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"A remarkable book-part historical tract, part political manifesto-that examines one of the most bitter issues of contemporary life."-Boston Globe

In this collection, Murray observes the character of the last century and some of the lives that were part of it.

To "fight for your rights," or anyone else's, is not just to debate principles but to haggle over budgets.

The newest volume in the annual series that has become the bible of the global environmental movement--and indispensable for anyone concerned with the future of our world. State of the World 2000 provides national leaders and concerned citizens with a comprehensive framework for the global debate about our future in the new century. This annual survey by the award-winning Worldwatch Institute has become an invaluable analysis of negative environmental trends and a guide to emerging solutions. The book shows how our current fossil-fueled, auto-centered, throwaway economy is steadily destroying the very ecosystems that form the foundations of our lives. The great challenge we face in the next century is making the transition to a sustainable economy that reuses and recycles materials, is powered by renewable energy sources, and has a stable population. The authors argue that meeting this challenge will offer some of the greatest investment opportunities in history. Written in clear and concise language, with easy-to-read charts and tables, State of the World 2000 presents a view of our changing world that we, and our leaders, cannot afford to ignore.

"These two dozen essays by experts ranging from Stephen Jay Gould to Andrea Dworkin are an excellent guide to the post-Dolly world." --Chicago Tribune, Choice Selections of 1998

"Schultz's lively writing is perfectly suited to the exciting and controversial Yankee cavalry raid against Richmond, Va., in late winter 1864. . . . The subject and Schultz's lucid prose make this a great addition to any Civil War library."-Publishers Weekly

"The definitive account of Andrew Johnson's impeachment and of the dramatic events that first put a president on trial before the Senate." - Eric Foner

An all-in-one compendium of easy techniques for all kinds of calculations, from personal finance to home improvement.

The enterprising Vermont sleuth Tish McWhinny - whom Booklist calls "an absolutely first-rate companion" - returns in her fifth Vermont mystery, on the trail of a murderer at a local dog show.

"These finely crafted stories expose the author's wicked intent-to place the reader defenseless in the path of onrushing truth. With the assistance of some unforgettable characters, Starling Lawrence succeeds admirably."-Harper Lee

"An enlightening peek at the inner workings of a large corporation trying to reinvent itself. . . . It's rare to find an auto book that explains the process of creating a car with so much color and detail."-Business Week (a Best Business Book of 1997)

"American readers who want to see rejuvenated form in untroubled action, giving brisk shape to contemporary and classical events, will find it in Lasdun." -Helen Vendler

"[Jones's] painstakingly researched volume is an invaluable antidote to those who argue that our shameful past has no relevance to our perplexing present." -David Kusnet, Baltimore Sun

"An excellent and compelling overview of childhood depression by two of the field's most distinguished clinician-scholars."-Kay Redfield Jamison, Ph.D., author of An Unquiet Mind

This new Norton Critical Edition of Hawthorne's innovative 1852 novel helps readers navigate and appreciate its elusive plot, powerful characters, and maddening narrator.

"Eleanor Wilson Orr's book makes a major contribution toward our understanding of the ways in which language differences can affect the performance of black students in fields that do not seem to be closely connected to language skills". -John B. Slaughter, former director, National Science Foundation

Winner of the 1995 National Poetry Series, judged and selected by Heather McHugh.

"Vintage Lasch.... One of the refreshments of reading him is that he states his beliefs outright."-Andrew Delbanco, New York Times Book Review

"She showed me what one set-on-fire human being can do to shift the consciousness of the world." -Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking

From the pages of The Baffler, the most vital and perceptive new magazine of the nineties, sharp, satirical broadsides against the Culture Trust.

When Dr. Elwin Carter is confronted in his Watts clinic by two boys terrified by the brutal murder of their friend, his investigations lead him far beyond the usual suspicions of drugs or gang violence.

"This wonderfully instructive collection of journal writings, notebooks, jottings . . . , workbook fragments leads us into the corners of the mind where poetry hides."-Miami Herald

A beautiful, visual biography of America's greatest woman poet, containing over 275 photographs and illustrations.

"[A] wealth of practical guidelines to enhance the pleasures of life." -Jane E. Brody, New York Times "With humor and personal anecdotes, [Skinner] suggest ways to shape an older person's environment so that the imperfections of old age present as few intrusions as possible." -New Orleans Times-Picayune

"Many individuals who suffer from heartburn think this is not an important disease and are afraid to talk with their physicians. I hope this book will open their eyes. What's more, the book is truly a delight to read!" -Joel E. Richter, M.D., The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Selected from an extensive nationwide search, this book of fifteen stories by American writers twenty-five years old and younger introduces a new generation of literary talent.

"[A] sweeping narrative, beautifully written and scrupulously evenhanded, [that] does full justice to Stevenson and his people. . . . Ambitious, elegiac, and provocative."--Richard Norton Smith, Chicago Tribune, front page review

Considering the playwright and his work, the author theorizes that Shakespeare's elusive personality is a result of his supremacy as a dramatist-that he submerged his identity in his characters-and assesses evolving meanings of the plays and poems.

Beginning with Germany's social situation after World War I, David Schoenbaum shows how Hitler improvised a program that apparently offered something to everyone--above all, the mirage of a classless society.

"A small, sophisticated, elegantly sentimental journey through a New Hampshire village summer. Our companions are an aging poet, who is sad because he can no longer write-he has lost the joy he used to have in simply being alive-and a young, mischievous female donkey, who is sad because she can't run and play-she has a touch of arthritis. . . . There is a moral, of course, but any moral looks dull next to the simple happiness of the old poet and his long-eared muse."-The New Yorker