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A Very Short IntroductionThis  Very Short Introduction brings together the latest research in neuroscience and psychology - weaving in case-studies, anecdotes, literature, and philosophy - to explore and explain the science of memory - how it works, and why we can't live without it....

AntietamMcPherson brilliantly weaves diplomatic, political, and military history into a        compact, swift-moving narrative that shows why Antietam was a turning point in our        history. The book vividly describes a day of savage fighting in locales that became        forever famous--The Cornfield, the Dunkard Church, the West Woods, and...

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As well as 'The Aspern Papers', this selection includes 'The Death of the Lion', 'The Figure in the Carpet', and 'The Birthplace'. All four stories concern the figure of the artist and the cult of celebrity. This new edition includes extracts from James's Prefaces and Notebooks that shed light on the genesis of the stories....

Nature&'s Role in American HistoryA tour de force of writing and analysis, Down to Earth offers a sweeping history of our nation, one that for the first time places the environment at the very center of our story.     Writing with marvelous clarity, historian Ted Steinberg sweeps across the centuries, re-envisioning the story of America as he...

Sticks and stones may break your bones . . . but names will surely kill you...