Nonfiction

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“The Sacredness of Human Life challenges us, calling on us to rethink our thoughts and ideas . . .”

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“Ian Stewart belongs to a very small, very exclusive club of popular science and mathematics writers who are worth reading today.”

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Educational reform is high on the agenda of the Obama administration for good reasons.

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“That the majority of these POWs felt justified in murdering civilians is enough to chill the soul of almost any reader.”

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“Illness and disease force one to separate the gripping and material mind-body connection, summoning forth a previously unknown strength of spirit.

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“Nafis Sadik is a woman who set out to ‘change the world’—and in many ways she did just that.”

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“Behind the Kitchen Door is an eye-popping book about restaurant industry practices that brings new meaning to the notion of ethical eating.”

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For more than half a century most mainstream, accessible, non-experimental, American poetry has been autobiographical.

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“. . . a complex and challenging journey, created through careful design to inveigle, involve and capture imaginations.”

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“One closes John Thavis’ perceptive study reflecting on the Vatican’s challenge: to persist in a secularizing world sometimes fascinated by the pomp and pageantry of St.

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“Gun Guys is smart and informative—an education for anyone the slightest bit curious about why gun owners are so passionate about their guns.”

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“. . . a most atypical fashion book with a totally different slant on ‘la mode’ . . .”

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“Historical accuracy and truth, . . . take a second place in Invisible Armies to the book’s highly politicized point of view . . .”

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“This book should be required reading for anyone who plans on a career as a fashion designer.”

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“. . . thanks to determined writers like Mr. MacAirt the truths behind this particular tragedy have been resurrected.”

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“All writers, seasoned or newbie, should read, absorb, and put to use the lessons Don McNair offers . . .”

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“. . . a valuable foray into the complex depths of a deeply misunderstood and somewhat abused concept.”

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“. . . a pleasant surprise [tracing] disparate forms of American music to their roots in Kentucky.”

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As a journalist stationed for many years in Jerusalem, author Lesley Hazleton is not unfamiliar with religious research and writing.

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Paris Haute Couture is possibly one of the most informative and exhaustive volumes on the subject.

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