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THE AGE OF THE UNTHINKABLE
Why the New Global Order Constantly Surprises Us and What to Do About It
Pub Date: Mar 23, 3009
Think things are weird, dangerous and frightening now? Just wait, counsels Kissinger Associates managing director and former Time editor Ramo (No Visible Horizon: Surviving the World's Most Dangerous Sport, 2003)--the mayhem is only beginning.
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HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED
Rethinking Character and Intelligence
Pub Date: Sep 4, 2012
Turning the conventional wisdom about child development on its head, New York Times Magazine editor Tough (Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America, 2008) argues that non-cognitive skills (persistence, self-control, curiosity, conscientiousness, grit and self-confidence) are the most critical to success in school and life.
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READ THIS!
Handpicked Favorites from America's Indie Bookstores
Pub Date: Sep 4, 2012
Selected independent booksellers offer their Top 50 lists.
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ASCENT OF THE A-WORD
Assholism, the First Sixty Years
Pub Date: Aug 14, 2012
Linguistic analysis and cultural criticism meet sociopolitical rant in this investigation of the word asshole and the modern phenomena of "assholism."
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AFTERMATH
On Marriage and Separation
Pub Date: Aug 14, 2012
A novelist's unflinching analysis of her failed marriage.
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PRIVACY
Pub Date: Aug 7, 2012
Acclaimed essayist and Harper's contributor Keizer (The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise, 2010, etc.) conducts a philosophical meditation on the nature of privacy and finds that the "right to be let alone" is a lot more complex than many may think.
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