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With four simple truths as his framework, Charles Murray, the bestselling coauthor of The Bell Curve, sweeps away the hypocrisy, wishful thinking, and upside-down priorities that grip America’s educat
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A practical guide for aspiring nature writers, addressing genres, techniques, and publication issues and using examples from the work of Barry Lopez, Annie Dillard, Edward Abbey, Ernest Hemingway, and
In this fascinating book, Sperber uses original research culled from students, faculty, and administrators around the country, to argue that what universities offer instead of a meaningful undergradu
