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A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books (Book)

Alex Beam

ISBN:9781586487768

Today the classics of the western canon, written by the proverbial "dead white men," are cannon fodder in the culture wars. But in the 1950s and 1960s...more details
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A Rainbow in the Night: The Tumultuous Birth of South Africa (Book)

Dominique Lapierre

ISBN:9780306818479

In 1652 a small group of Dutch farmers landed on the southernmost tip of Africa. Sent by the powerful Dutch India Company, their mission was simply to grow vegetables and supply ships rounding the cape. The colonists...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:288

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America and the World: Conversations on the Future of American Foreign Policy (Book)

Zbigniew Brzezinski

ISBN:9780465018017

America's status as a world power remains at a historic turning point. The strategies employed to win the wars of the twentieth century are no longer working...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:291

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Best American Political Writing 2009 (Book)

Royce Flippin

ISBN:9781586487836

A must-have anthology for political junkies, "Best American Political Writing" compiles the year's best political stories from a variety of publications and points of view...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:352

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Best Food Writing 2009 (Book)

Holly Hughes

ISBN:9780738213699

"Best Food Writing 2009" authoritatively and appealingly assembles the finest culinary prose from the past year's books, magazines, newspapers...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:348

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Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat: The Dire Warning (Book)

John R Lukacs

ISBN:9780465018208

On 13 May 1940, Winston Churchill stood before the House of Parliament to deliver his first speech as prime minister. German troops were advancing across Europe; Neville Chamberlain's government had fallen three days earlier. Churchill needed to prove himself an able leader...more details
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Cancer Is a Bitch: Or, I'd Rather Be Having a Midlife Crisis (Book)

Gail Konop Baker

ISBN:9780738213705

Gail Konop Baker was a runner, yoga practitioner, doctor's wife, and lifelong subscriber to "Prevention" magazine. But right before her forty-sixth birthday...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:261

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Chief Culture Officer: How to Run the Corporation Using Your Encyclopedic Knowledge of Beanie Babies, Bonnaroo, Design, Discontinued Breakfas (Book)

Grant McCracken

ISBN:9780465018321

Corporations often have an alphabet soup of executives, but they don't have anyone to decipher the most complex problem of all: culture. Grant McCracken...more details
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China Safari (Book)

MichelSerge &BeuretMichel

ISBN:9781568586069

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Critical Inquiry: The Process of Argument (Book)

Michael Boylan

ISBN:9780813344522

This informative book is a necessary companion for anyone seeking to uncover the secret of successful persuasion: to organize, construct, and communicate arguments. It is at once comprehensive and accessible...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:212

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Doing Gender Diversity: Readings in Theory and Real-World Experience (Book)

Rebecca F Plante

ISBN:9780813344379

What is gender diversity? Doesn't "diversity" often mean a focus on people who vary from typically gendered people, like intersex people and drag queens? What would it mean to talk about gender "diversities"? What does it mean to argue that all" "forms of gender...more details
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Evaluation in Organizations: A Systematic Approach to Enhancing Learning, Performance, and Change (Book)

Darlene Russ-Eft

ISBN:9780465018666

From new product launches to large-scale training initiatives, organizations need the tools to measure the effectiveness of their programs, processes...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:542

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Gluten-Free Italian: Over 150 Recipes Without Wheat--From Crostini to Tiramisu (Book)

Jacqueline Mallorca

ISBN:9780738213613

From the author of the "Wheat-Free Cook," selected by Sara Moulton on "Good Morning America" as one of the top ten cookbooks of 2007, "Gluten-Free Italian" charts new territory.

Many of Italy's best-loved foods--from ravioli to tiramisu--contain wheat flour...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:228

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If I'd Known Then: Women in Their 20s and 30s Write Letters to Their Younger Selves (Book)

Ellyn Spragins

ISBN:9780738213071

Now in paperback, the popular second volume in the What I Know Now(TM) series offers wonderfully candid letters from women under forty, who give advice to the girls they once were. Readers will discover familiar names as well as new voices...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:182

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In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother's Suicide (Book)

Nancy Rappaport

ISBN:9780465014507

In 1963, Nancy Rappaport's mother committed suicide after a bitter divorce and custody battle. Nancy was four years old. As one of eleven children in a prominent Boston family...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:297

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Liberty's Blueprint: How Madison and Hamilton Wrote the Federalist Papers, Defined the Constitution, and Made Democracy Safe for the World (Book)

Michael Meyerson

ISBN:9780465018239

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Living Canvas: Your Total Guide to Tattoos, Piercings, and Body Modification (Book)

Karen L Hudson

ISBN:9781580052887

Tattoos. Given their permanence, why is it that we sometimes put more thought into what we'll wear next Saturday night, or our next haircut? As a tattoo specialist and writer for About.com...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:319

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Make - Ppd (Book)

Sophie Carter

ISBN:9781906155742

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Make It Plain: Standing Up and Speaking Out (Book)

JR Jordan Vernon

ISBN:9781586487751

The long and storied career of Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. one of the nation's finest speakers, has carried him from work on the civil rights front lines in the South to the National Urban League to positions of influence at the highest level of business and politics. A friend and confidant to presidents...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:239

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Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change (Book)

William Bridges

ISBN:9780738213804

The business world is transforming. Stories of layoffs, bankruptcy, mergers, and restructuring appear in the news every day. When these changes hit the workplace...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:169

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Mike Bloomberg: The Mogul and the Mayor (Book)

Joyce Purnick

ISBN:9781586485771

Michael Bloomberg is not only New York City's 108th mayor; he is a business genius and self-made billionaire. He has run the toughest city in America with an independence and show of ego that first brought him great success--and eventually threatened it. Yet while Bloomberg is internationally known and admired...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:252

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Misadventures of the Most Favored Nations: Clashing Egos, Festering Resentments, Inflated Ambitions, and Globalization's Big Crack-Up (Book)

Paul Blustein

ISBN:9781586487188

As a linchpin of global capitalism, the World Trade Organization is both revered and reviled. In this book, financial journalist Paul Blustein tells the surprisingly entertaining and compelling story of how the WTO is sliding into dysfunctionality--which poses a new and grave menace to globalization itself...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:344

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Molly Ivins (Book)

Bill Minutaglio

ISBN:9781586487171

She was a groomed for a gilded life in moneyed Houston, but Molly Ivins left the country club behind to become one of the most provocative, courageous...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:335

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Mona Lisa in Camelot: How Jacqueline Kennedy and Da Vinci's Masterpiece Charmed and Captivated a Nation (Book)

Margaret Leslie Davis

ISBN:9780306818431

In December 1962 Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" set sail from Paris to New York for what was arguably the riskiest art exhibition ever mounted. The fragile icon traveled like a head of state...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:304

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November 22, 1963 (Book)

Steven Gillon

ISBN:9780465018703

Riding in an open-topped convertible through Dallas on November 22, 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson heard a sudden explosive sound at 12:30 PM. The Secret Service sped him away to safety...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:320

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Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's the Grapes of Wrath (Book)

Rick Wartzman

ISBN:9781586487676

Few books have caused as big a stir as John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," when it was published in April 1939. By May, it was the nation's No. 1 bestseller...more details
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Out of America: A Black Man Confronts Africa (Book)

Keith B Richburg

ISBN:9780465001880

Nothing in Keith Richburg's long and respected journalistic career at the "Washington Post" prepared him for what he would encounter as the paper's correspondent in Africa. He found a continent where brutal murder had become routine...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:258

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Partnership Parenting: How Men and Women Parent Differently--And How It Can Help Your Kids and Your Marriage (Book)

Kyle Pruett

ISBN:9780738213262

Men and women not only have naturally different communication styles, but unique approaches to parenting as well. While mothers tend to overprotect their kids...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:219

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Reputation: Portraits in Power (Book)

Marjorie Williams

ISBN:9781586487713

From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "The Woman at the Washington Zoo," a stunning collection of political portraits from the final...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:287

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Simple Rules for Complex Living (Book)

Len Fisher

ISBN:9780465018840

One of the greatest discoveries of recent times is that the complex patterns we find in life are often produced when all of the individuals in a group follow the same simple rule. This process of "self-organization" reveals itself in the inanimate worlds of crystals and seashells...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:260

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Southeast Asia: Past and Present (Book)

D R SarDesai

ISBN:9780813344348

"Southeast Asia"": Past and Present" offers a balanced and readable account of the region from ancient to modern times, covering traditional history as well as current events. D. R. SarDesai avoids overemphasizing the importance of the period of European colonial rule as he introduces us to the regions and peoples of Myanmar...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:446

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Tell Me How This Ends: General David Petraeus and the Search for a Way Out of Iraq (Book)

Linda Robinson

ISBN:9781586487669

After many missteps made from the invasion in 2003 through 2006, the White House appointed General Petraeus as the top commander in Iraq, initiating a new strategy and a new approach to prosecuting the war...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:410

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The Anger Solution: The Proven Method for Achieving Calm and Developing Healthier, Long-Lasting Relationships (Book)

John Lee

ISBN:9780738212609

Discover the differences between healthy and harmful anger with John Lee's life-changing program. Therapist Lee's proven method will help anyone immediately tap into the causes of their own anger...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:228

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The Atlantic Century: Four Generations of Extraordinary Diplomats Who Forged America's Vital Alliance with Europe (Book)

Kenneth Weisbrode

ISBN:9780306818462

"The Atlantic Century" is the first major historical study to re-examine the American-European partnership with an emphasis on the personalities behind the policy. Our strong system of European alliances built during the last century did not happen serendipitously. It was carefully constructed and cemented by a network of diplomats and politicians...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:470

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The Case for Books (Book)

Robert Darnton

ISBN:9781586488260

The invention of writing was one of the most important technological, cultural, and sociological breakthroughs in human history. With the printed book...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:218

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The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution That Will Begin the World Again (Book)

Robert W McChesney

ISBN:9781568586052

Daily newspapers are closing across America. Washington bureaus are shuttering; whole areas of the federal government are now operating with no press coverage. International bureaus are going...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:334

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The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions (Book)

David Berlinski

ISBN:9780465019373

Militant atheism is on the rise. Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens have dominated bestseller lists with books denigrating religious belief as dangerous foolishness...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:237

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The End of Influence: What Happens When Other Countries Have the Money (Book)

Brad DeLong

ISBN:9780465018765

At the end of World War II, America had all the money--and all the power. Now, after the Great Crash of 2008, America is cash poor. In "The End of Influence...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:165

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The Housing Boom and Bust (Book)

Thomas Sowell

ISBN:9780465018802

This is a plain-English explanation of how we got into the current economic disaster that developed out of the economics and politics of the housing boom and bust. The "creative" financing of home mortgages and the even more "creative" marketing of financial securities based on American mortgages to countries around the world...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:184

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The Laws of Disruption: Chaos and Control in Your Virtual Future (Book)

Larry Downes

ISBN:9780465018642

Digital technology has become ubiquitous. We click through licensing agreements without reading them, post digital music files, and add phone applications. Are these uses legal? Moral? Most people aren't sure. This is because social...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:298

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The List: Rosanne Cash's Search for Legacy and the Spirit of Southern Music (Book)

Michael Streissguth

ISBN:9780306818523

In 1973, Rosanne Cash's father gave her a list of 100 songs, many from the Southern tradition, that he felt a young musician had to know. "Always Been There" tells the inside story of the album that...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:223

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The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need: Top Grant Writers and Grant Givers Share Their Secrets (Book)

Ellen Karsh

ISBN:9780465018697

Written by authors who have won millions of dollars in grants--and revised to include vital new information about how to seek grants in today's economic climate--this new edition of the classic book on grant seeking provides a comprehensive...more details
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The Reagan I Knew (Book)

William F Buckley Jr

ISBN:9780465018024

No two people were more important to American conservatism in the postwar era than William F. Buckley Jr. and Ronald Reagan. Buckley's writings provided the intellectual underpinnings...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:279

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The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow (Book)

Walter Mosley

ISBN:9780465018529

Living in south central L.A., Socrates Fortlow is a sixty-year-old ex-convict still strong enough to kill men with his bare hands. Filled with profound guilt about his own crimes and disheartened by the chaos of the streets...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:269

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The Trauma Myth: The Truth about the Sexual Abuse of Children--And Its Aftermath (Book)

Susan A Clancy

ISBN:9780465016884

Few would argue that the experience of sexual abuse is deeply traumatic for a child. But in this explosive new book, psychologist Susan Clancy reports on years of research and contends that it is not the abuse itself that causes trauma--but rather the narrative that is later imposed on the abuse experience...more details
Format:Hardback  Pages:236

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Too Close to the Sun: Growing Up in the Shadow of My Grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor (Book)

Curtis Roosevelt

ISBN:9781586487829

In this richly illustrated coming-of-age-story, FDR's eldest grandson recreates the strange and magical world of the Roosevelt White House. Curtis Roosevelt was three when he and his sister arrived at the White House. The country's "First Grandchildren...more details
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Totally Vegetarian: Easy, Fast, Comforting Cooking for Every Kind of Vegetarian (Book)

Toni Fiore

ISBN:9780738213149

The health benefits of vegetarianism are well known, but, to many, the art of easily preparing great vegetarian food remains a mystery. With her public television cooking show...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:273

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Tycoon's War: How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer (Book)

Stephen Dando-Collins

ISBN:9780306818561

Written by a master storyteller, "Tycoon's War" is the remarkable account of an epic imperialist duel--a violent battle of the capitalist versus the idealist...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:373

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Violent Partners: A Breakthrough Plan for Ending the Cycle of Abuse (Book)

Linda G Mills

ISBN:9780465018246

In this groundbreaking book, Linda Mills--feminist, scholar, activist, and survivor--challenges the prevailing orthodoxies and maps out a plan to change domestic abuse treatment programs. Drawing on case studies and research from her abuse prevention programs...more details
Format:Paperback / softback  Pages:298

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Wandering Souls: Journeys with the Dead and Living in Viet Nam (Book)

Wayne Karlin

ISBN:9781568584058

On March 19, 1969, First Lieutenant Homer R. Steedly, Jr., shot and killed a North Vietnamese soldier, Dam, when they met on a jungle trail. Steedly took a diary--filled with beautiful line drawings--from the body of the dead soldier...more details
Format:Hardcover  Pages:352

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