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Toward the End of Time - John Updike
SUMMARY: JOHN UPDIKE IS "A STYLIST OF THE HIGHEST ORDER, capable of illuminating the sublime in the mundane, thereby elevating all of human experience." --Chicago Tribune Toward th... -
The Man Who Loved China - Simon Winchester
In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman ("Elegant and scrupulous"—New York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa -
Johannes Brahms - Jan Swafford
An illuminating new biography of one of the most beloved of all composers, published on the hundredth anniversary of his death, brilliantly written by a finalist for the 1996 Natio... -
Jihad vs. McWorld - Benjamin R. Barber
Jihad vs. McWorld is a groundbreaking work, an elegant and illuminating analysis of the central conflict of our times: consumerist capitalism versus religious and tribal fundamenta... -
First Family_ Abigail and John - Joseph J. Ellis
SUMMARY: The Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of "Founding Brothers" and "His Excellency "brings America's preeminent first couple to life in a moving and illuminating n... -
Conquering Fear - Harold Kushner
From the best-selling author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People, an illuminating book about fear—and what we can do to overcome it.An inescapable component of our lives, fear... -
Cadillac Desert_ The American W - Marc Reisner
Amazon.com ReviewThe definitive history of water resources in the American West, and a very illuminating lesson in the political economy of limited resources anywhere. Highly recom...