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"Nothing like (this) will come out of the financial world this year or
ever." -- John Kenneth Galbraith
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The spiritual leader teams up with a psychiatrist to share how he achieved
serenity and how we can find the same inner peace.
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A readable study of how the idea of philosophy as an art of living has
survived in the works of modern philosophers.
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"If you care about the great apes, this book, with its superb photographs
and vivid text, is a must." -- Jane Goodall
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A fascinating look at a common cultural artifact -- explains the history,
physiology, and politics of how and why we sit the way we do.
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Conran's Essential House Book transformed the way we design our homes. This
will have the same impact on how we design our gardens.
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A wise and funny essayist reflects on reading, language, and her life among
books.
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The literary editor's spiritual journal of his inner life in the year
following his father's death in 1996.
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Speaking to rowers and non-rowers, the Harvard Magazine editor turns rowing
into a metaphor for a vigorous and satisfying life.
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The definitive collection from the world's leading authority on strategy
and competition.
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This one volume anthology of essays allows the reader to see the immense
contribution of one of the leading thinkers of our time.
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Dyson's "design for living in the digital age" upgraded and in paperback.
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A collection of 40 sermons guides the reader through the year.
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Bloom guides us through each of Shakespeare's plays describing how he
invented human personality. Nominated for the 1998 National Book Award.
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Tells the story of a tragic culture clash between a California medical
center and a refugee family from Laos.
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Essays and criticism from a lifelong love affair with the movies.
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Unforgettable and controversial portraits of the most significant jazz
musicians of this century.
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A towering work of history examining the world's most pressing problem --
the growing gulf between rich and poor.
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"The best primer on English usage to come along since Strunk and White's
The Elements of Style." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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