When S. Schoenbaum s Shakespeare s Lives first appeared over twenty years ago, critics enthusiastically hailed it as a triumph of wit and scholarship.......
Over recent years seismic changes have taken place in the structure and direction of the media and entertainment industries. Since the launch of the f......
In Talking to Myself, Pulitzer Prizing-winning author Studs Terkel offers us an autobiography for our times--the stirring story of a man whose life ha......
Astute and provocative....Blends the sophistication of recent feminist theory with highly textured details fro the lives of independent and ambitious ......
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IN THE SPRING OF 1977, Yale University gave Cooke its rarely awarded Howland Medal.Presenting the award, Yale s president (nowAmbassador to Great Brit......
A compelling personal account of living with diabetes from diagnosis to cure, with a comprehensive overview of the latest advances in treatment. Deb B......
One Christmas was so much like another, in those years, around thesea-town corner now and out of all sound except the distant speaking ofthe voices I ......
Boston Globe A remarkable book--part historical tract, part political manifesto--that examines one of the most bitter issues of contemporary life. Fro......
From Library Journal Hill is touted as the greatest free climber in the world meaning she climbs without gear, which could make for scary reading. Cop......
From Publishers Weekly This important, topical book is about Winnie and Nelson Mandela, leaders in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa. Both h......
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The Visit: Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt s Version Then lirdc Gloria will come to mc for good :rod ever. GI.ORI ~ ~[OF, I,N ~ NI)I RHII,T xrt Rl):xyï......
Apple Trees1 was three years old when my mother and father diw)rced. Weleft the ski lodge in the Krkonose Mountains and moved into asingle room in my ......
Book Description For most of us, it was just another horrible headline. But for Deborah Spungen, the mother of Nancy, who was stabbed to death at the ......
The Onion is the world s most popular humor periodical. Its first book, Our Dumb Century, was a New York Times #1 best-seller and winner of the 1999 T......
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ENGLAND 1944In Goodbye Mickey Mouse, Len Deighton has written his best novel yet: a brilliant, multidimensional picture of what it is to be at war .........
At 19 years old, Jordan Rubin was a healthy 6 1" and 180 pounds. Shockingly, his weight fell to just 104 lbs. in a matter of months. His immune system......