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Hardcover
  1. Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)
    by Stephenie Meyer
  2. The Enchantress of Florence: A Novel
    by Salman Rushdie
  3. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
    by Junot Diaz
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  1. Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . .: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
    by Thomas Cathcart
  2. Stuff White People Like: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions
    by Christian Lander
  3. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
    by Elizabeth Gilbert

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

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Two Years at Harvard Business School

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A Map of Home

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The Cure for Grief: A Novel
by Nellie Hermann

The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life
by Philip Zimbardo

Cuba in the American Imagination: Metaphor and the Imperial Ethos (Caravan Book)
by Louis A., Jr. Perez

"The Cure for Grief is a profound and thrilling achievement—an exemplar of the reason books should be written and read. Nellie Hermann is wise beyond her years, though to say this is to miss the point—that all great artists float beyond age and outside of time. The Cure for Grief is a coming-of-age story that reaches far beyond its subject; it shimmers with clarity and grace, fulfilling the deepest of literature's promises— drawing us into a riveting world, punching us with emotion, revealing the most secret truths of the soul. Her vision is that of the seer, whose illuminating beam might help the reader learn how better to live." —Shira Nayman (Awake in the Dark) more...

Your every significant choice—every important decision you make—is determined by a force operating deep inside your mind: your perspective on time—your internal, personal time zone. This is the most influential force in your life, yet you are virtually unaware of it. Once you become aware of your personal time zone, you can begin to see and manage your life in exciting new ways. "Informed by the world's foremost expert on the psychology of time, The Time Paradox combines solid science, compelling stories, and crisp prose to illuminate how time, like the oxygen we breathe, pervades every aspect of our lives." —Sonja Lyubomirsky (The How of Happiness)
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For more than two hundred often turbulent years, Americans have imagined and described Cuba and its relationship to the United States by conjuring up a variety of striking images—Cuba as a woman, a neighbor, a ripe fruit, a child learning to ride a bicycle. One of the foremost historians of Cuba, Louis A. Perez Jr., offers a revealing history of these metaphorical and depictive motifs and discovers the powerful motives behind them. "Perez reminds us that the current U.S. policies toward Cuba and the hype about how the U.S. should 'manage' Cuba after Fidel are informed by deeply entrenched metaphors from the previous two centuries." —Amy Kaplan, University of Pennsylvania more...

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