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Hailed by the New Yorker as "a superlative study of a president and his presidency," Lou Cannon's President Reagan remains the definitive account of our most significant presidency in the last fifty
First published in 1968, the book is the product of Just's 18 months (December, 1965 - May, 1967) as Washington Post correspondent during the Vietnam War. "The pessimists," Just writes in this more
This text studies and celebrates the culture and intellectual life of sixteenth- to eighteenth-century Iran and India, concentrating on the common Persianate Sufi tradition shared by both the society
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Written for professional programmers, this book recommends improved practices to adopt in software development and pitfalls to avoid. The authors address personal responsibility, duplication of knowle
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The inspiring autobiography and leadership principles of the charismatic, enormously well-respected educator who founded the Frederick Douglass Academy in Harlem
A Village Voice Best Book of the Year, this collection of essays covers a range of topics, from “Education and Democracy” and “Politics and Election” to “Cultural Participation” and “AIDS and Democrac
The classic, inspiring memoir of a political dissident--a man whose fierce spirit and drive for freedom triumphed over imprisonment, solitary confinement, the Soviet Union, and Communism itself
Award-winning journalist Elizabeth Becker started covering Cambodia in 1973 for The Washington Post, when the country was perceived as little more than a footnote to the Vietnam War. Then, with the ri
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At a time when tempers flare over the Oregon assisted suicide law and Jack Kevorkian's physician-aid-in-dying, Last Wish, Betty Rollin's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, is due for a rereadin
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Line drawings and simple text depict women's bodies and how they function, the development of the unborn child, healthy living during pregnancy, the various stages of labor and delivery, the newborn b
Frank Sinatra remains the greatest entertainer of our age, invigorating American popular song with innovative phrasing and a mastery of range and emotion. Drawing upon recent interviews with hundreds
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