Introduction In 1998, at age twenty-four, Marya Hornbacher published the Pulitzer Prize–nominated, best-selling Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia. Now, still a young woman, Hornbacher tells the story that until recently she had no idea was hers to tell: that of her life with Type I ultra-rapid-cycle bipolar disorder, the most severe form [...]
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American Heritage Dictionary — 100 Words Almost Everyone Mispronounces
100 Words Almost Everyone Mispronounces By the Editors of the American Heritage (R) Dictionaries Have you ever been told that a certain word you have been using is correctly pronounced in a different way? And what about those words with more than one pronunciation—does it matter which one you use? No one wants to sound [...]
Clarke, Oz — Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2009
CONTACT: Anna Crowe, Senior Publicist 212-592-1147 or anna.crowe@hmhpub.com Praise for Oz Clarke’s Pocket Wine Guides: “Reliable Source, Solid Advice: His ‘top value wines’ and ‘best look-alikes to the classics’ repay the cost [of the book].” –The New York Times “For an omnibus guide to wine, the competition comes down to Clarke and Hugh Johnson. Clarke [...]
Hibbert, Christopher — The Borgias and Their Enemies
CONTACT: Anna Crowe, Senior Publicist anna.crowe@hmhpub.com The Borgias and their Enemies: 1431-1519 by Christopher Hibbert Publication Date: October 6, 2008 Harcourt / ISBN: 978-0-15-101033-2 / $26.00 / 328 pages “A heavily researched and generally engrossing account of a famous dynasty.” —Publishers Weekly With THE BORGIAS AND THEIR ENEMIES, the first major biography of Renaissance Italy’s [...]
