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All We Are Saying : The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Onoby David Sheff, John Lennon, Yoko OnoISBN 0312254644 (0-312-25464-4)
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But he could also be charming, smart, and extraordinarily witty, as he is in his last interview, published in book form as All We Are Saying. Co-interviewee Yoko Ono is charm-free but valuable, because she sparks the conversation and brings up fascinating stuff that Lennon wished she hadn't, like their mad plots to kidnap her daughter from her ex-husband. As interviewer David Sheff's tape rolls, John and Yoko's anecdotes flow effortlessly: the joys of making their 1980 comeback album, Double Fantasy; the mortifying horrors of John's "lost weekend" in L.A. with Harry Nilsson; John's interestingly twisted family life; John and Yoko and Paul's last get-together, watching Saturday Night Live the night producer Lorne Michaels offered the Beatles $3,200 to reunite on the show (they almost got in a cab and did it!).
Best of all is Lennon's song-by-song account of who wrote which famous tunes and where they came from. "Strawberry Fields" contains an entire childhood memoir, and the production reflects Paul's alleged "sabotage" of Lennon's work. "Please Please Me" was based on a Roy Orbison melody and Bing Crosby's punning song title "Please (Lend an Ear to My Pleas)." The "element'ry penguins" in "I Am the Walrus" refer to idiots like Allen Ginsberg who chant "Hare Krishna" worshipfully. "Hey Jude" was Paul's song comforting John's son Julian when John left his family for Yoko, and Paul's unconscious, reluctant farewell to his writing partner ("go out and get her").
Lennon had been publicly silent and artistically dormant for five years before these interviews, and he was just bursting with the exhilaration of the rebirth of his imagination days before his death. Reading this book is like sharing a day in the life of a very happy man. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Auden and Isherwood: The Berlin Yearsby Norman PageISBN 0312227124 (0-312-22712-4)
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Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mysticby OshoISBN 0312254571 (0-312-25457-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic'Book summary:Although he was criticized for being too enamored with the ways of the West, India's spiritual leader Osho managed to garner global notoriety as the founder of "Dynamic Meditation." During his controversial lifetime (which ended--at least on this planet--in 1990) Osho was asked numerous times if he would write an autobiography. "He would always dismiss the question with the wave of his hand," writes Sarito Carol Neiman in her foreword. "[He] would say his biography is to be found in the sum of his work--in his hundreds of volumes of published talks, and in the transformed lives of the people he touched." In fact this "autobiography" is just that--a collection of interviews (including excerpts from appearances on Good Morning America and 60 Minutes), personal essays, and quotes. Disjointed as this material may sound, the editors behind the project were able to piece together a smooth autobiography that does not shy from self-criticism or the fundamental question of whether Osho was a "Cult Leader," "Joker," "Master," or "Zorba the Guru." (The answer, of course, is all of the above.) Followers and seekers will find this a profound and playful collection of stories and teachings. --Gail Hudson [via]
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The Bedford Companion to Shakespeareby Russ McDonaldISBN 0312248806 (0-312-24880-6)
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Been There, Done Thatby Eddie Fisher, David FisherISBN 031220972X (0-312-20972-X)
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Big Fellow, Long Fellow: A Joint Biography of Collins and De Valeraby T. Ryle DwyerISBN 0312219199 (0-312-21919-9)
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Bite-Size Jane Austen: Sense & Sensibility from One of England's Greatest Writersby Jane Austen, John P. Holms, Karin Baji, Karin Baji HolmsISBN 0312205015 (0-312-20501-5)
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Bound by Honor : A Mafioso's Storyby Bill BonannoISBN 0312203888 (0-312-20388-8)
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Broadway Boogie Woogie: Damon Runyon and the Making of New York City Cultureby Daniel R. SchwarzISBN 0312239483 (0-312-23948-3)
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Broken Fever : Reflections of a Gay Boyhoodby James MorrisonISBN 0312261292 (0-312-26129-2)
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Candideby Daniel Gordon, Francois M. VoltaireISBN 0312218168 (0-312-21816-8)
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Castro's Daughter: An Exile's Memoir of Cubaby Alina Fernandez RevueltaISBN 0312193084 (0-312-19308-4)
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Charlotte Smith: A Critical Biographyby Loraine FletcherISBN 0312215878 (0-312-21587-8)
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The Climb up to Hellby Jack OlsenISBN 0312194501 (0-312-19450-1)
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Clotel, Or, the President's Daughterby William W. Brown, Robert S. Levine, William Wells BrownISBN 0312227582 (0-312-22758-2)
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A Dangerous Profession : A Book about the Writing Lifeby Frederick BuschISBN 031219255X (0-312-19255-X)
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Dark Star: The Untold Story of the Meteoric Rise and Fall of Legendary Silent Screen Star John Gilbertby Leatrice Gilbert FountainISBN 0312182759 (0-312-18275-9)
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Death by Fame: A Life of Elisabeth, Empress of Austriaby Andrew SinclairISBN 0312198523 (0-312-19852-3)
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Death in the Dark Continentby Peter CapstickISBN 0312186150 (0-312-18615-0)
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Death in the Silent Placesby Peter Hathaway CapstickISBN 0312186185 (0-312-18618-5)
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Death of a Princess: The Investigationby Scott MacLeod, Thomas SanctonISBN 0312190379 (0-312-19037-9)
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Delta Style: Eve Wasn't a Size 6 and Neither Am Iby Delta Burke, Alexis LipsitzISBN 0312198558 (0-312-19855-8)
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Diana, Princess of Wales: A Tribute in Photographsby Michael O'MaraISBN 0312184239 (0-312-18423-9)
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The Doctor and the Damnedby Albert HaasISBN 0312214782 (0-312-21478-2)
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Dr. Laura : The Unauthorized Biographyby Vickie L. BaneISBN 0312205309 (0-312-20530-9)
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Draculaby Bram Stoker, John Paul RiquelmeISBN 0312241704 (0-312-24170-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dracula'Book summary:Dracula is one of the few horror books to be honored by inclusion in the Norton Critical Edition series. (The others are Frankenstein, The Turn of the Screw, Heart of Darkness, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and The Metamorphosis.) This 100th-anniversary edition includes not only the complete authoritative text of the novel with illuminating footnotes, but also four contextual essays, five reviews from the time of publication, five articles on dramatic and film variations, and seven selections from literary and academic criticism. Nina Auerbach of the University of Pennsylvania (author of Our Vampires, Ourselves) and horror scholar David J. Skal (author of Hollywood Gothic, The Monster Show, and Screams of Reason) are the editors of the volume. Especially fascinating are excerpts from materials that Bram Stoker consulted in his research for the book, and his working papers over the several years he was composing it. The selection of criticism includes essays on how Dracula deals with female sexuality, gender inversion, homoerotic elements, and Victorian fears of "reverse colonization" by politically turbulent Transylvania. [via]
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Dreamgirl: My Life As a Supremeby Mary WilsonISBN 0312219598 (0-312-21959-8)
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Dreams Die Hardby David HarrisISBN 0312219563 (0-312-21956-3)
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The Dreyfus Affair: Honour and Politics in the Belle Epoqueby Martin P. JohnsonISBN 0312221592 (0-312-22159-2)
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Earthly Joysby Philippa GregoryISBN 0312192622 (0-312-19262-2)
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Egypt During the Sadat Yearsby Kirk J. BeattieISBN 0312232462 (0-312-23246-2)
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The Elton John Tapesby Elton John, Andy PeeblesISBN 0312243804 (0-312-24380-4)
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Elvis, Hank, and Me: Making Musical History on the Louisiana Hayrideby Bill Sloan, Horace LoganISBN 0312185731 (0-312-18573-1)
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Emperor of USA and Other Magnificent Eccentricsby Catherine CaufieldISBN 0312244398 (0-312-24439-8)
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The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mysteryby Bruce MurphyISBN 0312215541 (0-312-21554-1)
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Evel Knievel: An American Heroby Ace CollinsISBN 0312243901 (0-312-24390-1)
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Fatal Majestyby Reay TannahillISBN 0312253869 (0-312-25386-9)
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Fighting Fireby Caroline PaulISBN 0312185812 (0-312-18581-2)
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Five Euphemias: Women in Medieval Scotland, 1200-1420by Elizabeth SutherlandISBN 031222284X (0-312-22284-X)
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Frances Burney: A Literary Lifeby Janice Farrar ThaddeusISBN 031222981X (0-312-22981-X)
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Johanna M. SmithISBN 031219126X (0-312-19126-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:This revision of a widely adopted critical edition presents the 1831 text of mary shelley's english romantic novel along with critical essays that introduce students to frankenstein from contemporary psychoanalytic, marxist, feminist, gender, and cultural studies perspectives. An additional essay demonstrates how various critical perspectives can be combined. In the second edition, 3 of the 6 essays are new. The text and essays are complemented by contextual documents, introductions (with bibliographies), and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms [via]
From Lilith to Lilith Fairby St. Martin's Press Staff, Buffy Childerhose, Sarah McClachlanISBN 0312201737 (0-312-20173-7)
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From Rembrandt to Vermeer: 17Th-Century Dutch Artistsby Jane TurnerISBN 0312229720 (0-312-22972-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Rembrandt to Vermeer: 17Th-Century Dutch Artists'Book summary:One of the most creative and accessible periods of art the world has ever known, the Golden Age is brought to life in an unprecedented series of biographies of the artists active in the Netherlands during the 17th-century. Painters in the Dutch Republic specialized in portraits, domestic genre scenes, still-lives, and landscapes--metaphors of the tiny new country's immense pride and wealth. This book features biographies on all the great masters from Frans Hals to Vermeer to Rembrandt. There are entries on more that 220 artists.
This unprecedented book draws together biographies of artists who worked in one of the most exciting and dramatic political eras in France, when Paris became the artistic capital of Europe. It features in-depth studies of such well-known Neo-classical artists as Jacques-Louis David, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, the artist most revered by his fellow countrymen. Also included are artists of the Romantic Movement, like Delacroix and Gericault, as well as the painters of the Barbizon School, whose plein-air landscapes anticipated those of the Impressionists. [via]More editions of From Rembrandt to Vermeer: 17Th-Century Dutch Artists:
From Strength to Strength : An Autobiographyby Sara HendersonISBN 0312243979 (0-312-24397-9)
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Frost on My Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a Loaferby Tim MooreISBN 0312253192 (0-312-25319-2)
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Full Circleby Michael PalinISBN 0312194552 (0-312-19455-2)
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A Glimpse of Nothingness : Experiences in an American Zen Communityby Janwillem Van de WeteringISBN 0312209452 (0-312-20945-2)
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Golden Afternoon Volume II: The Autobiography of M. M. Kayeby M. M. KayeISBN 0312192738 (0-312-19273-8)
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Henry Fielding: A Literary Lifeby Harold E. PagliaroISBN 0312210329 (0-312-21032-9)
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The Home of the Blizzardby Douglas MawsonISBN 0312230729 (0-312-23072-9)
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Hospital Sketchesby Alice FahsISBN 0312260288 (0-312-26028-8)
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I Capture the Castleby Dodie SmithISBN 0312201656 (0-312-20165-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Capture the Castle'Book summary:Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain wants to become a writer. Trouble is, she's the daughter of a once-famous author with a severe case of writer's block. Her family--beautiful sister Rose, brooding father James, ethereal stepmother Topaz--is barely scraping by in a crumbling English castle they leased when times were good. Now there's very little furniture, hardly any food, and just a few pages of notebook paper left to write on. Bravely making the best of things, Cassandra gets hold of a journal and begins her literary apprenticeship by refusing to face the facts. She writes, "I have just remarked to Rose that our situation is really rather romantic, two girls in this strange and lonely house. She replied that she saw nothing romantic about being shut up in a crumbling ruin surrounded by a sea of mud."
Rose longs for suitors and new tea dresses while Cassandra scorns romance: "I know all about the facts of life. And I don't think much of them." But romantic isolation comes to an end both for the family and for Cassandra's heart when the wealthy, adventurous Cotton family takes over the nearby estate. Cassandra is a witty, pensive, observant heroine, just the right voice for chronicling the perilous cusp of adulthood. Some people have compared I Capture the Castle to the novels of Jane Austen, and it's just as well-plotted and witty. But the Mortmains are more bohemian--as much like the Addams Family as like any of Austen's characters. Dodie Smith, author of 101 Dalmations, wrote this novel in 1948. And though the story is set in the 1930s, it still feels fresh, and well deserves its reputation as a modern classic. --Maria Dolan [via]
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I May Be Some Time: Ice and the English Imaginationby Francis SpuffordISBN 0312220812 (0-312-22081-2)
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Irish Rebel: John Devoy and America's Fight for Ireland's Freedomby Terry GolwayISBN 0312199031 (0-312-19903-1)
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The Junction Boys : How Ten Days in Hell with Bear Bryant Forged a Championship Teamby Jim Dent, Gene StallingsISBN 0312192932 (0-312-19293-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Junction Boys : How Ten Days in Hell with Bear Bryant Forged a Championship Team'Book summary:When Bear Bryant took over the Texas A&M football program in 1954, he inherited a team that had lost its last five games by a combined score of 133-41. That season more than 100 Aggie hopefuls arrived in the small town of Junction for the first practice of a now legendary training camp. The sun bore down. The drills escalated. Trainers doled out water like gold, and meals and accommodations were horribly spartan. Ten hellish days later, only 34 remained to form the 1954 team that would only win one game, but those survivors--and that's what they were--formed the nucleus of the squad that would go undefeated just two years later.
This is the story of that team, that coach, the 10 days that shook their world, and the seasons they played together. "We lost alot (sic) of games," recalls Gene Stallings, who endured those days as a player and eventually followed Bryant as head coach both at A&M and Alabama, "but Coach Bryant knew what he was doing. Out of the yellow dust and the broiling heat of Junction, he forged a team of champions." Jim Dent's evocative recounting is so real and immediate you'll feel your throat getting scratchy as you read. You'll also feel remarkable respect for the players who toughed it out--and for Bryant, who begins as a man possessed, but, day after day, as he breaks the backs of some and helps instill true grit in others, transforms into a human being. --Jeff Silverman [via]
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Laughing on the Outside : The Life of John Candyby Martin KnelmanISBN 0312194714 (0-312-19471-4)
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Lazarus and the Hurricane: The Freeing of Rubin Hurricane Carterby Sam Chaiton, Terry SwintonISBN 0312253974 (0-312-25397-4)
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The Life and Times of R. Crumb: Comments from Contemporariesby Monte BeauchampISBN 0312195710 (0-312-19571-0)
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The Lost Love Letters of Heloise and Abelard: Perceptions of Dialogue in Twelfth-Century Franceby C. J. Mews, Neville ChiavaroliISBN 0312239416 (0-312-23941-6)
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The Man Made of Words: Essays, Stories, Passagesby N. Scott MomadayISBN 0312187424 (0-312-18742-4)
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Marilyn Mansonby Kurt ReighleyISBN 0312181337 (0-312-18133-7)
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Martin Luther King, Jr., Companion: Quotations from the Speeches, Essays, and Books of Martin Luther King, Jr.by Martin Luther King, Coretta Scott King, Dexter Scott KingISBN 0312199902 (0-312-19990-2)
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and molehill of Mississippi. From
every mountaintop, let freedom
ring. --Martin Luther King, Jr.
From the dusty back roads of Montgomery, Alabama, to the legendary March on Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr., brought a stirring message of peace, equality, and justice to a divided people. He aspired only to be a Baptist minister, but by the time he was tragically assassinated in 1968 at the age of thirty-nine, he had led a movement that destroyed segregation in the South, and he had won the Nobel Prize for Peace.
Now, a quarter century after his death, his words are as significant and moving as they were in the 1960s. Watts burns today as it did then; issues of race, justice and human dignity are still the most critical problems facing our nation. This handsome quotation book represents the finest of the Reverend King's words; it is a classic volume compiled from his essays, lectures, and speeches by his wife, Coretta Scott King. Excerpts form his most famous speech-"I Have a Dream" and "I've Been to the Mountaintop"-are included, as well as equally powerful but lesser known quotations. King's vision of healing and forgiveness is a timeless message that American can ill afford to ignore.More editions of Martin Luther King, Jr., Companion: Quotations from the Speeches, Essays, and Books of Martin Luther King, Jr.:
The Monks of Tibhirine : Faith, Love and Terror in Algeriaby Kiser, John W., IIIISBN 0312253176 (0-312-25317-6)
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The Moose That Roared; Or, Tying Up the Moose Ends : The Story of Jay Ward and Bill Scottby Keith ScottISBN 0312199228 (0-312-19922-8)
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Mozart and His Operasby Stanley SadieISBN 031224410X (0-312-24410-X)
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Night of Many Dreamsby Gail TsukiyamaISBN 0312199406 (0-312-19940-6)
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Now That I'm Out, What Do I Do?: Thoughts on Living Deliberatelyby Brian McNaughtISBN 0312195184 (0-312-19518-4)
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An Original Man : The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammadby Clegg, Claude Andrew, IIIISBN 0312181531 (0-312-18153-1)
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Oroonokoby Aphra BehnISBN 0312210655 (0-312-21065-5)
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A Passionate Sisterhood: The Sisters, Wives and Daughters of the Lake Poetsby Kathleen JonesISBN 0312227310 (0-312-22731-0)
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Pink Floyd: In the Fleshby Glenn Povey, Ian RussellISBN 0312191758 (0-312-19175-8)
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Puccini and His Operasby Stanley SadieISBN 0312244185 (0-312-24418-5)
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Sailing in a Spoonful of Waterby Joe CoomerISBN 0312186975 (0-312-18697-5)
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Savage: The Life and Times of Jemmy Buttonby Nick HazlewoodISBN 0312252137 (0-312-25213-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Savage: The Life and Times of Jemmy Button'Book summary:A tale of tragedy, catastrophe, and the triumph of the human spirit.[via]
In 1830 a Yamana Indian boy, Orundellico, was bought from his uncle in Tierra del Fuego for the price of a mother-of-pearl button. Renamed Jemmy Button, he was removed from his primitive nomadic existence, where life revolved around the hunt for food and the need for shelter, and taken halfway round the world to England, then at the height of the Industrial Revolution. He learned English and Christianity, met King William IV and Queen Adelaide, and made a strong impression on many of the major figures in Britain, eventually becoming a celebrity. Charles Darwin himself befriended the Fuegian and later wrote about their time together on The Beagle, voyaging back to the southern tip of South America. Their friendship influenced one of the most important and controversial works of the century, On the Origin of the Species.
Upon his return to Tierra del Fuego, Jemmy found that life could never be the same for him there. The Beagle's captain deposited the young man on a lonely, windswept shore and charged him with the tasks of "civilizing" his people and bringing God to his homeland. At first ostracized and attacked by other Fuegians, Jemmy later became the target of zealous and ambitious missionaries. Thirty years after his return, a missionary schooner in Tierra del Fuego was attacked, with nearly everyone on board killed, and Button himself was accused of leading the massacre.
Button's life story illustrates how the lofty ideals of imperialism often resulted in appalling consequences. Thoroughly researched and remarkably well written, this fascinating and poignant story is ultimately about survival, revenge, murder, and the destruction of a whole race of people, blurring the boundaries of civilization and savagery.More editions of Savage: The Life and Times of Jemmy Button:
The Secret Wife of King George IVby Diane HaegerISBN 0312244207 (0-312-24420-7)
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Sex and Shopping: Confessions of a Nice Jewish Girlby Judith KrantzISBN 0312251963 (0-312-25196-3)
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Sister: The Life of Legendary Interior Decorator, Mrs. Henry Parish IIby Apple Parish Bartlett, Susan Bartlett Crater, Deborah DalfonsoISBN 0312242409 (0-312-24240-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sister: The Life of Legendary Interior Decorator, Mrs. Henry Parish II'Book summary:Born with the silverest of spoons in her mouth, Mrs. Henry Parish II went on to become, of all things, a working woman. Yet she couldn't have picked a métier more suited to her milieu. As a decorator, she drew upon both her blue-blood connections and the exquisite taste that was her birthright to become one of the foremost figures in American interior design. Not bad for a woman who never received a high school diploma, and who was known most often (and most endearingly) by her childhood nickname of Sister. (When she was hired to do over the White House for Jackie, the headlines read "Kennedys Pick Nun to Decorate White House.") In Sister, Parish's daughter and granddaughter lovingly chronicle this remarkable woman's life and work. She began adulthood as the wife and mother she had been expensively nurtured to become. But when the Depression hit and her husband's stockbroker salary plummeted, this Sister started doing it for herself. She hung out a shingle, literally, and soon upper-crust types from far and wide were clamoring for her untrained but decidedly stylish services. In narrating the illustrious career that followed, the book alternates interviews with past clients, coworkers, and friends with excerpts from Sister's never-completed autobiography--and with few exceptions, the most vivid passages are those in her own inimitable voice. Parish described her own style, quite correctly, as "timeless and personal," yet she actually innovated key elements of what we now take for granted as the "American country" look, including quilts, painted floors, and mattress ticking upholstery. But she never sacrificed a client's wishes to an inflexible ideal. For her, design was always about matching a house with the personality of those who lived inside it, making her work the truest extension of her love of family and home. More than just a tribute to a remarkable woman, Sister is also a fascinating portrait of a bygone world, almost Jamesian in its manners and morals. --Chloe Byrne [via]
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Slightly Chipped: Footnotes in Bookloreby Nancy Goldstone, Lawrence GoldstoneISBN 0312205872 (0-312-20587-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Slightly Chipped: Footnotes in Booklore'Book summary:Who would have guessed that an innocent search for an inexpensive edition of War and Peace could lead to an all-consuming obsession? Nancy and Lawrence Goldstone's romance with rare books arose from just such a search and led them to a world they had never encountered before: the world of antiquarian books. They quickly found themselves infatuated with this quaint and curious world, and scoured the East Coast in search of first editions and rare books. This search, and the curious people they met along the way, is chronicled in their book Used and Rare. Their second book, Slightly Chipped, continues this exploration, taking us on tours of book fairs, libraries, and auctions. No longer the wide-eyed innocents, the Goldstones delve a little deeper into the book world: they explore facets such as fine printing and literary movements, pour over Bram Stoker's notes for Dracula, and puzzle over the incredible markup of hypermoderns. (Never heard of hypermoderns? They are collectible books recently published. A first edition of Sue Grafton's A Is for Alibi sold for $1,250 in 1998. Better check your shelves.)
Both the avid bibliophile and the casual reader will find things to enjoy in Slightly Chipped. For the collector, the Goldstones' discussion of the Internet's impact on collecting is illuminating, and their look at the hypermodern market is positively eye-opening. Plus, visits to such places as the Rosenbach Museum in Philadelphia and the Pequot Library in Connecticut will get any bibliophile's salivary glands going. For the casual reader, Slightly Chipped is as warm and engaging as Used and Rare; although the Goldstones have become sophisticated book collectors, there is still plenty of the ingenuous surprise and delight that made Used and Rare such a joy to read. They balance out the serious aspects of book collecting with a liberal peppering of literary anecdotes, ranging from William Morris's tyrannical leadership of the Kelmscott Press to the sexual proclivities of Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group, keeping the tone light and the pace lively. All this packed into one volume makes Slightly Chipped a rare treat for book lovers of all types. --Perry Atterberry [via]
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Soul Picnic : The Music and Passion of Laura Nyroby Michele KortISBN 031220941X (0-312-20941-X)
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Stalin's Spy: Richard Sorge and the Tokyo Espionage Ringby Robert WhymantISBN 0312193394 (0-312-19339-4)
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The Tailor King: The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Munsterby Anthony ArthurISBN 0312205155 (0-312-20515-5)
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Tina Modotti: A Lifeby Pino Cacucci, Patricia J. DuncanISBN 0312200366 (0-312-20036-6)
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Twice Born: Memoirs of an Adopted Daughterby Betty Jean LiftonISBN 0312187661 (0-312-18766-1)
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Used and Rare: Travels in the Book Worldby Nancy Goldstone, Lawrence GoldstoneISBN 0312187688 (0-312-18768-8)
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Verdi and His Operasby Stanley Sadie, Roger ParkerISBN 0312244312 (0-312-24431-2)
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Volcano Cowboys : The Rocky Evolution of a Dangerous Scienceby Dick ThompsonISBN 0312208812 (0-312-20881-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Volcano Cowboys : The Rocky Evolution of a Dangerous Science'Book summary:Vulcanology is not the sexiest of sciences, despite Hollywood movies in which clenched-jawed heroes tame ferocious floods of lava that are busily swallowing up some crowded metropolis or another, racing against the clock to save humankind from the elements. It turns out that those movies aren't really so far-fetched, though, and in the pages of Volcano Cowboys the world's small corps of magma hunters acquire well-deserved élan.
The study of volcanoes, Time magazine writer Dick Thompson notes, is largely an observational and not theoretical science; where the vital memory of a molecular biologist "generally drops off after a decade," a vulcanologist will carry reams of data about the behavior of the earth gleaned from reports stretching back to the time of Plato and Pliny the Elder, those amateur volcano-watchers of antiquity. They've had plenty more to do in recent years, though, than to quote the ancients. Thompson's vigorous narrative begins with the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, an event that U.S. Geological Survey scientists had been able to predict with some accuracy. They lacked, however, a coordinated means to effect an evacuation of the area, and 57 people died. Battling institutional inertia and struggling for funding, teams of these scientists, the "volcano cowboys" of Thompson's title, set about trying to develop methods to predict more accurately dangerous volcanic events and to trim the body count when such events took place. His story recounts their eventual victory when, in 1991, the Philippine volcano Pinatubo exploded--but, thanks to the work of these dedicated field scientists, "less than one quarter of one percent of those at risk had died during the eruption."
Tens of millions of people around the world live within the reach of volcanoes. Thompson's narrative reveals that the "volcano cowboys" have made their lives safer--and it's much better than the movies. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Wagner and His Operasby Stanley SadieISBN 0312244320 (0-312-24432-0)
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwandaby Philip GourevitchISBN 0312243359 (0-312-24335-9)
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The "stories" in this book's subtitle are both the author's, as he repeatedly visits this tiny country in an attempt to make sense of what has happened, and those of the people he interviews. These include a Tutsi doctor who has seen much of her family killed over decades of Tutsi oppression, a Schindleresque hotel manager who hid hundreds of refugees from certain death, and a Rwandan bishop who has been accused of supporting the slaughter of Tutsi schoolchildren, and can only answer these charges by saying, "What could I do?" Gourevitch, a staff writer for the New Yorker, describes Rwanda's history with remarkable clarity and documents the experience of tragedy with a sober grace. The reader will ask along with the author: Why does this happen? And why don't we bother to stop it? --Maria Dolan [via]
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Whys of a Philosophical Scrivenerby Martin GardnerISBN 0312206828 (0-312-20682-8)
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Wildlife Wars : My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasuresby Richard Leakey, Virginia MorellISBN 0312206267 (0-312-20626-7)
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World Enough and Time: The Life of Andrew Marvellby Nicholas MurrayISBN 0312242778 (0-312-24277-8)
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You're Out and You're Ugly Too: Confessions of an Umpire with an Attitudeby Durwood Merrill, Jim Dent, Ken GriffeyISBN 0312182376 (0-312-18237-6)
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