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Krakatoa_ The Day the World Exp - Simon Winchester
SUMMARY:Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, w... -
In the Heart of the Canyon - Elisabeth Hyde
SUMMARY: Peter, twenty-seven and unemployed, embarks on this journey to avoid his family, while Evelyn, a fifty-year-old biology professor, comes in search of a more visceral life.... -
In The Garden Of The North Amer - Tobias Wolff
Among the characters you'll find in this collection of twelve stories by Tobias Wolff are a teenage boy who tells morbid lies about his home life, a timid professor who, in the fir... -
Hula Done It_ - Maddy Hunter
SUMMARY: Dead in the WaterFor travel escort Emily Andrew and her fellow Iowans, aloha means "hello" to all the sun, surf, and scrumptious cuisine their Hawaiian cruise has to offer... -
How to Write a Sentence_ And Ho - Stanley Fish
From BooklistNew York Times columnist and college professor Fish appreciates fine sentences the way some people appreciate fine wine. In 10 short chapters, Fish takes readers throu... -
Honeybee Democracy - Thomas D. Seeley
From BooklistEntomologist E. O. Wilson calls honeybees 'humanity's greatest friend among the insects.' Cornell professor and ardent beekeeper Seeley (The Wisdom of the Hive, 1995) ... -
Germinal - Emile Zola
Review"Superb."--Professor James Chastain, Ohio University"This is far and away the best English translation of Germinal currently available. The translator has captured th... -
Foreign Affairs - Alison Lurie
Product DescriptionVinnie Miner, 54-year-old Anglophile professor, is in London on a six-month foundation grant. So is her young colleague, Fred Turner. Vinnie is plain and resigne... -
Flex_ Do Something Different - Ben (c) Fletcher; Karen J. Pine
About the AuthorBen (C) Fletcher and Karen Pine are both Professors of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire and renowned experts in behaviour change. Their Do Something Di... -
Everything Is Obvious_ _Once Yo - Duncan J. Watts
Review"Mr. Watts, a former sociology professor and physicist who is now a researcher for Yahoo, has written a fascinating book that ranges through psychology, economics, marketing ...