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Agatha Christie: A Biographyby Janet P. MorganISBN 0060970308 (0-06-097030-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Aldous Huxley: A Biographyby Sybille BedfordISBN 1566634547 (1-56663-454-7)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aldous Huxley: A Biography'Book summary:In this dazzling conjunction of subject and author, the great English novelist Aldous Huxley, the wholly civilized man, is brought wholly alive in a magnificent full-scale biography by the brilliant English novelist Sybille Bedford, an intimate friend of the Huxleys through four decades. With a pointillistic richness of moment, place, and talk, she re-creates not only the private Huxley and the literary Huxley but the entire intellectual and social era to which he was central. Despite the almost total loss of his sight at age sixteen, Huxley became a titan and cultural hero of the decades after World War I, on terms with the outstanding writers and artists of his day, from D. H. Lawrence to Stravinksy and Auden. He had two separate and large careers as Crome Yellow and Point Counter Point, flag-bearer of Englands Bright Young People through the 1920s, and romancer of glittering women; and later, in America, as the increasingly philosophical and utopian thinker, and a pioneering explorer of the frontiers of the human mind. Drawing on his letters and diaries, the memories of his intimates, and her own sharp and sensitive comprehension of Huxleys writings, Mrs. Bedford has written a masterful biography. "Her novelists eye," writes V. S. Pritchett, "brings the writer to life. Huxley becomes a living, deeply attractive presence, while his great contemporaries flash through these pages in memorable and moving encounters. Mrs. Bedfords biography stands as the major work on a major figure in the literary and intellectual history of the twentieth century." [via]
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Alfred Hitchcock: A Life In Darkness And Lightby Patrick McGilliganISBN 0060988274 (0-06-098827-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheimby Anton GillISBN 006095681X (0-06-095681-X)
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Ataturk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkeyby Andrew MangoISBN 158567334X (1-58567-334-X)
Softcover, Overlook Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ataturk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey'Book summary:The first full-scale biography in over twenty years of the controversial founding father of the Turkish Republic
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was virtually unknown until 1919, when he took the lead in thwarting the victorious Allies' plan to partition the Turkish core of the Ottoman Empire. He divided the Allies, defeated the last Sultan and secured the territory of the Turkish national state, becoming the first president of the new republic in 1923. He fast created his own legend and his own cult, along with much controversy. In Turkey today he is invoked at every turn in domestic politics and a law protects his memory from insult, while foreign visitors find the Ataturk cult unappealing and blame him for his country's ills.
In this definitive new biography Andrew Mango shows the real omplexities of Turkey's first president--his high ideals and ruthless tactics, his championship of women's rights and his inability to sustain an equal relationship with women, his nationalism and his belief in a single universal civilization, his regular drinking bouts and the strange theories they produced. Through Mango's balanced treatment, he reveals a man who, while responsible for some of his country's ills, also transformed the republic from a battle-scarred ruin into a regional power. Mango's biography throws light on matters of great topical interest--resurgent nationalism, religious fundamentalism and the reality of democracy. [via]More editions of Ataturk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey:
Augustine: A New Biographyby James J. O'DonnellISBN 0060535385 (0-06-053538-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Augustine: A New Biography'Book summary:Saint Augustine -- the celebrated theologian who served as Bishop of Hippo from 396 C.E. until his death in 430 C.E. -- is widely regarded as one of the most influential thinkers in the Western world. His autobiography, Confessions, remains among the most important religious writings in the Christian tradition. In this eye-opening and eminently readable biography, renowned historical scholar James J. ODonnell picks up where Augustine himself left off to offer a fascinating, in-depth portrait of an unparalleled politician, writer, and churchman in a time of uncertainty and religious turmoil.
Augustine is a triumphant chronicle of an extraordinary life that is certain to surprise and enlighten even those who believed they knew the complex and remarkable man of God.
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Benjamin Franklin: A Biographyby Ronald W. ClarkISBN 184212272X (1-84212-272-X)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Beyond the Hundreth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the Westby Wallace StegnerISBN 0140159940 (0-14-015994-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Black Sun: The Brief Transit and Violent Eclipse of Harry Crosbyby Geoffrey WolffISBN 1590170660 (1-59017-066-0)
Softcover, New York Review of Books
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Harry Crosby was the godson of J. P. Morgan and a friend of Ernest Hemingway. Living in Paris in the twenties and directing the Black Sun Press, which published James Joyce among others, Crosby was at the center of the wild life of the lost generation. Drugs, drink, sex, gambling, the deliberate derangement of the senses in the pursuit of transcendent revelation: these were Crosby's pastimes until 1929, when he shot his girlfriend, the recent bride of another man, and then himself.
Black Sun is novelist and master biographer Geoffrey Wolff's subtle and striking picture of a man who killed himself to make his life a work of art. [via]More editions of Black Sun: The Brief Transit and Violent Eclipse of Harry Crosby:
Brave Companionsby David Willis McCulloughISBN 0131401041 (0-13-140104-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Edith Head: The Life and Times of Hollywood's Celebrated Costume Designerby David ChierichettiISBN 0060567406 (0-06-056740-6)
Softcover, Perennial
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Elizabeth: A Biography of Britain's Queenby Sarah H. BradfordISBN 1573226009 (1-57322-600-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Faithfulness and Holiness: The Witness of J. C. Ryle An Appreciationby J. I. Packer, J. C. RyleISBN 1581343582 (1-58134-358-2)
Hardcover, Good News Pub
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Fanny Crosbyby Bernard RuffinISBN 1593103832 (1-59310-383-2)
Softcover, Barbour Pub Inc
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Faulkner: A Biographyby Joseph BlotnerISBN 1578067324 (1-57806-732-4)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Mississippi
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faulkner: A Biography'Book summary:William Faulkner (1897-1962) remains the pre- eminent literary chronicler of the American South and a giant of American arts and letters. Creatively obsessed with problems of race, identity, power, politics, and family dynamics, he wrote novels, stories, and lectures that continue to shape our understanding of the region's promises and problems. His experiments and inventions in form and style have influenced generations of writers.
Originally published in 1974 as a two-volume edition and extensively updated and condensed in a 1991 reissue, Joseph Blotner's Faulkner: A Biography remains the quintessential resource on the Nobel laureate's life and work. The Chicago Tribune said, "This is an overwhelming book, indispensable for anyone interested in the life and works of our greatest contemporary novelist." That invaluable 1991 edition is now back in print.
Blotner, a friend and one-time colleague of Faulkner's, brings a vivid, personalized tone to the biography, as well as a sense of masterful, comprehensive scholarship. Using letters, inter-views, reminiscences, critical work, and other primary sources, Blotner creates a detailed and nuanced portrait of Faulkner from his birth to his death. The revision of the original 1974 biogra-phy incorporates commentary on the plethora of Faulkner criticism, family memoirs, and post-humously published works that appeared in the wake of the first version. It also examines collections of letters and other materials that only came to light after the original publication.
Featuring a detailed chronology of Faulkner's life and a genealogical chart of his family, Faulkner is authoritative and essential both for literary scholars and for anyone wanting to know about the life of one of the nation's foremost authors. Blotner's masterpiece is the template for all biographical work on the acclaimed writer.
Joseph Blotner, Charlottesville, Virginia, is professor emeritus of English at University of Michigan and the author of several books, including Robert Penn Warren: A Biography, The Modern American Political Novel, and The Fiction of J. D. Salinger. His work has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, Yale Review, American Literature, and else-where. [via]
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Fermat's Last Theorem: The Story of a Riddle That Confounded the World's Greatest Minds for 358 Yearsby Simon SinghISBN 1857026691 (1-85702-669-1)
Hardcover, Fourth Estate
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A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Rooseveltby Geoffrey C. WardISBN 0060920262 (0-06-092026-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Five Star Girls' Basketball Drillsby Leigh Klein, Matt MasieroISBN 1930546602 (1-930546-60-2)
Softcover, Wish Pub
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Fortunate Son: George W. Bush and the Making of an American Presidentby James HatfieldISBN 1887128506 (1-887128-50-6)
Softcover, Pub Group West
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Frere Francoisby Julien GreenISBN 2020064545 (2-02-006454-5)
Softcover, Editions Du Seuil
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Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret LIfe of a Critic in Disguiseby Ruth ReichlISBN 1594200319 (1-59420-031-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret LIfe of a Critic in Disguise'Book summary:Fans of Tender at the Bone and Comfort Me with Apples know that Ruth Reichl is a wonderful memoirist--a funny, poignant, and candid storyteller whose books contain a happy mix of memories, recipes, and personal revelations.
What they might not fully appreciate is that Reichl is an absolute marvel when it comes to writing about food--she can describe a dish in such satisfying detail that it becomes unnecessary for readers to eat. In her third memoir, Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise, Reichl focuses on her life as a food critic, dishing up a feast of fabulous meals enjoyed during her tenure at The New York Times. As a critic, Reichl was determined to review the "true" nature of each restaurant she visited, so she often dined incognito--each chapter of her book highlights a new disguise, a different restaurant (including the original reviews from the Times), and a fresh culinary adventure. Garlic and Sapphires is another delicious and delightful book, sure to satisfy Reichl's foodie fans and leave admirerers looking forward to her next book, hopefully about her life with Gourmet. --Daphne DurhamAmazon.com Interview
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Tender at the Bone
Comfort Me with Apples
The Gourmet Cookbook
Remembrance of Things Paris
Endless Feasts
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Amazon.com's The Significant Seven
Ruth Reichl answers the seven questions we ask every author.
Q: What book has had the most significant impact on your life?
A: Kate Simons New York Places and Pleasures. I read it as a little girl and then went out and wandered the city. She was a wonderful writer, and she taught me not only to see New York in a whole new way, but to look, and taste, beneath the surface.
Q: You are stranded on a desert island with only one book, one CD, and one DVD--what are they?
A: Ulysses by James Joyce. What better place to finally get through it?
Keith Jarrett's The Köln Concert. If youre going to listen to one piece over and over, this is one that doesnt get tiresome.
How to Build a Boat in Five Easy Steps. Since Im going to be watching one movie over and over, it might as well be useful.
Q: What is the worst lie you've ever told?
A: Im such a good liar, I wouldnt know where to begin.
Q: Describe the perfect writing environment.
A: I can write pretty much anywhere. But I prefer small, cozy spaces, with a good view over a lake or a forest, and room for the cats to curl up.
Q: If you could write your own epitaph, what would it say?
A: "Shell be right back."
Q: Who is the one person living or dead that you would like to have dinner with?
A: Elizabeth I. She fascinates me. She had a great mind, enormous appetites--and she was a survivor. The most interesting woman of an interesting time, and I have a million questions Id like to ask her.
Q: If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
A: You mean after creating world peace? This is a hard one. But Ive always wanted to be able to fly.
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Goldwyn: A Biographyby A. Scott BergISBN 1573227234 (1-57322-723-4)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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Hannibalby Ernle BradfordISBN 1840222263 (1-84022-226-3)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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Hardcore Troubadour: The Life and Near Death of Steve Earleby Lauren St. JohnISBN 0007161255 (0-00-716125-5)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Henry VIIIby Jasper Godwin RidleyISBN 0094659303 (0-09-465930-3)
Hardcover, Constable
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Hudson Taylor & Mariaby John PollockISBN 1857922239 (1-85792-223-9)
Softcover, Appalachian Bible Co & Christian
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In Cold Bloodby Truman CapoteISBN 1568491522 (1-56849-152-2)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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The Kid Stays in the Pictureby Robert EvansISBN 1597775258 (1-59777-525-8)
Softcover, Ingram Pub Services
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King Edward VIII: The Official Biographyby Philip ZieglerISBN 0002157411 (0-00-215741-1)
Hardcover, Collins
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Leeby Douglas Southall FreemanISBN 0020198841 (0-02-019884-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Lee: An Abridgement in One Volume of the Four Volume R.E. Leeby Douglas S. FreemanISBN 0020139608 (0-02-013960-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Lenin: A New Biographyby VolkogonovISBN 0029334357 (0-02-933435-7)
Hardcover, Free Pr
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Lenten Landsby Douglas H. GreshamISBN 0060634472 (0-06-063447-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Lenten Lands: My Childhood With Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewisby Douglas H. GreshamISBN 0025455702 (0-02-545570-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Life And Campaigns Of Stonewall Jacksonby Robert Lewis DabneyISBN 1929241003 (1-929241-00-3)
Hardcover, The Vision Forum Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life And Campaigns Of Stonewall Jackson'Book summary:Stonewall Jackson. His very name evokes the image of the solid, immovable Confederate general whose sobriquet, earned at the Battle of First Manassas, no longer requires quotation marks. In this volume, Stonewall's pious Christian character, service to the church, unwavering commitment to duty, affectionate role as husband and father, as well as his magnificent service to Virginia are carefully recorded by his close friend Robert Lewis Dabney.
Labeled by some a religious fanatic, General Jackson was simply a consistent biblical Christian who lived out his faith every day, seriously and without compromise. Dabney's account of military life in the field with General Jackson provides poignant insight into the character of the General as they discuss theology and military history, pray together, and gallop to the sound of the guns. In a day bereft of true heroes, Stonewall's gallant deeds and virtuous conduct still move our hearts with admiration. He shows us how a Christian soldier should live and die. [via]
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The Life of Graham Greene, 1904-1939by Norman SherryISBN 0140144501 (0-14-014450-1)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
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The Long Walkby Slavomir RawiczISBN 1885283202 (1-885283-20-2)
Hardcover, Adventure Library
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The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedomby Slavomir RawiczISBN 1592289444 (1-59228-944-4)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Losing My Virginity: The Autobiographyby Richard BransonISBN 1852276843 (1-85227-684-3)
Hardcover, Virgin Pub
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Lou Reed: The Biographyby Victor BockrisISBN 0091780314 (0-09-178031-4)
Hardcover, Hutchinson
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A Man Without a Countryby Kurt VonnegutISBN 158322713X (1-58322-713-X)
Hardcover, Seven Stories Pr
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Marilynby Gloria Steinem, George BarrisISBN 1567311253 (1-56731-125-3)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Marilyn Monroe: A Biographyby Donald SpotoISBN 0061091669 (0-06-109166-9)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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My Life With the Spirits: The Adventures of a Modern Magicianby Lon Milo DuquetteISBN 1578631203 (1-57863-120-3)
Softcover, Red Wheel/Weiser
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Life With the Spirits: The Adventures of a Modern Magician'Book summary:The first time I met Monsieur DuQuette, at a booksellers' convention in Los Angeles, he read my fortune with tarot cards. I was about to move, he predicted. Irritated, I huffed "that was ridiculous," I'd just moved into my boyfriend's house. When I arrived home from the convention, my aforementioned boyfriend told me he'd had a change of heart and would I please move out as soon as possible! The next time I sat down with DuQuette, at the same conference (several years later in Chicago), he regaled me with witticisms and stories. I was struck by his sincerity, self-revelation, and personable nature. This is the first time a true magician has written an autobiography since The Confessions of Aleister Crowley, and it's the next best thing to being able to sit with the charming and adept DuQuette. It's intimate, straightforward, and neither self-deprecating or egotistical. It contains excruciatingly honest revelations by a contemporary individual attempting to understand the universe and how it works. Here's a man who comfortably accepts himself and urges the reader to do the same. If you are not interested in magick, think of this as a fascinating autobiography. If you are, it's required reading. --P. Randall Cohan [via]
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My Placeby Sally MorganISBN 1863682783 (1-86368-278-3)
Hardcover, Intl Specialized Book Service Inc
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Nabokov, His Life in Partby Andrew FieldISBN 0140047840 (0-14-004784-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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One Crowded Hour: Neil Davis, Combat Cameramanby Tim BowdenISBN 0002174960 (0-00-217496-0)
Hardcover, Collins
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Orlando: A Biographyby Virginia WoolfISBN 1853262390 (1-85326-239-0)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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The Other Aliceby Christina Bjork, Inga-Karin ErikssonISBN 9129622425 (91-29-62242-5)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Path to Powerby Margaret ThatcherISBN 0060927321 (0-06-092732-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Path to Power'Book summary:Margaret Thatcher's government was, she says, about the application of a philosophy, not the implementation of an administrative programme. These ideas and beliefs were propelled throughout her time in office by a forcefulness and conviction, particularly in critical moments in her premiership - the Falklands War, the miner's strike, the Brighton bomb and her three election victories. In the second volume of her memoirs, following "The Downing Street Years", she reveals the inspiration behind many of her philosophies. She discusses the formative years of her childhood in Grantham, the values she learnt at home, the profound influence of her shopkeeeping father, and of her own schooling on future Conservative education policies. She recounts her days at Oxford, her academic work as a scientist, marriage to Dennis, and the beginning of her career as a politician when in 1959 she was selected to stand at Finchley. She gives her views on the governments of Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home, Harold Wilson, Edward Heath and Jim Callaghan, and sets out the development of her ideas during her time in opposition. [via]
Patton: Ordeal and Triumphby Ladislas FaragoISBN 1594160112 (1-59416-011-2)
Softcover, Westholme Pub Llc
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Seaby Sebastian JungerISBN 0060977477 (0-06-097747-7)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea'Book summary:Meteorologists called the storm that hit North America's eastern seaboard in October 1991 a "perfect storm" because of the rare combination of factors that created it. For everyone else, it was perfect hell. In The Perfect Storm, author Sebastian Junger conjures for the reader the meteorological conditions that created the "storm of the century" and the impact the storm had on many of the people caught in it. Chief among these are the six crew members of the swordfish boat the Andrea Gail, all of whom were lost 500 miles from home beneath roiling seas and high waves. Working from published material, radio dialogues, eyewitness accounts, and the experiences of people who have survived similar events, Junger attempts to re-create the last moments of the Andrea Gail as well as the perilous high-seas rescues of other victims of the storm.
Like a Greek drama, The Perfect Storm builds slowly and inexorably to its tragic climax. The book weaves the history of the fishing industry and the science of predicting storms into the quotidian lives of those aboard the Andrea Gail and of others who would soon find themselves in the fury of the storm. Junger does a remarkable job of explaining a convergence of meteorological and human events in terms that make them both comprehensible and unforgettable. [via]
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The Perfectionist: Life And Death In Haute Cuisineby Rudolph ChelminskiISBN 1592402046 (1-59240-204-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Perfectionist: Life And Death in Haute Cuisine'Book summary:A riveting behind-the-scenes look at the world of three-star French haute cuisine as revealed through the biography of one of Frances most celebrated chefs, The Perfectionist is an unforgettable portrait of Bernard Loiseau, and the sophisticated, unforgiving world of French gastronomy. Loiseau was one of only twenty-five French chefs to hold Europes highest culinary award, three stars in the Michelin Red Guide, and only the second chef to be personally awarded the Legion of Honor by a head of state. Despite such triumphs, he shocked the culinary world by taking his own life in February, 2003. One of the ratings for his restaurant had taken a disappointing drop, and rumors swirled that he was on the verge of losing a Michelin star (a prediction that proved to be inaccurate). Recounting his ascension to wealth and fame, Chelminski unravels the complex character of Loiseau while giving a fascinating, unvarnished glimpse inside an echelon filled with competition, culture wars, and impossibly high standards. [via]
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Powers 2: Roleplayby Brian Michael Bendis, Mike Avon OemingISBN 1582406952 (1-58240-695-2)
Softcover, Image Comics
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The Prophet Outcast: Trotsky 1929-1940by Isaac DeutscherISBN 1859844510 (1-85984-451-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Road Aheadby Bill Gates, Peter Rinearson, Nathan MyhrvoldISBN 1568953062 (1-56895-306-2)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Running in the Familyby Michael OndaatjeISBN 0140069666 (0-14-006966-6)
Softcover, Penguin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Running in the Family'Book summary:Picture The Great Gatsby with heat, tea plantations, and even more gin and you've got part of Michael Ondaatje's 1982 Running in the Family. Set in Ondaatje's native Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Running begins with the champagne shenanigans of competitively romantic upper-class youths swept up in that first global trend, the Jazz Age: "They all went swimming again with just the modesty of the night. An arm touched a face. A foot touched a stomach. They could have almost drowned or fallen in love." The main characters to emerge from this frolicking set of dancers and drinkers are Ondaatje's parents, and it is upon them that the book turns from moonlit serenades to financial and emotional ruin.
Part travelogue, part family memoir (complete with photographs), part collection of poems, Running is also a poignant autobiography/biography that reimagines the alcoholism of Ondaatje's father Mervyn and the eventual (inevitable?) divorce of his parents. In telling these tall tales, Ondaatje is affectionate and insightful toward a father who was clearly difficult to accommodate in life. Driving intoxicated over a rickety wooden bridge no one else would trust in any condition, Mervyn turns to young Michael to wink and claim, "God loves a drunk."
Running marks the commencement of Ondaatje's growing interest in migration (does running run in the family?). The expatriate characters of Ondaatje's later novels are here presaged by a generation of Ceylonese steaming off to England for education and an enduring love of cricket. Salman Rushdie knows that "the past is a country from which we are all migrants." In Running in the Family, Ondaatje reaches back, inwards, and abroad to map that most treasured and troubled of places, the human heart. --Darryl Whetter [via]
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Salinger: A Biographyby Paul AlexanderISBN 1580631487 (1-58063-148-7)
Softcover, Renaissance Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Salinger: A Biography'Book summary:So averse to any kind of publicity that he went to court to prevent a previous biography, J.D. Salinger will undoubtedly be distressed by this book as well, especially since author Paul Alexander suggests that the writer's reclusiveness might be just a shrewd ploy to pique readers' interest and maintain good sales for his books. The Catcher in the Rye hardly needs that kind of help; the novel has been hugely popular since its initial release in 1951, though even then Salinger found the publication process distasteful. What made him abnormally sensitive to the stresses of public life? Readers won't find out here, although Alexander capably narrates the scant biographical material available: Salinger's birth in 1919; his aimless, academically underachieving youth; military service in some of World War II's grimmest battles; two failed marriages; self-exile from publishing at the height of his fame; the 1973 affair with teenage writer Joyce Maynard; and her arguably revengeful 1998 memoir. It would probably please Salinger that the psychological forces that power his creativity and eccentricity remain a mystery. Alexander notes the writer's near-exclusive focus on young people in his fiction, as well as the fact that Salinger's romantic relations have almost all been with very young women, but he can't really explain these facts. There just isn't enough information, although some enjoyably gossipy quotes from various interviews (ranging from usual literary suspects like George Plimpton to Salinger's former housekeeper) keep the book quite readable. --Wendy Smith [via]
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Sartre, 1905-1980by Annie Cohen-SolalISBN 2070411052 (2-07-041105-2)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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Tolkien and C. S. Lewisby Colin DuriezISBN 1587680262 (1-58768-026-2)
Softcover, Paulist Pr
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Travelsby Marco PoloISBN 3895084530 (3-89508-453-0)
Hardcover, Koenemann Verlagsgesellschaft
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Travels'Book summary:Travels (Konemann Classics) Travels (Konemann Classics) Travels (Konemann Classics) Travels (Konemann Classics) [via]
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The Travels of Marco Poloby Marco PoloISBN 1853264733 (1-85326-473-3)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Travels of Marco Polo'Book summary:It was perhaps the first book to achieve best-seller status before the invention of the printing press-it was certainly the most controversial. Did Venetian trader and explorer MARCO POLO (1254-1324) actually reach the court of Kublai Khan, serve the emperor as his emissary, and journey the distant lands of Cathay for 17 years, as he relates in his Travels of Marco Polo? The question still hasn't quite been settled today... but whether Polo experienced firsthand the wonders of ancient China, retold tales he heard from Arab travelers along the Silk Road, or simply invented half his stories, this remains a delightful read for fans of history, adventure, and medieval literature. [via]
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True History of the Elephant Manby Michael Howell, Peter FordISBN 014005622X (0-14-005622-X)
Softcover, Penguin Books
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Twentieth Century Culture: A Biographical Companionby Alan Bullock, R. B. WoodingsISBN 0060152486 (0-06-015248-6)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Two Of Us: My Life With John Thawby Sheila HancockISBN 1582344175 (1-58234-417-5)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0060955724 (0-06-095572-4)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden'Book summary:In 1845 Thoreau leased some land owned by his friend and mentor, Ralph Waldo Emerson on Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts, and lived in a cabin on it for two years, two months, and two days. The experience gave Thoreau the chance to make keen observations on the world around him. The result became an American classic: Walden explores not only the soul of the searching Thoreau, but defines what it means to be a truly free person, and distills the essence of our relationship of Nature.
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Walden, or Life in the Woods, and on the Duty of Civil Disobedienceby Henry David Thoreau, Charles R. AndersonISBN 002054720X (0-02-054720-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Princeby Marc EliotISBN 0061007897 (0-06-100789-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walt Disney: Hollywood's Dark Prince'Book summary:Including updated FBI information, an unauthorized biography reveals the real Walt Disney, a man who came from an abusive, fundamentalist childhood and grew up to be filled with obsessions, phobias, psychosexual conflicts, and deeply guarded secrets. Reprint. [via]
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What's Welsh for Zen : The Autobiography of John Caleby John Cale, Victor BockrisISBN 1582340684 (1-58234-068-4)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Publishing
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A Sangre Friaby Truman Capote, Fernando RodríguezISBN 8433920308 (84-339-2030-8)
Softcover, Anagrama Editorial S. A.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Sangre Fria'Book summary:El 15 de noviembre de 1959, en un pueblecito de Kansas, los cuatro miembros de la familia Clutter, fueron salvajemente asesinados en su casa. Cinco anos despues los asesinos fueron ahorcados. A partir de los asesinatos y tras largas y minuciosas investigaciones con los protagonistas reales de la historia, el autor dio un vuelco a su carrera de narrador y escribio este libro, la novela que le sconsagro definitivamente como uno de los grandes de la literatura norteamericana del siglo XX. [via]
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Diariosby Franz KafkaISBN 8497935497 (84-9793-549-7)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Diarios'Book summary:Este nuevo volumen de la biblioteca Kafka invita al lector a conocer el lado mas intimo del padre de la literatura del siglo XX a traves de sus diarios, legajos y diarios de viaje, reunidos por primera vez en una edicion de bolsillo, y editados por orden cronologico. Con prologo y notas de Jordi Llovet y traducciones de Andres Sanchez Pascual y Joan Parra Contreras, como en los titulos anteriores de la biblioteca esta edicion respeta fielmente los manuscritos originales del escritor checo modificados por Max Brod con diversas segregaciones, supresiones y censuras. «Creo que ha sido el mas perceptivo de los escritores del siglo XX. O sea, el hombre que vio hacia donde evolucionaria la distancia entre estado e individuo, maquina de poder e individuo, singularidad y colectividad, masa y ser ciudadano.» JORDI LLOVET [via]
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Diarios (1910-1923)by Franz KafkaISBN 8472238636 (84-7223-863-6)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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El Origen Del Senor De Los Anillosby TolkienISBN 8466609792 (84-666-0979-2)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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El Papa De Hitler / Hitler's Popeby John CornwellISBN 8408041185 (84-08-04118-5)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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Elisabeth: Kaiserin Wider Willenby Brigitte HamannISBN 3492229905 (3-492-22990-5)
Hardcover, Piper
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Sartreby Annie Cohen-SolalISBN 2070705277 (2-07-070527-7)
Hardcover, Gallimard
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