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From Trial by Jury to The Pirates of Penzance: the complete librettos of all fourteen Gilbert and Sullivan operas.

Although the science of acoustics is fundamental to the art of music, relatively few musicians understand the scientific properties of musical sound.

Treatment of abuse survivors is extremely challenging, whatever the modality. Clients may experience intense emotional abreactions during therapy, report horrifying memories, and become stuck processing their experiences.

How an image-obsessed president transformed the way we think about politics and politicians.

"With its unusual emphasis and sometimes surprisingly personal tone, this may become the definitive Kaczynksi volume."-Publishers Weekly

"An intellectual accomplishment that illuminates the magic and the wisdom of the heavens above."-Kirkus Reviews

A seminal work on treating self-mutilation, revised and updated with illuminating case studies and newly available resources.

A renowned historian and Resistance fighter-later executed by the Nazis-gives his firsthand perspective on why France fell in 1940.

"A keen awareness of our place in the cyclic nature of life is the theme that dominates this remarkably clear-sighted and gracefully written collection... Highly recommended." -Library Journal, on Heroes in Disguise

In our culture we demand a great deal from our intimate relationships-and we are often disappointed.

This is the most comprehensive study yet to appear on the economic aspects of the black ghetto. Its major thesis is that a colonial relationship now exists between the ghetto and the larger society. Present policies, far from alleviating this situation, do much to reinforce it. Professor Tabb analyzes the manner in which vested interest use economic power to resist ghetto reform and sets forth new proposals to do away with the restrictions that hedge in ghetto occupants and prevent them from achieving a fair share of American prosperity.

A work powerful and pervading in its implications not only for metaphysics but also for art, political science, and the philosophy of history.

The groundbreaking book that launched America's urban legend obsession!

"A powerful book. It combines the coolness of scholarship with conclusions that cannot fail to engage the passions."-Saul Bellow

A rapid and practical way for tourists, students, and businesspeople to master the basics of Italian and begin speaking the language.

No other organization for religious persecution ever equaled the Spanish Inquisition in intensity, scope, ruthless efficiency, and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.

Why did the first civilizations emerge when and where they did? How did Islam become a unifying force in the world of its birth? What enabled the West to project its goods and power around the world from the fifteenth century on? Why was agriculture invented seven times and the steam engine just once?

"A unique description of how clients think in the situations that produce anxiety, and how they can work on changing their thinking and reclaiming their lives, which have been lost to fears, rituals, and patterns of avoidance."--Aaron T. Beck, M.D., from the foreword

Here Rollo May discusses our loss of our personal identity in the contemporary world, the sources of our anxiety, the scope of psychotherapy, and the ultimate paradox of freedom and responsibility.

In his new book, Jack Snyder focuses his clear logic on a pressing issue of our times: nationalism.

Walsh and McGoldrick have fully revised and expanded this landmark work on the impact of death on the family system.

The narcissistic style is rooted in the individual's family and early childhood and is an endemic result of our culture's material perfectionism.

An utterly absorbing novel about a famous political marriage and an epic infidelity.

The great politician, agriculturalist, economist, author, and businessman-loved and reviled, and finally now revealed.

"The cumulative effect is overwhelming. Eleanor Roosevelt was right: Hoover's FBI was an American gestapo." -Newsweek

"This book will last and last, because it contains the wisdom of two wonderfully knowing observers of our human destiny."-Robert Coles

Reissued in new trade paperback format and design.

"This book is not merely the precursor of modern organization and decision theory, it is in many respects its origin. . . . A seminal work: an often misinterpreted work: and an indipensable source of administrative theory." -Arch T. Dodson, Cornell University

The text for this edition of Notes from Underground is Michael Katz's acclaimed translation of the 1863 novel, which is introduced and annotated specifically for English-speaking readers.