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Kitty
Bartholomew's Decorating Style: Affordable, Beautiful and Comfortable
Decor for Real People Living with Real Budgets, by beloved TV
personality Kitty Bartholomew
and interior design journalist Kathy Price-Robinson, offers a wide
range of clever, creative, non-costly ideas that have wowed millions of
viewers of Kitty's HGTV show and her enormously popular appearances on
Oprah. Kitty believes that home decorating can be stylish and
comfortable, budget-conscious and beautiful. Rather than suggest
expensive, over-the-top solutions to decorating dilemmas, she comes up
with inventive, resourceful ideas that are within the average person's
means. In this, her first book, Kitty brings her knowledge, decorating
savvy, and enthusiasm to bear on every aspect of home design, from
window, door, ceiling, wall, and floor treatments to furniture,
lighting, and mirrors. There's even a chapter on flea-market shopping,
where readers will learn how to find the treasures buried among the
trash and how to turn them into better-than-new décor. (Rodale Books) |
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Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement,
by technologist Ramez Naam,
an exciting tour of the way emerging technologies -- from cloning and genetic engineering to
life-extension techniques and brain-computer interfaces -- are
affecting our lives. Throughout this remarkable trip, Naam shares an
impassioned vision for the future, with revealing insight into the
ethical dilemmas posed by twenty-first-century science. Encouraging us
to celebrate rather than fear these innovations, his powerful book
separates fact from myth with elegant lucidity, arguing that these
controversial technologies have the power to transform the human race
for the better. (Broadway Books/Random House) |
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A
Path and a Practice : Using Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching as a Guide to an
Awakened Spiritual Life, by William
Martin, is a new translation of the Tao revealing it as not
just a collection of wise insights but as a cohesive guide to our
spiritual path. Before now, no modern translation has captured the
essential thrust of Lao Tzu's work as a practical guide to living an
awakened life. Now Bill, whose acclaimed previous reinterpretations of
the Tao (for parents, couples, and elders) have introduced or
reacquainted this classic text to thousands of readers, strikingly
translates the Tao for our times. He frames his new translation with
two illuminating, groundbreaking sections: "A Path," which introduces
the Tao's nonlinear construction and explains how it works its themes,
and "A Practice," which provides practical guidance for readers
exploring each of the Tao's themes in depth. This new translation for
the first time reveals how directly the Tao speaks to readers who are
on or about to embark upon a spiritual journey. (Marlowe &
Co./Avalon Publishing) |
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Eczema
Free for Life, by dermatologist Adnan
Nasir, M.D. Ph.D. and journalist Priscilla Burgess, the only
comprehensive, up-to-date medical guide for eczema sufferes and their
families, reflecting the latest research on eczema's underlying genetic
causes, debunking myths such as the effect of diet on the malady, and
offering new techniques to fight the condition.
(HarperCollins/HarperResource) |
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Citizen
Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human
of the Future, by James
Hughes, Ph.D., is a groundbreaking work of social commentary
and political philosophy, which argues that transhuman technologies
currently pushing the boundaries of humanness can radically improve our
quality of life—if
they are controlled democratically and made equally available in a
liberal society. With fresh and controversial answers for issues
ranging from human genetic engineering and cloning to healthcare and
assisted suicide, Citizen Cyborg is a
groundbreaking work of social commentary that addresses—and helps define—the emerging debate on the
future of the human race. (Westview/Perseus Books) |
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