Nonfiction

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“Noble Savages continues to tell the stories of the Yanomamo, asking its readers to make sense of humanity’s place in nature.”

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“. . . very academic and interesting, but misses the mark in the real world.”

Same-sex marriage is fiercely debated today.

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“Most of The Honored Society isn’t about ’Ndrangheta at all. Ms. Reski didn’t have enough material for a full-length exposé . . .”

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“. . . his life was really not that much different than ours—except maybe for the endless family secrets.”

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“. . . will shake up the educational establishment and change the way classrooms are managed and how students are taught.”

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“Anyone who owns a pocket watch handed down through generations should read this book and take a close look at the history behind their family heirloom.”

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“Relish is as warm as Lucy Knisley’s beloved homemade chocolate ship cookies.”

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“What Robinson did on the baseball diamond was merely part of his effort to show black people how to be their very best and to show white people how to remove the barriers keeping blacks fr

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Dr. Gilbert Meilander has been at the forefront of the development of Christian bioethics for decades and has made many contributions in both the private and public arenas.

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“The main benefit of Italian Wines for most U.S. wine lovers . . . is to broaden one’s horizon of the variety of Italian wines.”

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“Mr. Simmons’ book is riveting, with a style and pace that takes the reader on the journey with John Robinson—the African American man called brown condor.”

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“To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction provides clues as to how one might aspire to write the way Mr. Lopate does.”

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“Portrait Inside My Head is a worthwhile, sometimes funny, always personal journey through a life well told.”

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“After the Music Stopped is better read for background context than for strategy, programs, or initiatives that might make a real difference.”

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“Go ahead and laugh at Detroit. Because you are laughing at yourself.”

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Among the many theories about the origins of creativity is that it may be triggered by the confluence of receptivity to adventure/opportunity, initiative to implement a project, circumstance and co

“Our Tortured Souls is the story of men who endured their own particular 45 days of hell on earth ‘in a very small place.’”

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“. . . a dude’s guide to enlightenment . . . a lanky, loose-limbed labor of love . . .”

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With the publication of Supernatural, Richard Smoley extends his appeal and considerable expertise in in the areas of alternative, esoteric, and occult Western religion and philosophy to a

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“There is much to be gained by reading Terence Donovan Fashion and even more to be gained by absorbing what a beautiful body of work Mr.

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“As a reference work that’s firmly rooted in and actively devoted to expressing the current state of academic scholarship about its area, The Encyclopedia of the Gothic [is] quite

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