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The Trouble with Being Born
"A love of Cioran creates an urge to press his writing into someone's hand, and is followed by an equal urge to pull it away as poison."--The New Yorker In this volume, which …
Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind
Winner of the Crime Writers' Association ALCS Gold Dagger for Nonfiction-- A tour through the human skeleton and the secrets our bones reveal, from the author of All That Remains …
Marrying Off Mother: And Other Stories
"These stories are full of romps, archness, and old-fashioned silliness."--Boston Globe. A world-famous conservationist and humorist, Gerald Durrell shares eight irresistible …
Life and Death are Wearing Me Out
Nobel prize winner 2012!Today's most revered, feared, and controversial Chinese novelist offers a tour de force in which the real, the absurd, the comical, and the tragic are …
Bringing Columbia Home
Timed to release for the 15th Anniversary of the Columbia space shuttle disaster, this is the epic true story of one of the most dramatic, unforgettable adventures of our time. On …
A Short History of Decay
E. M. Cioran confronts the place of today's world in the context of human history—focusing on such major issues of the twentieth century as human progress, fanaticism, and …
Eureka Street
When your street address can either save your life or send it up the creek, there's no telling what kind of daily challenges you'll face in the era of the Northern Irish …
In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong
"Makes for compelling reading in America today."--New York Times Book Review. "I want to try and understand why so many people commit crimes in the name of identity," writes Amin …
Socialism: Past and Future
"Mr. Harrington is a sensitive, compassionate advocate of a just, humane, and civilized future. . . . Socialism] has a lively air of optimism and boldly challenges traditional …