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THE UNWANTED SOUND OF EVERYTHING WE WANT
A Book About Noise
Garret Keizer


"Shrewd…. As the effortlessly intelligent Mr. Keizer points out, noise is among the thorniest class issues of our time, and we tend to utterly ignore its meanings."—The New York Times
 

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MURDER IN THE HIGH HIMALAYA
Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet
Jonathan Green

An intrepid journalist's investigation of cold-blooded murder in Chinese-occupied Tibet leads him deep within a lawless world in the land of the snows


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FAITH MISPLACED
The Broken Promise of U.S.-Arab Relations, 1820-2003
Ussama Makdisi


"While numerous recent books delve more deeply into the Arab-Israel crisis of the modern era, Makdisi maneuvers through this minefield with a steady hand...A work of impressive clarity and scholarship.” —Kirkus


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    K BLOWS TOP
A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev, America's Most Unlikely Tourist
Peter Carlson

 

“I can’t remember when I’ve had more fun with a book … simply hilarious.”—Christopher Buckley, author of Thank You for Smoking and Little Green Men

 

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  THE FRUGAL SUPERPOWER
America's Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era
Michael Mandelbaum

Which of America's essential international commitments can we afford to keep in this time of diminished financial resources?

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    BIG CITIZENSHIP
How Pragmatic Idealism can Bring out the Best in America
Alan Khazei

“This is a must-read for anyone committed to bettering the world on a grand scale.” —Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO, Harlem Children’s Zone

 

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