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Kwame Anthony Appiah - The Lies That Bind_ Rethinking Identity-Liverlight Publishing (2018)
From the best-selling author of Cosmopolitanism comes this revealing exploration of how the collective identities that shape our polarized world are riddled with contradiction.We a... -
Jeffry A. Frieden - Global Capitalism_ Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century-W. W. Norton & Company (2007)
"Magisterial history...one of the most comprehensive histories of modern capitalism yet written." —Michael Hirsh, New York Times Book ReviewIn 1900 international trade reached unpr... -
Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python_ With Application to Understanding Data (MIT Press) - John V. Guttag
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If Tomorrow Comes - Sidney Sheldon
Lovely, idealistic Tracy Whitney is framed into a fifteen year sentence in an escape-proof penitentiary. With dazzling ingenuity she fights back to destroy the untouc... -
Heart for Freedom, A - Chai Ling
The dramatic and fascinating story of Chai Ling, commander-in-chief of the student protesters at Tiananmen Square and witness to the massacre of thousands of Chinese civilians. Ris... -
Good Night for Ghosts, A - Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie are on their second mission to find--and inspire--artists to bring happiness to millions. After traveling to New Orleans, Jack and Annie come head to head with some ... -
Golden Compass, The - Philip Pullman
EDITORIAL REVIEW: "SUPERB . . . WONDER-FILLED."--The Washington Post Book WorldIt was no ordinary life for a young girl: living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan Colle... -
Girl on the Train, The - Paula Hawkins
A debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives. "Gripping, enthralling—a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read."—S. J. Wats... -
From Here to Eternity_ The Restored Edit - Jones, James
Diamond Head, Hawaii, 1941. Pvt. Robert E. Lee Prewitt is a champion welterweight and a fine bugler. But when he refuses to join the company's boxing team, he gets "the treatment... -
Freakonomics_ A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything - Steven D. Levitt; Stephen J. Dubner
SUMMARY: Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? How much do parents really matter? These may not sound like ty...