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Nonfiction, December 2007
- Boorstein, Sylvia
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Through decades of Buddhist practice and teaching, Boorstein has discovered that the secret to happiness lies not in monastic solitude but in cultivating our connections with the world.
- Burns, Carole
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In this literary tell-all, authors reveal how they work, giving insight into their writing process. Editor Burns has woven their wisdom into chapters illuminating to any writer or reader.
- Childs, Craig
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From one of the finest nature writers at work comes a lyrical, dramatic, illuminating tour of the hidden domain of wild animals. Each of the 40 brief narratives focuses on the author's own encounter and is replete with facts about the species behavior, habitat, breeding and lifespan.
- Cramer, James J.
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Cramer, the best-selling commentator on investing, advises on how to invest wisely at any age, whether a recent college graduate or retiree.
- Cruise, Jorge
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Bestselling author and fitness expert Cruise presents a revolutionary fat-burning exercise method that uniquely combines super-slow training with static-contraction training in a circuit routine for the safest, most efficient strength and cardio workout.
- Fawcett, Bill
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Throughout history, there have been frauds, deceptions, propaganda,and trickery from governments, corporations, historians, braggarts and everyone in between. Written in a fun, irreverent style, this book chronicles the vast history of these falsities.
- Fitch, Noel Riley
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An acclaimed author, abetted by a noted artist, serves the dish on Select, the famous Montparnasse café that for nearly nine decades has been so vital to Paris and its intellectual denizens — from Hemingway, Beauvoir, Picasso, James Baldwin and George Plimpton to the writers and artists of today.
- Frantz, Douglas
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Journalists Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins tell the alarming tale of Abdul Qadeer Khan — the Pakistani mastermind behind a vast clandestine enterprise that sold nuclear secrets to governments around the world. Although the U.S. ultimately shut him down, it was only after the nuclear genie was long out of the bottle.
- Frum, David
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The author of Dead Right and The Right Man predicts that the Republicans will lose the next election, and argues that they have lost sight of the real issues that concern Americans today.
- Geary, Rick
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In the hands of cartoonist Geary, J. Edgar Hoover's life becomes a timely and pointed guide to everything from Prohibition to Cold War espionage. This graphic work provides a special window into the life of an outsized American and a bird's-eye view on the 20th century.
- Griffeth, Bill
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Bill Griffeth had been a TV journalist covering Wall Street and the world of high finance for a quarter of a century. But when he made the startling discovery that his eight-times great-grandmother was convicted and executed during the Salem witch trials of 1692, he began to research the biggest story of his life: the 400-year history of his family and of America's Protestant roots.
- Hansell, Mike
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From termite mounds that in relative terms are three times as tall as a skyscraper, to the elaborate nests of social birds and the deadly traps of spiders, the constructions of the animal world can amaze us and humble our own engineering and technology. But how do creatures with such small brains build these complex structures? Hansell explores how animal structures evolved over time, how insect societies emerge, how animals can alter their wider habitat, and even whether some animals have an aesthetic sense.
- Hayes, Bill
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The classic medical text known as Gray's Anatomy is one of the most famous books ever written. Now, on the 150th anniversary of its publication, acclaimed science writer Bill Hayes has written the fascinating, never-before-told true story of how this seminal volume came to be. Uncovering a treasure trove of forgotten letters and diaries, he illuminates the relationship between the gifted young anatomist Henry Gray and his younger collaborator H. V. Carter, whose exquisite anatomical illustrations are masterpieces of art and close observation.
- Mertz, Barbara
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In this updated version of the classic of popular Egyptology, Barbara Mertz reveals herself to be the perfect guide to ancient Egypt for the student, the layman and those who plan to visit — or have visited — the Nile Valley.
- Repcheck, Jack
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Repcheck's riveting story tells of the enigmatic genius responsible for one of the most important scientific theories ever — and why it took several decades and a stranger's intervention before his groundbreaking On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres was published.