Magnificent Corpses: Searching Through Europe for St. ...
 Travel with Anneli Rufus as she visits St. Anthony's jawbone, shriveled tongue, and vocal cords. Critically acclaimed author Rufus weaves a hair-raising travelogue out of 28 visits to garlanded skulls, disembodied hands, and fully clad mummies in towns ... [... more]
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With Charity Toward None: A Fond Look At Misanthropy
No "hugees" here! This is one of the most enjoyable books I have ever read. If you have had too much PC or have had it up to here with cloying sentimentality, or you just had too much "other people", get this book. If you like Dorothy ... [... more]
$10.95
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The Farewell Chronicles: How We Really Respond to Death
The longer we live, the more of those around us will die. And while Hallmark sympathy cards and sad movies tell us we should grieve, death arouses a lot of other feelings in us as well-weird, unnerving, complicated feelings, which we're terrified to talk ... [... more]
$14.95
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Roar Softly and Carry a Great Lipstick: 28 Women Writers ...
The title of this anthology riffs on Teddy Roosevelt's phallocentric motto, "Speak softly, and carry a big stick." Few American women today are interested in cultivating a Teddyesque machismo - but in Roar Softly, women writers recount witty ... [... more]
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The Farewell Chronicles: How We Really Respond to Death
The longer we live, the more of those around us will die. And while Hallmark sympathy cards and sad movies tell us we should grieve, death arouses a lot of other feelings in us as well-weird, unnerving, complicated feelings, which we're terrified to talk ... [... more]
$14.95
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The World Holiday Book: Celebrations for Every Day of ...
From the wacky and nonsensical to the traditional and conventional, this multicultural, lighthearted, and diverse mix of reasons to celebrate will tickle every reader's fancy and help make every day extraordinary. -- Book Description [... more]
$15.00
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Weird Europe: A Guide to Bizarre, Macabre, and Just ...
Welcome to Weird Europe...where truth is stranger than fiction. Thrill-seekers, students of the bizarre, travelers searching for relief from the usual tourist attractions-rejoice! At last, here is a guidebook to Europe's dark side. From strange natural ... [... more]
$17.95
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California Babylon
California: the whole world knows it as the mother lode of scandal and celebrity, mayhem and miracles, a place where nearly anything can happen - and does. Giving the lowdown on the most notorious locations across the state, California Babylon redefines ... [... more]
$16.95
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Magnificent Corpses: Searching Through Europe for St. ...
Travel with Anneli Rufus as she visits St. Anthony's jawbone, shriveled tongue, and vocal cords. Critically acclaimed author Rufus weaves a hair-raising travelogue out of 28 visits to garlanded skulls, disembodied hands, and fully clad mummies in towns ... [... more]
$13.95
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Party of One: The Loners' Manifesto
The Buddha. Rene Descartes. Emily Dickinson. Greta Garbo. Bobby Fischer. J. D. Salinger: Loners, all-along with as many as 25 percent of the world's population. Loners keep to themselves, and like it that way. Yet in the press, in films, in folklore, and ... [... more]
$15.95
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With Charity Toward None: A Fond Look at Misanthropy
No "hugees" here! This is one of the most enjoyable books I have ever read. If you have had too much PC or have had it up to here with cloying sentimentality, or you just had too much "other people", get this book. If you like Dorothy ... [... more]
$17.95
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