"An intimate, revealing look at one artist's journey from self-censorship to full expression As one of the most celebrated musicians of our time, Alicia Keys has enraptured the nation with her heartfelt lyrics, extraordinary vocal range, and soul-stirring piano compositions. Yet away from the spotlight, Alicia has grappled with private heartache-over the challenging and complex relationship with her father, the people-pleasing nature that characterized...

Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century--1951--in the middle of the United States--Des Moines, Iowa--in the middle of the largest generation in American history--the baby boomers. As one of the funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his all-American childhood for memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around his house...

"Myss brings us face to face with our spiritual roots in the pagan past, and explores why our spirits long for the wild, sensual energy that only nature can provide. Without the cooperation of nature and its energy, she says, we can never integrate our instincts with our higher spiritual functions, such as intuition."--Container.

Personal essays share the author's adventures after buying a vacation house on the Carolina coast and his reflections on middle age and mortality.

Following his return to America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The "AT" offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests and sparkling lakes--and to a writer with Bryson's comic genius, it also provides endless opportunities to test his own powers of ineptitude and to witness the majestic silliness...

"While nearly everyone else in his family studied traditional medicine to become an MD, Jeremy James, DC, CSCS, chose to become a Doctor of Chiropractic instead. It started because of his own struggles with back pain caused by a sports injury. The typical Western medical protocol--surgery, drugs, cookie-cutter care--didn't offer long-term relief. Then, after a second significant injury, a deeper realization came to him: The real cause of his back...

"Find inspiration and step-by-step instructions in Tin Can Homestead, the ultimate guide to living small in your own Airstream paradise."--Page [4] of cover.

"A timely examination by a leading social scientist of the physical, psychological, and moral effects of inequality. Today's inequality is on a scale that none of us has seen in our lifetimes, yet this disparity between rich and poor has ramifications that extend far beyond mere financial means. While conservatives look at poverty and see its roots in personal failures and liberals attribute it to a lack of opportunity, what both sides miss is that...

"A measured and wide-ranging exploration of the phenomenon of miracles from serious discussion of the compatibility between faith and science to astonishing but well-documented stories of actual miracles"--