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Roy Jacobsen
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The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles
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It is 1939, and the Soviets have invaded Finland. As everyone else in his village flees, burning down their houses in their wake, Timo remains behind. He is unable to imagine life anywhere else, unable to conceive of doing anything else besides felling the trees near his home. As Finnish forces prepare to take on the brunt of the Soviet army and Timo watches on, the citizens of a nation find themselves dragged into conflict and desperate to find a path back home. Filled with unexpected bravery, feats of survival, and the powerful and forbidden friendships forged during war, this is a powerful novel about the struggle to belong.
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Chan Koonchung
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The Fat Years
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If you're into speculative fiction with a sharp political edge, "The Fat Years" is a chillingly relevant read. Chan's insight into Chinese society and his background in activism give this novel an authenticity that's hard to ignore. The premise of an entire month erased from memory is unsettling, and as the mystery unfolds, the impact hits close to the bone. It's a thought-proving thriller that goes beyond a simple narrative to question memory, history, and power.
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Chad Orzel
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Scribner
How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog
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Learn the basics of quantum physics with this clever, fun, and lighthearted introduction to modern physics based on a series of conversations with Chad Orzel and his dog Emmy.When physics professor Chad Orzel went to the pound to adopt a dog, he never imagined Emmy. She wasn’t just a friendly mutt who needed a home. Soon she was trying to use the strange ideas of quantum mechanics for the really important things in her chasing critters, getting treats, and going for walks. She peppered Chad with Could she use quantum tunneling to get through the neighbor’s fence and chase bunnies? What about quantum teleportation to catch squirrels before they climb out of reach? Where are all the universes in which Chad drops steak on the floor?With great humor and clarity, Chad Orzel explains to Emmy, and to human readers, just what quantum mechanics is and how it works—and why, although you can’t use it to catch squirrels or eat steak, it’s still bizarre, amazing, and important to every dog and human.
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William David Freeman, John Campbell |
Penguin
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The Iron Lady : Margaret Thatcher, from Grocer's Daughter to Prime Minister
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The Iron Lady, the definitive Margaret Thatcher biography, is available just in time for the movie starring Meryl Streep as one of the most infamous figures in postwar politics. Whether you love her or hate her, Margaret Thatcher's impact on twentieth-century history is undeniable. From her humble, small-town upbringing to her rise to power as the United Kingdom's first female prime minister, to her dramatic fall from grace after more than three decades of service, celebrated biographer John Campbell delves into the story of this fascinating woman's life as no one has before. The result of more than nine years of meticulous research, The Iron Lady is the only balanced, unvarnished portrait of Margaret Thatcher, one of the most vital and controversial political figures of our time.
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If you're fascinated by stories that mirror the intricacies of real life against a backdrop of opulence and decay, "The Golden House" is your next must-read. Rushdie's blend of Shakespearean tragedy with modern societal reflections makes this novel an insightful dive into the soul of American culture, wrapped in a family's enigmatic drama. It's a thought-provoking mosaic of the contemporary world that's hard to put down.
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Emma Marriott
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Michael
O'mara
The History of the World in Bite-Sized Chunks
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History is a rich, varied, and fascinating subject, so it's rare to find the whole lot in one book . . . until now. The History of the World in Bite-Sized Chunks pulls it all together, from the world's earliest civilizations in 3500 BC to the founding of the United Nations in 1945, passing by the likes of Charlemagne, the Ottoman Empire, and the Crimean War, to name a few. Here's your chance to introduce yourself to the full spectrum of world history, and discover just how the modern world came to be.
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Chua Mui Hoong
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Straits
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Singapore, Disrupted
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This book is a must-read for anyone keen on understanding the rapid societal changes and challenges faced by Singapore. With insightful essays and articles, Chua Mui Hoong delves deep into issues such as joblessness, inequality, and leadership transitions in the context of the age of disruption. Through her sharp analysis and persuasive arguments, she presents a compelling case for a new order that is essential for Singapore's future. Whether you are a student, a policymaker, or simply curious about Singapore's evolving landscape, this book will provide you with valuable insights and a thought-provoking read.
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New York City is subsumed in arctic winds, dark nights, and white lights, its life unfolds, for it is an extraordinary hive of the imagination, the greatest house ever built, and nothing exists that can check its vitality. One night in winter, Peter Lake, orphan and master-mechanic, attempts to rob a fortress-like mansion on the Upper West Side.Though he thinks the house is empty, the daughter of the house is home. Thus begins the love between Peter Lake, a middle-aged Irish burglar, and Beverly Penn, a young girl, who is dying.Peter Lake, a simple, uneducated man, because of a love that, at first he does not fully understand, is driven to stop time and bring back the dead. His great struggle, in a city ever alight with its own energy and besieged by unprecedented winters, is one of the most beautiful and extraordinary stories of American literature.
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One Fifth Avenue is a fun, glamorous read that follows the interconnected lives of a group of elite New Yorkers living in a landmark building. The book offers an inside look into the world of New York's high society, complete with scandal, secrets, and drama. The unique feature of the book is how it offers a glimpse into the inner workings of the infamous upper echelon of Manhattan society. Fans of Candace Bushnell will enjoy this juicy read.
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Douglas R. Hofstadter
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Penguin
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Godel, Escher, Bach : An Eternal Golden Braid
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Douglas Hofstadter's book is concerned directly with the nature of “maps” or links between formal systems. However, according to Hofstadter, the formal system that underlies all mental activity transcends the system that supports it. If life can grow out of the formal chemical substrate of the cell, if consciousness can emerge out of a formal system of firing neurons, then so too will computers attain human intelligence. Gödel, Escher, Bach is a wonderful exploration of fascinating ideas at the heart of cognitive science: meaning, reduction, recursion, and much more.
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Keri Smith
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Particular
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Wreck This Journal : To Create is to Destroy, Now With Even More Ways to Wreck!
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For anyone who's ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes Wreck This Journal, an illustrated book that features a subversive collection of prompts, asking readers to muster up their best mistake- and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book (and destroy them). Acclaimed illustrator Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destructive" acts-poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting with coffee, and more-in order to experience the true creative process. Readers discover a new way of art and journal making-and new ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.
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The Red House could be a great read for those who enjoy family dramas and stories about grappling with loss and the past. The book is unique and distinctive for its exploration of the interconnectedness of family members and how their memories and experiences shape their relationships. Mark Haddon is known for his ability to craft smart and emotionally resonant stories, and The Red House is no exception. Overall, the book offers a haunting and beautifully written meditation on the nature of family ties.
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Maria Konnikova
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Penguin
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Mastermind : How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
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The New York Times bestselling guide to thinking like literature's greatest detective No fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Holmes. But is his extraordinary intellect merely a gift of fiction, or can we learn to cultivate these abilities ourselves, to improve our lives at work and at home?We can, says psychologist and journalist Maria Konnikova, and in Mastermind she shows us how. Beginning with the “brain attic”—Holmes’s metaphor for how we store information and organize knowledge—Konnikova unpacks the mental strategies that lead to clearer thinking and deeper insights. Drawing on twenty-first-century neuroscience and psychology, Mastermind explores Holmes’s unique methods of ever-present mindfulness, astute observation, and logical deduction. In doing so, it shows how each of us, with some self-awareness and a little practice, can employ these same methods to sharpen our perceptions, solve difficult problems, and enhance our creative powers. For Holmes aficionados and casual readers alike, Konnikova reveals how the world’s most keen-eyed detective can serve as an unparalleled guide to upgrading the mind.
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Jonathan Franzen
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4th
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Purity
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Recommendation: Purity is a sweeping tale that seamlessly intertwines a range of characters from different backgrounds, as their stories unfold in landscapes ranging from contemporary society to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Franzen's writing is captivates and deeply inter-textual, taking readers through a twisting plot marked by youthful idealism, extreme fidelity, and even murder. This book is ideal for those interested in a thought-provoking mystery with well-crafted characters, and for anyone looking to explore themes of individual identity and how it impacted social relations in the past and present.
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Joe McNally, David duChemin |
New
Riders
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Within the Frame : The Journey of Photographic Vision
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Within the Frame is a book about finding and expressing your photographic vision, specifically where people, places, and cultures are concerned. A personal book full of real-world wisdom and incredible images, author David duChemin (of pixelatedimage.com) shows you both the how and the why of finding, chasing, and expressing your vision with a camera to your eye. Vision leads to passion, and passion is a cornerstone of great photography. With it, photographs draw the eye in and create an emotional experience. Without it, a photograph is often not worth—and can’t capture—a viewer’s attention.Both instructional and inspirational, Within the Frame helps you on your photographic journey to make better images of the places and people you love, whether they are around the world or in your own backyard. duChemin covers how to tell stories, and the technology and tools we have at our disposal in order to tell those narratives. Most importantly, he stresses the crucial theme of vision when it comes to photographing people, places, and cultures—and he helps you cultivate and find your own vision, and then fit it within the frame.
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Richard Nelson Bolles
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Ten
Speed
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What Color Is Your Parachute? 2020 : A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers
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In the last five years, the United States has lost 2.6 million jobs the most in any five-year period since the Great Depression. In the 2006 edition of his legendary job-hunting book, WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? Richard Nelson Bolles offers hope and presents an inspiring and detailed plan for finding your place in this uncertain job market. WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? has been the best-selling job-hunting book in the world for more three decades, in good times and bad, and it continues to be a fixture on best-seller lists, from Amazon.com to Business Week. It has well over eight million copies in print and has been translated into 12 languages around the world. With an extended preface that addresses job loss, vacancies, and outsourcing and updated references on how to use the Internet in your job-hunt throughout, the 2006 PARACHUTE addresses the top concerns of today's job-hunters. In the words of Fortune magazine: Parachute remains the gold standard of career guides. About the AuthorRICHARD NELSON BOLLES has been a leader in the career field for more than 30 years. He is former director of the National Career Development Project and an alumnus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he majored in chemical engineering; Harvard University, where he graduated cum laude with a bachelor s degree in physics; and the General Theological (Episcopal) Seminary in New York City, where he earned a master s degree in New Testament studies. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Umberto Eco was an international cultural superstar. A celebrated essayist as well as novelist, in this, his last collection, he explores many aspects of the modern world with irrepressible curiosity and wisdom written in his uniquely ironic voice.Written by Eco as articles for his regular column in l’Espresso magazine, he brings his dazzling erudition, incisiveness and keen sense of the everyday to bear on topics such as popular culture and politics, unbridled individualism, conspiracies, the old and the young, mobile phones, mass media, racism, good manners and the crisis in ideological values. It is a final gift to his readers – astute, witty and illuminating.
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Paul Kleinman
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Adams
Media
Philosophy 101 : From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought
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Discover the world's greatest thinkers and their groundbreaking notions!Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy theories, principles, and figures of philosophy into tedious discourse that even Plato would reject. Philosophy 101 cuts out the boring details and exhausting philosophical methodology, and instead, gives you a lesson in philosophy that keeps you engaged as you explore the fascinating history of human thought and inquisition.From Aristotle and Heidegger to free will and metaphysics, Philosophy 101 is packed with hundreds of entertaining philosophical tidbits, illustrations, and thought puzzles that you won't be able to find anywhere else.So whether you're looking to unravel the mysteries of existentialism, or just want to find out what made Voltaire tick, Philosophy 101 has all the answers--even the ones you didn't know you were looking for.
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David Smith
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Profile
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Free Lunch : Easily Digestible Economics
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The economy has never been so relevant to so many people as it is now, and it's vital that we understand how it affects our lives. 'There's no such thing as a free lunch' is the one phrase everyone has heard from economics - not even for bankers. But why not? What does economics tell us about the price of lunch - and everything else? Free Lunch makes the economics pages of the newspaper intelligible and addresses the concerns that worry us all. Set out like a good lunch-time conversation, the book will guide you through the mysteries of the economy. Your guides will be some of the greatest names in the field, including Smith, Marx and Keynes. This clever and witty introduction costs less than even the cheapest meal. It is essential reading in these times of economic uncertainty, and is far more satisfying than even the most gourmet banquet.
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'I didn't say anything. I didn't return his smiles. I looked at him in the wide mirror in front of where I was sitting. He grew uncomfortable and avoided my eyes. I hate those who think fat people are stupid.' An obese woman and her lover, a dwarf, are sick of being stared at wherever they go, and so decide to reverse roles. The man goes out wearing make up and the woman draws a moustache on her face. But while the woman wants to hide away from the world, the man meets the stares from passers-by head on, compiling his 'Dictionary of Gazes' to explore the boundaries between appearance and reality. Intertwined with the story of a bizarre freak-show organized in Istanbul in the 1880s, The Gaze considers the damage which can be inflicted by our simple desire to look at others.
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Malvina G. Vogel, Alexandre Dumas |
Baronet
The Three Musketeers
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Swashbuckling novel, filled with high adventure, royal intrigue and romance, relates the escapades of D’Artagnan and his three friends—Athos, Porthos and Aramis—and their involvement in the secret plots of Cardinal Richelieu and his beautiful but treacherous spy, Lady de Winter. Specially adapted and illustrated for young readers.
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Richard Koch
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Little,
Brown
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Group
The 80/20 Manager : The Secret to Working Less and Achieving More
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If you're drowning in tasks and feel the constant weight of managerial pressures, "The 80/20 Manager" could be your lifeline. Richard Koch offers a practical approach to management that prioritizes efficiency and high-impact work, giving you the tools to unlock a more productive and less stressful leadership style. Imagine cutting down your work hours but achieving more—this book promises insights on just that, which can be especially transformative in a world that often equates busyness with effectiveness.
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Robert M. Pirsig
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Harpertorch
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
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"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" isn't just about a road trip; it's an exploration drenched in philosophy that manages to be both personal and universal. It examines our daily lives, consistently nudging you to consider deeper meanings and questioning the quality of our existence. As you follow the peaceful hum of the motorcycle, you'll find yourself contemplating underlying values and appreciating its serene yet thought-provoking narrative. The bond between father and son adds a layer of emotional depth, making it an enriching read on multiple levels.
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Hendrik Willem van Loon, John Merriman |
Liveright
The Story of Mankind
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Winner of the first John Newbery Medal, here is Hendrik van Loon's renowned classic, updated for the twenty-first century. First published in 1921, The Story of Mankind has charmed generations of readers of all ages with its warmth, simplicity, and wisdom. Beginning with the origins of human life and sweeping forward to illuminate all of history, Hendrik van Loon's incomparable prose enlivens the characters and events of every age. His unique ability to convey history as a fascinating tale of adventure has endeared the book to countless readers and has accorded it a unique place in publishing history. This new version, which retains van Loon's original illustrations, has been brought up to date by John Merriman, professor of history at Yale University. It incorporates the most important developments of the last two decades-including space exploration, the emergence of the developing countries, the Cold War, the Internet, and the astounding advances we have witnessed in medicine and science - and looks forward into the prospect of the twenty-first century.
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Martin E.P. Seligman
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Mariner
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The Optimistic Child : A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience
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In The Optimistic Child, Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman offers parents, teachers, and coaches a well-validated program to prevent depression in children. In a thirty-year study, Seligman and his colleagues discovered the link between pessimism -- dwelling on the most catastrophic cause of any setback -- and depression. Seligman shows adults how to teach children the skills of optimism that can help them combat depression, achieve more on the playing field and at school, and improve their physical health.As Seligman states in his new afterword for this edition, “Teaching children optimism is more, I realized, than just correcting pessimism . . . It is the creation of a positive strength, a sunny but solid future-mindedness that can be deployed throughout life -- not only to fight depression and to come back from failure, but also to be the foundation of success and vitality.”
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Manu Joseph
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John
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Serious Men
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Ayyan Mani is a man born to greater things, which wouldn't surprise his neighbours in the vast tenement building in which he lives. But when an opportunity for betterment presents itself in the form of his 'gifted' 10-year-old son Adi, father and son embark on an outrageous ruse that will have far-reaching consequences.
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Jessica Stern, J.M. Berger |
Ecco
ISIS : The State of Terror
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The Islamic State, known as ISIS, exploded into the public eye in 2014 with startling speed and shocking brutality. It has captured the imagination of the global jihadist movement, attracting recruits in unprecedented numbers and wreaking bloody destruction with a sadistic glee that has alienated even the hardcore terrorists of its parent organization, al Qaeda. Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger, two of America’s leading experts on terrorism, dissect the new model for violent extremism that ISIS has leveraged into an empire of death in Iraq and Syria, and an international network that is rapidly expanding in the Middle East, North Africa and around the world. The State of Terror traces the ideological innovations that the group deploys to recruit unprecedented numbers of Westerners, the composition of its infamous snuff videos, and the technological tools it exploits on social media to broadcast its atrocities, and its recruiting pitch to the world, including its success at attracting thousands of Western adherents. The authors examine ISIS’s predatory abuse of women and children and its use of horror to manipulate world leaders and its own adherents as it builds its twisted society. The authors offer a much-needed perspective on how world leaders should prioritize and respond to ISIS’s deliberate and insidious provocations.
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Gregory Rabassa, Gabriel García Márquez |
Penguin
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
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As you immerse yourself in the Buendia family saga, you'll find "One Hundred Years of Solitude" to be a mesmerizing blend of history, folklore, and timeless truths. Gabriel Garcia Marquez's lush prose weaves a tapestry of characters and events that are as captivating as they are significant, offering a novel experience that feels both deeply personal and profoundly universal. If you're drawn to stories that reflect the cyclical nature of existence, this book will resonate with you long after you turn the final page.
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A New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the Chicago Tribune , Village Voice , The Globe and MailJonathan Lethem, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the MacArthur Fellowship whose writing has been called “as ambitious as [Norman] Mailer, as funny as Philip Roth, and as stinging as Bob Dylan” ( Los Angeles Times ), returns with an epic yet intimate family saga. Rose Zimmer, the aptly nicknamed Red Queen of Sunnyside, Queens, is an unreconstructed Communist who savages neighbors, family, and political comrades with the ferocity of her personality and the absolutism of her beliefs. Her equally passionate and willful daughter, Miriam, flees Rose’s influence for the dawning counterculture of Greenwich Village. Despite their differences, they share a power to enchant the men in their Rose’s aristocratic German Jewish husband, Albert; her feckless chess hustler cousin, Lenny; Cicero Lookins, the brilliant son of her black cop lover; Miriam’s (slightly fraudulent) Irish folksinger husband, Tommy Gogan; and their bewildered son, Sergius. Through Lethem’s vivid storytelling we come to understand that the personal may be political, but the political, even more so, is personal.
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Robin S. Sharma
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Harpercollins
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Spiritual Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny
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If you've been feeling caught in the materialistic treadmill and long for something more meaningful, "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari" could be the gentle nudge you need. It's a journey that delves into the profound with practical wisdom, all wrapped up in a story that's as heartwarming as it is enlightening. Imagine finding a guide that doesn't just preach but walks you through the art of living joyfully and purposefully – that's what this book aims to be.
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Parvathi leaves her native Ceylon for Malaya and an arranged marriage to a wealthy businessman. But her father has cheated, supplying a different girl's photograph, and Kasu Marimuthu, furious, threatens to send her home in disgrace. Gradually husband and wife reach an agreement, and the naïve young girl learns to assume the air of sophisticated mistress of a luxurious estate. She even adopts his love child and treats Rubini as her own daughter - a generous act which is rewarded by a long-wished-for son.But it is a life without passion, and Parvathi dreams of loving - and being loved - with complete abandon.When the Japanese invade Malaya, in WW2, they requisition the estate. Marimuthu dies and Parvathi is forced to accept the protection of the Japanese general who has robbed her of her home. For the first time, she experiences sexual passion. And gradually, her sworn enemy becomes the lover she has always yearned for . . .
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'I was born in 1939. The other big event of that year was the outbreak of the Second World War, but for the moment, that did not affect me.' In the first instalment of Clive James's memoirs, we meet the young Clive, dressed in short trousers, and wrestling with the demands of school, various relatives and the occasional snake, in the suburbs of post-war Sydney.
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Harvard Business Review
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Business
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People
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If you're looking to sharpen your management skills, this book could be a great resource for you. It distills a wealth of wisdom from Harvard Business Review's extensive research, specifically curated to empower managers like you. The featured articles, particularly by Daniel Goleman, are celebrated for their deep insights and practical advice that span from motivating teams to managing upwards. This can be particularly illuminating if you're keen on adopting leadership styles that yield tangible results.
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Marie F. Mongan
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Health
Communications
Inc
Hypnobirthing : The Mongan Method the Natural Approach to a Safe, Easier, More Comfortable Birthing
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If you're expecting and the thought of giving birth feels overwhelming, HypnoBirthing could be a game-changer for you. Reading this will reassure you that pain does not have to dominate your birthing experience. Marie Mongan’s method focuses on the power of self-awareness and relaxation, potentially transforming your approach to childbirth, making it a more positive and controlled experience. Perfect for anyone looking to approach labor with a sense of empowerment rather than fear.
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Dave Bruno
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William
Morrow
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The 100 Thing Challenge : How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul
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Dave Bruno relates how he remade his life and regained his soul by getting rid of almost everything. But The 100 Thing Challenge is more than just the story of how one man started a movement to unhook himself from consumerism by winnowing his life’s possessions down to 100 things in one year. It’s also an inspiring, invigorating guide to how we all can begin to live simpler, more meaningful lives.
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Bill Bryson
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Black
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SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING_ A
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Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. "A Short History of Nearly Everything" is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilisation - how we got from there, being nothing at all, to here, being us. The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, revealing the world in a way most of us have never seen it before.
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Tyler Cowen
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Plume
Discover Your Inner Economist : Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist
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If you've ever been curious about how the seemingly dry principles of economics apply to the nuances of your daily decisions, "Discover Your Inner Economist" could be an eye-opener. Tyler Cowen has a knack for distilling economic concepts into relatable scenarios, transforming how you view incentives, decision-making, and human interaction. It's not just about money – it's about understanding what truly motivates us and others. Whether you're aiming to motivate your kids or nail your next work presentation, this book could change your approach to life's myriad little challenges.
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"Catch-22" takes you on a whirlwind of paradoxical military life, where survival is as comical as it is tragic. Heller crafts a world so steeped in ridiculous bureaucracy that it borders on genius. You'll find both laughter and frustration on these pages, all wrapped in Heller’s razor-sharp wit. For anyone who enjoys biting satire or is curious about the contradictions of wartime mentality, this classic is a must-read that stands the test of time.
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E. H. Gombrich
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Yale
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Press
A Little History of the World
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In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited by a publishing acquaintance to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser was published in Vienna to immediate success, and is now available in seventeen languages across the world. Toward the end of his long life, Gombrich embarked upon a revision and, at last, an English translation. A Little History of the World presents his lively and involving history to English-language readers for the first time. Superbly designed and freshly illustrated, this is a book to be savored and collected. In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of man from the stone age to the atomic bomb. In between emerges a colorful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science. This is a text dominated not by dates and facts, but by the sweep of mankind's experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements and an acute witness to its frailties. The product of a generous and humane sensibility, this timeless account makes intelligible the full span of human history.
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The hyperactive love child of Page Six and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? caught in a tawdry love triangle with The Fan. Even Kitty Kelly will blush. Soaked, nay, marinated in the world of vintage Hollywood, Tell-All is a Sunset Boulevard–inflected homage to Old Hollywood when Bette Davis and Joan Crawford ruled the roost; a veritable Tourette’s syndrome of rat-tat-tat name-dropping, from the A-list to the Z-list; and a merciless send-up of Lillian Hellman’s habit of butchering the truth that will have Mary McCarthy cheering from the beyond. Our Thelma Ritter–ish narrator is Hazie Coogan, who for decades has tended to the outsized needs of Katherine “Miss Kathie” Kenton—veteran of multiple marriages, career comebacks, and cosmetic surgeries. But danger arrives with gentleman caller Webster Carlton Westward III, who worms his way into Miss Kathie’s heart (and boudoir). Hazie discovers that this bounder has already written a celebrity tell-all memoir foretelling Miss Kathie’s death in a forthcoming Lillian Hellman–penned musical extravaganza; as the body count mounts, Hazie must execute a plan to save Katherine Kenton for her fans—and for posterity. Tell-All is funny, subversive, and fascinatingly clever. It’s wild, it’s wicked, it’s bold-faced—it’s vintage Chuck.
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Adam Phillips
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Penguin
Books
Ltd
Missing Out : In Praise of the Unlived Life
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Recommendation: This book is perfect for readers who like philosophical contemplation and are interested in exploring the concept of yearning for a life unfulfilled. Adam Phillips offers fascinating insights on how our unlived lives are essential in shaping our character, and how accepting our limitations can lead to a fuller life. With relatable examples and clear arguments, this book provides an engaging read for those seeking a deeper understanding of themselves.
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This book is a gripping thriller set in the chaotic aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse. It provides a vivid portrayal of the lawlessness and violence that was rife during that period, while also exploring themes of power, corruption, and redemption. If you're a fan of crime novels, historical fiction, or are simply interested in Russia's recent history, then this book is definitely worth a read.
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A.B. Yehoshua, Hillel Halkin |
Houghton
Mifflin
Harcourt
A Woman in Jerusalem
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A woman in her forties is a victim of a suicide bombing at a Jerusalem market. Her body lies nameless in a hospital morgue. She had apparently worked as a cleaning woman at a bakery, but there is no record of her employment. When a Jerusalem daily accuses the bakery of "gross negligence and inhumanity toward an employee," the bakery's owner, overwhelmed by guilt, entrusts the task of identifying and burying the victim to a human resources man. This man is at first reluctant to take on the job, but as the facts of the woman's life take shape-she was an engineer from the former Soviet Union, a non-Jew on a religious pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and, judging by an early photograph, beautiful-he yields to feelings of regret, atonement, and even love.At once profoundly serious and highly entertaining, A. B. Yehoshua astonishes us with his masterly, often unexpected turns in the story and with his ability to get under the skin and into the soul of Israel today.
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Edward Connery Latham, Edward Connery Lathem, Robert Frost |
Henry
Holt
&
Company
The Poetry of Robert Frost : The Collected Poems, Complete and Unabridged
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The only comprehensive gathering of Frost's published poetry, this affordable volume offers the entire contents of his eleven books of verse, from A Boy's Will (1913) to In the Clearing (1962). Frost scholar Lathem, who was also a close friend of the four-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, scrupulously annotated the 350-plus poems in this collection, which has been the standard edition of Frost's work since it first appeared in 1969.
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Debra Adelaide
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Harpercollins
Publishers
Ltd
The Household Guide to Dying
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Desperate Housewives meets Six Feet Under in this brilliantly moving and darkly comic novel, which charts the attempts of dying heroine Delia - a modern day Mrs Beeton - to prepare her family for the future and lay to rest a ghost from her past. Delia Bennet has made a living writing a series of hugely successful modern household guides, with advice on everything from laundry to lovers. The one thing she hasn't ever given advice on is her own barely forty but dying. To prepare her family, she tries everything from writing lists to teaching her daughters to make the perfect cup of tea. What she really needs is a household the kind she is expert at writing. She sets to work. But the writing forces Delia to confront painful ghosts from her past. there is a journey she needs to make, and one last vital thing she must do...
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Phineas G. Nanson, a disenchanted graduate student, decides to immerse himself in the messiness of ‘real life’ by writing a biography of a great biographer. But a ‘whole life’ is hard to find. Everywhere he looks he discovers only fragments – strange notes, boxes of marbles, undated postcards.As Phineas’s research continues, his mind roams from the deserts of Africa to the maelstroms of the Arctic. Along the way he meets others building wholes from bits and pieces – taxonomists, ecologists, even travel agents – and begins to puzzle out his future. But who will guide him from the labyrinth and back into his own life?
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Dave Eggers
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Picador
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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A book that redefines both family and narrative for the twenty-first century. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the moving memoir of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother. Here is an exhilarating debut that manages to be simultaneously hilarious and wildly inventive as well as a deeply heartfelt story of the love that holds a family together.A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is an instant classic that will be read for decades to come.
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For anyone who's ever wished to, but had trouble starting, keeping, or finishing a journal or sketchbook comes Wreck This Journal, an illustrated book that features a subversive collection of prompts, asking readers to muster up their best mistake- and mess-making abilities to fill the pages of the book (and destroy them). Acclaimed illustrator Keri Smith encourages journalers to engage in "destructive" acts-poking holes through pages, adding photos and defacing them, painting with coffee, and more-in order to experience the true creative process. Readers discover a new way of art and journal making-and new ways to escape the fear of the blank page and fully engage in the creative process.
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Mary A. Kassian
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Moody
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Girls Gone Wise In A World Gone Wild
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Inundated by popular culture, many women have lost their bearings and no longer trust the internal compass that intuitively affirms those things that are good, true, and noble about womanhood. And as Jesus' favorite and most powerful teaching tactic was the parable, it is appropriate that Mary Kassian walks the reader through the compelling tale of the wild versus wise woman found in Proverbs 7. By using 20 points of contrast, the reader will be able to discern the difference between wild and wise. Is she living as a wise, biblically savy woman' Or has she bought into the one our culture holds as ideal: the wild woman'Girls Gone Wise in a World Gone Wild will captivate, convict, and challenge women to become decreasingly wild and increasingly wise. Includes questions for personal reflection at the end of each chapter.