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Respect in a World of Inequality
Richard Sennett
Paperback
The powerful case for a society of mutual respect.
Elephantoms: Tracking the Elephant
Lyall Watson
Paperback
A scientific safari and personal memoir celebrating the enigmatic dignity of the world's largest land animal.
Grant
William S. McFeely
Paperback
"Combines scholarly exactness with evocative passages....Biography at its best."—Marcus Cunliffe, The New York Times Book Review; Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
José Clemente Orozco in the United States
Renato González Mello, Diane Miliotes
Hardback
The complete North American work of one of Mexico's greatest muralists.
Orwell: Wintry Conscience of a Generation
Jeffrey Meyers
Paperback
"Admirable...consistent with its subject's unassuming intelligence.... Meyers relates [Orwell's] life crisply and judiciously."—The New York Times