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Now substantially revised and updated, this essential guide is arranged in an easy-to-follow, topical style that takes readers from the rules governing basic sentence structure to…
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'I couldn't stop reading or caring about the juicy and dysfunctional Plumb family' AMY POEHLER'A masterfully constructed, darkly comic, and immensely captivating taleCynthia D'Aprix Sweeney is a real tale…
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A brilliant and definitive narrative of the most brutal and costly World War II battle in the Mediterranean by a leading military historian. 73 black-and-white halftones;…
Folk Music: The Basics gives a brief introduction to British and American folk music. Drawing upon the most recent and relevant scholarship, it will focus on…
The Greek satirist Lucian was a brilliantly entertaining writer who invented the comic dialogue as a vehicle for satiric comment. His influence was immense, not only…
Are you tired of squinting at the tiny color-coded tables and difficult-to-read text you find on the typical laminated reference card or cheat sheet that you…
The world's top trader's reveal the secrets of their phenomenal success How do the world's most successful traders amass tens, hundreds of millions of dollars a year? Are they masters of an occult knowledge, lucky winners in a random market lotter…
About the Book : Business and Polity explores, through a variety of economic and political formations over the past two and a half millennia, right from…
The Nikon V1 is the first advanced interchangeable lens mirror less camera in the Nikon 1 product line. It boasts 10 megapixels of resolution, blazing-fast automatic…