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The Better Angels of Our Nature - Steven Pinker
Product Description The author of The New York Times bestseller The Stuff of Thought offers a controversial history of violence. Faced with t... -
The Best Alternate History Stor - Harry Turtledove
Amazon.com ReviewWhat if? Harry Turtledove, renowned alt-historian and the editor of this anthology, calls that question "those two mournful little words." But little though they .... -
The Belly of Paris - Emile Zola; Mark Kurlansky
Part of Emile Zola's multigenerational Rougon-Macquart saga,The Belly of Parisis the story of Florent Quenu, a wrongly accused man who escapes imprisonment on Devil's Island. Retur... -
The Beautiful Between - Alyssa B. Sheinmel
From School Library JournalGrade 9–11—Connelly Sternin, 16, moves through her New York City high school on cruise control. She is an average student who doesn't get into trouble, d... -
The Bay at Midnight - Diane Chamberlain
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Her family's cottage was a place of innocence for twelve-year-old Julie Bauer - until her sister was murdered. It's been many years since that August night, but J... -
The Battle of Betazed - Charlotte Douglas; Susan Kearne
SUMMARY:In the darkest hours of the Dominion War, as the Federation's downfall seemed ever more certain, Jem'Hadar and Cardassian forces conquered Betazed, the homeworld of ... -
The Battle for Christmas - Stephen Nissenbaum
Amazon.com ReviewThis scholarly analysis of our modern celebration of Christmas pulls together a thoroughly convincing case for the widely accepted notion that it is a 19th-century... -
The Basque History of the World - Mark Kurlansky
Amazon.com ReviewThe buzz about the Guggenheim Bilbao aside, the Basques seldom get good press--from the 12th-century Codex of Calixtus ("A Basque or Navarrese would do in a Frenc.... -
The Bane of the Black Sword - Michael Moorcock
"High in the wintry sky climbed the dragons as Elric urged his charges westwards. Thoughts of love, of peace, of vengeance even were lost in that reckless sweeping across the glowe... -
The Ayn Rand lexicon_ objectivi - Ayn Rand; Harry Binswanger
SUMMARY: A prolific writer, bestselling novelist, and world-renowned philosopher, Ayn Rand defined a full system of thought--from epistemology to aesthetics. Her writing is so exte...