Daniel Jonah Goldhagen has written an original and important study of genocide that reconceives its very nature. He does so not by examining a series of genocides but by exploring the nature of mass killing itself. Our failure to clearly describe, explain, and understand the mechanisms of genocide has made it difficult to prevent, and this book will change that. Through exhaustive research, he brilliantly

\"#1 NEW YORK TIMES \"BESTSELLER A new book by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout is cause for celebration. Her bestselling novels, including \"Olive Kitteridge \"and\" The Burgess Boys, \"have illuminated our most tender relationships. Now, in \"My Name Is Lucy Barton, \"this extraordinary writer shows how a simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the most tender relationship of all the one

In 1938, when her diary begins, Helga is eight years old. Alongside her father and mother and the 45,000 Jews who live in Prague, she endures the Nazi invasion and regime: her father is denied work, schools are closed to her, she and her parents are confined to their flat. Then deportations begin, and her friends and family start to disappear. In 1941, Helga and her parents are sent to the concentration

Vitale combines principles of spiritual self-discovery with proven marketing principles to show how anyone can live a happy life in and outside of business. This updated second edition provides worksheets, tip sheets, suggestions, and goal planning i deas, all to help readers achieve their dreams.

Many of the characters are well-known: Valjean, the criminal trying to escape his reputation, Javert, the police agent trailing him, the unfortunate Fantine and her daughter, Cosette, the rascally Thenardier, and, above all the splendid street urchin, Gavroche. Among the unforgettable descriptions are those of the Paris sewers, the battle of Waterloo and the fighting at the barricades during the July

\"...one of the most unique and subversive artifacts of pop culture in recent memory.\" - Salon.com \"Seldom do comics burst onto the scene and shatter our worldview by being entirely poignant, raw, and captivating - but then, most comics aren\'t Bitch Panet.\" - Entertainment Weekly Eisner Award-nominated writer Kelly Sue DeConnick (Pretty Deadly, Captain Marvel) and Valentine De Landro (X-Factor)

This text represents a synthetic approach to the understanding of the evolution of life history variation using the three types of environment (constant, stochastic, predictable) as the focus under which the theory is developed and tested. Each chapter includes a summary.

End of Days is the explosive conclusion to Susan Ee\'s bestselling Penryn & the End of Days trilogy. After a daring escape from the angels, Penryn and Raffe are on the run. They\'re both desperate to find a doctor who can reverse the twisted changes inflicted by the angels on Raffe and Penryn\'s sister. As they set off in search of answers, a startling revelation about Raffe\'s past unleashes dark

Its the Golden Age of Piracya time when greed, ambition and corruption overcome all loyaltiesand a brash young captain, Edward Kenway, is making his name known for being one of the greatest pirates of his time. In the brilliant new novel, Assassins Creed: Black Flag, discover the story of how Edward, a young privateer, became one of the world\'s most deadly pirates and was drawn into the centuries-old

Beautifully illustrated and thoughtfully conceived, Love and Misadventure will take you on a rollercoaster ride through an ill-fated love affair-from the initial butterflies through the soaring heights to the devastating plunge. And, in the end, the message is one of hope. The journey from love to heartbreak to finding love again is personal yet universal. Lang Leav\'s evocative love poetry speaks

Paul Copeland\'s sister went missing twenty years ago. Now raising a daughter alone, Cope balances family life with a career as a prosecutor. But when a homicide victim is found with evidence linking him to Cope, the well-buried secrets of the past are threatening everything. Is this body one of the campers who disappeared with his sister? Could his sister be alive...? Confronting his past, Cope must

This brutal, shattering glimpse of the fate of millions of Russians under Stalin shook Russia and shocked the world when it first appeared. Discover the importance of a piece of bread or an extra bowl of soup, the incredible luxury of a book, the ingenious possibilities of a nail, a piece of string or a single match in a world where survival is all. Here safety, warmth and food are the first objectives.

With his battered leather jacket, his trademark Fedora and his bullwhip, Indiana Jones has gone in search of adventure, confronted danger and unearthed an untold wealth of ancient treasures. In Raiders of the Lost Ark\", the fearless archaeologist journeys from Nepal to Cairo to the Mediterranean, dodging poisons, traps and snakes, battling rivals old and new - in pursuit of an ancient artifact that

While drifting in space, lost, due to navigational failure, a mineral scout discovers God. When word gets out, academics from the studiums across Orion scramble to gain the Entity\'s favour. However, not all the sentients of Orion hold this \'god\' in awe - some, like the philosophers of Scolar and the Transhuman\'s of Extropy are deeply suspicious. Onto the grand stage of inter-planetary academic

A csodálatosan illusztrált babanaplóban megörökítheti gyermeke legszebb pillanatait. Jegyezze le gondolatait, helyezze el apró emlékeit. A napló az idő múltával tökéletes emlékkönyvvé válhat, hisz olyan emlékeket is meg tud őrizni, amelyek a feledés homályába merülnének. Kedvenc fotói is a naplóba kerülhetnek, hiszen akár 78 fénykép is helyet kaphat benne. Tökéletes ajándék babaváró pároknak vagy újdonsült

The name of Yves Saint Laurent, one of the great fashion designers of the twentieth century, evokes the now-iconic looks he helped popularize as part of the modern woman\'s wardrobe: the Le Smoking tuxedo jacket, the pea coat, the Mondrian dress, the jumpsuit. But seven years after Saint Laurent\'s death, the man himself remains an enigma and a source of fascination (two Yves Saint Laurent biopics

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