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|  | The Orchid Thief by Jennifer Meyers, Susan Orlean
Inspired by a short, bizarre newspaper article, a journalist embarks on an amusing journey to understand a passionate, yet somehow principled crook and one of his ephemeral obsessions--wild orchids. A New York Times Notable Book for 1999. AUTHOR: Jennifer Meyers, Susan Orlean
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Night Is Large 1938-95 by Martin Gardner
The definitive work of Martin Gardner's brilliant, seven-decades-long career, The Night Is Large collects 54 of the most significant essays by this popular writer best known for his Mathematical Games columns which appeared in Scientific American magazine for more than 25 years. AUTHOR: Martin Gardner
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Eastern Sun, Winter Moon by Gary Paulsen
Paulsen's memoir of growing up during World War II, and the physical and emotional violence he encountered in the adult world. AUTHOR: Gary Paulsen
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Trade Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | I Like It Better When You're Funny
Once a ubiquitous presence on the silver screen, now a ubiquitous presence on the small screen, Charles Grodin serves up light thoughts on the state of celebrity and the backstabbing cruelties of Hollywood, plus a few transcripts from televised comedy bits.
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | E=MC2 by David Bodanis
This accessible book chronicles the life, times, and impact of Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity, relating both the history and the science behind this equation to all levels of scientific aptitude. AUTHOR: David Bodanis
PUBLISHER: Walker & Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | For Writers Only by Sophy Burnham
If only it were as easy for most writers as it was for Stendhal. The truth about the act of writing is much more varied, even violent. In fact, there seem to be as many contradictory admonitions about how to go about doing it as there are writers themselves. With that in mind, writer Sophy Burnham has collected the thoughts of some of the greatest writers and laced them with her own observations and experiences of the writer`s life. With an emphasis on the emotions that writing wrings from those who practice it, Burnham writes about beginning a work prematurely, the ecstasy when the writing is really flowing, the crash that can follow the flight - and how to pick yourself up and continue. Here you will find the motto Zola kept in his workroom ( No day without lines ), where Agatha Christie plotted her books (in the bathtub eating apples), and what James Thurber`s wife replied when a dinner guest observed a strange expression on her husband`s face ( Don`t be concerned. He`s only writing ). Most of all, you will be reassured, enlightened, and inspired to learn that, in your own writing struggles, you are not alone. AUTHOR: Sophy Burnham
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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