The Art Of War

An accessible new translation considers the author's lifetime and the context of his work in light of the Warring States period, providing two copies of the original text, one verbatim and the other complemented by running commentary by the translator and by classical Chinese scholars. 17,500 first printing.

The Art of War

History

Tzu, Sun

Military

Viking Adult

Explains, in layman's terms, the complexities of tax codes governing retirement savings and offers strategies for protecting and making the most of one's assets.

The Retirement Savings Time Bomb ...and How to Defuse It

Business & Money

Slott, Ed

Investing

'Joyce Stranger brings the smell of the hedgerow and the sharp cry of the fox in the night to her vividly written tale of the wild creatures she loves.' - EVENING NEWS. In this magical tale of the Lakeland Fells, dour farmers who hunt on foot are outwitted and outrun by a vixen and her cubs. Well taught by the vixen, Rufus and Rusty become legends throughout one autumn and winter around Hortonmere. The swiftest hounds, the most determined terriers and the most patient of huntsmen cannot match their speed and guile, and to lonely old Jasper, as he lies snug in his bed on a frosty night, there comes a feeling of contentment as he hears the joyous barks of the pair running free.

The Running Foxes

Stranger, Joyce

Literature & Fiction

Sugar has been around for milennia, but only in the past two centuries has it become a significant foodstuff and major cash crop, and then only in the West. As a preservative, as a medicine, in decoration, as a spice or condiment, and as a sweetener, sugar has grown incredibly, even alarmingly, popular – and its use is still increasing. In this eye-opening study of how Europeans and Americans transformed sugar from a rare foreign luxury to a commonplace necessity of modem life, and how a slave crop, and the growing demand for it, transformed the history of capitalism and industry, Sidney Mintz asks us to consider the many ways in which sugar has become "meaningful" in modern Western life. For while we might argue that all humans have an innate craving for sweetness, there is something special about what happened to sugar in the West, and it can only be explained by relating it to issues of imperial and class ambitions, power politics, and economic issues. Mintz discusses the history of the production and consumption of sugar, and shows how closely interwoven are its origins as a tropical slave crop grown in Europe's colonies with its use first as an extravagant luxury for the upper classes, then as a necessary part of the diet of the new industrial proletariat. His analysis of how sugar has penetrated social behavior opens up fascinating perspectives on the history of slavery, imperialism, and industrialization -- as well as on the anthropology of food and of Western societies. Finally Professor Mintz considers the meaning of food and eating in our own society. Sugar has facilitated the modern transformation of work patterns, consumption habits, and diet, and this book asks us to understand what this means. Its sobering but highly entertaining analysis of what sugar is doing to our social habits and our sense of ourselves makes brilliantly clear that one can never dissociate sweetness, and all that sweetness implies, from the harsher truths of power.

Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History

Mintz, Sidney W.

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

A compilation of international lore, legends, remedies, and advice, just in time for Mother's Day, reveals different cultures' conceptions of the mysteries of pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. 25,000 first printing.

Mamatoto: A Celebration of Birth

Politics & Social Sciences

Dunham, Carroll

Body Shop Team

Social Sciences

Helps readers work gracefully and effectively through such confrontational situations as ending relationships and asking for a raise, identifying key adjustments necessary to the dialogue process. 60,000 first printing. Tour.

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

Self-Help

Stone, Douglas

Patton, Bruce

Heen, Sheila

Relationships

A "biography" of the most vexing and troublesome number in human history reveals how the Babylonians invented it, why the Greeks were afraid of it and the Hindus worshipped, the role it played in hunting down heretics in the Middle Ages, and its current place in the Y2K issue. Original.

Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

Seife, Charles

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