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How Commuting Is Transforming Our Cities
An exploration of the ways that everyday life in the city is defined by commuting.We spend much of our lives in transit to and from work. Although we might dismiss our daily commute as a wearying slog, we rarely stop …
View book details for The Original I Ching Oracle or The Book of Changes
The Eranos I Ching Project
Watkins Media
Often referred to as the Eranos edition, this revised and updated translation offers the most substantial advance in I Ching since Richard Wilhelm introduced the oracle to the West in the 1920s.The I Ching is one of the oldest Chinese …
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The Politics of Rural Connectivity
An analysis of the failure of U.S. broadband policy to solve the ruralurban digital divide, with a proposal for a new national rural broadband plan.As much of daily life migrates online, broadbandhigh-speed internet connectivityhas become a necessity. The widespread lack …
View book details for World Report 2018
Events of 2017
Seven Stories Press
The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken in 2016 by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human …
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Inside the Exclusive Campaign World Where the Privileged Few Shape Politics for All of Us
The first book to uncover the hidden and powerful role campaign professionals play in shaping American democracy by delving into the exclusive world of politicos through off-the-record interviewsWe may think we know our politicians, but we know very little about …
View book details for Brain and the Inner World
An Introduction to the Neuroscience of Subjective Experience
Other Press
About this Book...The Brain and the Inner World is an eagerly-awaited account of a momentous revolution. Subjective mental states like consciousness, emotion, and dreaming were once confined to the realm of philosophy, psychoanalysis, and the human sciences. These topics now …
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The Life of Leon Trotsky
Verso Books
This 3-part biography of Leon Trotsky was hailed by Graham Greene as one of the greatest . . . in the English languagea must read for those interested in the history of Soviet Russia and international communism. Few political figures …
This "impossible to forget" psychological thriller set in small town Iowa in the 1960s pits a detective struggling with his own demons against a mysterious outcast who may or may not be a serial killer (The Wall Street Journal)James Sallis …
Penguin Publishing Group
A thrilling, seductive adventure from award-winning author Alyssa Alexander... After he is betrayed by one of his own, British spy Julian Travers, Earl of Langford, refuses to retire without a fight, vowing to find the traitor. But when the trail …
Penguin Publishing Group
A former soldier tries to outrun a gang out for blood in this novel in Ralph Compton's USA Today bestselling series.Years ago, Charlie Pike witnessed the horrors of the War Between the States from the losing side. Now, all he …
View book details for Gruesome Playground Injuries; Animals Out of Paper; Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Three Plays
Gathering together three major works of acclaimed playwright Rajiv Joseph, this collection features the Pulitzer Prize finalist, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, alongside the critically acclaimed Gruesome Playground Injuries and Animals Out of PaperGruesome Playground Injuries charts the intersection …
Penguin Publishing Group
Dante, the warrior son of a healer, was cursed by a high priestess to endure a never-ending cycle of life and death. Someone shares one of his past lives. Back then, she was his victim. Today, she is his savior. …
From Philip K. Dick Award-nominated author M.T. Hill and selected as The Times 'Best Book of the Month', The Breach is a unique science fiction mystery set in the dangerous underground world of the urban exploration scene.Freya Medlock, a reporter …
Penguin Publishing Group
New in the USA Today bestselling seriesJessica Fletcher finds herself in a tropical paradise where aloha means both hello and goodbye. But sometimes, the goodbye is permanent...Jessica is on the Hawaiian island of Maui, giving a lecture on community involvement …
A couple find themselves at a fading, grand European hotel full of eccentric and sometimes unsettling patrons in this "faultlessly elegant and quietly menacing" allegorical story that examines the significance of shifting desires and the uncertainty of reality (Garth Greenwell, …
Penguin Publishing Group
Im John Taylor. I work as a PI out of the Nightside, that secret centre of London where clocks always read three A.M., where terrible things happen with predictable regularity, and where the always-dark streets are full of people partying …
Random House Publishing Group
A brilliantly layered novel of crime, character, and place from the two-time Edgar Award winner, Gold Dagger Award winner, and New York Times bestselling author of Sunset Limited.Few writers in America today combine James Lee Burke's lush prose, crackling story …
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Leo Baekeland and the Business of Science and Invention
The changing relationships between science and industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, illustrated by the career of the father of plastics.The Belgian-born American chemist, inventor, and entrepreneur Leo Baekeland (18631944) is best known for his invention of …
Penguin Young Readers Group
Joined by Hiram the farmhand, Katie begins the journey west. At first, she is unsure if the Mustang will follow, but much to her relief, he seems to trust her. Soon, Katie and Hiram meet up with a large family …
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How to Save Religion from Itself
Beacon Press
Why have the monotheistic religions failed to produce societies that live up to their ethical ideals? A prominent rabbi answers this question by looking at his own faith and offering a way for religion to heal itself.In Putting God Second, …
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An Alex Delaware Novel
Random House Publishing Group
Once again, the depths of the criminal mind and the darkest side of a glittering city fuel #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellermans brilliant storytelling. And no one conducts a more harrowing and suspenseful manhunt than the modern …
Penguin Young Readers Group
Chorkle and its human friends Hollins, twins Becky and Nicki, and Little Gus (who is now lobbying to be called Medium Gus) have been warped to a strange new galaxy. When Kalac is stranded on neighboring planet Kyral, the gang …
Penguin Young Readers Group
Nancy receives an urgent call from her Aunt Eloise in New York, requesting her help in solving a mystery. Her neighbor's granddaughter, Chi Che Soong, has gone missing! Nancy and her friends fly to New York to help track down …
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Software Practice in a South American City
An examination of software practice in Brazil that reveals both the globalization and the localization of software development.Software development would seem to be a quintessential example of today's Internet-enabled knowledge worka global profession not bound by the constraints of geography. …
View book details for The Spatial Economy
Cities, Regions, and International Trade
The authors show how a common approach that emphasizes the three-way interaction among increasing returns, transportation costs, and the movement of productive factors can be applied to a wide range of issues in urban, regional, and international economics.Since 1990 there …
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