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A popular guide for consumers about all the psychiatric drugs used with kids.

This book builds upon and expands the pioneering work of the late Hervey Cleckley in defining, recognizing, and treating the antisocial personality and related syndromes.

A remarkable, intense portrait of the robotic subculture and the challenging quest for robot autonomy.

In this behind-the-scenes look at one of the world's top Wall Street investment firms, Partnoy recounts his experience during the annual drunken skeet-shooting competition where he and his colleagues sharpen the killer instincts they're encouraged to use against competitors, clients, and each other.

"[A work of] wit, wisdom and richness... A grand tour of derangement, from matricide to anorexia." -John Leonard, Harper's

"A vivid picture of the crushing difficulties faced by every Arab government."--Kirkus Reviews

In this new intellectual biography of Ernest Rutherford, the 20th centurys greatest experimental physicist, Reeves portrays a ruddy, genial man who was also a towering figure in scientific history.

Set in the 1930s South, this resonant novel of race and class turns on the awful power of a lie.

"Gaines has a deft understanding of the Washington-Lafayette relationship ... [and] a knack for wielding substantial research with aplomb."-San Francisco Chronicle

Featuring drawings by the author, this book offers a gift for the thousands of devoted listeners who made the late Jerome Stern one of the best-loved commentators on National Public Radio. Whether cautioning or celebratory or simple turning over ideas, these pieces add up to a freewheeling autobiography of a man who was curious about everything.

A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book: a celebrated collection from "one of the finest and boldest poets of the last half century" (Poetry Review).

"A mesmerizing read.... A literary work of high distinction." -William Grimes, New York Times

From the Whitbread Award-winning author of "Eve Green" comes this lyrical novel that probes two sisters struggle with envy, loneliness, and love--an emotion they crave and simultaneously fear, but ultimately recognize it as the greatest force of all.

Lishs second anthology of new "Esquire" fiction displays the magazines most distinguished short stories of the last three years.

"A timely, fair-minded and crisply written account."-New York Times Book Review

Intent upon letting the reader experience the pleasure and intellectual stimulation in reading classic authors, the How to Read series will facilitate and enrich your understanding of texts vital to the canon.

"A sensitive, sensible, and compelling account of American education at its best."-Philadelphia Inquirer

A breakout book completing a trilogy of Socratic exploration by the inimitable Johnny Appleseed of philosophy.

"Irresistibly seductive. ... Murder mystery, historical novel, portal to another time; The Blackest Bird is a masterpiece."-Anthony Bourdain

"A bred-in-the-bones storyteller."-Geraldine Brooks

"Tender, sassy, quietly observant, deeply cutting ... a collection bursting with verbal and existential exuberance."-Billy Collins

A brave, moral argument for cloning and its power to fight disease.

"Lucid, literate and tough-minded."-William Grimes, The New York Times

An essential work on the challenges of preserving civil liberties in wartime by a preeminent scholar of constitutional law.

"All about passion, whether for ... romance or adventure, this sweeping debut renders poetically the dynamics of desire."-Kirkus Reviews