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Aug42019 by Free eBookNo Comments
Last Hope Island by Lynne Olson

Last Hope Island by Lynne Olson

History, Nonfiction, War
Last Hope Island by Lynne Olson eBook Download An engrossing account of how Britain became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of Europe in their desperate struggle to reclaim their continent from Hitler. When the Nazi blitzkrieg rolled over continental Europe in the early days of World War II, the city of London became a refuge for the governments and armed forces of six occupied nations — Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Norway, Czechoslovakia, and Poland — who escaped there to continue the fight. So, too, did General Charles de Gaulle, the self- appointed representative of free France. As the only European democracy still holding out against Hitler, Britain became known to occupied countries as ‘Last Hope Island’. In this epic, character-driven narrative, acclaimed his
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Aug12019 by Free eBookNo Comments
An American Sickness by Elisabeth Rosenthal

An American Sickness by Elisabeth Rosenthal

Economics, Health, History, Nonfiction, Politics
An American Sickness by Elisabeth Rosenthal eBook Download A New York Times bestseller.  A Washington Post Notable Book of the Year At a moment of drastic political upheaval, An American Sickness is a shocking investigation into our dysfunctional healthcare system - and offers practical solutions to its myriad problems. In these troubled times, perhaps no institution has unraveled more quickly and more completely than American medicine. In only a few decades, the medical system has been overrun by organizations seeking to exploit for profit the trust that vulnerable and sick Americans place in their healthcare. Our politicians have proven themselves either unwilling or incapable of reining in the increasingly outrageous costs faced by patients, and market-based solutions only
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Aug12019 by Free eBookNo Comments
This Fight Is Our Fight by Elizabeth Warren

This Fight Is Our Fight by Elizabeth Warren

Autobiography, Biography, Economics, History, Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics
This Fight Is Our Fight by Elizabeth Warren eBook Download The fiery U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and bestselling author offers a passionate, inspiring book about why our middle class is under siege and how we can win the fight to save it Senator Elizabeth Warren has long been an outspoken champion of America’s middle class, and by the time the people of Massachusetts elected her in 2012, she had become one of the country’s leading progressive voices. Now, at a perilous moment for our nation, she has written a book that is at once an illuminating account of how we built the strongest middle class in history, a scathing indictment of those who have spent the past thirty-five years undermining working families, and a rousing call to action. Warren grew up in Oklahoma, and she’s
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Jul292019 by Free eBookNo Comments
Tell Me How It Ends by Valeria Luiselli

Tell Me How It Ends by Valeria Luiselli

Nonfiction, Politics, Social Movements, Writing
Tell Me How It Ends by Valeria Luiselli eBook Download Structured around the forty questions Luiselli translates and asks undocumented Latin-American children facing deportation, Tell Me How It Ends (an expansion of her 2016 Freeman's essay of the same name) humanizes these young migrants and highlights the contradiction of the idea of America as a fiction for immigrants with the reality of racism and fear both here and back home."
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Jul252019 by Free eBookNo Comments
Nevertheless: A Memoir by Alec Baldwin

Nevertheless: A Memoir by Alec Baldwin

Audiobook, Autobiography, Biography, Memoir, Nonfiction
Nevertheless: A Memoir by Alec Baldwin eBook Download “A thorough and sophisticated effort to answer an interesting question: How did an indifferently raised, self-flagellating kid from a just-making-ends-meet, desultorily functioning Long Island family, in Massapequa, turn into Alec Baldwin, gifted actor, familiar public figure, impressively thoughtful person, notorious pugilist? . . . Beautifully written and unexpectedly moving . . . . Baldwin writes with great knowledge about old films, the art of acting, what he has learned from other actors, and about the differences among television, film and theater. . . . He’s a highly literate and fluent writer.”—New York Times One of the most accomplished and outspoken actors today chronicles the highs and lows of his life in this beautif
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Jul152019 by Free eBookNo Comments
Doing It!: Let’s Talk About Sex by Hannah Witton

Doing It!: Let’s Talk About Sex by Hannah Witton

Feminism, Nonfiction
Doing It!: Let's Talk About Sex by Hannah Witton eBook Download Figuring out how to build and maintain healthy relationships - with your family, friends, romantically and with yourself - is a crucial part of being a teen. It's not easy though, particularly in a digital age where information and advice are so forthcoming it can be hard to know who or what to believe or trust. Porn is everywhere, sexting is the norm and messages about body image are highly mixed. Hannah combats this by tackling subjects ranging from masturbation and puberty to slut shaming and consent in an accessible, relatable and extremely honest way. She is unembarrassed about bringing little-discussed topics into the open, and as such empowers teens to have the confidence to conduct relationships on their terms, an...
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Jul82019 by Free eBookNo Comments
The American Spirit by David McCullough

The American Spirit by David McCullough

Audiobook, History, Nonfiction, Politics, Writing
The American Spirit by David McCullough eBook Download A New York Times Bestseller A timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States—winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among many others—that reminds us of fundamental American principles. Over the course of his distinguished career, David McCullough has spoken before Congress, the White House, colleges and universities, historical societies, and other esteemed institutions. Now, at a time of self-reflection in America following a bitter election campaign that has left the country divided, McCullough has collected some of his most important speeches in a brief volume designed to identify important principles and characte
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Jul82019 by Free eBookNo Comments
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Biography, Health, History, Nonfiction, Science
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot eBook Download Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. If you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, they’d weigh more than 50 million metric tons—as much as a hundred Empire State Buildings. HeL
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Jul72019 by Free eBookNo Comments
Janesville: An American Story by Amy Goldstein

Janesville: An American Story by Amy Goldstein

Business, Economics, History, Nonfiction, Politics, Sociology
Janesville: An American Story by Amy Goldstein eBook Download Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award Winner “Moving and magnificently well-researched...Janesville joins a growing family of books about the evisceration of the working class in the United States. What sets it apart is the sophistication of its storytelling and analysis.” —The New York Times A Washington Post reporter’s intimate account of the fallout from the closing of a General Motors’ assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin—Paul Ryan’s hometown—and a larger story of the hollowing of the American middle class. This is the story of what happens to an industrial town in the American heartland when its factory stills—but it’s not the familiar tale. Most observers record the immediate shock o
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