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17 Day Diet WorkbookAuthor: Mike MorenoPublisher: Free PressPublication Date: Aug 30, 2011Number of Pages: 320 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1451661436ISBN-13: 9781451661439

Renowned historian Tom Segev strips away national myths to present a critical and clear-eyed chronicle of the year immediately following Israel's foundation."Required reading for all who want to...

For too long, Jews have defined themselves in light of the bad things that have happened to them. And it is true that, many times in the course of history, they have been nearly decimated: when the...

?A gripping account of how decent people can be taken in by a charismatic and crazed tyrant? (The New York Times Book Review). In 1954, a past or named Jim Jones opened a church in Indianapolis...

The authors document how four forces--exponential technologies, the DIY innovator, the Technophilanthropist, and the Rising Billion--are conspiring to solve our biggest problems. "Abundance"...

Resurrecting a pivotal moment in American history, Across the Great Divide tells the triumphant never-before-told story of the young Scottish fur trader and explorer who discovered the way West,...

The most comprehensive textbook for students in advanced social work and mental health courses is now completely revised and updated for a new generation When Adult Psychopathology: A Social Work...

All Things Shining: Reading The Western Classics To Find Meaning In A Secular AgeAuthor: Hubert Dreyfus, Sean Dorrance KellyPublisher: Free PressPublication Date: Aug 09, 2011Number of Pages: 272...

The Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Takes on Alzheimer's will be the first comprehensive multi-disciplinary look at these questions at this transformational moment. The Report will digest the...

The mystery of Chinatown as foreign yet familiar has been long established in the American imagination. Visitors come to expect this, looking for ?something different? in its narrow lanes and fish...

An Atlas Of Impossible Longing: A NovelAuthor: Anuradha RoyPublisher: Free PressPublication Date: Apr 05, 2011Number of Pages: 336 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1451608624ISBN-13:...

In his latest novel, universally acclaimed author James Whorton, Jr., delivers a curious Nixon-era caper of broken men and stoic runaways who learn just how much there is to gain, and lose, when you...

A scientific tour de force, Deborah Gordon's Ants at Work takes us to the amazing world of an ant society and reveals a new and original understanding of how these tiny animals get the work of the...

In the tradition of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and Holy Days by Lis Harris, Rivka Zakutinsky and Yaffa Leba Gottlieb show the inner workings of a fascinating community of women that few outsiders...

A "fascinating" (The Economist) dive into the world of linguistics that is "part travelogue, part science lesson, part intellectual investigation...an entertaining, informative survey of some of the...

Author: Patrick K. O'DonnellPublisher: Free PressPublication Date: Mar 05, 2002Number of Pages: 384 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0684873850ISBN-13: 9780684873855

From Simon & Schuster, Black Theatre USA is the revised and expanded edition of volume one which shares plays by African Americans from the early period, 1847-1938. Black Theatre USA traces the...

In 1900 many eminent scientists did not believe atoms existed, yet within just a few years the atomic century launched into history with an astonishing string of breakthroughs in physics that began...

Traces the inspiring story of an autistic savant with genius-level mathematical talents, describing how he was eschewed by his classmates in spite of his near-photographic memory and super-human...

From acclaimed journalist David Talbot comes a groundbreaking narrative account of one of the most tumultuous periods in our history: the Kennedy Administration and its dramatic aftermath. Though...

Why do we work so hard at our jobs, day after day? Why is a job well done important to us? We know there is more to a career than money and prestige, but what exactly do we mean by "fulfillment"?...

"An emotionally bracing, refreshingly intelligent, and ultimately heartbreaking story" (Kirkus Reviews) of two women linked by a tragic, decades-old secret. When former nanny Maddie McGlade receives...

In an aged response to Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Michael Novak discusses how the powerful cultural influence Catholicism has had throughout the world is necessary...

Compassionate conservatism is a new political force in the land, sweeping the grassroots of people of all faiths, races, and ethnicities. In its parts it offers solutions to many of our most...

"A brilliant history of our least-known wars on our most-ignored frontier--our northern border with Canada" (Los Angeles Times). Redirecting our attention from the Civil War to the real conflict that...

With an expansion that provides a new section on resources and companies, James D. Woods reveals the trials and tribulations that gay men face in order to navigate, and even conceal, their sexuality...

Going far beyond previous empirical work, John Kotter and James Heskett provide the first comprehensive critical analysis of how the "culture" of a corporation powerfully influences its economic...

The most devastating consequence of the spread of American culture across the globe has not been our golden arches or our bomb craters, but our bulldozing of the human psyche itself. American-style...

Popular speaker, multimillionaire, and author of the all-time bestselling real-estate book Nothing Down, Robert G. Allen knows how to bring you financial success. With his seminars sweeping the...

Customer service is the single most pressing problem for business managers and people in any service or sales operation, especially at the retail level. In fact, many experts believe that you build a...