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The Power of Story: Rewrite Your Destiny in Business and in Life: Rewrite Your Destiny in Business and in Life The Power of Story: Rewrite Your Destiny in Business and in Life
By Jim Loehr
In his groundbreaking new book, Dr. Jim Loehr, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Power of Full Engagement, examines the way we tell stories about ourselves to ourselves -- and, most important, Read more »
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
By Andrew Lycett
Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's name is recognized the world over, for decades the man himself has been overshadowed by his better understood creation, Sherlock Holmes, who has become one of literature's Read more »
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Original Sinners: A New Interpretation of Genesis
By John R. Coats

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Publication Date: November 17, 2009
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The stories and characters of Genesis have already shaped you more than you realize. They are embedded in the foundation of our culture. They are part of us all and belong to us all, the religious and Read more »

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All You Need to Know About the Music Business: Seventh Edition
By Donald S. Passman

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Publication Date: November 17, 2009
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Since the advent of file-sharing technology in the late 1990s, the music industry has been challenged to reinvent itself. What has it done? How have the record labels repositioned themselves to cope Read more »


The Optimist's/Pessimist's Handbook: A Companion to Hope/Despair
By Niall Edworthy and Petra Cramsie

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Publication Date: November 10, 2009
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The mere sense of living is joy enough.
Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet


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Last Words
By George Carlin
With Tony Hendra

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Publication Date: November 10, 2009
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As one of America's preeminent comedic voices, George Carlin saw it all throughout his extraordinary fifty-year career and made fun of most of it. Last Words is the story of the man behind some of the Read more »

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Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town
By Elyssa East

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Publication Date: December 01, 2009
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The area known as Dogtown -- an isolated colonial ruin and surrounding 3,000-acre woodland in storied seaside Gloucester, Massachusetts -- has long exerted a powerful influence over artists, writers, Read more »

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Knives at Dawn: America's Quest for Culinary Glory at the Legendary Bocuse d'Or Competition
By Andrew Friedman

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Publication Date: December 01, 2009
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Sizzling sauté pans. Screaming spectators. Television cameras. A ticking clock.Fasten your seatbelt for the Bocuse d'Or, the world's most challenging and prestigious cooking competition, where Read more »

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YOU: Having a Baby: The Owner's Manual to a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy
By Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet Oz

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Publication Date: December 01, 2009
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Can I get a cavity filled while pregnant? Will avoiding spicy foods make my kid a picky eater? Can I really increase my baby's IQ while she's in utero?Whether you're pregnant for the first time, are Read more »

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Samuel Adams: A Life
By Ira Stoll

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Publication Date: November 03, 2009
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In this stirring biography, Samuel Adams joins the first tier of founding fathers, a rank he has long deserved. With eloquence equal to that of Thomas Jefferson and Tom Paine, and with Read more »

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It's Your Time: Activate Your Faith, Achieve Your Dreams, and Increase in God's Favor
By Joel Osteen

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Publication Date: November 03, 2009
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Get your hopes up. Raise your expectations. Your best days are in front of you.In challenging times, it may be hard to see better days ahead. You may feel as though your struggles will never end, that Read more »

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The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name
By Toby Lester

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Publication Date: November 03, 2009
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"Old maps lead you to strange and unexpected places, and none does so more ineluctably than the subject of this book: the giant, beguiling Waldseemüller world map of 1507." So begins this remarkable Read more »

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Shoptimism: Why the American Consumer Will Keep on Buying No Matter What
By Lee Eisenberg

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Publication Date: November 03, 2009
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In this smart, engaging book, Lee Eisenberg, best-selling author of The Number: A Completely Different Way to Think about the Rest of Your Life, leads us on a provocative and entertaining tour of America's Read more »

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Abigail Adams
By Woody Holton

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Publication Date: November 03, 2009
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In this vivid new biography of abigail adams, the most illustrious woman of America's founding era, prize-winning historian Woody Holton offers a sweeping reinterpretation of Adams's life story and Read more »

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The Big Questions: Tackling the Problems of Philosophy with Ideas from Mathematics, Economics and Physics
By Steven E. Landsburg

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Publication Date: November 03, 2009
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In the wake of his enormously popular books The Armchair Economist and More Sex Is Safer Sex, Slate columnist and Economics professor Steven Landsburg uses concepts from mathematics, economics, and physics Read more »


No Limits: The Will to Succeed
By Michael Phelps and Alan Abrahamson

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Publication Date: December 08, 2009
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"When I'm focused, there is not one single thing, person, anything that can stand in the way of my doing something. There is not. If I want something bad enough, I feel I'm gonna get Read more »


Este es tu momento: Activa tu fe, alcanza tus sueños y asegura el favor de Dios
By Joel Osteen

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Publication Date: December 08, 2009
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Anímate. Mejora tus expectativas. Espera lo inesperado. En tiempos difíciles, es posible que te cueste trabajo ver que hay mejores días por venir. Tal vez sientas que tus luchas nunca Read more »


Mentors, Muses & Monsters: 30 Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives
By Elizabeth Benedict

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Publication Date: October 27, 2009
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For Denis Johnson, it was Leonard Gardner's cult favorite Fat City; for Jonathan Safran Foer, it was a brief encounter with Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai; Mary Gordon's mentors were two Barnard professors, Read more »

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A Year on the Wing: Four Seasons in a Life with Birds
By Tim Dee

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Publication Date: October 20, 2009
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Birds -- those "upgiven ghosts" who shape our skies -- and their many styles of flying have inspired us for centuries. Tim Dee became enthralled with birds as a young boy, and their allure has informed Read more »

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The Bitter Road to Freedom: The Human Cost of Allied Victory in World War II Europe
By William I Hitchcock

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Publication Date: October 13, 2009
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American s are justly proud of th e role their country played in liberating Europe from Nazi tyranny. For many years, we have celebrated the courage of Allied soldiers, sailors, and aircrews who defeated Read more »

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So Stressed: The Ultimate Stress-Relief Plan for Women
By Stephanie McClellan, MD and Beth Hamilton, MD

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Publication Date: December 29, 2009
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Being "so stressed" has to be the most common description for a woman today -- no matter your age or marital status, whether you have a career or work inside the home. Stress is the gift of modern life Read more »

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YOU: On A Diet Revised Edition: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management
By Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet Oz

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Publication Date: December 29, 2009
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For the first time in our history, scientists are uncovering astounding medical evidence about dieting -- and why so many of us struggle with our weight and the size of our waists. Now Read more »


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