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From Publishers Weekly As its title intimates， this set of essays captures the open-ended， rootless feel of modern life. Cooper， whose writings have a......
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From Publishers Weekly Despite its conservatism， the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Warren E. Burger continued many traditions of the Warren Court，......
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Practical, frank, and compassionate advice from an infertility specialist. A diagnosis of infertility can be devastating for the woman or couple who i......
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The West's knowledge of the Soviet Unionhas long exceeded its understanding. Partof the problem lies in the nature of the newdiscipline of Sovietology......
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Ten classics of supernatural fiction by masters of the macabre: Bram Stoker’s "The Judge’s House," "The Moonlit Road" by Ambrose Bierce, M. R. James’s......
