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  • STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL
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    STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL
    ROGER W. BERGER / THOMAS H. HART
    This guide aims to strip away the mystery surrounding statistical process control and to present its concepts and principles in as simple and straightforward a manner as possible. It is directed primarily at American business managers. ...

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  • VITAL PARTS
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    VITAL PARTS
    THOMAS BERGER
    A bitterly comic novel of middle-aged angst and middle-class American life in the 1960s, by the acclaimed author of Little Big Man It is the late sixties in suburbia, and Carlo Reinhart's life is a mess. He's fat, broke, middle aged, and unemployed. His anarchist son hates him, and his wife has taken a younger lover and thrown Carlo out of the house. In fact, the only one who d...

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  • NOWHERE
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    NOWHERE
    THOMAS BERGER
    Detective Russel Wren takes a case in what just might be the oddest country on earth A phone call warning of a bomb threat is all Detective Russel Wren needs to get out the door. He makes it to the next block before an enormous explosion destroys his entire building. Without his Manhattan office, Wren finds himself forced to accept a strange mission to the tiny central European...

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  • REINHART'S WOMEN
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    REINHART'S WOMEN
    THOMAS BERGER
    Thomas Berger's modern hero Carlo Reinhart is thrust into the strangest chapter of his life yet Carlo Reinhart's life has taken many turns. From his idealistic youth in  Crazy in Berlin, to his entrance into adulthood in  Reinhart in Love, through his uneasy tumble into middle age in  Vital Parts, Reinhart has never lost his philosophical and even-minded disposition.   Reinhart...

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  • THE RETURN OF LITTLE BIG MAN
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    THE RETURN OF LITTLE BIG MAN
    THOMAS BERGER
    The legendary Jack Crabb takes another riotous romp through the Old West in an acclaimed novel that's "impressive and delightful . . . very Mark Twain" ( Daily News, New York). Jack Crabb is now 112 years old, and he isn't done spinning yarns. In this sequel to Berger's beloved novel  Little Big Man, one of literature's wiliest survivors continues his breathtaking tall tales of...

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  • ABNORMAL OCCURRENCES
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    ABNORMAL OCCURRENCES
    THOMAS BERGER
    A dozen remarkable short stories from the author of  Little Big Man, offering an absurdist journey through the mind of one of America's great storytellers Thomas Berger's first short story collection in almost thirty years showcases the author's acclaimed wit, intellect, and emotional sureness. His pages teem with larger-than-life characters: Dr. Poon, a Hollywood snake handler...

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  • ARTHUR REX
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    ARTHUR REX
    THOMAS BERGER
    A "splendid" and witty take on the Arthurian legend by the acclaimed author of Little Big Man ( The New York Times Book Review). The myth of King Arthur has been told countless ways since the sixth century, always combining action, adventure, romance, and tragedy. In  Arthur Rex, Thomas Berger updates the legend in irreverent fashion, forever changing King Arthur and his Round ...

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  • BEING INVISIBLE
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    BEING INVISIBLE
    THOMAS BERGER
    Fred Wagner thought his newfound ability would bring big opportunities, but some special powers aren't as useful as they appear to be Advertising copywriter Fred Wagner lives a mundane existence, dreaming of being a novelist but making scant progress on his first literary effort. His career has stalled and his personal life is falling to pieces, but everything seems poised to c...

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  • CRAZY IN BERLIN
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    CRAZY IN BERLIN
    THOMAS BERGER
    Thomas Berger's debut novel of a young man tumultuously coming of age in postwar Germany   Carlo Reinhart, a young American army medic stationed in Germany, confronts a disturbing new world following the end of World War II. Living in Berlin, a city fractured into barricaded sectors by the occupying powers, Reinhart begins to drive himself mad with memories of the evils he has ...

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  • THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY
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    THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF REALITY
    PETER L. BERGER / THOMAS LUCKMANN
    A watershed event in the field of sociology, this text introduced "a major breakthrough in the sociology of knowledge and sociological theory generally" (George Simpson, American Sociological Review ).   In this seminal book, Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann examine how knowledge forms and how it is preserved and altered within a society. Unlike earlier theorists and philoso...

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  • MEETING EVIL
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    MEETING EVIL
    THOMAS BERGER
    The author of the Pulitzer Prize–finalist The Feud blurs reality in this breakneck thriller following one man's encounter with pure evil in high tops.   John Felton is a creature of habit. His job in real estate comes with no surprises; it's respectable work he can be proud of. Routine has been kind to him, but when a normal Monday of looking after the kids gets interrupted by ...

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  • REGIMENT OF WOMEN
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    REGIMENT OF WOMEN
    THOMAS BERGER
    The Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of Little Big Man returns with perhaps one of his most imaginative alternate realities yet: a matriarchal society.   Women reign supreme in the not-so-distant future, where Georgie Cornell has no choice but to wear the high heel shoe on the other foot. Swept into the chaotic world of publishing, he is at the mercy of his female bosses, especi...

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  • WHO IS TEDDY VILLANOVA?
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    WHO IS TEDDY VILLANOVA?
    THOMAS BERGER
    Pulitzer Prize nominee and author of The Feud, Thomas Berger displays his genre bending prowess once more in this mystery turned comedy, featuring unforgettable dialogue and an extremely fun cast of characters. "Berger's style, which is one of the great pleasures of the book, is something like S.J. Perelman's—educated, complicated, graceful, silly, destructive in spirit and bri...

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  • SUSPECTS
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    SUSPECTS
    THOMAS BERGER
    Little Big Man author Thomas Berger takes the murder mystery and runs with it in this trip around a quiet suburb with a dark secret. "A cutting, ironic wit and a precision of detail so deadly it hurts when you laugh." — Ms. Mary Jane Jones doesn't like to meddle. She's content to stay out of the admittedly tame gossip of her suburban neighborhood, even in the fresh loneliness o...

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  • ROBERT CREWS
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    ROBERT CREWS
    THOMAS BERGER
    From the author of Little Big Man comes a modern retelling of Robinson Crusoe that is an introspective look at the human condition only Thomas Berger could deliver. "Both a survival tale and a story of the redemptive power of love and nature, the novel exudes an optimism rare in contemporary fiction." — Library Journal On a fishing expedition with one friend he can barely toler...

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  • CHANGING THE PAST
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    CHANGING THE PAST
    THOMAS BERGER
    A novel of alternate realities from the Pulitzer Prize–nominated author: "Those willing to spend a few hours in his Twilight Zone will come away the richer" ( Library Journal).   With a loving wife and son, a successful job as chief copy-editor, and a schedule all his own, Walter Hunsicker is happy with his existence.   But into each life some rain must fall.   Taking shelter f...

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  • REINHART IN LOVE
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    REINHART IN LOVE
    THOMAS BERGER
    The Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of Little Big Man proves that sometimes war doesn't change a person, but the world he lives in.   Carlo Reinhart returns home from his service in Germany expecting the Ohio he left not too long ago. What he finds instead is new technology, old attitudes, and people he's not sure he can relate to anymore.   As Reinhart stumbles back into life ...

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  • KILLING TIME
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    KILLING TIME
    THOMAS BERGER
    Thomas Berger breaks all the rules in this detective story that's less who-done-it, and more why-done-it. "An original and powerful tale of a saintly murderer."—Arthur Koestler "Detweiler is one of the most complex characters in modern fiction...the eeriest thing about him is that he is wholly believable, which is to say, of course, that Thomas Berger is a magnificent novelist....

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  • ORRIE'S STORY
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    ORRIE'S STORY
    THOMAS BERGER
    Thomas Berger puts his signature spin on the Greek myth ORESTEIA in this brilliant story set in small-town America. "Gripping and funny, and, like the Greek tragedies, it leaves us thoughtful" — San Francisco Chronicle When Augie leaves to join the army, it's the first time his family sees him as anything but a waste of space. Not too worried about the kids and fairly certain h...

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  • THE FEUD
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    THE FEUD
    THOMAS BERGER
    Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, The Feud chronicles a hilariously destructive rivalry between families from neighboring towns in 1930s America. "I marked my copy of THE FEUD with a star wherever its blend of irony, parody and slapstick made me laugh out loud; some pages look like a map of the Milky Way." — The Washington Post Book World "A comic masterpiece" —Anne Tyler What be...

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  • ABNORMAL OCCURRENCES
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    ABNORMAL OCCURRENCES
    THOMAS BERGER
    A dozen remarkable short stories from the author of Little Big Man, offering an absurdist journey through the mind of one of America’s great storytellers Thomas Berger’s first short story collection in almost thirty years showcases the author’s acclaimed wit, intellect, and emotional sureness. His pages teem with larger-than-life characters: Dr. Poon, a Hollywood snake handler ...

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