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Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller
Written by Jeff Rubin
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $26.00
An internationally renowned energy expert has written a book essential for every American–a galvanizing account of how the rising price and diminishing availability of oil are going to radically change our lives. Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller is a powerful and provocative book that explores... Read more >
Written by Jeff Rubin
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $26.00
An internationally renowned energy expert has written a book essential for every American–a galvanizing account of how the rising price and diminishing availability of oil are going to radically change our lives. Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller is a powerful and provocative book that explores... Read more >
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Loon
Written by Jack McLean
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $25.00
Jack McLean was not the average Vietnam grunt. Raised in suburban New Jersey, he attended the esteemed Phillips Andover Academy alongside George W. Bush, all the while pursuing a predictably privileged path. Nearing graduation in the spring of 1966, however, McLean decided on a different direction. At a time when his... Read more >
Written by Jack McLean
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $25.00
Jack McLean was not the average Vietnam grunt. Raised in suburban New Jersey, he attended the esteemed Phillips Andover Academy alongside George W. Bush, all the while pursuing a predictably privileged path. Nearing graduation in the spring of 1966, however, McLean decided on a different direction. At a time when his... Read more >
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Crystal Clear
Written by Eric Le Marque and Davin Seay
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $24.00
In this gripping first-person account, former Olympian Eric LeMarque recounts a harrowing tale of survival—of eight days in the frozen wilderness, of losing his legs to frostbite, and coming face-to-face with death. But Eric’s ordeal on the mountain was only part of his struggle for survival—as he reveals, with startling candor... Read more >
Written by Eric Le Marque and Davin Seay
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $24.00
In this gripping first-person account, former Olympian Eric LeMarque recounts a harrowing tale of survival—of eight days in the frozen wilderness, of losing his legs to frostbite, and coming face-to-face with death. But Eric’s ordeal on the mountain was only part of his struggle for survival—as he reveals, with startling candor... Read more >
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eBook.
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Patriot Pirates
Written by Robert H. Patton
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: June 30, 2009
Price: $16.00
In this lively narrative history, Robert H. Patton, grandson of the World War II battlefield legend, tells a sweeping tale of courage, capitalism, naval warfare, and international political intrigue set on the high seas during the American Revolution.
Patriot Pirates highlights the obscure but pivotal role played by colonial privateers in... Read more >
Written by Robert H. Patton
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: June 30, 2009
Price: $16.00
In this lively narrative history, Robert H. Patton, grandson of the World War II battlefield legend, tells a sweeping tale of courage, capitalism, naval warfare, and international political intrigue set on the high seas during the American Revolution.
Patriot Pirates highlights the obscure but pivotal role played by colonial privateers in... Read more >
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Night Shift
Written by Lynn Saville
Introduction by Arthur C. Danto
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $45.00
Lynn Saville photographs New York during the time of transition from daylight to night, the fleeting moments when natural light gives way to streetlight, moonlight, window light, and advertisement and surveillance lighting. Subdued tones and shadows reveal a geometry hidden beneath the visual distractions of daylight. Saville has sought out places... Read more >
Written by Lynn Saville
Introduction by Arthur C. Danto
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: May 19, 2009
Price: $45.00
Lynn Saville photographs New York during the time of transition from daylight to night, the fleeting moments when natural light gives way to streetlight, moonlight, window light, and advertisement and surveillance lighting. Subdued tones and shadows reveal a geometry hidden beneath the visual distractions of daylight. Saville has sought out places... Read more >
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Who Killed the Constitution?
Written by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. and Kevin R. C. Gutzman
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $15.00
Think it’s just judges who are trampling on the Constitution? Think again.
The fact is that government officials long ago rejected the idea that the Constitution possesses a fixed meaning limiting the U.S. government’s power. Going right to the scenes of the crimes, bestselling authors Thomas E. Woods Jr. and Kevin R... Read more >
Written by Thomas E. Woods, Jr. and Kevin R. C. Gutzman
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $15.00
Think it’s just judges who are trampling on the Constitution? Think again.
The fact is that government officials long ago rejected the idea that the Constitution possesses a fixed meaning limiting the U.S. government’s power. Going right to the scenes of the crimes, bestselling authors Thomas E. Woods Jr. and Kevin R... Read more >
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Why She Buys
Written by Bridget Brennan
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $26.00
If the consumer economy had a sex, it would be female.
If the business world had a sex, it would be male.
And therein lies the pickle.
Women are the engine of the global economy, driving 80 percent of consumer spending in the United States alone. They hold the purse strings, and when... Read more >
Written by Bridget Brennan
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $26.00
If the consumer economy had a sex, it would be female.
If the business world had a sex, it would be male.
And therein lies the pickle.
Women are the engine of the global economy, driving 80 percent of consumer spending in the United States alone. They hold the purse strings, and when... Read more >
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eBook.
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The End of the Long Summer
Written by Dianne Dumanoski
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $25.00
For the past twelve thousand years, Earth’s stable climate has allowed human civilization to flourish. But this long benign summer is an anomaly in the Earth’s history and one that is rapidly coming to a close. The radical experiment of our modern industrial civilization is now disrupting our planet’s very metabolism... Read more >
Written by Dianne Dumanoski
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $25.00
For the past twelve thousand years, Earth’s stable climate has allowed human civilization to flourish. But this long benign summer is an anomaly in the Earth’s history and one that is rapidly coming to a close. The radical experiment of our modern industrial civilization is now disrupting our planet’s very metabolism... Read more >
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eBook.
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The Brain in Love
Written by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $14.00
You hold the key to stronger relationships, deeper connections, and heightened intimacy.
Everyone wants to know how to improve his or her love life, but so few of us understand the integral role the brain plays in attraction, keeping us excited about our partner, and helping us feel a strong connection. Based... Read more >
Written by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $14.00
You hold the key to stronger relationships, deeper connections, and heightened intimacy.
Everyone wants to know how to improve his or her love life, but so few of us understand the integral role the brain plays in attraction, keeping us excited about our partner, and helping us feel a strong connection. Based... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Accidental Billionaires
Written by Ben Mezrich
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $25.00
The high-energy tale of how two socially awkward Ivy Leaguers, trying to increase their chances with the opposite sex, ended up creating Facebook.
Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard undergraduates and best friends–outsiders at a school filled with polished prep-school grads and long-time legacies. They shared both academic brilliance in math... Read more >
Written by Ben Mezrich
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2009
Price: $25.00
The high-energy tale of how two socially awkward Ivy Leaguers, trying to increase their chances with the opposite sex, ended up creating Facebook.
Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard undergraduates and best friends–outsiders at a school filled with polished prep-school grads and long-time legacies. They shared both academic brilliance in math... Read more >
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