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"You've been cheated," Earl Shorris tells a classroom of poor people in New York City.

"Remarkably upbeat, and imbued with wit, wisdom and a palpable sense of awe over our universe."-Tucson Weekly

"One of the most refreshing and accessible investigations of modern American life to come along in years." So says the San Francisco Chronicle of Haynes Johnson's clear-sighted but compassionate Divided We Fall, an eloquent warning that also uncovers myriad reasons for hope.

A rich and surprising look at the robust European culture that thrived after the collapse of Rome.

"Remarkable . . . an eye-opening book [on] the freedom struggle that changed the South, the nation, and the world." -Washington Post

Facilitating change in couple therapy by understanding how the brain works to maintain-and break-old habits.

A dazzling, multilayered novel that not only encompasses a searing love story but, with its epic reach from quarks to mythology to geopolitics, also encapsulates the fate of the entire world.

"A portrait of the JFK White House after the Cuban Missile Crisis as it really was...human and revealing." -Evan Thomas

"An engaging collection of observations about honeybees and their activities."-Publishers Weekly

Devil in a Blue Dress honors the tradition of the classic American detective novel by bestowing on it a vivid social canvas and the freshest new voice in crime writing in years, mixing the hard-boiled poetry of Raymond Chandler with the racial realism of Richard Wright to explosive effect.

This pathbreaking interpretation of the slaveholding South begins with the insight that slavery and freedom were not mutually exclusive but were intertwined in every dimension of life in the South. James Oakes traces the implications of this insight for relations between masters and slaves, slaveholders and non-slaveholders, and for the rise of a racist ideology.

"Kumin's is a poetry of wide sympathy and tact in which the ecumenical flavor is dominant. . . . This collection is full of generational severance and renewal, and a tart and compassionate irony."-The New Yorker

"Stunning....The portrait of the embattled and unyielding president that emerges is vivid and memorable."-Publishers Weekly

These quirky, brilliant stories launched Rick Bass on his literary career.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize With deft portraits of many world figures, Dean Acheson analyzes the processes of policy making, the necessity for decision, and the role of power and initiative in matters of state.

850 years of sailing experience and more than 750,000 miles of blue-water voyaging and racing have gone into this book!

"A fascinating window into a lifelong friendship and the writing life." -Kirkus Reviews

Brilliant new poems and an expansive gathering from six collections by a Pulitzer Prize winner celebrated as "indispensable."

"One of the most original and poignantly authentic poets writing in English."-Harold Bloom

In this "New York Times" bestseller, a Nobel Prize-winning economist shows how today's crisis parallels the Great Depression, and explains how to avoid catastrophe. This edition features a new Foreword.

"Draws with literary aplomb the correlation of what and how we eat to who we are."-Austin Chronicle

Ego states are the parts of our personality that cause us to act different ways in different situations.

The profession of personal and business coaching has exploded during the past five years, both in the US and internationally. An estimated twenty percent of all coaches have a background in a mental health-related field.

Dusty Miller's treatment model for addiction and self-injury, outlined in the best-selling Women Who Hurt Themselves, has been expanded in this new work to include the physical and spiritual impact of trauma.

An astoundingly moving and perceptive work on how adults can finally overcome the traumas of their childhood.

"A thought-provoking critique of Einstein's tantalizing combination of brilliance and blunder."-Andrew Robinson, New Scientist

The premier environmental nonprofit shows the ways to transform our consumer culture into a culture centered on sustainability.