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Take your kids to Europe : how to travel safely (and sanely) in Europe with your children
Cynthia W. Harriman
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2008; 334 p.; isbn:9780762745630 More Information |
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The cure within : a history of mind-body medicine
Anne Harrington.
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"Is stress a deadly disease on the rise in modern society? Are good friends the best medicine? Can mind-body practices from the East help us become well? Many of us think so. Doctors and drugs are often not enough, we think; we must also seek the cure within. But why do so many of us believe this? From psychoanalysis to the placebo effect to meditation, ...
2008; 336 p.; isbn:0393065634 More Information |
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Pictures at a revolution : five movies and the birth of the new Hollywood
Mark Harris.
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"The year is 1963. The studios are churning out westerns, war movies, prudish sex comedies, and overblown historical epics, but audiences whose interests have been piqued by an influx of innovative films from abroad are hungering for something more, something new. At Esquire, two young writers hatch a plan to create a movie treatment that they hope ...
2008; 490 p.; isbn:1594201528 More Information |
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They knew they were right : the rise of the neocons
Jacob Heilbrunn.
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"Neoconservatism grew out of a split in the 1930s between Stalinists and followers of Trotsky. These obscure ideological battles between warring Marxist factions were transported to the larger canvas of the Cold War, as over time the neocons moved steadily to the right, abandoning the Democratic Party after 1972, when it shunned intervention abroad, ...
2007; 319 p.; isbn:0385511817 More Information |
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The landmark Herodotus : the histories
a new translation by Andrea L. Purvis with maps, annotations, appendices, and encyclopedic index; edited by Robert B. Strassler ; with an introduction by Rosalind Thomas.
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2007; 953 p.; isbn:0375421092 More Information |
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Byzantium : the surprising life of a medieval empire
Judith Herrin
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"Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism - gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization. Avoiding a standard chronological account of the Byzantine Empire's millennium-long history, she identifies the fundamental questions about Byzantium - what it was, and what special ...
2007; 391 p.; isbn:9780691131511 More Information |
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Hello Charlie : letters from a serial killer
Charlie Hess and Davin Seay.
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A retired FBI agent recalls how he helped to obtain a confession from Robert C. Brown that he had committed nearly fifty murders, in an account that traces the process during which the author and serial killer forged a psychologically disturbing relationship.
2008; 321 p.; isbn:1416544852 More Information |
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Nim Chimpsky : the chimp who would be human
Elizabeth Hess.
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Chronicles an experiment with a young chimpanzee who was brought up with a human family and taught to use sign language proficiently, until the funding for the study ended and he spent two decades shuttled in and out of various facilities.
2008; 369 p.; isbn:0553803832 More Information |
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Never say diet : make five decisions and break the fat habit for good
Chantel Hobbs with Rowan Jacobsen.
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A faith-based approach to conquering a lifelong battle with weight offers a series of step-by-step workouts, a realistic approach to nutrition, strategies for staying motivated, and keys to dealing with discouragement by depending on God's strength.
2007; 223 p.; isbn:1400074495 More Information |
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Waking the warrior goddess : Dr. Christine Horner's program to protect against & fight breast cancer
Christine Horner.
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Provides information on ways women can protect themselves and fight breast cancer, covering such topics as healthy eating, supplements, exercise, medications, meditation, and emotional healing.
2007; 340 p.; isbn:1591202159 More Information |
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Storming Las Vegas : how a Cuban-born, Soviet-trained commando took down the Strip to the tune of five world-class hotels, three armored cars, and $3 million
John Huddy.
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Describes the sixteen-month crime spree of Cuban-born former Red Army officer Jose Vigoa, who terrorized the Las Vegas strip with a series of robberies that netted millions, and the determined efforts of the Las Vegas Metro Police Department to stop him.
2008; 364 p.; isbn:0345487451 More Information |
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The age of American unreason
Susan Jacoby.
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"Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon - one that is at odds with our heritage of Enlightenment reason and with modern, secular knowledge and science. She surveys an anti-rationalist landscape extending from pop culture to a pseudointellectual universe of "junk thought." ...
2008; 356 p.; isbn:0375423745 More Information |
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