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Self-Help [Paperback]

Self-Help

Review

“A wry, crackly voice. . . . Fine, funny, and very moving pictures of contemporary life [from] a writer of enormous talent.” —The New York Times”Brisk, ironic . . . scalpel-sharp. . . . A funny, cohesive, and moving collection of stories.” —The New York Times Book Review”Astonishing. . . . Moore is so good at trapping each moment in perfect, precise detail, so masterful at cynicism and wryness that her moments of poignancy and sweetness catch us completely off guard.” —San Francisco Chronicle“Sharp, flicking, on-target . . . the work of a sorcerer’s apprentice. Moore casts a cruel, mischievous spell.” —Vanity Fair“Trenchant, funny tales. . . . Moore is much more than another chronicler of the chronically out-of-sync relations between American men and women. She writes with urgency and pace.” —People

In these tales of loss and pleasure, lovers and family, a woman learns to conduct an affair, a child of divorce dances wit (more…)

Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think (Paperback)

Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think

Review

“[An] unusual mix of judicious scholarship, tendentious journalism and inflammatory wake-up call.” – Editors’ Recommendation, San Francisco Chronicle; “Lakoff, the cognitive linguist, understands ‘how’ you understand. In Moral Politics, [he] deftly applies that seemingly arcane understanding to the heart of American politics…. His commitment is strong and deep, but his language is far from the rhetoric usually associated with political partisanship…. Even those who disagree with him will profit deeply from encountering his challenging ideas.” – Paul Rosenberg, Christian Science Monitor; “Lakoff’s stunning book opens a whole new understanding of public discourse in America. Both conservatives and liberals have much to learn from this work.” – Robert Bellah, University of California, Berkeley

George Lakoff’s book is a crucial key to understanding political opponents and achieving political victory. In this first full-scale application of (more…)