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Alec Baldwin and Kurt Andersen's political satire YOU CAN'T SPELL AMERICA WITHOUT ME: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump, a parody of a presidential memoir. Until Donald Trump publishes his account of his entire four or eight or one-and-a-half years in the White House, the definitive chronicle will be You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year As President. New York Times bestseller.
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One of the most accomplished and outspoken actors today chronicles the highs and lows of his life in this beautifully written, candid memoir. From his work in popular movies, including Beetlejuice, Working Girl, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Cooler, and Martin Scorsese's The Departed to his role as Jack Donaghy on Tina Fey's irreverent series 30 Rock for which he won two Emmys, three Golden Globes, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards and as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live, he's both a household name and a deeply respected actor.
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Legendary actor Alec Baldwin discusses the personal transformation he underwent to survive his divorce with actress Kim Basinger. After a long period of turmoil, Baldwin emerged from the pain of loss, separation and alienation with a new vision of life and a renewed sense of his purpose as a man, an actor, an activist and a future political candidate. He offers invaluable words of wisdom for the divorcee, outlining the critical steps one should take if they are to avoid the degradation that the legal processes often create. Baldwin’s book marks a welcomed change in the genre of self-help on divorce, which has formerly been dominated by female authors writing for females. Baldwin led seminars for men and women on the process of divorce. His book was featured on all major talk shows, including Good Morning America, Diane Sawyer 20/20, 60 Minutes, The View, and Entertainment Tonight, and reviewed by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Time Magazine, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, the New Yorker and the New York Post. New York Times bestseller.

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In our current age of hyper-partisan politics, people have taken sides about the Trump presidency. For Trump zealots, their president has not only committed no crimes, he has done nothing wrong. For anti-Trump zealots, nothing Trump has done is good. Everything he has done is wrong, and since it is wrong, it must necessarily be criminal. This deeply undemocratic fallacy-that political sins must be investigated and prosecuted as criminal-is an exceedingly dangerous trend by the most prominent civil rights lawyer of all time, Alan Dershowitz.

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“a boycott divestment and sanction against Israel and consists of previous writings, speeches and reflections”

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The Case Against Impeaching Trump seeks to reorient the debate over impeachment to the same standard that Dershowitz has steadfastly upheld for decades: the law of the United States of America, as established by the Constitution.

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The Case Against the Democratic House Impeaching Trump includes and expands upon Dershowitz’s 2018 book. It puts recent political events―including the hyper-partisan Kavanaugh hearings, the unrestrained power of the Mueller investigation, and the generally intolerant current political discourse―into context. American democracy, Dershowitz argues, is suffering from political hypocrisy. And two years of impeachment proceedings brought by the House―and the media circus that would undoubtedly surround them―is clearly not the answer. This book is Alan Dershowitz’s plea for honest dialogue―for arguments that would be made even if the shoe was on the other foot.

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Professor Julie Suk, a distinguished legal scholar, builds off a century of momentum, telling the heroic stories of women who protested, resisted, and persisted to establish their constitutional rights. The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women’s constitutional right to vote. But have we come far enough?

After the adoption and ratification of the 19th Amendment, a bold group of women proposed the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). It took Congress almost fifty years to adopt it in 1972. The fight for ratification in the states took another fifty years, culminating in Virginia’s historic ratification in January 2020.

Why did the ERA take so long? Is it too late to add it to the Constitution? And what could it do for women?

Suk follows the history of the ERA through the voices of the relentless women who pursued it. For over 100 years, women’s efforts to enshrine their rights in the Constitution have faced opposition and subterfuge. And, despite significant gains, the triumphs of gender equality have not met the needs of all women – especially working mothers. Exploring the ERA’s past and future, Suk explains hot-button issues such as pregnancy discrimination, violence against women, and unequal pay.

The rise of movements like the Women’s March and #MeToo have ignited and united women across the country. Unstoppable women are challenging male abuse of power, getting elected, and changing the law. We the Women puts the founding mothers of the ERA and the forgotten mothers of the kids next door at the forefront of constitutional change.

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World-renowned lawyer Alan Dershowitz recounts stories from his many years of defending the state of Israel.

Alan Dershowitz has spent years advocating for his "most challenging client"―the state of Israel―both publicly and in private meetings with high level international figures, including every US president and Israeli leader of the past 40 years. Replete with personal insights and unreported details, Defending Israel offers a comprehensive history of modern Israel from the perspective of one of the country's most important supporters. Readers are given a rare front row seat to the high profile controversies and debates that Dershowitz was involved in over the years, even as the political tides shifted and the liberal community became increasingly critical of Israeli policies.

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Daniel Weiss, the CEO and President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has lectured across the nation and internationally at universities, museums, and colleges. In In That Time, he tells a powerful personal story and a compellingly universal one. The book chronicles the story of Major Michael O'Donnell, a poet and selfless Vietnam helicopter pilot whose chopper was shot down while attempting a daring rescue of a deep reconnaissance team being aggressively pursued by enemy militants.
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A powerful reflection on the universal art museum, considering the values critical to its history and anticipating its evolving place in our cultural future.

Art museums have played a vital role in our culture, drawing on Enlightenment ideals in shaping ideas, advancing learning, fostering community, and providing spaces of beauty and permanence. In this thoughtful and often personal volume, Daniel H. Weiss contemplates the idea of the universal art museum alongside broad considerations about the role of art in society and what defines a cultural experience. The future of art museums is far from secure, and Weiss reflects on many of the difficulties these institutions face, from their financial health to their collecting practices to the audiences they engage to ensuring freedom of expression on the part of artists and curators.

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Part of the “Why X Matters” series published by Yale University Press. Floyd Abrams, the most prominent first amendment attorney in the country, offers his perspective on the importance of the First Amendment in a contemporary and historical context. Other works in that series include Mark Tushnet’s Why the Constitution Matters(2011) and Louis Begley’s Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters (2010).

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Some of Floyd Abrams' most stirring cases representative of the First Amendment's principles, include the Pentagon Papers case and the Brooklyn Museum's display of offensive art and the Judy Miller case. It describes the disconnect between the high level of legal protection afforded in most areas and the increasing public disenchantment with the press and Hollywood . Floyd Abrams appeared as the judge in the 2008 movie, Nothing But the Truth. The ten city tour included Nightline, Today Show, Charlie Rose. And the Abrams Report on MSNBC. Elie Wiesel and Dan Rather contributed cover blurbs for the book.

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Promoting New York City's world-class restaurants means savoring some of the best food on Earth. Taste of New York reveals closely guarded secrets of New York's superstar chefs and four-star restaurants. The author had the opportunity to make each dish with each chef in his own restaurant kitchen, making sure not to leave out any secrets to the dishes' successful creation. Featuring more than 120 seldom revealed recipes, Taste of New York highlights Le Cirque, JoJo, Union Square Cafe, Four Seasons, Mesa Grill, La Grenouille, and lots more. Karen Gantz Zahler is an accomplished home entertainer. Trained in classic French culinary techniques, she is a savvy food writer. The photographer Tom Eckerle, a world-renowned food photographer, has photographed over 150 cookbooks. Television and book tour.

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An accomplished amateur chef, Gantz adapted these master recipes for the home to savor the delights enjoyed in America's finest restaurants. Profiled are the finest chefs in America today, including Wolfgang Puck, Emeril Lagasse, Daniel Boulud, Grey Kunz, Jean Georges Vongericthen, Charlie Trotter, and many more who are celebrities in their own right. One of the first to coin the word superchef, Gantz discusses how chefs' skills are much more varied than in the past: they must jet set between multiple restaurants, negotiate leases, demonstrate recipes on national talk shows, oversee the licensing and manufacturing of products, and teach cooking classes, hopefully on television. Paperback released in 1999.

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As one of the first female reporters at the Wall Street Journal and the first female deputy bureau chief for the Journal’s London bureau, Joann S. Lublin has significant experience cracking glass ceilings. Earning It turns to over fifty female CEO's to share their anecdotes and advice about how to be a strong woman in the workplace. Women such as Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, and Brenda Barnes, former CEO of Sara Lee share stories of the obstacles they faced and female leaders, and how they ultimately prevailed. Lublin has traveled all over the world discussing the book.

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Renowned “mathemagician” Dr. Arthur Benjamin’s book is an exploration of key mathematical concepts in a way that teachers seldom do, in order to instill a greater love and appreciation of this often feared subject. Math is all around us; omnipresent when we are selecting a job, making daily financial decisions, or observing the beautiful, intricate patterns of nature. In his previous book, The Joy Of Math, Dr. Benjamin, chairman of the math department at Harvey Mudd College sold hundreds of thousands of copies, DVD's and also appeared on several TED talks. New York Times bestseller.

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Laurence Tancredi is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the Yale Law School, and psychiatric fellowship at Yale Medical School. He is the author of several books about of law, ethics and psychiatry, including Dangerous Diagnostics: The Social Power of Biological Information and Hardwired Behavior: What Neuroscience Reveals about Morality.

Takao Hensch is a Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Professor of Neurology at Harvard University. In his research, he explores critical periods of brain development as well as the interplay between cell biology and neuroscience. Dr. Hensch is a Fulbright Fellow at the Max-Planck Institute and leads the NUMH Silvio Conte Center on Mental Health Research at Harvard. He is the author and co-author of several books on early brain development, including Excitatory-Inhibitory Balance: Synapses, Circuits, Systems.

A practical guide for parents and teachers to create a more compassionate, community-minded family culture. Designed to be read with children as young as four, the book presents ten fundamental concepts to weave into your family's daily life.

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Stories My Father Told Me: Notes from 'The Lyons Den' is an enlightening compilation of anecdotes from one of New York's most beloved Broadway columns, Leonard Lyons plus interviews Jeffrey Lyons conducted as a film and theater critic for nearly forty years on TV and radio. The wide range of subjects and the heretofore unknown aspects of stars' lives will take the reader on an incredible journey with anecdotes about J. Edgar Hoover's girlfriend, Marilyn Monroe's sentimental attachment to Frederick March's piano, Ernest Hemingway's advice on how to write a novel and Groucho Marx's hilarious question to a "“spirit”" at a séance. Jeffrey Lyons is the nationally-known film and theater critic, and former co-host of Sneak Previews (1982-1996 on PBS), MSNBC'S "AT THE MOVIES" (2003-4) and Reel Talk on NBC stations (2005-2009). He is the author of 101 Great Movies for Kids and the coauthor (with his brother Douglas) of three books of baseball history and trivia: Out of Left Field, Curveballs and Screwballs, Short Hops and Foul Tips and Catching Heat: The Jim Leyritz Story. Editor Susan Costello and Bob Abrams.

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This inspirational story of a onetime hero-the toast of New York-trying to turn his life around faced by incredible odds to play major league baseball with greater challenges to redeem himself. An undrafted amateur, Leyritz not only had a respectable 11-year major league career, but was a 1996 World Series hero when his three-run home run in the 8th inning against the Atlanta Braves tied Game 4 and led to the Yankees' first World Championship since 1978. His son is plagued by two terrible diseases, he suffered a nasty divorce, a hard-won custody battle, and finally a tragic car accident in Florida in which a woman died. Leyritz was arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter and maintained his innocence. Jeffrey Lyons is a film and theater critic and former co-host of NBC's Reel Talk and author of 101 Great Movies for Kids,Out of Left Field, Curveballs and Screwballs, Short Hops and Foul Tips. Co-author Douglas Lyons is a criminal lawyer, and author of a book on American history, Baseball Rites and Sites-I Saw it On the Radio With the Boston Red Sox with Joe Castiglione, and From An Orphan To A King with Eddie Feigner.

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Allen Dikker, CEO of Potatopia, cookbook celebrates the great culinary potential of the humble potato. Potatopia has been serving its innovative potato creations to customers since its 2011 opening, and now, its versatile enthusiasm for America?s favorite tuber is available to home cooks.

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Admiral William Owens, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and submarine commander for twenty years, is considered the preeminent technological military strategist of our time. This historic book makes the case for a technological and administrative overhaul of the military. Admiral Owens lays the groundwork for our information technology revolutions. Reviewed in the New York Times the book has been heralded as an important force in the new millennium. He appeared on all the major television talk shows. This book has been sold in Canada. Paperback distributed through The Johns Hopkins University Press.

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New York Times bestseller Send Yourself Roses is Kathleen Turner's personal story with her unique philosophy of life, a self-styled activism which led her to play some of the most unforgettable and outrageous roles written for women in the history of cinema. Movie buffs will delight in learning the intricate strategies which Turner employed to create a screen identity as a femme fatale who played hard ball, and how her unique concept of woman as protagonist informed her life as well as her film career. Always a leading lady, Turner's advice for women is straightforward, gutsy and to the point: act before you are acted upon. Her co-author, Gloria Feldt, is the author of The War on Choice (Bantum) and Behind Every Choice Is a Story. Feldt served as CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America from 1996-2005. Turner has appeared on Good Morning America, The Today Show and The O'Reilly Factor. She has also published commentary in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Her performance on Who's Afraid of Virgina Wolff on Broadway and London in 2006 received great acclaim.

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Veteran film critic Jeffrey Lyons reveals exclusive anecdotes about actors, filmmakers, diplomats, gangsters, athletes, and larger-than-life characters of New York’s golden age, including Edward Albee, Jerry Lewis, Spencer Tracy, Louis Armstrong, Dorothy Parker, Woody Allen, and Joan Rivers. Lyons is the author of seven books and cohosts the New York City film series Talking Movies.

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A first-hand look at Detroit’s astonishing financial collapse and the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. Bomey examines the implications of the Detroit bankruptcy for urban governments, Washington, but — most importantly — for the people of Detroit, who face a humanitarian crisis on a daily basis. Currently a reporter for USA Today, and previously the lead bankruptcy reporter for the Detroit Free Press, Bomey has won critical acclaim for the groundbreaking report he co-authored in September 2013, winning awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and more.

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Blending political history and personal memoir, merging the contemporary and historical based on her thirty years of conversations and interviews with her great-grandfather’s political opponents such as Molotov, and intellectual supporters like Mikhail Gorbachev, and combing through old diaries and war letters, Khrushcheva sets out to uncover whether Leonid was really a traitor, or he, like 20 million other Russians, lost his life during the war. To get to the truth, the author, professor of International Affairs at New School University in New York, traveled to the Kaluga woods, a mysterious area southwest of Moscow where Leonid’s plane was last seen in a battle. The narrative of that journey turns into a scathing indictment of president Vladimir Putin’s Russia and the neo-Soviet land he is building. She is the author of Imagining Nabokov: Russia Between Art and Politics and member of Council on Foreign Relations.

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Schoen’s latest examines the 37th president's political legacy in broad-ranging ways that make clear the breadth and duration of his influence on American political life. The book argues that Nixon is the key political figure in postwar American politics in multiple ways, some barely acknowledged until now. While not discounting Nixon's many misdeeds, Schoen treats his presidency and its importance with the seriousness--and evenhandedness--that the subject deserves.

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A preeminent political analyst, Douglas E. Schoen provides a fresh, compelling analysis of the global loss of trust that challenges governments worldwide, and what it means for our future. Revolutions in the Middle East. He examines currency crises and public unrest in Europe, from Athens to Madrid, from Rome to London, massive crowds in the streets of Moscow, protesting tainted elections, grass-roots movements for political reform and economic fairness, from New Delhi to Santiago, from Tel Aviv to downtown Manhattan.

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Preeminent political analyst Douglas E. Schoen provides a compelling analysis of how the political class is systematically undermining American democracy. Schoen argues that the political class' disregard for the population's distrust of institutions leads to the fraying of the basic fabric of our society. This book is filled with proprietary poll data that has not appeared anywhere else, and real-world examples and people that bring to life the poll statistics and findings. Doug Schoen had worked on the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Ed Koch and has worked with heads of state of over 15 countries including Tony Blair and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berulusconi and three Israeli Prime Ministers. Doug Schoen is the author of Mad as Hell: How the Tea Party Movement s Fundamentally Remaking Our Two-Party System and The Threat Closer to Home: Hugo Chávez and the War Against America and the author of Declaring Independence: The Beginning of the End of the Two-Party System, The Power of the Vote: Electing Presidents, Overthrowing Dictators, and Promoting Democracy Around the World, and On the Campaign Trail: The Long Road of Presidential Politics, 1860-2004. Doug is also a political anaylst for Fox News and a columnist for the Daily Beast.

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Michael Cherkasky as the former President and CEO of Kroll, the world's preeminent security firm with 55 offices in 18 countries and Alex Prud'homme, a nationally recognized investigative reporter and formidable writer. The book combines an eye-opening explanation of the new dangers of the post-9/11 world; a scathing appraisal of our failures to adapt to these threats; a trove of compelling stories told by an insider; and thoughtful policy recommendations. This book has been sold in Canada, Australia and other foreign countries.

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The real story of the events leading to the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson on June 12, 1994. Kato Kaelin spent one year living with Nicole in her house on Gretna Green and six months in O.J.'s Rockingham estate. Kato Kaelin lived with both the primary victim and her alleged killer and became the confidant of both. Author Marc Eliot has written eight books, including Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Horse. This book spent six weeks on The New York TimesBest Seller List, and sold over 500,000 copies. HarperAudio produced the audio tape narrated by the author. This book has been sold in Canada and Australia, and author appeared on all the major talk shows.

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The crucial religious liberty issue is whether religious individuals and organizations should be required to obey the rule of law. In the 1990 landmark case of Employment Division v. Smith, the Supreme Court rules that the First Amendment does not defend against religious followers breaking laws. Hamilton provides real-life case studies to demonstrate the court's wisdom: the Catholic Church and sexual abuse, the Native American Church's use of peyote, Christian Scientists and medical neglect of children, Islamic radicals attacking the World Trade Center, Rastafarians and prison hair regulations, Santerians' animal sacrifice, and Mormons' polygamy. Marci Hamilton is currently a professor at the Cardozo School of Law and has been a visiting professor and scholar at the NYU School of Law, Emory University School of Law, and the Princeton Theological Seminary.

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General Kahalani, Israel's most decorated tank commander relives his greatest battles. Badly burned in his tank in the six day war of 1967, General Kahalani went on to lead a battalion of tanks in a miraculous defense against the Syrians onslaught in the Yom Kippur War. He presents a commander's view of battle and examples of heroism. The book is a wrenching story of the General, who continues to contribute to the vitality of Israel today. (Published in Israel and America.) He was a noted Israeli Knesset member.

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Thomas Schmitt, senior officer at Fedex, leads a division that delivers solutions resulting in billions of dollars of revenue every year. Attorney Arnold Perl proved his leadership mettle in a pressure cooker environment and as a prominent chairman of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority. This book offers hard-hitting, real life lessons, things they didn't tell you in Management 101. Their book is divided into two parts: “Hardwiring for Results” and “Instilling a Passion for Excellence.” Subheadings, bullet points, anecdotes and illustrations make it a quick and easy read for the busy executive, but mostly for middle management. Introduction by Fred Smith, CEO and founder of FedEx.

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Formerly a visiting scholar at the LBJ School for Public Affairs at the University of Texas and former White House official, Starr has authored over 30 books.

Starr illuminates the spiritual view of water in the sacred writings and shows how this legacy has shaped the current political terrain. She is an authority on water policy, and an expert on the Middle East.

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Wattenberg was an author, columnist, pundit and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He has written and co-authored fourteen books including best-seller The Real Majority and is also the moderator of Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg, a nationally-broadcast program on PBS. Fighting Words details the neo-conservative agenda and weaves his political experiences with many influential leaders such as Lyndon Johnson, Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rudy Giuliani. Part memoir, and part insider history, this witty narrative recounts a man's intellectual and political development -- from unabashed “liberal” to proud “neo-con”-- in a way that connects his shift with a general trend in American politics. Appearances on The Daily Show with John Stewart, CBS Radio Weekend Report, and Michael Savage Show. Reviewed by Publisher's Weekly, The Washington Times, The Philadelphia Bulletin, The New Republic, the American Conservative Review, and Senator Joe Lieberman.

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In Dreamhouse, internationally renowned interior designer Penny Baird brings together projects ranging from a Bucks County barn, to aLos Angeles Spanish country villa, to a Manhattan Penthouse, to a Parisian pied-a-terre, showing off different interior design styles and solutions that reflect unique lifestyles.

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The New French Interior links France with interior design, featuring new projects with a fresh new look. These projects incorporate clean-lined interior design with French furniture and furnishings, both antiques and twentieth century decorative arts. Penny Drue Baird, the owner of Dessins, LLC., is an internationally-renowned interior designer, known not only for her top tier interior design and architectural skills, but also for her vast knowledge of all things French--from the flea markets and antique shops of Europe, to her entertaining and table-top expertise. She has been named to Architectural Digest's Top 100 (100 architects and designers world-wide) for over 20 years. She has been featured and quoted in more than 100 publications, magazines, newspapers and books both here and abroad.

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This informative book details how one can use French and other European influences to create a more comfortable and refined atmosphere in the home. Penny Drue Baird, the owner of Dessins, LLC, is an internationally renowned interior designer. Baird creates atmospheres filled with architectural detail, warmth, and sophisticated charm, and has a penchant for European traditions and style. She is best known for her in-depth knowledge of decorating sources, especially in Western Europe. Ms. Baird, who has a Ph.D. in psychology, has been named to Architectural Digest's list of the Top 100 Architects and Designers world-wide. She also writes a weekly column for The Southampton Press and has been published in Architectural Digest, Elle Décor, Interior Design, House & Garden, The New York Times, Departures, Traditional Home and other leading publications.

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The definitive book on carpet, a handsome, richly illustrated volume that captures great beauty with timeless value. Over the course of its 75 years, Stark Carpet has worked with the each era’s most notable designers, from Billy Baldwin and Dorothy Draper to Sister Parish and Albert Hadley to Mark Hampton and Mario Buatta to contemporary leading lights such as Diamond Baratta, Victoria Hagan, Tom Scheerer and Stephen Gambrel.

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James Aman has been a prominent interior designer with a devoted base of clients for two decades. He has decorated the apartment of Emily Fisher Landau, a board member of the Whitney Museum of American Art and prominent art collector, among other impressive clientele. His designs seamlessly incorporate contemporary art into open, refreshing spaces in a comfortable design to create a home that is as visually stunning as it is inviting.

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Design Diary provides a first person tour through several stunning homes, apartments and showhouse rooms created by Noel Jeffrey, a world-renowned interior decorator known for his eclectic breadth of styles - from eighteenth-century Neoclassical to English traditional mission, art deco, and modern. A beautiful and inspirational sourcebook for those in search of fabulous decorating ideas for creating elegant and livable spaces as well as for professional interior choices. Noel Jeffrey has appeared numerous times on television including CNN's Style by Elsa Klench, and his work has appeared in Architectural Digest, House & Garden, House Beautiful, and Metropolitan Home, as well as The New York Times. He is also the author of Interior Details: The Designers' Style (PBC International, 1994).

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Preston Bailey has created a wedding sourcebook offering inspiration and guidance for spectacular floral arrangement and wedding designs including wedding bouquets, place cards, altar flowers, canopies, table settings, and centerpieces and more. 150 four-color photographs make Fantasy Weddings a very accessible and beautiful book. Mr. Bailey had a quarterly column in Elle Decor magazine and is a much sought-after guest speaker. A ten-city tour also included appearances on the Oprah Winfrey show, First Serial rights in Brides Magazine. Mr. Bailey also designed Donald Trump's 2005 wedding, Oprah's surprise 50th birthday party, and celebrity weddings.

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A sensational selection of weddings, parties and flowers in the New York style. The acclaimed Preston Bailey shows readers how to transform the look of an entire room using flowers and other design elements as he showcases photographs from several lavish occasions he oversaw. His "total décor concept" is invaluable to anyone seeking to create an intoxicating atmosphere for an elegant function, large or small. To publicize this book Mr. Bailey appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Home Section of The New York Times, The Martha Stewart Show. This book has sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada.

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Preston Bailey's Inspirations is a sourcebook of ideas for creating the perfect ambiance for any major party or event. Preston Bailey has spent twenty-three years creating the decor for the most lavish of celebrity parties, weddings, and other high-profile events. The book is packed with gorgeous full-bleed and double-spread photographs of ten such splendid parties. They range from modern to romantic and the majority of arrangements pictured feature Preston's amazing centerpieces, hanging arrangements, chair adornments, place settings, etc., and have never before been seen. Mr. Bailey has appeared on Oprah numerous times, did CBS's The Early Show, Martha Stewart Livingas well as many other popular television shows. With an appearance on the Oxygen Network in the Spring of 2006, a worldwide spokesperson for Destination Weddings for Sandals Resort, a linen line in the Fall of 2006 and promotions for 1-800-Flowers, it seems there is no end to Preston Bailey's creativity and spirit of enterprise.

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Decorating Master Class instructs the reader how to begin a project, from basic elements to seeing it through to the very end--from floor covering to lighting, from upholstery to collecting antiques and fine art – collections which are hallmarks of all Cullman & Kravis projects. This indispensable volume for the working designer, also aids the independent non-professional. Ellie Cullman is a founding member of the Cullman & Kravis decorating firm, and her first book, Small Folk, considered by many to be the definitive work on folk art, was published by Dutton in 1980. Tracey Winn Pruzan works at Cullman & Kravis,writes the “Solutions” column for To The Trade.

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Charlotte Ford's Guide to Modern Manners and Charlotte Ford's Book of Modern Manners, this third book covers such topics as cell phone civility, workplace propriety, email do's and dont's, step-families, dress for all occasions, perfect parties, non traditional weddings and sex and dating.

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For over thirty years, Nancy Friday has written about eros, love, beauty, and seduction. She returns to the territory she pioneered and returns to explore the most taboo sexual desires.

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More fascinating than pornography, gambling, most anything that you can think of right now, New York City real estate is anything but parochial. The pages of this book sell access to the lifestyles of the masters of the universe! There are a thousand stories hidden behind these elegant draperies. This peek into the private areas of some of the world's plutocrats is like viewing a home movie of how these celebrities and/ or rich residents live! Their private lives are unfurled for the reader to savor - and keep handy for quick reference! Real estate heiress Denise Lefrak brings you behind the scenes as never revealed before. (Legal negotiations only)

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This hip, funny and consumer guide to the most important shopping trip of your life offers rules based on the techniques used by consumer experts to help you “close the deal” when it comes to picking a mate. Janice Lieberman has been the featured consumer reporter on the Today Show for 15 years and was previously the consumer correspondent on Good Morning America. She also anchored Steals and Deals, which appeared nightly on CNBC. Lieberman is the author of Tricks of the Trade: A Consumer's Buying Guide, published by Dell. She has been profiled on Oprah, Good Morning America, Leeza, and various ABC affiliates and local radio stations. The book is co-authored by Bonnie Teller, who holds an M.A. in English and a J.D. Together these two ask all the right questions, perform all research and test-runs to give you a clear surprise free path to Mr. Right. TV and Film Rights available. Today Show appearance, 92nd Street Y, New York Post column.

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Cable sportscaster and sports talk show host Ann Ligouri has collected 30 of her most interesting interviews with celebrities, focusing on their passion for golf, as she played the course with them. The celebrities she profiles include Sylvester Stallone, Cherly Ladd, Joe Pesci, and Wendy's founder Dave Thomas who describe their approach to golf. In the process, they share their views on a wide range of topics, including discrimination, marriage, personal politics, ambition, failure and success. Ms. Ligouri has a weekly golf show on a sports cable show and is a frequent radio commentator on the game. (Paperback release 2007)

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David Tutera is a celebrity wedding and party planner and designer and hosts the award-winning WETV show My Fair Wedding with David Tutera.

Tutura opens his files to reveal a wealth of detailed information about creating that perfect day, from wedding invitations to negotiating with the caterers, planning the meal and throwing an event on a budget.

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Decorator Vicente Wolfe of Vicente Wolf Associates in New York City is an adventurous voyager, and has documented his visits to Ethiopia, Myanmar, Syria, Madagascar, and Borneo with a view toward sociology and also toward local design traditions. Simultaneously presenting illustrated travel narrative and smartly photographed interiors, Crossing Boundaries is an innovative and engaging glimpse into design as it reflects and is reflected by its surroundings, whether physical or spiritual. He has been singled out as one of America's most influential interior designers by Architectural Digest, Interior Design, House Beautiful, andMetropolitan Home. His first book, Learning to See, was published in 2002.

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The Hot Guide to a Cool Sexy Menopause helps women embrace the menopause experience with knowing smiles and empowering tools, rather than grimacing and accepting what mothers and grandmothers endured. Nurse Barb is a practicing Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner in the San Francisco Bay area in Silicon Valley. Barb is a popular guest lecturer at Stanford University and keynote presenter at conferences. She’s also the award-winning author of Your Personal Guides to Health, used by over 3.5 million women across the country.

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Dr. Elefteriades, one of the most respected cardiac surgeons in America, has treated over 10,000 patients in his distinguished career. Now, for the first time, he shares fascinating stories of his most memorable patients and cases--patients who have challenged him technically and moved him emotionally, patients who have enriched his life and expanded his horizons while he cared for their hearts. By detailing heart conditions and cardiac reparative procedures with specific yet accessible medical narratives, Dr. Elefteriades encapsulates the beauty, complexity, and majesty of the human heart. John A. Elefteriades, MD, holds the William W.L. Glenn Endowed Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery and is Professor of Surgery and Director of the Aortic Institute at Yale University and Yale New-Haven Hospital.

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Well-known social justice lawyer Joshua Safran has garnered national recognition for his heroic advocacy on behalf of battered women. His outlandish childhood and remarkable triumph over adversity are the backstory to the film, Crime After Crime, documenting Safran's seven-year struggle to free a wrongfully imprisoned survivor of domestic violence. The award-winning film, an Official Selection at this year's Sundance Film Festival, was recently purchased by the Oprah Winfrey Network. Now Safran is chronicling the exceptional story of his countercultural and abusive childhood in a forthcoming memoir to be published by Hyperion Books. His stories are compelling and humorous, illustrating a remarkable childhood living off-the-grid in the rural West amongst revolutionaries and rednecks, hippies and artists, lunatics and violent alcoholics. Safran's inspiring journey out of the wilderness of chaos, paganism, and poverty is guided by his unlikely reconnection with the God of his Hebrew ancestors and his emerging revelation that mainstream society is not the evil empire he was taught to fear.

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Reel Fulfillment: Transforming Your Life Through Movies responds to many of the demands present in current American society, incorporating meditation, weekly and daily exercises, and elements of popular culture. Dr. Grace's approach is to use popular films to help people face the elements in their lives that impede the experience of joy. Grace employs her background in classics and myth in the application of film. Her Ph.D. - also in counseling - is from McGill University in Montreal. Dr. Grace has taught Transforming Your Life Through Movies: A Modern Method for Self-Discovery to large audiences in both New York and Austin with positive results. She appeared in Oprah Magazine.

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Cathy Greenblat challenges the dominant images of people with dementia as “empty shells.” Seeing Alzheimer's Differently: Love, Loss and Laughter offers a positive vision of what person-centered care can achieve and speaks to the universal fears of aging and memory decay. Love, Loss and Laughter provides personal anecdotes, poetry, and insightful statements from an international group of care partners, researchers, medical experts, social care providers, activists, and people with dementia themselves. 150 color photographs from 5 countries accompany the narrative.

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Stanley Kaplan had been the world leader in test preparation for sixty years. In a time when it was thought impossible to improve scores on standardized tests through tutoring, Kaplan started out as a tutor in his home in Brooklyn, New York. From there, he built a mega-educational testing business known throughout the world which he sold to The Washington Post 30 years ago. He provides insights into standardized tests and testing issues and is considered one of the leading experts on education today. The book sold in Canada and other foreign countries.

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This book chronicles the saga of Laura Shapiro Kramer's struggle with her son Seth's cerebral palsy and her search for alternative treatments in the face of an uncomprehending medical establishment. Uncommon Voyage went into a second edition in 2001 (North Atlantic Books) to redefine the complementary treatments as well as discuss new solutions to dealing with this debilitating disease. It has sold in Canada. Hardcover and softcover editions.

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More than 250 world celebrities offer their insights for the next one thousand years. With contributors such as Oliver Stone, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nadia Comaneci, George Harrison, Norman Schwarzkopf, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Predictions for the Next Millennium combines fascinating messages with brief celebrity biographies and professional photographs. The authors appeared on Good Morning America and were featured in exhibitions in conjunction with the Empire State Building and the Trump organization. The book has sold in Canada and other foreign countries.

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Every year millions of parents and teens begin the arduous college admissions process. For parents, the path to the college admission's finish line is littered with obstacles and hurdles of all kinds—some anticipated and some completely unforeseen. These may include a child's uneven academic record, some disciplinary problems in high school, or a simply unproductive or oppositional approach to the college admissions process. Tackling College Admissions: Sanity + Strategy = Success empowers parents to effectively partner with their child to secure acceptance at an appropriate high-quality institution despite any of these setbacks. Dr. Paradis is currently an Associate Professor of Psychology at Marymount Manhattan College and teaches courses in Child Development and Abnormal Psychology. Faren R. Siminoff, is an attorney and historian and she regularly counsels students about college transfer options at a community college.

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Ross addresses the concerns of parents during the tricky “tween” years. Middle School is a minefield of changing bodies, values and attitudes, and parents of these millions of children are often desperate for practical advice on how to navigate the murky and sometimes turbulent Middle School years. Drawing from real life cases during her 18 years as a parenting expert, counselor, author (and the mother of two teenagers), Practical parenting skills for the Middle School Years offers many humorous and moving anecdotes, focusing on time-tested and practical skills that parents need as their children move through this tumultuous time. Julie Ross is the author of Practical Parenting for the 21st Century: The Manual you Wish Had Come With Your Child, and Joint Custody With A Jerk: Raising a Child With an Uncooperative Ex Now What Do I Do?, and A Guide to Parenting Elementary Aged Children. Reviewed by: Publisher’s Weekly and featured in The Wall Street Journal. Appearances on Oprah & Friends Radio and the Dr. Alvin Jones show.

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Peg Streep is an accomplished writer on women’s issues and spirituality, including her national bestselling inspirational memoir Necessary Journeys: Letting ourselves learn from Life, and Adolescence with Nancy Snyderman, MD (Hyperion 2002), which was serialized in Good Housekeeping. Mean Mothers is a collection of true personal stories about the daughters of mean mothers, including Ms. Streep’s own battle with her fears of motherhood. She highlights the success of real mothers who have overcome their fears and statistical inclination to parent in the fashion of their mean mothers to find that they are not only good mothers, but that motherhood can be a deeply satisfying experiences. Appeared on ABC's Good Morning America.

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Dr. Tancredi introduces recent breakthroughs in brain research to significantly further the age-long debate about whether criminality is biologically determined or is a failure of socialization. Proponents of both sides of this "nature/nurture" debate have agreed that criminal behavior results from some combination of the two. Recent discoveries in neuroscience lend credence to the idea that man's capacity for moral responsibility has genetic and biological antecedents, with revolutionary consequences for criminal law and public policy. MD-JD psychiatrist-lawyer Laurence Tancredi, a Clinical psychiatrist at New York University School of Medicine, has also written Dangerous Diagnostics (Basic Books 1989, 1994) and Legal Issues in Psychiatric Care (Harper Collins, 1975). As a forensic psychiatric consultant, he has worked on a wide variety of psychiatric issues including criminal trials for assault, rape, and homicide. Hardwiring Behavior: What Neuroscience Means for Morality is a groundbreaking book aimed at a popular audience with varied interests including biology, criminology, law, philosophy, psychology, and sociology. Japanese rights sold, 2008.

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Turpen Time contains 50 powerful life lessons for young and old, and for those in both the low and high places of life. Michael Turpen is a former Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma, and is the co-host of the long-running, award winning television show Flash Point. In Turpen Time, Michael Turpen offers life lessons in the form of short stories, each woven around a witty one-liner. He presently practices law in Oklahoma City and is sought ater nationally as a public speaker with 50,000 dedicated NBC followers for his co-hosted talk show, dozens of cross-country speaking engagements annually and board service on institutions that represent tens of millions of citizens.

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Margery Kempe is a polarizing, illiterate mother of 14 children who left her family to pursue her faith in Christ, was repeatedly arrested for heresy, but somehow had the pluck and determination to barely escape being burnt alive at the stake by the very same men who had Joan of Arc burnt to death. Elizabeth MacDonald is an award-winning journalist formerly with the Wall Street Journal and Forbes Magazine who is on television daily at the FOX Business Network as well as on FOX News. Her columns have a broad Internet following, and she appears on nationwide radio shows regularly. Additionally, MacDonald has a devoted following on the Internet, where her TV and radio appearances, as well as her columns, get picked up daily.

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A collection of stories and images from New York's Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Features tales of courage and hope as present in the lives, faces, and voices of ordinary people living in the face of adversity in 20th century Jewish life. The paperback edition was coordinated with a major public relations event focusing on the opening of the new wing in Battery Park City 2003.

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Charles Robb was responsible for developing an advertising campaign for an anonymous client to bring people back to religion. The result was a humorous, thought-provoking, non-denominational series of messages from God run on billboards in the late 1990's. It created such a positive response that the Outdoor Advertising Association of America picked it as its public-service campaign for the year and ran them in 200 cities nationwide. They were featured on The Today Show and ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. Mr. Robb undertook a six-city tour, including appearances on major morning television shows to promote his book, and God Speaks sold over 100,000 copies. The book sold in Canada and other foreign countries.

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Opening with a preface by the celebrated actor, Theodore Bikel, long-time chair of the National Foundation for Jewish Culture's (NFJC) Artistic Advisory Committee, this anthology presents nine plays illustrating a variety of dramatic styles and traditions, each refreshing "understanding of contemporary Jewish theatre." Other works reflect social an political concerns in the United States and in Israel, as well as the complex implications and responsibilities of multiple cultural identities. Dr. Schiff's publications include Awake and Singing: Six Classic Plays from the American Jewish Repertoire. Mr. Posnick, Director of the Department of Dance & Theater at Manhattanville College, has been the Theater Consultant for the New Play Commissions since their inception.

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A compilation of letters to God from adults and children all over the world. These personal messages filled with prayers of thanksgiving of all ages and faiths, to the Western Wall of Jerusalem was recognized on all the major news shows. Faxes to God took root when the Israeli telephone company, Bezeq, installed a special fax line service in 1993, making it possible to fax a message to God directly to Jerusalem, where it was then safely tucked in the Western Wall.
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A humorous guide to cooking that offers a time- tested formula on how to seduce a man-through his stomach and his eyes! This light hearted but savvy book puts the pleasure back into dating by reminding couples to take a detour through the kitchen before heading into the bedroom. In addition to delicious recipes designed to appeal to a wide range of men, from starving artists to rugged outdoorsmen, the authors offer instruction on how to create an atmosphere of romance anywhere, anytime. Tips on everything from music to lighting to aphrodisiacs are sure to convince the reader that taking the time to spice up one's love life is no longer a lost cause. Chastenet de Gery, restaurant critic and journalist, has written numerous successful books, including the Bride and Groom's First Cookbook(Chronicle Books 2000) which has sold more than 60,000 copies to date. Restauranteur Mimi Bean has appeared in contributions to numerous publications including Atlantic Monthly.

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Restaurateur and food historian Josephina Howard presents Mexican dishes in a contemporary manner. Chapters on the culinary history and folklore of Mexico, contain dishes that run the gamut from sophisticated to simple, from traditional to innovative. Driven by her desire to share her cuisine's wealth and flavors, she started a wildly successful restaurant 30 years ago which is going full force. Ms. Howard had been a frequent guest host on The Martha Stewart Show and has been published in her magazine.

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Richard Leach is a self-taught pastry chef whose innovative dessert style is inspired by the cooking techniques of the new American cuisine. He was previously a chef in New York City's iconic River Cafe, at Aureole, and at Park Avenue Cafe. Leach has twice been recognized as one of the "Top Ten Pastry Chefs of America." In his book, Leach instructs readers on the components of desserts. The texture, temperature, and fresh ingredients of his dazzling desserts are classified by season. His architectural approach to his pastry creations result from a profound admiration of the geometric forms in nature . The book has been sold in Canada and other foreign countries.

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Food historian Copeland Marks devoted his life to recording ethnic cuisines throughout the world and is the author of The Burmese Kitchen, False Tongues and Sunday Bread, The Indonesian Kitchen, The Varied Kitchens of India and Sephardic Cooking. Korean Kitchencontains classic recipes from the Land of the Morning Calm. Mr. Marks writes that Korean cuisine is the most relevant for our time - a complete commitment to a healthy diet, including greens, grains, smaller amounts of meat, low cholesterol and low-fat, yet well-seasoned. These recipes are for savory cuisine, idiosyncratic flavors and the abundant resources from fields and sea.

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Marking the five-hundredth anniversary of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, food historian Copeland Marks delves into Sephardic food culture of Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, India, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Turkey. A brief history of each community and its culinary inheritance is presented along with accessible traditional recipes. This tome is considered the definitive work on the subject and still sells well today as foods from this area of the world become more popular in America. Mr. Marks has been a teacher and lecturer on ethnic foods at The Asia Society, The Smithsonian Institute and New York University. His book has sold in Canada and other foreign countries.

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In a riveting medical thriller. Dr. Elefteriades tells the story of a top heart surgeon who is kidnapped, seduced, threatened with an unspeakable loss -- all to make him perform a forbidden procedure. This book features cutting-edge technology, a medical fiction blending medical ethcs, a fast read that keeps pages turning.Dr. Elefteriades is a world renowned heart surgeon at Yale Univerisyt Medical Center.

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Fun Mexican recipes from New York City restaurateur Zarela Martinez. Zarela focuses on the fact that food and life are inseparable in Mexico. Eating to celebrate, to come together to worship God and spirit, they are all inextricably intertwined. Articulate and witty, Ms. Martinez has appeared on morning talk shows to discuss her book. Ms. Martinez's second book, Oaxacan Cuisine, was published by Macmillan in 1996. Food From My Heart has sold in foreign countries.

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A well-loved former football star, now a high-profile lawyer, is murdered while jogging in Central Park . His unfinished trial involves the indictment of a Congressmen and a dozen truckers on racketeering charges, and it grows apparent to his widow that he was involved with laundering money. Her search for his killer leads to an international crime syndicate, her contacts start losing their lives, and she begins to fear for her own. The author is a one of America 's best known trial lawyers due to frequent appearances on CNN, Court TV, and MSNBC. Batista has authored several books on racketeering and has had articles published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The National Law Journal. In addition, his poetry has appeared in national literary magazines such as Press and Parnassus. Endorsement blurbs from Alan Dershowitz, Nancy Grace of CNN. Film and television rights available. Independent Publisher Book Awards 2007 - Silver Medalist in the Mystery Category, Given By IPPY.

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Jumping Over Fire is the story of a forbidden love affair with a sweeping backdrop of recent history in Iran and between Iran and America. Publishers Weekly said "Rachlin illuminates the private and public consequences of the Islamic revolution in her latest novel of 20th-century Iranian life. Nora Ellahi, the daughter of an Iranian doctor and his American wife, lives a sheltered life among the economic elite of the oil city Masjid-e-Suleiman in the 1970s. While dissatisfaction with the ruling Shah and resentment of foreign influence spills over into street demonstrations, Nora grows increasingly attracted to her adopted brother, Jahan, a full Iranian, and their sexual affair blossoms during a summer at their country house in Meigoon. Nora and Jahan's illicit relationship plays out against the backdrop of a restrictive society, and the burgeoning revolution lends tension to each daily activity." Her first novel, Foreigner, followed by two other novels and a short story collection, Nahid Rachlin has been widely reviewed in newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times and The New Yorker. She has been interviewed by Terry Gross at "All Things Considered." Film and TV rights are available. Her short story collection, Tehran Stories, is also available.

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Felicia Culotta, former chaperone of and assistant to pop music artist Britney Spears, presents stunning photographs of Spears in recording studios and on world concert tours with narration about their adventures. The book is a friend's personal scrapbook, containing more than 200 candid shots and a rare glimpse into the exciting and backstage career of a worldwide, mega-singing sensation. Limited print promotion by Ms. Spears. The book sold over 100,000 copies in Canada, as well as other foreign countries.

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A retrospective of Noel Jeffrey's work from the 1960's through the present. Noel is recognized as one of America's premier interior designers and is widely known for the breadth and versatility of his designs. He has a singular ability to create interior spaces that balance comfort, functionality and taste underscored by a spirit both striking and adventuresome.

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A retired Wall Street Journal editor and mother compares two generations of women—boomers and GenXers—to examine how each navigates the emotional and professional challenges involved in juggling managerial careers and families.

For the first time in American history, a significant number of mothers are heading major corporations, including General Motors, Ulta Beauty, and Best Buy. Over the past several decades, women have made gains throughout executive suites. Yet these “Power Moms” still struggle with balancing their management responsibilities with raising children. Joann S. Lublin draws on the experiences of the nation’s two generations of these successful women to measure how far we’ve come—and how far we still need to go.

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In this biography, Gerald and Deborah Strober draw from original source materials and numerous interviews to detail the life and career of the esteemed Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum, a seminal 20th century figure in interfaith relations in the US and around the world. From his position as Director of Interreligious Affairs at the American Jewish Committee, Rabbi Tanenbaum was deeply involved in the historic Vatican II Council, which promulgated a landmark encyclical on Catholic-Jewish relations. Rabbi Tanenbaum also was one of the few Jewish leaders who worked closely with Reverend Billy Graham and other evangelicals. He worked tirelessly as a civil rights activist and was active in the cause of Soviet Jewry, as well.

Confronting Hate details this esteemed career and his interactions with the likes of television legends Norman Lear, Don Hewitt, and Franco Zeffirelli; Jesse Jackson; Martin Luther King, Jr.; and several US presidents, from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George H.W. Bush. This book leaves no stone unturned in covering the public and private aspects of the life of “the human rights rabbi.” The authors bring to light the immense international influence that Rabbi Tanenbaum has even today, more than twenty-five years after his passing.

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Sixteen of today's greatest unsolved mathematical puzzles in a story-driven, illustrated volume that invites readers to peek over the edge of the unknown.

Most people think of mathematics as a set of useful tools designed to answer analytical questions, beginning with simple arithmetic and ending with advanced calculus. But, as Mage Merlin's Unsolved Mathematical Mysteries shows, mathematics is filled with intriguing mysteries that take us to the edge of the unknown. This richly illustrated, story-driven volume presents sixteen of today's greatest unsolved mathematical puzzles, all understandable by anyone with elementary math skills. These intriguing mysteries are presented to readers as puzzles that have time-traveled from Camelot, preserved in the notebook of Merlin, the wise magician in King Arthur's court.

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In The Case for Liberalism in an Age of Extremism, Alan Dershowitz—New York Times bestselling author and one of America’s most respected legal scholars—makes a classical liberal argument for centrist government in the US, as the Founding Fathers and the Constitution intended.

Alan Dershowitz has been called “one of the most prominent and consistent defenders of civil liberties in America” by Politico and “the nation’s most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer and one of its most distinguished defenders of individual rights” by Newsweek. Yet he has come under intense criticism for his consistent classical liberalism in the face of a rapidly polarizing political landscape and for his steadfast support of centrist governance over either “progressive” or reactionary radicalism.

The Case for Liberalism in an Age of Extremism is a defense of liberalism and its renewed relevance today. It makes the case for classic liberal values and programs over radical-left and reactionary right-wing agendas, and for centrism over extremism in general, showing why the United States has thrived throughout history because of its enduringly centrist base. It seeks to restore contemporary liberalism to its important place in the American political landscape, and attempts to persuade centrists from both the left and right—who may today call themselves progressives or moderate conservatives—that they, too, belong in the big tent of centrist liberalism.

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Co-founder of Base Hillel, now operating in nine cities, and spiritual activist Avram Mlotek’s debut non-fiction WHY JEWS DO THAT?, a witty, informative mix of Judaica, pop-culture and humor that serves as a readable, laugh-worthy introduction to Judaism.

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by Judd Dunning

TV correspondent (Project Runway; Good Day, New York) and fashion and lifestyle expert Sydney Sadick offers an indispensable handbook to help you find your unique style—from the inside out.

In Aim High, style savant and high/low fashion expert Sydney Sadick, delivers an important message for women everywhere: what you wear on the outside can influence who you are and how you feel, and help you live a more meaningful life.

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The Berkshires Farm Table Cookbook by Elisa and Robert Bildner

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Extraordinary Art Experiences introduces readers to a variety of institutions, many of which began as private collections. Art lovers can find them inside converted industrial warehouses or in structures designed by star architects, or even in homes left intact for visitors to see how collectors lived with their art. World class curators fill their exhibition calendars with innovative shows in every medium from painting to sculpture to performance and photography. The art is borrowed and loaded, just like that in the larger public institutions.

By Keith Whittington

Dr. Phyllis Chesler presents a brilliant feminist analysis and an important understanding on how unchecked child sexual abuse can lead to devastating consequences in adults. The criminal justice system does not take into account the totality of the situation.

The liberal arts are dying. They are dying because most Americans don’t see the point of them. Americans don’t understand why anyone would study literature or history or the classics—or, more contemporarily, feminist criticism, whiteness studies, or the literature of postcolonial states—when they can get an engineering or business degree.

Even more concerning is when they read how “Western civilization” has become a term of reproach at so many supposedly thoughtful institutions; or how fanatical political correctness works hard to silence alternative viewpoints; or, more generally, how liberal studies have become scattered, narrow, and small. In this atmosphere, it’s hard to convince parents or their progeny that a liberal education is all that wonderful or that it’s even worthy of respect.

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The Unbelievable True Story of Robert Abrams, the man who changed the New York Attorney General's Office for Good.

At the heart of this political memoir is the story of how the office of state attorney general, an historically sleepy backwater post, has evolved into a front line major protector of the rights of citizens across the country. New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams exercised leadership in organizing attorneys general throughout the nation to take collective action against the Reagan administration’s punishing laissez-faire anti-regulatory policies. Abrams and his fellow attorneys general set the precedent for the successful challenges mounted by today’s attorneys general against the Trump administration’s immigration policies and rollback of consumer and civil rights protections.

In The Luckiest Guy in the World, Robert Abrams wears his progressive values on his sleeve, providing an optimistic view about our nation’s return to its fundamental values.

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Society's increasingly tenuous commitment to the truth laid the groundwork for someone like Trump to rise to power. On Facebook, we present images of our lives that ignore reality and intentionally mislead our friends and family. We consume fake news stories online and carelessly circulate false rumors. Donald Trump did not usher the post-fact era into being. He was simply a product of it.

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In Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can’t Transform Education, Justin Reich delivers a sobering report card on the latest supposedly transformative educational technologies. Reich takes readers on a tour of MOOCs, autograders, computerized “intelligent tutors,” and other educational technologies whose problems and paradoxes have bedeviled educators. Learning technologies―even those that are free to access―often provide the greatest benefit to affluent students and do little to combat growing inequality in education. And institutions and investors often favor programs that scale up quickly, but at the expense of true innovation. It turns out that technology cannot by itself disrupt education or provide shortcuts past the hard road of institutional change.

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For much of recorded history, people considered the heart to be the most important organ in the body. In cultures around the world, the heart—not the brain—was believed to be the location of intelligence, memory, emotion, and the soul. Over time, views on the purpose of the heart have transformed as people sought to understand the life forces it contains.

This book traces the evolution of our understanding of the heart from the dawn of civilization to the present. Vincent Figueredo considers the science of heart disease, recent advancements in heart therapies, and what the future may hold. He highlights the emerging field of neurocardiology, which has found evidence of a “heart-brain connection” in mental and physical health, suggesting that ancient views hold more truth than moderns suspect.

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Nonprofits can be both inspiring and frustrating. Why do they sometimes break our hearts? How can we bring out the best in them? Run It Like A Business: What’s Wrong With Nonprofits and How to Fix Them answers these important questions. Written for a general audience, it identifies the root causes of problems at nonprofits and explains how to solve them.

A brave and timely proposal to name, investigate, and ultimately stop a new crime–the mass murder of millions of people for their faith.

Religion-related violence is the fastest spreading type of violence worldwide. Attacks on religious minorities follow a clear pattern and are preceded with early warning signs. Until now, such violence had no name, let alone a set of policies designed to identify and prevent it. A unique attempt to create a new moral and legal category alongside other forms of persecution and mass murder, Religicide explores the roots of atrocities such as the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, the Bosnian war, and other human rights catastrophes.

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