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What the family connection between apes and humans really means

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Signs of Life applies the mathematics of order and disorder, of entropy, chance, and randomness, of chaos and nonlinear dynamics to the various mysteries of the living world at all levels. This book is an entirely new approach to understanding living systems and will help set the agenda for biology in the coming century.

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A compelling investigation of the Jewish community's reaction -- or nonreaction -- to domestic violence

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In this irreverent campaign diary, equal parts Hunter S. Thompson and Michael Lewis, Washington Post political writer Dana Milbank remembers the bruising highlights of the 2000 presidential campaign

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From the original 18th-century volunteer force to the New York Firefighter unit in the Union Army, to contemporary issues of diversity and efficiency, this history holds up a mirror for fire-fighters throughout the US. It is the story of the men and women, tragedies and triumphs of the FDNY throughout its history.

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This portrait of a disorder that afflicts more than 13per cent of Americans, shows how to distinguish social phobia from other problems such as depression or panic disorder as well as treatment options, including behaviour and drug therapy.

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A prize-winning investigative journalist illuminates the often problematic relationship between the child's best interest and the best intentions of child welfare agencies, policymakers, and the courts

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"One of Africa's greatest writers" (San Francisco Chronicle) makes an impassioned plea for the resurrection of African language--and African culture itself

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Through a beautiful and compelling narrative, Schoppa traces the lives and history at Xiang Lake, a reservoir from its creation in 1112 to the present

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"In this groundbreaking book, Dorothy Becvar shows how a spiritual orientation can be used to facilitate healing at the deepest level. By incorporating a "soul healing" perspective into their practices"

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A multifaceted exploration of the dynamics of posttraumatic body symptoms and a clinically sophisticated presentation of new therapy techniques by an internationally acclaimed roster of trauma experts.

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"According to commonly repeated reports, wages and personal incomes have stagnated in the U.S. over the last twenty-five years for average Americans. A corollary argument asserts that the combination o"

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In a memoir more chilling than a John le Carre novel, we meet the senior KGB officer who recruited and handled two of America's most dangerous traitors, and whose career spanned four continents

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A KGB general's impressively illuminating memoir of the final years of the Soviet Union

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"A new - and largely hidden - profession has emerged during the past three decades. Drawing on the techniques of modern social science, psychology, and market research, its practitioners seek to remake"

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Explores the historical link between mind-altering substances and religious experience in the United States.

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A true adventure story that mixes personal anecdote and fascinating facts to bring women's recent political history to life, concluding with guidance to inspire a new generation of women risk takers.

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Argues that judges, lawyers, and law schools should emphasize experience and character over reason or arcane learning, to create a more democratic legal profession in tune with the public interest.

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What caused physicians in the USA to confront committees, forms, and active patients Tracing the revolution that transformed the doctor-patient relationship, this book takes the reader into the labouratory and the examining room, tracing the development of new technologies and social attitudes.

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This bold book breaks new ground by making explicit and coherent the theoretical underpinnings of feminist therapy

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A fitting testament to [Lincoln's] literary skill. It evokes vividly the unconscionable gulf between the life of the city's aristocratic patrons and the misery of the masses.--New York Times

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This is the first book to provide a carefully designed clinical approach to supportive psychotherapy that is rigorously connected to psychodynamic theory.

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This book will be a godsend to those affected directly or indirectly by this disease. - Psychology Today

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Karla Jay's memoir of an age whose tumultuous social and political movements fundamentally reshaped American culture takes readers from her early days in the 1968 Columbia University student riots to her involvement in radical women's groups and the New York Gay Liberation Front.