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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller : The Woman in the Familyby Bernice Kert, David RockefellerISBN 0812970446 (0-8129-7044-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark TwainISBN 0812504224 (0-8125-0422-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
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The Age of Shakespeareby Frank KermodeISBN 0812974336 (0-8129-7433-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Shakespeare'Book summary:In The Age of Shakespeare, Frank Kermode uses the history and culture of the Elizabethan era to enlighten us about William Shakespeare and his poetry and plays. Opening with the big picture of the religious and dynastic events that defined England in the age of the Tudors, Kermode takes the reader on a tour of Shakespeares England, vividly portraying Londons society, its early capitalism, its court, its bursting population, and its epidemics, as well as its artsincluding, of course, its theater. Then Kermode focuses on Shakespeare himself and his career, all in the context of the time in which he lived. Kermode reads each play against the backdrop of its probable year of composition, providing new historical insights into Shakspeares characters, themes, and sources. The result is an important, lasting, and concise companion guide to the works of Shakespeare by one of our most eminent literary scholars.
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Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Insideby Katrina FirlikISBN 0812973402 (0-8129-7340-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Answer to Historyby PahlaviISBN 0812861388 (0-8128-6138-8)
Softcover, Stein & Day Pub
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Arrow in the Blueby Arthur KoestlerISBN 0812862171 (0-8128-6217-1)
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The Ayn Rand Cultby Jeff WalkerISBN 0812693906 (0-8126-9390-6)
Softcover, Open Court Publishing Company
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Because Cowards Get Cancer Too: A Hypochondriac Confronts His Nemesisby John DiamondISBN 0812931777 (0-8129-3177-7)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Bessieby Chris AlbertsonISBN 0812817001 (0-8128-1700-1)
Softcover, Scarborough House
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The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search For Truth In The Mass Graves Of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, And Kosovoby Clea KoffISBN 0812968859 (0-8129-6885-9)
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The Bone Woman is Koffs unflinching, riveting account of her seven UN missions to Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, and Rwanda, as she shares what she saw, how it affected her, who was prosecuted based on evidence she found, and what she learned about the world. Yet even as she recounts the hellish nature of her work and the heartbreak of the survivors, she imbues her story with purpose, humanity, and a sense of justice. A tale of science in service of human rights, The Bone Woman is, even more profoundly, a story of hope and enduring moral principles. [via]More editions of The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search For Truth In The Mass Graves Of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, And Kosovo:
Brandeis and Frankfurter: A Dual Biographyby Leonard BakerISBN 0814710867 (0-8147-1086-7)
Softcover, New York Univ Pr
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Brother Number One: A Political Biography of Pol Potby David P. ChandlerISBN 0813335108 (0-8133-3510-8)
Softcover, Westview Press
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Che Guevara: A Biographyby Daniel JamesISBN 0812813480 (0-8128-1348-0)
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The Day I Turned Uncool: Confessions of a Reluctant Grown-Upby Dan ZevinISBN 0812967224 (0-8129-6722-4)
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Dan Zevin, who was never exactly Fonz-like to begin with, is having a hilariously hard time moving from his twenties to his thirties, and he confesses everything in these comic not-coming-of-age tales. As he shamefully employs his first cleaning lady, becomes abnormally attached to his dog, and commits flagrant acts of home improvement, Dans headed for an early midlife crisisand a better-late-than-never revelation: Growing up is really nothing to be reluctant about. In fact, its very cool. [via]More editions of The Day I Turned Uncool: Confessions of a Reluctant Grown-Up:
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The Defense Never Restsby F. Lee BaileyISBN 081281441X (0-8128-1441-X)
Hardcover, Stein & Day Pub
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A Delicate Arrangement: The Strange Case of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallaceby Arnold C. BrackmanISBN 081290883X (0-8129-0883-X)
Hardcover, Times Books
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Diary Of Samuel Pepys: Selected Passagesby Samuel Pepys, Richard Le Gallienne, Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0812970713 (0-8129-7071-3)
Softcover, Modern Library
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Doctor Franklin's Medicineby Stanley FingerISBN 081223913X (0-8122-3913-X)
Hardcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Down All the Daysby Christy BrownISBN 0812813073 (0-8128-1307-3)
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Dr. Folkman's War: Angiogenesis And The Struggle To Defeat Cancerby Robert Cooke, C. Everett KoopISBN 0812974840 (0-8129-7484-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Duchess of Windsorby Diana Mosley, Jack Le VienISBN 0812827597 (0-8128-2759-7)
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The Education of Jane Addamsby Victoria Bissell BrownISBN 0812237471 (0-8122-3747-1)
Hardcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Eisenhower As Military Commanderby E.K.G. SixsmithISBN 0812815149 (0-8128-1514-9)
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Electroboy: A Memoir of Maniaby Andy BehrmanISBN 0812967089 (0-8129-6708-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Ends of Powerby Harry R. HaldemanISBN 0812907248 (0-8129-0724-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Ethel Rosenberg: Beyond the Mythsby Ilene PhilipsonISBN 0813519179 (0-8135-1917-9)
Softcover, Rutgers Univ Pr
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Fanny Fern: An Independent Womanby Joyce W. WarrenISBN 0813517648 (0-8135-1764-8)
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Frances Hodgson Burnett: The Unexpected Life of the Author of The Secret Gardenby Gretchen Holbrook GerzinaISBN 0813538254 (0-8135-3825-4)
Softcover, Rutgers Univ Pr
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From Time to Time.by Hannah TillichISBN 0812817427 (0-8128-1742-7)
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The General's General: The Life and Times of Arthur Macarthurby Kenneth Ray YoungISBN 0813330629 (0-8133-3062-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Glorious Ones: Classical Music's Legendary Performersby Harold C. SchonbergISBN 081291189X (0-8129-1189-X)
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The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigationby Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, H.T. Willetts, Thomas P. WhitneyISBN 0813332893 (0-8133-3289-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation'Book summary:The Gulag Archipelago is Solzhenitsyns attempt to compile a literary-historical record of the vast system of prisons and labor camps that came into being shortly after the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia in 1917 and that underwent an enormous expansion during the rule of Stalin from 1924 to 1953. Various sections of the three volumes describe the arrest, interrogation, conviction, transportation, and imprisonment of the Gulags victims by Soviet authorities over four decades. The work mingles historical exposition and Solzhenitsyns own autobiographical accounts with the voluminous personal testimony of other inmates that he collected and committed to memory during his imprisonment.Upon publication of the first volume of The Gulag Archipelago, Solzhenitsyn was immediately attacked in the Soviet press. Despite the intense interest in his fate that was shown in the West, he was arrested and charged with treason on February 12, 1974, and was exiled from the Soviet Union the following day.[via]More editions of The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation:
Henry V: The Cautious Conquererby Margaret Wade LabargeISBN 0812818695 (0-8128-1869-5)
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Hollywood Be Thy Name: The Warner Brothers Storyby Cork Millner, Jack Warner, Cass Warner SperlingISBN 0813109582 (0-8131-0958-2)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Kentucky
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The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Modern Political Biographyby Westview Press StaffISBN 0813337410 (0-8133-3741-0)
Softcover, Westview Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Modern Political Biography'Book summary:Elected politicians and activists, trade unionists and spies, human rights campaigners and Nazi leaders, environmentalists and dictators, pioneers of womens rights and civil servantsyoull find them all in this indispensable guide to the key political figures of the 20th century. Over 2000 authoritative and up-to-date biographies, compiled by a team of international contributors and advisers, detail the lives and achievements of those men and women who have been instrumental in shaping political events and opinion in all parts of the world. In addition, over ninety major figures have their own feature-length biographies that assess their political significance in greater depth.The global and topical coverage is supplemented by quotations by or about people in the book. Selected guides to further reading point the reader to the best, most thought-provoking biographies available. Tables of the prime ministers, presidents, and other political leaders on many countries, and an index of leaders by country, are also included for quick reference.[via]More editions of The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Modern Political Biography:
I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies): True Tales of a Loudmouth Girlby Laurie NotaroISBN 0812969006 (0-8129-6900-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Ida Lupino: A Biographyby William DonatiISBN 0813109825 (0-8131-0982-5)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Kentucky
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In Search of Lost Timeby Marcel ProustISBN 0812969642 (0-8129-6964-2)
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It Only Hurts When I Laughby Stan FrebergISBN 0812912977 (0-8129-1297-7)
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James Joyceby Stan DaviesISBN 081286171X (0-8128-6171-X)
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James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artistby Stan Gebler DaviesISBN 0812818288 (0-8128-1828-8)
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Jefferson at Monticelloby J.A. BearISBN 0813900220 (0-8139-0022-0)
Softcover, Univ of Virginia Pr
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Jefferson Image in the American Mindby Merrill D. PetersonISBN 0813918510 (0-8139-1851-0)
Softcover, Univ of Virginia Pr
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Jessie Ball Dupontby Richard Greening HewlettISBN 0813011345 (0-8130-1134-5)
Hardcover, Univ Pr of Florida
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Joan Crawford: The Essential Biographyby Lawrence J. Quirk, William SchoellISBN 0813122546 (0-8131-2254-6)
Hardcover, Univ Pr of Kentucky
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography'Book summary:" Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography explores the life and career of one of Hollywood's great dames. She was a leading film personality for more than fifty years, from her beginnings as a dancer in silent films of the 1920s, to her portrayals of working-class shop girls in the Depression thirties, to her Oscar-winning performances in classic films such as Mildred Pierce. Crawford's legacy has become somewhat tarnished in the wake of her daughter Christina's memoir, Mommie Dearest, which turned her into a national joke. Today, many picture Crawford only as a wire hanger-wielding shrew rather than the personification of Hollywood glamour. This new biography of Crawford sets the record straight, going beyond the gossip to find the truth about the legendary actress. The authors knew Crawford well and conducted scores of interviews with her and many of her friends and co-stars, including Frank Capra, George Cukor, Nicholas Ray, and Sidney Greenstreet. Far from a whitewash -- Crawford was indeed a colorful and difficult character -- Joan Crawford corrects many lies and tells the story of one of Hollywood's most influential stars, complete with on-set anecdotes and other movie lore. Through extensive interviews, in-depth analysis, and evaluation of her films and performances -- both successes and failures -- Lawrence J. Quirk and William Schoell present Crawford's story as both an appreciation and a reevaluation of her extraordinary life and career. Filled with new interviews, Joan Crawford tells the behind-the-scenes story of the Hollywood icon. Lawrence J. Quirk is the author of many books on film, including Bob Hope: The Road Well-Traveled. William Schoell is the author of several entertainment-related books, including Martini Man: The Life of Dean Martin.
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Kierkegaard:a Kind of Poet: A Kind of Poetby Louis MacKeyISBN 0812276418 (0-8122-7641-8)
Hardcover, University of Pennsylvania Press
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King of Hearts : The True Story of the Maverick Who Pioneered Open Heart Surgeryby G. Wayne MillerISBN 0812930037 (0-8129-3003-7)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Ladies Almanack: Showing Their Signs and Their Tides; Their Moons and Their Changes; The Seasons As It Is With Them; Their Eclipses and Equinoxes; Aby Djuna BarnesISBN 0814711804 (0-8147-1180-4)
Softcover, New York Univ Pr
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Lee's Young Artillerist: William R.J. Pegramby Peter S. CarmichaelISBN 0813918286 (0-8139-1828-6)
Softcover, Univ of Virginia Pr
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The Life and Rebellious Times of Cicely Hamilton: Actress, Writer, Suffragistby Lis WhitelawISBN 0814205453 (0-8142-0545-3)
Hardcover, Ohio State Univ Pr
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Life of Alexander the Greatby John Dryden, Plutarch, Arthur Hugh Clough, Victor Davis HansonISBN 0812971337 (0-8129-7133-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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A Little Better Than Plumb: The Biography of a Houseby Henry Giles, Janice Holt GilesISBN 0813108330 (0-8131-0833-0)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Kentucky
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Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow: The Tragic Courtship and Marriage of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Alice Ruth Mooreby Eleanor AlexanderISBN 0814706967 (0-8147-0696-7)
Hardcover, New York Univ Pr
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The Man Who Made Wall Street: Anthony J. Drexel and the Rise of Modern Financeby Dan RottenbergISBN 0812236262 (0-8122-3626-2)
Hardcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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Marriage With My Kingdom: The Courtships of Elizabeth Iby Alison PlowdenISBN 0812823389 (0-8128-2338-9)
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Mean Business : How I Save Bad Companies and Make Good Companies Greatby Albert J. DunlapISBN 0812928377 (0-8129-2837-7)
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The Meaning of Independence: John Adams, George Washington, And Thomas Jeffersonby Edmund S. MorganISBN 0813922658 (0-8139-2265-8)
Softcover, Univ of Virginia Pr
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The Meaning of Independence, first published in 1976, has become one of the standard short works on the first three presidents of the United StatesGeorge Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. When the Mount Vernon Ladies Association and the Organization of American Historians asked 1,500 historians to name the ten best books about George Washington, this book was one of those selected. In this updated edition, the author provides a new preface to address a few remaining concerns he has pondered in the quarter century since first publication.
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The Meaning of Independence: John Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jeffersonby Edmund Sears MorganISBN 0813906946 (0-8139-0694-6)
Hardcover, Univ of Virginia Pr
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Meditationsby Marcus Aurelius, Gregory HaysISBN 0812968255 (0-8129-6825-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (a.d. 121180) succeeded his adoptive father as emperor of Rome in a.d. 161and Meditations remains one of the greatest works of spiritual and ethical reflection ever written. With a profound understanding of human behavior, Marcus provides insights, wisdom, and practical guidance on everything from living in the world to coping with adversity to interacting with others. Consequently, the Meditations have become required reading for statesmen and philosophers alike, while generations of ordinary readers have responded to the straightforward intimacy of his style. In Gregory Hayss new translationthe first in a generationMarcuss thoughts speak with a new immediacy: never before have they been so directly and powerfully presented.More editions of Meditations:
Memoirsby David RockefellerISBN 0812969731 (0-8129-6973-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Monk's Tale: A Biography of Godfrey Diekmann, O.S.B.by Kathleen HughesISBN 0814619843 (0-8146-1984-3)
Softcover, Liturgical Pr
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Mr. China's Son: A Villager's Lifeby He LiyiISBN 0813339790 (0-8133-3979-0)
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Plot to Get Bill Gates: An Irreverent Investigation of the World's Richest Man ... and the People Who Hate Himby Gary RivlinISBN 0812990730 (0-8129-9073-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Queen Motherby Ann MorrowISBN 0812830121 (0-8128-3012-1)
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Queens of Englandby Barbara SoftlyISBN 0812820967 (0-8128-2096-7)
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Raquela: A Woman of Israelby Ruth GruberISBN 081293153X (0-8129-3153-X)
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Surrounded by men of uncommon bravery, Raquela fell passionately in love with the handsome young captain of one of the refugee ships and had to choose between him and the brilliant and distinguished doctor who waited for her back in Jerusalem. Upon her return to Israel, she helped to found the first hospital in the desert frontier of Beersheba, where she delivered the babies of Bedouin women and Jewish immigrants, eventually organizing the hospitals credited with saving Israeli soldiers during the Six-Day War.
Alive with the courage of a rare woman and a rugged nation, Raquela tells the powerful and deeply moving story of an Israeli woman who knew passionate love, great danger, and shattering loss and who witnessed the darkest -- and most triumphant -- moments in the history of the Jewish people. This edition of Raquela, which won the National Jewish Book Award in 1978, includes an introduction by best-selling novelist Faye Kellerman. [via]More editions of Raquela: A Woman of Israel:
Raymond Chandler and Filmby William LuhrISBN 0813010918 (0-8130-1091-8)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Florida
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Representative Menby Ralph Waldo Emerson, Brenda WineappleISBN 0812970055 (0-8129-7005-5)
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In 1845 Ralph Waldo Emerson began a series of lectures and writings in which he limned six figures who embodied the principles and aspirations of a still-young American republic. Emerson offers timeless meditations on the value of individual greatness, reconnecting readers with the everyday virtues of his Representative Men : Plato, in whose writings are contained the culture of nations ; Emanuel Swedenborg, a rich discoverer who strove to unite the scientific and spiritual planes; Michel de Montaigne, the frankest and honestest of all writers ; William Shakespeare, who wrote the text of modern life ; Napoleon Bonaparte, who had the virtues and vices of common men writ large; and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who in conversation, in calamity&finds new materials.
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Requiem and Tributes to the Grand Masterby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 0812513916 (0-8125-1391-6)
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Heinlein was the pre-eminent science fiction writer of the twentieth century. Requiem reveals the story of Heinlein's passion for space exploration-his glory and his dream.More editions of Requiem and Tributes to the Grand Master:
The Secret Life of Aphra Behnby Janet ToddISBN 0813524555 (0-8135-2455-5)
Hardcover, Rutgers Univ Pr
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Short Of The Glory: The Fall And Redemption Of Edward F. Prichard Jr.by Tracy CampbellISBN 0813190967 (0-8131-9096-7)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Kentucky
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Singing Family of the Cumberlandsby Jean RitchieISBN 0813101867 (0-8131-0186-7)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Kentucky
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Sir Christopher Wren: A Biographyby Harold Frederick HutchinsonISBN 0812818938 (0-8128-1893-8)
Hardcover, Stein & Day Pub
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Sir Larry: The Life of Laurence Olivierby Thomas KiernanISBN 0812909895 (0-8129-0989-5)
Hardcover, Times Books
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Southern Ladies and Gentlemenby Florence KingISBN 0812817737 (0-8128-1773-7)
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Spygirl: True Adventures from My Life As a Private Eyeby Amy GrayISBN 0812971523 (0-8129-7152-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Stanley: Dark Genius of African Explorationby Frank McLynnISBN 0812840089 (0-8128-4008-9)
Hardcover, Scarborough House
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Telling Women's Lives: The New Biographyby Linda Wagner-MartinISBN 0813523753 (0-8135-2375-3)
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This I Believe: An A to Z of a Lifeby Carlos FuentesISBN 0812972546 (0-8129-7254-6)
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Three Scientists and Their Gods : A Search for Meaning in an Age of Informationby Robert WrightISBN 0812913280 (0-8129-1328-0)
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Throwing the Emperor from His Horse: Portrait of a Village Leader in China, 1923-1995by Peter J. SeyboltISBN 0813331315 (0-8133-3131-5)
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Unto the Sonsby Gay TaleseISBN 0812976061 (0-8129-7606-1)
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We Thought You Would Be Prettier: True Tales Of The Dorkiest Girl Aliveby Laurie NotaroISBN 0812969014 (0-8129-6901-4)
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Winter Season: A Dancer's Journalby Toni BentleyISBN 0813027055 (0-8130-2705-5)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Florida
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"One of the most intelligent and introspective glimpses ever offered into one of the most competitive and excruciatingly nervous existences in the arts."--New York Times Book Review
"Without entirely stripping away the glamour of being a dancer, Bentley's candid and modest account makes for a moving revelation about the price discipline and control exacts from young dancers in the name of art."--Chicago Tribune
"A mini-marvel, impossible to put down. . . . As a dancer's-eye portrait of the choreographer, a divinity to Ms. Bentley as well as, apparently, to everyone else in the NYCB and to uncounted other ballet lovers in the world beyond, the book is invaluable."--New York Review of Books
An irresistible inside look at one of the world's great dance companies, Winter Season is also a sensitive, intimate, and almost painfully honest account of the emotional and intellectual development of a young woman dedicated to one of the most demanding of all the arts.
Bentley's association with the New York City Ballet began when she was accepted by the affiliated School of American Ballet at the age of eleven. Seven years later, she became a member of the company. In the fall of 1980, as the winter season opened, she found herself facing an emotional crisis: her dancing was not going well. At 22 she felt that her life had lost direction. To try to make something of her experience, on paper if not on stage, she began to keep a journal, describing her day-to-day activities and looking back on her past. The result is perhaps the closest that most of us will ever come to knowing what it feels like to be a dancer, on stage and off. It also offers memorable glimpses of some notable members of the City ballet, with, at the center, the man whose vision they all served--George Balanchine.
Toni Bentley was born in Perth, Australia, and after moving to Bristol, England, took her first ballet lesson at the age of four. At the age of 18 she became a member of George Balanchine's New York City Ballet, where she performed for ten years. Since retiring from dancing, she has written Holding On to the Air with Suzanne Farrell (Farrells autobiography), Costumes by Karinska, and Sisters of Salome, as well as articles for periodicals ranging from the New York Times, New York Newsday, and the Los Angeles Times, to Rolling Stone, Smithsonian, Mirabella, and Ballet Review.More editions of Winter Season: A Dancer's Journal:
Witches' Sabbathby Maurice SachsISBN 0812861558 (0-8128-6155-8)
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