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|A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's
Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection
61) (Paperback)
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Eckhart Tolle (Author)
2008-01-30
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lluminating, enlightening, and uplifting,"A New Earth" is a profoundly spiritual guide to creating a better way of living and a better world to live in. Eckhart Tolle presents readers with an honest look at the current state of humanity: He implores us to see and accept that this state, which is based on an erroneous identification with the egoic mind, is one of dangerous insanity.
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|Outliers (Hardcover)|
Malcolm Gladwell (Author)
2008-11-18
Little Brown and Company
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Cultural critic Malcolm Gladwell applies his best trend watching insights and peripatetic methodology to the biq question of why some people achieve success and others do not. These Outliers, as he calls them--successful people who stand out from the rest of the crowd--may be business people, artists, athletes, entertainers, scientists, or work in other fields. In a variation of the nature versus nurture debates, Gladwell seeks answers in culture, environment, and upbringing.
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|The Forever War (Hardcover)|
Dexter Filkins (Author)
2008-09-16
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An award-winning New York Times correspondent furnishes a firsthand account of the battle against Islamic fundamentalism, from the rise of the Taliban in the 1990s, to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to the modern-day wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, offering a compelling study of the people involved from all sides of the conflict.
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|The Last Lecture (Hardcover)|
Jeff Zaslow (Author), Jeffrey Zaslow (Author) and Randy Pausch (Author)
2008-04-10
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In this inspiring and sometimes moving publishing phenomenon, computer science professor Randy Pausch offers a summation of his life and what he has learned. The book is derived from a presentation that Pausch made after he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Addressing his children, he spoke on the topic "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams." When a tape of his talk was published on the YouTube website, it became a hit, as millions who viewed the clip found that his words struck a chord. Here he fleshes out and adds to his earlier work. What comes through is a gentle, sincere, and clear set of lessons on living and appreciating.
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|Predictably Irrational: The Hidden
Forces that Shape our Decisions
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Dan Ariely
2008-02-01
Harpercollins
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An upbeat cultural evaluation of the sources of illogical decisions explores the reasons why irrational thought often overcomes level-headed practices, offering insight into the structural patterns that cause people to make the same mistakes repeatedly.
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|The Revolution: A Manifesto (Hardcover)|
Ron Paul
2008-04-30
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In "Revolution: A Manifesto," Congressman Paul sets down his political and personal philosophy about libertarianism, responsible government, and the end of business as usual in Washington.
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|Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health,
Wealth, and Happiness (Hardcover)
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Cass Sunstein (Author) and Richard Thaler (Author)
2008-05-28
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Offering a groundbreaking study of the application of the science of choice, a guide that uses colorful examples from all aspects of life demonstrates how it is possible to design environments that make it more likely for us to act in our own interests.
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|Hot, Flat, and Crowded (Hardcover)|
Thomas L. Friedman (Author)
2008-09-09
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Columnist Thomas L. Friedman explains why, in a globalized world, crises in energy and the climate must be priorities.
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|The Forgotten Man (Paperback)|
Amity Shlaes (Author)
2008-06-01
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A reinterpretation of the Great Depression seeks to demonstrate how the failures of Hoover and Roosevelt to understand the prosperity of the 1920s directly contributed to massive national burdens that marginalized everyday citizens, in an account that shares the survival stories of lesser-known historical figures from the period.
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|The Shock Doctrine (Paperback)|
Naomi Klein (Author)
2008-06-24
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Imposing capitalistic ideals and practices on a population in a post-disaster crisis is an increasingly common occurrence, most vividly demonstrated by events in wartime Iraq. But journalist Naomi Klein (NO LOGO) maintains that this process of "disaster capitalism" has been in place for decades, with roots in the Chicago School and Milton Friedman's widely influential economic philosophies.
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