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Traces the near-obsessive nineteenth-century research of top scientific minds to locate possible anatomical signs of genius, criminal behavior, and insanity, discussing the posthumous brain examinations of such figures as Albert Einstein, Walt Whitman, and Vladimir Lenin. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

Hardcover:

9780385501286 | Broadway Books, January 1, 2005, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Traces the near-obsessive nineteenth-century research of top scientific minds to locate possible anatomical signs of genius, criminal behavior, and insanity, discussing the posthumous brain examinations of such figures as Albert Einstein, Walt Whitman, and Vladimir Lenin.

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9780767906777 | Reprint edition (Broadway Books, January 10, 2006), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Traces the near-obsessive nineteenth-century research of top scientific minds to locate possible anatomical signs of genius, criminal behavior, and insanity, discussing the posthumous brain examinations of such figures as Albert Einstein, Walt Whitman, and Vladimir Lenin.

Looks at the military catch phrases of the past and examines whether they were actually used by military leaders and for what purpose (view table of contents)

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9780071342629 | McGraw-Hill, May 1, 1999, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Looks at the military catch phrases of the past and examines whether they were actually used by military leaders and for what purpose

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Product Description: At one time, this nation held a profound and simple faith in the power of words. Today we have become so engulfed in public cynicism that the whole notion of "words to live by" seems to us impossibly naive.Brian Burrell's splendid collection shows that many of the phrases we once lived by can still have resonance today...read more

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9780788169793 | Diane Pub Co, December 1, 1997, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: A treasury of the words that have shaped America ranges from the Pledge of Allegiance to the creed of the Elvis Presley Impersonator's Association.
9780684830018, titled "The Words We Live by: The Creeds, Mottoes, and Pledges That Have Shaped America" | Free Pr, June 1, 1997, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: A treasury of the words that have shaped America ranges from the Pledge of Allegiance to the creed of the Elvis Presley Impersonator's Association

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9781451646757, titled "The Words We Live By: The Creeds, Mottoes, and Pledges That Have Shaped America" | Reprint edition (Free Pr, June 11, 2011), cover price $23.99 | About this edition: At one time, this nation held a profound and simple faith in the power of words.

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Covers numbers and computations, algebra, geometry, percentages, statistics, and business and personal finance

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9780877795056 | Merriam Webster, July 1, 1996, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Covers numbers and computations, algebra, geometry, percentages, statistics, and business and personal finance

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