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The surprisingly hopeful story of one woman's search for resiliency in a warming world

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An urgent expos of the mental health crisis in our courts, jails, and prisons

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An urgent expos of the mental health crisis in our courts, jails, and prisons

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A gripping and provocative insider's account of both Islamist terror networks and the intelligence services that spy on them, Inside the Jihad offers a completely original perspective on the ongoing battle against Al Qaeda.

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From one of Basic's bestselling authors, an incisive critique of the destructive role of intellectuals in shaping ideas about race.

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Offers a critique about (but not for) intellectuals that explores their impact on public opinion, policy, and society at large. This title not only examines the track record of intellectuals in the things they have advocated but also analyzes the incentives and constraints under which their views and visions have emerged.

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The book that Andrea Dworkin's best known for-in which she provoked the argument that ultimately split apart the feminist movement-is being reissued for the young women and men of the twenty-first century

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"Brookhiser is a remarkable biographer-there are no wasted words in this slim volume, but plenty of fascinating insights into the patriot who 'glimpsed our world before it existed.'"-Five Brilliant Biographies of 2011, NPR.org

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An intellectual biography of James Madison, arguing that he invented American politics as we know it

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From an eminent scholar of the American South, the first full-scale biography of Thomas Jefferson since 1970

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The life of John Marshall, Founding Father and America's longest-serving Chief Justice, who made the Supreme Court a force to be reckoned with in the new nation

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In the first feminist critique of modern political theory, Okin shows how the failure to apply theories of justice to the family not only undermines our most cherished democratic values but has led to a major crisis over gender-related issues.

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"With a new preface by the author, this updated reissue of Sowell's classic study describes in concrete detail how knowledge is shared and disseminated throughout modern society. Sowell discusses how r"

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A prizewinning historian's epic account of the scramble to control equatorial Africa

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An irreverent and kaleidoscopic cartoon history of Latino life, culture, and politics, now revised and updated for its twenty-fifth anniversary

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This text presents a translation of a short poem by 16th-century French poet Clement Marot.

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In Leading Minds , Gardner and his research associate at Harvard Project Zero, Emma Laskin, apply a cognitive lens to leadership, drawing on Gardner's ground-breaking work on intelligence and creativity to offer fascinating revelations about the minds of leaders and those who follow them. This reissue includes a new introduction by the author.

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A globe-trotting history of the domestic pig, showing how this humble and oft-maligned beast has helped humans to survive and thrive from the Neolithic Period to the present day.

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From distinguished Catholic scholar George Weigel, a memoir of his relationship with Pope John Paul II

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"An engaging, lucid, and informative introduction to the teachings and traditions of Catholicism." -Wall Street Journal

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"A priceless manual for anyone seriously interested on the restaurant world. Concise, pointed, informative, and candid, it explains simply to the neophyte chef the difficult but wonderful and rewarding world of the kitchen."-Jacques Ppin

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A unique glimpse into the remarkable life, and fascinating mindset, of the woman who broke records-and boundaries-for female athletes everywhere

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Inspiration and guidance for aspiring mathematicians

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In one of greatest triumphs of the colonial and Revolutionary periods, the founders of the future US overcame religious intolerance in favour of a constitutional order dedicated to fair treatment for people's deeply held conscientious beliefs. This title presents a historical and conceptual study of the American tradition of religious freedom.