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Beyond black and white, native and alien, lies a vast and fertile field of human experience. It is here that Eric Liu, former speechwriter for President Clinton and noted political commentator, invites us to explore.In these compellingly candid essays, Liu reflects o... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:54 | After Pearl Harbor, he led Americas flight to victoryGeneral Doolittle is a giant of the twentieth century. He did it all. As a stunt pilot, he thrilled the world with his aerial acrobatics. As a scientist, he pioneered the development of modern aviation technology. ... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:54 | Yael Weiss, eighteen years old and looking for adventure, finds it in the library one day when she discovers a packet of guns meant for Erinyes, an Armenian organization set on avenging their peoples massacre by the Turks in 1915. While the weapons make her nervous, ... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:54 | During the Nuremberg trials, Dr. Leon Goldensohna psychiatrist for the U.S. Armymonitored the mental health of two dozen German leaders charged with carrying out genocide. These recorded conversations have gone largely unexamined for more than fifty years, until Robe... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:55 | Warriors of God is the rich and engaging account of the Third Crusade (1187-1192), a conflict that would shape world history for centuries and which can still be felt in the Middle East and throughout the world today. Acclaimed writer James Reston, Jr., offers a grip... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:55 | Celebrated for her unique blend of first-class suspense and five-star fare, Diane Mott Davidson has won scores of fans and earned a place on major bestseller lists across the country. Now she dishes up another dangerously tasty treat of murder and mystery.For Colorad... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:55 | In times of war and in peace, from the earliest days of the Roman Empire to our own, Westerners have journeyed to the lands of the middle east, bringing back accounts of their adventures and impressions. Yet it was never a one way exchange. From the first Arab embass... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:55 | Dorothy Gallaghers critically acclaimed memoir, How I Came Into My Inheritance, told of her childhood in 1940s New York as the daughter of left-wing Russian Jewish immigrants. Time magazine called it a piercingly funny book . . . unsentimental, breezy, blunt. In Stra... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:55 | Trembling and quivering is the mind,Difficult to guard and hard to restrain.The person of wisdom sets it straight,As a fletcher does an arrow.The Dhammapada introduced the actual utterances of the Buddha nearly twenty-five hundred years ago, when the master teacher e... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:56 | In this remarkable book, a national bestseller in hardcover, Sandra Day OConnor explores the law, her life as a Supreme Court Justice, and how the Court has evolved and continues to function, grow, and change as an American institution. Tracing some of the origins of... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:56 | The first anonymous letter arrives on July 23rd, Victors 13th birthday. Which is good, because it gives him something to write about in the journal his father gave him as a present. Soon Victor is writing down everything that happens as he tries to solve the mystery ... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:56 | After years of watching couples come to blows over ice sculptures, Abby wants no part of the family business. Shed rather spend weekends kicking a soccer ball or antagonizing Noah, the cute son of a famous pastry chefnot doing the Electric Slide.Then Abbys barely leg... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:57 | Established in 1968, the Wheaton Literary Series provides insightful books for the thoughtful reader, inspiring imagination, and reflection. These beautifully produced volumes feature prose and poetry of high literary, academic, and artistic merit, written by and abo... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:57 | The U.S. government is in crisis.With Americas attention fixated on who will step into the Oval Office in 2009, no one has noticed where the real power has shiftedto a vast network of unelected officials whose authority has grown wildly out of control. In his latest ... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:58 | In the next 23 hours, there will be no reprieve, no mercy, and no time off for good behavior.When vampire hunter Laura Caxton is locked up in a maximum-security prison, the cop-turned-con finds herself surrounded by countless murderers and death-row inmates with noth... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:58 | This is an essential resource for trainees and experienced teachers working in schools who are looking for new and creative ways of engaging and motivating their learners. |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:58 | Knowledge of the basic ideas and principles of science is fundamental to cultural literacy. But most books on science are often too obscure or too specialized to do the general reader much good.Science Matters is a rare exception-a science book for the general reader... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:58 | With words like recession and record unemployment filling the air, the typical familyregardless of how the economy is treating themwill be paying attention to the budget. Thats why 99 Ways to Stretch Your Home Budget will receive a warm reception as it delivers score... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:58 | What if you had a second chance to chart your life?What if you only had a few days to live?Would you love?Would you laugh?Would you give?Would you live differently than you do right now? --Billy Joe DaughertyIf possible, would you do a makeover on parts of your life?... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:58 | It is often said that America has become culturally diverse only in the past quarter century. But from the country's beginning, cultural variety and conflict have been a centrifugal force in American politics and a crucial reason for our rise to power. The peopling o... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:59 | Patrice Evans is The Assimilated Negro, a hyperobservant, savagely pop-savvy instigator bent on pranking the crap out of our modern racial discourse. Since the debut of his popular ';Ghetto Pass' column for Gawker.com, Evans has been the rare voice capable of speakin... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 1:59 | Feeling Bushed, America?In Thanks for the Memories, George, author and Onion contributor Mike Loew takes a humorousyet furiouslook at the last eight years of the Bush administration. From the botched evidence for the war in Iraq to the torture and violation of the Co... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 2:00 | Sixty-eight-year-old Hollis and his wife Debra have settled into their golden years in a gated community outside of Tucson, Arizona. Although they are devoted to each other, events that took place decades earlier, when Hollis fought in the Korean War, have left him w... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 2:00 | The Breastfeeding Book Your Doctor RecommendsWhy is breastfeeding best for my baby? Will I like it? What if it hurts? What happens when my maternity leave is over? Will I be able to use a breast pump? How can I make this work?The American Academy of Pediatrics, the o... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 2:00 | From the moment Miss Payne (The Hound of the Baskervilles, the English teacher from Hell. The Pitbull!) walks into their classroom, Calma and Kiffo know she will have to go. After doing a bit of, well, teacher stalking, they are amazed to discover her having late-nig... Полное описание |
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