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A PublicAffairs Reports Paperback Original A meticulously reported expose uncovers exactly how the drug industry boosts sales and bilks consumers in the most lucrative prescription drug market in the world

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A gripping social history of America in 1915, roiled by one of the most controversial films of all time

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A Boston Globe bestseller: As the Jews and Muslims fight a war in the Middle East, the missing piece of the puzzle is the region's embattled Christian community

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Atlanta's destruction during the Civil War is an iconic moment in American history. award-winning journalist Marc Wortman depicts its siege and fall in The Bonfire , and reveals an Atlanta of unexpected paradoxes. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution called it a tale of divided loyalties, political intrigue, and tremendous human suffering, [an] invaluable history and a gripping read."

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Digitisation makes the physical properties of books disposable; e-book readers and mobile phones render them portable and accessible almost everywhere. The author is a unique authority, whose work on this subject has helped invent the discipline of the "History of the Book". This title assembles the writings he has done on this subject.

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A passionate, controversial argument against compromises on the road to freedom, by the renowned former dissident, human rights activist and Jewish leader

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One of the nation's leading foreign policy thinkers provides an eye-opening look at America's new role in the world, the responsibilities it has undertaken, and the challenges it faces.

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An evocative, vividly detailed memoir of the madness and miracles of the Vietnam War by an award-winning reporter whose experiences in combat--and whose relationship with a Vietnamese cat named Meo--have haunted and inspired him for more than twenty-five years

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The breathtaking behind-the-scenes story of the nearly disastrous global financial crisis of the late 1990s and how the International Monetary Fund tried--and failed--to stem it

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Dissidents around the world use the Internet to evade censorship and get their message out.

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The intimate, beautifully told memoir of a woman who helped create Human Rights Watch and bring about the fall of Communism--and in the process became free and independent herself

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"[A]n illuminating narrative that shows, among much else, what happened when Yankee ingenuity met the Industrial Revolution.... Post-Civil War industrialization had an important and largely overlooked predecessor in the first decades of the 19th century. It is a story worth telling, and Mr. Morris tells it well." -The Wall Street Journal

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"A well-written, easily accessible manifesto on how libertarian ideas and anti-authoritarianism can help change the world, and how they will one way or another, whether we like it or not..." --Forbes

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This intense, vivid report and call to action from the heart of violent Darfur, by a former Marine working as an unarmed military observer for the African Union, is a powerful memoir of a young man's awakening to conscience and the first extensive on-theground account of the genocide in Sudan.

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On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously declared that separate educational facilities for blacks and whites are inherently ""unequal"" and, as such, violate the 14th Amendment.

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In 2008 the US government stepped in to rescue a faltering financial system. Two years later everyone is still wondering what exactly prompted a calamity of such magnitude. To answer this question, US Congress created the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in May 2009. This title presents the Commission's revealing and substantive account.

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A conflict resolution specialist explores the nature of disputes that become intractable quagmires, and offers cutting edge methods for solving them

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The baby boomer generation is going to participate in the largest transfer of wealth in history when it passes on its assets to its successor generation. This book shows you how, why it matters, and how the future of foundations can provide a vital spur to the engine of the American economy - if they are properly established and run.

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Which of America's essential international commitments can we afford to keep in this time of diminished financial resources

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The definitive and rollicking story of one of the best, and one of the wackiest, teams of all time, during one of the most vital eras in baseball

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How one provocative, trail-blazing--and long-forgotten-- dealer, Edith Halpert, transformed the business of art dealing and shaped the legacy of modern American art

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"A sweeping survey that proves to be...a counterweight to global gloom and doom. Mr. Mahbubani is a big-picture writer and thinker, a Thomas Friedman with a strong Asian perspective." -The Wall Street Journal

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"The Great Decision" tells the riveting story of John Marshall and of the landmark court case that not only empowered the Supreme Court, but also transformed the idea of the separation of powers into a working blueprint for America's modern state.

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From vaudeville to the movies to television, the complete--and often hilarious--history of how Jewish comedians transformed American entertainment