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Anna Strong is trained for anything-until she's attacked one night, only to awaken in a dark world that exists between the living and the dead. Here, Anna struggles with her love for the two men who inhabit the realms of each: Max, a human DEA agent, and Avery, a Night Watcher who joins Anna in pursuit of the vampire who changed her life.
Now, as her two worlds collide, fate plunges Anna into the ultimate battle between good and evil where survival is not just for the living.
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Bland, but for the Drama.......2007-10-09
Bounty hunter Anna Strong is viciously attacked one night by a skip who turns out to be a brand-new vampire. She lives to walk away, but she soon discovers that she's becoming a vampire herself. Anna then meets and greets the local vamps, flees from some not-too-skilled vampire hunters, and goes on the hunt again for the rogue who assaulted her. All the while she attempts to adjust to her new lifestyle.
The storyline itself is pretty basic. Of course, as an introductory novel to a series, the plot's lack of originality can be overlooked if the world and its characters are given free rein to develop. But, sadly, that doesn't happen. Very little is revealed about vampire society, and, for the most part, the characters seem straight out of central casting. Anna herself is still an enigma by the end of the book, and she's the narrator. But, despite the fact that the story bounces along with Anna from scene to scene, the reader isn't given much background information on her life or insight into her personality.
Unfortunately, what the characters lack in substance they make up for in melodrama. They are often agitated and overly-emotional, and that's what really killed the story for me. There are several conversations throughout the book where the characters treat the smallest slights as if they were mortal insults. Anna gets angry at her partner David, David gets angry at new guy Avery, and Avery gets angry at everybody. And the hissy fits aren't the only problem. There are raging hormones as well. Anna lusts after her vampire mentor, and he lusts after her, leading inevitably to a case of Instant Love Interest (which would have been more believable if Anna hadn't waxed poetically about her -still- current boyfriend only a few hours previously).
The over-the-top emotional states rang false to me, and that made the characters feel even LESS real. I got pulled out of the story several times because I felt like the characters were being manipulated into situations by their emotionally-driven snap-decisions. Plus, I just wanted to slap them for their pettiness and stupidity. Honestly, why would a supposedly street-smart woman move in with a man after knowing him for only 24 hours? And how could a vampire survive in secret for hundreds of years when he's so obviously emotionally unstable?
For a first book, The Becoming isn't awful, but it's not particularly memorable, either. It's a fantasy-mystery-romance hybrid, and, unfortunately, none of its parts feel complete. If the reader is looking for a supernatural mystery/thriller, there aren't enough clever plot twists and pulse-pounding scenes. If the reader is searching for urban fantasy/horror, there aren't enough fantastical elements and world-building facts. If the reader is hoping for a paranormal romance, the emotions feel forced, and the lust falls short of the mark. (Not only does Anna betray her boyfriend in the blink of an eye, the sex with the new love interest takes place off-screen.) The story left me frustrated because I was hoping for something "more," and all I got was a very light read. It didn't pique my interest to read any of Anna's further adventures.
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Three and a Half Stars.......2007-09-30
Anna Strong is a bounty hunter. After she and her partner are attacked, she awakens in the hospital to find things are much worse than she imagined - she's become a vampire. With the help of Dr. Avery (a vampire physician who treated her after her attack) she struggles to find her way in this new world she's stumbled into.
Anna is a flawed but feisty heroine. Initially I felt distant from her rather than drawn into her world, something in the way the story was narrated, but as it progressed I got used to her 'voice'. She has a tendency to react to a situation rather than think and act - a bit like a 'bull in a china shop'. Dr. Avery is well written and you can see why Anna is drawn to him - to the point where she retcons her relationship with Max because it's convenient for her to do so. Not one of her more attractive moments, and there are points in the story where she does behave in a selfish manner. How much of this is to do with her vampirism is unclear.
Meanwhile everyone around her is playing a more manipulative game. They know the rules but only tell her either a) the minimum amount she needs to know or b) the minimum amount they want her to know - which may or may not be the truth. Who can Anna trust? It's these subtle games that the other characters (Max, Avery, Casper, Culebra) are playing that lift this story and make it much more interesting. How much does Max really know? What is the favour that Culebra will ask of Anna? Who is Casper?
In some ways this story reminded me of The Turning by Jennifer Armintrout, only without as much gore. And instead of having to choose between two vampires, Anna has to decide what/who she's going to believe and ultimately what action she will take once she finds out what's really happening.
With the first major obstacle of her vampire life removed I hope in the next book of the series Anna is a more decisive protagonist who makes better choices and learns from her mistakes. I'm looking forward to finding out if that's the case. :)
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a new twist.......2007-09-30
This book is a slightly different take on the vampire stories I hold so dear. Anna Stong's character is likable and interesting. She conveys a strength that is necessary to make you want to know what will happen next. Overall, I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who loves the vampire genre as much as I do.
Very disappointing .......2007-09-18
I've been looking for a good new vampire series, since it seems most contemporary supernatural books are about everything but vampires, at least as far as the viewpoint characters go. So I went out and bought this as soon as I saw the listing online.
Unfortunately, I read about halfway and then skimmed the rest. The plot is average, the vampires are cliche, and the non-stop telepathic talking starts to get real old very soon. Plus, any writer who writes:
I've never been a connoisseur of wines. I don't have the pallet for it, or so I've always thought
Well, that was enough to put me off the book right then. I gave the author the benefit of the doubt - perhaps the mistake was made in the editing stage by someone else, but it's a good example of the very amateur feel to the writing.
It's not the worst book I've ever read. It doesn't come close to being truly horrible. Unfortunately, it's just not a memorable or very original book, and in a field becoming very saturated with new authors and books, that's a death sentence of the permanent kind.
GOOD STUFF.......2007-09-17
Very good start for the series! sure beats the last few books from Hamilton, just started the second novel and will order the third when it's out! if you liked the first several books on the Anita Blake series you will love this!! please keep putting these goodies out!!!!
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This is a wonderful book of ceremonies, celebration and creative expressions for women becoming mothers. If you have wondered what is more real, more honoring and more supportive of mothers-to-be than the traditional pink or blue baby shower, this book is full of suggestions for supporting pregnant,single, adopting, or lesbian/gay parents as they bring a new life into their families. Lots of how-tos and outlines for having the party that really honors the mother in all her wishes, fears, dreams and possibilities. Great resource list, too
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Mother Blessings.......2006-04-29
This is a book that every woman needs to read to learn how to honor any of the mothers in their lives, whether new or seasoned. I wish this book was around when I was preparing to start my family over 25 years ago, when looking into the unknown territory, I had the same doubts about parenting that the women in this book expressed.
While I did not have the guidance this book provides of honoring my daughter preparing for the birth of my grandson three years ago, I now know that it is never to late to welcome and honor her in her decision to have my grandchild. I plan to use it as a reference in planning a celebration for her, as a way to welcome her into our "mother's club".
This book touches a part of your heart that makes you glad to be a woman and a mother. It is an excellent compilation of ceremonies, many from other cultures that can enrich our lives.
I want to thank Anna, for writing such a powerful, meaningful and inspiring book.
Refreshing, wisdom for welcoming and honoring.......2006-04-13
Wow! I found out that I am going to be a grandmother. I asked my daughter if her friends were planning baby showers for her as she had for them. She replied, "Mom, I don't know if I want all that. I want something different."
I found the answer. Mother Blessings: Honoring Women Becoming Mothers by my friend, Anna Stewart, provides ceremonies and rituals that connect you and celebrate you. Mother Blessings addresses the transition that new dads and moms face and suggests ways to move into parenthood gracefully.
I first met Anna years ago at my first Mother Blessing for a mutual friend. We shared our birth stories: hers was joyful and ecstatic; mine, frightening and full of fear of loss as we thought my daughter might be stillborn. Anna brought wisdom to me, and she can bring wisdom to you and other generations through the stories in her new book.
I hope you'll support passing this wisdom along...unto seven generations. It is easy to read, full of activities that involve all family members, and offers rituals for welcoming all new children into families.
A wonderful gift-blessing for all mother to be!.......2006-04-08
This book is long overdue.... motherhood and the blessing it IS has not been properly celebrated until now... where Anna has brought forth wonderful, communal rituals that do celebrate this event. With friends and family, now, there is a truly creative and involved step by step story-manual to help those of us that don't know how to create that celebration we yearn for. I highly recommend this book as gift to daughters, friends, to self.
Excellent Resource - Great Ideas!.......2006-04-08
I hated the idea of friends throwing me a typical baby shower - ribbon hats, silly games. It didn't feel right and I was so nervous to be a first time Mother. This book offers many, many great ways to celebrate not just the new baby but Mom too! To have the support of your friends and family is so critical at this time in your life. Mother Blessings leaves no guess work, and can be mixed and matched to fit each individual. You owe it to every woman you know to share this treasured book!
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Becoming Anna is the poignant memoir of the first sixteen years in the life of Anna Michener, a young woman who fought a painful battle against her abusive family. Labeled "crazy girl" for much of her childhood, Anna suffered physical and emotional damage at the hands of the adults who were supposed to love and protect her. Committed to various mental institutions by her family, at sixteen Anna was finally able to escape her chaotic home life and enter a foster home. As an effort toward recovery and self-affirmation as well as a powerful plea on behalf of other abused children, Anna wrote this memoir while the experience was fresh and the emotions were still raw and unhealed. Her story is a powerful tale of survival.
"A teen's raw, in-your-face chronicle of events almost as they were happening. As such, it's unforgettable. . . . Michener's story gives voice to the thousands of children and adolescents trapped in 'the system,' biding their time until their 18th birthdays. A candid and unstinting tell-all."—Kirkus Reviews
"Extraordinary. . . . Michener's expressive writing does justice to a topic that is clearly very disturbing to her personally and communicates a profoundly important message on behalf of all abused and neglected children."—Booklist
"An important book, painful to read, but essential if other children in similar situations are to be saved."—Library Journal
"An innocent child's account of 16 years in hell and of the terrible wrongs inflicted on children who are without rights or caring advocates."—Choice
"[Michener] emerges as a compelling and courageous advocate for children and their welfare—she's a young writer with an extraordinary voice."Feminist Bookstore News
"Quite simply one of the best, most compelling, well-written autobiographies published in years. . . . Remember the name. We have not heard the last of Anna Michener."—Myree Whitfield, Melbourne Herald-Sun, cover story
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Deserves 3 stars for effort.......2007-01-06
I needed to braille this book for one of our blind students, and was taken back by its rawness. When I first brailled the first 75 pages, I was well taken in, and felt enormously sorry for Anna/Tiffany...as I went on, I began questioning how, a patient who was given many drugs while institutionalized, had not been allowed to go out in the sunlight for six months, was given a diet of salty food (which alters your chemical balance), had not read a book in 2 years, and furthermore had not completed her high school education, could in truth, recollect with such vitality and detail her stay at a mental institution, and furthermore write such a well written book. Her love affair with one protagonist had an unusual tone to it, I can understand having a crush on someone, but to have such deep and truthful feelings towards another human being, one must have had some experience with that person (touch, hugs, kiss, etc.), this completes a relationship...Tiffany was only able to talk to her beloved in front of others...I don't know how much of her book was partly created by imagination, or remembered under an altered state ... depraved from sunlight, full of psychotropic drugs, and basically poorly fed... this author must have read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, a fantastic review of mental institutions, have serious doubts that this author would have been able to write such a story of neglect while undergoing such severe treatment by the mental health community...I believe in the abuse she received from her family... and what happened to her poor brother???? Would not recommend this book to fragile teenagers.
Meh........2006-05-09
The only aspect of this book that I feel like I can really comment about is regarding her psychiatric hospitalizations. I was hospitalized many times (often against my will) in private and public institutions from the ages of 13 to 17. My experiences weren't nearly as bad as she made hers out to be. I've had completely incompetent psychiatrists and therapists who just refused to listen to me; I've also witnessed kids who were either working the system or didn't really need psychiatric treatment. On the flip side, I would say that a majority of the professionals who cared for me over the years were at least nice -- and many were able to offer insight into my problems that only dawned on me years later. She also made it sound like the kids that she was hospitalized with only had problems because they were over-medicated and over-hospitalized. (Except for the one imaginary-land girl: who'd have thought that being "really crazy" could be so much fun?) This is definitely *not* the case -- although it's the rhetoric favored by the anti-psychiatry crowd.
a terrific read.......2006-01-25
you have to admire this girl because of all she has faced and conquered. it is so sad to think that in a country as great as ours, we would allow this to happen. how is it possible that she was treated this way, how could her parents be so cruel? i feel this book was very well written, and paints a clear picture of what she has endured. she is obviously someone with enourmous courage, and i applaud her for being able to let the world know her story.
an enlightening, creative adventure into the abyss.......2005-01-31
Anna J. Michener has written one of the few honest, complete autiobiographies with relation to the subject of child abuse; not only by her parents but at the hands of an unsympathetic, emotionally blind society. This account is of overwhelming social importance; America right now is one of the many, many countries in the world that has not made any steps to ensure that children share equal and full protections under law as their 'adult' counterparts.
I found the scene when she had just arrived at the detestable 'juvenile hospital' and spent days floating in front of the windows, allowing the light to stream in-between her fingers to be aesthetically spellbinding. The ensuing prose shows us the outlines of a highly intellegent, creative mind that was so poorly appreciated by the people she had been dependant upon. Reading this book left a strong impression in my mind; I escaped the fate of being 'sent away' to a virtual concentration camp like the one described in my teen years, but know many that haven't.
As an abused child, it has taken a great deal for me to come to terms with the fact that what was done to me; and all of the cruelty, violence, and humiliation acted upon the youth of the entire world was indeed wrong, undeserved, and is worthy of being fought against. I hope that this book can impress readers upon those lines; that people won't just say "oh, I can't beleive that actually happens to people," and then go on with their lives when the fact is that this is happening all around them, they've just been taught not to recognize it for what it is. The blindness and cruelty that allowed the horrors which Anna J. Michener experienced need to be exposed; to be spoken of in order for these problems to be fixed.
Anna Tells The Truth and Bares Her Heart!!!.......2003-09-14
This is one of the most raw, heart breaking, engrossing stories I have ever read.I cried alot during this reading.From personal experience I know what Anna says to be true. There is alot of corruption involved where there is money to be made in the mental health system. Children have no rights against abuse and cruelty of uncompassniate, emotionless, souless, adults who often times work in the mental estabilishments. Alot of people don't want to believe things like this happen but they do. Anna writes from her heart and you get a feeling of intimacy, as if she is reading right to you , she pours her soul out on every page. Her description of the doctors and staff workers are humorous and hard but accurate. Anna speaks for all the young victims who don't have a voice, or who are too traumatized from abuse to write a book.THANK YOU ANNA, and I wish you lots of happiness and success in the future!!
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Becoming a Family (National Childbirth Trust Guides)
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While Islam has become a controversial topic in the West, a growing number of Westerners find powerful meaning in Islam. Becoming Muslim is an ethnographic study based on in-depth interviews with Swedish and American women who have converted to Islam. Proceeding from the women's life-stories, the author explores the appeal of Islam to some Western women and the personal meaning assigned to the religion. While conversion is often perceived as entailing a dramatic change in worldview, the women's experiences point to an equally important continuity. Notably, the conversion is triggered by particular personal ideas and quests, and within Islam the women can further explore already salient thoughts. The work appeals to students in the fields of anthropology, religious studies, psychology, and women's studies, interested in identity, conversion, and gender.
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Becoming Anna
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Ethnographic study based on interviews analyzing the identity-making offemale women converts in Sweden and the U.S.
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The Devil's Device: Robert Whitehead and the History of the Torpedo
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The bear and the porcupine, a parable created by the author, introduces the hypersensitive Mexican porcupine and the insensitive American bear and their difficult relationship. This image has now entered Mexican political discourse. Davidow outlines the forces drawing Mexico and the US together as well as the ignorance and arrogance on both sides, which impede greater cooperation. His expansive study includes a discussion of the two "cowboy presidents" Bush and Fox. Davidow points up how the US understanding of what was truly happening in the Mexican drug world was frequently manipulated, and notes that the US immigration policy has been a failure according to any criteria. Davidow provides readers with the inside story of how Fidel Castro orchestrated a vicious revenge after growing displeased with President Fox. The book describes the Zapata revolt and the subsequent march to Mexico City. Davidow recounts many humorous details about what an embassy must go through when attending to important congressional visits, especially presidential ones. He ends the book with an epilogue envisioning the future of US-Mexican relations.
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washington post on bear and porcupine.......2006-05-26
If the narcotics trade was a constant irritant to U.S.-Mexican relations during President "Clinton's tenure, the migration issue flared up with a vengeance after the elections of George W. Bush and Vicente Fox in 2000. At first, the news was relatively hopeful: Both men insisted they were committed to finding a more humane and rational way of regulating the flow of Mexican workers into the United States. But as Davidow explains, there was never much potential for reaching a solution, particularly after White House political director Karl Rove decided that an immigration accord might alienate voters as the country approached midterm elections in 2002. "
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the us and mexico; the bear and the porcupine.......2004-06-07
Foreign Affairs, Volume 83, no. 3
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The U.S. and Mexico: The Bear and the Porcupine
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Davidow, U.S. ambassador to Mexico from 1998 to 2002, witnessed the end of 71 years of one-party rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party and the successful election of opposition candidate Vicente Fox to the presidency in 2000. This at times indiscreet memoir provides not only fascinating vignettes of the principal actors in Mexico City, but also sharp profiles of leading U.S. politicians and diplomats as they .dealt with the always prickly issues on the U.S.-Mexican agenda, from the border and corruption to U.S. insensltivity to Mexico's concerns and Mexican hypersensitivity to perceived slights. On occasion, Davidow evidently saw himself as the bear, unable to avoid the spines of the Mexican press and politicians. (He describes one former foreign minister as "like an irascible professor who has no patience for those who do not appreciate his insights.")
Among Davidow's many notable contributions in this book is an outstanding brief analysis of migration-the role of Mexican immigrants in the United States, the reasons why this population increased so dramatically during the 1990s, and the failure, despite an enormous increase in resources and personnel on the U.S. side, to halt these flows. He also gives an insightful account of the circumstances that led to Fox's victory (and the reasons why Mexicans' high hopes have not been fulfilled) and provides fascinating insider detail on the failed attempt by Fox to bring about a comprehensive migration agreement with the United States-which, Davidow writes, had much less to do with September 11 than previously thought. This vivid account of a vital international relationship, by an ambassador so recently returned from his post, must be unique in its candor. Predictably, it is already being widely discussed in Mexico, where it appeared in Spanish translation, and it deserves an equally wide reading in the United States.
read in foreign affairs.......2004-05-05
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The U.S. and Mexico: The Bear and the Porcupine
by Jeffrey Davidow
Davidow, U.S. ambassador to Mexico from 1998 to 2002, witnessed the end of 71 years of one-party rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party and the successful election of opposition candidate Vicente Fox to the presidency in 2000. This at times indiscreet memoir provides not only fascinating vignettes of the principal actors in Mexico City, but also sharp profiles of leading U.S. politicians and diplomats as they .dealt with the always prickly issues on the U.S.-Mexican agenda, from the border and corruption to U.S. insensltivity to Mexico's concerns and Mexican hypersensitivity to perceived slights. On occasion, Davidow evidently saw himself as the bear, unable to avoid the spines of the Mexican press and politicians. (He describes one former foreign minister as "like an irascible professor who has no patience for those who do not appreciate his insights.")
Among Davidow's many notable contributions in this book is an outstanding brief analysis of migration-the role of Mexican immigrants in the United States, the reasons why this population increased so dramatically during the 1990s, and the failure, despite an enormous increase in resources and personnel on the U.S. side, to halt these flows. He also gives an insightful account of the circumstances that led to Fox's victory (and the reasons why Mexicans' high hopes have not been fulfilled) and provides fascinating insider detail on the failed attempt by Fox to bring about a comprehensive migration agreement with the United States-which, Davidow writes, had much less to do with September 11 than previously thought. This vivid account of a vital international relationship, by an ambassador so recently returned from his post, must be unique in its candor. Predictably, it is already being widely discussed in Mexico, where it appeared in Spanish translation, and it deserves an equally wide reading in the United States.
Foreign Affairs, Volume 83, no. 3
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The Bear and the Porcupine: The U.S. and Mexico
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the Bear and the porcupine.......2006-12-29
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Jeffrey Davidow coined the phrase " the bear and the porcupine"--which has now entered Mexican political discourse--to describe the difficult relationship between the hypersensitive Mexican "porcupine" and the "insensitive" American bear.
In this revised and expanded second edition, Davidow picks up the story of U.S.-Mexico relations since he left his ambassadorial post in 2003, explaining the implications of the Fox administration and the outcome of the 2006 election and reflecting on the volatile immigration issue that has exploded into public debate in the United States.
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"Engaging..gripping" --Washington Post
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Jeffrey Davidow assumed the presidency of the Institute of the Americas on June 1, 2003. After serving thirty-four years in the State Department, he retired as America's highest-ranking diplomat, one of only three people to hold the personal rank of Career Ambassador. During his Foreign Service career, Ambassador Davidow focused much of his efforts on improving relations with Latin America. He served in increasingly senior positions in the U.S. embassies in Guatemala, Chile, and Venezuela, and then later returned to Venezuela as ambassador from 1993 to 1996. From 1996 to 1998, he was the State Department's chief policy maker for the hemisphere, serving in the position of Assistant Secretary of State. He then served as ambassador to Mexico from 1998 to 2002. Initially appointed to that position by President Clinton, he was asked by President Bush to remain in his post for an additional eighteen months. Early in his Foreign Service career, he served as a congressional staff aide in a program organized by the American Political Science Association. In that capacity, he organized in 1979 the first congressional hearings on the possibility of establishing a free trade area for North America.
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Sustainable Community Development: Studies in Economic, Environmental, and Cultural Revitalization
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The 1990s have been marked by a wide-spread awareness of the convergence of environmental, economic and social problems and issues. Many local workers have begun to recognize that severe setbacks or even collapse of their local economy is strongly related to environmental problems: either to the depletion of local resources (such as timber, fish, or minerals) or to severe pollution and degradation of the local ecosystem. This in-depth collection of case studies of urban and rural communities committed to a process of sustainable development provides a more detailed description of this dynamic process than was previously available. This provocative book demonstrates the commonalities in approach across a wide variety of environmental and cultural settings, examining an emerging consciousness from cultural, economic, social and environmental viewpoints.
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- The Last Time I Wore A Dress
- The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage
- The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More
- The Olive Season
- The Prophet Armed: Trotsky 1879-1921
- The Rivals: Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova Their Epic Duels and Extraordinary Friendship
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