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Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861-1937) was a writer and disciple of Freud who became a practicing analyst. For over two decades she and Freud kept up an intensive correspondence. Freud found in her a perceptive appreciater and amplifier of his ideas, and ...

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Here is an informative introduction to language: its origins in the past, its growth through history, and its present use for communication between peoples.

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In the first major English biography of Honore de Balzac in over 50 years, Graham Robb has produced a compelling portrait of the great French novelist whose powers of creation were matched only by his self-destructive tendencies. Robb presents Bal...

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Harvard professor of history and economics David S. Landes offers a sweeping look at the complex interplay between wealth and cultures -- across the centuries and around the world. Now in paperback, this bestseller explores historical puzzles such...

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Renowned for the wedding cake she created for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Claire Ptak knows there's nothing like a cake when it comes to expressions and celebrations of love. A Chez Panisse alum, Ptak is a Northern California native who now ru...

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Presents the collected short stories of a master of the form, along with his letters, plays, diaries, and screenplays.

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"Builds on the premise that language and thought are inevitably and inextricably bound up with each other. . . . A classic study of the differences between Greek and Hebrew thought." John E. Rexrine, Colgate University

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Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the twentieth century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of...

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This text features lively, clear writing and exceptional illustrations, making it the ideal textbook for a first course in both cell and molecular biology. Thoroughly revised and updated, the Fifth Edition maintains its focus on the latest cell bi...

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Following Dunlop's two seminal volumes on Sichuan and Hunan cooking, "Every Grain of Rice" is inspired by the vibrant everyday cooking of southern China, in which vegetables play the starring role, with small portions of meat and fish.

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This of it as a kind of tax. Every time you buy a pizza, or a hamburger, or new clothes, or use a product that has traveled in a truck, the odds are that you are paying a tribute to one of America's crime families. This book shows that the Mafia, ...

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By the late fall of 1630, the Black Plague had descended upon northern Italy. The prentice Magistry of Public Health, centered in Florence, took steps to contain and combat the scourge. In this essay, Carlo Cipolla recreates the daily struggle of ...

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These letters give the account of Rilke's own state of mind and of his final approach to the threshold of his great works. They show the rapid change he underwent after his reaction to the first excitement of the war; how his dismay at the cruelty...

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Miss Barbara Ward is one of the ablest writers on public affairs o four time. She writes clearly and informally from an admirably firm background of training in economics and history and with a deep commitment to the Western religious and ethical ...

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This book provides a vigorous examination of the dollar as an institution reflecting in its tumultuous history the character and achievements of America. It brings the history of the dollar up to date with an analysis of the most recent developmen...

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Only one Western writer has ever been able to capture fully the spirit of the delightful inhabitants of Burma. Whether describing the childbirth rates, the function of the astrologers in Burmese society, or the Buddhist precepts by which the good ...

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This collection of articles, originally published in the magazine "Musical Quarterly", examines various aspects of Mozart's life and musical styles. The contributors analyze his rhythm, harmony and instrumentation, and contrast his outpu...

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"Authoritative, illuminating and easy to read. . . . Dr. Eyck, in his excellent book, has exposed the many fallacies of which Bismarck legend is compounded. His analysis is tragic and austere." The Observer

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This excellent introduction traces Greek history from the pre-Hellenes up to the Roman Conquest and the end of the Greek states. Broad-ranging in approach, the book outlines major patterns of development and decline in economic, political, religio...

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Some of the criticism was bitter and some ridiculous (one critic wrote, "Manet, who ought not to have forgotten the panic caused by his black cat in Olympia , has borrowed a parrot from his friend Courbet and placed it on a perch beside a you...

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Examines, primarily from the British point of view, causes of the War for Independence, pre-Revolutionary events and attitudes, reasons for the British defeat and colonial victory, and consequences of the conflict.

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