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11 Days in December: Christmas at the Bulge, 1944by Stanley WeintraubISBN 074328710X (0-7432-8710-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: '11 Days in December: Christmas at the Bulge, 1944'Book summary:In 11 Days In December, master historian and biographer Stanley Weintraub tells the remarkable story of the Battle of the Bulge as it has never been told before, from frozen foxholes to barn shelters to boxcars packed with wretched prisoners of war.
In late December 1944, as the Battle of the Bulge neared its climax, a German loudspeaker challenge was blared across GI lines in the Ardennes: "How would you like to die for Christmas?" In the inhospitable forest straddling Belgium, France, and Luxembourg, only the dense, snow-laden evergreens recalled the season. Most troops hardly knew the calendar day they were trying to live through, or that it was Hitler's last, desperate effort to alter the war's outcome.
Yet the final Christmas season of World War II matched desperation with inspiration. When he was offered an ultimatum to surrender the besieged Belgian town of Bastogne, Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe defied the Germans with the memorable one-word response, "Nuts!" And as General Patton prayed for clear skies to allow vital airborne reinforcements to reach his trapped men, he stood in a medieval chapel in Luxembourg and spoke to God as if to a commanding general: "Sir, whose side are you on?" His prayer was answered. The skies cleared, the tide of battle turned, and Allied victory in World War II was assured.
Christmas 1944 proved to be one of the most fateful days in world history. Many men did extraordinary things, and extraordinary things happened to ordinary men. "A clear cold Christmas," Patton told his diary, "lovely weather for killing Germans, which seems a bit queer, seeing whose birthday it is." Peace on earth and good will toward men would have to wait.
11 Days in December is unforgettable. [via]
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Abandon Ship!: The Sage Of The U.s.s. Indianapolis, The Navy's Greatest Sea Disasterby Richard F. Newcomb, Peter MaasISBN 0756775671 (0-7567-7567-1)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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Abraham Lincolnby DkISBN 0756608341 (0-7566-0834-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Abraham Lincoln'Book summary:Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States, led the nation through its darkest hour-the Civil War. Find out about Lincoln's childhood on a frontier farm, how a struggling small town lawyer became president, and why he became one of America's most revered leaders.
In this groundbreaking new series, DK brings together fresh voices and DK design values to give readers the most information-packed, visually exciting biographies on the market today. Full-color photographs of people, places, and artifacts, and sidebars on related subjects add dimension and relevance to stories of famous lives that students will love to read. Modern scholarship and a variety of narrative approaches give today's reader a chance to explore the extraordinary worlds of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. This new way of looking at classic subjects creates a unique reading experience that breathes life into the book-report and summer-reading repertoire. [via]More editions of Abraham Lincoln:
The All American Boysby Walter CunninghamISBN 0743458494 (0-7434-5849-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Australia
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All the Presidents' Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Familiesby Doug WeadISBN 074344633X (0-7434-4633-X)
Softcover, Atria Books
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American Notes for General Circulation and Pictures from Italyby Charles DickensISBN 0749308680 (0-7493-0868-0)
Softcover, Heinemann
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American Revolutionby Dk PublishingISBN 0756610591 (0-7566-1059-1)
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Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam The Use of the Atomic Bomb and the American Confrontation With Soviet Powerby Gar AlperovitzISBN 074530947X (0-7453-0947-X)
Softcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam The Use of the Atomic Bomb and the American Confrontation With Soviet Power'Book summary:'A daring and elaborate work of historical reconstruction.' New York Review of Books 'Since its publication almost everyone who has written about the beginning of the atomic age has praised or denounced the book.' New York Times 'Tightly written and well presented [this seminal work] is very accessible.' Bob Hulteen, Sojourners (Canada) 'Atomic Diplomacy is a classic account of the use of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and its connections with America's confrontation with the Soviet Union. Fifty years after the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is more important than ever that we understand how political and military leaders make decisions about the use of nuclear weapons. Atomic Diplomacy is, therefore a timely book. It is also a very readable book, admirably researched. It should be essential reading for all politicians.' Medicine & War Hailed as a classic on its first publication in the 1960s, Atomic Diplomacy, has now been reissued in a completely revised and expanded edition. Alperovitz provides important new evidence to support the thesis that the primary reason for bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not to end the war in Japan, as was said at the time, but to 'make the Russians more manageable'. Drawing on recently released diaries and records of Truman, Eisenhower and others, Alperovitz reevaluates the assumptions, hesitations and decisions that precipitated the use of atomic weapons and traces how possession of the bomb changed American strategy toward the Soviet Union at the Potsdam Conference and helped to set it on a course that contributed to the swift beginning of the Cold War. Most historians of the period now agree that diplomatic considerations related to the Soviet Union played a major role in the decision to use the bomb. Atomic Diplomacy pioneered this new understanding. Today we still live in Hiroshima's shadow; this path breaking work is timely and urgent reading for anyone interested in the history -- and future -- of peace and war. [via]
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The Battle of Gettysburgby Michael BurganISBN 0756500982 (0-7565-0098-2)
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A Benjamin Franklin Readerby Benjamin Franklin, Walter IsaacsonISBN 0743257820 (0-7432-5782-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Benjamin Franklin Reader'Book summary:Selected and annotated by the author of the acclaimed Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, this collection of Franklin's writings shows why he was the bestselling author of his day and remains America's favorite Founder and wit.
As a twelve-year-old apprentice in his brother's print shop, Benjamin Franklin taught himself to be a writer by taking notes on the works of great essayists such as Addison and Steele, jumbling them up, and then trying to recreate them in his own words. By that method, he recalled in his Autobiography, he was encouraged to think he might become a "tolerable" writer. In fact, he became the best, most popular, and most influential writer in colonial America. His direct and practical prose shaped America's democratic character, and his homespun humor gave birth to the nation's unique brand of crackerbarrel wisdom.
This book collects dozens of Franklin's delight-ful essays and letters, along with a complete version of his Autobiography. It includes an introductory essay exploring Franklin's life and impact as a writer, and each piece is accompanied by a preface and notes that provide background, context, and analysis. Through the writings and the introductory essays, the reader can trace the development of Franklin's thinking, along with the birth of the nation he and his pen helped to invent. [via]
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A Benjamin Franklin Readerby Walter IsaacsonISBN 0743273982 (0-7432-7398-2)
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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth About Globalization, Corporate Cons, and High Finance Fraudstersby Greg PalastISBN 0745318460 (0-7453-1846-0)
Hardcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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The Bill of Rightsby Michael BurganISBN 0756501512 (0-7565-0151-2)
Hardcover, Compass Point Books
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The Call of the Wildby Jack London, Andrew Davidson, Jean Craighead GeorgeISBN 0753454939 (0-7534-5493-9)
Hardcover, Kingfisher Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Call of the Wild'Book summary:Buck is a dog born to luxury, but his life changes dramatically when he is sold to be a sled dog in the Yukon Terrority. First published in 1903, this masterpiece of adventure and survival continues to enthrall readers almost a century later.[via]More editions of The Call of the Wild:
Cape May in Vintage Postcardsby Don Pocher, Pat PocherISBN 0752408569 (0-7524-0856-9)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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The Declaration of Independenceby Michael BurganISBN 0756500427 (0-7565-0042-7)
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Diary Of A Viagra Fiendby Jayson GallawayISBN 0743478908 (0-7434-7890-8)
Softcover, Atria Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Diary Of A Viagra Fiend'Book summary:This book is intended for mature audiences. Both the author and the publisher of this work must insist that none of the self-destructive lifestyles or poor decisions or sordid situations in this work be imitated.
Read at your own risk.
Diary of a Viagra Fiend Jayson Gallaway -- whose experimentation with the drug Viagra is at the ever-pounding heart (on) of this book -- presents an unflinching, uproarious collection of stories from the edge of sex. From dancing in S+M clubs to dough-nating sperm, naked soul-searching at the Burning Man festival to asking himself WWARD ("What Would Axl Rose Do?"), Gallaway's extraordinary tales of erotic adventure are sure to, in his own words, "blow some fire up the clammy and stagnant rectum of American literature."
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Do I Stand Alone?: Going to the Mat Against Political Pawns and Media Jackalsby Jesse VenturaISBN 0743405862 (0-7434-0586-2)
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Does America Need a Foreign Policyby Henry KissingerISBN 0756776945 (0-7567-7694-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Does America Need a Foreign Policy'Book summary:Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger asks a question in the title of his book Does America Need a Foreign Policy?--but there's really no doubt about the answer. That's not to say it shouldn't be asked: "The last presidential election was the third in a row in which foreign policy was not seriously discussed by the candidates," writes Kissinger. "In the face of perhaps the most profound and widespread upheavals the world has ever seen, [the United States] has failed to develop concepts relevant to the emerging realities." Kissinger tours the world in this book, describing how the United States should relate to various regions and countries. This is not a gripping book, but it is sober, accessible, brief, and comprehensive--and an excellent introduction to international relations and diplomacy.
Kissinger has opinions on just about every topic he raises, from globalization (for it) to international courts (against them, for the most part). He supports a vigorous missile-defense system: "The United States cannot condemn its population to permanent vulnerability." He opines on peace in the Middle East: "Israel should abandon its opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state except as part of a final status agreement." His claims are often eye-opening: "There are few nations in the world with which the United States has less reason to quarrel or more compatible interests than Iran." He is especially critical of domestic politics interfering with America's international relations: "Whatever the merit of the individual legislative actions, their cumulative effect drives American foreign policy toward unilateral and seemingly bullying conduct." The media has been a special problem in this regard, as it zips around the world in search of exciting but ephemeral stories, which are "generally presented as a morality play between good and evil having a specific outcome and rarely in terms of the long-range challenges of history." Does America need a foreign policy? Of course it does, and Henry Kissinger has done readers a service by outlining what a good one might be. --John J. Miller [via]
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Emily Dickinson: Selected Poemsby Emily Dickinson, Helen McNeilISBN 0753816598 (0-7538-1659-8)
Hardcover, Phoenix Pr
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To a discerning Eye--
Much Sense--that starkest Madness
--From 'Tis the Majority[via]
Emily Dickinson, the Belle of Amherst, stayed close to home, finding inspiration in the small world around her. Often writing more than a poem a day--although few were published during her lifetime--she perfected a highly personal, condensed, and enduring style. Among her most famous poems included here are: Success Is Counted Sweetest, I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed, and This Is My Letter to the World.More editions of Emily Dickinson: Selected Poems:
Empire By Default: The Spanish-american War And The Dawn Of The American Centuryby Ivan MusicantISBN 0756777704 (0-7567-7770-4)
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The End of History And the Last Manby Francis FukuyamaISBN 0743284550 (0-7432-8455-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Explorer King : Adventure, Science, and the Great Diamond Hoax--Clarence King in the Old Westby Robert WilsonISBN 0743260252 (0-7432-6025-2)
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The Final Daysby Carl BernsteinISBN 0743274067 (0-7432-7406-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Final Days'Book summary:The Final Days is the classic, behind-the-scenes account of Richard Nixon's dramatic last months as president. Moment by moment, Bernstein and Woodward portray the taut, post-Watergate White House as Nixon, his family, his staff, and many members of Congress strained desperately to prevent his inevitable resignation. This brilliant book reveals the ordeal of Nixon's fall from office -- one of the gravest crises in presidential history. [via]
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First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrongby James R. HansenISBN 0743257510 (0-7432-5751-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong'Book summary:On 20 July 1969, the world stood still to watch 38-year-old astronaut Neil Armstrong become the first person ever to walk on the Moon. Perhaps no words in recent human history became better known than those few he uttered at that historic moment. Upon his return to Earth, Armstrong was honoured and celebrated for his achievement. But he was also misunderstood. As authorised biographer James Hansen reveals in this fascinating and important book, it was the act of flying that had driven Armstrong rather than the pull of the destination, from his distinguished career as a fighter pilot in the Korean War right through to his most famous mission. Drawing on flight logs, family and Nasa archives and over 125 original interviews with key participants, FIRST MAN vividly re-creates Armstrong's life and career in flying, from the heights of honour earned as a naval aviator, test pilot and astronaut, to the dear personal price paid by Armstrong and, even more so, by his wife and children, for his dedication to his vocation. It is a unique portrait of a great but reluctant hero. [via]
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Forrest Gumpby Winston GroomISBN 0743453255 (0-7434-5325-5)
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Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876by Roy MorrisISBN 0743255526 (0-7432-5552-6)
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The Georgetown Ladies' Social Club: Power, Passion, and Politics in the Nation's Capitalby C. David HeymannISBN 0743428579 (0-7434-2857-9)
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The Gettysburg Gospel: The Lincoln Speech That Nobody Knowsby Gabor BorittISBN 0743288203 (0-7432-8820-3)
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Glory, Passion, and Principle: The Story of Eight Remarkable Women at the Core of the American Revolutionby Melissa Lukeman BohrerISBN 074345331X (0-7434-5331-X)
Softcover, Atria Books
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Great Game: The Emergence of Wall Street As a World Power 1653-2000by John Steele GordonISBN 0756753856 (0-7567-5385-6)
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Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America's Deadliest Serial Murdererby Ann RuleISBN 0743460502 (0-7434-6050-2)
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The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biographyby Trevor N. Dupuy, David L. Bongard, Curt JohnsonISBN 0756752965 (0-7567-5296-5)
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Hearts of Fireby Kemp P. BattleISBN 0756756510 (0-7567-5651-0)
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Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, And Utopian Dreamsby Michael D'AntonioISBN 074326410X (0-7432-6410-X)
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Hershey: The Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreamsby Michael D'AntonioISBN 0743264096 (0-7432-6409-6)
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In Our Own Words: Extraordinary Speeches of the American Centuryby Andrew Carroll, Robert G. Torricelli, Doris Kearns GoodwinISBN 0743410521 (0-7434-1052-1)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Our Own Words: Extraordinary Speeches of the American Century'Book summary:Bill Clinton's televised confession in the tawdry matter of Monica Lewinsky may not qualify as a sterling political moment, or even as a particularly inspired act of oratory. Whether seen as a gesture of remorse or an evasion, that apology was certainly extraordinary by any measure, and Senator Robert Torricelli rightly includes it here. In Our Own Words is his anthology of what he deems to be exceptional American speechifying. (Clinton's first draft was a more accomplished piece of writing and pleading forgiveness than the truculent final version; Torricelli and coeditor Andrew Carroll include both texts.)
Torricelli and Carroll's working definition of what constitutes a speech is broad, and arguably so. It encompasses not only such fine moments of public rhetoric as Notre Dame president Charles O'Donnell's eulogy to football coach Knute Rockne and Dwight Eisenhower's warning about the growing power of what he called the "military-industrial complex," but also actress Jane Fonda's wartime radio broadcasts from Hanoi and Frank Zappa's congressional testimony against proposed measures to initiate a national rating system for recorded music--not exactly speeches, a purist might object, but still useful primary sources for students of the recent past.
A practiced speechmaker himself, Torricelli brings in the voices not only of legislators and politicians, but also of ordinary people moved to heights of eloquence. The result is an eminently readable collection spanning the last hundred years, useful to students of history and of public discourse. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Iraq War Reader : History, Documents, Opinionsby Micah L. Sifry, Christopher CerfISBN 0743253477 (0-7432-5347-7)
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Kansas 24/7: 24 Hours. 7 Days. Extraordinary Images of One Week in Kansas.by N, David Elliot CohenISBN 0756600561 (0-7566-0056-1)
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The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the Worldby A. J. JacobsISBN 0743250621 (0-7432-5062-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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44 MILLION WORDS
10 BILLION YEARS OF HISTORY
1 OBSESSED MAN
Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z.
To fill the ever-widening gaps in his Ivy League education, A.J. Jacobs sets for himself the daunting task of reading all thirty-two volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. His wife, Julie, tells him it's a waste of time, his friends believe he is losing his mind, and his father, a brilliant attorney who had once attempted the same feat and quit somewhere around Borneo, is encouraging but unconvinced.
With self-deprecating wit and a disarming frankness, The Know-It-All recounts the unexpected and comically disruptive effects Operation Encyclopedia has on every part of Jacobs's life -- from his newly minted marriage to his complicated relationship with his father and the rest of his charmingly eccentric New York family to his day job as an editor at Esquire. Jacobs's project tests the outer limits of his stamina and forces him to explore the real meaning of intelligence as he endeavors to join Mensa, win a spot on Jeopardy!, and absorb 33,000 pages of learning. On his journey he stumbles upon some of the strangest, funniest, and most profound facts about every topic under the sun, all while battling fatigue, ridicule, and the paralyzing fear that attends his first real-life responsibility -- the impending birth of his first child.
The Know-It-All is an ingenious, mightily entertaining memoir of one man's intellect, neuroses, and obsessions, and a struggle between the all-consuming quest for factual knowledge and the undeniable gift of hard-won wisdom. [via]
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Lapdogs : How the Press Rolled over for Bushby Eric BoehlertISBN 0743289315 (0-7432-8931-5)
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The Lewis and Clark Expeditionby Patricia Ryon QuiriISBN 0756500443 (0-7565-0044-3)
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Luckiest Man: The Life And Death of Lou Gehrigby Jonathan EigISBN 0743268938 (0-7432-6893-8)
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Matamoras to Shohola: A Journey Through Timeby Matthew OsterbergISBN 0752412973 (0-7524-1297-3)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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The Miss Stone Affair: America's First Modern Hostage Crisisby Teresa CarpenterISBN 0743258053 (0-7432-5805-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Motion Studies: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild Westby Rebecca SolnitISBN 0747562202 (0-7475-6220-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Motion Studies: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West'Book summary:In 1872, an Englishman photographed a running horse in California and succeeded for the first time in capturing an image of high-speed motion - the crucial breakthrough that eventually made movies possible. His patron, the philanthropist tycoon Leland Stanford, wanted to know if his trotter Occident ever lifted all four hooves at once - never suspecting what innovations Muybridge's experiments would unleash. From Muybridge's invention came Hollywood and from his patron Stanford's sponsorship of technological research came Silicon Valley - two industries that have most powerfully shaped the modern world. The story of Muybridge's own life while he was making his motion studies is equally riveting. He became an internationally renowned inventor and photographer whose pictures of the war against the Modoc Indians and the monumental landscape of the American West have now become classics - and in a blaze of publicity, stood trial for the murder of his wife's lover. Gripping and erudite, this is a fascinating biography of a true pioneer and the larger story of how time and space were revolutionised in the nineteenth century. [via]
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The Neyer / James Guide to Pitchers: An Historical Compendium of Pitching, Pitchers, and Pitchesby Rob Neyer, Bill JamesISBN 0743261585 (0-7432-6158-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Ocean City New Jerseyby Frank J. Esposito, Robert J. EspositoISBN 0752409840 (0-7524-0984-0)
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Oh What a Slaughter: Massacres in the American West 1846-1890by Larry McMurtryISBN 074325077X (0-7432-5077-X)
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One Day at Fenway : A Day in the Life of Baseball in Americaby Steve KettmannISBN 0743483650 (0-7434-8365-0)
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Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisisby Jimmy CarterISBN 0743285018 (0-7432-8501-8)
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Patriotic Treason: John Brown And the Soul of Americaby Evan CartonISBN 074327136X (0-7432-7136-X)
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Plain Truthby Jodi PicoultISBN 0743275012 (0-7432-7501-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plain Truth'Book summary:Jodi Picoult has touched readers deeply with her acclaimed novels, such as Keeping Faith and The Pact. Gifted with "a remarkable ability to make us share her characters' feelings" (People), Picoult now explores the complex choices of the heart for a young Amish woman -- the compelling journey of discovery for an urban lawyer who befriends and protects her.
The small town of Paradise, Pennsylvania, is a jewel in Lancaster County -- known for its picture-postcard landscapes and bucolic lifestyle. But that peace is shattered by the discovery of a dead infant in the barn of an Amish farmer. A police investigation quickly leads to two startling disclosures: the newborn's mother is an unmarried Amish woman, eighteen-year-old Katie Fisher. And the infant did not die of natural causes. Although Katie denies the medical proof that she gave birth to the child, circumstantial evidence leads to her arrest for the murder of her baby.
One hundred miles away, Philadelphia defense attorney Ellie Hathaway has achieved an enviable, high-profile career. But her latest court "victory" has set the sands shifting beneath her. Single at thirty-nine and unsatisfied with her relationship, Ellie doesn't look back when she turns down her chance to make partner and takes off for an open-ended stay at her great-aunt's home in Paradise.
Fate brings her to Katie Fisher. Suddenly, Ellie sees the chance to defend a client who truly needs her, not just one who can afford her. But taking on this case challenges Ellie in more ways than one. She finds herself not only in a clash of wills with a client who does not want to be defended but also in a clash of cultures with a people whose channels of justice are markedly different from her own.
Immersing herself in Katie Fisher's life -- and in a world founded on faith, humility, duty, and honesty -- Ellie begins to understand the pressures and sacrifices of those who to live "plain." As she peels away the layers of fact and fantasy, Ellie calls on an old friend for guidance. Now, just as this man from Ellie's past reenters her life, she must uncover the truth about a complex case, a tragic loss, the bonds of love -- and her own deepest fears and desires.
Moving seamlessly from psychological drama to courtroom suspense, Plain Truth is a triumph of contemporary storytelling. Jodi Picoult presents a fascinating portrait of Amish life rarely witnessed by those outside the faith -- and discovers a place where circumstances are not always what they seem, where love meets falsehood, and where relationships grow strong enough to span two worlds. [via]
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The Plymouth Colonyby Andrew SantellaISBN 075650046X (0-7565-0046-X)
Hardcover, Compass Point Books
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Presidential Leadership : Rating the Best and the Worst in the White Houseby James Taranto, Leonardo Leo, William J. BennettISBN 0743254333 (0-7432-5433-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Presidential Leadership: Rating The Best And The Worst In The White Houseby William J. Bennett, Leonard LeoISBN 0743274083 (0-7432-7408-3)
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The Presidentsby Michael BechlossISBN 0743475003 (0-7434-7500-3)
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The Printed Book in Americaby Joseph BlumenthalISBN 0756761891 (0-7567-6189-1)
Softcover, Diane Pub Co
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Rumson, New Jerseyby Randall GabrielanISBN 0752402900 (0-7524-0290-0)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby Emmuska OrczyISBN 0755111184 (0-7551-1118-4)
Softcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby Orczy, Margaret BrantleyISBN 0743487745 (0-7434-8774-5)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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Scientist, Soldier, Statesman, Spy: Count Rumford, the Extrordinary Life of a Scientific Geniusby G. I. BrownISBN 0750926740 (0-7509-2674-0)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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Shakespeare: The Illustrated Libraryby William Shakespeare, George Cruikshank, John Gilbert, R. DudleyISBN 0755437292 (0-7554-3729-2)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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Shamanby Noah GordonISBN 0751500828 (0-7515-0082-8)
Softcover, Little Brown Uk
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Shreveportby Eric J. BrockISBN 0752412450 (0-7524-1245-0)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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The Sign Of The Book: A Cliff Janeway Novelby John DunningISBN 0743482476 (0-7434-8247-6)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for the New Millenniumby Robin MorganISBN 0743466276 (0-7434-6627-6)
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Socialism: Past and Futureby Michael HarringtonISBN 0745307752 (0-7453-0775-2)
Softcover, Inland Book Co
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Some Times in Americaby Alexander ChancellorISBN 0747543372 (0-7475-4337-2)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, The Slave Trade, and the American Revolutionby Charles RappleyeISBN 0743266870 (0-7432-6687-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Sun Also Risesby Ernest HemingwayISBN 0743297334 (0-7432-9733-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sun Also Rises'Book summary:The Sun Also Rises first appeared in 1926, and yet it's as fresh and clean and fine as it ever was, maybe finer. Hemingway's famously plain declarative sentences linger in the mind like poetry: "Brett was damned good-looking. She wore a slipover jersey sweater and a tweed skirt, and her hair was brushed back like a boy's. She started all that." His cast of thirtysomething dissolute expatriates--Brett and her drunken fiancé, Mike Campbell, the unhappy Princeton Jewish boxer Robert Cohn, the sardonic novelist Bill Gorton--are as familiar as the "cool crowd" we all once knew. No wonder this quintessential lost-generation novel has inspired several generations of imitators, in style as well as lifestyle.
Jake Barnes, Hemingway's narrator with a mysterious war wound that has left him sexually incapable, is the heart and soul of the book. Brett, the beautiful, doomed English woman he adores, provides the glamour of natural chic and sexual unattainability. Alcohol and post-World War I anomie fuel the plot: weary of drinking and dancing in Paris cafés, the expatriate gang decamps for the Spanish town of Pamplona for the "wonderful nightmare" of a week-long fiesta. Brett, with fiancé and ex-lover Cohn in tow, breaks hearts all around until she falls, briefly, for the handsome teenage bullfighter Pedro Romero. "My God! he's a lovely boy," she tells Jake. "And how I would love to see him get into those clothes. He must use a shoe-horn." Whereupon the party disbands.
But what's most shocking about the book is its lean, adjective-free style. The Sun Also Rises is Hemingway's masterpiece--one of them, anyway--and no matter how many times you've read it or how you feel about the manners and morals of the characters, you won't be able to resist its spell. This is a classic that really does live up to its reputation. --David Laskin [via]
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Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension Of American Racismby James W. LoewenISBN 0743294483 (0-7432-9448-3)
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Powerful and unprecedented, Sundown Towns tells the story of how these towns came into existence, what maintains them, and what to do about them. It also deepens our understanding of the role racism has played and continues to play in our society.
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Super Imperialism: The Origin and Fundamentals of U.S. World Dominanceby Michael HudsonISBN 0745319890 (0-7453-1989-0)
Softcover, Pluto Pr
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Tank Action: From the Great War to the Gulfby George FortyISBN 0750904798 (0-7509-0479-8)
Hardcover, Motorbooks Intl
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Testament: A Soldier's Story of the Civil Warby Benson BobrickISBN 074325113X (0-7432-5113-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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I was very glad to hear from home this morning. It is the first time since I left Otterville. We marched from Sedalia 120 miles....I almost feel anxious to be in a battle & yet I am almost afraid. I feel very brave sometimes & think if I should be in an engagement, I never would leave the field alive unless the stars & stripes floated triumphant. I do not know how it may be. If there is a battle & I should fall, tell with pride & not with grief that I fell in defense of liberty. Pray that I may be a true soldier.
Not since Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage have the trials and tribulations of a private soldier of the Civil War been told with such beguiling force. The Red Badge of Courage, however, was fiction. This story is true.
In Testament, Benson Bobrick draws upon an extraordinarily rich but hitherto untapped archive of material to create a continuous narrative of how that war was fought and lived. Here is virtually the whole theater of conflict in the West, from its beginnings in Missouri, through Kentucky and Tennessee, to the siege of Atlanta under Sherman, as experienced by Bobrick's great-grandfather, Benjamin W. ("Webb") Baker, an articulate young Illinois recruit. Born and raised not far from the Lincoln homestead in Coles County, Webb had stood in the audience of one of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, become a staunch Unionist, and answered one of Abraham Lincoln's first calls for volunteers. The ninety-odd letters on which his story is based are fully equal to the best letters the war produced, especially by a common soldier; but their wry intelligence, fortitude, and patriotic fervor also set them apart with a singular and still-undying voice.
In the end, that voice blends with the author's own, as the book becomes a poignant tribute to his great-grandfather's life -- and to all the common soldiers of the nation's bloodiest war. [via]
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The Thirteen Coloniesby Marc Tyler NoblemanISBN 075650211X (0-7565-0211-X)
Hardcover, Compass Point Books
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Trapped: The 1909 Cherry Mine Disasterby Karen TintoriISBN 0743421957 (0-7434-2195-7)
Softcover, Atria Books
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Unwise Passions: A True Story Of A Remarkable Woman And The First Great Scandal Of Eighteenth-century Americaby Alan Pell CrawfordISBN 0743264673 (0-7432-6467-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Usborne First Book of Americaby Louisa SomervilleISBN 0746003382 (0-7460-0338-2)
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Vietnam Warby Stuart Murray, Aaron R. MurrayISBN 075660771X (0-7566-0771-X)
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Villard: The Life And Times Of An American Titanby John Cullen, Alexandra Villard De BorchgraveISBN 0756773350 (0-7567-7335-0)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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War For America: The Fight For Independence, 1775-1783by Jeremy BlackISBN 0750928085 (0-7509-2808-5)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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Who Were the First North Americans?by Stuart Reid, Philippa WingateISBN 0746020406 (0-7460-2040-6)
Softcover, Riverwood Publishers, Limited
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Why Americans Hate Politicsby E. J. DionneISBN 0743265734 (0-7432-6573-4)
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Wild Westby Dk PublishingISBN 0756610974 (0-7566-1097-4)
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World Orders: Old and Newby Noam ChomskyISBN 0745309194 (0-7453-0919-4)
Hardcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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World War IIby Simon Adams, Ron Dick, Andy CrawfordISBN 0756607434 (0-7566-0743-4)
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