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The Believing Brain - Michael Shermer
Review“Michael Shermer has long been one of our most committed champions of scientific thinking in the face of popular delusion. In The Believing Brain, he has written a wonderful.... -
The Battle for Christmas - Stephen Nissenbaum
Amazon.com ReviewThis scholarly analysis of our modern celebration of Christmas pulls together a thoroughly convincing case for the widely accepted notion that it is a 19th-century... -
The Basque History of the World - Mark Kurlansky
Amazon.com ReviewThe buzz about the Guggenheim Bilbao aside, the Basques seldom get good press--from the 12th-century Codex of Calixtus ("A Basque or Navarrese would do in a Frenc.... -
The Balfour Declaration - Jonathan Schneer
Issued in London in 1917, the Balfour Declaration was one of the key documents of the twentieth century. It committed Britain to supporting the establishment in Palestine of “a Nat... -
The Artemis Fowl files - Eoin Colfer
EDITORIAL REVIEW: *The Artemis Fowl Files* is comprised of two original stories: "LEPrecon": the story of Fairy Police Captain Holly Short's move... -
The Art of Saying Goodbye - Ellyn Bache
ReviewThe secrets revealed and the emotions exposed make this a compelling read. (Charlotte Observer ) Grief, friendship, marriage, love and uncertainty—it’s all here—portrayed... -
The Art of Happiness - 10th Ann - Dalai Lama; Howard C. Cutler
In this unique and important book, and now celebrating its 10th year, one of the world's great spiritual leaders offers his practical wisdom and advice on how we can overcome ev... -
The Art of Fielding_ A Novel - Chad Harbach
Amazon.com ReviewAmazon Best Books of the Month, September 2011: Though The Art of Fielding is his fiction debut, Chad Harbach writes with the self-assurance of a... -
The Appeal - John Grisham
30 SUMMARY: Politics has always been a dirty game. Now justice is, too. In a crowded courtroom in Mississippi, a jury returns a shocking verdict against a chemical company accused ... -
The Annotated Milton_ Complete - John Milton;Burton Raffel
Product Description Affordable, compact, and authoritative, this one-volume edition of <b>The Annotated Milton</b> encompasses the monumental sweep of John Milton’s poetry. Here ...