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April 04, 2008

What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love and Marriage: Lessons for People from Animals and their Trainers
by Amy Sutherland

While observing exotic animal trainers Amy Sutherland had an epiphany: what if she used these training techniques on her husband? This goofy experiment had such good results that she was soon using her techniques on all the people in her life. In the end she learns that the only animal you can really change is yourself.

Losing It: And Gaining my Life Back One Pound at a Time
by Valerie Bertinelli

Surprising, uplifting, and empowering, Losing It takes you behind the scenes of Valerie's acting career and marriage, recalling the comforts, friendships, and problems of her television family, her close relationships with her parents and brothers, the stress and worries of being the wife of a rock star, and the joys of motherhood.

Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines
by Nic Sheff

Nic Sheff got drunk for the first time when he was 11. Over the years he developed addictions to crystal meth and heroin but always thought he could quit any time he wanted. With total honesty, Nic tells the story of bottoming out and the long struggle to recovery.

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey through his son's addiction
by David Sheff

This book tells Nic Sheff's story from the point of view of his father. David is totally honest about the pain, questions and betrayals experienced by the family of an addict and the frightening uncertainties that exist even in recovery.

This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
by Drew Gilpin Faust

Unlike most Civil War histories, this book does not deal with the battles or the decisions that led to the conflict. Instead, Faust details the aftermath, the way survivors dealt with the trauma - and the business - of death on such a large scale.