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BASIC Programs for Applied Mechanics:Statics: Staticsby William WeaverISBN 0070687552 (0-07-068755-2)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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Baudolinoby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 0156029065 (0-15-602906-5)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Baudolino'Book summary:The most playful of historical novelists, Umberto Eco has absorbed the real lesson of history: that there is no such thing as the absolute truth. In Baudolino, he hands his narrative to an Italian peasant who has managed, through good luck and a clever tongue, to become the adopted son of the Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa, and a minister of his court in the closing years of the 12th century. Baudolino's other gift is for spontaneous but convincing lies, and so his unfolding tale--as recounted in 1204 to a nobleman of Constantinople, while the fires of the Fourth Crusade rage around them--exemplifies the Cretan Liar's Paradox: He can't be believed. Why not, then, make his story as outrageous as possible? In the course of his picaresque tale, Baudolino manages to touch on nearly every major theme, conflict, and boondoggle of the Middle Ages: the Crusades; the troubadours; the legend of the Holy Grail; the rise of the cathedral cities; the position of Jews; the market in relics; the local rivalries that made Italy so vulnerable to outside attack; and the perennial power struggles between the pope and the emperor. With the help of alcohol and a mysterious Moorish concoction called "green honey," Baudolino and his ragtag friends engage in typical scholastic debates of the period, trying to determine the dimensions of Solomon's Temple and the location of the Earthly Paradise. And when the Emperor needs support in his claims for saintly lineage, who but Baudolino can craft the perfect letter of homage from the legendary Prester John, Holy (and wholly fictitious) Christian King of the East? A giddy and exasperating romp, Baudolino will draw you into its labyrinthine inventions and half-truths, even if you know better. --Regina Marler [via]
Behind the Doorby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 0156116855 (0-15-611685-5)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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The Bomb and the Generalby Umberto Eco, William Weaver , Eugenio CarmiISBN 0152097007 (0-15-209700-7)
Hardcover, Harcourt Children's Books
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Duse, a Biographyby William WeaverISBN 0151266905 (0-15-126690-5)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Finite Elements for Structural Analysisby William WeaverISBN 0133170993 (0-13-317099-3)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall
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Foucault's Pendulumby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 015603297X (0-15-603297-X)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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How to Travel With a Salmon & Other Essaysby Umberto Eco, William Weaver , Diane SterlingISBN 015600125X (0-15-600125-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Travel With a Salmon & Other Essays'Book summary:Once a columnist for an Italian literary magazine, Eco now shares his acute and highly entertaining sense of the absurd in modern life in these essays about militarism, computerese, cowboy and Indian movies, art criticism, librarians, semiotics, and much more--including himself. [via]
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If Not Now, When?by Umberto Eco, William Weaver , Diane SterlingISBN 0140188932 (0-14-018893-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'If Not Now, When?'Book summary:Primo Levi was among the greatest witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In this gripping novel, based on a true story, he reveals the extraordinary lives of the Russian, Polish and Jewish partisans trapped behind enemy lines during the Second World War. Wracked by fear, hunger and fierce rivalries, they link up, fall apart, struggle to stay alive and to sabotage the efforts of the all-powerful German army. A compelling tale of action, resistance and epic adventure, it also reveals Levi's characteristic compassion and deep insight into the moral dilemmas of total war. It ranks alongside "The Period Table" and "If This is a Man" as one of the rare authentic masterpieces of our times. [via]
Incubusby Giuseppe Berto, William WeaverISBN 014002977X (0-14-002977-X)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
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The Island of the Day Beforeby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 0156030373 (0-15-603037-3)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Island of the Day Before'Book summary:In 1643 a castaway comes upon an abandoned ship anchored off a desert island. As he explores the vessels mysterious cargo, he revisits the events of his tempestuous youth-and limns his eras obsession with science and navigation. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book[via]More editions of The Island of the Day Before:
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The Monkey's Wrenchby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 0140188924 (0-14-018892-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Name of the Roseby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 0156001314 (0-15-600131-4)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Name of the Rose'Book summary:It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskervilles investigation is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book[via]More editions of The Name of the Rose:
Puccini: The Man and His Musicby William WeaverISBN 0091323800 (0-09-132380-0)
Hardcover, Random House
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Serendipities: Language & Lunacyby William WeaverISBN 0156007517 (0-15-600751-7)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Serendipities: Language & Lunacy'Book summary:The multitalented Umberto Eco--novelist, critic, and literary theorist--turns his attention to the history of linguistics. In linguistics, as in the other sciences, Eco explains, there are serendipities: "Even the most lunatic experiments can produce strange side effects, stimulating research that proves perhaps less amusing but scientifically more serious." In his earlier book The Search for the Perfect Language, for example, he discussed the project of discovering the language spoken before the collapse of the Tower of Babel. Although misconceived, the project by chance led to advances in mathematical logic, artificial intelligence, and even world peace--the goal of artificial languages like Esperanto and the unfortunately named Volapük. In the five essays in Serendipities, Eco explores some related serendipitous episodes in the history of linguistics; as always, his characteristic blend of playfulness and erudition is bound to be irresistible to any lover of language.
The first essay, "The Force of Falsity," discusses false documents with momentous repercussions, such as the letter of Prester John, which encouraged European explorers and conquerors to seek its supposed author, the Christian ruler of a distant and fantastically wealthy land. In the second essay, Eco considers Dante's relation to the idea of the perfect language. The third essay discusses early misinterpretations of Egyptian, Chinese, and Mexican ideograms. The Jesuit savant Athanasius Kircher, for example, devoted page upon page to mystical interpretations of a hieroglyph that later turned out to represent nothing more profound than the Greek letter lambda. The remaining two essays are devoted to single authors: "The Language of the Austral Land" concerns Gabriel de Foigny's instructive parody of contemporary attempts to devise the perfect language, while "The Linguistics of Joseph de Maistre" endeavors, with indifferent success, to make sense of the counterrevolutionary Savoyard's musings on the nature of language. --Glenn Branch [via]
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Structural Dynamics by Finite Elementsby William Weaver , Paul R. JohnstonISBN 0138535086 (0-13-853508-6)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall
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The Sunday Womanby Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini, William WeaverISBN 000613775X (0-00-613775-X)
Softcover, Fontana
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The Three Astronautsby Umberto Eco, Eugenio Carmi, William WeaverISBN 0152863834 (0-15-286383-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt Trade Publishers
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Travels in Hyperreality: Essaysby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 0151910790 (0-15-191079-0)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Travels in Hyperreality: Essays'Book summary:Eco displays in these essays the same wit, learning, and lively intelligence that delighted readers of The Name of the Rose and Foucaults Pendulum. His range is wide, and his insights are acute, frequently ironic, and often downright funny. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book[via]More editions of Travels in Hyperreality: Essays:
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