Translated from the Norwegian and with a movie by the same name that was nominated for an Oscar, this is an eccentric and truly funny ...
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-15%By the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, this is the haunting novella, based on the true story of a Jewish teenager in WWI...
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-20%George W. Bush candidly describes the moments of critical decision-making that molded his personal life and his eight years in the Ova...
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-15%Chris Anderson, the head of TED, presents an insider's guide to crafting the perfect talk. Discover the power of the spoken word to ch...
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-15%Brief biographies and illustrations of famous painters from Michelangelo to Van Gogh and Rembrandt to Picasso. Features fully vow...
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Academic writing is characterized by supporting an original idea through proofs or arguments, the book focuses on the “logic” of writing, that is, on the reasoning we use for structuring ideas, paragraphs, and papers...the reasoning mechanisms that we use when we develop and organize our ideas, connect them with other ideas, and...
Provides a detailed look at minority groups in Iraq, which are divided by ethnicity, religion, identity, doctrine, and even language. Explains the basis of regional conflicts, human rights protections, if any, provided by the Iraqi Constitution, and what this all means for the country today. Includes bibliographical references and index.
A 20th century classic by the great William Kelley Wright. Known for its presentation of philosophers and their theories in easy to understand layman's terms, this book will take the reader on a jaunt through history from Francis Bacon to Locke to Kant to William James.
A guide to writers, poets, playwrights, and novelists from 5th Century BC to the modern era. Includes index and illustrations.