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The IMF in a Changing World, 1945-85

by Margaret Garritsen Garritsen De Vries

This collection of 18 articles, originally published in Finance & Development and the IMF Survey, was written by Margaret Garritsen de Vries and constitutes a short history of the IMF's evolution.

Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game

by John J. Mettler

This is the book for anyone who hunts, farms, or buys large quantities of meat. The author takes the mystery out of slaughtering and butchering everything from beef and veal, to venison, pork, and lamb. The...

Midnight Star

by Catherine Coulter

An heiress from England comes to San Francisco to ruin the man she thinks destroyed her father—only to wind up in his care and in his bed.

Skeleton Crew

by Stephen King

In this brilliant collection of stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine?A supermarket becomes the place where humanity makes its last stand against destruction?a trip to the...

Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres

by Henry Adams & Raymond Carney

This evocative work uses the architecture, sculpture and stained glass of Mont Saint Michel and Chartres as a take-off point for an exploration of the medieval imagination. By considering all aspects of medieval...

Marketing High Technology

by William H. Davidow

Marketing is civilized warfare. And as high-tech products become increasingly standardized -- practically identical, from the customer's point of view -- it is marketing that spells life or death for new devices...

Lone Star 46

by Wesley Ellis

They call them The Lone Star Legend. Jessica Starbuck - a magnificent woman of the West, fighting for justice on America's fromtier... Ki - the martial arts master sworn to protect her and the code she lived...

Course in General Linguistics

by Ferdinand la Saussure

The Cours de linguistique generale, reconstructed from students' notes after Saussure's death in 1913, founded modern linguistic theory by breaking the study of language free from a merely historical and comparativist...

The Director & The Stage: From Naturalism to Grotowski

by Edward Braun

Beginning with the triple impulses of Naturalism, symbolism and the grotesque, the bulk of the book concentrates on the most famous directors of this century - Stanislavski, Reinhardt, Graig, Meyerhold, Piscator,...

Sunrise with Seamonsters

by Paul Theroux

The journeys of Paul Theroux take place not only in exotic, unexpected places of the world but in the thoughts, reading, and emotions of the writer himself. A gathering of people, places, and ideas in fifty...

Greasy Lake and Other Stories

by T.C. Boyle

Mythic and realistic, farcical and tragic, The Washington Post Book World says these masterful stories mark T. Coraghessan Boyle's development from "a prodigy's audacity to something that packs even more of...

Lone Star 45

by Wesley Ellis

They call them The Lone Star Legend. Jessica Starbuck - a magnificent woman of the West, fighting for justice on America's fromtier... Ki - the martial arts master sworn to protect her and the code she lived...

Antitrust Policy: The Case for Repeal

by D.T. Armentano

D.T. Armentano has long been one of the foremost critics of antitrust, and in this new book he states his challenge squarely: there is no respectable economic theory or empirical evidence to justify antitrust....

Anastasia Has the Answers

by Lois Lowry

Anastasia continues the perilous process of growing up, as her thirteenth year involves conquering the art of rope climbing, playing Cupid for a recently widowed uncle, and surviving a crush on her gym teacher....

The Art of Talking So That People Will Listen: Getting Through to Family, Friends & Business Associates

by Paul W. Swets

Talking comes naturally…but getting people to listen is an art.

This guide provides you with practical, proven strategies for mastering the art of effective, persuasive communication—the skill most essential...

Science and the Bible

by Henry Morris

Study scientific data and biblical truths in five chapters: Science in the Bible, The Theory of Evolution, Science and the Flood, The Bible and Ancient History, and Fulfilled Prophecy.   

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection

by Gardner Dozois

The best gets better and bigger.  The two-time Nebula Award winning author and recently named editor of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine has compiled an awesome collection of science fiction from 1985. ...

Billy Budd and Other Stories

by Herman Melville & Frederick Busch

"Billy Budd, Sailor," a classic confrontation between good and evil, is the story of an innocent young man unable to defend himself from wrongful accusations. Other selections include "Bartleby," "The Piazza,"...

Lone Star 44

by Wesley Ellis

Stampeding danger! If troubles were cattle, Jessie and Ki would have a whole herd on their hands. A bloodthirsty band of marauding outlaws, led by a seductive half-breed Creek Indian girl, is terrorizing the...

Kangaroo

by Yuz Iosif Aleshkovsky & Tamara Glenny

One morning in 1949, Fan Fanych, alias Etcetera, is summoned from his Moscow apartment to KGB headquarters, where he is informed that he will be charged with a crime more heinous than any mere man could ever...