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Triumph of the City
Penguin Group US 2011; US$ 29.95A pioneering urban economist presents a myth-shattering look at the majesty and greatness of cities. America is an urban nation, yet cities get a bad rap: they're dirty, poor, unhealthy, environmentally unfriendly . . . or are they? In this revelatory book, Edward Glaeser, a leading urban economist, declares that cities are actually the healthiest,... more...
Cruel Crossing
Transworld 2013; US$ 26.69The mountain paths are as treacherous as they are steep - the more so in the dark and in winter. Even for the fit the journey is a formidable challenge. Hundreds of those who climbed through the Pyrenees during the Second World War were malnourished and exhausted after weeks on the run hiding in barns and attics. Many never even reached the Spanish... more...
Geometry
Wiley 2001; US$ 9.99CliffsQuickReview course guides cover the essentials of your toughest classes. Get a firm grip on core concepts and key material, and test your newfound knowledge with review questions. From planes, points, and postulates to squares, spheres, and slopes — and everything in between — CliffsQuickReview Geometry can help... more...
Ace the Corporate Personality Test
McGraw-Hill 2000; US$ 15.95Virtually everyone looking for corporate work today must submit to a personality test. Better plan ahead and prepare yourself with this quick and easy guide to out-foxing and out-psyching the dreaded test. Author Edward Hoffman delivers a jargon-free tutorial on what applicants can expect from the test. He explains what six dimensions of. personality... more...
The Sorrow of the Lonely and the Burning of the Dancers
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 34.00This classic ethnography, now in its second edition, describes the traditional way of life of the Kaluli, a tropical forest people of Papua New Guinea. The book takes as its focus the nostalgic and violent Gisalo ceremony, one of the most remarkable performances in the anthropological literature. Tracking the major symbolic and emotional themes of... more...
New York: The Novel
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 17.00Winner of the David J. Langum, Sr., Prize in American Historical Fiction Named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post and ?Required Reading? by the New York Post Edward Rutherfurd celebrates America?s greatest city in a rich, engrossing saga, weaving together tales of families rich and poor, native-born and immigrant?a cast... more...
Awakenings
Tom Doherty Associates 2011; US$ 7.99A group of New Yorkers find themselves hunted by supernatural assassins. As they fight they heroes discover that they?re not at all who they thought they were and they have a very important quest to fulfill. more...
Railway to the Grave
Allison & Busby 2010; US$ 10.19Now here?s a murd?rous tale of woe, See a hero misbehave. For it shows a valiant soldier go, By railway to the grave. Yorkshire 1855. Colonel Aubrey Tarleton is a man respected by his neighbours in the small Yorkshire village of South Otterington ? as much for his heroic feats in the army as for his social position. So the community is left stunned... more...
Triumph of the City
Pan Macmillan 2011; US$ 9.58In 2009, for the first time in history, more than half the world's population lived in cities. In a time when family, friends and co-workers are a call, text, or email away, 3.3 billion people on this planet still choose to crowd together in skyscrapers, high-rises, subways and buses. Not too long ago, it looked like our cities were dying, but in fact... more...









