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1066: The Year of the Conquestby David Armine HowarthISBN 0670696013 (0-670-69601-3)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The A-Z of Babylon 5by David BassomISBN 0440223857 (0-440-22385-7)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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Across Realtimeby Vernor VingeISBN 0671720988 (0-671-72098-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Alpha and Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universeby Charles SeifeISBN 0670031798 (0-670-03179-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Art & Liesby Jeanette WintersonISBN 0679441816 (0-679-44181-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Art & Lies'Book summary:One of the most audacious and provocative writers on either side of the Atlantic now gives readers a dazzling, arousing, and wise improvisation on art, Eros, language, and identity. "A series of intense, artful musings that are exhilarating and visionary. . . . Unsettling yet strangely satisfying."--Newsday.
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Black Iceby Lorene CaryISBN 0679737456 (0-679-73745-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Black Mischief: The Mechanics of Modern Scienceby David BerlinskiISBN 0688044042 (0-688-04404-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Bravo Two Zeroby Andy McNabISBN 0440218802 (0-440-21880-2)
Softcover, Dell Pub Co
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The Brokerby John GrishamISBN 0440241588 (0-440-24158-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Broker'Book summary:Before he was sent to federal prison for treason (among other things), Joel Backman was an extremely powerful man. Known as "the broker," Backman was a high roller--a lawyer making $10 million a year who could "open any door in Washington." That is, until he tried to broker a deal selling access to the world's most powerful satellite surveillance system to the highest bidder. When caught, Backman accepted prison as the one option that would keep him safe and alive, since the interested parties (the Israelis, the Saudis, the Russians, and the Chinese) were all itching to get their hands on his secrets at any cost. Little does he know that his own government has designs on accessing that information--or at least letting it die with him. Now, six years after his incarceration, the director of the CIA convinces a lame duck president to pardon Backman, and the broker becomes a free man--and an open target.
The Broker marries the best of John Grisham's many talents--his ability to immerse himself in the culture of small-town life (in this case, Bologna, Italy), and his uncanny mastery of the chase. The first half of the book focuses on Backman's transformation from infamous power broker to helpless victim in his own game. Upon his release from prison, Backman is taken into "protective custody" and whisked off to Italy where he is assigned a new identity, and a tutor to help him blend in. Sure he is on the run, but some readers may feel that Backman's time spent in Bologna is a bit too leisurely--readers join him on an almost cinematic tour through the Italian town, complete with language and history lessons. Impatient readers will be happy to know that the final half of the novel is classic Grisham--a fast-paced, thrilling cat and mouse chase pitting Backman against the numerous agencies that want him dead--as the broker makes a move to take back his life. --Daphne Durham
Grisham: The Books
- A Time to Kill, 1989
- The Firm, 1991
- The Pelican Brief, 1992
- The Client, 1993
- The Chamber, 1994
- The Rainmaker, 1995
- The Runaway Jury, 1996
- The Partner, 1997
- The Street Lawyer, 1998
- The Testament, 1999
- The Brethren, 2000
- A Painted House, 2001
- Skipping Christmas, 2001
- The Summons, 2002
- The King of Torts, 2003
- Bleachers, 2003
- The Last Juror, 2004
- The Broker, 2005
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Chapman's Homer: The Odysseyby Homer, Allardyce Nicoll, George ChapmanISBN 0691048916 (0-691-04891-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chapman's Homer: The Odyssey'Book summary:George Chapman's translations of Homer are among the most famous in the English language. Keats immortalized the work of the Renaissance dramatist and poet in the sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer." Swinburne praised the translations for their "romantic and sometimes barbaric grandeur," their "freshness, strength, and inextinguishable fire." The great critic George Saintsbury (1845-1933) wrote: "For more than two centuries they were the resort of all who, unable to read Greek, wished to know what Greek was. Chapman is far nearer Homer than any modern translator in any modern language." This volume presents the original text of Chapman's translation of the Odyssey (1614-15), making only a small number of modifications to punctuation and wording where they might confuse the modern reader. The editor, Allardyce Nicoll, provides an introduction, textual notes, a glossary, and a commentary. Garry Wills's preface to the Odyssey explores how Chapman's less strained meter lets him achieve more delicate poetic effects as compared to the Iliad. Wills also examines Chapman's "fine touch" in translating "the warm and human sense of comedy" in the Odyssey.
[via]Oft of one wide expanse had I been told
That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne;
Yet did I never breathe its pure serene
Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold.
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Clear and Present Dangerby Tom ClancyISBN 0425122123 (0-425-12212-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Clear and Present Danger'Book summary:CIA man Jack Ryan, hero of Patriot Games, finds that he will probably never have a boring summer: The sudden and surprising assassination of three American officials in Colombia. Many people in many places, moving off on missions they all mistakenly thought they understood. The future was too fearful for contemplation, and beyond the expected finish lines were things that, once decided, were better left unseen. Tom Clancy's new thriller is based on America's war on drugs... and the covert--and shocking--U.S. response. [via]
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Contactby Carl SaganISBN 0671004107 (0-671-00410-7)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Contact'Book summary:It is December 1999, the dawn of the millennium, and a team of international scientists is poised for the most fantastic adventure in human history. After years of scanning the galaxy for signs of somebody or something else, this team believes they've found a message from an intelligent source--and they travel deep into space to meet it. Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sagan injects Contact, his prophetic adventure story, with scientific details that make it utterly believable. It is a Cold War era novel that parlays the nuclear paranoia of the time into exquisitely wrought tension among the various countries involved. Sagan meditates on science, religion, and government--the elements that define society--and looks to their impact on and role in the future. His ability to pack an exciting read with such rich content is an unusual talent that makes Contact a modern sci-fi classic. [via]
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Fasterby James GleickISBN 067977548X (0-679-77548-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faster'Book summary:From the bestselling, national book award-nominated auhtor of genius and chaos, a bracing new work about the accelerating pace of change in today's world.most of us suffer some degree of "hurry sickness." a malady that has launched us into the "epoch of the nanosecond," a need-everything-yesterday sphere dominated by cell phones, computers, faxes, and remote controls. Yet for all the hours, minutes, and even seconds being saved, we're still filling our days to the point that we have no time for such basic human activities as eating, sex, and relating to our families. Written with fresh insight and thorough research, faster is a wise and witty look at a harried world not likely to slow down anytime soon [via]
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Faster : The Acceleration of Just about Everythingby James GleickISBN 0679408371 (0-679-40837-1)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faster : The Acceleration of Just about Everything'Book summary:Never in the history of the human race have so many had so much to do in so little time. That, anyway, is the impression most of us have of civilized life at the end of the millennium, and Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything only sharpens it. Elegantly composed and insightfully researched, Faster delivers a brisk volley of observations on how microchips, media, and economics, among other things, have accelerated the pace of everyday experience over the course of the manic 20th century.
Author of the pop-science triumph, Chaos, James Gleick brings his formidable writing skills to bear here, creating an almost poetic flow of ideas from what in other hands might have been just a mass of interesting facts and anecdotes. Whether tracing the modern history of chronometry (from Louis-François Cartier's invention of the wristwatch to the staggeringly precise atomic clocks of today's standards bureaus) or revealing the ways the camera has sped up our subjective sense of pace (from the freeze frames of Eadweard Muybridge's early photographic experiments to the jump cuts of MTV's latest videos), Gleick manages to weave in slyly perceptive or occasionally profound points about our increasingly hopped-up relationship to time. The result is the kind of thing only an accelerated culture like ours could have come up with: an instant classic. --Julian Dibbell [via]
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Feeding Your Baby: Breast, Bottle and Baby Foodsby Carolyn T. ChubetISBN 0681404531 (0-681-40453-1)
Softcover, Longmeadow Pr
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Herself Defined: The Poet H.D. and Her Worldby Barbara GuestISBN 0688047092 (0-688-04709-2)
Softcover, Quill
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The Hittites: People of a Thousand Godsby Johannes LehmannISBN 0670374156 (0-670-37415-6)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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Homer, Odyssey Books Vi-VIIIby A.F. GarvieISBN 0521338409 (0-521-33840-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homer, Odyssey Books Vi-VIII'Book summary:This is the first self-contained edition of Books VI-VIII of the Odyssey--the account of Odysseus' time among the Phaeacians, and a popular introduction to Homer. While not neglecting matters of language and formulaic composition, the Commentary aims to provide guidance on questions of literary and narrative technique and poetic artistry. The Introduction deals with the problem of Homeric composition in general, and with the place of the Phaeacian books in the poem as a whole. There are also brief sections on Homeric meter and the text. [via]
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Iliad and Odyssey Gift Setby HomerISBN 0670779644 (0-670-77964-4)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad and Odyssey Gift Set'Book summary:This is a boxed gift edition of Fagles's two widely acclaimed translations of Homer.
The Iliad is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to call it a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the 10th and final year of the Greek siege of Troy. The Odyssey is, quite simply, the story of Odysseus, who wants to go home. But Poseidon, god of oceans, doesn't want him to make it back across the wine-dark sea to his wife, Penelope, son, Telemachus, and their high-roofed home at Ithaca. The story is told in easy-going, beautiful poetry; the characters speak naturally, the action happens briskly. Even the gods come across as real people, despite the divine powers they exercise constantly. Both works have been hailed by scholars and the public for the powerful language that brings clashing, pulsing life to these ancient masterpieces. [via]
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Introduction to Science and Technology Studiesby Sergio SismondoISBN 0631234446 (0-631-23444-6)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Invention by Designby Henry PetroskiISBN 0674463684 (0-674-46368-4)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Invention by Design'Book summary:Henry Petroski's previous bestsellers have delighted readers with intriguing stories about the engineering marvels around us, from the lowly pencil to the soaring suspension bridge. In this book, Petroski delves deeper into the mystery of invention, to explore what everyday artifacts and sophisticated networks can reveal about the way engineers solve problems.
Engineering entails more than knowing the way things work. What do economics and ecology, aesthetics and ethics, have to do with the shape of a paper clip, the tab of a beverage can, the cabin design of a turbojet, or the course of a river? How do the idiosyncrasies of individual engineers, companies, and communities leave their mark on projects from Velcro® to fax machines to waterworks?Invention by Design offers an insider's look at these political and cultural dimensions of design and development, production and construction.
Readers unfamiliar with engineering will find Petroski's enthusiasm contagious, whether the topic is the genesis of the Ziploc baggie or the averted collapse of Manhattan's sleekest skyscraper. And those who inhabit the world of engineering will discover insights to challenge their customary perspective, whether their work involves failure analysis, systems design, or public relations. Written with the flair that readers have come to expect from his books, Invention by Design reaffirms Petroski as the master explicator of the principles and processes that turn thoughts into the many things that define our made world.
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Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thingby Not AvailableISBN 060619696X (0-606-19696-X)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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The Little Drummer Girlby John Le CarréISBN 0553267574 (0-553-26757-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Little Drummer Girl'Book summary:John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow world's of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him unprecedented worldwide acclaim.
In this thrilling and though-provoking novel of Middle Eastern intrigue, Charlie, a brilliant and beautiful young English actress, is lured into "the theatre of the real" by an Israeli intelligence officer. Forced to play her ultimate role, she is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an elusive Palestinian terrorist. [via]
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Lost Discoveries : The Ancient Roots of Modern Science: From the Babylonians to the Mayaby Dick TeresiISBN 0684837188 (0-684-83718-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost Discoveries : The Ancient Roots of Modern Science: From the Babylonians to the Maya'Book summary:Did Nicolas Copernicus steal his notion that the earth orbited the sun from an Islamic astronomer who lived three centuries earlier? "The jury is still out," writes Dick Teresi, whose intriguing survey of the non-Western roots of modern science offers several worthy arguments that Copernicus in fact ripped off Nasir al-Din al-Tusi. Common belief is that Westerners have been the mainspring of most scientific and technical achievement, but in Lost Discoveries Teresi shows that other cultures had arrived at much of the same knowledge at earlier dates. The Babylonians were using the Pythagorean theorem at least 15 centuries before Pythagoras drew his first triangle, and in A.D. 200 a Chinese mathematician calculated an incredibly accurate value for pi. The Mayans and other Mesoamericans were outstanding sky watchers and stargazers. The greatest advances occurred in math and astronomy, though Teresi also devotes chapters to physics, geology, chemistry, technology, and even cosmology. Sometimes he is a bit overeager to ascribe great thoughts to long-dead people (he casually suggests that "many ancient cultures had inklings of quantum theory"), but on the whole his book is a reliable and fascinating guide to the unexplored field of multicultural science. --John J. Miller [via]
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The Man Who Fell to Earthby Walter TevisISBN 0440352819 (0-440-35281-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Mask of Commandby John Keegan, Richard HolmesISBN 0670459887 (0-670-45988-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mask of Command'Book summary:John Keegan asks us to consider questions that are seldom asked: What makes a great military leader? Why is it that men, indeed sometimes entire nations, follow a single leader, often to victory, but with equal dedication also to defeat?
Dozens of names come to mind...Napoleon, Lee, Charlemagne, Hannibal, Castro, Hussein. From a wide array, Keegan chooses four commanders who profoundly influenced the course of history: Alexander the Great, the Duke of Wellington, Ulysses S. Grant and Adolph Hitler. All powerful leaders, each cast in a different mold, each with diverse results.
"THE MASK OF COMMAND is as good as military history can get." (B-O-M-C News) [via]
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Nature and the Greeks: And Science and Humanismby Erwin Schrodinger, Roger PenroseISBN 0521575508 (0-521-57550-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Night Managerby John Le CarreISBN 0517396165 (0-517-39616-5)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Night Manager'Book summary:Enter the new world of espionage, where the skills forged by generations of spies during the darkest days of the Cold War are put to even more terrifying use. Penetrate the secret world of ruthless arms dealers and drug smugglers who have risen to unthinkable power and wealth. The sinister master of them all is an untouchable Englishman named Roper, the charming, unstoppable ruler of a corrupt world all his own.
Slipping into this maze of peril is a former British soldier, Jonathan Pine, who knows Roper well enough to hate him more than he hates any other man on earth. Now personal vengeance is only part of the reason Pine is willing to help the men at Whitehall bring Roper down.
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The Odysseyby Homer, W. H. D. RouseISBN 0451527364 (0-451-52736-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:Excellent prose translation of the ancient epic poem recounts the adventures of Odysseus on his homeward voyage from the Trojan War. The clever hero circumvents the wrath of Poseidon to overcome an incredible array of obstacles, including a fantastic cast of adversaries Cyclops, the one-eyed giant; the enchantress Circe; plus cannibals, sirens, and many other monstrous creatures. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.[via]More editions of The Odyssey:
- The Odyssey: ISBN 0486406547 (0-486-40654-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671015486 (0-671-01548-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - The Odyssey: ISBN 0715629581 (0-7156-2958-1)
Softcover, Intl Pub Marketing Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 061800372X (0-618-00372-X)
Hardcover, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin - The Odyssey: ISBN 0670821624 (0-670-82162-4)
Hardcover, Viking Pr - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671005022 (0-671-00502-2)
Hardcover, Pearson Education, Limited - The Odyssey: ISBN 0674995619 (0-674-99561-9)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr - The Odyssey: ISBN 0679410473 (0-679-41047-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 0451628055 (0-451-62805-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library - The Odyssey: ISBN 0460871552 (0-460-87155-2)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671745824 (0-671-74582-4)
Softcover, Pocket Books - The Odyssey: ISBN 0679728139 (0-679-72813-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 0472112317 (0-472-11231-7)
Hardcover, Univ of Michigan Pr - The Odyssey: ISBN 0517390531 (0-517-39053-1)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - The Odyssey: ISBN 0613371925 (0-613-37192-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671638076 (0-671-63807-6)
Hardcover, Pocket Books - The Odyssey: ISBN 0713904550 (0-7139-0455-0)
Hardcover, Allen Lane - The Odyssey: ISBN 0451527364 (0-451-52736-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- The Odyssey: ISBN 0486406547 (0-486-40654-7)
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The Odyssey of Homerby Homer, Allen MandelbaumISBN 0553213997 (0-553-21399-7)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey of Homer'Book summary:Homer's epic chronicle of the Greek hero Odysseus' journey home from the Trojan War has inspired writers from Virgil to James Joyce. Odysseus survives storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops and the isle of Circe, the lure of the Sirens' song and a trip to the Underworld, only to find his most difficult challenge at home, where treacherous suitors seek to steal his kingdom and his loyal wife, Penelope. Favorite of the gods, Odysseus embodies the energy, intellect, and resourcefulness that were of highest value to the ancients and that remain ideals in out time.In this new verse translation, Allen Mandelbaum--celebrated poet and translator of Virgil's Aeneid and Dante's Divine Comedy --realizes the power and beauty of the original Greek verse and demonstrates why the epic tale of The Odyssey has captured the human imagination for nearly three thousand years. [via]
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The Odyssey of Homerby Allen MandelbaumISBN 0520070216 (0-520-07021-6)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey of Homer'Book summary:The most popular epic of Western culture springs to life in Allen Mandelbaum's magnificent translation.
Homer's masterpiece tells the story of Odysseus, the ideal Greek hero, as he travels home to Ithaca after the Trojan Wara journey of ten years and countless thrilling adventures. Rich in Greek folklore and myth, featuring gods and goddesses, monsters and sorceresses, The Odyssey has enchanted listeners around the world for thousands of years.
Mandelbaum's robust, romantic, lyrical translation has an openness and immediacy unsurpassed by any other. Read aloud, it is a wonderful way to experience this enduring classic. [via]More editions of The Odyssey of Homer:
On Being a Christianby Hans KungISBN 0671790722 (0-671-79072-2)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries from Archimedes to DNAby Melvyn Bragg, Ruth GardinerISBN 0471396842 (0-471-39684-2)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries from Archimedes to DNA'Book summary:So many of us are blessed--or at least affected--by the fruits of science, yet how many of us really understand how we got them? Scientific creativity, like all other kinds, is a product of its times, but we can learn much from looking at the lives of its greatest practitioners; as a sizable side benefit, these lives are often tremendously entertaining. Author and BBC radio host Melvyn Bragg understands this well, and invited many of the great modern interpreters of science to discuss the lives and work of 12 greats from Archimedes to Watson and Crick, and published the cream in On Giants' Shoulders. These are no dry transcripts, though; Bragg has a genius for selecting the most intriguing quotes and selections from both his guests and his subjects and weaving them into his own engrossing narrative. His many novels have tightened up his prose so well that he can make even a discussion of the genesis of relativity a page-turner. He couldn't have invented better material, either: Newton's notorious snobbery, Darwin's almost-naïve sincerity and Lavoisier's turbulent life and untimely death make for compelling stories indeed (one almost wonders how they had time to change the world). His guests, including luminaries such as Lewis Wolpert, Richard Dawkins, Oliver Sacks and Roger Penrose, consistently cut to the heart of their subjects' importance and tie it all up neatly in the last chapter: "Where Are We Now?" An important question, of course, and one that can be better answered from On Giants' Shoulders. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Our Gameby John Le CarréISBN 0517396319 (0-517-39631-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Our Game'Book summary:At forty-eight, Tim Cranmer is a secret servant in premature retirement to deepest rural England. His Cold War is fought and won, and he is free to devote himself to his stately manor house, his vineyard, and his beautiful young mistress, Emma. But no man can escape his past, and Tim's lives twenty miles away, in the chaotic person of Larry Pettifer: bored radical don, philanderer, and for twenty years Tim's mercurial double agent against the now vanquished Communist threat. Between the two stands an unresolved rivalry. As the story opens, Larry and Emma have disappeared. Setting off in pursuit of them, Tim discovers that he too is being pursued, by his former masters. The hunter becomes the hunted. Raiding his own past like a thief, he follows Larry and Emma into the minefield -- physical and emotional -- of their new allegiance. Our Game is John le Carre at his incomparable best. From the Trade Paperback edition. [via]
Park's Success With Seedsby Ann ReillyISBN 0684174782 (0-684-17478-2)
Hardcover, Macmillan Pub Co
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Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U. S. Governmentby P. J. O'RourkeISBN 0679737898 (0-679-73789-8)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63by Taylor BranchISBN 0671687425 (0-671-68742-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63'Book summary:An award-winning biography of Martin Luther King Jr., a history of the civil rights movement, and a portrait of an era, Taylor Branch's Parting the Waters begins slowly but soon catches the listener in a tumult of unforgettable events. Branch's thorough research has been synthesized into an impressive account of the violence, courage, and confusion at the beginning of the civil rights movement, building to a powerful conclusion with a blow-by-blow retelling of the events in Birmingham, Alabama. Ably narrated by Joe Morton and C.C.H. Pounder, the audio abridgment is occasionally choppy, but well-done considering the print edition runs about 900 pages. The broad cast of characters includes Baptist preachers and student movement leaders as well as President John F. Kennedy and his cabinet. If you are daunted by the sheer mass of the print edition of Parting the Waters, this abridged production is for you. However don't be surprised if you find yourself wanting more and digging into the print version after all or perhaps the audio version of Pillar of Fire, Taylor's second book in his projected three-part series. (Running time: 6 Hours; 4 cassettes) [via]
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Passagesby Gail SheehyISBN 0525176136 (0-525-17613-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Passages'Book summary:This volume explores the problems of adult life with the following themes: Mysteries of the Life Cycle; Pulling up Roots; The Trying Twenties; Passage to the Thirties; Men and Women Life Patterns; Midlife Passage; Renewal. [via]
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Passages : Predictable Crises of Adult Lifeby Gail SheehyISBN 0553271067 (0-553-27106-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Physics As Metaphorby Roger S. JonesISBN 0452006201 (0-452-00620-1)
Softcover, New American Library
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The Poetry of Pablo Nerudaby Rene De Costa, Pablo NerudaISBN 0674679814 (0-674-67981-4)
Softcover, Harvard University Press
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Red Storm Risingby Tom ClancyISBN 042510107X (0-425-10107-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Hard-hitting, suspenseful, and frighteningly real.
The Religion of Technology : The Divinity of Man and the Spirit of Inventionby David F. NobleISBN 0679425640 (0-679-42564-0)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Russia Houseby John Le CarreISBN 0671042793 (0-671-04279-3)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Russia House'Book summary:When London publisher Barley Blair receives an important smuggled document from Moscow, the English spymasters are forced to use him to establish the document's veracity. His collusion with Katya, the Moscow intermediary, may represent the way of the future, to the distaste of espionage professionals on both sides. [via]
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Second World Warby John KeeganISBN 0670823597 (0-670-82359-7)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Stephen Hawking's Universeby John BosloughISBN 0688062709 (0-688-06270-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stephen Hawking's Universe'Book summary:Since the publication of "A Brief History of Time" - an introduction to some of the most important theories on the cosmos - Stephen Hawking is known widely as a man who has changed the way we look at the universe. He became a member of the Royal Society at the unusually early age of 32 and became in 1980 Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. Written with Hawking's assistance, this is a readable account for the non-specialist of his contribution to theoretical physics. It encompasses his theories on the Big Bang and the nature of black holes, and contains the transcript of one of his most important essays. [via]
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Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-1945by Barbara TuchmanISBN 0553257986 (0-553-25798-6)
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Strange Beauty: Murray Gell-Mann and the Revolution in 20Th-Century Physicsby George JohnsonISBN 0679756884 (0-679-75688-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Strange Beauty: Murray Gell-Mann and the Revolution in 20Th-Century Physics'Book summary:Murray Gell-Mann is a leading light in 20th-century physics, yet his name rings bells only for those interested in particle physics. Science writer George Johnson was fortunate enough to develop a friendly relationship with the great scientist, and his biography, Strange Beauty, glows with a rare intimacy gained from a notoriously private and irascible man. From his childhood in New York City to his current scientific elder-statesman status in New Mexico, Johnson explores Gell-Mann's life in glorious detail. A passionate, jealous, and brilliant man, he was capable of both profound insight and bitter lifelong rivalries, but Johnson finds there's much more to the man than these two simple poles; Gell-Mann's volatile family life and deft academic maneuvering also find room in this expansive biography.
The reader finds that Johnson's careful attention to detail shows more than it tells through enlightening stories of Gell-Mann's troubled, romantic, or pretentious dealings with peers, family, and even strangers. Explaining his strange surname means investigating old phone books, scientific legend, and family history, as the scientist is unwilling to shed light on the mystery (it turns out that his father hyphenated it, and Murray dreamed up etymologies as needed--giving rise to the tangled web of myths). Johnson is up to the challenge of recording the life story of a man nearly as strange as the quarks he discovered and named, and Strange Beauty lives up to the promise of its title. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Strange Beauty : Murray Gell-Mann and the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physicsby George JohnsonISBN 0679437649 (0-679-43764-9)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Strange Beauty : Murray Gell-Mann and the Revolution in Twentieth-Century Physics'Book summary:Murray Gell-Mann is a leading light in 20th-century physics, yet his name rings bells only for those interested in particle physics. Science writer George Johnson was fortunate enough to develop a friendly relationship with the great scientist, and his biography, Strange Beauty, glows with a rare intimacy gained from a notoriously private and irascible man. From his childhood in New York City to his current scientific elder-statesman status in New Mexico, Johnson explores Gell-Mann's life in glorious detail. A passionate, jealous, and brilliant man, he was capable of both profound insight and bitter lifelong rivalries, but Johnson finds there's much more to the man than these two simple poles; Gell-Mann's volatile family life and deft academic maneuvering also find room in this expansive biography.
The reader finds that Johnson's careful attention to detail shows more than it tells through enlightening stories of Gell-Mann's troubled, romantic, or pretentious dealings with peers, family, and even strangers. Explaining his strange surname means investigating old phone books, scientific legend, and family history, as the scientist is unwilling to shed light on the mystery (it turns out that his father hyphenated it, and Murray dreamed up etymologies as needed--giving rise to the tangled web of myths). Johnson is up to the challenge of recording the life story of a man nearly as strange as the quarks he discovered and named, and Strange Beauty lives up to the promise of its title. --Rob Lightner [via]
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The Sum of All Fearsby Tom ClancyISBN 0425184226 (0-425-18422-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sum of All Fears'Book summary:Once again, Tom Clancy manages to add new twists to the alternate U.S. history he initiated in The Hunt for Red October. In The Sum of All Fears, the centre of conflict is that perpetual hot spot, the Middle East, where a nuclear weapon falls into the hands of terrorists just as peace finally seems possible. Clancy realistically paints an almost unthinkable scenario--the bomb is planted on American soil in the midst of an escalation in tension with the Soviet Union; the terrorists hope to rekindle cold war animosity and prevent reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
Despite such a dramatic story line, Clancy doesn't neglect the individuals who drive his tale. Jack Ryan's problems are as much domestic as they are part of the international crisis that is the ostensible narrative: National Security Director Elizabeth Elliot has the president's ear, and she has convinced him that Ryan's ethics are questionable. She hints at marital infidelity and an insider-trading scandal. Of course, both accusations are false, but her arguments have enough evidence behind them (some photographs of an innocent embrace with a friend for example) to cause a strain in the Ryans' marriage and a flurry of media attention. While "Mr Clark" tracks the terrorists, he also provides some needed intelligence to heal the Ryan family.
The Sum of All Fears is the stuff of nightmares but contains enough verisimilitude to terrify sober minds. Ryan has developed into a complex protagonist, just as Clancy's writing has matured. Ryan is plagued by stress and self-doubts that test even his dauntless moral compass and make him a more interesting subject for readers' attention. Those fascinated by military hardware, from nuclear submarines to atomic weapons, will find almost enough here to start their own army. And Clancy's understanding of international politics seems chillingly correct. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
Team Yankeeby Harold CoyleISBN 0425110427 (0-425-11042-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Tide of Victoryby David Drake, Eric FlintISBN 0671319965 (0-671-31996-5)
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spyby John Le CarréISBN 0553267787 (0-553-26778-7)
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A modern masterpiece, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy begins George Smiley's chess match of wills and wits with Karla, his Soviet equivalent, as he's assigned to identify and destroy the double agent -- a mole -- who has burrowed his way into the top echelons of British Intelligence Headquarters. [via]
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Too Coolby Duff BrennaISBN 0452281164 (0-452-28116-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Turning the World Upside Down: Inside the American Revolutionby John W. TebbelISBN 0517589559 (0-517-58955-9)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Doorby Robert FulghumISBN 0679401032 (0-679-40103-2)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Undiscovered Mind: How the Human Brain Defies Replication, Medication, and Explanationby John HorganISBN 0684865785 (0-684-86578-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wearby Paul FussellISBN 0618381880 (0-618-38188-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wear'Book summary:From Boy Scouts to soldiers, nurses to UPS workers, chefs to nuns, Paul Fussell describes, in sharp and telling anecdotes, the history and meanings of various uniforms. He reveals their secret language and unfolds their cultural significance. Focusing on the American scene, he holds up a mirror to the folks who head off to work each morning in regulated clothing and charts the fault lines of the desire for conformity and individuality. In examining the way uniforms unite and divide us, he ranges over the globe, describing, among other things, the Russian love of shoulder boards, the German obsession with black, and the Italian enthusiasm for feathered military hats. According to Fussell, we are what we wear, and sometimes our get-ups say surprising things.[via]
Uniforms is vintage Fussell a blend of vinegar and grace, of keen cultural insight and hilarious wit, equal parts spoof and illuminating social analysis.More editions of Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wear:
Wildflowers and Weeds: A Field Guide in Full Colorby Booth Courtenay, James ZimmermanISBN 0671765760 (0-671-76576-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st Century Capitalismby Robert B. ReichISBN 0679736158 (0-679-73615-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency Of George W. Bushby John DeanISBN 0446694835 (0-446-69483-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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