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The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
by Amanda Ripley
Staff Pick
Check your guesses at the door: only hard data earns respect as Time magazine's reporter Amanda Ripley offers up THE book on education. She cuts through myths and unsupported opinions, telling an engrossing story as she follows foreign exchange students... (read more)

Your price: $28.00
New - Hardcover

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The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
by Simon Wiesenthal
Staff Pick
In the first hundred pages of The Sunflower, Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal recounts his encounter with a dying German soldier who asked to speak with "a Jew" in order to seek forgiveness. Wiesenthal then invites everyone into the discussion... (read more)

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Used - Trade Paper

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Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age
by Steven Johnson
Staff Pick
Fascinating, insightful, and deliciously readable, Future Perfect is at once a deep social analysis and a sharp forecast of how things can, should, and might soon be done. Consider: the news media like big events, and there's always room for complaint... (read more)

List Price $26.95
Your price: $10.98
Sale - Hardcover

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