Results for "Dunne, Bernadette"

In this eye-opening work of economic theory, Jane Jacobs argues that it is cities--not nations--that are the drivers of wealth. Challenging centuries of economic orthodoxy, in Cities and the Wealth of Nations the beloved author contends that healthy cities are constantly evolving to replace imported... Read More about Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life

"Graceland is a sparkling, warm-hearted, witty debut. I so enjoyed joining these three generations of women on their action-packed road trip to Memphis " --Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author ONE OF BOOKBUB'S BEST BOOKS OF SPRING People-pleasing Hope Robinson can't seem to please a... Read More about Graceland

The first biography of Elsie Robinson, the most influential newspaper columnist you've never heard of At thirty-five, Elsie Robinson feared she'd lost it all. Reeling from a scandalous divorce in 1917, she had no means to support herself and her chronically ill son. She dreamed of becoming a writer ... Read More about Listen, World!: How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America's Most-Read Woman

One of the greatest and most admired artists of the twentieth century, Georgia O'Keeffe led a life rich in intense relationships--with family, friends, and especially with fellow artist Alfred Stieglitz. Her extraordinary accomplishments, such as the often eroticized flowers, bones, stones, skulls, ... Read More about Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life

Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection.A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's death... Read More about Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

A New York Times Notable BookA Washington Post Notable BookA Best Book of the Year: The Guardian, NPR, The Christian Science Monitor, The Globe and MailA GoodReads Reader's ChoiceBringing together Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, this thrilling conclusion to Margaret Atwood's speculati... Read More about MaddAddam: A Novel