Walt Whitman experienced first-hand the ravages of the Civil War as a volunteer nurse in the hospitals of Washington DC. During that time, he filled notebooks with "impromptu jottings" that became the basis of two works: Drum-...
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Jon Kabat-Zinn explains how meditation brings us into an intimate relationship with all our senses so we can become more aware human beings.
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A fictional collage of stories dreamed by Albert Einstein in 1905, when he worked in a patent office in Switzerland. As the defiant but sensitive young genius is creating his theory of relativity, a new conception of time, he imagines...
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Benny Lewis runs the largest language-learning blog in the world. Here, he presents a blueprint for learning language fast. Lewis' approach is different from other language programs as he encourages readers to avoid studying,...
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When a couple is found dead in their bedroom, some of their slaves fear they will be accused of the crime and flee to the Temple of Ceres, a haven for refugees. The authorities, under pressure to find a solution, seek out Flavia Albia...
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Jack Webb (1920-1982) was a popular American actor, television producer, director, and screenwriter. He started out in the entertainment industry in comedy but achieved his first success playing the title character in the radio show Pat...
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Psychotherapist Frieda Klein is assigned to assess Hannah Docherty, convicted of her family's murder. Horrified by the scope of the tragedy, Klein begins to question Hannah's culpability.
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Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world: the Constitution. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor.
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Raj Ahten, ruler of Indhopal, has used enough forcibles to transform himself into the ultimate warrior: the Sum of All Men. Young Prince Gaborn, the Earth King, has managed to drive him off, but Ahten is far from defeated.
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Borenson is on a quest to save his devastated world from certain destruction. But the land--and Borenson--have been altered forever. The supernatural rulers of the worlds are part of a universal evil yet play a byzantine game of dark...
- Author: Cohen, LeonardSummary:
The poems in this book brim with praise, despair, anger, doubt, and trust. Speaking from the heart of the modern world, these verses give voice to our deepest intuitions.
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In the real world, exploitation exists. In the real world, there is a huge and unjust gap between rich and poor. The question, from a Buddhist perspective, is how should we deal with inequality and social injustice? His Holiness the...
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In the four years since Pandora has seen her brother, he has gained hundreds of pounds. What happened? After he has overstayed his welcome, Pandora's husband delivers an ultimatum: It's him or me. Putting her marriage and...
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Principal Nichols wants Nate to be buddies with dorky new kid Breckenridge Puffington III and show him around the school, but that's no easy task when Breckenridge is a total fun-sponge. There's also something really familiar...
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Born and raised on Bakerton's Polish Hill, the five Novak children come of age during wartime, a thrilling era when the world seems on the verge of changing forever. The oldest, Georgie, serves on a minesweeper in the South Pacific...
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The true story of the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade, illegally smuggled from Africa on the last "black cargo" ship to arrive in the United States.
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In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman of color while also taking listeners on a ride through culture of the last few years.
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Award-winning journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost during the course of a single day in the United States. It's a searing portrait of youth, family, and the way that lives can be shattered in an instant on any...
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The atom, the big bang, DNA--all are ideas that have revolutionized science; and all were dismissed out of hand when they first appeared. This book investigates a new wave of radical insights that are shaping the future of scientific...
- Author: Levi, PrimoSummary:
These seventeen stories, first published in Italian between 1949 and 1986, demonstrate Levi's extraordinary range, taking the reader from the primal resistance of a captured partisan fighter to a middle-aged chemist experimenting...
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