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Super Casino
Inside the New Las Vegas
Written by Pete Earley
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2009
Price: $7.99
In this lively and probing book, award-winning author Pete Earley traces the extraordinary evolution of Las Vegas -- from the gaudy Mecca of the Rat Pack era to one of the country's top family vacation spots. He revisits the city's checkered history of moguls, mobsters, and entertainers, reveals the real stories... Read more >
Inside the New Las Vegas
Written by Pete Earley
Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2009
Price: $7.99
In this lively and probing book, award-winning author Pete Earley traces the extraordinary evolution of Las Vegas -- from the gaudy Mecca of the Rat Pack era to one of the country's top family vacation spots. He revisits the city's checkered history of moguls, mobsters, and entertainers, reveals the real stories... Read more >
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Seriously Funny
The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s
Written by Gerald Nachman
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 26, 2009
Price: $29.95
The comedians of the 1950s and 1960s were a totally different breed of relevant, revolutionary performer from any that came before or after, comics whose humor did much more than pry guffaws out of audiences. Gerald Nachman presents the stories of the groundbreaking comedy stars of those years, each one a... Read more >
The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s
Written by Gerald Nachman
Format: eBook
On Sale: August 26, 2009
Price: $29.95
The comedians of the 1950s and 1960s were a totally different breed of relevant, revolutionary performer from any that came before or after, comics whose humor did much more than pry guffaws out of audiences. Gerald Nachman presents the stories of the groundbreaking comedy stars of those years, each one a... Read more >
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Say Everything
How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters
Written by Scott Rosenberg
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $26.00
Blogs are everywhere. They have exposed truths and spread rumors. Made and lost fortunes. Brought couples together and torn them apart. Toppled cabinet members and sparked grassroots movements. Immediate, intimate, and influential, they have put the power of personal publishing into everyone’s hands. Regularly dismissed as trivial and ephemeral, they have... Read more >
How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters
Written by Scott Rosenberg
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $26.00
Blogs are everywhere. They have exposed truths and spread rumors. Made and lost fortunes. Brought couples together and torn them apart. Toppled cabinet members and sparked grassroots movements. Immediate, intimate, and influential, they have put the power of personal publishing into everyone’s hands. Regularly dismissed as trivial and ephemeral, they have... Read more >
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Say Everything
How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters
Written by Scott Rosenberg
Read by Lincoln Hoppe
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $25.95
Blogs are everywhere. They have exposed truths and spread rumors. Made and lost fortunes. Brought couples together and torn them apart. Toppled cabinet members and sparked grassroots movements. Immediate, intimate, and influential, they have put the power of personal publishing into everyone’s hands. Regularly dismissed as trivial and ephemeral, they have... Read more >
How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters
Written by Scott Rosenberg
Read by Lincoln Hoppe
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Price: $25.95
Blogs are everywhere. They have exposed truths and spread rumors. Made and lost fortunes. Brought couples together and torn them apart. Toppled cabinet members and sparked grassroots movements. Immediate, intimate, and influential, they have put the power of personal publishing into everyone’s hands. Regularly dismissed as trivial and ephemeral, they have... Read more >
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Say Everything
How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters
Written by Scott Rosenberg
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $26.00
Blogs are everywhere. They have exposed truths and spread rumors. Made and lost fortunes. Brought couples together and torn them apart. Toppled cabinet members and sparked grassroots movements. Immediate, intimate, and influential, they have put the power of personal publishing into everyone’s hands. Regularly dismissed as trivial and ephemeral, they have... Read more >
How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters
Written by Scott Rosenberg
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 16, 2009
Price: $26.00
Blogs are everywhere. They have exposed truths and spread rumors. Made and lost fortunes. Brought couples together and torn them apart. Toppled cabinet members and sparked grassroots movements. Immediate, intimate, and influential, they have put the power of personal publishing into everyone’s hands. Regularly dismissed as trivial and ephemeral, they have... Read more >
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The 27s
The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll
Written by Eric Segalstad
Illustrated by Josh Hunter
Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $27.00
Excess and tragedy are the stuff of music legend, but it is only with hindsight that deeper patterns emerge. None of these is more striking than the deaths at age 27 of some of the greatest musicians of our time.
Jimi Hendrix. Janis Joplin. Jim Morrison. Brian Jones. Kurt Cobain. Founding bluesman... Read more >
The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll
Written by Eric Segalstad
Illustrated by Josh Hunter
Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $27.00
Excess and tragedy are the stuff of music legend, but it is only with hindsight that deeper patterns emerge. None of these is more striking than the deaths at age 27 of some of the greatest musicians of our time.
Jimi Hendrix. Janis Joplin. Jim Morrison. Brian Jones. Kurt Cobain. Founding bluesman... Read more >
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The Taste of Sweet
Our Complicated Love Affair with Our Favorite Treats
Written by Joanne Chen
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $13.95
Dismissed as déclassé by gourmands, blamed for the scourge of obesity, and yet loved by all, the taste of sweet has long been at the center of both controversy and celebration. For anyone who has ever felt conflicted about a cupcake, this is a book to sink your teeth into. In... Read more >
Our Complicated Love Affair with Our Favorite Treats
Written by Joanne Chen
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $13.95
Dismissed as déclassé by gourmands, blamed for the scourge of obesity, and yet loved by all, the taste of sweet has long been at the center of both controversy and celebration. For anyone who has ever felt conflicted about a cupcake, this is a book to sink your teeth into. In... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Against the Machine
How the Web Is Reshaping Culture and Commerce -- and Why It Matters
Written by Lee Siegel
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $14.00
From the author hailed by the New York Times Book Review for his “drive-by brilliance” and dubbed by the New York Times Magazine as “one of the country’s most eloquent and acid-tongued critics” comes a ruthless challenge to the conventional wisdom about the most consequential cultural development of our time: the... Read more >
How the Web Is Reshaping Culture and Commerce -- and Why It Matters
Written by Lee Siegel
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $14.00
From the author hailed by the New York Times Book Review for his “drive-by brilliance” and dubbed by the New York Times Magazine as “one of the country’s most eloquent and acid-tongued critics” comes a ruthless challenge to the conventional wisdom about the most consequential cultural development of our time: the... Read more >
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eBook.
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Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee
Adventures in Martial Arts from the Shaolin Temple to the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Written by Brian Preston
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 3, 2009
Price: $12.95
What happens when a self-styled wuss sets out to earn a black belt? Why have Eastern martial arts become so popular worldwide? Is the Ultimate Fighting Championship a beautiful fusion of East-meets-West martial technique, or shameless commercialization? These questions and more find answers in Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee, a rollicking... Read more >
Adventures in Martial Arts from the Shaolin Temple to the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Written by Brian Preston
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 3, 2009
Price: $12.95
What happens when a self-styled wuss sets out to earn a black belt? Why have Eastern martial arts become so popular worldwide? Is the Ultimate Fighting Championship a beautiful fusion of East-meets-West martial technique, or shameless commercialization? These questions and more find answers in Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee, a rollicking... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Bang Your Head
The Rise and Fall of Heavy Metal
Written by David Konow
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2009
Price: $14.95
“Bang your head! Metal Health’ll drive you mad!”
— Quiet Riot
Like an episode of VH1’s Behind the Music on steroids, Bang Your Head is an epic history of every band and every performer that has proudly worn the Heavy Metal badge. Whether headbanging is your guilty pleasure or you firmly believe... Read more >
The Rise and Fall of Heavy Metal
Written by David Konow
Format: eBook, 496 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2009
Price: $14.95
“Bang your head! Metal Health’ll drive you mad!”
— Quiet Riot
Like an episode of VH1’s Behind the Music on steroids, Bang Your Head is an epic history of every band and every performer that has proudly worn the Heavy Metal badge. Whether headbanging is your guilty pleasure or you firmly believe... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Fifteen Days
Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army
Written by Christie Blatchford
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $19.00
Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canada’s most respected and eagerly read journalists. Her vivid prose, her unmistakable voice, her ability to connect emotionally with her subjects and readers, her hard-won and hard-nosed... Read more >
Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army
Written by Christie Blatchford
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $19.00
Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canada’s most respected and eagerly read journalists. Her vivid prose, her unmistakable voice, her ability to connect emotionally with her subjects and readers, her hard-won and hard-nosed... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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What Is a Canadian?
Forty-Three Thought-Provoking Responses
Edited by Irvin Studin
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $26.95
Each of these essays begins with the words “A Canadian is . . .”. Each one is very different, producing a fascinating book for all thinking Canadians.
Irvin Studin is an idealistic young Canadian who wanted to do something extraordinary for his country. So he decided to approach leading Canadians — he... Read more >
Forty-Three Thought-Provoking Responses
Edited by Irvin Studin
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $26.95
Each of these essays begins with the words “A Canadian is . . .”. Each one is very different, producing a fascinating book for all thinking Canadians.
Irvin Studin is an idealistic young Canadian who wanted to do something extraordinary for his country. So he decided to approach leading Canadians — he... Read more >
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Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams
The Story of Black Hollywood
Written by Donald Bogle
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $15.95
In Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle tells–for the first time–the story of a place both mythic and real: Black Hollywood. Spanning sixty years, this deliciously entertaining history uncovers the audacious manner in which many blacks made a place for themselves in an industry that originally had no place for them... Read more >
The Story of Black Hollywood
Written by Donald Bogle
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2009
Price: $15.95
In Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams, Donald Bogle tells–for the first time–the story of a place both mythic and real: Black Hollywood. Spanning sixty years, this deliciously entertaining history uncovers the audacious manner in which many blacks made a place for themselves in an industry that originally had no place for them... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee
Adventures in Martial Arts from the Shaolin Temple to the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Written by Brian Preston
Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $17.95
What happens when a self-styled wuss sets out to earn a black belt? Why have Eastern martial arts become so popular worldwide? Is the Ultimate Fighting Championship a beautiful fusion of East-meets-West martial technique, or shameless commercialization? These questions and more find answers in Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee, a rollicking... Read more >
Adventures in Martial Arts from the Shaolin Temple to the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Written by Brian Preston
Format: Trade Paperback, 312 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $17.95
What happens when a self-styled wuss sets out to earn a black belt? Why have Eastern martial arts become so popular worldwide? Is the Ultimate Fighting Championship a beautiful fusion of East-meets-West martial technique, or shameless commercialization? These questions and more find answers in Me, Chi, and Bruce Lee, a rollicking... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl
The Jewish Past as Told by the Records We Have Loved and Lost
Written by Roger Bennett and Josh Kun
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2008
Price: $24.95
What started out as a mutual affinity for kitschy Jewish album covers–think Neil Diamond baring his chest hair on the cover of Hot August Night or Barbra Streisand in hot pants on the cover of Streisand Superman–soon became a quest for identity, history, and culture between the grooves of LPs.
Together, Roger... Read more >
The Jewish Past as Told by the Records We Have Loved and Lost
Written by Roger Bennett and Josh Kun
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 18, 2008
Price: $24.95
What started out as a mutual affinity for kitschy Jewish album covers–think Neil Diamond baring his chest hair on the cover of Hot August Night or Barbra Streisand in hot pants on the cover of Streisand Superman–soon became a quest for identity, history, and culture between the grooves of LPs.
Together, Roger... Read more >
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Fifteen Days
Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army
Written by Christie Blatchford
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $19.00
Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canada’s most respected and eagerly read journalists. Her vivid prose, her unmistakable voice, her ability to connect emotionally with her subjects and readers, her hard-won and hard-nosed... Read more >
Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army
Written by Christie Blatchford
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: October 28, 2008
Price: $19.00
Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canada’s most respected and eagerly read journalists. Her vivid prose, her unmistakable voice, her ability to connect emotionally with her subjects and readers, her hard-won and hard-nosed... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Spliffigami
Roll the 35 Greatest Joints of All Time
Written by Chris Stone
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2008
Price: $12.95
A full-color illustrated guide to making 35 origami-inspired, conversation-piece joints.
Bored of the same old joint? Next time 4:20 rolls around, put a new twist on your spliff using this step-by-step guide. Start by perfecting the basic joint, move on to ornate blunts, then get freaky with multi-pronged doobies. With the use... Read more >
Roll the 35 Greatest Joints of All Time
Written by Chris Stone
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2008
Price: $12.95
A full-color illustrated guide to making 35 origami-inspired, conversation-piece joints.
Bored of the same old joint? Next time 4:20 rolls around, put a new twist on your spliff using this step-by-step guide. Start by perfecting the basic joint, move on to ornate blunts, then get freaky with multi-pronged doobies. With the use... Read more >
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My Ears Are Bent
Written by Joseph Mitchell
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2008
Price: $13.95
As a young newspaper reporter in 1930s New York, Joseph Mitchell interviewed fan dancers, street evangelists, voodoo conjurers, not to mention a lady boxer who also happened to be a countess. Mitchell haunted parts of the city now vanished: the fish market, burlesque houses, tenement neighborhoods, and storefront churches. Whether he... Read more >
Written by Joseph Mitchell
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2008
Price: $13.95
As a young newspaper reporter in 1930s New York, Joseph Mitchell interviewed fan dancers, street evangelists, voodoo conjurers, not to mention a lady boxer who also happened to be a countess. Mitchell haunted parts of the city now vanished: the fish market, burlesque houses, tenement neighborhoods, and storefront churches. Whether he... Read more >
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hardcover.
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The Taste of Sweet
Our Complicated Love Affair with Our Favorite Treats
Written by Joanne Chen
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 18, 2008
Price: $13.95
Dismissed as déclassé by gourmands, blamed for the scourge of obesity, and yet loved by all, the taste of sweet has long been at the center of both controversy and celebration. For anyone who has ever felt conflicted about a cupcake, this is a book to sink your teeth into. In... Read more >
Our Complicated Love Affair with Our Favorite Treats
Written by Joanne Chen
Format: eBook
On Sale: March 18, 2008
Price: $13.95
Dismissed as déclassé by gourmands, blamed for the scourge of obesity, and yet loved by all, the taste of sweet has long been at the center of both controversy and celebration. For anyone who has ever felt conflicted about a cupcake, this is a book to sink your teeth into. In... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Against the Machine
Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob
Written by Lee Siegel
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2008
Price: $14.00
From the author hailed by the New York Times Book Review for his “drive-by brilliance” and dubbed by the New York Times Magazine as “one of the country’s most eloquent and acid-tongued critics” comes a ruthless challenge to the conventional wisdom about the most consequential cultural development of our time: the... Read more >
Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob
Written by Lee Siegel
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2008
Price: $14.00
From the author hailed by the New York Times Book Review for his “drive-by brilliance” and dubbed by the New York Times Magazine as “one of the country’s most eloquent and acid-tongued critics” comes a ruthless challenge to the conventional wisdom about the most consequential cultural development of our time: the... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Counterculture Through the Ages
From Abraham to Acid House
Written by Ken Goffman and Dan Joy
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $17.00
As long as there has been culture, there has been counterculture. At times it moves deep below the surface of things, a stealth mode of being all but invisible to the dominant paradigm; at other times it’s in plain sight, challenging the status quo; and at still other times it erupts... Read more >
From Abraham to Acid House
Written by Ken Goffman and Dan Joy
Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $17.00
As long as there has been culture, there has been counterculture. At times it moves deep below the surface of things, a stealth mode of being all but invisible to the dominant paradigm; at other times it’s in plain sight, challenging the status quo; and at still other times it erupts... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Fashionista Files
Adventures in Four-Inch Heels and Faux Pas
Written by Karen Robinovitz and Melissa De La Cruz
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
A fashionista is a girl who always looks current and cutting edge, even when her clothes are vintage 1975. A fashionista can tell her Pucci from her Gucci and her Blahniks from her Choos, but she’s as comfortable in Kmart as she is in Chanel. She wears what she likes and... Read more >
Adventures in Four-Inch Heels and Faux Pas
Written by Karen Robinovitz and Melissa De La Cruz
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $13.95
A fashionista is a girl who always looks current and cutting edge, even when her clothes are vintage 1975. A fashionista can tell her Pucci from her Gucci and her Blahniks from her Choos, but she’s as comfortable in Kmart as she is in Chanel. She wears what she likes and... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Lovin' Bloom
The Unauthorized Story of Orlando Bloom
Written by Heather Kranenburg
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $4.95
With his stunning good looks and dreamy brown eyes, British heartthrob Orlando Bloom has captured Hollywood’s spotlight—and the adoration of girls everywhere. After his award-winning performance in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Orlando made audiences swoon as a swashbuckling hero in The Pirates of the Caribbean. What lies ahead for... Read more >
The Unauthorized Story of Orlando Bloom
Written by Heather Kranenburg
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $4.95
With his stunning good looks and dreamy brown eyes, British heartthrob Orlando Bloom has captured Hollywood’s spotlight—and the adoration of girls everywhere. After his award-winning performance in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Orlando made audiences swoon as a swashbuckling hero in The Pirates of the Caribbean. What lies ahead for... Read more >
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paperback.
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Objects of Our Desire
Exploring Our Intimate Connections with the Things Around Us
Written by Salman Akhtar
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $19.95
What makes something sexy? Why are some things regarded as sacred and others profane? Why do mourners face such difficulty in parting with their beloved’s possessions? Why do we often feel distraught when we lose something, even when the object has little real value?
We spend our lives in a meaningful... Read more >
Exploring Our Intimate Connections with the Things Around Us
Written by Salman Akhtar
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $19.95
What makes something sexy? Why are some things regarded as sacred and others profane? Why do mourners face such difficulty in parting with their beloved’s possessions? Why do we often feel distraught when we lose something, even when the object has little real value?
We spend our lives in a meaningful... Read more >
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Stars of David
Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish
Written by Abigail Pogrebin
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.95
Sixty-two of the most accomplished Jews in America speak intimately—most for the first time—about how they feel about being Jewish. In unusually candid interviews conducted by former 60 Minutes producer Abigail Pogrebin, celebrities ranging from Sarah Jessica Parker to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from Larry King to Mike Nichols... Read more >
Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish
Written by Abigail Pogrebin
Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.95
Sixty-two of the most accomplished Jews in America speak intimately—most for the first time—about how they feel about being Jewish. In unusually candid interviews conducted by former 60 Minutes producer Abigail Pogrebin, celebrities ranging from Sarah Jessica Parker to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, from Larry King to Mike Nichols... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
