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Ranging across American culture of the middle 20th century this study depicts the shifting characterizations of teens from invisible young adults to young soldiers in training, to bobby soxers and zoot suiters, to rock'n'rollers and juvenile delinquents, from hippies to savvy consumers.

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At last, new treatment modalities that acknowledge the importance of the soul and the spirit!

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A novel of lost love set in Paris in the 1960s by one of France's most famous novelists; richly translated and with an afterword by Douglas Hofstadter

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The definitive history of America's tranquilizer culture--from the Miltown sensation in the 1950s to Valium in the 1960s and 1970s to Xanax in the twenty-first century.

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A sweeping overview of the scientific achievements of the 20th century, without question the greatest century for science in human history, by the legendary former publisher of Scientific American.

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An agenda-setting team of experts looks at how terrorism can be understood, contained, and ultimately defeated

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Published to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Foreign Affairs, the worlds most widely circulated and respected journal of foreign policy, this remarkable collection gathers the most important essays from the past and present issues, essays that not only laid the foundation for Americas involvement on the world stage but also defined the vital issues of the 20th century.

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From Napster to Total Information Awareness to flash mobs, the debate over information technology in our lives has revolved around a single question: How closely do we want cyberspace to resemble the real world

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[Crouch's] personality, his persona, manifests itself with such force that one is compelled to enter into a kind of active dialogue... Animated and stimulating. -Washington Post

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A revised edition of Gardner's classic on the development of creativity. Illustrated throughout with children's art, this book is a systematic examination of the relation between youthful participation in the arts and the ultimate craftsmanship attained by gifted artists.

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James Charles Roy leads a group of jaded American tourists on a historical tour of the Emerald Isle they only thought they knew

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What kind of man deliberately hurts the woman he loves Drawing on his path breaking studies of more than seven hundred abusive men, as well as therapy with hundreds more, Dutton paints a dramatic and surprising portrait of the man who assaults his intimate partner.

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The battle is on between the forces of social democracy and America's great tradition of free enterprise--and the stakes couldn't be higher

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Beijing presents a clear and gathering threat to Washington,but not for the reasons you think. China's challenge to the West stems from its transformative brand of capitalism and an entirely different conception of the international community. In The Beijing Consensus , a leading expert in international relations presents a coherent integration of the many sides of U.S.-China relations.

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The distinguished contributors dismantle the alleged scientific foundations and criticize the alarming public policy conclusions of the book that has inflamed public debate.

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How an ordinary mammal manipulated nature to become technologically sophisticated city-dwellers-and why our history points to an optimistic future in the face of environmental crisis

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Drawing on The New Republic's searing reportage, this timely guide fills the need for basic information about the war in Bosnia: its origins, its horrors, and its moral challenge to America.

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Acclaimed historian Michael S. Neiberg provides a revealing new look at the drama surrounding the Liberation of Paris in 1944, as the Allies struggled to reclaim Europe, Hitler plotted Paris's destruction, and a handful of conspirators strove to save the City of Lights.

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This book offers all clinicianspsychiatrists, social workers, psychologists, nurses, physicians, and family therapistsa way to use language to help patients resolve bodily symptoms. It avoids the stigmatization that patients and families so often experienceand the frustration clinicians feelwhen struggling to find answers for mind-body problems.

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"Using the true story of a murdered child as a point of departure, a leading expert on family violence argues that society's first priority must be protecting children rather than preserving families."

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The things we think we know about energy are mostly myths. A better understanding will radically change our views and policies on a number of very controversial issues.

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The USA has often failed to capitalise on its technological breakthroughs. This analysis of the weaknesses and strengths of US high technology warns that until the US learns to reconnect research and development with production, foreign companies will continue to prevail in the world marketplace.

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"Drawing from hundreds of studies in half a dozen fields, The Brighter Side of Human Nature makes a powerful case that caring and generosity are just as natural as selfishness and aggression. This live"

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After their liberation in April 1945, the inmates of Buchenwald told their stories to a special team of U.S. Army intelligence officers. One of the most important and unique documents of the Holocaust, this priceless eyewitness account was nearly lost forever and appears here in published form and in English for the first time.