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Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative as Guy Debord's The Society of the Spectacle. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960s up to the present, the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism and everyday life in the late twentieth cenlury. Now finally available in a superb English ... (more)

Prozac Diary

by Lauren Slater

A dazzling and powerful account of a life profoundly altered by Prozac-- "surely among the best on the long-term effects of the drug" ( The New York Times ) In 1988, at age 26, Lauren Slater lived alone in a basement apartment in Cambridge, depressed, suicidal, unemployed. Ten years later, she is a psychologist running her own clinic, an award-winning writer, and happily married. The transformation in her life... (more)

The Magic Daughter: A Memoir of Living with Multiple Personality Disorder

The Magic Daughter: A Memoir of Living with Multiple Personality Disorder

by Jane Phillips

In this extraordinarily distinctive, exquisitely crafted memoir, one that began as a suicide note, Jane Phillips, a woman with "disassociative identity disorder" writes about the intimate details of her life. The Magic Daughter is a harrowing, moving, inspiring, and ultimately triumphant account of a woman's journey toward wholeness.

Looking back;: A chronicle of growing up old in the sixties

Looking back;: A chronicle of growing up old in the sixties

by Joyce Maynard

First published in 1973, when its author was nineteen years old, Looking Back: A Chronicle of Growing Up Old in the Sixties has become a classic to many of the baby boom generation, for its sharply observed account of coming of age during turbulent times. Now used in many high school English and social studies courses, this new edition is being brought out to mark the 30th anniversary of the publication of the... (more)

Cheating at Canasta: Stories

by William Trevor

The publication of a new book by William Trevor is a great literary event. Trevor’s last collection, A Bit on the Side , was named a New York Times Notable Book and hailed as one of the Best Books of the Year by papers from coast to coast, including The Washington Post and San Francisco Chronicle . And his earlier collection, After Rain , published in 1996, was named one of the eight best books of the year... (more)

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The Society of the Spectacle

by Guy Debord