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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

by William Shakespeare

This complete and unabridged edition contains every word that Shakespeare wrote — all 37 tragedies, comedies, and histories, plus the sonnets. You’ll find such classics as The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew . This Library of Literary Classics edition is bound in padded leather with luxurious gold-stamping on the front and spine, satin ribbon marker and gilded edges. Other titles... (more)

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook

by David Borgenicht, Jennifer Worick, Joshua Piven

The authors of the best-selling The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook are back--and they've brought a date. Whatever your own dating nightmares are, take it from the professionals, things can get worse. Just in time for Valentine's Day, here are dozens of scenarios covering every phase of the romantic--or not so romantic--turn of events. Learn how to remove stubborn articles of clothing, slip away from a blind... (more)

Robert Langdon: Book 1

Angels & Demons

by Dan Brown

An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati.... (more)

The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century

The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century

by Paul R. Krugman

A galvanizing new work from America's leading economic critic—a book that will set the terms of the political debate for years to come. No one has more authority to call the shots the way they really are than Paul Krugman, whose provocative New York Times columns are keenly followed by millions. One of the world's most respected economists, Krugman has been named America's most important columnist by the ... (more)

King Leopold's Ghost

A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

by Adam Hochschild

In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocidal plundering of the Congo, he looted its rubber, brutalized its people, and ultimately slashed its population by ten million--all the while shrewdly cultivating his reputation as a great humanitarian. Heroic efforts... (more)

April Morning

by Howard Melvin Fast, Howard Fast

The story of one day in the life of a young American boy in colonial Lexington, the day on which he joined the militia and saw his father shot down by the British.

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Henry David Thoreau

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays is a collection of some of Henry David Thoreau's most important essays. Contained in this volume are the following essays: Civil Disobedience, Natural History of Massachusetts, A Walk to Wachusett, The Landlord, A Winter Walk, The Succession of Forest Trees, Walking, Autumnal Tints, Wild Apples, Night and Moonlight, Aulus Persius Flaccus, Herald of Freedom, Life Without... (more)

Eclipse Distilled (Eclipse)

by David Carlson

Eclipse is an incredibly powerful platform for software development, but thispower and flexibility is often overwhelming for novice programmers andsometimes daunting for experienced professionals. The goal of this book is todistill significant features of the Eclipse platform and its Java developmentcapabilities in a way that is approachable for newbies and beneficial for seniordevelopers who are new to Eclipse.... (more)

The Rise of the Roman Empire (Penguin Classics)

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)

Latin for All Occasions

by Henry Beard

A new edition of Henry Beard’s bestselling classics Latin for All Occasions and Latin for Even More Occasions —now updated and available together for the first time ever in paperback! Who says Latin is a dead language? Latin for All Occasions and Latin for Even More Occasions have helped scores of readers harness the language of Caesar and Cicero to turn ordinary remarks into timeless... (more)

The return of the native,Thomas Hardy

The return of the native,

by Thomas Hardy

A Mathematician Plays The Stock Market

by John Allen Paulos

From America's liveliest writer on mathematics, a witty and insightful book on the stock market and the irrepressibility of our dreams of wealth. In A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market best-selling author John Allen Paulos demonstrates what the tools of mathematics can tell us about the vagaries of the stock market. Employing his trademark stories, vignettes, paradoxes, and puzzles (and even a film... (more)

A Guide to the End of the World: Everything You Never Wanted to Know

A Guide to the End of the World: Everything You Never Wanted to Know

by Bill McGuire

Thousands of people die every year from floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes and typhoons. Yet compared to what the Earth endured in prehistoric times-lethal volcanic winters, deadly asteroid collisions-our civilization has developed against a backdrop of relative geological calm. Will this calm last? A Brief Guide to the End of the World looks at the frightful prospects that await us in the 21st... (more)

Depth Takes a Holiday

by Sandra Tsing Loh

A collection of amusing tales, anecdotes, observations, and experiences by a Buzz magazine columnist captures the unique class structure, style, culture, demographics, and mannerisms of modern-day Los Angeles. Reprint."

Explaining Hitler: The Search for the Origins of His Evil

Explaining Hitler: The Search for the Origins of His Evil

by Ron Rosenbaum

When Hitler's war ended in 1945, the war over Hitler--who he really was, what gave birth to his unique evil--had just begun. Hitler did not escape the bunker in Berlin but, half a century later, he has managed to escape explanation in ways both frightening and profound. Explaining Hitler is an extraordinary quest, an expedition into the war zone of Hitler theories. This is a passionate, enthralling book that... (more)

Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Investing (Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money & Investing)

Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Investing (Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money & Investing)

by Kenneth M. Morris, Virginia B. Morris

The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money & Investing initiates you into the mysteries of the financial pages -- buying stocks, bonds, mutual funds, futures and options, spotting trends and evaluating companies. For those who are curious but intimidated by everyday financial jargon, this guide offers a literate, forthright and lively alternative.

Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years 1963-65 (America in the King Years (Paperback))

Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years 1963-65 (America in the King Years (Paperback))

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.

Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent

Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent

by Larry Berman

During the Vietnam War, Time reporter Pham Xuan An befriended everyone who was anyone in Saigon, including American journalists such as David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan, the CIA's William Colby, and the legendary Colonel Edward Lansdale—not to mention the most influential members of the South Vietnamese government and army. None of them ever guessed that he was also providing strategic intelligence to Hanoi,... (more)

Woman: An Intimate Geography

by Natalie Angier

With the clarity, insight, and sheer exuberance of language that make her one of The New York Times 's premier stylists, Pulitzer Prize-winner Natalie Angier lifts the veil of secrecy from that most enigmatic of evolutionary masterpieces, the female body. Angier takes readers on a mesmerizing tour of female anatomy and physiology that explores everything from organs to orgasm, and delves into topics such as... (more)

C++ the Core Language (Nutshell Handbooks)

C++ the Core Language (Nutshell Handbooks)

by Gregory Satir

C++: The Core Language is a primer for C programmers transitioning to C++, an object-oriented enhancement of the C programming language fast becoming the language of choice for serious software development. Designed to get readers up to speed quickly, this book tells you just what you need to learn first. This book covers a subset of the features of C++. The subset consists of features without which it's... (more)

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