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1	The Accidental Connoisseur: An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World more books like this by Lawrence Osborne add to wishlist As Lawrence Osborne searches for that elusive je-ne-sais-quoi that makes a great wine great, he takes the reader on a journey that includes encounters with winemakers and importers, sellers and corporation men, dedicated oenophiles and average consumers--many of them colorful, eccentric, or--in a few cases--amusingly pretentious. Osborne also ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
2	The Naked Tourist: In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall more books like this by Lawrence Osborne add to wishlist A travelogue into that heart of darkness known as the Western mind, this volume is the most mordant and ambitious work to date from the author of "The Accidental Connoisseur," praised by "The New York Times Book Review" as "smart, generous, perceptive, funny, sensible." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Ania Malina more books like this by Lawrence Osborne add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	American Normal more books like this by Lawrence Osborne add to wishlist Asperger's has never been clearly defined, bordering autism on one side and high intelligence and verbal eccentricity on the other. The disease is a kind of cultural lightning rod. First, it's a condition onto which we project the very real and well-founded fears of social isolation inherent in mental illness. But also attached to it is a kind ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.30! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Poisoned Embrace: A Brief History of Sexual Pessimism more books like this by Lawrence Osborne add to wishlist Osborne's history of sexual pessimism takes a close look at the western world's notion of sex as wicked and often fatal--ideas that have contributed to the persecution of 'witches,' Jews, and homosexuals. Osborne discusses Gnostic theology, medieval gynecology, and the debates on syphilis and the size of the Devil's sexual organs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.46! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Paris dreambook more books like this by Lawrence Osborne add to wishlist Over the centuries, the figure of the dreaming provincial has provided Paris with some of its most enduring subversive literary characters, from Restif de la Bretonne's roaming peasant to Louis Aragon's classic surrealist rustic in "Paris Peasant". Following in this savage and satirical tradition, the author gives us a peasant for the "fin de ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.81! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Cell Death more books like this by Leslie Wilson (Editor), Barbara A Osborne, Lawrence Schwartz add to wishlist "Cell Death" provides a current and comprehensive collection of methods for the study of cell death. Using a diverse range of technical approaches and model systems, the chapters in this volume cover topics from the cellular and organismal to the molecular and anatomical. In the tradition of this long-standing series, this volume's user-friendly ... see all copies from $19.14! new only from $93.58! \| first editions
8	Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices more books like this by Paul R Lawrence, Nitin Nohria, Edward Osborne Wilson (Foreword by) add to wishlist A touchstone for understanding how we behave on the job "This is a stimulating and provocative book in bringing together important ideas from different fields, and, thereby, giving us a whole new slant on 'human nature. '" --Edgar H. Schein, Sloan Fellows Professor of Management Emeritus and Senior Lecturer, MIT In this astonishing, provocative, ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Paris Dreambook: An Unconventional Guide to the Splendor and Squalor of the City more books like this by Lawrence Osborne add to wishlist There is a Paris that most tourists never see--a city of uprooted peasants and Brazillian transvestites, of Arab assassins and Tanzanian concierges--the Paris that Osborne navigates with sure-footed brilliance in this burnished and subversive book. "Osborne is earthy, attracted to the grotesque and surreal, and in love with words".--Los Angeles ... see all copies from $1.99!
10	The angelic game. more books like this by Lawrence Osborne add to wishlist Swinging between Gothic irony and the moralizing farce of Preston Sturges, slapstick, metaphysics and digressionary speculation, this satire lends a startling new meaning to the term "oral history". The author also wrote "Ania Malina" and "Paris Dreambook". see all copies from $14.75! new only from $23.90! \| first editions
11	Cell Death more books like this by Lawrence M. Schwartz (Editor), Barbara A. Osborne (Editor), Paul T. Matsudaira (Editor) add to wishlist "Cell Death" provides a comprehensive collection of methods for the study of cell death. Using a diverse range of technical approaches and model systems, the chapters in this volume cover topics from the cellular and organismal to the molecular and anatomical. In the tradition of this long-standing series, this volume's user-friendly recipes and ... see all copies from $24.00! new only from $46.00! \| first editions
12	Angels of light? : the challenge of New Age spirituality more books like this by Lawrence Osborne add to wishlist see all copies from $2.53! first editions
13	Bangkok Days more books like this by Lawrence Osborne add to wishlist Osborne offers a passionate, affectionate record of adventures and misadventures in the world's hottest metropolis. see all copies from $10.83! new only from $16.10! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Bangkok Days by Lawrence Osborne add to wishlist This is a passionate, affectionate record of adventures and misadventures in the world's hottest metropolis. Tourists come to Bangkok for many reasons - a sex change operation, a night with two prostitutes dressed as nuns, a stay in a luxury hotel. Lawrence Osborne comes for the cheap dentistry. Broke - but no longer in pain - he finds that he can ... see all copies from $16.81! new only from $16.81!
15 view cover	Methods in cell biology. Vol.46, Cell death more books like this by Lawrence M. Schwartz, Barbara A. Osborne add to wishlist "Cell Death" provides a comprehensive collection of methods for the study of cell death. Using a diverse range of technical approaches and model systems, the chapters in this volume cover topics from the cellular and organismal to the molecular and anatomical. In the tradition of this long-standing series, this volume's user-friendly recipes and ... see all copies from $40.00! new only from $67.06!

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