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  Competing On Internet Time: Lessons From Netscape And Its Battle With Microsoft

  by Michael A. Cusumano

  Competing on Internet time means competitive advantage can be won and lost overnight. In this penetrating analysis of strategy-making and product innovation in the dynamic markets of commercial cyberspace, bestselling Microsoft Secrets co-author Michael Cusumano and top competitive strategy expert David Yoffie draw vital lessons from Netscape, the first pure Internet company, and show how it employs the... (more)
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  The Rationalists: Descartes: Discourse on Method & Meditations; Spinoza: Ethics; Leibniz: Monadology & Discourse on Metaphysics

  by Rene Descartes, Benedict de Spinoza, Gottfried Wilhelm Vo Leibniz

  Founded in the mid-17th century, Rationalism was  philosophy's first step into the modern era. This  volume contains the essential statements of  Rationalism's three greatest figures: Descartes, who  began it; Spinoza, who epitomized it; and Leibniz,  who gave it its last serious expression.
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  Anais Nin a Biography

  by Deirdre Bair

  The first biography of the famous diarist written with exclusive access to her complete, original diary and with the full cooperation of her family traces her infamous erotic exploits among the intellectual elite. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. Tour. NYT.
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  Composing a Life

  by Mary Catherine Bateson

  Mary Catherine Bateson has been called "one of the most original and important thinkers of our time" (Deborah Tannen). Grove Press is pleased to reissue Bateson's deeply satisfying treatise on the improvisational lives of five extraordinary women. Using their personal stories as her framework, Dr. Bateson delves into the creative potential of the complex lives we live today, where ambitions are constantly... (more)
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  Autobiography of a Yogi

  by Paramahansa Yogananda

  Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a profound introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its time-honored tradition of meditation. This acclaimed autobiography presents a fascinating portrait of one of the great spiritual figures of our time. With engaging candor, eloquence, and wit, Paramahansa Yogananda tells the inspiring chronicle of his life: the... (more)
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  The Great Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy

  by Bryan Magee

  Beginning with the death of Socrates in 399 BC, and following the strand of philosophical inquiry through the centuries to recent figures such as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein, Bryan Magee's conversations with fifteen contemporary writers and philosophers provide an accessible and exciting account of Western philosophy and its greatest thinkers. With contributions from A. J. Ayer, Bernard Williams, Martha... (more)
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  The Rise of the Roman Empire (Penguin Classics)

  by Polybius, F. W. Walbank

  The Greek statesman Polybius (c.200 - 118 BC) wrote his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire in order to help his fellow countrymen understand how their world came to be dominated by Rome. Opening with the Punic War in 264 BC, he vividly records the critical stages of Roman expansion: its campaigns throughout the Mediterranean, the temporary setbacks inflicted by Hannibal and the final destruction... (more)
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  Fury on Earth: A Biography of Wilhelm Reich

  by Myron R. Sharaf

  Argues that most forms of therapy practised today include some idea that Wilhelm Reich pioneered. This biography - written by a former patient, student and assistant of Reich - reveals how the same "life functionalism" that Reich studied brought him personal isolation and death in prison.
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  Time Out

  Time Out London

  by Editors of Time Out

  This smart, savvy guide updates everything that’s new and noteworthy in the city, including the new Cartoon Museum, high-speed boat trips on the Thames, the reborn Wembley, and the transformed Tate Modern, with its newly rehung permanent collection. Travelers also find exhaustive coverage of the city’s sights, parks, and attractions, from traditional choices like Buckingham Palace to new favorites including... (more)
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  America in the King Years: Book 2

  Pillar of Fire

  America in the King Years 1963-65

  by Taylor Branch

  In the second volume of his three-part history, a monumental trilogy that began with Parting the Waters, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Taylor Branch portrays the Civil Rights Movement at its zenith, recounting the climactic struggles as they commanded the national stage.
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  Bookstore: The Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and Books & Co.

  by Lynne Tillman

  For twenty years, from 1977 to 1997, Books & Co. was one of the premier independent bookstores in the country. Stocking a wide range of quality fiction and nonfiction, Books & Co. was the kind of bookstore writers and readers dream about: a place where reading was an adventure, where interesting works would always be available, where writers would congregate to share ideas and discuss their writing. Its... (more)
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  Get Thee to a Punnery

  An Anthology of Intentional Assaults Upon the English Language

  by Richard Lederer

  Get Thee to a Punnery proves that the pun is mightier than the sword . . . and here are sidesplitting puns of every color, stripe and persuasion to suit every whim. Even if you don't know that your humerus is your funny bone, this is the book for you.
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  The Story of My Life

  by Clarence Darrow, Alan M. Dershowitz

  In The Story of My Life recounts, and reflects on, his more than fifty years as a corporate, labor, and criminal lawyer, including the most celebrated and notorious cases of his day: establishing the legal right of a union to strike in the Woodworkers' Conspiracy Case; exposing, on behalf of the United Mine Workers, the shocking conditions in the mines and the widespread use of child labor; defending Leopold and... (more)
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  Lives of the Laureates - 3rd Edition: Thirteen Nobel Economists

  "A fascinating survey of the richness of modern economic thought." -- Washington Post Lives of the Laureates provides a condensed and personalized history of modern economic thought, with some of the most eloquent and important contributors to that history as guides. William F. Sharpe of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford, Ronald H. Coase of the University of Chicago, and Douglass C. North of... (more)
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  Walt Whitman: A Gay Life

  by Gary Schmidgall

  Though Walt Whitman's poetry is known for its unabashed physicality and sexual energy, few biographers have directly confronted the impact of Whitman's sexuality and his cherished fraternal relationships on his art. Gary Schmidgall's fresh, insightful readings and innovative biographical technique illuminate the vital connection between Whitman's life as a homosexual and his legacy as a landmark literary artist. ... (more)
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  The Theory of Social and Economic Organization. Trans. By A.M. Henderson and .Talcott Parsons. Ed. By Talcott Parsons

  by Max. Weber

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  Symptoms

  by isadore rosenfeld

  You hold in your hands the most valuable and easy-to-use home medical reference ever published. Written by Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld, a distinguished physician and best-selling author, Symptoms is a complete guide to all the aches, pains, and physical "distress signals" you many experience. In his war, reassuring style. Dr. Rosenfeld tells you how to interpret your body's warning signs, when to seek medical... (more)
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  A Place for Us: Eleni's Children in America

  by Nicholas Gage

  Gage was nine in 1949 when he and three sisters set sail from Greece for the U.S. Their mother had just been murdered by Greek communists who tried forcibly to conscript the family into guerrilla training. In Worcester, Mass., the children met their immigrant father Christos Gatzoyiannis, separated for years from the clan. Expecting a tycoon, they found instead an out-of-work short-order cook, a proud, touchy,... (more)
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  Language

  by Edward Sapir

  Originally published in 1921, this classic is still regarded as one of the clearest, most comprehensive descriptions of language for the general reader. Index.
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  To Be Real

  Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism

  by Rebecca Walker

  An anthology of essays by up-and-coming feminist and gay writers reevaluates the objectives and philosophy of the feminist movement, calling for more emphasis on liberating women than guarding their sexual behavior.