New Books

The Petite Advantage - by Jim Karas: Petite women rejoice. While your stature may sometimes seem like a disadvantage, it's also your most powerful advantage when it comes to losing weight. Now Karas offers a diet designed specifically for women 5'4" and under, who are able to shed fat and regain their shape faster. Includes a 21 day eating plan, exercises and tips.

Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch

Elizabeth the Queen - by Sally Bedell Smith: To coincide with Queen Elizabeth II's 60th year on the throne, Smith brings readers a revelatory, well researched biography of the monarch's life. She explores both the public and the private side of the woman who became queen at the age of 25, as drawn from access to the queen's private letters, estates and close associates, which sheds light on her relationship with her extended family.

Worth Fighting For - by Lisa Niemi Swayze: Lisa Niemi and Patrick Swayze met as teenagers at his mothers dance studio. He was older and cocky; she was a gorgeous waif who refused to worship the ground he walked on. In spite of that, they fell in love and married -- a union that lasted 34 years until his death in 2009. This is Lisa's account of grief, loss, caregiving, moving on, and the realization that love shared between two people never dies.

Back to Work - Bill Clinton: There is no doubt that the United States is facing challenges today. In spite of what people think of government being responsible for these challenges, former President Bill Clinton says that in times like these government matters. He explains his ideas on energy, job creation, and financial responsibility and offers a plan for getting America back into the future business.

Inside the Mind of Casey Anthony - by Keith Ablow, M.D.: Ablow offers a detailed psychological portrait of Casey Anthony who, after being acquitted of the death of her daughter, Caylee, became one of the most infamous women in the world. Using tens of thousands of pages of documents, one-on-one interviews, and his experience in the world of forensic psychiatry, he tries to help readers understand this troubled young woman.

Inside Seal Team Six - by Don Mann: Don Mann knows what it takes to become a SEAL and specifically, a member of SEAL Team Six, who has been secretly involved in every major U.S. military operation since their founding in WWII. Mann has worked for the SEALs for three decades. Now he describes in detail what SEAL team training is like, offering you-are-there narratives about recent SEAL Team Six events.

The Time of Our Lives: Past, Present, and Promise - by Tom Brokaw: Brokaw talks about American life and the American dream, past, present, and future, as experienced by four generations of his family and other American families. He begins with the recollections of his 93-year-old grandmother and concludes with his grandchildren's generation. He writes about where we have been, where we are now, where we ought to go, and how we can get there.

Murder in the First Class - Kate Colquhoun: In July 1864, Thomas Briggs boarded a first-class carriage of the North London Railway on his way home. He never reached his destination. Other passengers later discovered signs of murder in Briggs compartment, including blood on the seat cushions, floor, windows, and the walls. Briggs was missing. The investigation that followed captured the interest of people on both sides of the Atlantic.

Gabby - by Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly: In January 2011, Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was meeting with constituents outside a grocery store when she was shot in the head. Several others in the crowd were killed. Now Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, tell the story of her miraculous recovery, of the love that kept them together, and of their joint commitment to public service.