Shortlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award: a modern comic classic from 'A British writer to be treasured' (Independent on Sunday) The news couldn't be worse for Tam, Richie and their new supervisor: Mr McCrindle's fence has gone slack. The three of them are duly dispatched to the McCrindle farm, where they finish off the work, then go to England where, after rain-sodden days bashing in fence posts, they wolf down baked beans in their shared caravan and spend their evenings and cash in the local pub. But then they encounter the Hall Brothers -- butchers, rival fencers and local heroes!

The Restraint of Beasts

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MILLS, Magnus

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Final Theory

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Alpert, Mark

Thrillers & Suspense

Beyond the Chains of Illusion

erich-fromm

The Troubled Dream of Life: In Search of Peaceful Death

Daniel Callahan

Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos

Why did the stock market crash more than 500 points on a single Monday in 1987? Why do ancient species often remain stable in the fossil record for millions of years and then suddenly disappear? In a world where nice guys often finish last, why do humans value trust and cooperation? At first glance these questions don't appear to have anything in common, but in fact every one of these statements refers to a complex system. The science of complexity studies how single elements, such as a species or a stock, spontaneously organize into complicated structures like ecosystems and economies; stars become galaxies, and snowflakes avalanches almost as if these systems were obeying a hidden yearning for order.  Drawing from diverse fields, scientific luminaries such as Nobel Laureates Murray Gell-Mann and Kenneth Arrow are studying complexity at a think tank called The Santa Fe Institute. The revolutionary new discoveries researchers have made there could change the face of every science from biology to cosmology to economics. M. Mitchell Waldrop's groundbreaking bestseller takes readers into the hearts and minds of these scientists to tell the story behind this scientific revolution as it unfolds.

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Waldrop, M. Mitchell

History & Philosophy

The Forest People

History

Colin m.turnbull

Africa

Chronicles the American journalist's role in the development of national radicalism, and examines the methods of investigative reporting which brought him into conflict with government leaders. Bibliogs

Lincoln Steffens: A Biography

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KAPLAN, Justin

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The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism

...a major work for our times. --Irving Kristol, The Public Interest

Novak, Michael

America Now

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MARVIN HARRIS

Anthropology

Offers a description of prenatal development explaining the technical aspects of conception and growth without losing the sense of wonder

The First Nine Months of Life

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Geraldine Lux Flanagan

Women's Health

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