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by Erica Jong and 1 more
The New York Times–bestselling author of Fear of Flying celebrates witches in this gorgeously illustrated brew of witchcraft lore, potions, secrets, and myth. With a mix of genuine fascination, passionate enthusiasm, and keen feminist insight, Erica Jong wades through a bog of myths, misinformation, historical hysteria, and contemporary Halloween costumes to offer a generous exploration and$11.99
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One Man, One Year, Twenty Wars
by Kevin Sites
Kevin Sites is a man on a mission. Venturing alone into the dark heart of war, armed with just a video camera, a digital camera, a laptop, and a satellite modem, the award-winning journalist covered virtually every major global hot spot as the first Internet correspondent for Yahoo! News. Beginning his journey with the anarchic chaos of Somalia in September 2005 and ending with the Israeli$1.99
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A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by J. D. Vance
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A riveting book."—The Wall Street Journal"Essential reading."—David Brooks, New York TimesFrom a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America’s white working classHillbilly Elegy is a passionate an...$15.99
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by Deborah J. Rumsey and 1 more
Esperanza de vida, tasa de siniestralidad, tablas, promedios… cada día recibimos centenares de datos estadísticos, a menudo sin tener las herramientas suficientes para analizarlos. El objetivo de este libro es ayudar al lector a desarrollar y fortalecer sus habilidades de análisis para que pueda evaluar con solvencia datos de este tipo y tomar decisiones sensatas en, por ejemplo, la contratación$9.99
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Una breve historia de la humanidad
DEBATE El libro de no ficción del AÑO Un best seller internacional con más de un millón de ejemplares vendidos Lúcido e iluminador: la historia de la humanidad en un solo volumen. Este es el fascinante relato de nuestra extraordinaria historia: de simios sin importancia a amos del mundo. ¿Cómo logró nuestra especie imp...$12.99
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Poverty and Profit in the American City
WINNER OF THE 2017 PULITZER PRIZE GENERAL NON-FICTION From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and reportage that will forever change the way we look at poverty in America In this brilliant, heartbreaking book, Matthew Desmond takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge. Arleen is a$12.99
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Indian Alliances and the Spanish in the Southwest, 750–1750
When considering the history of the Southwest, scholars have typically viewed Apaches, Navajos, and other Athabaskans as marauders who preyed on Pueblo towns and Spanish settlements. William B. Carter now offers a multilayered reassessment of historical events and environmental and social change to show how mutually supportive networks among Native peoples created alliances in the centuries before$27.99
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Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman and 1 more
What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevant than ever."It's unlikely that Trump has ever read Amusing Ourselves to Death, but his ascent would not have surprised Postman.” -CNNOriginally published in 1985, Neil Postman’s groundbreaking polemic$14.99
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by Wes Moore
BONUS: This edition contains a new afterword and a The Other Wes Moore discussion guide.The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.Two kids named Wes Moore were born blocks apart within a year of each other. Both grew up fatherless in similar Baltimore neighborhoods and had difficult childhoods; both hung out on street corners with$11.99
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The Year Civilization Collapsed
by Eric H. Cline and 1 more
Turning Points in Ancient History In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bronze Age came to an abrupt and cataclysmic end. Kingdoms fell like dominoes over the course of$13.59
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The True Causes of Mass Incarceration-and How to Achieve Real Reform
by John Pfaff
"Pfaff, let there be no doubt, is a reformer...Nonetheless, he believes that the standard story--popularized in particular by Michelle Alexander, in her influential book, The New Jim Crow--is false. We are desperately in need of reform, he insists, but we must reform the right things, and address the true problem."--Adam Gopnik, The New YorkerA groundbreaking examination of our system of imprison.$18.99
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El arte de vivir del esfuerzo ajeno
by Ivan Cosos
Las Pecuniarias #1 En estos días, desafortunadamente, es de rabiosa actualidad la información relacionada con actos dolosos de todo tipo. En el periódico, en la televisión, en todos los medios surgen casos lamentables de actos de apropiación de lo ajeno, en ámbitos que deberían ejemplificar las actitudes éticas. Empresarios, empleados, políticos, funcionarios, autónomos, ningún colectivo parece escapar a tan$2.49
