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One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting

By Pamela Druckerman (Author)

Pub Date: Feb 21, 2012

The author of a cross-cultural study on infidelity turns her judicious eye to the differences between American and Parisian childrearing.
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EVERYONE LOVES A GOOD TRAIN WRECK

Why We Can't Look Away

By Eric G. Wilson (Author)

Pub Date: Feb 21, 2012

A book posing questions that have obvious answers.
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REDEFINING BLACK POWER

Reflections on the State of Black America

By Joanne Griffith (Editor)

Pub Date: Feb 15, 2012

Anthology of interviews with notable black scholars, focused on the prospects for social justice in the age of Obama.
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OUR BLACK YEAR

One Family's Quest to Buy Black in America's Racially Divided Economy

By Maggie Anderson (Author) , Ted Gregory (Author)

Pub Date: Feb 14, 2012

An African-American couple in a Chicago neighborhood pledged to spend 2009 patronizing black-owned businesses; they discovered that this was no easy task.
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BEAUTIFUL SOULS

Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience In Dark Times

By Eyal Press (Author)

Pub Date: Feb 14, 2012

Press (Absolute Convictions: My Father, a City, and the Conflict That Divided America, 2006) returns with a disquisition on conscience, "about the mystery of what impels people to…stop, say no, resist."
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THE 6 HUSBANDS EVERY WIFE SHOULD HAVE

How Couples Who Change Together Stay Together

By Steven Craig (Author)

Pub Date: Feb 7, 2012

Therapist Craig brings a new book on marriage to the self-help shelf.
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