Jason Sokol
Jason Sokol grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts, and attended Oberlin College and the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his doctorate in American history. He lives in Ithaca, New York, and teaches at Cornell ... [... more]
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Annie Wang
Annie Wang was born in 1972 and grew up in Beijing. She came to the United States in 1993 and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1996. She worked in The Washington Post's Beijing bureau before becoming a contract ... [... more]
Random House |
Judith Merkle Riley
Judith Merkle Riley is a professor of political science and has a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. She is also the author of A Vision of Light, the first Margaret of Ashbury novel, and The Water Devil, the concluding book of the ... [... more]
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Leonard Mlodinow
Leonard Mlodinow recieved his doctorate in physics from the University of California, Berkeley, was an Alexander von Humboldt fellow at the Max Planck Institute, and now teaches about randomness to future scientists at Caltech. Along the way he ... [... more]
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Jacob Levenson
Jacob Levenson has written about AIDS for Vibe, The Oxford American, and Mother Jones, and he received a grant from the Open Society Institute to work on this book. He studied at the University of California, Berkeley, and he received a master's ... [... more]
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James D. Stein, Jr.
James D. Stein is a professor of mathematics at California State University, Long Beach. A graduate of Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley, he lives in Redondo Beach, California. [... more]
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Annie Choi
Annie Choi was born and raised in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University, she lives in New York City. [... more]
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Monstrous Adversary: The Life of Edward de Vere, 17th ...
 A CAMOUFLAGED HATCHET JOB: I have for some years been interested in the nobility of 16th and 17th century England, and have read a number of pretty good biographies, so looked forward to MONSTROUS ADVERSARY with great anticipation. Unfortunately it was [... more]
CDN$36.47
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Soviet Tragedy: A History of Socialism in Russia
From Amazon.com: If the Bolshevik revolution shook the world, the 74-year reign of socialists in the former Soviet Union certainly changed it. Now that the rule is over--at least for the moment--historians are beginning the process of placing the [... more]
CDN$29.99
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The Human Brain Coloring Book
Excellent find in the field: Neuroanatomy has to be the most boring of the world's most interesting subjects. I ought to know because I almost got a Ph.D. in it. Sure, the brain is fascinating, but then there's all these nerves and brain centers you have [... more]
CDN$23.50
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Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Writers
was there a point?: unfortunately i am forced to read this book for an english class. very uninspiring and agrivating to read. so far all i have encountered is stories of pompous windbags and pointless observations written by people who obviously like to [... more]
CDN$65.12
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Jehovah's Witnesses: A Comprehensive and Selectively ...
Kudos to Dr. Bergman: To paraphrase with parenthesis the author of Ecclesiastes: 'to the making of books (by and about Jehovah's Witnesses) there is no end". A bewildering array of literature exists, for and against this extremely active religious [... more]
CDN$115.59
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