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Traces the story of the family luxury linen business from its founding in the mid-19th century to its rise to a leading provider of top-quality textiles, examining its use of historical styles while c
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A neoconservative Catholic thinker describes the growing influence of Catholic thought in American politics, argues that the failure of mainline American Protestant churches has led to the rise of onc
In the vein of Prozac Nation and Girl, Interrupted, an electrifying memoir about a young woman's promiscuous and self-destructive spiral after being cast out of her ultra-Orthodox Jewish family Le
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Combining research from the social sciences, hard sciences, and the humanities, this accessible cross-disciplinary book offers fascinating insights into a key component of human nature and society.
From the acclaimed biographer, screenwriter, and novelist Frederic Raphael, here is an audacious history of Josephus (37–c.100), the Jewish general turned Roman historian, whose emblematic betrayal is
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The author of the critically successful Buddha's Brain outlines a scientifically valid, four-step method for changing the brain's tendency to focus disproportionally on negative events, sharing recomm
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A history of anarchism challenges modern views that liken anarchists to supporters of chaos and terrorism, profiling such early figures as William Godwin, Mikhail Bakunin and Noam Chomsky while docume
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Traces the inside story of an audacious hedge fund fraud and the dramatic manhunt for founder Sam Israel, who bet his final millions on a federal-run “secret market” society of clandestine bankers, sh
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John Hardon's comprehensive, one-volume work of reference defining the keyterms of Catholicism; updated to include the most recent developments in theCatholic Church.Clear, concise, and faithful, with
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Traces the brief, controversy-marked life of the mid-20th-century author of the critically acclaimed The Gallery to provide coverage of such topics as his work as a teacher at Loomis School, his World
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