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  Miracle of Language

  by Richard Lederer

  Master verbalist Richard Lederer, America's "Wizard of Idiom" (Denver Post), presents a love letter to the most glorious of human achievements... Welcome to Richard Lederer's beguiling celebration of language -- of our ability to utter, write, and receive words. No purists need stop here. Mr. Lederer is no linguistic sheriff organizing posses to hunt down and string up language offenders.... (more)
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  One World Ready or Not: The Manic Logic of Global Capitalism

  by William Greider

  In this national bestseller--hailed by critics as one of the most important in recent years--the author of "Who Will Tell the People" and "Secrets of the Temple" exposes the myths and explains the realities of the global economy. BOMC Alternate National print & radio publicity. Local author publicity in New York & D.C. National print ads. .
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  The Trust

  The Private and Powerful Family Behind the New York Times

  by Susan E. Tifft, Alex S. Jones

  This mammoth history of the dynasty that created and controls The New York Times is as epic in its scope as is the role of the newspaper in America. Like any good epic, this story is filled with its fair share of personal ambition, disappointment, competing heirs to the throne, fierce loyalties, and powerful intrigue. The story of The Times starts in 1896, when Adolph Ochs, a young German Jew, buys the... (more)
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  Pursued by Furies: A Life of Malcolm Lowry

  by Gordon Bowker

  In this biography of Malcolm Lowry, readers learn of his epic, frustrating story, its contradictions and comedies intact, without distortion or embellishment. Pursued by Furies traces Lowry's mythical life, from his voyage around the world to his respite on the British Columbian waterfront. There he managed to turn his "furies into mercies, " and to turn his experiences in Mexico into his magnificent novel, Under... (more)
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  Nonconformity

  by Nelson Algren

  In this major, posthumous work, the winner of the First National Book Award presents an illuminating, highly quotable essay on the craft of writing, the art of literature, and the relationship of the writer to society. Written in the early 1950s, this eagerly-sought project was suddenly canceled when Algren was denounced as a former Communist.
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  The Life of an Amorous Man

  by Saikaku Ihara

  First published in 1682, The Life of an Amorous Man depicts the pursuits and follies of the most glorious age of Japan, when wealthy commoners could rise above the warrior caste and indulge in the free and easy life of Japan's pleasure houses. The hero, Yonosuke, whose name means "Man of the World," is followed from his precocious childhood to the close of his amatory career. His erotic escapades are chronicled,... (more)
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  A Concise Economic History of the World

  From Paleolithic Times to the Present

  by Rondo E. Cameron

  This classic book offers a broad sweep of economic history from prehistoric times to the present and explores the disparity of wealth among nations. Now in its fourth edition, A Concise Economic History of the World has been updated to reflect the stunning changes in the world economy since 1989. Truly a definitive history of globalization, the new edition has been expanded to include coverage of the most recent... (more)
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  Squandering Aimlessly : MY ADVENTURES in the AMERICAN MARKETPLACE

  by David Brancaccio

  Poor, misguided fellow. David Brancaccio, host of public radio's rambunctious and eclectic business program Marketplace, used to think the big problem with money was getting some. Didn't he understand that during a time of bounty the big problem is knowing what to do with money once you have it? It took a conversation with one of the richest guys in America to set him straight. "I think Warren Buffett's got... (more)
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  The Chinese Opium Wars

  by Jack Beeching

  An enlightening account of a notorious period in nineteenth-century imperialism, when an effort by the Chinese government to stamp out the country's profitable opium trade resulted in a series of conflicts known as the Opium Wars. Index; illustrations and map.
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  Anthology of Chinese Literature: Volume I

  From Early Times to the Fourteenth Century

  by Cyril Birch

  Internationally renowned Chinese literature scholar Cyril Birch was the first to assemble the finest translations of these seminal pieces in his now classic and still definitive introductory anthologies. The selections in this first volume span a two-thousand-year period: from the Chou Dynasty (1122–221 B.C.) to the Y’an Dynasty (A.D. 1280–1367), from the ancient Songs to the dramas of the fourteenth century,... (more)
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  The Age of the Bachelor

  by Howard P. Chudacoff

  In this engaging new book, Howard Chudacoff describes a special and fascinating world: the urban bachelor life that took shape in the late nineteenth century, when a significant population of single men migrated to American cities. Rejecting the restraints and dependence of the nineteenth-century family, bachelors found sustenance and camaraderie in the boarding houses, saloons, pool halls, cafes, clubs, and other... (more)
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  Angles of Reflection : Logic and a Mother's Love

  by Joan L. Richards

  At the time her nine-year-old son was diagnosed with a brain tumor, Joan Richards was deeply involved in writing a book about the life and work of the nineteenth-century mathematician Augustus De Morgan. Immersed in this abstract, logical world of science, Richards was forced by her son's sudden illness to confront a different kind of reality--the irrational world of a serious family illness and its consequences.... (more)
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  In the Arms of Africa: The Life of Colin Turnbull

  by Roy Richard Grinker

  Colin Turnbull made a name for himself with The Forest People , his acclaimed study of African Pygmies. His second book, however, The Mountain People , ignited a swirl of controversy within anthropology and tainted Turnbull's reputation as a respected anthropologist. In this scrupulously researched biography, Roy Richard Grinker charts the rise and fall of this colorful and controversial man—from his Scottish... (more)
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  The Best of Friends: Profiles of Extraordinary Friendships

  by David Michaelis

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  Tina and Harry Come to America: Tina Brown, Harry Evans, and the Uses of Power

  by Judy Bachrach

  In a story that will reverberate throughout the media world, Judy Bachrach traces the course of two careers and one romance -- all driven by soaring ambition. With the right amount of energy, money, and desire, Tina Brown and Harry Evans knew how to handle virtually everything that came their way. Once they arrived from England, they felt destined to climb to the heights of the American media. The couple... (more)
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  Civilizations of the World, Single Volume Edition: The Human Adventure (3rd Edition)

  by Richard L. Greaves

  Civilizations of the World, 3/E, provides comprehensive coverage of the world's major civilizations-placing historical events, customs, and cultures in their global context. The third edition pays special attention to the history of Africa, women's history and gender relations, and the experiences of minorities in various cultures.
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  Sightlines: The View of a Valley through the Voice of Depression (Middlebury Bicentennial Series in Environmental Studies)

  by Terry Osborne

  A powerful personal account of outer exploration and inner discovery.
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  To Lose a War: Memories of a German Girl

  by Regina Maria Shelton

  Martin Blumenson refers to this book as a “sensitive, beautifully written personal memoir,” and calls it a contribution to under­standing, “particularly to Americans who know little of how World War II and its immediate aftermath disrupted the lives of those who survived the defeat of Germany.”   Vividly, humanly, Shelton tells her story from the point of view of a teen-age German girl, one who witnessed her... (more)
• Historical Tales The Romance of Reality Volume V GermanCharles Morris

  

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  Historical Tales The Romance of Reality Volume V German

  by Charles Morris

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  Western Civilization: The Continuing Experiment, Volume I: To 1715, Brief Edition (Western Civilization to 1715)

  by Thomas F. X. Noble, Barry Strauss, Duane Osheim, Kristen Neuschel, William Cohen

  The Brief Edition of Western Civilization presents a strong chronological and political framework and seamlessly integrates the social and cultural forces that have shaped the western past. Two related themes are pursued throughout: 1) Europe in relation to the rest of the world and non-Western influences, and 2) power in all its senses, public and private; economic, social, cultural, and political; symbolic and... (more)