Télécharger le livre :  Manning Up
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Manning Up


Kay S Hymowitz


In Manning Up, Manhattan Institute fellow and City Journal contributing editor Kay Hymowitz argues that the gains of the feminist revolution have had a dramatic, unanticipated effect on the current generation of young men. Traditional roles of family man and provider...

Parution : 2012-03-06
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Télécharger le livre :  Letters to a Young Journalist
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Letters to a Young Journalist


Samuel G. Freedman


Over the course of a thirty-year career, Samuel Freedman has excelled both at doing journalism and teaching it, and he passionately engages both of these endeavors in the pages of this book. As an author and journalist, Freedman has produced award-winning books,...

Parution : 2011-11-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Girls on the Edge
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Girls on the Edge


Leonard Sax


Girls are cutting themselves with razors.Girls are convinced they're fat, and starve themselves to prove it. Other girls are so anxious about grades they can't sleep at night—at eleven years of age. What's going on? InGirls on the Edge, Dr. Leonard Sax...

Parution : 2011-07-12
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Télécharger le livre :  In Defense of Flogging
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In Defense of Flogging


Peter Moskos


Prisons impose tremendous costs, yet they're easily ignored. Criminals -- even low-level nonviolent offenders -- enter our dysfunctional criminal justice system and disappear into a morass that's safely hidden from public view. Our "tough on crime" political rhetoric...

Parution : 2011-05-31
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Télécharger le livre :  A Strange Stirring
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A Strange Stirring


Stephanie Coontz


In 1963, Betty Friedan unleashed a storm of controversy with her bestselling book, The Feminine Mystique. Hundreds of women wrote to her to say that the book had transformed, even saved, their lives. Nearly half a century later, many women still recall where they were...

Parution : 2011-01-04
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Télécharger le livre :  The Other Side of Sadness
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The Other Side of Sadness


George A. Bonanno


A renowned psychologist reveals the power of human resilience in dealing with grief and lossThe conventional view of grieving--encapsulated by the famous five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance--is defined by a mourning process that...

Parution : 2009-09-22
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Télécharger le livre :  The Copy Editing And Headline Handbook
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The Copy Editing And Headline Handbook


Barbara Ellis


Everyone in the newsroom agrees that copy editors are the unsung heroes in the business who, until now, have never had a succinct and authoritative guide for on-the-job use. From counting the headline to line breaks, from decks to jumps, from editing numbers and photo...

Parution : 2009-08-05
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Télécharger le livre :  In Search of the Blues
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In Search of the Blues


Marybeth Hamilton


Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, Charley Patton-we are all familiar with the story of the Delta blues. Fierce, raw voices; tormented drifters; deals with the devil at the crossroads at midnight. In this extraordinary reconstruction of the origins of the Delta blues,...

Parution : 2009-06-30
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Télécharger le livre :  The Trials of Phillis Wheatley
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The Trials of Phillis Wheatley


Henry Louis Gates


In 1773, the slave Phillis Wheatley literally wrote her way to freedom. The first person of African descent to publish a book of poems in English, she was emancipated by her owners in recognition of her literary achievement. For a time, Wheatley was the most famous...

Parution : 2009-04-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Taking Away the Distance
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Taking Away the Distance


Miles Roston


In this emotional story of hope and inspiration, an African boy, orphaned by AIDS becomes a catalyst for AIDS orphans worldwide. Living in a shantytown in Kenya, Kevin Sumba's life was one of loneliness and hardship. Yet he was determined to get an education. Miles...

Parution : 2009-04-20
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Télécharger le livre :  The Artificial White Man
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The Artificial White Man


Stanley Crouch


In this penetrating collection of original essays, legendary gadfly and esteemed critic Stanley Crouch tackles the notion on authenticity-what it is, what it isn't, and what we make of it, for good or for bad. While the question of who's the real deal and who isn't has...

Parution : 2009-03-25
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Télécharger le livre :  The Weblog Handbook
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The Weblog Handbook


Rebecca Blood


Finally a book for anyone who has ever thought about starting a Weblog but wasn't sure how to post, where to find links, or even where to go to register. The Weblog Handbook is a clear and concise guide to everything one needs to know about the phenomenon that is...

Parution : 2009-03-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Racial Paranoia
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Racial Paranoia


John L Jackson


The Civil War put an end to slavery, and the civil rights movement put an end to legalized segregation. Crimes motivated by racism are punished with particular severity, and Americans are more sensitive than ever about the words they choose when talking about race. And...

Parution : 2009-03-12
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Télécharger le livre :  Why Marriage
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Why Marriage


George Chauncey


Angry debate over gay marriage has divided the nation as no other issue since the Vietnam War. Why has marriage suddenly emerged as the most explosive issue in the gay struggle for equality? At times it seems to have come out of nowhere-but in fact it has a history....

Parution : 2009-03-06
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Télécharger le livre :  Popular Culture and High Culture
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Popular Culture and High Culture


Herbert J. Gans


Is NYPD Blue a less valid form of artistic expression than a Shakespearean drama? Who is to judge and by what standards?In this new edition of Herbert Gans's brilliantly conceived and clearly argued landmark work, he builds on his critique of the universality of...

Parution : 2008-08-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Sexing the Body
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Sexing the Body


Anne Fausto-Sterling


Why do some people prefer heterosexual love while others fancy the same sex? Is sexual identity biologically determined or a product of convention? In this brilliant and provocative book, the acclaimed author of Myths of Gender argues that even the most fundamental...

Parution : 2008-08-04
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Télécharger le livre :  All Our Kin
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All Our Kin


Carol B Stack


"This landmark study debunked the misconception that poor families were unstable and disorganized. Here is the chronicle of a young white woman's sojourn into The Flats, an African-American ghetto comm"

Parution : 2008-08-01
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Télécharger le livre :  Hard Green
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Hard Green


Peter W Huber


This book sets out the case for Hard Green, a conservative environmental agenda. Modern environmentalism, Peter Huber argues, destroys the environment. Captured as it has been by the Soft Green oligarchy of scientists, regulators, and lawyers, modern environmentalism...

Parution : 2008-08-01
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Télécharger le livre :  Boiling Point
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Boiling Point


Ross Gelbspan


In Boiling Point, Ross Gelbspan argues that, unchecked, climate change will swamp every other issue facing us today. Indeed, what began as an initial response of many institutions -- denial and delay -- has now grown into a crime against humanity. The fossil fuel...

Parution : 2008-03-31
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Télécharger le livre :  Seven Story Tower
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Seven Story Tower


Curtiss Hoffman


From the white stag to the green knight, The Seven Story Tower examines how myth colors our perception of history, nature, and ourselves. Organized around seven key myths-representing the Irish, Greek, Sumerian, Indonesian, Amazonian, and Inuit cultures, as well as the...

Parution : 2008-01-07
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