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      <title>Second Suns by David Oliver Relin</title>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400069255&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781400069255&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400069255&quot;&gt;Second Suns&lt;/a&gt; Two Doctors and Their Amazing Quest to Restore Sight and Save Lives&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=103468&quot;&gt;David Oliver Relin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardcover&lt;/b&gt;, 432 pages | Random House | Biography &amp; Autobiography - Medical; Social Science - Disease &amp; Health Issues; Biography &amp; Autobiography - Personal Memoirs | &lt;b&gt;$27.00&lt;/b&gt; | June 18, 2013 | 978-1-4000-6925-5 (1-4000-6925-4)&lt;p&gt;From the co-author of &lt;i&gt;Three Cups of Tea&lt;/i&gt; comes the inspiring story of two very different doctors&amp;mdash;one from the United States, the other from Nepal&amp;mdash;united in a common mission: to rid the world of preventable blindness.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; In this transporting book, David Oliver Relin shines a light on the work of Geoffrey Tabin and Sanduk Ruit, gifted ophthalmologists who have dedicated their lives to restoring sight to some of the world&amp;rsquo;s most isolated, impoverished people through the Himalayan Cataract Project, an organization they founded in 1995. Tabin was the high-achieving bad boy of Harvard Medical School, an accomplished mountain climber and adrenaline junkie as brilliant as he was unconventional. Ruit grew up in a remote Nepalese village, where he became intimately acquainted with the human costs of inadequate access to health care. Together they found their life&amp;rsquo;s calling: tending to the afflicted people of the Himalayas, a vast mountainous region with an alarmingly high incidence of cataract blindness.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &lt;i&gt;Second Suns&lt;/i&gt; takes us from improvised plywood operating tables in villages without electricity or plumbing to state-of-the-art surgical centers at major American universities where these two driven men are restoring sight&amp;mdash;and hope&amp;mdash;to patients from around the world. With their revolutionary, inexpensive style of surgery, Tabin and Ruit have been able to cure tens of thousands&amp;mdash;all for about twenty dollars per operation. David Oliver Relin brings the doctors&amp;rsquo; work to vivid life through poignant portraits of patients helped by the surgery, from old men who cannot walk treacherous mountain trails unaided to cataract-stricken children who have not seen their mothers&amp;rsquo; faces for years. With the dexterity of a master storyteller, Relin shows the profound emotional and practical impact that these operations have had on patients&amp;rsquo; lives.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &lt;i&gt;Second Suns&lt;/i&gt; is the moving, unforgettable story of how two men with a shared dream are changing the world, one pair of eyes at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <title>Second Suns by David Oliver Relin</title>
      <link>http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679603566</link>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679603566&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780679603566&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679603566&quot;&gt;Second Suns&lt;/a&gt; Two Doctors and Their Amazing Quest to Restore Sight and Save Lives&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=103468&quot;&gt;David Oliver Relin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 432 pages | Random House | Biography &amp; Autobiography - Medical; Social Science - Disease &amp; Health Issues; Biography &amp; Autobiography - Personal Memoirs | &lt;b&gt;$13.99&lt;/b&gt; | June 18, 2013 | 978-0-679-60356-6 (0-679-60356-5)&lt;p&gt;From the co-author of &lt;i&gt;Three Cups of Tea&lt;/i&gt; comes the inspiring story of two very different doctors&amp;mdash;one from the United States, the other from Nepal&amp;mdash;united in a common mission: to rid the world of preventable blindness.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; In this transporting book, David Oliver Relin shines a light on the work of Geoffrey Tabin and Sanduk Ruit, gifted ophthalmologists who have dedicated their lives to restoring sight to some of the world&amp;rsquo;s most isolated, impoverished people through the Himalayan Cataract Project, an organization they founded in 1995. Tabin was the high-achieving bad boy of Harvard Medical School, an accomplished mountain climber and adrenaline junkie as brilliant as he was unconventional. Ruit grew up in a remote Nepalese village, where he became intimately acquainted with the human costs of inadequate access to health care. Together they found their life&amp;rsquo;s calling: tending to the afflicted people of the Himalayas, a vast mountainous region with an alarmingly high incidence of cataract blindness.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &lt;i&gt;Second Suns&lt;/i&gt; takes us from improvised plywood operating tables in villages without electricity or plumbing to state-of-the-art surgical centers at major American universities where these two driven men are restoring sight&amp;mdash;and hope&amp;mdash;to patients from around the world. With their revolutionary, inexpensive style of surgery, Tabin and Ruit have been able to cure tens of thousands&amp;mdash;all for about twenty dollars per operation. David Oliver Relin brings the doctors&amp;rsquo; work to vivid life through poignant portraits of patients helped by the surgery, from old men who cannot walk treacherous mountain trails unaided to cataract-stricken children who have not seen their mothers&amp;rsquo; faces for years. With the dexterity of a master storyteller, Relin shows the profound emotional and practical impact that these operations have had on patients&amp;rsquo; lives.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &lt;i&gt;Second Suns&lt;/i&gt; is the moving, unforgettable story of how two men with a shared dream are changing the world, one pair of eyes at a time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;From the Hardcover edition.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <title>Second Suns by Rob Shapiro</title>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385359900&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780385359900&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385359900&quot;&gt;Second Suns&lt;/a&gt; Two Doctors and Their Amazing Quest to Restore Sight and Save Lives&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=103468&quot;&gt;David Oliver Relin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Read by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=100466&quot;&gt;Rob Shapiro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Unabridged Audiobook Download&lt;/b&gt; | Random House Audio | Biography &amp; Autobiography - Medical; Social Science - Disease &amp; Health Issues; Biography &amp; Autobiography - Personal Memoirs | &lt;b&gt;$20.00&lt;/b&gt; | June 18, 2013 | 978-0-385-35990-0 (0-385-35990-X)&lt;p&gt;From the co-author of &lt;i&gt;Three Cups of Tea&lt;/i&gt; comes the inspiring story of two very different doctors&amp;mdash;one from the United States, the other from Nepal&amp;mdash;united in a common mission: to rid the world of preventable blindness.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; In this transporting book, David Oliver Relin shines a light on the work of Geoffrey Tabin and Sanduk Ruit, gifted ophthalmologists who have dedicated their lives to restoring sight to some of the world&amp;rsquo;s most isolated, impoverished people through the Himalayan Cataract Project, an organization they founded in 1995. Tabin was the high-achieving bad boy of Harvard Medical School, an accomplished mountain climber and adrenaline junkie as brilliant as he was unconventional. Ruit grew up in a remote Nepalese village, where he became intimately acquainted with the human costs of inadequate access to health care. Together they found their life&amp;rsquo;s calling: tending to the afflicted people of the Himalayas, a vast mountainous region with an alarmingly high incidence of cataract blindness.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &lt;i&gt;Second Suns&lt;/i&gt; takes us from improvised plywood operating tables in villages without electricity or plumbing to state-of-the-art surgical centers at major American universities where these two driven men are restoring sight&amp;mdash;and hope&amp;mdash;to patients from around the world. With their revolutionary, inexpensive style of surgery, Tabin and Ruit have been able to cure tens of thousands&amp;mdash;all for about twenty dollars per operation. David Oliver Relin brings the doctors&amp;rsquo; work to vivid life through poignant portraits of patients helped by the surgery, from old men who cannot walk treacherous mountain trails unaided to cataract-stricken children who have not seen their mothers&amp;rsquo; faces for years. With the dexterity of a master storyteller, Relin shows the profound emotional and practical impact that these operations have had on patients&amp;rsquo; lives.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; &lt;i&gt;Second Suns&lt;/i&gt; is the moving, unforgettable story of how two men with a shared dream are changing the world, one pair of eyes at a time.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;From the Hardcover edition.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <title>Forrest Bess by Robert Thurman</title>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781576876220&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781576876220&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781576876220&quot;&gt;Forrest Bess&lt;/a&gt; Key to the Riddle&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=166707&quot;&gt;Chuck Smith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Foreword by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=171692&quot;&gt;Robert Thurman&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardcover&lt;/b&gt;, 168 pages | powerHouse Books | Art - Individual Artist; Social Science - Gender Studies | &lt;b&gt;$40.00&lt;/b&gt; | June 11, 2013 | 978-1-57687-622-0 (1-57687-622-5)&lt;p&gt;Painter, fisherman, pseudo-hermaphrodite&amp;mdash;&lt;b&gt;Forrest Bess&lt;/b&gt; lived his  life in obscurity at an isolated bait camp off the east coast of Texas.  From 1949 through 1967, Bess showed at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New  York City, alongside superstar artists such as Jackson Pollock and Mark  Rothko. Rediscovered after his death in 1977, Bess's small visionary  paintings are now prized by museums and collectors for their primal  beauty, and can fetch over $200,000 apiece.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bess's treasured canvases were only part of a grander theory&amp;mdash;based  on alchemy, Jungian philosophy, and aboriginal rituals&amp;mdash;that proposed  that hermaphrodism was the key to immortality. As an artist, Bess could  never equivocate, and in 1960 he underwent an operation to become a  pseudo-hermaphrodite. For the first time ever in print, &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; combines the beauty of Bess's art with the drama and tragedy of his  personal life. Using Bess's own hauntingly sincere words (in letters to  Betty Parsons, Meyer Schapiro, and others) the book traces the life and  logic of this forgotten artist and explains how a love of beauty and a  desire for wholeness lead Bess to self-surgery and, ultimately, a mental  hospital. &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; is a  fascinating look at one of America's most notorious cult visionaries&amp;mdash;a  man who truly believed that art could save his life.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <title>Gender and Sexuality For Beginners by Jeffrey Lewis</title>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781934389706&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781934389706&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781934389706&quot;&gt;Gender and Sexuality For Beginners&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=161980&quot;&gt;Jaimee Garbacik&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Illustrated by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=161981&quot;&gt;Jeffrey Lewis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 176 pages | For Beginners | Social Science - Gender Studies; Psychology &amp; Psychiatry - Human Sexuality | &lt;b&gt;$16.99&lt;/b&gt; | June 11, 2013 | 978-1-934389-70-6 (1-934389-70-6)&lt;p&gt;We should not need to prove our experiences, defend our realities, or negotiate basic human rights. But we do.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What does sexual orientation mean if the very categories of gender are in question? How do we measure equality when our society's definitions of &quot;male&quot; and &quot;female&quot; leave out much of the population? There is no consensus on what a &quot;real&quot; man or woman is, where one's sex begins and ends, or what purpose the categories of masculine and feminine traits serve. While significant strides have been made in recent years on behalf of women's, gay and lesbian rights, there is still a large division between the law and day-to-day reality for LGBTQIA and female-identified individuals in American society. The practices, media outlets and institutions that privilege heterosexuality and traditional gender roles as &quot;natural&quot; need a closer examination.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Gender and Sexuality For Beginners considers the uses and limitations of biology in defining gender. Questioning gender and sex as both categories and forms of compulsory identification, it critically examines the issues in the historical and contemporary construction, meaning and perpetuation of gender roles. Gender and Sexuality For Beginners interweaves neurobiology, psychology, feminist, queer and trans theory, as well as historical gay and lesbian activism to offer new perspectives on gender inequality, ultimately pointing to the clear inadequacy of gender categories and the ways in which the sex-gender system oppresses us all.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Gender and Sexuality For Beginners examines the evolution of gender roles and definitions of sexual orientation in American society, illuminating how neither is as objective or &quot;natural&quot; as we are often led to believe.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;From the Trade Paperback edition.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <title>Gender and Sexuality For Beginners by Jeffrey Lewis</title>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781934389690&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781934389690&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781934389690&quot;&gt;Gender and Sexuality For Beginners&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=161980&quot;&gt;Jaimee Garbacik&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;b&gt;Illustrated by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=161981&quot;&gt;Jeffrey Lewis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 224 pages | For Beginners | Social Science - Gender Studies; Psychology &amp; Psychiatry - Human Sexuality | &lt;b&gt;$16.99&lt;/b&gt; | June 11, 2013 | 978-1-934389-69-0 (1-934389-69-2)&lt;p&gt;We should not need to prove our experiences, defend our realities, or negotiate basic human rights. But we do.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What does sexual orientation mean if the very categories of gender are in question? How do we measure equality when our society's definitions of &quot;male&quot; and &quot;female&quot; leave out much of the population? There is no consensus on what a &quot;real&quot; man or woman is, where one's sex begins and ends, or what purpose the categories of masculine and feminine traits serve. While significant strides have been made in recent years on behalf of women's, gay and lesbian rights, there is still a large division between the law and day-to-day reality for LGBTQIA and female-identified individuals in American society. The practices, media outlets and institutions that privilege heterosexuality and traditional gender roles as &quot;natural&quot; need a closer examination.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Gender and Sexuality For Beginners considers the uses and limitations of biology in defining gender. Questioning gender and sex as both categories and forms of compulsory identification, it critically examines the issues in the historical and contemporary construction, meaning and perpetuation of gender roles. Gender and Sexuality For Beginners interweaves neurobiology, psychology, feminist, queer and trans theory, as well as historical gay and lesbian activism to offer new perspectives on gender inequality, ultimately pointing to the clear inadequacy of gender categories and the ways in which the sex-gender system oppresses us all.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Gender and Sexuality For Beginners examines the evolution of gender roles and definitions of sexual orientation in American society, illuminating how neither is as objective or &quot;natural&quot; as we are often led to believe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <title>Corrupted Culture by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero</title>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781616147495&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781616147495&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781616147495&quot;&gt;Corrupted Culture&lt;/a&gt; Rediscovering America's Enduring Principles, Values, and Common Sense&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=178312&quot;&gt;Vincent Ryan Ruggiero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 275 pages | Prometheus Books | Social Science | &lt;b&gt;$19.00&lt;/b&gt; | June 4, 2013 | 978-1-61614-749-5 (1-61614-749-0)&lt;p&gt;Poor education, bad parenting, a sense of entitlement, the &quot;wasteland&quot; of television, and more. These are the symptoms of a culture in decline. While it's easy to recite a litany of our problems, identifying their root causes requires more than the facile commentary offered by media pundits. This in-depth historical analysis of cultural trends in American traces the problems of our current malaise back to two profoundly misguided views of human nature that were pervasive in this country in the twentieth century. The first was hereditarianism, which was highly influential until the end of World War II. The second was humanistic psychology, which emerged after the war as a reaction against negativism. Citing a host of original sources, Ruggiero shows that while the hereditarians advanced the absurdly pessimistic view that biology is destiny, humanistic psychology countered with an absurdly optimistic view of human nature. He also demonstrates that the flaws of both hereditarianism and humanistic psychology are observable in today's resurgent progressivism. Beyond critique, Ruggiero presents a compelling case for restoring the traditional principles and values associated with the Western view of human nature. In this view, human nature is inherently imperfect but has the potential for goodness and wisdom; intelligence is the sum of inherited capacity and performance attained through mental training and acquired knowledge; reason is more reliable than feelings; and self-esteem is the result of actual achievement. Blending thorough research with incisive analysis, Ruggiero shows the relevance of recent intellectual history to today's social problems and charts a course for a better future.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <title>Corrupted Culture by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero</title>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781616147501&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781616147501&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781616147501&quot;&gt;Corrupted Culture&lt;/a&gt; Rediscovering America's Enduring Principles, Values, and Common Sense&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=178312&quot;&gt;Vincent Ryan Ruggiero&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt; | Prometheus Books | Social Science | &lt;b&gt;$11.99&lt;/b&gt; | June 4, 2013 | 978-1-61614-750-1 (1-61614-750-4)&lt;p&gt;Poor education, bad parenting, a sense of entitlement, the &quot;wasteland&quot; of television, and more. These are the symptoms of a culture in decline. While it's easy to recite a litany of our problems, identifying their root causes requires more than the facile commentary offered by media pundits. This in-depth historical analysis of cultural trends in American traces the problems of our current malaise back to two profoundly misguided views of human nature that were pervasive in this country in the twentieth century. The first was hereditarianism, which was highly influential until the end of World War II. The second was humanistic psychology, which emerged after the war as a reaction against negativism. Citing a host of original sources, Ruggiero shows that while the hereditarians advanced the absurdly pessimistic view that biology is destiny, humanistic psychology countered with an absurdly optimistic view of human nature. He also demonstrates that the flaws of both hereditarianism and humanistic psychology are observable in today's resurgent progressivism. Beyond critique, Ruggiero presents a compelling case for restoring the traditional principles and values associated with the Western view of human nature. In this view, human nature is inherently imperfect but has the potential for goodness and wisdom; intelligence is the sum of inherited capacity and performance attained through mental training and acquired knowledge; reason is more reliable than feelings; and self-esteem is the result of actual achievement. Blending thorough research with incisive analysis, Ruggiero shows the relevance of recent intellectual history to today's social problems and charts a course for a better future.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <title>Full Body Burden by Kristen Iversen</title>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307955654&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307955654&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307955654&quot;&gt;Full Body Burden&lt;/a&gt; Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=152169&quot;&gt;Kristen Iversen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 432 pages | Broadway | Biography &amp; Autobiography; Social Science - Disease &amp; Health Issues; History - Modern - 20th Century | &lt;b&gt;$15.00&lt;/b&gt; | June 4, 2013 | 978-0-307-95565-4 (0-307-95565-6)&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Full Body Burden&lt;/i&gt; is Kristen Iversen's story of growing up in a small Colorado town close to Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant. It's also a book about the destructive power of secrets&lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;/b&gt;both family secrets and government secrets. Her father's hidden liquor bottles, the strange cancers in children in the neighborhood, the truth about what&amp;nbsp;they made at Rocky Flats&lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;/b&gt;best not to inquire too deeply into any of it. But as Iversen grew older, she began to ask questions and discovered some disturbing realities.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; As this memoir unfolds, it reveals itself as a brilliant work of investigative journalism&lt;b&gt;&amp;mdash;&lt;/b&gt;a shocking account of the government's sustained attempt to conceal the effects of the toxic and radioactive waste released by Rocky Flats, and of local residents' vain attempts to seek justice in court. Based on extensive interviews, FBI and EPA documents, and class-action testimony, this taut, beautifully written book promises to have a very long half-life.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now with Extra Libris material, including a reader&amp;rsquo;s guide and bonus content&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307948090&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307948090&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307948090&quot;&gt;God Believes in Love&lt;/a&gt; Straight Talk About Gay Marriage&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=150886&quot;&gt;Gene Robinson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 208 pages | Vintage | Political Science - Social Policy; Social Science - Gay Studies; Religion - Bible - Criticism, Interpretation | &lt;b&gt;$15.00&lt;/b&gt; | June 4, 2013 | 978-0-307-94809-0 (0-307-94809-9)&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;From the IX Bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church, the first openly gay person elected &amp;nbsp;to the episcopate and the world&amp;rsquo;s leading religious spokesperson for gay rights and gay marriage&amp;mdash;a groundbreaking book that persuasively makes the case for same-sex marriage using a commonsense, reasoned, religious argument.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Robinson holds the religious text of the Bible to be holy and sacred and the ensuing two millennia of church history to be relevant to the discussion. He is equally familiar with the secular and political debate about gay marriage going on in America today, and is someone for whom same-sex marriage is a personal issue; Robinson was married to a woman for fourteen years and is a father of two children and has been married to a man for the last four years of a twenty-five-year relationship.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;Robinson has a knack for taking complex and controversial issues and addressing them in plain direct language, without using polemics or ideology, putting forth his argument for gay marriage, and bringing together sacred and secular points of view.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <title>Gods Like Us by Ty Burr</title>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307390844&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307390844&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307390844&quot;&gt;Gods Like Us&lt;/a&gt; On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=68359&quot;&gt;Ty Burr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 448 pages | Anchor | Performing Arts - Film - History &amp; Criticism; Social Science - Popular Culture; Social Science - Media Studies | &lt;b&gt;$16.95&lt;/b&gt; | June 4, 2013 | 978-0-307-39084-4 (0-307-39084-5)&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;With 8 Pages of Black-and-White Photographs&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;In this captivating history of stardom, &lt;i&gt;Boston Globe&lt;/i&gt; film critic Ty Burr traces our obsession with fame from the dawn of cinema through the age of the Internet. Why do we obsess over the individuals we come to call stars? How has both the image of stardom and our stars' images changed over the past hundred years? What does celebrity mean if people can now become famous simply for being famous? With brilliant insight and entertaining examples, Burr reveals the blessings and the curses of celebrity for the star and the stargazer alike. From Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin, to Archie Leach (a.k.a. Cary Grant), Tom Cruise, and Julia Roberts, to such no-cal stars of today as the Kardashians and the new online celebrity, &lt;i&gt;Gods Like Us&lt;/i&gt; is a journey through the fame game at its flashiest, most indulgent, occasionally most tragic, and ultimately it's most culturally revealing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307473288&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9780307473288&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307473288&quot;&gt;On Saudi Arabia&lt;/a&gt; Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines--and Future&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=161906&quot;&gt;Karen Elliott House&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 320 pages | Vintage | History - Middle East; Political Science - World - Middle Eastern; Social Science - Anth/Cultural | &lt;b&gt;$16.95&lt;/b&gt; | June 4, 2013 | 978-0-307-47328-8 (0-307-47328-7)&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With over thirty years of experience writing about Saudi Arabia, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and former publisher of &lt;i&gt;The&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Wall Street Journal &lt;/i&gt;Karen Elliott House has an unprecedented knowledge of life inside this shrouded kingdom. Through anecdotes, observation, analysis, and extensive interviews, she navigates the maze in which Saudi citizens find themselves trapped and reveals the sometimes contradictory nature of the nation that is simultaneously a final bulwark against revolution in the Middle East and a wellspring of Islamic terrorists. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; Saudi Arabia finds itself threatened by fissures and forces on all sides, and &lt;i&gt;On Saudi Arabia&lt;/i&gt; explores in depth what this portends for the country&amp;rsquo;s future&amp;mdash;and our own.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <title>A Wasp Among Eagles by Ann Carl</title>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781588343413&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781588343413&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781588343413&quot;&gt;A Wasp Among Eagles&lt;/a&gt; A Woman Military Test Pilot in World War II&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=124001&quot;&gt;Ann Carl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 152 pages | Smithsonian Books | History - Military - World War II; History - Military - Aviation; Social Science - Women's Studies | &lt;b&gt;$14.95&lt;/b&gt; | June 4, 2013 | 978-1-58834-341-3 (1-58834-341-3)&lt;p&gt;Before World War II most Americans did not believe that the average woman could fly professionally, but during the war more than a thousand women pilots proved them wrong. These were the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), who served as military flyers on the home front. In March 1944 one of them, Ann Baumgartner, was assigned to the Fighter Flight Test Branch at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. There she would make history as the only woman to test-fly experimental planes during the war and the first woman to fly a jet. &lt;br&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br&gt;A WASP among Eagles&lt;/i&gt; is the first-person story of how Baumgartner learned to fly, trained as a WASP, and became one of the earliest jet-age pioneers. Flying such planes as the Curtiss A-25 Helldiver, the Lockheed P-38, and the B-29 Superfortress, she was the first woman to participate in a host of experiments, including in-air refueling and flying the first fighter equipped with a pressurized cockpit. But in evaluating the long-awaited turbojet-powered Bell YP-59A, she set a &amp;ldquo;first&amp;rdquo; record that would remain unchallenged for ten years.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <title>Egypt - Culture Smart! by Jailan Zayan</title>
      <link>http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781857336719</link>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781857336719&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781857336719&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781857336719&quot;&gt;Egypt - Culture Smart!&lt;/a&gt; The Essential Guide to Customs &amp; Culture&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=74371&quot;&gt;Jailan Zayan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 168 pages | Kuperard | Travel - Middle East - Egypt; Reference - Etiquette; Social Science - Popular Culture | &lt;b&gt;$9.95&lt;/b&gt; | May 28, 2013 | 978-1-85733-671-9 (1-85733-671-2)&lt;p&gt;This revised and updated edition of &lt;i&gt;Culture Smart! Egypt&lt;/i&gt; reveals a country in the throes of change. The largely secular revolution that started in Cairo&amp;rsquo;s Tahrir Square in January 2011 became the flagship of the Arab Spring revolts. The uprising resulted in a political effervescence, with new parties, movements, and groups all jostling for space in the new political landscape. But the situation remains fluid. Free elections produced a parliament dominated by Islamists and the country&amp;rsquo;s political and social identity has yet to be defined.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Egypt&amp;rsquo;s heady spirit of change is both rooted in and challenged by traditional and deeply conservative values. The timeless Egypt that has inspired conquerors, academics, and artists for millennia is home to 82 million people who call it &lt;i&gt;Omm Eddunia&lt;/i&gt;, Mother of the World. It is the people who are Egypt&amp;rsquo;s true wealth. They are friendly, cheerful, proud, and renowned for their sense of humor. &lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; In bringing the narrative up to date, this new edition of &lt;i&gt;Culture Smart! Egypt&lt;/i&gt; explores the codes and paradoxes of Egyptian life. It outlines the country&amp;rsquo;s history and shows the forces that have shaped its sensibility. It explains values and attitudes, and guides you through local customs and traditions. It opens a window into the private lives of Egyptians, how they behave at home, and how they interact with foreign visitors. It offers practical advice, from how to make friends to avoiding faux pas. It sets out to make your encounter as rich as possible by taking you beyond the clich&amp;eacute;s to the real people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <title>Egypt - Culture Smart! by Jailan Zayan</title>
      <link>http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781857336726</link>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781857336726&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781857336726&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781857336726&quot;&gt;Egypt - Culture Smart!&lt;/a&gt; The Essential Guide to Customs &amp; Culture&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=74371&quot;&gt;Jailan Zayan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 168 pages | Kuperard | Travel - Middle East - Egypt; Reference - Etiquette; Social Science - Popular Culture | &lt;b&gt;$9.95&lt;/b&gt; | May 28, 2013 | 978-1-85733-672-6 (1-85733-672-0)&lt;p&gt;This revised and updated edition of &lt;i&gt;Culture Smart! Egypt&lt;/i&gt; reveals a country in the throes of change. The largely secular revolution that started in Cairo&amp;rsquo;s Tahrir Square in January 2011 became the flagship of the Arab Spring revolts. The uprising resulted in a political effervescence, with new parties, movements, and groups all jostling for space in the new political landscape. But the situation remains fluid. Free elections produced a parliament dominated by Islamists and the country&amp;rsquo;s political and social identity has yet to be defined.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Egypt&amp;rsquo;s heady spirit of change is both rooted in and challenged by traditional and deeply conservative values. The timeless Egypt that has inspired conquerors, academics, and artists for millennia is home to 82 million people who call it &lt;i&gt;Omm Eddunia&lt;/i&gt;, Mother of the World. It is the people who are Egypt&amp;rsquo;s true wealth. They are friendly, cheerful, proud, and renowned for their sense of humor. &lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; In bringing the narrative up to date, this new edition of &lt;i&gt;Culture Smart! Egypt&lt;/i&gt; explores the codes and paradoxes of Egyptian life. It outlines the country&amp;rsquo;s history and shows the forces that have shaped its sensibility. It explains values and attitudes, and guides you through local customs and traditions. It opens a window into the private lives of Egyptians, how they behave at home, and how they interact with foreign visitors. It offers practical advice, from how to make friends to avoiding faux pas. It sets out to make your encounter as rich as possible by taking you beyond the clich&amp;eacute;s to the real people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <title>France - Culture Smart! by Barry Tomalin</title>
      <link>http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781857336733</link>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781857336733&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781857336733&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781857336733&quot;&gt;France - Culture Smart!&lt;/a&gt; The Essential Guide to Customs &amp; Culture&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=74338&quot;&gt;Barry Tomalin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;Trade Paperback&lt;/b&gt;, 168 pages | Kuperard | Travel - Europe - France; Reference - Etiquette; Social Science - Popular Culture | &lt;b&gt;$9.95&lt;/b&gt; | May 28, 2013 | 978-1-85733-673-3 (1-85733-673-9)&lt;p&gt;France has experienced considerable upheaval in recent years. The Eurozone crisis, a new socialist president, rioting by an alienated underclass, a ban on the &lt;i&gt;burqa&lt;/i&gt; (full veil) in public places, and an attempt to democratize the elite system of education all point to significant changes in French society. At the same time leading French companies are major investors in European energy resources, services, and luxury products, and between three and four hundred thousand French people live in Britain, making London, as former President Sarkozy stated, France&amp;rsquo;s fifth- or sixth-largest city. The implications of these changes have not yet fully permeated French society, but they reveal a slow process of adaptation to new realities.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Meanwhile, in international affairs, France makes a major and distinctive contribution and carefully guards its interests and prestige. The rivalry between Paris and the provinces continues the traditional split between North and South. France as a whole maintains its stately pace as a centre of culture, civilization, and, of course, the good life, which is one of the reasons it remains, with 75 million visitors a year, the most visited country in the world. &lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; This new, updated edition of &lt;i&gt;Culture Smart! France&lt;/i&gt; looks at the attitudes and values of the French today. It explains how French life and business work and shows you how to fit in as a foreigner. There is practical advice on how to avoid the pitfalls and do things the French way. It takes you through history, festivals, and traditions, the French at home, on the road, in the restaurant, and at work. Above all, it shows you how the French communicate, and how best to get along with this sometimes frustrating yet charming and brilliant people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <title>France - Culture Smart! by Barry Tomalin</title>
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      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781857336740&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;right&quot; src=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/catalog_cover.pperl?9781857336740&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781857336740&quot;&gt;France - Culture Smart!&lt;/a&gt; The Essential Guide to Customs &amp; Culture&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Written by&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=74338&quot;&gt;Barry Tomalin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;b&gt;eBook&lt;/b&gt;, 168 pages | Kuperard | Travel - Europe - France; Reference - Etiquette; Social Science - Popular Culture | &lt;b&gt;$9.95&lt;/b&gt; | May 28, 2013 | 978-1-85733-674-0 (1-85733-674-7)&lt;p&gt;France has experienced considerable upheaval in recent years. The Eurozone crisis, a new socialist president, rioting by an alienated underclass, a ban on the &lt;i&gt;burqa&lt;/i&gt; (full veil) in public places, and an attempt to democratize the elite system of education all point to significant changes in French society. At the same time leading French companies are major investors in European energy resources, services, and luxury products, and between three and four hundred thousand French people live in Britain, making London, as former President Sarkozy stated, France&amp;rsquo;s fifth- or sixth-largest city. The implications of these changes have not yet fully permeated French society, but they reveal a slow process of adaptation to new realities.&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; Meanwhile, in international affairs, France makes a major and distinctive contribution and carefully guards its interests and prestige. The rivalry between Paris and the provinces continues the traditional split between North and South. France as a whole maintains its stately pace as a centre of culture, civilization, and, of course, the good life, which is one of the reasons it remains, with 75 million visitors a year, the most visited country in the world. &lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt; This new, updated edition of &lt;i&gt;Culture Smart! France&lt;/i&gt; looks at the attitudes and values of the French today. It explains how French life and business work and shows you how to fit in as a foreigner. There is practical advice on how to avoid the pitfalls and do things the French way. It takes you through history, festivals, and traditions, the French at home, on the road, in the restaurant, and at work. Above all, it shows you how the French communicate, and how best to get along with this sometimes frustrating yet charming and brilliant people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot;&gt;</description>
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      <title>Heretic's Heart by Margot Adler</title>
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