2001

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Coping with Freedom
Reflections on Ephemeral Happiness
An approachable essay on personal freedom, this lively book is inspired by the author’s own 20 th century life experience as well as 18th century philosophers, and literary and historical references.

Chantal Thomas Price range: $9.95 through $21.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Death and Life
“What peculiarity of human nature impels us to turn our backs resolutely not only on death, on the price we pay for every choice, and other unpleasant realities, but ultimately on life itself?

Paul Fairfield Price range: $16.95 through $26.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Journey to the Heart of Cuba
Life as Fidel Castro
What will happen when Fidel Castro dies?US-Cuban relations are entering a new era, and everyone is jockeying for position; even the US elections take note. “Elian” was just one episode in the propaganda wars. How does Castro’s mind work?

Carlos Alberto Montaner Price range: $19.95 through $22.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Letters from Prison
Voices of Women Murderers
Written by incarcerated women, these incredibly personal, surprisingly honest letters shed light on their lives, their crimes – and the mitigating circumstances.

Jennifer Furio Price range: $18.95 through $21.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Mystic Chords:
Mysticism and Psychology in Popular Music
Rock and roll, and archetypal symbolism? The same primal source from which mythology, dreams, folk traditions and poetic insight arise must also be the inspirational source for painting, music, literature, and other modes of creative human endeavor.

Manish Soni Price range: $16.95 through $26.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Plane Truth
A Private Investigator's Story
What really happened in the crashes of Pan Am 103 at Lockerbie, Scotland; KAL 007; TWA 800; and so many other Boeing 747s?

Carl A. Davies Price range: $19.95 through $22.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Re-Founding the World
A Western Testament
Is it time to dump Western capitalism’s values?Or on the contrary, to re-found our market-based society by dumping its distortions and returning to the fundamental values of our Greek-Judeo-Christian heritage?

Jean-Claude Guillebaud Price range: $21.95 through $24.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Team Killers
A Comparative Study of Collaborative Criminals
Murders committed by people working in teams are just as gruesome as those committed by killers who work alone – or even worse. The author shows that it is just as chancy to accept a ride offered by a couple as it is to hop into a car driven by a single male.

Jennifer Furio Price range: $19.95 through $26.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Terrible Tsarinas
Five Russian Women in Power
Four Tsarinas and one “lady” Regent came to power in Russia through intrigue or palace coups; and their accomplishments and shortcomings alike made 18th century Russia what it was.

Henri Troyat Price range: $15.95 through $18.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The End of Revolution
A Changing World in the Age of Live Television
If you grew up in the United States, you may have missed out on one of the great debates of the twentieth century. It was about revolution. The debate was not just an intellectual, philosophical exercise. It spilled far beyond, into every day life, and into history.

Frida Ghitis Price range: $22.95 through $28.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Finance of Higher Education
Theory, Research, Policy & Practice
Making college affordable is a goal of administrators and students alike. Yet even student aid is a complex issue, as there are pros and cons to both need-based aid and merit-based aid.

Michael B. Paulsen Price range: $40.00 through $80.00 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Orchestration of Joy and Suffering
Understanding Chronic Addiction
Is it possible that an extraordinary experience in our childhood can change the course of a person’s life? Can such “singular episodes” (or a series of episodic experiences) have as much significance in childhood development as hereditary and environmental influences?

Corinne F. Gerwe Price range: $21.95 through $28.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Spirit of Ancient Egypt
Deciphering its history, Ana Ruiz reveals countless details about exotic ancient Egypt, piecing together a mosaic that accumulates to give an intriguing portrait of life as civilization passed from Stone Age to Bronze Age to Iron Age.

Ana Ruiz Price range: $18.95 through $28.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Tunnel Vision
Trial and Error
Here is the inside story of a headline-making murder-for-hire case that has been at the heart of the debate over the death penalty and mandatory sentencing laws in New jersey for over 25 years.

Robert Marshall Price range: $18.95 through $29.95 View Details This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page