This book discusses a dimension of the human personality, charismatic leadership which often excites much curiosity but which no one until now has been able to explain. with dw, 1996

Feet of Clay: Saints, Sinners, and Madmen: A Study of Gurus

Storr,Anthony

Religion & Spirituality

The Free Press

A look at the facts and folklore of sleep that is mainly concerned with the problems of an increasingly sleep-deprived society, and the effects this has on people's work. The author shows, for example, that the "Exxon Valdez" oil spill and the space shuttle "Challenger" disaster were associated with people suffering from sleep deprivation. He also looks at some of the more subtle and insidious effects of sleep loss on our physical and mental health. The author attempts to answer a number of questions: Do fish sleep? Are there really "morning" and "night" people? Do some people really only need four hours sleep a night? He also includes accounts of sleep oddities, such as people who have committed murder in their sleep, and descriptions of fairly common disorders which may be responsible for unexplained infant deaths. The book also describes techniques to improve the quality and efficiency of the reader's own sleep.

Sleep Thieves

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Coren, Stanley

Psychology & Counseling

The Seven Fat Years: And How to Do It Again

While the 1980s clearly represented a decade of waste and greed during which the poor were heartlessly abandoned, many people continue to view those years as a time of growth and prosperity that ultimately benefitted all Americans. Bartley's book defines the conservative view on this still-contentious issue, maintaining that only a return to the greedy policies of the Reagan years will guarantee America's prosperity in the future.

Business & Money

Bartley, Robert L.

Biography & History

The story of Culpeper County, Virginia, is a unique one in Civil War history. Nestled in one of the South's most strategically important locations, it was occupied by the Northern army, recaptured by the Confederacy, and finally ceded to the North. Told largely through the diaries, papers, and correspondence of residents, common infantrymen, and such eminent personalities as Robert E. Lee, Walt Whitman, Ulysses S. Grant, Clara Barton, and Stonewall Jackson, all of whom spent time in Culpeper, this story wonderfully captures both the intimacy and grandeur of war. Sutherland's account of the war is unlike any other. Both a military and a social history, it details the life of a single Confederate community without losing sight of the titanic struggle of a nation divided. It allows readers to join the councils of Lee and Grant while sharing the letters of young couples separated by war. We frolic with the fun-loving Jeb Stuart, experience the confused terror of men in battle, feel the anguish of civilians surrounded by contending armies, observe the tensions between neighbors with different loyalties, and sense the joy of liberated slaves.

Seasons of War: The Ordeal of the Confederate Community, 1861-1865

History

Sutherland, Daniel E.

Americas

The Patriot

Politics & Social Sciences

gary-hart

Philosophy

Reader's Guide to the Great Religions

Adams, Charles J.

Journey Home

Biographies & Memoirs

Joyce Antler

Community & Culture

Instructors Manual Accompany S

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Draws on archival materials to shed light on the personal feud between Roosevelt and Hitler which vented itself in the undeclared German-American naval war of 1939-41

Hitler vs. Roosevelt: The Undeclared Naval War

Paul B. Ryan

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Seven Fat Years How Do Again

Bartley

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