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A glorious call to throw off restraint and balance in favor of excess, abandon, and disproportion, in essays ranging from such topics as mindfulness, decluttering, David Cronenberg, and consent. In her debut essay collection, "brilliant and stylish" (The Washington Post) critic B...

"A rich exploration of how the evolution of both natural and manmade sounds have shaped us and the world, and how the world's acoustic diversity is currently in grave danger of being destroyed. We live on a planet that is wrapped in the diverse acoustic marvels of song and speech...

Worlds collide at an awkward dinner party in 1959 New England. After moving to a new town, Elizabeth and Thomas Miller are at a crossroads; they are childless, he's an unpublished writer and she's tired of cutting checks to keep them afloat. Thomas' work suffers to the point that...

This volume explores the topics relating to the millennial generation, also known as Generation Y - typically referring to people with birth dates from the late 1970s to the early 2000s, by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise...

Where do we come from? Where do we belong? For David and Nathalie, this need to know is more urgent than for most people, because they are adopted. Born to different mothers, brought up by the same parents, they have grown up as brother and sister and are fiercely loyal to one a...

What if your only chance to be a mother was to give birth to his first wife's child? All I've ever wanted is to be a mother. And since I married David, it's gone from being a dream of mine, to a dream of ours. And I want it for him too. It's the happy-ever-after he deserves after...

"This collection of thought-provoking essays by visionary and innovative library practitioners covers theory, research, and best practices in collection development, examining how it has evolved, identifying how some librarians are creatively responding to these changes, and pred...