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From Chocolate to Morphine

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:09:07 PST

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Drugs are as pervasive as ever, and parents and children alike need complete, unbiased information about how drugs affect the mind and the body. Weil and Rosen cover a wide range of available substances, from coffee to marijuana, from antihistamines to psychedelics, from steroids to the new "smart drugs."

The Kingdom and the Power

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:11:14 PST

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"A landmark in the field of writing about journalism." The Nation The classic inside story of The New York Times, the most prestigious, and perhaps the most powerful, of all American newspapers.

The Paris Shopping Companion

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:04:04 PST

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Next Pope, the - Revised & Updated

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:03:54 PST

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On the day of her husband's funeral in December 1994, Margaret Hebblethwaite received the advance copies of his final book, The Next Pope, in which Peter Hebblethwaite critiques John Paul II's papacy and speculates on who might step into his shoes. Since 1995 the original contenders have aged and younger cardinals have moved into the lineup. Accordingly, Margaret Hebblethwaite, until recent ...

David Copperfield

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:03:45 PST

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Originally serialized, 1849-1850. First volume edition, 1850. First Oxford edition, 1981. First Oxford World's Classics edition, 1983. Therefore frequently reprinted. `I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is DAVID COPPERFIELD,' wrote Dickens of what is the most personal, certainly one of the most popular, of all his novels. Dickens wrote the book after the completion of ...

Cinematherapy

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:03:27 PST

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What can take the edge off a bad day at the office better than a movie where the boss gets his (9-5)? And, of course, that close-up of Antonio Banderas, wet and naked in a cage, is the best cure for the break-up blahs known to modern science (Never Talk to Strangers). Now, for the first time, Cinematherapy acknowledges what women have known for years, and provides a sage guide to the best movie m ...

How to Wash Your Face

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:03:15 PST

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An unconventional and sensible guide to healthy skin, from a respected dermatologist, offers non-surgical rejuvenation techniques based on a Skin Profile of ...

You Remind Me Of You

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:03:03 PST

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This startling autobiographical account tells of a young woman's battle with eating disorders that put her in and out of hospitals over a span of four years and led to her own parents fighting for the right to commit her. When her last source of support, her boyfriend, attempts suicide and ends up in a coma, she is forced to find strength from within. [예스24 제공]

Andy Warhol Men Address Book

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:02:53 PST

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Stay in touch with this striking silver foil address book. In conjunction with The Andy Warhol Museum and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

Sputnik Sweetheart

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:02:45 PST

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Haruki Murakami, the internationally bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, plunges us into an urbane Japan of jazz bars, coffee shops, Jack Kerouac, and the Beatles to tell this story of a tangled triangle of uniquely unrequited loves. A college student, identified only as “K,” falls in love with his classmate, Sumire. But devotion to an untidy writerly life precl ...

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:02:35 PST

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Rebecca Bloomwood just hit rock bottom. But she's never looked better.... Becky Bloomwood has a fabulous flat in London's trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. The only trouble is that she can't actually afford it -- not any of it. Her job writing at Successful Savings not only bores her to tears, it doesn't pay ...

The Notebook

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:02:24 PST

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"Somewhere," muses Noah Calhoun, while sitting on his porch in the moonight, "there were people making love." Anyway, head elsewhere for Great Literature, but if you're in the market to get your heartstrings plucked, look no further. The Notebook, a Southern-fried story of love-lost-and-found-again, revolves around a single time-honored romantic dilemma: will beautiful Allison Nelson stay with Mr ...

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:02:14 PST

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■ 미치 앨봄의 첫 소설, 2003년, 의 작가, 미치 앨봄이 또다시 출판계에 신기록을 세우며 전세계인들의 마음을 뒤흔들고 있다. 화제의 책은 바로 . 죽음을 맞이하는 옛 스승과의 마지막 수업을 담은 에세이 로 전세계적인 성공을 거둔 이후, 7년이란 오랜 기다림 끝에 첫 소설 을 들고 다시 우리 곁으로 돌아온 것이다. 전작과 마찬가지로 에서도 작가의 삶과 죽음에 대한 예리하면서도 따뜻한 시선이 돋보인다. 특이하게도 주인공 에디의 죽음과 함께 시작되는 이 작품에서 사양길에 접어든 놀이공원의 정비공으로 80평생을 살아온 주인공이 공원에 놀러온 어린 소녀를 구하려다 숨을 거두게 되는데, 사후 그가 다다른 천국은 우리가 상상하던 곳과는 전혀 다르다. 그 낯선 천국에서 그는 자신도 모르는 사이에 서로 ...

Abnormal Psychology Media and Research Update with MindMap CD

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:01:32 PST

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The Science of Psychology

Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:01:24 PST

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Why Things Go Right. The Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View by Laura King (University of Missouri at Columbia) is the first text to bring a truly appreciative view of psychology--as a science and for exploring behavior--to introductory students. It is built around the idea that students must study the discipline of psychology as a whole, that the sub-disciplines are intricately connected ...

France

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:53:59 PST

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Presents a pictorial view of France.

Mass Media in a Changing World

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:53:18 PST

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This engaging text introduces students to the world of media through a unique structure that makes the material easily intelligible and meaningful to their lives. Each chapter is divided into three-part narrative sections: history, industry, and controversy. "Mass Media in a Changing World" is the story of where the media came from, why they do what they do, and why those actions cause controvers ...

Concise Art of Seduction

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 0:11:14 PST

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This is the companion book to the bestselling "Concise 48 Laws of Power". Amoral, ruthless, clever and cunning, this is the essential guide to the art of seduction.

Yes Man - Movie Tie-In

Thu, 8 Sep 2011 10:31:06 PST

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Literary Journalism

Thu, 8 Sep 2011 10:31:01 PST

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Some of the best and most original prose in America today is being written by literary journalists. Memoirs and personal essays, profiles, science and nature reportage, travel writing -- literary journalists are working in all of these forms with artful styles and fresh approaches. In Literary Journalism, editors Norman Sims and Mark Kramer have collected the finest examples of literary journalis ...

Crossing the Threshold of Hope

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:34:41 PST

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Fifteen years into his Papacy, and on the eve of the third millennium, Pope John Paul II goes to the heart of his personal beliefs and speaks with passion about the existence of God; about pain, suffering, and evil; about "salvation"; and about the relationship of Catholicism to other branches of the Christian faith. With the humility and generosity of spirit for which he is well known, John Paul ...

Minute Motivators for Graduates

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:32:44 PST

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Trip to Quiapo

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:32:37 PST

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How to Write Research Papers: v. 2

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:32:36 PST

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Northanger Abbey

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:32:34 PST

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Introduction and Notes by David Blair, University of KentNorthanger Abbey tells the story of a young girl, Catherine Morland who leaves her sheltered, rural home to enter the busy, sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790s. Austen observes with insight and humour the interaction between Catherine and the various characters whom she meets there, and tracks her growing understanding of the ...

The Concise 48 Laws of Power

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:32:34 PST

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The perfect gift book for the power hungry (and who doesn't want power?) at an excellent price. This is the concise edition of an international bestseller. At work, in relationships, on the street or on the 6 o'clock news: the 48 Laws apply everywhere. For anyone with an interest in conquest, self-defense, wealth, power or simply being an educated spectator, "The 48 Laws of Power" is one of the m ...

The Devil Wears Prada

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:32:33 PST

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보다 쉬크하고 보다 유쾌한 소설! 말 한마디로 ‘파리, 밀라노, 런던, 뉴욕’ 세계 4대 컬렉션의 스케줄을 바꾸는 여자. 반드시 그녀가 도착해야 패션쇼가 시작되고, 표정 하나만으로도 유명 디자이너들을 가슴 졸이게 하는 여자, 몇 마디 코멘트로 무명 디자이너를 세계적인 디자이너로 바꿔놓는 여자. 패션계의 막강한 권력자이자 미국 지 편집장인 안나 윈투어! 『악마는 프라다를 입는다』는 그녀의 어시스턴트였던 로렌 와이스버거가 자신의 독특한 체험에 발칙한 상상력을 버무려 써낸 소설이다. 패션 에디터들의 세계를 톡톡 튀고 위트 있게 그려낸 이 소설은 출간 당시 6개월 동안 하드커버 베스트셀러에 오르면서 전 세계적인 화제를 불러일으켰다. 패션계의 속사정을 현미경으로 훔쳐보듯 생생하게 그려내고 있는 『악마 ...

The Long Valley

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:32:33 PST

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:32:33 PST

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Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new frien ...

Dear Mr. President

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:32:33 PST

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This carefully selected collection of letters, spanning from the earliest days of the Republic to the present, were pulled from the extensive holdings of the ...

The Definitive Book of Body Language

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:32:17 PST

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Read by the author.

French for Xenophobes

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:32:17 PST

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French for Xenophobes is a humorous approach to French that shows you can speak thelingo simply by using plain English.

You Know You're a Writer When

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:32:17 PST

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This collection of pithy phrases, 1 to 3 per page, in a small and gifty package for all writers who will recognize these daily realities and occupational ...

German for Xenophobes

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:32:16 PST

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Shopaholic and baby

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:18:55 PST

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Becky's life is blooming! She's working at London's newest big store, The Look, house-hunting with husband Luke (her secret wish is a Shoe Room)...and she's pregnant! She couldn't be more overjoyed -especially since discovering that shopping cures morning sickness. Everything has got to be perfect for her baby: from the designer nursery...to the latest, coolest pram...to the celebrity , must-have ...

Front Row

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:09:01 PST

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She's ambitious. She's a perfectionist. She's insecure and needy. But most of all she's extremely successful. She's Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue, the most powerful arbiter of fashion and style in the world. This is the inside story of the public and private worlds of the enigmatic icon often hidden behind dark sunglasses and under the fringe of a Louise Brooks bob, a style she's been we ...

Introduction to psychology

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:05:00 PST

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This text presents a broad coverage of social psychological research, both in and outside the laboratory. Ross and Grant encourage students to be critical consumers of research, searching for alternative explanations of results they read about in newspapers, magazines and scientific journals. The text is based on the authors' collective research and teaching experiences, and is clearly written an ...

The Teen Vogue Handbook

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:04:32 PST

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Live like you work in fashion.A must-read for anybody interested in fashion. From aspiring designers, stylists, editors, and photographers to fashion ...

Fashion Babylon

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:03:23 PST

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What is fashion? What is fashionable? Who decides what's in and what's out? Why is it green one year and blue the next? Why is one little black dress worth five thousand dollars and another worth fifty? Is the catwalk really that catty? What makes a supermodel so super?And a designer too hot to touch? Who is making money? Who owns whom? Who hates whom? And who's in each other's pockets? The answe ...

Off the Cuff

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:01:25 PST

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Carson Kressley is the most recognizable name in men's fashion today. With a legion of fans who hang on his every tip and quip, Kressley has single-handedly made it cool for the average guy to care about clothes. In Off the Cuff, Carson makes over the tired men's style guide with an edgy, hilarious romp through every man's closet: from socks to scarves, from jeans to leather jackets, from the dre ...

Kate Moss

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:57:09 PST

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Kate Moss is the greatest fashion icon of our time. Endlessly watchable, never predictable, always natural and utterly unpretentious, her sense of style is innate, instinctive and impeccable. An international trendsetter with an influence more powerful than any fashion magazine, Kate is a one-woman style revolution; kicking off global trends with each new look. Single-handedly redefining sophisti ...