Don Cherry
Twenty-five years into Don Cherry's hockey career, a chance appearance on Hockey Night in Canada impressed CBC officials enough for them to create a platform for the provocative ex-player and coach, "Coach's Corner." And the rest is history. [... more]
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Robert Mezey
Robert Mezey is an eminent poet, translator, critic, and editor. His books include the Lamont Prize-winning The Lovemaker (1960) and Collected Poems 1952-1999 (2000). He lives in Pomona, California. In this provocative and thoughtful anthology, ... [... more]
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Elaine Pagels
A provocative study of the gnostic gospels and the world of early Christianity as revealed through the Nag Hammadi texts. Spurred on by personal tragedy and new scholarship from an international group of researchers, Pagels returns to her ... [... more]
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Carl Hindy, Ph.D.
Carl Hindy, Ph.D., J. Conrad Schwartz, Ph.D. and Archie Brodsky It doesn't have to hurt to be in love, yet for many otherwisde accomplished and confident people, romantic involvement means anxiety, insecurity, and pain. This provocative and ... [... more]
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Jedediah Purdy
From the author of For Common Things: a provocative look at the meaning of American freedom. Freedom is at the heart of the American identity, shaping both personal lives and political values. The ideal of authoring one's own life has inspired ... [... more]
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Rebecca Carroll
African Americans Reflect on Booker T. Washington and UP FROM SLAVERY 100 Years Later On the ninetieth anniversary of Booker T. Washington's death comes a passionate, provocative dialogue on his complicated legacy, including the complete text of ... [... more]
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Naomi Wolf
Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood In this provocative and highly personal book, bestselling author Naomi Wolf explores a subject that has long been taboo in our society: women's sexual coming-of-age. Promiscuities ... [... more]
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Philipp Keel
Is there someone special you'd like to open up to? Do you want to know yourself better? Self-discovery and self-revelation aren't easy. With simple but provocative questions, Being a teenager is never easy. These special years are often ... [... more]
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Ross Douthat
ROSS DOUTHAT is the author of Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class and is an associate editor at, and blogger for, The Atlantic Monthly. How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream In a provocative ... [... more]
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Robert A.M. Stern
Debate and banter between the irascible Philip Johnson and the equally articulate and opinionated Robert A. M. Stern generates a provocative combination of astute commentary and personal observation on the state of architecture in the twentieth ... [... more]
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Magnus Magnusson
Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness's is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, a wryly provocative novel at once earthy and otherworldly. At its outset, the Bishop of Iceland dispatches a young emissary to investigate certain charges against the pastor at ... [... more]
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Simone Weil
War and the Iliad is a perfect introduction to the range of Homer's art as well as a provocative and rewarding demonstration of the links between literature, philosophy, and questions of life and death. Simone Weil's The Iliad, or the Poem of ... [... more]
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