laure lives in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where her father works. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the w... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501173219
• ASIN: 1501173219
• ISBN: 1501173219
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“One of the most important books I’ve ever read―an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” – Bill Gates“Hans Rosling tells the story of ‘the secret silent miracle of human progress’ as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly.” ―Melinda Gates"Factfulness by Hans Rosling, an outstanding international public health expert, is a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather tha... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250107814
• ASIN: 1250107814
• ISBN: 1250107814
• Brand: Flatiron Books
• Manufacturer: Flatiron Books

When Breath Becomes Air

• ASIN: 081298840X
• UPC: 642688054472
• ASIN: 081298840X
• ISBN: 081298840X
• Manufacturer: Random House

The Hiding Place

"Every experience God gives us . . . is the perfect preparation for the future only He can see."--Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker who became a heroine of the Resistance, a survivor of Hitler's concentration camps, and one of the most remarkable evangelists of the twentieth century. In World War II she and her family risked their lives to help Jews and underground workers escape from the Nazis, and for their work they were tested in the infamous Nazi death camps. Only Corrie among her family survived to tell the story of how faith ultimately triumphs over evil.Here is the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0800794052
• ASIN: 0800794052
• ISBN: 9780800794057
• Brand: Baker Pub Group/Baker Books
• Manufacturer: Chosen Books

Obama: An Intimate Portrait

Relive the extraordinary Presidency of Barack Obama through White House photographer Pete Souza's behind-the-scenes images and stories in this #1 New York Times bestseller--with a foreword from the President himself.During Barack Obama's two terms, Pete Souza was with the President during more crucial moments than anyone else--and he photographed them all. Souza captured nearly two million photographs of President Obama, in moments highly classified and disarmingly candid.Obama: An Intimate Portrait reproduces more than 300 of Souza's most iconic photographs with fine-art print quality in an o... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316512583
• ASIN: 0316512583
• ISBN: 0316512583
• Brand: LITTLE BROWN AND COMPANY
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

Station Eleven

An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity. A National Book Award FinalistA PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and wit... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0804172447
• ASIN: 0804172447
• ISBN: 0804172447
• Brand: Emily St John Mandel
• Manufacturer: Vintage

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The world-famous cosmologist and author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the biggest questions facing humankind.“Hawking’s parting gift to humanity . . . a book every thinking person worried about humanity’s future should read.”—NPRNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Forbes • The Guardian • Wired Stephen Hawking was the most renowned scientist since Einstein, known both for his groundbreaking work in physics and cosmology and for his mischievous sense of humor. He educated millions of readers about the origi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1984819194
• ASIN: 1984819194
• ISBN: 1984819194
• Manufacturer: Bantam

CIRCE

• ASIN: B074M5TLLJ
• ASIN: B074M5TLLJ
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

• ASIN: B079WM7KLS
• ASIN: B079WM7KLS
• Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1)

• ASIN: B0047Y171G
• ASIN: B0047Y171G
• Manufacturer: Orbit

The Book Thief

• ASIN: B000XUBFE2
• ASIN: B000XUBFE2
• Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Killing the SS: The Hunt for the Worst War Criminals in History (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller (October 2018)Confronting Nazi evil is the subject of the latest installment in the mega-bestselling Killing seriesAs the true horrors of the Third Reich began to be exposed immediately after World War II, the Nazi war criminals who committed genocide went on the run. A few were swiftly caught, including the notorious SS leader, Heinrich Himmler. Others, however, evaded capture through a sophisticated Nazi organization designed to hide them. Among those war criminals were Josef Mengele, the “Angel of Death” who performed hideous medical experiments ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250165547
• ASIN: 1250165547
• ISBN: 1250165547
• Brand: Henry Holt & Company, Inc.
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth's Past Book 2)

This near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from Cixin Liu, China's most beloved science fiction author. In The Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion-in just four centuries' time. The aliens' human collaborators may have been defeated, but the presence of the sophons, the subatomic particles that allow Trisolaris instant access to all human information, means that Earth's defense plans are totally exposed to the enemy. Only the human mind remains a secret. This is the motiv... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00R13OYU6
• ASIN: B00R13OYU6
• Manufacturer: Tor Books

The Last Trial (McMurtrie and Drake Legal Thrillers Book 3)

Former law professor Tom McMurtrie has brought killers to justice, and taken on some of the most infamous cases in Alabama’s history. Now he’s tackling his greatest challenge.McMurtrie’s old nemesis, Jack Willistone, is found dead on the banks of the Black Warrior River. Willistone had his share of enemies, but all evidence points to a forgotten, broken woman as the killer. At the urging of the suspect’s desperate fourteen-year-old daughter, McMurtrie agrees to take the case.But as seasoned as McMurtrie is, even he isn’t prepared for how personal and dangerous this case is going to g... [Read More]

• ASIN: B076KLSSR5
• ASIN: B076KLSSR5
• Manufacturer: Thomas & Mercer

A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • THE BOOK BEHIND THE FIFTH SEASON OF THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONESDon’t miss the thrilling sneak peek of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire: Book Six, The Winds of WinterDubbed “the American Tolkien” by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers the fifth book in his landmark series—as both familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmented empire. A DANCE WITH DRAGONSIn the aftermath of... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0553582011
• ASIN: 0553582011
• ISBN: 9780553582017
• Brand: Bantam
• Manufacturer: Bantam

America: The Last Best Hope (Volume II) : From a World at War to the Triumph of Freedom

Respected scholar Bennett reacquaints America with its heritage in this engaging narrative that slices through the cobwebs of time, memory, and prevailing cynicism to reinvigorate America with an informed

• UPC: 7764348
• Rating: 4.0

America: The Last Best Hope (Volume III) : From the Collapse of Communism to the Rise of Radical Islam

Originally published in hardcover as: A century turns: new hopes, new fears by Thomas Nelson in

• UPC: 15983223
• Rating: 4.0

America: The Last Best Hope (Volume III) - eBook

America began to breathe easy at the close of the Cold War and loosened its grip on the fear of nuclear confrontation for the first time since World War Two. Peace was palpable, but in

• UPC: 521151290
• Rating: 4.0

America: The Last Best Hope (Volume II) - eBook

Respected scholar William Bennett reacquaints America with its heritage in the second volume of America: The Last Best Hope (Volume II). This engaging narrative slices through the cobwebs of time, memory, and prevailing cynicism to

• UPC: 353538978
• Rating: 4.0

Dismantling the Empire : America's Last Best Hope

From the author of the bestselling Blowback Trilogy, an urgent call to confront America's waning power In his prophetic book Blowback, published before 9/11, Chalmers Johnson warned that our secret operations in Iraq and elsewhere

• UPC: 15158218
• Rating: 4.0

America: The Last Best Hope (Volume I) : From the Age of Discovery to a World at War

In this gripping tale of a nation, the countrys past comes alive. Here is the story of those voters chose to lead and what they did with the awesome power of their

• UPC: 5613727
• Rating: 3.667

Countdown : Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?

Originally published in hardcover in

• UPC: 29271818
• Rating: 5.0

America: The Last Best Hope (Volume I) - eBook

America, how well do you know your history?Who quelled a coup d'etat by putting on a pair of reading glasses?Which U.S. senator was nearly caned to death on the Senate floor?Which first lady refused to

• UPC: 210839076
• Rating: 3.667

Countdown : Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?

In this timely work, Alan Weisman examines how we can shrink our collective human footprint so that we don't stomp any more species -- including our own -- out of existence. The answer: reducing gradually

• UPC: 23368822
• Rating: 5.0

The Last Best Hope - eBook

Throughout history, wars in Eastern Europe haveclaimed the lives of countless numbers of innocentpeople. When a genocidal bloodbath erupts inthe Balkans amid the fall of Soviet Communism andits satellite countries, an unlikely American seizes theopportunity

• UPC: 557226412