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The Emmy and Peabody award-winning animated holiday classic is adapted for the first time since the 1960s. This volume…

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A collection of short works by the noted scientist includes his report on the space shuttle Challenger disaster and his…

On a summer afternoon, Tsukiko and her former high school teacher have prepared and eaten somen noodles together. "Tell me a…

In this witty and exuberant collection of feminist retellings of traditional Japanese folktales, humans live side by side…

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A nine-and-a-half-hour documentary on the Nazi extermination camps, Shoah (the Hebrew word for "Holocaust") was…

In this bold and important book, Garry Kasparov argues that Vladimir Putin's dangerous global ambitions have been ignored…

Now available in paperback, "The Earth Shall Weep" is a groundbreaking, critically acclaimed history of the Native American…

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In Things That Make Us Smart, Donald A. Norman explores the complex interaction between human thought and the technology it…

"Of all General Fuller's brilliant books, this is his masterpiece." --B. H. Liddell Hart…

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Humans are born to create theories about the world--unfortunately, they're usually wrong, and keep us from understanding the…

A winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of Banker to the Poor offers his vision of an emerging new economic…

Design doesn't have to complicated, which is why this guide to human-centered design shows that usability is just as…

The seventeen equations that form the basis for life as we know itMost people are familiar with history's great equations:…

While European civilization stagnated in the "Dark Ages," Asia flourished as the wellspring of science, philosophy, and…

From the author of "The Little Ice Age," a wide-ranging and surprising look at how climate changes have affected the whole…

Using a "tough love approach" to pursuing a career in the visual arts, Jackie Battenfield expands on her highly successful…

In this tenth anniversary edition of his award-winning memoir, New York Times bestselling author Peter Balakian has expanded…

The first classic of 21st-century anthropology."--John Tooby and Leda Cosmides, University of California, Santa Barbara…

"Anshel Pfeffer has done something hard to do. He's given us an understanding, even compassionate, portrait of Benjamin…

A preeminent composer, music scholar, and biographer presents an engaging and accessible introduction to classical musicFor…

Discover the secret history of America's submarine warfare in this fast-paced and deeply researched chronicle of adventure…

The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism -- now fully revised and updated Walk into any racially mixed high…

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World-renowned addiction expert, therapist, and author of the classic "Love and Addiction" and other titles offers a new…

When Erwin Rommel died--by forced suicide at Hitler's command--he left behind in various ingenious hiding places the papers…

This is a homage to Trieste, a city that has always tantalized Jan Morris. Her meditation on it is layered with history and…

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An in-depth, engaging, and authoritative explanation of how the world pitched from precarious peace into total war over the…

Explores the author's theorized evolutionary basis for self-deception, which he says is tied to group conflict, courtship,…

Examines the ongoing interplay between culture and biology in the making of the human race.…

Using the designing and building of the Clock of the Long Now as a framework, this is a book about the practical use of long…

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What happens to Old World memories in a New World order? Svetlana Boym opens up a new avenue of inquiry: the study of…

Bowlby's seminal contribution to the way we understand attachment concludes with an examination of loss. He offers not only…

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