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Is It Just Me? Or is it nuts out there? by Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi
Goldberg uses her trademark humor to examine the growing disrespect and
rudeness in society and discusses how a loss of civility diminishes the quality
of life. –Summary
Julie & Julia by Julie Powell
“Nearing
thirty and trapped in a dead-end secretarial job, Julie Powell resolved to
reclaim her life by cooking, in a single year, every one of the 524 recipes in
Julia Child's 1961 classic, Mastering the
Art of French Cooking. Her unexpected reward: not just a newfound respect
for calves’ livers and aspic, a new life – lived with gusto.” – Back cover.
Moving Miss Peggy by Robert Benson
“When the
vibrant, beloved Miss Peggy began the agonizing descent into the darkness of
dementia, her family faced with questions no one can answer. Benson takes an
intimate look at what dementia means for a family: how do you organize your
mother's new life, how do you move her from her cherished home, how do you come
to terms with the fact that a person you love is in a decline from reality.”
–WorldCat
Multiple Blessings by Jon & Kate Gosselin
“Three years after giving birth to twin daughters, Kate and
Jon Gosselin became pregnant again – with sextuplets. Kate's candid and
emotionally-charged book chronicles the exhausting challenges she and Jon faced
from the time the babies were conceived through the first two years of their
lives, and the faith it took to get through each day.” –Goodreads
The War That Ended Peace by Margaret MacMillan
This work
presents a narrative portrait of Europe in the years leading up to World War I
that illuminates the political, cultural, and economic factors and contributing
personalities that shaped major events. –Summary