When Mae is hired to work for the Circle, the world's powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. Run out of a sprawling California campus, the Circle links users' emails, social media, and finances with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of transparency.
When Mae is hired to work for the Circle, the world's powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. Run out of ...
A mother and her two young children embark on a journey through the Alaskan wilderness. At first their trip feels like a vacation. But soon they begin to feel chased by enemies both real and imagined... A captivating and hilarious novel of family, loss, and the curse of a violent America, HEROES OF THE FRONTIER is a powerful examination of contemporary life and a rousing story of adventure.
A mother and her two young children embark on a journey through the Alaskan wilderness. At first their trip feels like a vacation. But soon they begin...
Surviving Justice presents oral histories of thirteen people from all walks of life, who, through a combination of all-too-common factors--overzealous prosecutors, inept defense lawyers, coercive interrogation tactics, eyewitness misidentification-- found themselves imprisoned for crimes that they did not commit. The stories these exonerated men and women tell are spellbinding, heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring. These narrators include: Paul Terry, who spent twenty-seven years wrongfully imprisoned, and emerged psychologically devastated and barely able to communicate. Beverly...
Surviving Justice presents oral histories of thirteen people from all walks of life, who, through a combination of all-too-common factors--overzealous...
"I want to hold this book in one hand and a torch in the other and stand on an island someplace so everyone can see." --Lemony Snicket If you had to name a statue, any statue, odds are good you'd mention the Statue of Liberty. Have you seen her? She's in New York. She's holding a torch. And she's in mid-stride, moving forward. But why? In this fascinating, fun take on nonfiction, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the...
"I want to hold this book in one hand and a torch in the other and stand on an island someplace so everyone can see." --Lemony Snicket If y...