THE FINANCIAL AID HANDBOOK: How to Choose, Get In and Pay for America’s Colleges and Universities, Carol Stack and Ruth Vedvik.
As the cost of a private college education continues to skyrocket, students are emerging with unprecedented debt at a time when they are not guaranteed jobs. Written by two financial aid consultants who have also served as board members for The College Board and U.S. News and World Report…
COUNTESS NOBODY, Lynn Bonasia.
When parents inform 15-year old Sophie Delorme and her twin brother, Sebastian, that their fathers French title is only passed down to the males in the family, crestfallen Sophie takes matters into her own hands…
A GIFT FROM THE ENEMY, Eric Lamet.
A memoir of the author’s childhood spent in a remote mountain village in southern Italy during WWII revealing the hardships faced by foreign Jews in internal exile in Mussolini’s Italy…
MOTHER, ME, by Zara Phillips.
An honest, moving adoption memoir that offers both a compelling narrative and a resource for members of the “adoption triad” and the professionals who deal with them…
CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY, Philip Freeman.
A vivid retelling of everyone’s favorite childhood myths, updated for adults. It is a gripping narrative of gods, goddesses, and heroes…
THE THIRD SCREEN REVOLUTION: The Untethered Consumer in a World Gone Mobile, by Chuck Martin.
A research-based roadmap for understanding and thriving in the mobile future in which the mobile technology explosion is driving the rise of the Post-PC, mobile-native consumer…
SHIFTING ATTENTION: Mind Tools That Set You Free, John Selby.
Psychologist, spiritual counselor and author Selby combines effective techniques from cognitive science with traditional meditation to create a unique daily practice that anyone can master and fit into his or her busy life.
IRELAND UNHINGED, Encounters in a Wildly Changing Country, David Monagan.
In a fascinating blend of travel, humor and journalistic insight, Monagan goes in search of the the soul of the Celtic Tiger…
DRAGON BONE HILL, by Lindsay Tam Holland
High school sophomore Vee Crawford-Wong is convinced he could figure out where he’s going if he only knew where he came from…
RISK AND THE SMART INVESTOR, by David Martin, Chief Risk Officer at Alliance Bernstein
High school sophomore Vee Crawford-Wong is convinced he could figure out where he’s going if he only knew where he came from.