A deeply personal story of a woman's addiction to and recovery from the high of dangerous encounters. But the misguided search that became Silverman's life has resonance for those with other addictions, whether to food, drugs, alcohol, or work.
A former editor at "The New Yorker" revisits the fabulous life of Brooke Astor, a pioneer of philanthropy and for decades a luminary of New York society. of photos.
Salvos of sane and humorous dissent from the worship of the almighty market.
Revised and updated. The book that exploded the slacker myth and introduced the world to the real GenX: flexible, technoliterate, information-savvy, entrepreneurial, and perfectly adaptable to the new just-in-time workplace.
In the ninety years since the Titanic sank, countless sermons and editorials, poems, songs and ads, socialists and chauvinists, Christians, reformers, anarchists, and pitchmen have drawn on the power of the century's worst disaster to move their audience.
"A strong antidote to the growing sinophobia in the U.S."-Wall Street Journal
"A masterful tale of treachery and duplicity... Spellbinding."--New York Times
In words and more than 100 photos, this work traces Feynman's remarkable adventures inside and outside science. The book gives insight into the mind of a great creative scientist at work and at play, and challenges the popular myth of scientists as cold reductionists, dedicated to stripping romance and mystery from the natural world.
"It is, make no mistake, the best management answer for our chaotic times." -Tom Peters
"An important work on a monumental subject." -Anna Quindlen, New York Times Book Review
Thirteen of black America's most eloquent voices share their visions for a self-sufficient, self-determined future.
The second edition of this guide to the "Garden State" reveals the historic, cultural, and ecological diversity of the state. Includes extensive coverage of the Jersey Shore and Atlantic City.
The curious wanderer's guide to the colorful history and the rich natural diversity of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay area.
A fresh perspective on the Third Reich: the deadly contests among Hitler's lieutenants, and their disastrous consequences.
"Shattuck leaves us not only with a deepened appreciation of Proust's great work but of all great literature as well."-Richard Bernstein, New York Times
In this extremely practical introduction to musical analysis, the author explores the factors that give unity and coherence to musical masterpieces, seeking the answers mainly in the formal and harmonic structure of individual compositions.
"[An] engrossing survey of the history of childbirth." -Stephen Lowman, Washington Post
Winner of the 2005 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature; winner of the 2005 Ireland Chair for Poetry Award; the only poetry book long-listed for the Guardian First Book Award.
A dazzling debut novel by the prize-winning author of Yellow, set in the unique and exotic nightworld of Tokyo.
Intent upon letting the reader experience the pleasure and intellectual stimulation in reading these classic authors, the How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon.
"This book, a polished, winding meditation on the theory and fractiousness of motorcycles, celebrates both their eccentric history and the wary pleasures of touring".--"The New Yorker". A selection from this book appeared in "Harper's". Photos.
"Excellent...Reynolds is as good on the Paris writing as he is on the Paris life." -Times Literary Supplement
A comprehensive history of a state thought by many to be the most livable.
The surprisingly diverse hiking opportunities in Louisiana.
The Norton Manual of Music Notation is designed to serve as a practical guide to music handwriting and music-writing procedures. It provides the music student with an essential tool for learning to put notes down on paper with clarity and speed. At the same time, it serves as an indispensable reference to a wide variety of notational conventions.
This practical handbook offers a wide variety of innovative in-class exercises designed to enliven classroom discussion. Each of these flexible teaching exercises includes straightforward, step-by-step guidelines and suggestions for variation.
A personal, trenchant, and comprehensive account of the contemporary news media.
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