To a degree both engrossing and alarming, the story of fast food is the story of postwar America. Though created by a handful of mavericks, the fast food industry has... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-553-52900-5
Author:  Eric Schlosser

With huge budget surpluses just ahead, the question of whether to cut taxes has shifted to when and by how much?... ... Read More

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Author:  Paul Krugman

"On the busy, bustling, colonized future Moon, McAuley reminds us that although everyone makes mistakes, some mistakes have far greater consequences than others..." So writes Gardner Dozois... ... Read More

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Author:  Paul J McAuley

Murray Tepper would say that he is an ordinary New Yorker who is simply trying to read the newspaper in peace. But he reads while sitting... ... Read More

ISBN:  0-7393-0084-9
Author:  Calvin Trillin

How did the makers of Trivial Pursuit manage to create huge demand for their game, almost overnight? How did BMW use James Bond to double... ... Read More

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Author:  Emanuel Rosen

It used to be pretty easy to distinguish between the bourgeois world of capitalism and the bohemian counterculture.... ... Read More

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Author:  David Brooks

"We must all hang together," Benjamin Franklin is reported to have said to his revolutionary peers, "or we will assuredly all hang separately." This is a sentiment that`s even more appropriate... ... Read More

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Author:  Sean Williams

Confused because the conventional wisdom doesn`t coincide with your view of the political world?... ... Read More

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Author:  Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Feeling feverish, tired, or achy? Listening to Gina Kolata`s engrossing account of the 1918 Influenza epidemic is sure to give you the chills... ... Read More

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Author:  Gina Kolata

Every year Jewish families gather to light the Hanukkah candles, eat potato latkes, exchange presents and spin the dreidel as they celebrate Hanukkah, the Festival of lights... ... Read More

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Author:  Anonymous

A faithful husband, house-hunting for his family, taking pictures...A woman in a yellow dress stepping in front of his lens, posing for him in the vacant house... ... Read More

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Author:  Daniel James Cabrillo

This collection offers a special discount on three short stories of sex and seduction by Daniel James Cabrillo, Cecilia Tan, and Myla Goldberg... ... Read More

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Author:  Daniel James Cabrillo ,  Cecilia Tan ,  Myla Goldberg

An exciting new annual anthology: a year`s worth of the most interesting, noteworthy, and best-written articles on all aspects of the business world... ... Read More

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Author:  Ken Auletta ,  Diane Brady, ,  Andrew Lackey ,  Marshall Loeb

Although known as one of the most scrupulously accurate of the "hard science" writers, someone careful to always get the scientific details right, Hal Clement also has a rich and lively imagination... ... Read More

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Author:  Hal Clement

Imagine a workplace where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion, and a positive attitude to the job every day. Imagine an environment in which people are truly connected to their work... ... Read More

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Author:  Stephen C Lundin ,  PhD ,  Harry Paul, ,  John Christensen