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Grape vs. Grain
A Historical, Technological, and Social Comparison of Wine and Beer
Charles Bamforth
Hardback
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Why is wine considered more sophisticated even though the production of beer is much more technologically complex? Why is wine touted for its health benefits when beer has more nutritive value? Charles Bamforth explores several paradoxes involving these beverages, paying special attention to the culture surrounding each.
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Justice Denied
What America Must Do to Protect its Children
Marci A. Hamilton
Hardback | $23.00
Recent events such as the clergy abuse scandal in the Catholic Church have brought the once-taboo subject of childhood sexual abuse to the forefront. But despite increasing awareness of the problem, the United States has not succeeded in establishing effective means of deterring and preventing it, leaving the children of today and tomorrow vulnerable.
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Seduced by Secrets: Inside the Stasi's Spy-Tech World
Kristie Macrakis
Hardback | $28.00
More fascinating than fiction, Seduced by Secrets takes the reader inside the real world of one of the most effective and feared spy agencies in history. The book reveals, for the first time, the secret technical methods and sources of the Stasi (East German Ministry for State Security) as it stole secrets from abroad and developed gadgets at home, employing universal, highly guarded techniques often used by other spy and security agencies.
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The Normal Personality: A New Way of Thinking About People
Steven Reiss
Hardback | $26.00
The shadow of Freudian analysis looms over modern psychopathology, driving many psychologists to try to understand their clients' personal troubles and personalities using constructs developed to study mental illness. They believe that dark, unconscious mental forces that originated in childhood cause personality traits, personal troubles, and mental illnesses. Steven Reiss thinks problems are a normal part of life.
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The Poetry of War
James Anderson Winn
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Poets from Homer to Bruce Springsteen have given voice to the intensity, horror, and beauty of war. The greatest war poets praise the victor while mourning the victim; they honor the dead while raising deep questions about the meaning of honor.
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I Was Wrong: The Meanings of Apologies
Nick Smith
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Apologies pervade our news headlines and our private affairs, but how should we evaluate these often vague and deceptive rituals? I Was Wrong: The Meanings of Apologies argues that we suffer from considerable confusion about the moral meanings and social functions of these complex interactions.
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Think On My Words: Exploring Shakespeare's Language
David Crystal
Hardback
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For decades, people have been studying Shakespeare’s life and times, and in recent years there has been a renewed surge of interest into aspects of his language. So how can we better understand Shakespeare? How did he manipulate language to produce such an unrivalled body of work, which has enthralled generations both as theatre and as literature?
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Never Sang for Hitler: The Life and Times of Lotte Lehmann, 1888-1976
Michael H. Kater
Hardback
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Lotte Lehmann ranks among the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century. She was a favorite of Richard Strauss, and over her lifetime became the friend of other famous men: Bruno Walter, Arturo Toscanini and Thomas Mann. She had a famous encounter with Hermann Göring, in which he claimed to want to make her the foremost singer in Nazi Germany.
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