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For lovers of facts, students of popular culture, history buffs, and science enthusiasts, the fascinating stories behind 500 everyday items, expressions, a...

For the amazing female pioneers who shattered the glass ceiling, a practical and inspiring guide to reinventing what's next.Boomer women have been trailblaz...

Success can be yours with Susan Jeffers's Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway The world's foremost producer of personal development and motivational audio pro...

Larry McMurtry criscrosses America -- driving in search of the present, the past, and himself -- as he shares his fascination with this nation's great trai...

this Essential Language Guide Presents The Traveler With The Vocabulary And Phrases Necessary To Communicate In Swahili, The Most Widely Spoken African Lang...

The Nobel Peace Prize Winner Discusses How Her Personal Credo Of Love In Action Has Shaped Her Life And Shows Readers How To Build A Similarly Strong And Ch...

Gifted artist Gerald Murphy and his elegant wife, Sara, were icons of the most enchanting period of our time; handsome, talented, and wealthy expatriate A...

2013 Edition. Designed as a pocket guide for convenience, this book contains the Personal Guide section of the large "Reference Guide for Essential Oils" pl...

Introduction. Logic ; Valid Arguments ; Sound Arguments ; The Plan Of This Book -- Part One. Syllogistic, Informal, And Inductive Logic. Syllogistic Logic ;...

A Guide To Cooking Shrimp Features A Wide Range Of Dishes, Including Traditional Asian Dishes, A Variety Of Exotic International Specialties, Old Favorites,...

This Comprehensive Examination Into The Frightening History Of Serial Homicide Documents The Psychological, Investigative, And Cultural Aspects Of Serial Mu...

It's Difficult Today To Imagine How America Survived The Great Depression--only Through The Stories Of The Common People Who Struggled During That Era Can W...

Legendary Travel Writer Paul Theroux Fearlessly Drives The Entire Length Of The Us-mexico Border, Then Goes Deep Into The Hinterland, On The Back Roads Of C...

Richard Carlson, the bestselling author of DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF, is back with 100 simple yet inventive strategies for reducing the stresses of everyd...

Students And Researchers All Write Under Pressure, And Those Pressures--most Lamentably, The Desire To Impress Your Audience Rather Than To Communicate With...

You've finally left the comforts of mom and dad's nest to strike out on your own… but you have no clue how to do your own laundry. Or cook. Or manage your...

Now in paperback, revised throughout, with a timely new chapter and title―The original How to Connect in Business in 90 Seconds or Less received praise s...

In Eat to Lose, Eat to Win, celebrity nutritionist Rachel Beller (of Biggest Loser fame) takes a basic tenet of weight loss—eat the “right” foods—and makes...

One thousand word challenges from America's most popular magazine.Categories: Reference Words, Language & GrammarGeneral Book details Author: Read...

With an encyclopedic knowledge of opera and a delightful dash of irreverence, Sir Denis Forman throws open the world of opera—its structure, composers, co...

This book concludes with advice on bringing a puppy into your life and guidelines for ensuring your pet's health and safety. From o...

Expanded And Updated For Graduates Just Entering The Workforce, A Latest Edition Of A Best-selling Guide To Finding And Getting The Most Out Of A First Job ...

An indispensable hardcover version of our bestselling edition of GRAY'S ANATOMY, with 827 illustrations. The essential text for medical students, health-car...

Describes How To Find Peace And Fulfillment In ChristCategories: Reference Encyclopedias & Subject GuidesReligion

Reissued on its tenth anniversary, May I Walk You Home? remains an invaluable resource for professional caregivers and loved ones assisting those on their f...

This “ridiculous” religious thinking—that when we help the poor, they end up helping us—is at the heart of the 30 stories that Jane Knuth shares in Thrift S...

The Definitive Story Of The International Modeling Business--and Its Evil Twin, Legalized Flesh Peddling--model Is A Tale Of Beautiful Women Empowered And S...

This Work Contains Some 4,400 Entries Including 50 On Major Contemporary Philosophers. Wide Coverage Of Western Philosophy As Well As Non-western And Non-eu...

In Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s reall...

A Clinical Psychologist Argues That Integrity And Character Are Integral To Success, Introducing His Six Key Components, Discussing The Importance Of Buildi...

if You Read Nothing Else On Managing People, Read These 10 Articles. We've Combed Through Hundreds Of Harvard Business Review Articles And Selected The Mos...

Here is a lovingly assembled, essential A-Z companion to Dorothy Dunnett’s brilliant Lymond Chronicles and the first five novels in the House of Niccolò s...

This book is modeled after "Eighty-Eight Assignments for Development in Place," one of CCL's most popular publications. In the years since that report was p...

From the world's most distinguished medievalist comes a lively and vivid account of the lords and ladies, saints and scholars, kings and peasants who shaped...

Master ESL (English as a Second Language) Writing with the study guide designed for non-native speakers of English. Skill-building lessons relevant to toda...

Cahill is great! He is the P.J. O'Rourke of the outdoors! Fearless and hell-bent on overcoming all obstacles in his path, Cahill takes us to the oddest and ...

The book his readers have asked for--on the uses and abuses of language, vocabulary, diction and dictionaries, journals and journalists, style, eloquence, i...

The star of Animal Planet’s It’s Me or the Dog reveals how to both interpret and “speak” the hidden language of dogs. Recent studies into the minds of cani...

A convenient reference for writers, students, and businesspeople—anyone who needs the right word at the right time. Poetry, prose, and a nine-letter pizza...

"In many ways, I was an independent woman," writes Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Alice Steinbach. “For years I’d made my own choices, paid my own bills...

In his explosive New York Times bestseller, top CIA operative Robert Baer paints a chilling picture of how terrorism works on the inside and provides start...

"So often people ask me if there's a book on story I can recommend. This is the one. I can't recommend it highly enough."--Alexa Junge, writer/producer, ...

In fast-food society we long for quick fixes and easy answers. But no worthwhile goal is easily reached, and a deep spiritual life is not created in a week...

At one time, Italian wines conjured images of cheap Chianti in straw-wrapped bottles. More recently, expensive “Super Tuscans” have been the rage. But bet...

Raghuram Rajan. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [401]-421) And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences SociologyReference

Coffee Self-Talk is a powerful, life-changing routine that takes only 5 minutes a day. What if you could wake up every morning feeling more incredible tha...

How To Learn From Job Assignments, Fellow Workers, Hardships, Successful Executives, And How To Evaluate Developmental Value Of A Job. 1. Developing Executi...

In 1995, Jim Bedard, a martial artist and Zen student, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and given ten days to live. This is the story of how he u...