 | The Mismeasure of Man (Revised & Expanded)
Publication Date: June 17, 1996The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.When published in 1981, The Mismeasure of Man was immediately hailed as a masterwork, the ringing answer to those who would classify people, rank them according to their supposed genetic gifts and limits.Yet the idea of biology as destiny dies hard, as witness the attention devoted to The Bell Curve, whose arguments are here so effectively anticipated and thoroughly undermined. In this edition, Stephen Jay Gould has written a substantial new introduction telling how and why he wrote the book and trac...
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 | Safe Haven
Release Date: September 14, 2010When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past.Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships:one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo.Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increa...
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 | Bridal Blessings: Truly Yours 2-in-1 Romances - Two Historical Romances of Challenging the Barriers to Love (Inspirational Book Bargains)
Publication Date: July 1, 2012| Series: Inspirational Book Bargains Journey to Victorian America alongside characters from bestselling author Tracie Peterson. Two impossible romances ignite when Lady Amelia of England goes on holiday and is inspired by both the Colorado mountains and the rugged trail guide, and when Darlene, a Jewish seamstress, becomes indebted to the son of a prominent New York family. But are the walls of social status and differing faiths too solid to breach? ...
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 | Is the Bitch Dead, Or What?: The Ritz Harper Chronicles Book 2
Release Date: February 13, 2007| Series: Ritz Harper Chronicles (Book 2) DJ Ritz Harper used every trick in the book to become a media darling in Drama Is Her Middle Name, shock-jock Wendy Williams’s exposé of a life she knows better than anyone. Playing a clever trick of her own, Williams left her heroine on the brink of death at the end of the novel. Now the second installment of the chronicles reveals what Williams’s readers are dying to know: Is the Bitch Dead, or What?The drive-by shooting that brought her down forces Ritz to look back on her climb to the top and the ...
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 | Fever/Dream
Publication Date: June 16, 2011Comedy Characters: 3 male, 3 female, flexible castingChained to his desk in the basement of customer service hell, Segis suddenly finds himself set free in the CEO's penthouse-but is it a dream? This raucous reinvention of Pedro Calderón de la Barca's Life is a Dream gleefully skewers corporate America with razor-sharp wit"Enjoyably stylish [with an] antic pace and witty aesthetic" - Washington Post"Ambitious, often uproarious." - City Paper"A pizzazz-filled concoction that skewers corporatism with a generous supply side of laughs. [Callaghan] is without d...
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 | Guadalupe (Spanish Edition)
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 | Chastelaine De Vergi and Jean Renart: Le Lai De L'Ombre (CRITICAL GUIDES TO FRENCH TEXTS)
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| Das Mops-ABC (Fiction, Poetry & Drama) (German Edition)
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| Brodsky's Poetics and Aesthetics
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 | Wild Bees (University of Western Australia Press New Writing)
Publication Date: June 2, 2008| Series: University of Western Australia Press New Writing Martin Harrison is a writer whose poetry is both a meditation and a meeting place between the immensity of the Australian environment and the hi-tech urbane world of everyday Western life. In this new collection Harrison has gathered together some of his best works and included some alluring and lyrical new works. ...
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| Shanghai yang chang zhu zhi ci (Mandarin Chinese Edition)
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 | A Mirror for Magistrates and the Politics of the English Reformation (Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture)
Publication Date: June 30, 2009| ISBN-10: 1558497064 | ISBN-13: 978-1558497061| Edition: Mass. Studies Early Modern Culture ser. Perhaps no other work of secular poetry was as widely read in Tudor England as the historical verse tragedy collection A Mirror for Magistrates. For over sixty years (1559 1621), this compendium of tragic monologues presented in the voices of fallen political figures from England's past remained almost constantly in print, offering both exemplary warnings to English rulers and inspiring models for literary authors, including Spenser and Shakespeare.In a strikin...
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 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer Supernatural Defense Kit
Publication Date: May 11, 2010| Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Back by popular demand! One of our most interesting book packages was the Buffy Supernatural Defense Kit. Long out-of-print, "die-hard" Buffy fans just kept asking for this book and keepsake package. Well, it is returning from the grave.This handsome, slipcased package combines a great Buffy adventure with a dazzling trio of specially crafted items that are featured in the story. The book is a deluxe hardcover, about 80% of comic book size, thread-sewn, utilizing a fine matte artpaper stock. The story is anexpansion of "The Fin...
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 | Robert Ludlum's The Paris Option: A Covert-One Novel
Release Date: March 2, 2010| Series: Covert-One The Pasteur Institute, Paris. A bomb explodes, a fire rages, and a renowned computer scientist is dead. Dr. Émile Chambord had been working on a molecular DNA computer that could virtually control all computerized operations around the globe. Now, his groundbreaking research is missing. Overnight, military satellites and communications are shut down by unknown sources. And Covert-One agent Dr. Jon Smith has to race across two continents to expose the next generation of terrorists—a vast network of technological spies who now have the...
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 | Death of a Citizen: Matt Helm #1
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 | The Boy Who Lived with the Seals
Release Date: April 21, 1993| Age Level: 4 and up In a traditional story from the Chinook people of the Northwest, a young boy disappears and is found years later, swimming with the seals. ...
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 | Mas cuentos de mi infancia: Mi primer libro de Winnie Pooh
Publication Date: May 10, 2002| Age Level: 4 and up...
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 | Sports A to Z
Publication Date: August 1, 2007| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up Here’s something that the youngest sports enthusiasts will get really excited about—and the first in a planned series of conceptual board books by emerging illustrator David Diehl. Sports A to Z celebrates the full range of games, and words associated with them, from archery to zamboni, end zone to yellow card. It’s got real visual excitement, too, with striking graphic designs in exuberant colors that have real child-appeal. Whether kids are looking at the airborne athlete for “Long Jump,R...
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 | The Rainbow Bridge ...a dog's story
Publication Date: April 10, 2010After a very rough beginning in life as a puppy mill dog, Henley was rescued and then adopted into a loving home. His life was a full one, and a happy one.Henley became a Therapy Dog, a Reading Buddy, a Humane Education Ambassador, and the author of his very own book, "My Name is Henley: My life and times as a rescued dog."Thousands upon thousands of children embraced his story and his mission to find happily-ever-afters for all our animal friends. "Living a life that values life," and being "the voice for those who cannot speak for themselves," were the words...
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 | Cosmo and the Great Witch Escape
Publication Date: October 1, 2006| Age Level: 7 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
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