The year is 1872. The place is Wigan, England, a coal town where rich mine owners live lavishly alongside miners no better than slaves. Into this dark, complicated world comes Jonathan Blair, who has
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Of the countless ailments that rack the human machine,high blood pressure is one of the easiest to preventand one of the most responsive to treatment.Who gets high blood pressure? Should you panic if
A completely updated and expanded edition of Dr. Miriam Stoppard's bestselling pregnancy handbookContemporary, practical, and thoroughly enjoyable to read, Dr. Miriam Stoppard's New Pregnancy and Birt
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist comes a celebration of the aging process. Not just Dave's, but that of the whole Baby Boom Generation--those millions of us who set a standard for whining se
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For English teacher Amanda Pepper, the champagne gala on behalf of Philly Prep's library is her introduction to the ultrarich Main Line society--an evening so extravagant that nothing can tarnish the
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Arguably the greatest collaboration in the whole history of comedy!Bestselling author Douglas Adams wrote the storyline based on his CD-ROM game of the same name (as this novel, not as him, obviously)
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Most managers know that revitalization in their companies must occur from the ground up. But how can you get that message to your employees without applying the kind of pressure that makes them even
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