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Empires of the Word - Nicholas Ostler
From Publishers WeeklyOstler's ambitious and accessible book is not a technical linguistic study—i.e., it's not concerned with language structure—but about the "growth, development... -
Disintegration_ The Splintering - Eugene Robinson
From Publishers WeeklyIn this clear-eyed and compassionate study, Robinson (Coal to Cream), Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist for the Washington Post, marshals persuasive evidence ... -
Creative Mind - Ernest Holmes
Product DescriptionAmerican author and preacher ERNEST SHURTLEFF HOLMES (1887-1960) began studying Christian Science at age twenty-one and in 1912 built a church to spread the mess... -
CompTIA Security_ Deluxe Study - Emmett Dulaney
Product DescriptionCompTIA Security+ Deluxe Study Guide gives you complete coverage of the Security+ exam objectives with clear and concise information on crucial security topics..... -
Blood Beast - Darren Shan
Product Description_"Locked inside Dervish's study. Breath coming quickly, raggedly. Trembling wildly. I still feel sick and dizzy, but maybe that's fear. I force myself to breathe... -
Apartment in Athens - Glenway Wescott; David Leavitt
ReviewA fine study in humiliation and nobility, and their culmination in tragedy and desperate resolve...its moderateness, lack of exaggeration, and serenity are admirable as the G... -
American Colossus_ The Triumph - H. W. Brands
From Publishers WeeklyIn this timely study, University of Texas historian Brands (Traitor to His Class) describes the rise of the great corporate capitalists after the Civil War. J... -
Agnes Grey - Anne Bronte
SUMMARY: Anne BrontA's first novel, Agnes Grey, combines an astute dissection of middle-class social behavior and class attitudes with a wonderful study of Victorian responses to y... -
A Short History of Myth - Karen Armstrong
From Publishers WeeklyThis is an pedestrian study from the noted and popular religion scholar, in which Armstrong takes a historical approach to myth, tracing its evolution through... -
A Fugitive Truth_ An Emma Field - Dana Cameron
SUMMARY: The past's blood stains the present The opportunity of a lifetime awaits archaeologist Emma Fielding in the Berkshire foothills of Western Massachusetts: the chance to stu...