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Everything you know about Indians is wrong
Paul Chaat Smith.
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2009; 193 p.; isbn:0816656010 More Information |
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The housing boom and bust
Thomas Sowell.
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Describes how the granting of subprime mortgages and the packaging of these loans into investment vehicles sold around the world played a significant role in the current worldwide financial crisis.
2009; 184 p.; isbn:0465018807 More Information |
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After America: narratives for the next global age
by Paul Starobin.
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Moving beyond Fareed Zakaria's bestselling "The Post-American World," veteran international correspondent Starobin masterfully mixes fresh reportage with rigorous historical analysis to envision a world in which the U.S. is no longer the dominant superpower.
2009; 358 p.; isbn:067002094X More Information |
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World War One
Norman Stone.
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An eminent historian distills the War to End All Wars into a concise and brilliant single volume
2009; 226 p.; isbn:0465013686 More Information |
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Do one nice thing : little things you can do to make the world a lot nicer
Debbie Tenzer.
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Offers readers more than one hundred ideas for doing small good deeds and kindnesses that can have a big impact on the lives of friends, coworkers, and community members.
2009; 241 p.; isbn:0307453804 More Information |
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I hate new music : the classic rock manifesto
by Dave Thompson.
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"Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Fleetwood Mac, Rush, Pink Floyd, Peter Frampton, the Beatles, the Who, Elton John (but only the good stuff), the Rolling Stones - these are the names that classic rock worships. But where are the values for which these artists fought? Where is the spirit that they once epitomized? Persuasive, incisive, and drawing blood with ...
2008; 225 p.; isbn:0879309350 More Information |
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American icon : the fall of Roger Clemens and the rise of steroids in America's pastime
Teri Thompson ... [et al.].
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Discusses the recent rise of steroid use in major league baseball and its possible causes, using the highly publicized investigation of pitcher Roger Clemens's alleged steroid use as a case study.
2009; 454 p.; isbn:0307271803 More Information |
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The Moses code : the most powerful manifestation tool in the history of the world
James F. Twyman.
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2008; 196 p.; isbn:1401917887 More Information |
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Understanding the Dalai Lama
edited by Rajiv Mehrotra.
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"To Tibetans, the Dalai Lama is known as Yeshi Norbu, the precious Wish-Fulfilling Gem-the reincarnation of the Buddha aspect of compassion, Avalokiteshuara. To others, he is known by his Mongol title-the Dalai Lama, or Ocean of Wisdom. To the more initiated, he is quite simply ... His Holiness. He describes himself as Tenzin Gyatso, a simple Buddhist ...
2009; 272 p.; isbn:1401923275 More Information |
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New China, new art
[Richard Vine].
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"Contemporary Chinese Art has exploded onto the international scene, attracting intense critical attention and soaring market responses. The fast-paced social and economic transformation of the People's Republic of China is reflected by a startling liberalization in subject matter, frenetic formal experimentation, canny appropriation of Western themes ...
2008; 239 p.; isbn:3791339427 More Information |
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How the Beatles destroyed rock 'n' roll : an alternative history of American popular music
Elijah Wald.
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2009; 323 p.; isbn:0195341546 More Information |
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Let go : live free of the burdens all women know
Sheila Walsh.
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Why is it so difficult to believe in the redemptive upswing to life's heartaches? A divorce happens, and hope seems so distant. A job is lost, and a sense of security drifts away. A dream is unfulfilled, and it seems better not to dream at all. Sheila Walsh believes that the battle for hope-for freedom to live fully in the face of life's challenges-is ...
2008; 237 p.; isbn:0849901359 More Information |
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