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In "Women Want More," Michael Silverstein and Kate Sayre, two of the worlds leading authorities on the retail business, argue that women ...
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In "Women Want More," Michael Silverstein and Kate Sayre, two of the worlds leading authorities on the retail business, argue that women are the key to fixing the economy. Based on a groundbreaking study and offering tremendous insight into the purchasing habits and power of women, Women Want More doesnt just offer a glimpse into consumer behavior; it reveals what consumer behavior says about human psychology and desire.
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In 'Lit," the long-awaited sequel to her New York Times bestselling memoirs "The Liars Club" and "Cherry," Mary Karr chron...
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In 'Lit," the long-awaited sequel to her New York Times bestselling memoirs "The Liars Club" and "Cherry," Mary Karr chronicles her descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness, and her astonishing resurrection. A recollection of her struggle to come to terms with her Christian faith after years as an agnostic that explores the relationship between spirituality and substance abuse and depression, Lit is also about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; and learning to write by learning to live.
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Jess Walter, author of "The Financial Lives of the Poets," answers the question: "Did you set out to write the first novel of the fi...
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Jess Walter, author of "The Financial Lives of the Poets," answers the question: "Did you set out to write the first novel of the financial crisis?
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"Baseball Americana" is a lavishly illustrated history of Americas favorite sport, compiled from the unparalleled collections of the Lib...
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"Baseball Americana" is a lavishly illustrated history of Americas favorite sport, compiled from the unparalleled collections of the Library of Congress, now available from Smithsonian Books. From baseballs biggest stars to street urchins, from its most newsworthy stories to sandlot and little League games, "Baseball Americana" tells the history of baseballs hardscrabble origins, rich cultural heritage, and uniquely American character.
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Meet Matt Prior. He's about to lose his job, his wife, his house, maybe his mind. Unless . . .
In the winning and utterly original novels "Cit...
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Meet Matt Prior. He's about to lose his job, his wife, his house, maybe his mind. Unless . . .
In the winning and utterly original novels "Citizen Vince" and "The Zero", Jess Walter ("a ridiculously talented writer"—New York Times) painted an America all his own: a land of real, flawed, and deeply human characters coping with the anxieties of their times. Now, in his warmest, funniest, and best novel yet, Walter offers a story as real as our own lives: a tale of overstretched accounts, misbegotten schemes, and domestic dreams deferred.
About the book:
A few years ago, small-time finance journalist Matthew Prior quit his day job to gamble everything on a quixotic notion: a Web site devoted to financial journalism in the form of blank verse. When his big idea—and his wife's eBay resale business— ends with a whimper (and a garage full of unwanted figurines), they borrow and borrow, whistling past the graveyard of their uncertain dreams. One morning Matt wakes up to find himself jobless, hobbled with debt, spying on his wife's online flirtation, and six days away from losing his home. Is this really how things were supposed to end up for me, he wonders: staying up all night worried, driving to 7-Eleven in the middle of the night to get milk for his boys, and falling in with two local degenerates after they offer him a hit of high-grade marijuana?
Or, he thinks, could this be the solution to all my problems?
Following Matt in his weeklong quest to save his marriage, his sanity, and his dreams, "The Financial Lives of the Poets" is a hysterical, heartfelt novel about how we can reach the edge of ruin—and how we can begin to make our way back.
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