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  A Series of Unfortunate Events: Book 2

  The Reptile Room

  by Lemony Snicket

  Dear Reader, If you have picked up this book with the hope of finding a simple and cheery tale. I'm afraid you have picked up the wrong book altogether. The story may seem cheery at first, when the Baudelaire children spend time in the company of some interesting reptiles and a giddy uncle, but don't be fooled. If you know anything at all about the unlucky Baudelaire children, you already know that even pleasant... (more)
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  Saint Augustine (Penguin Lives Biographies (Paperback))

  by Garry Wills

  Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills brings the same fresh scholarship, lively prose, and critical appreciation that characterize his well-known books on religion and American history to this outstanding biography of one of the most influential Christian philosophers. Saint Augustine follows its subject from his youth in fourth-century Africa to his conversion and subsequent development as a theologian.... (more)
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  The Crossroads of Conflict: A Journey Into the Heart of Dispute Resolution

  The Crossroads of Conflict: A Journey into the Heart of Dispute Resolution is an effort to reveal the hidden dynamics and underlying unity that lie at the heart of conflict resolution. Its aims are to reveal the immense creative power of conflict resolution and to guide people toward resolution, transformation, and transcendence - not through sentimentality or wishful thinking, but insight, understanding, and... (more)
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  Strategic Action Planning Now Setting and Meeting Your Goals

  by Cate Gable

  Filling the need for a "how-to," step-by-step guide to strategic planning, Strategic Action Planning NOW! outlines team-based planning in four steps. Gate Gable's techniques provide detailed guidance into planning processes, strategic skills, recognition of challenges, consideration of goals, monitoring and measurement, and implementation tips to help the reader begin the planning process almost... (more)
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  Head and Heart: American Christianities

  by Garry Wills

  A landmark examination of Christianity's place in American life across the broad sweep of this country's history, from the Puritans to the presidential administration of George W. Bush. The struggle within American Christianity, Garry Wills argues, now and throughout our country's history, is between the head and the heart: between reason and emotion, Enlightenment and Evangelism. Why has this been so? How has... (more)
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  Gotcha Capitalism: How Hidden Fees Rip You Off Every Day-and What You Can Do About It

  by Bob Sullivan

  What is Gotcha Capitalism? Coughing up $4 fees for ATM transactions. Iron-clad cell phone contracts you can’t get out of with a crowbar. Paying big bucks for insurance you don’t need on a rental car or forking over $20 a day for supposedly “free” wireless internet. Every day we use banks, cell phones, and credit cards. Every day we book hotels and airline tickets. And every day we get ripped off. How? Here are... (more)
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  The Black Hole War

  My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics

  by Leonard Susskind

  What happens when something is sucked into a black hole? Does it disappear? Three decades ago, a young physicist named Stephen Hawking claimed it did-and in doing so put at risk everything we know about physics and the fundamental laws of the universe. Most scientists didn't recognize the import of Hawking's claims, but Leonard Susskind and Gerard t'Hooft realized the threat, and responded with a counterattack... (more)
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  Censored 2009: The Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007-08 (Censored)

  "Carefully orchestrated. . . . This well-researched work is highly recommended for most libraries."- Library Journal (starred review) "Buy it, read it, act on it. Our future depends on the knowledge this collection of suppressed stories allows us."- The San Diego Review "Required reading for broadcasters, journalists, and well-informed citizens."- Los Angeles Times The best-selling Censored series-with... (more)