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Nonfiction, March 2007
- Barber, Benjamin R.
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This provocative culmination of Barber's lifelong study of democracy and capitalism confronts the likely consequences of consumerism on our children, our liberty and our citizenship, and shows finally how citizens can resist and transcend the culture of over-consumption.
- Bernstein, Harry
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The enchanting true story of a love affair that broke down the walls that divided a neighborhood. Bernstein has written a charming and moving tale of working class life, social divide and forbidden love on the eve of the First World War.
- Bissell, Tom
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Bissell recounts his journey to Vietnam with his veteran father as they travel the country together and reflect on the war experience, both from someone who was there and from the son who grew up in its shadow.
- Brogan, Hugh
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Written by an eminent scholar of both European and American history, this will stand as the standard biography of Alexis de Tocqueville for years to come.
- Browne, Janet
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Charles Darwin's foremost biographer delivers a vivid and accessible introduction to the book that permanently altered our understanding of what it is to be human.
- Cepuch, Randy
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Once a year, the managers of public companies have to fling open the doors and let the owners in — whether they want to or not. This humorous, informative business-related travelogue looks at how companies treat their investors during the brief period when the welcome mat is out. Companies featured include Berkshire Hathaway, Citigroup, Dow Jones, Dupont, eBay, Gannett, Google, Hawaiian Electric, Hershey, MGM Grand, Microsoft, Otter Tail, Playboy, Starbucks, Tootsie Roll, Wal-Mart and Walt Disney, among others.
- Damrosch, David
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Adventurers, explorers, kings, gods and goddesses come to life in this riveting story of the first great epic — lost to the world for 2,000 years and rediscovered in the 19th century.
- Ettlinger, Steve
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When Ettlinger's young daughter asked him, "What's polysorbate 60?" he was at a loss — and determined to find out. The result is a fascinating, thoroughly researched exploration into the food industry that demystifies some of the most commonly processed food ingredients.
- Groopman, Jerome E.
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A New Yorker staff writer, best-selling author and professor at Harvard Medical School unravels the mystery of how doctors figure out the best treatments — or fail to do so. This book describes the warning signs of flawed medical thinking and offers intelligent questions patients can ask.
- Jones, Chris
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In the 37 years since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, space travel has seemed more and more a routine enterprise — at least until the shuttle Columbia blew up and the Challenger before it. Now, this true-life adventure vividly captures the dangerous realities of space travel.
- Karabell, Zachary
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In a narrative spanning 14 centuries, Karabell explores the growing tensions between Islam and the West and traces the rise of Arab nationalism. Evoking the legacy of coexistence, he illuminates a forgotten heritage that shows the possibility of a more stable and secure world.
- Kennedy Townsend, Kathleen
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For too long the subject of religion has been politicized by the right and largely ignored by the left, as American churches have become increasingly more concerned with what people do with their bodies than with their souls. Now Kathleen Kennedy Townsend issues a spiritual call to arms to all those who feel that churches in America today, Catholic and Protestant alike, are failing America's faithful.
- Kuegler, Sabine
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Sabine Kuegler's childhood was far from typical. The child of German linguists and missionaries, she spent her youth living among the Fayu tribe in the most remote jungles of West Papua, Indonesia. It wasn't until the age of 17 when her world was upended that Sabine experienced true fear for the first time. She was sent off to a boarding school in Switzerland and forced to confront the culture clash of modern Western society — giving her plenty of reason to be afraid. This is her remarkable true story.
- Lamott, Anne
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The follow-up to her bestselling Plan B, Anne Lamott's newest collection is a personal exploration of the faith and grace all around us.
- McNamee
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In an authorized biography, McNamee tells the story of Alice Waters, Chez Panisse and the San Francisco 1970s counterculture food revolution that invented "American cuisine."
- O'Connell, Caitlin
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From an internationally renowned field scientist comes this fascinating story of her unexpected discovery of a new mode of elephant communication. This journey takes readers into the wilds of Africa where naturalists do their difficult work in a troubled land.
- Pearce, Fred
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As veteran science writer Pearce began work on this book, normally cautious scientists beat a path to his door to tell him about their fears and their latest findings. Now he presents this up-to-date and readable book about the growing evidence for global warming and the large climatic effects it may unleash.
- Phillips, Glasgow
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Washed up as a “real” writer before he was thirty, Phillips builds a hilarious and poignant memoir, in the tradition of Augusten Burroughs and Sean Wilsey, from tales of promise and failure, family and madness, friendship and redemption, fame and infamy, and good old-fashioned hustling.
- Pryce, Lois
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Pryce spent her weekdays working at the BBC stuck in a career rut, but led a parallel life as a biker with overwhelming wanderlust. Follow her adventures as she travels by motorcycle from Alaska to the southernmost tip of Argentina.
- Rinpoche, Mingyur
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A Tibetan Buddhist master combines his ancient wisdom with the latest breakthroughs in Western medicine to reveal how one can live a healthier, happier life through meditation.
- Sabbagh, Karl
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Karl Sabbagh investigates the story of his Palestinian ancestors and, through it, the history of what was, and may become again, Palestine. Using his family tree as a guide, Sabbagh details how the descendants of these original inhabitants were forced from their homes into refugee settlements on the West Bank, Gaza, and dispersed around the world. In Palestine: A Personal History Sabbagh attempts both to illuminate and come to terms with his family’s — and his people’s — turbulent past.
- Sloan, Cle
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The companion book to an award-winning documentary of the same title, this account by a former gang member traces the history of Los Angeles' notorious gangs.
- Tarte, Bob
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In Bob Tarte's home, pandemonium is the order of the day, and animals literally rule the roost — thirty-nine of them at last count. But not until this modern-day Noah's Ark hits stormy weather — and Bob's world spins out of control — does he realize that this exuberant gaggle of animals provides his spiritual anchor. With the same sly humor and dead-on character portraits that made Enslaved by Ducks such a rousing success, Tarte proves that life with animals offers a wholly different perspective on the world.
- Thomas, Donald Serrell
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Venturing into the urban underbelly of postwar Britain, and especially of London, this true crime chronicle explores the shadowy ganglands where for 25 years armed robbery, prostitution, vice and drugs flourished under racketeer kings.
- Tipler, Frank J.
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A highly respected physicist demonstrates that the essential beliefs of Christianity are wholly consistent with the laws of physics.
- Vollmann, William T.
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In the tradition of James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Vollmann's Poor People struggles to confront poverty in all its hopelessness and brutality, its pride and abject fear, its fierce misery and its quiet resignation. Poor People allows the poor to speak for themselves, explaining the causes and consequences of their impoverishment in their own cultural, social and religious terms.
- Wallis, Michael
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From the author of Route 66 comes this biography of one of America's most legendary folk heroes.
- Wilkinson, Alec
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New Yorker contributor Wilkinson spent several years following the erratic trail of vagabond Poppa Neutrino — street musician, beatnik, raft man — for this disturbing and profound look at one man's life outside the boundaries of what most consider normality.
- Wilson, David Sloan
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Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think about Our Lives (March 2007)With stories that entertain as much as they inform, Wilson outlines the basic principles of evolution and shows how, properly understood, they can illuminate the length and breadth of creation, from the origin of life to the nature of religion. Now everyone can move beyond the sterile debates about creationism and intelligent design to share Darwin’s panoramic view of animal and human life, seamlessly connected to each other.