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  The New New Thing

  A Silicon Valley Story

  by Michael Lewis

  As American capitalism undergoes a seismic shift, Michael Lewis, author of the bestselling Liar's Poker , sets out on a Silicon Valley safari to find the true representative of the coming economic age. All roads lead to Jim Clark, the man who rewrote the rules of American capitalism as the founder of (so far) three multi-billion dollar companies-Silicon Graphics, Netscape, and Healtheon. Lewis's shrewd,... (more)
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  Superintendent Battle: Book 1

  The Secret of Chimneys

  by Agatha Christie

  A bit of adventure and quick cash is all that good-natured drifter Anthony Cade is looking for when he accepts a messenger job from an old friend. It sounds so simple: deliver the provocative memoirs of a recently deceased European count to a London publisher. But the parcel holds more than scandalous royal secrets. It contains a stash of letters that suggest blackmail--and lead to the murder of a stranger who's... (more)
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  What Am I Doing Here?

  by Bruce Chatwin

  In this text, Bruce Chatwin writes of his father, of his friend Howard Hodgkin, and of his talks with Andre Malraux and Nadezhda Mandelstram. He also follows unholy grails on his travels, such as the rumour of a "wolf-boy" in India, or the idea of looking for a Yeti.
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  The World Since 1945: A Concise History (O P U S)

  by Keith Robbins

  Keith Robbins' accessible and stimulating account of world history since 1945 provides a framework for making sense of the political and social developments of the period. The focus is firmly on global political interaction. The underlying theme of the book is the tension between the world conceived as a unity and as a diversity. From this perspective, the author discusses the impulse towards globalization in the... (more)
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  On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul

  by Jason Goodwin

  On Foot to the Golden Horn recounts Jason Goodwin’s breathtaking journey with two companions through Eastern Europe from the dikes and marshes of Poland’s Baltic coast across to the Golden Horn in Istanbul. Along the way, they sleep in haystacks, drink with Gypsies, and play with Ceaucescu’s orphans, meeting with blatant hostility and overwhelming hospitality as an older Europe tries to settle with itself, and a... (more)
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  Clarendon Studies in Criminology

  Sexed Work 'Gender, Race and Resistance in a Brooklyn Drug Market' (CSC) (Clarendon Studies in Criminology)

  by Lisa Maher

  Based on three years of ethnographic work in New York City, this book provides the first detailed account of the economic lives of women drug users. Set in a neighborhood plagued with AIDS, Sexed Work reveals the economic lives of a group of women whose options have been severely circumscribed, not only by drug use, but also by poverty, racism, violence, and enduring marginality. Maher draws extensively on the... (more)
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  The Making of English National Identity (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies)

  by Krishan Kumar

  Drawing on historical, sociological and literary theory, Krishan Kumar examines the rise of English nationalism and issues of race and ethnicity from the Norman Conquest to the present. This study encourages reconsideration of pre-conceptions about nationalism and identity.
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  Shakespeare: A Life

  by Park Honan

  In the last ten years, nearly every previously known fact about Shakespeare has been modified by new research. This book draws on such new, crucial information to dramatically alter our perceptions of the actor, poet, and playwright. Honan tells us virtually all that can be factually known or reasonably speculated about Shakespeare's life--from his childhood to his deathbed. We encounter fascinating portraits of... (more)
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  Far-Fetched Facts

  The Literature of Travel and the Idea of the South Seas

  by Neil Rennie

  Far-Fetched Facts is a fascinating look at travel literature, both real and imaginary, from classical times, via early accounts of the new world, to later accounts of the South Sea islands that lay beyond. Rennie traces continuities from the Odyssey to the twentieth century, and stresses the interplay of fact and fiction in a literature with a notorious tendency to stray from the truth. In the process, he... (more)
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  Decline and Fall of the American Programmer

  by Edward Yourdon

  Ed Yourdan demonstrates how U.S. software organizations can become world-class shops if they exploit the key software technologies of the 1990s. "View this book as a Tom Peters-style search for excellence in the software world. Be prepared to be angered. Be prepared to be confronted. Be prepared to change."--Raymond G.A. Cote, BYTE Magazine, July, 1992.
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  A Means to an End

  The Biological Basis of Aging and Death

  by William R Clark

  Why do we age? Is aging inevitable? Will advances in medical knowledge allow us to extend the human lifespan beyond its present limits? Because growing old has long been the one irreducible reality of human existence, these intriguing questions arise more often in the context of science fiction than science fact. But recent discoveries in the fields of cell biology and molecular genetics are seriously challenging... (more)
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  CURING CANCER: The Story of the Men and Women Unlocking the Secrets of our Deadliest Illness

  by Michael Waldholz

  The recent startling discovery that a single gene prevents the cells in the body from becoming tumors marked a dramatic turning point in cancer research. Taking readers into the labs where researchers have determined that cancers are caused either genetically or environmentally by destroying this newfound gene, Curing Cancer brings to life the race to unlock cancer's genetic code. It profiles scientists such as... (more)
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  Visions of the Future: Almanacs, Time, and Cultural Change 1775-1870

  by Maureen Perkins

  Why is it a laughing matter when an American president consults an astrologer, while political scientists, economists, and meteorologists all seem to depend on predicting the future? In this book, Perkins examines the "death" of astrology's respectability and links it to changing concepts of time in the nineteenth century; she explanes the circumstances in which one type of knowledge, "superstitious," was replaced... (more)
• Do You Know What Day Tomorrow Is?: A Teachers AlmanacLee Bennett Hopkins, Misha Arenstein

  

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  Do You Know What Day Tomorrow Is?: A Teachers Almanac

  by Misha Arenstein, Lee Bennett Hopkins

  Do you know what day tomorrow is? It might be the anniversary of the day the first man went into space, or the sinking of the Titanic. It might be the birthdate of George Washington Carver, or the anniversary of the day Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. Here is a day-by-day compendium of the people and events that have shaped our lives. You'll find hundreds of entries avout holidays around the... (more)
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  Lonely Planet Journeys

  In Xanadu

  by William Dalrymple

  'William Dalrymple has written a delightful book of travels ... a brilliant debut.' - PHILIP GLAZEBROOK, Spectator 'A splendid piece of British eccentricity with all manner of echoes: Freya Stark, Peter Fleming, Robert Byron ... Dalrymple is plainly either brilliant, or bonkers, or both.' - ALAN FRANKS, The Times ' In Xanadu is so uncommonly satisfying because of the rare skill with which William... (more)