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Examines how the wealthy classes have contributed to growing inequality in society and explains how the quest to increase wealth has hindered the country's economic growth as well as its efforts to...

Trapped in a boring, dead-end day job in a department store, stage designer Therese Belivet finds her life forever changed when she encounters--and falls in love with--Carol Aird, an alluring...

No one in modern times has shown us more vividly than Edith Hamilton 'the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome.' ùNew York Times In this now-classic history of Roman civilization,...

The key to unlocking your power?nd the inspired life that comes with it?rom the renowned voice and acting coach. You know that person: the one with that certain something. And you?e probably...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning scholar, a timely history of the constitutional changes that built equality into the nation's foundation.Author: Eric FonerPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication...

A pair of technology experts describe how humans will have to keep pace with machines in order to become prosperous in the future and identify strategies and policies for business and individuals to...

The surprising, often fiercely feminist, always fascinating, yet barely known, history of home economics. The term "home economics" may conjure traumatic memories of lopsided hand-sewn pillows or...

Fat is not just excess weight, but actually a dynamic, smart, and self-sustaining organ that influences everything from aging and immunity to mood and fertility. With cutting-edge research and...

An NPR Best Book of the Year An authoritative history of the race to unravel DNA?s structure, by one of our most prominent medical historians. James Watson and Francis Crick?s 1953 discovery of the...

Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is a searing satire set amid the mayhem of the Sri Lankan civil war. Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida?war photographer, gambler,...

Historically incisive, geographically broad-reaching, and brimming with illuminating anecdotes. Max Rodenbeck, Review of Book"Author: Vali NasrPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date:...

The wildly entertaining story of progressive rock, the music that ruled the 1970s charts?nd has divided listeners ever since. The Show That Never Ends is the definitive story of the extraordinary...

Fascinating, the way all great family stories are fascinating.?Robert Gottlieb, New York Times Book Review This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe...

Subtitle varies with different printings.Author: Lynne TwistPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: March 14, 2017Number of Pages: 336 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

A lucid and passionate case for a more mindful way of listening to and engaging with musical, natural, and manmade sounds. --New York TimesAuthor: Trevor J. CoxPublisher: W. W. Norton &...

How rivers have shaped American politics, economics, and society from the beginnings of the Republic to today.Author: Martin DoylePublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: March 19,...

Chronicles the history of America's pursuit of liberty, tracing the struggles among freed slaves, union organizers, women rights advocates, and other groups to widen freedom's promiseAuthor: Eric...

A new edition of the iconic, best-selling account of America's most fascinating serial killer, "perhaps the most unnerving true-crime book ever published" (Victoria Beale, The New Yorker), with a...

The most celebrated book on counterpoint is Fux's great theoretical work GRADUS AD PARNASSUM. Since its appearance in 1725, it has been used by and has directly influenced the work of many of the...

The Surgeon's Mate (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)Author: Patrick O'BrianPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: Nov 16, 2021Number of Pages: 368 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Describes the impact that the translation of "On the Nature of Things" by Roman philosopher Lucretius had on history, inspiring artists, great thinkers, and scientists of the fifteenth century and...

One of BookPage's 6 best parenting books of 2022. The Teen Interpreter is a generous roadmap for enjoying the most challenging, and rewarding, parenting years. Once children hit adolescence, it seems...

?I don't know why we do it. We must be crazy./Welcome, fellow poet.??Richard HugoAuthor: Richard HugoPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: August 09, 2010Number of Pages: 128...

The True American tells the story of Raisuddin Bhuiyan, a Bangladesh Air Force officer who dreams of immigrating to America and working in technology. But days after 9/11, an avowed "American...

A piercing exposé of American incompetence and corruption in Southeast Asia, The Ugly American captivated the nation when it was first published in 1958. The book introduces readers to an unlikely...

Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original studies undoing our assumptions about the decision-making process. Their papers...

A sure comic touch . . . smart and sweet . . . a tribute to the pleasures of friendship. ?he New Yorker In the heart of New York City, a group of artistic friends struggles with society's standards...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Long Bright River: The moving story of a daughter? quest to discover the truth about her beloved father? hidden past. Ada Sibelius is raised by David,...

One of the deepest, most illuminating books about the history of life to have been published in recent years. The Economist"Author: Nick LanePublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublication Date: June...

A glistening narrative, crammed full of rich, pictorial description and tingling suspense. --Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Book Review An intoxicating story of the thrills of exploration, the...