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Amazing World of Antsby Francene Sabin, Eulala ConnerISBN 0893755591 (0-89375-559-1)
Softcover, Troll Communications L.L.C.
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Antby Michael Chinery, Nicholas Armstrong, Barrie WattsISBN 0816720991 (0-8167-2099-1)
Softcover, Troll Communications L.L.C.
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The Ant and the Elephantby Bill PeetISBN 0395292050 (0-395-29205-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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Ant Citiesby Arthur DorrosISBN 0064450791 (0-06-445079-1)
Softcover, HarperCollins World
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Antics: An Alphabetical Anthologyby Cathi HepworthISBN 0698113500 (0-698-11350-0)
Softcover, Puffin
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Antics: No Tantrums Please!by Cathi HepworthISBN 0399241841 (0-399-24184-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Antsby Bert Holldobler, Edward O. WilsonISBN 0674040759 (0-674-04075-9)
Hardcover, Harvard University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ants'Book summary:This is the definitive scientific study of one of the most diverse animal groups on earth; pretty well everything that is known about ants is in this massive work. But books do not win Pulitzer Prizes, as this one did in 1991, for exhaustiveness; besides being the last word in science, this work is beautifully written, and accessible to the lay reader. Wilson, of Harvard, and Holldobler of the University of Wurzburg, may inspire a whole new generation of budding entomologists. Every branch of biology is covered, from evolution to taxonomy to physiology to ecology. Lavishly illustrated, it is full of amazing facts, many concerning the incredible social behavior of these creatures. [via]
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Ants at Work: How an Insect Society Is Organizedby Deborah GordonISBN 0393321320 (0-393-32132-0)
Softcover, Rolf Harris Productions Pty, Limited
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The Ants Go Marching One by Oneby Kathleen Garry McCordISBN 0882724460 (0-88272-446-0)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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Armorby John SteakleyISBN 0886773687 (0-88677-368-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Armor'Book summary:The military sci-fi classic in a striking new package[via]
Felix is an Earth soldier, encased in special body armor designed to withstand Earth's most implacable enemy-a bioengineered, insectoid alien horde. But Felix is also equipped with internal mechanisms that enable him, and his fellow soldiers, to survive battle situations that would destroy a man's mind.
This is a remarkable novel of the horror, the courage, and the aftermath of combat-and how the strength of the human spirit can be the greatest armor of all.More editions of Armor:
Army Ant Paradeby April Pulley Sayre, Rick ChrustowskiISBN 0805063536 (0-8050-6353-6)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Army Ants: The Biology of Social Predationby Gotwald, William H., Jr.ISBN 0801426332 (0-8014-2633-2)
Hardcover, Cornell University Press
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Cien Anos De Soledadby Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 082882567X (0-8288-2567-X)
Softcover, French & European Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cien Anos De Soledad'Book summary:Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevó a conocer el hielo .
Con estas palabras empieza una novela ya legendaria en los anales de la literatura universal, una de las aventuras literarias más fascinantes del siglo xx. Millones de ejemplares de Cien años de soledad leídos en todas las lenguas y el Premio Nobel de Literatura coronando una obra que se había abierto paso a boca a boca como gusta decir el escritor son la más palpable demostración de que la aventura fabulosa de la familia Buendía-Iguarán, con sus milagros, fantasías, obsesiones, tragedias, incestos, adulterios, rebeldías, descubrimientos y condenas, representaba al mismo tiempo el mito y la historia, la tragedia y el amor del mundo entero. [via]More editions of Cien Anos De Soledad:
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Softcover, Random House Mondadori - Cien Anos De Soledad: ISBN 8439711085 (84-397-1108-5)
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Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitudeby Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 0899667031 (0-89966-703-1)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Con estas palabras empieza una novela ya legendaria en los anales de la literatura universal, una de las aventuras literarias más fascinantes del siglo xx. Millones de ejemplares de Cien años de soledad leídos en todas las lenguas y el Premio Nobel de Literatura coronando una obra que se había abierto paso a boca a boca como gusta decir el escritor son la más palpable demostración de que la aventura fabulosa de la familia Buendía-Iguarán, con sus milagros, fantasías, obsesiones, tragedias, incestos, adulterios, rebeldías, descubrimientos y condenas, representaba al mismo tiempo el mito y la historia, la tragedia y el amor del mundo entero. [via]More editions of Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitude:
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Softcover, Random House Mondadori - Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitude: ISBN 9500700298 (950-07-0029-8)
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Crickwingby Janell CannonISBN 0152050612 (0-15-205061-2)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crickwing'Book summary:Janell Cannon, best-known for her award-winning picture books Stellaluna and Verdi, departs from the world of bats and snakes and turns her attention to... cockroaches. None of these are particularly cuddly creatures, but seen through Cannon's anthropomorphizing glasses, they are ones we can sympathize with. Crickwing, cruelly named for his twisted wing, is a lonely food stylist. He builds sculptures out of roots, leaves, and petals... and then eats them. But artistic serenity is not possible in the dangerous forest. The melancholy insect is constantly faced with cockroach-eating lizards, ocelots, and worse, food-stealing monkeys: "'Another masterpiece--ruined!' Crickwing panted. 'I'm starving and my wing aches. I don't know if I can take this much longer.'"
Bemoaning his fate as a "mere exoskeleton," Crickwing wakes up with thoughts of vengeance. As he watches thousands of leaf-cutting ants busy at work, he wonders, "Why isn't anyone bothering these little twerps?" He sticks his spiny leg out to trip one of them, and delights in taunting them further. Of course, the ants don't take this well. They swarm him, drag him into the dark corridors of their anthill, and bury him up to his neck--all the while whispering about how his mother must be heartbroken to have produced such an awful menace. Just as they are about to fork him over as their annual peace offering to the army ants, they have a crisis of conscience. "Nobody deserves that, not even this big bully," says one of the ants, and, risking the wrath of their queen, they release him and flee. Now it's Crickwing's turn to have a conscience. He races after the leafcutters with his creative plan to keep the warring army ants at bay. The story ends in a festive explosion of flower confetti, and a valuable lesson in compassion. The concluding "Cockroach Notes" and "Ant Notes" crawl with fascinating facts about our six-legged friends. (Ages 5 to 8) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Deputy Harvey and the Ant Cow Caperby Brad SneedISBN 0803730233 (0-8037-3023-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Deputy Harvey and the Ant Cow Caper'Book summary:The ants of Ant Hill are mighty upset. Some cows from the local herd are missing, and rumor says the culprits are a wild bunch of ladybugs. Deputy Harvey is eager to investigate, but Sheriff Dil is more concerned with finishing his breakfast. Very suspicious! Kids will root for this loveably goofy hero when Harvey hatches a plan to uncover the real thief.
From the wonderfully wacky imagination of Brad Sneed, this spoofy mystery-adventure is told with a western twang, and illustrated in a colorful style that has many clever details (and clues!) to amuse children and their parents. [via]
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The Earth Dwellers: Adventures in the Land of Antsby Erich HoytISBN 0684830450 (0-684-83045-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Softwareby Steven JohnsonISBN 0684868768 (0-684-86876-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software'Book summary:An individual ant, like an individual neuron, is just about as dumb as can be. Connect enough of them together properly, though, and you get spontaneous intelligence. Web pundit Steven Johnson explains what we know about this phenomenon with a rare lucidity in Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software. Starting with the weird behavior of the semi-colonial organisms we call slime molds, Johnson details the development of increasingly complex and familiar behavior among simple components: cells, insects, and software developers all find their place in greater schemes.
Most game players, alas, live on something close to day-trader time, at least when they're in the middle of a game--thinking more about their next move than their next meal, and usually blissfully oblivious to the ten- or twenty-year trajectory of software development. No one wants to play with a toy that's going to be fun after a few decades of tinkering--the toys have to be engaging now, or kids will find other toys.
Johnson has a knack for explaining complicated and counterintuitive ideas cleverly without stealing the scene. Though we're far from fully understanding how complex behavior manifests from simple units and rules, our awareness that such emergence is possible is guiding research across disciplines. Readers unfamiliar with the sciences of complexity will find Emergence an excellent starting point, while those who were chaotic before it was cool will appreciate its updates and wider scope. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Empire of the Antsby Bernard WerberISBN 0553573527 (0-553-57352-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (and an Even Smaller Ant)by Avi, Tricia TusaISBN 0152049681 (0-15-204968-1)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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Flik's Perfect Giftby Judy KatschkeISBN 0786842571 (0-7868-4257-1)
Softcover, Disney Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flik's Perfect Gift'Book summary:While searching for the perfect gift to give Queen Atta for her birthday. Flik comes up with some wild and crazy ideas. But in the end, Atta is pleased with the simplest one. [via]
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Gets Ants in Its Pants: A Book about Antsby Joanna Cole, Linda Ward Beech, Bruce Degan, John SpeirsISBN 059040024X (0-590-40024-X)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited
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Henry David Thoreauby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0940450275 (0-940450-27-5)
Hardcover, Library of America
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry David Thoreau'Book summary:Henry David Thoreau wrote four full-length works, collected here for the first time in a single volume. Subtly interweaving natural observation, personal experience, and historical lore, they reveal his brilliance not only as a writer, but as a naturalist, scholar, historian, poet, and philosopher. "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" is based on a boat trip taken with his brother from Concord, Massachusetts to Concord, New Hampshire. "Walden," one of America's great books, is at once a personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, manual of self-reliance, and masterpiece of style. "The Maine Woods" and "Cape Cod" portray landscapes changing irreversibly even as he wrote. The first combines close observation of the unexplored Maine wilderness with a far-sighted plea for conservation; the second is a brilliant and unsentimental account of survival on a barren peninsula in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay. [via]
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Hey, Little Antby Philip M. Hoose, Hannah Hoose, Debbie TilleyISBN 1883672546 (1-883672-54-6)
Hardcover, Ten Speed Press
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In the Tall, Tall Grassby Denise FlemingISBN 0805029508 (0-8050-2950-8)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Tall, Tall Grass'Book summary:If you were a fuzzy caterpillar crawling through the tall, tall grass on a sunny afternoon, what would you see? Beginning as the sun is high in the sky and ending as fireflies blink and the moon rises above, this backyard tour is one no child will want to miss.[via]
A 1992 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Honor Book for Picture Books
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- In the Tall, Tall Grass: ISBN 0805039414 (0-8050-3941-4)
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Hardcover, Bt Bound - In the Tall, Tall Grass: ISBN 080501635X (0-8050-1635-X)
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Ira Says Goodbyeby Bernard Waber, Larry RobinsonISBN 1595190473 (1-59519-047-3)
Softcover, Live Oak Media
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Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Explorationby Bert Holldobler, Edward O. WilsonISBN 0674485262 (0-674-48526-2)
Softcover, Harvard University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration'Book summary:"Look to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise," says the proverb. Bert Hölldobler and E.O. Wilson have joined together to tell how they took this advice and to share the fruits of their wisdom. As Nature said, they "have done for ants what Levi's did for denim." Not just a good-parts version of their magisterial, Pulitzer-winning The Ants, Journey is also a double autobiography--the history of how early enthusiasm developed into an enormously fruitful scientific collaboration. "We, having entered our bug period as children, were blessed by never being required to abandon it," the authors write. Their devotion to their chosen field shines through.
Journey to the Ants gives an outstanding overview of the enormous variety and fascination of myrmecology, from the primitive bulldog ants of Australia to the complexities of weaver ant societies, slave-making ants and agriculture, army ants, and the social parasites concealed within anthills. There is an appendix with practical instructions for collecting individual ants or whole colonies, dead or alive. Hölldobler and Wilson clearly want other children to follow in their footsteps, growing from simple bug love to insights into evolution and society. --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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The Life of the Antby Bernard Miall, Maurice MaeterlinkISBN 0898753511 (0-89875-351-1)
Softcover, Univ Pr of the Pacific
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The Magic School Bus Gets Ants in Its Pantsby Joanna ColeISBN 0785775315 (0-7857-7531-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Magic School Bus Gets Ants in Its Pants'Book summary:Ms. Frizzle's class decides to make a movie about ants for the school science fair. They follow an ant all the way into an anthill, and discover that it's crawling with activity. Join Ms. Frizzle and the Magic School Bus gang as they learn how ants work together. [via]
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The Man Who Died: A Storyby D. H. Lawrence, Leonard Baskin, John FowlesISBN 0880014296 (0-88001-429-6)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man Who Died: A Story'Book summary:In his last novel, published less than a year before his untimely death at the age of forty-five, D.H. Lawrence takes up the theme of Christ's resurrection and his final days on Earth. Lawrence recounts Christ's agonizing journey from death back to life with an alarmingly proffane realism, depicting the tale from teh moment of his initial painful awakening to his eventual redemptive sexual relationship with the priestess of the pagan goddess Isis.
The story expands beyond its Christian roots to explore and embrace Lawrence's abiding faith in the life-force apparent in every aspect of the natural world. For his final work, Lawrence has encapsulated a lifetime of extraordinary vision into one profound and exquisite parable.
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Naturalistby Edward O. WilsonISBN 1597260886 (1-59726-088-6)
Softcover, Island Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Naturalist'Book summary:E. O. Wilson, among the most prominent biologists working today, has made signal contributions to the field both large and small. As an entomologist, and especially as a student of several kinds of ants, he is famed among a small audience. He is better known for his work in the controversial subdiscipline of sociobiology for his formulations of island-biogeographic theory, and for his catastrophic view of modern extinctions. His lucid memoir, Naturalist, treats all these matters and more, and it celebrates the sea change in our view of nature--namely, that we now see that "we are bound to the rest of life in our ecology, our physiology, and even our spirit"--that has come about in no small measure because of Wilson's distinguished career. [via]
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Nature Revealed: Selected Writings, 1949-2006by Edward O. WilsonISBN 0801883296 (0-8018-8329-6)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nature Revealed: Selected Writings, 1949-2006'Book summary:Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Edward O. Wilson is one of the leading biologists and philosophical thinkers of our time. In this compelling collection, Wilson's observations range from the tiny glands of ants to the nature of the living universe. Many of the pieces are considered landmarks in evolutionary biology, ecology, and behavioral biology. Wilson explores topics as diverse as slavery in ants, the genetic basis of societal structure, the discovery of the taxon cycle, the original formulation of the theory of island biogeography, a critique of subspecies as a unit of classification, and the conservation of life's diversity. Each article is presented in its original form, dating from Wilson's first published article in 1949 to his most recent exploration of the natural world. Preceding each piece is a brief essay by Wilson that explains the context in which the article was written and provides insights into the scientist himself and the debates of the time.
This collection enables us to share Wilson's various vantage points and to view the complexities of nature through his eyes. Wilson aficionados, along with readers discovering his work for the first time, will find in this collection a world of beauty, complexity, and challenge.
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The Once and Future Kingby Terence Hanbury WhiteISBN 0808576852 (0-8085-7685-2)
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One Hundred Years of Solitudeby Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 081615483X (0-8161-5483-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Poisonwood Bibleby Barbara KingsolverISBN 1417687703 (1-4176-8770-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poisonwood Bible'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, June 2000: As any reader of The Mosquito Coast knows, men who drag their families to far-off climes in pursuit of an Idea seldom come to any good, while those familiar with At Play in the Fields of the Lord or Kalimantaan understand that the minute a missionary sets foot on the fictional stage, all hell is about to break loose. So when Barbara Kingsolver sends missionary Nathan Price along with his wife and four daughters off to Africa in The Poisonwood Bible, you can be sure that salvation is the one thing they're not likely to find. The year is 1959 and the place is the Belgian Congo. Nathan, a Baptist preacher, has come to spread the Word in a remote village reachable only by airplane. To say that he and his family are woefully unprepared would be an understatement: "We came from Bethlehem, Georgia, bearing Betty Crocker cake mixes into the jungle," says Leah, one of Nathan's daughters. But of course it isn't long before they discover that the tremendous humidity has rendered the mixes unusable, their clothes are unsuitable, and they've arrived in the middle of political upheaval as the Congolese seek to wrest independence from Belgium. In addition to poisonous snakes, dangerous animals, and the hostility of the villagers to Nathan's fiery take-no-prisoners brand of Christianity, there are also rebels in the jungle and the threat of war in the air. Could things get any worse?
In fact they can and they do. The first part of The Poisonwood Bible revolves around Nathan's intransigent, bullying personality and his effect on both his family and the village they have come to. As political instability grows in the Congo, so does the local witch doctor's animus toward the Prices, and both seem to converge with tragic consequences about halfway through the novel. From that point on, the family is dispersed and the novel follows each member's fortune across a span of more than 30 years.
The Poisonwood Bible is arguably Barbara Kingsolver's most ambitious work, and it reveals both her great strengths and her weaknesses. As Nathan Price's wife and daughters tell their stories in alternating chapters, Kingsolver does a good job of differentiating the voices. But at times they can grate--teenage Rachel's tendency towards precious malapropisms is particularly annoying (students practice their "French congregations"; Nathan's refusal to take his family home is a "tapestry of justice"). More problematic is Kingsolver's tendency to wear her politics on her sleeve; this is particularly evident in the second half of the novel, in which she uses her characters as mouthpieces to explicate the complicated and tragic history of the Belgian Congo.
Despite these weaknesses, Kingsolver's fully realized, three-dimensional characters make The Poisonwood Bible compelling, especially in the first half, when Nathan Price is still at the center of the action. And in her treatment of Africa and the Africans she is at her best, exhibiting the acute perception, moral engagement, and lyrical prose that have made her previous novels so successful. --Alix Wilber [via]
Rustle in the Grassby Robin HawdonISBN 0812500687 (0-8125-0068-7)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Thinking About Antsby Barbara Brenner, Carol SchwartzISBN 1572552107 (1-57255-210-7)
Hardcover, Mondo Pub
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Two Bad Antsby Chris Van AllsburgISBN 0395486688 (0-395-48668-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Wacky Weddingby Pamela Duncan Edward, Henry ColeISBN 0786822481 (0-7868-2248-1)
Hardcover, Disney Pr
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The Wacky Wedding: A Book of Alphabet Anticsby Pamela Duncan Edwards, Henry ColeISBN 0786803088 (0-7868-0308-8)
Hardcover, Disney Press
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 1420922610 (1-4209-2261-0)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden'Book summary:It takes an irreverent, original writer and thinker like Bill McKibben to reveal to a new generation of readers how intensely practical Thoreau's vision in Walden is for those of us living our lives at the cusp of the new millennium.
Recent Thoreau scholarship has concentrated on Thoreau as
prescient forest ecologist; McKibben--author of The End of Nature and one of our best-read social and environmental critics--places him firmly back in his role as cultural and spiritual seer. McKibben identifies two questions asked by Thoreau as central to a late-twentieth-century reading of Walden: "How much is enough?" and "How do I know what I want?" Questions, McKibben reminds us, that must come to dominate the end of the twentieth century if we are to live well into the twenty-first.
McKibben's relevant and lively introduction and annotations to the 1854 edition make us see Walden as, among other things, a way to think about how we use our time, how we spend our money --and how to live essential lives. [via]More editions of Walden:
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Softcover, Beacon Pr - Walden: ISBN 081520115X (0-8152-0115-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins - Walden: ISBN 0879050934 (0-87905-093-4)
Softcover, Gibbs Smith - Walden: ISBN 0894714953 (0-89471-495-3)
Softcover, Running Pr Book Pub - Walden: ISBN 0894718797 (0-89471-879-7)
Hardcover, Courage Books - Walden: ISBN 8437622123 (84-376-2212-3)
Softcover, Catedra Ediciones - Walden: ISBN 3895082090 (3-89508-209-0)
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Walden: Or, Life in the Woodsby Henry David ThoreauISBN 1590300882 (1-59030-088-2)
Hardcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden: Or, Life in the Woods'Book summary:In July 1845, Henry David Thoreau built a small cottage in the woods near Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. During the two years and two months he spent there, he began to write Walden, his most important work, a chronicle of his communion with nature that became one of the most influential and compelling books in American literature. Since its first publication on August 9, 1854, by Ticknor and Fields, the work has become a classic, beloved for its message of living simply and in harmony with nature.
This special 150th anniversary edition of Walden features exquisite wood engravings by Michael McCurdy, one of America's leading engravers and woodblock artists. McCurdy's engravings bring the text to lifeand illuminate the spirit of Thoreau's prose. Also included is a foreword by noted author, environmentalist, and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams, who reflects upon Thoreau's message that as we explore our world and ourselves, we draw ever closer to the truth of our connectedness. [via]More editions of Walden: Or, Life in the Woods:
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Walden, or Life in the Woods: Selections from the American Classicby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0877736855 (0-87773-685-5)
Softcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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What the World Needs Nowby Steven M. JohnsonISBN 0898151252 (0-89815-125-2)
Softcover, Ten Speed Press
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What the World Needs Now: A Resource Book for Daydreamers, Frustrated Inventors, Cranks, Efficiency Experts, Utopians, Gadgeteers, Tinkerers and Just about Everybody Elseby Steven M. JohnsonISBN 1580083099 (1-58008-309-9)
Hardcover, Ten Speed Press
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Alatorcida/ Crickwingby Janell CannonISBN 842613159X (84-261-3159-X)
Hardcover, Juventud
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La Biblia Envenenadaby Barbara Kingsolver, Damián AlouISBN 8484530256 (84-8453-025-6)
Hardcover, Ediciones del Bronce
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Cien Años de Soledadby Gabriel García MárquezISBN 0785950109 (0-7859-5010-9)
Softcover, French & European Publications, Incorporated
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Con estas palabras empieza una novela ya legendaria en los anales de la literatura universal, una de las aventuras literarias más fascinantes del siglo xx. Millones de ejemplares de Cien años de soledad leídos en todas las lenguas y el Premio Nobel de Literatura coronando una obra que se había abierto paso a boca a boca como gusta decir el escritor son la más palpable demostración de que la aventura fabulosa de la familia Buendía-Iguarán, con sus milagros, fantasías, obsesiones, tragedias, incestos, adulterios, rebeldías, descubrimientos y condenas, representaba al mismo tiempo el mito y la historia, la tragedia y el amor del mundo entero. [via]More editions of Cien Años de Soledad:
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Softcover, Ediciones Cátedra - Cien Años de Soledad: ISBN 8401242266 (84-01-24226-6)
Hardcover, Plaza & Janes Editories, S.A. - Cien Años de Soledad: ISBN 8423919005 (84-239-1900-5)
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Cien Anos De Soledadby G. Garcia MarquezISBN 9500726092 (950-07-2609-2)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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Con estas palabras empieza una novela ya legendaria en los anales de la literatura universal, una de las aventuras literarias más fascinantes del siglo xx. Millones de ejemplares de Cien años de soledad leídos en todas las lenguas y el Premio Nobel de Literatura coronando una obra que se había abierto paso a boca a boca como gusta decir el escritor son la más palpable demostración de que la aventura fabulosa de la familia Buendía-Iguarán, con sus milagros, fantasías, obsesiones, tragedias, incestos, adulterios, rebeldías, descubrimientos y condenas, representaba al mismo tiempo el mito y la historia, la tragedia y el amor del mundo entero. [via]More editions of Cien Anos De Soledad:
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Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitudeby Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 968131574X (968-13-1574-X)
Softcover, Editorial Diana S.A. De C.V.
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Con estas palabras empieza una novela ya legendaria en los anales de la literatura universal, una de las aventuras literarias más fascinantes del siglo xx. Millones de ejemplares de Cien años de soledad leídos en todas las lenguas y el Premio Nobel de Literatura coronando una obra que se había abierto paso a boca a boca como gusta decir el escritor son la más palpable demostración de que la aventura fabulosa de la familia Buendía-Iguarán, con sus milagros, fantasías, obsesiones, tragedias, incestos, adulterios, rebeldías, descubrimientos y condenas, representaba al mismo tiempo el mito y la historia, la tragedia y el amor del mundo entero. [via]More editions of Cien Anos De Soledad / 100 Years of Solitude:
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Cien Anos De Soledad: Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 8434602601 (84-346-0260-1)
Hardcover, Vosgos
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Cien Anos De Soledad/One Hundred Years of Solitudeby Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 8420421367 (84-204-2136-7)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns Inc
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Ciudades de Hormigasby Arthur DorrosISBN 006088715X (0-06-088715-X)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Gdel, Escher, Bachby D.R. HofstadterISBN 8472234592 (84-7223-459-2)
Softcover, Tusquets Editor
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gdel, Escher, Bach'Book summary:¿Puede un sistema comprenderse a sí mismo ? Si esta pregunta se refiere a la mente humana, entonces nos encontramos ante una cuestión clave del pensamiento científico. Y de la filosofía. Y del arte. Investigar este misterio es una aventura que recorre la matemática, la física, la biología, la psicología y, muy especialmente, el lenguaje. Douglas R. Hofstadter, joven y ya célebre científico, nos abre la puerta del enigma con la belleza y la alegría creadora de su estilo. Sorprendentes paralelismos ocultos entre los grabados de Escher y la música de Bach nos remiten a las paradojas clásicas de los antiguos griegos y a un teorema de la lógica matemática moderna que ha estremecido el pensamiento del siglo XX : el de Kurt Gödel. Todo lenguaje, todo sistema formal, todo programa de ordenador, todo proceso de pensamiento, llegan, tarde o temprano, a la situación límite de la autorreferencia : de querer expresarse sobre sí mismos. Surge entonces la emoción del infinito, como dos espejos enfrentados y obligados a reflejarse mutua e indefinidamente. Gödel, Escher, Bach: un Eterno y Grácil Bucle, es una obra de arte escrita por un sabio. Versa sobre los misterios del pensamiento e incluye, ella misma, sus propios misterios. / Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this book applies Godel's seminal contribution to modern Twenty years after it topped the bestseller charts, Douglas R. Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid is still something of a marvel. Besides being a profound and entertaining meditation on human thought and creativity, this book looks at the surprising points of contact between the music of Bach, the artwork of Escher, and the mathematics of Gödel.mathematics to the study of the human mind and the development of artificial intelligence. [via]
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Nuva, la Hormigaby Marcos VidalISBN 0829731806 (0-8297-3180-6)
Hardcover, Vida Publishers
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Les Fourmis: Romanby Bernard WerberISBN 2226052577 (2-226-05257-7)
Hardcover, A. Michel
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Le Jour Des Fourmis: Romanby Bernard WerberISBN 2226061185 (2-226-06118-5)
Hardcover, A. Michel
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La Revolution Des Fourmis: Romanby Bernard WerberISBN 2226086366 (2-226-08636-6)
Hardcover, A. Michel
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Les Thanatonautesby Bernard WerberISBN 2226067582 (2-226-06758-2)
Hardcover, A. Michel
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Thanatonautes'Book summary:Le « phénomène Werber » continue. AprèsLes FourmisetLe Jour des fourmis, deux best-sellers au succès sans précédent dans le monde entier (traduits dans 17 langues des Etats-Unis à la Corée), voiciLes Thanatonautes : la grande épopée moderne qui perce jusqu'au mystère de la mort.Nourri d'informations scientifiques souvent inédites, des textes sacrés et initiatiques les plus secrets des principales religions depuis le fond des âges, Bernard Werber nous entraîne à la découverte du continent ultime, au-delà de notre imaginaire. En suivant les Thanatonautes, vous connaîtrez des rêves et des terreurs insondables, vous subirez les lois d'un univers étrange, où se cache l'énigme qui hante les hommes depuis toujours...Jamais personne n'est allé aussi loin que les Thanatonautes. Ils ont exploré la vie après la vie. L'odyssée la plus stupéfiante de tous les temps. [via]
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Orthographia Gallicaby R. C. JohnstonISBN 090547418X (0-905474-18-X)
Hardcover, Anglo-Norman Text Society from Birkbeck College
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