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The Power of Babel
$17.99There are approximately six thousand languages on Earth today, each a descendant of the tongue first spoken by Homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago. While laying out how languages mix…
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The Presumed Alliance
$15.99“A hard and unnerving look at how changing demographics will forever alter our country’s dialogue on race.” — San Jose Mercury NewsAs Latino and African Americans increasingly live side by side…
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The Price of Privilege
$15.99In this ground-breaking book on the children of affluence, a well-known clinical psychologist exposes the epidemic of emotional problems that are disabling America’s privileged youth, thanks, in large part, to…
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The Private Lives of the Impressionists
$17.99Though they were often ridiculed or ignored by their contemporaries, today astonishing sums are paid for their paintings. Their dazzling works are familiar to even the most casual art lovers—but…
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The Rabbi of 84th Street
$14.99Always wearing an easy smile, Hasidic rabbi Haskel Besser spreads joy wherever he goes, enriching the lives of his many friends and congregants with his profound understanding of both Orthodox…
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The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde
$18.99Oscar Wilde had one of literary history’s mostexplosive love affairs with Lord Alfred “Bosie”Douglas. In 1895, Bosie’s father, the Marquessof Queensberry, delivered a note to the Albemarle Clubaddressed to “Oscar…
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The Red Convertible
$16.99A stunning collection of short stories by Louise Erdrich, author of the National Book Award-winning The Round House. Selected by the author herself from over three decades of work, The…
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The Rescue Artist
$14.99In the predawn hours of a gloomy February day in 1994, two thieves entered the National Gallery in Oslo and made off with one of the world’s most famous paintings,…
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The Road to McCarthy
$14.99Pete McCarthy established one cardinal rule of travel in hisbestselling debut, McCarthy’s Bar: “Never pass a bar withyour name on it.” In this equally wry and insightful follow-up,his characteristic good…
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The Saving Graces
$14.99Meet the Saving Graces, four of the best friends a woman could ever have.For ten years, Emma, Rudy, Lee, and Isabel have shared a deep affection that has helped them…
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The Schooling of Claybird Catts
$15.99To be perfectly honest, the day my father died really wasn’t the worst day of my life.When his beloved father, Michael, dies, Claybird Catts finds solace in the company of…
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