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One Of The World' S Foremost Military Historians Offers A Sweeping View Of The Place Of Warfare In Civilization. Probing The Meanings, Motivations, And Meth...

When Phillip Carver Is Asked By His Sisters To Help Avert Their Widower Father's Impending Marriage To A Younger Women, He Is Forced To Confront His Dominee...

Set In Tokyo During The Witching Hours Between Midnight And Dawn, The Novel Features Two Sisters--eri, A Fashion Model Slumbering Her Way Into Oblivion, And...

In this enormously engaging, vibrant, and richly researched biography of Albert Camus, the French writer and journalist Olivier Todd has drawn on personal c...

Presents The Story Of A Father And Son's Transformative Shared Journey In Reading In The Wake Of The Father's Late-in-life Enrollment In His Son's Undergrad...

Daylight Come -- The Harvest -- The Most Girl Part Of You -- Rapture Of The Deep -- Du Jour -- Murder -- The Day I Had Everything -- To Those Of You Who Mis...

From One Of Our Most Astute Observers Of Human Nature, A Far-reaching Exploration Of Japanese History And Culture And A Moving Meditation On Impermanence, M...

“She walks down the street with a swing in her step and a lift to her head. She radiates allure as if followed by a personal spotlight. She may be tall o...

His World as Composed by Mingus. Autobiography.Categories: Arts & Photography Music Musical GenresJazz

A Book Of Inspirational Quotes Culled From The Author's Writings--Categories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

The Crowning Achievement From The Preeminent Writer Of His Generation: Following Brightness Falls And The Good Life, Bright, Precious Things Builds On A Ser...

anne Rice’s Second Book In Her Hugely Ambitious And Courageous Life Of Christ Begins During His Last Winter Before His Baptism In The Jordan And Concludes...

A scientific study of alien abduction, based on a UFO conference held at M.I.T., interweaves interviews with physicists, hypnotherapists, researchers, psych...

A scientific study of alien abduction, based on a UFO conference held at M.I.T., interweaves interviews with physicists, hypnotherapists, researchers, psych...

A revelatory, indispensable collection of poems from Jane Hirshfield that centers on beauty, time, and the full embrace of an existence that time cannot he...

Marion, Fresh Out Of Medical School, Flees Ethiopia And Makes His Way To America, Finding Refuge In His Work As An Intern At An Underfunded, Overcrowded New...

An unprecedented publishing event: to mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has for the first time opened its archives t...

From acclaimed classical historian, author of Ghost on the Throne (“Gripping . . . the narrative verve of a born writer and the erudition of a scholar” ...

Combines three fast-moving spy thrillers that feature the smooth, cynical British agent Bernard Samson--"Berlin Game," "Mexico Set," and "London Match"--in ...

A Smart, Sexy, Laugh-out-loud Romantic Comedy About Ex-boyfriends, Imperfect Parents, Friends With Kids, And A Man Who Disappears The Moment He Says I Love ...

In This Urgent, Authoritative Book, Bill Gates Sets Out A Wide-ranging, Practical - And Accessible - Plan For How The World Can Get To Zero Greenhouse Gas E...

Here Are Fifty Favorite Recipes Created By Rosie Daley, Oprah's Cook - Dishes That Oprah Loves Because They Have Helped Her Lose Weight And Feel Good. The R...

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 ...

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in gover...

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in gover...

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in gover...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., gives us a sumptuously illustrated landmark book tracing African American history from the arrival of the conquistadors to the elect...

From The New York Times Best-selling Author Of Reconstructing Amelia, A Gripping, Moving Novel About A Daughter Racing To Uncover The Truth About Her Mother...

From the award-winning author of Imperial Life in the Emerald City, a riveting, intimate account of America’s troubled war in Afghanistan. When President ...

Robert A. Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson, which began with the greatly acclaimed The Path to Power, also winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, c...

In Anne Rice's extraordinary novel, the Vampire Lestat--outsides, canny monster, hero-wanderer--is at last offered the chance to be redeemed. He is brought...

National Best Seller, Japan's Most Celebrated Geisha, Confessions Novel.Categories: Literature & FictionLiterary

The greatly anticipated new novel by Norman Rush—whose first novel, Mating, won the National Book Award and was everywhere acclaimed—is his richest work...

An Extensive Use Of Color Photographs Makes This A Fine Guide For Identifying Insects. Spiders, Bugs, Moths, Butterflies, Beetles, Bees, Flies, Dragonflies,...

Introduced in 1977 and completely revised in 1994, these bestselling photographic field guides have become the birding bibles of more than four million en...

The perfect companion volume for Hale-Bopp watchers, this guide explores the fabulous mysteries above, from planets in our solar system to the constellatio...

A portable, comprehensive field guide--brimming with concise descriptions and stunning color photographs, and designed to fit into your back pocket--from t...

more Than Twenty-five Years After The Appearance Of His First selected Poems, We At Last Have A Magnificent New Gathering Of Mark Strand’s Work, One That ...

From Andre Agassi, One Of The Most Beloved Athletes In History And One Of The Most Gifted Men Ever To Step Onto A Tennis Court, A Beautiful, Haunting Autobi...

After The Sudden Death Of Her Husband, Sheryl Sandberg Felt Certain That She And Her Children Would Never Feel Pure Joy Again. I Was In 'the Void, She Write...

Draws On The Life, Teachings, And Example Of Moses To Present A Series Of Principles Designed To Help Cope With The Problems Of Everyday Life, Offering Guid...

After Serving Six Months In Prison For An Implausible Crime, Joel King, A Defrocked Baptist Minister, Finds Life As An Ex-con Unbearably Complicated. Martin...

Essays Examine Rock Performers And Bands Including David Bowie, Lou Reed, Chicago, The Clash, James Taylor, And Iggy Pop. By Lester Bangs ; Edited By Greil ...

In This Revolutionary Book, Dr. Andrew Weil, One Of The Most Authoritative, Articulate, And Important Voices In The Field Of Health And Healing, Makes Clear...

Rice's new novel continues the epic occult saga that began with The Witching Hour and Lasher. Taltos takes readers back through the centuries to a civilizat...

Neil Postman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [207]-210) And Index. Rusa Notable BooksCategories: Engineering & TransportationEngineering

Since her James Beard Award-winning first book, Sunday Suppers at Lucques, Suzanne Goin and her Los Angeles empire of restaurants have blossomed and she has...

This new edition of The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth has been extensively revised to reflect scientific advances and cultural trends. Here, ca...