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Alicia: My Storyby Alicia Appleman-JurmanISBN 0833554190 (0-8335-5419-0)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Allen Ginsberg in Americaby Jane KramerISBN 0880641894 (0-88064-189-4)
Softcover, Fromm International Publishing Corporation
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Amy Carmichael of Dohnavurby Frank HoughtonISBN 0875080847 (0-87508-084-7)
Softcover, Christian Literature Crusade
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And God Came inby Lyle W. DorsettISBN 0891076360 (0-89107-636-0)
Softcover, Good News Pub
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And So It Goes: Adventures in Televisionby Linda EllerbeeISBN 0816142513 (0-8161-4251-3)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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The Apostle: A Life of Paulby John PollockISBN 0882072331 (0-88207-233-1)
Hardcover, Victor Books
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April Fool's Day: A Modern Tragedyby Bryce CourtenayISBN 085561479X (0-85561-479-X)
Hardcover, W. Heinemann Australia
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Arthur C. Clarke: The Authorized Biographyby Neil McAleerISBN 0809237202 (0-8092-3720-2)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Aubrey Beardsley: A Biographyby Matthew Sturgis, Aubrey BeardsleyISBN 087951910X (0-87951-910-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography'Book summary:Diagnosed with tuberculosis at age 7, the talk of London before he turned 22, and dead at 25, Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) was a textbook example of the doomed artist he and his fellow decadents admired so much. British journalist and art critic Matthew Sturgis paints an evocative picture of the cultural milieu that shaped Beardsley, with its ferocious rivalry between the idealistic Pre-Raphaelites and the more sardonic English impressionists, who ultimately claimed Beardsley's loyalty (though the ambitious teenager initially gained the patronage of Pre-Raphaelite Edward Burne-Jones). The author's portrait of Beardsley is equally vivid, limning both his dandified affectations and underlying sweetness, his dedication to art and the distaste for sustained work that made him the despair of his publishers. Beardsley's unique black-and-white drawings--perfect for the new technology of mass reproduction--made a sensation, first with the commissioned artwork for Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur and Wilde's Salome, then in the bold periodical he founded with friends, The Yellow Book. But Wilde's trial for gross indecency tainted Beardsley (though Sturgis's take is that he was more likely a virgin than a homosexual); he was fired from The Yellow Book; and his tuberculosis worsened along with his commercial prospects. The author depicts his subject's agonized final months with the same judicious sympathy he trains on "The Beardsley Boom" of 1894. --Wendy Smith [via]
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Bernstein: A Biographyby Joan PeyserISBN 0823082598 (0-8230-8259-8)
Softcover, Bpi Communications
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Blue Highways: A Journey into Americaby William Least Heat MoonISBN 0816135967 (0-8161-3596-7)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Blue Latitudes : Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Beforeby Tony HorwitzISBN 0805065415 (0-8050-6541-5)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Bring on the Empty Horsesby David NivenISBN 0816163693 (0-8161-6369-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Caravaggio: A Lifeby Helen LangdonISBN 0813337941 (0-8133-3794-1)
Softcover, Westview Press
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The Cat Who Came for Christmasby Cleveland AmoryISBN 0816146756 (0-8161-4675-6)
Softcover, G K Hall & Co
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A Chance Meeting: Intertwined Lives Of American Writers And Artistsby Rachel CohenISBN 0812971299 (0-8129-7129-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Cochrane: The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captainby Robert HarveyISBN 0786709235 (0-7867-0923-5)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind: An Unauthorized Autobiographyby Chuck BarrisISBN 0786888083 (0-7868-8808-3)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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David Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The Fight of Faith 1939-1981by Iain H. MurrayISBN 0851515649 (0-85151-564-9)
Hardcover, Banner of Truth
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Desert Solitaireby Edward AbbeyISBN 0816510571 (0-8165-1057-1)
Hardcover, Univ of Arizona Pr
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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wildernessby Edward AbbeyISBN 0879050705 (0-87905-070-5)
Hardcover, Peregrine Smith
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The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Millerby Erica JongISBN 0802133916 (0-8021-3391-6)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Dickens: A Biographyby Fred KaplanISBN 0801860180 (0-8018-6018-0)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Wordsby Ronald C. WhiteISBN 0812970462 (0-8129-7046-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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In The Eloquent President, historian Ronald C. White, Jr., examines Abraham Lincolns astonishing oratory and explores his growth as a leader, a communicator, and a man of deepening spiritual conviction. Examining a different speech, address, or public letter in each chapter, White tracks the evolution of Lincolns rhetoric from the measured tones of the First Inaugural to the immortal poetry of the Gettysburg Address. As he weighs the biblical cadences and vigorous parallel structures that make Lincolns rhetoric soar, White identifies a passionate religious strain that most historians have overlooked. It is Whites contention that, as president, Lincoln not only grew into an inspiring leader and determined commander in chief, but also embarked on a spiritual odyssey that led to a profound understanding of the relationship between human action and divine will. With grace and insight, White captures the essence of the four most critical years of Lincolns life and makes his great words live for our time in all their power and beauty. [via]More editions of The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words:
End of the Spearby Steve SaintISBN 084238488X (0-8423-8488-X)
Softcover, Saltriver
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› Find signed collectible books: 'End of the Spear'Book summary:2005 ecpa retailer's choice award winner for best biography/autobiography! steve saint was five years old when his father, missionary pilot nate saint, was speared to death by a primitive ecuadorian tribe. In adulthood, steve, having left ecuador for a successful business career in the united states, never imagined making the jungle his home again. But when that same tribe asks him to help them, steve, his wife, and their teenage children move back to the jungle. There, steve learns long-buried secrets about his father's murder, confronts difficult choices, and finds himself caught between two worlds. Soon to be a major motion picture (january 2006), end of the spear brilliantly chronicles the continuing story that first captured the world's attention in the bestselling book, through gates of splendor [via]
Frida Kahlo: The Brush of Anguishby Martha Zamora, Marilyn Sode SmithISBN 0811804852 (0-8118-0485-2)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Godwins and the Shelleys: The Biography of a Familyby William St. ClairISBN 0801842336 (0-8018-4233-6)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Good Griefby Rheta Grimsley JohnsonISBN 0836280970 (0-8362-8097-0)
Softcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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Grant And Twain: The Story Of An American Friendshipby Mark PerryISBN 0812966139 (0-8129-6613-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Great Contemporariesby Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillISBN 0850522560 (0-85052-256-0)
Hardcover, L. Cooper
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A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, And the Birth of Americaby Stacy SchiffISBN 0805080090 (0-8050-8009-0)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, And the Birth of America'Book summary:Benjamin Franklin began the "the most taxing assignment of his life" at the age of 70: to secure the aid of the French monarchy in helping the fledgling United States establish their republic. The job required tremendous skill, finesse, and discretion, and as Stacy Schiff makes clear in this brilliant book, Franklin was the ideal American, perhaps the only one, to take on the task, due in large part to his considerable personal prestige. One of the most famous men in the world when he landed in France in December 1776, his arrival caused a sensation--he was celebrated as a man of genius, a successor to Newton and Galileo, and treated as a great dignitary, even though the nation he represented was less than a year old and there were many doubts as to whether it would see its second birthday. Though he had no formal diplomatic training and spoke only rudimentary French, Franklin managed to engineer the Franco-American alliance of 1778 and the peace treaty of 1783, effectively inventing American foreign policy as he went along, in addition to serving as chief diplomat, banker, and director of American naval affairs.
Franklin recognized and accepted the fact that French aid was crucial to American independence, but some Founding Fathers resented him for making America dependent on a foreign power and severely attacked him for securing the very aid that saved the cause. Schiff offers fascinating coverage of this American infighting, along with the complex political intrigue in France, complete with British spies and French double agents, secret negotiations and backroom deals. A Great Improvisation is an entertaining and illuminating portrait of Franklin's seven-year adventure in France that "stands not only as his greatest service to his country but the most revealing of the man." --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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Hammett: A Life at the Edgeby William NolanISBN 0865530815 (0-86553-081-5)
Hardcover, Congdon & Weed
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Hawthorne: A Lifeby Brenda WineappleISBN 0812972910 (0-8129-7291-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Hostage to Fortune: The Troubled Life of Francis Baconby Alan Stewart, Lisa JardineISBN 0809055406 (0-8090-5540-6)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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I Never Promised You a Rose Gardenby Hannah GreenISBN 0805008721 (0-8050-0872-1)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'Book summary:[via]The classic novel about a young womans struggle against madness, now a Holt Paperback, with a new afterword by the author
Hailed by The New York Times as "convincing and emotionally gripping" upon its publication in 1964, Joanne Greenbergs semiautobiographical novel stands as a timeless and unforgettable portrayal of mental illness. Enveloped in the dark inner kingdom of her schizophrenia, sixteen-year-old Deborah is haunted by private tormentors that isolate her from the outside world. With the reluctant and fearful consent of her parents, she enters a mental hospital where she will spend the next three years battling to regain her sanity with the help of a gifted psychiatrist. As Deborah struggles toward the possibility of the "normal" life she and her family hope for, the reader is inexorably drawn into her private suffering and deep determination to confront her demons.
A modern classic, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden remains every bit as poignant, gripping, and relevant today as when it was first published.
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In the Hands of Providence: Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil Warby Alice Rains TrulockISBN 0807849804 (0-8078-4980-4)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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Inside Out: A Personal History Of Pink Floydby Philip Dodd, Nick MasonISBN 0811848248 (0-8118-4824-8)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inside Out: A Personal History Of Pink Floyd'Book summary:Here, for the first time, is the story of Pink Floydfrom the inside out. With 116 million albums sold worldwide and 25 years on the pop charts to their credit, Pink Floyd is one of the most successful rock groups in history, yet their storyuntil nowis one of the least known. The only continuous member of the band through its entire 40-year history, Nick Mason has witnessed every twist, turn, and sommersault from behind his drum kit. The journey begins with the band's origins as the darlings of London's late 1960s underground and the creation of the classic Pink Floyd sound, all the way through to The Wall and those legendary stadium shows. Here are the players who shaped the band's history and the story behind the storythe inside perspective on, for example, the deterioration and departure of Syd Barrett; the overwhelming success of The Dark Side of the Moon and the resulting pressures and conflicts within the band, including the rift with Roger Waters; and Nick and David Gilmour's decision to put their reputations on the line and continue as Pink Floyd. Packed with rare photographs and vintage Floyd graphics from Nick Mason's extensive private archive, Inside Out is an eye-opener for both veteran fans and those just discovering the group. And, in keeping with the classic Floyd style, the book's cover was designed by Storm Thorgerson, creator of such iconic images as the Dark Side pyramid. Always candid, by turns poignant and funny, Nick's own memories are augmented with extensive research and interviews, making Inside Out a comprehensive history of one of the most brilliant and imaginative bands the world has knownand a masterly memoir of rock and roll. [via]
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Introducing Kafkaby Robert Crumb, David MairowitzISBN 0878162828 (0-87816-282-8)
Softcover, Kitchen Sink Pr
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James Dean-The Mutant King: A Biographyby David DaltonISBN 0879320761 (0-87932-076-1)
Hardcover, Straight Arrow Books
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James Herriot: The Life of a Country Vetby Graham LordISBN 0786705817 (0-7867-0581-7)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Jefferson And His Timeby Dumas MaloneISBN 0813923549 (0-8139-2354-9)
Hardcover, Univ of Virginia Pr
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Jefferson the Virginianby Dumas MaloneISBN 0813923557 (0-8139-2355-7)
Hardcover, University of Virginia Press
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The Legacy of the Beast: The Life, Work, and Influence of Aleister Crowleyby Gerald SusterISBN 0877286973 (0-87728-697-3)
Softcover, Red Wheel/Weiser
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The Life and Times of William Shakespeareby Peter LeviISBN 0805015523 (0-8050-1552-3)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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The Life of D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Vol. 1: The First Forty Years, 1899-1939by Iain H. MurrayISBN 0851513530 (0-85151-353-0)
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Life Sentenceby Charles ColsonISBN 0800750594 (0-8007-5059-4)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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The Man Who Created Narnia: The Story of C.S. Lewisby Michael CorenISBN 0802838227 (0-8028-3822-7)
Hardcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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The Marquis De Sadeby Donald Serrell ThomasISBN 0821206532 (0-8212-0653-2)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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The Marquis De Sade: A New Biographyby Donald ThomasISBN 0806513381 (0-8065-1338-1)
Softcover, Citadel Pr
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Mozart in Vienna 1781-1791by Volkmar Braunbehrens, Timothy BellISBN 0802110096 (0-8021-1009-6)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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My Life and Hard Timesby James ThurberISBN 0848807715 (0-8488-0771-5)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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My Life As a 10-Year-Old Boyby Nancy CartwrightISBN 0786886005 (0-7868-8600-5)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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Never Cry Wolfby Farley MowatISBN 0881038628 (0-88103-862-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Never Cry Wolf'Book summary:In the summer of 1948, young biologist and budding writer Farley Mowat, "infatuated with the study of animate nature," joined the Dominion Wildlife Service and, after enduring a few bureaucratic mishaps, was assigned to study a population of wolves in the subarctic highlands of southern Nunavut and northern Manitoba. Those wolves and their kin, Mowat's superiors believed, had decimated the once huge population of large mammals in the region, so that, as one worried official put it, "more and more of our fellow citizens are coming back from more and more hunts with less and less deer."
Mowat found his wolves, followed them, learned their ways, and in a very real sense became part of the pack. As he did so, suffering plenty of misadventures along the way (and performing odd experiments that involved, among other things, subsisting on a lupine diet of field mice, for which he includes a recipe or two), he concluded that human hunters, and not wolves, were the cause of the ungulates' decline. The news, he writes, was not well received in Ottawa and Winnipeg. "I received no reply," he writes, "unless the fact that the Provincial Government raised the bounty on wolves to twenty dollars some weeks afterwards could be considered a reply."
Never Cry Wolf was first published in 1963, a time when the welfare of Canis lupus was far from most readers' minds. Attitudes have changed, and Mowat's book now has many companions, books that pay honour to wolves and urge their protection. A close-up look at the lives of wolves in their native domain, it still stands at the head of that well-stocked library. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Not Without My Daughterby Betty Mahmoody, William HofferISBN 0816151997 (0-8161-5199-7)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Notes on a Cowardly Lion: The Biogrphy of Bert Lahrby John LahrISBN 0879100095 (0-87910-009-5)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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Peace Childby Don RichardsonISBN 0830737847 (0-8307-3784-7)
Softcover, Regal Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peace Child'Book summary:Headhunting cannibals who used their victims' skulls as pillows, the Sawi people of New Guinea seemed to still be living in the Stone Age. It was to these people that Don and Carol Richardson went in 1962, risking their lives to share the gospel and tell of the true Peace Child. [via]
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Pour Your Heart into It: How Starbucks Build a Company One Cup at a Timeby Howard Schultz, Dori Jones YangISBN 0786883561 (0-7868-8356-1)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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Whether you're an entrepreneur, a manager, a marketer, or a curious Starbucks loyalist, Pour Your Heart into It will let you in on the revolutionary Starbucks venture. CEO Howard Schultz recounts the company's rise in 24 chapters, each of which illustrates such core values as "Winning at the expense of employees is not victory at all." [via]
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Primo Levi: The Suicide of an Optimistby Myriam Anissimov, Steve CoxISBN 0879518065 (0-87951-806-5)
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Prometheus: The Life of Balzacby Andre MauroisISBN 0881840238 (0-88184-023-8)
Softcover, Da Capo Press, Incorporated
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The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story Of A Whiz Kid And His Homemade Nuclear Reactorby Ken SilversteinISBN 0812966600 (0-8129-6660-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Posing as a physics professor, David solicited information on reactor design from the U.S. government and from industry experts. Following blueprints he found in an outdated physics textbook, David cobbled together a crude device that threw off toxic levels of radiation. His wholly unsupervised project finally sparked an environmental emergency that put his towns forty thousand suburbanites at risk. The EPA ended up burying his lab at a radioactive dumpsite in Utah. This offbeat account of ambition and, ultimately, hubris has the narrative energy of a first-rate thriller. [via]More editions of The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story Of A Whiz Kid And His Homemade Nuclear Reactor:
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Robert Lewis Dabney: A Southern Presbyterian Lifeby Sean Michael LucasISBN 0875526632 (0-87552-663-2)
Hardcover, Presbyterian & Reformed Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Robert Lewis Dabney: A Southern Presbyterian Life'Book summary:Robert Lewis Dabney (1820-1898) was a Presbyterian theological and educator who served on the faculties of Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, the University of Texas, and Austin Theological Seminary. Those who knew him--both friends and foes--viewed him as larger than life, "closer to a biblical prophet than a theological professor," writes Sean Lucas.
As this biography explains, "Dabney was far more complex than either historians or admirers concede." He was "in many ways a representative man, one who embodied the passions and contradictions of nineteenth-century Southerners." As such he "provides a window into the postbellum Southern Presbyterian mind" and a reminder of how important nineteenth-century theology is for contemporary issues and debates. Because the past is parent of the present, recognizing Dabney's flaws can help us implement the biblical motto on his tombstone: "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good."
Before the Civil War, Dabney was a sectional moderate, but he soon became a Confederate sectionalist, serving as chaplain in the Confederate Army and then as an officer under General Stonewall Jackson. Dabney's systematic theology text was used at Union for more than forty years after his death. In the 1980s, publishers began to reprint this and other works.
Dabney has been described as an "apostle of the Old South," a perception that may explain why this biography is the first of this key nineteenth-century leader in more than one hundred years. It is also the inaugural volume in the American Reformed Biography series. [via]More editions of Robert Lewis Dabney: A Southern Presbyterian Life:
Rock Hudson: His Storyby Rock Hudson, Sara DavidsonISBN 0786719184 (0-7867-1918-4)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Saint-Exuperyby Stacy SchiffISBN 0805079130 (0-8050-7913-0)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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The Secret Life of Salvador Daliby Salvador DaliISBN 0854780343 (0-85478-034-3)
Hardcover, Vision Press
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Shake Hands With The Devil: The Failure Of Humanity In Rwandaby Romeo Dallaire, Brent BeardsleyISBN 0786715103 (0-7867-1510-3)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shake Hands With The Devil: The Failure Of Humanity In Rwanda'Book summary:For the first time in the United States comes the tragic and profoundly important story of the legendary Canadian general who "watched as the devil took control of paradise on earth and fed on the blood of the people we were supposed to protect." When Roméo Dallaire was called on to serve as force commander of the UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda, he believed that his assignment was to help two warring parties achieve the peace they both wanted. Instead, he was exposed to the most barbarous and chaotic display of civil war and genocide in the past decade, observing in just one hundred days the killings of more than eight hundred thousand Rwandans. With only a few troops, his own ingenuity and courage to direct his efforts, Dallaire rescued thousands, but his call for more support from the world body fell on deaf ears. In Shake Hands with the Devil, General Dallaire recreates the awful history the world community chose to ignore. He also chronicles his own progression from confident Cold Warrior to devastated UN commander, and finally to retired general struggling painfully, and publicly, to overcome posttraumatic stress disorderthe highest-ranking officer ever to share such experiences with readers.[via]More editions of Shake Hands With The Devil: The Failure Of Humanity In Rwanda:
Soldier's Storyby Omar Nelson BradleyISBN 0837179246 (0-8371-7924-6)
Hardcover, Greenwood Press
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Thomas Wolfe: A Biographyby Elizabeth NowellISBN 0837165199 (0-8371-6519-9)
Hardcover, Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
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An Toileanachby Tomas O'CrohanISBN 085452083X (0-85452-083-X)
Hardcover, Clo Talbot
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Tycho & Kepler: The Unlikely Partnership That Forever Changed Our Understanding of the Heavensby Kitty FergusonISBN 0802713904 (0-8027-1390-4)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Voltaire in Loveby Nancy MitfordISBN 0786706414 (0-7867-0641-4)
Softcover, Da Capo Press, Incorporated
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A Voyager Out: The Life of Mary Kingsleyby Kathrine FrankISBN 0804105707 (0-8041-0570-7)
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W. H. Auden: The Life of a Poetby Charles OsborneISBN 0871317885 (0-87131-788-5)
Softcover, Evans & Company, Incorporated, M.
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With Nails: The Film Diaries of Richard E. Grantby Richard E. GrantISBN 0879519355 (0-87951-935-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The World of Edward Goreyby Clifford Ross, Karen WilkinISBN 0810990830 (0-8109-9083-0)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910 - 13by Apsley Cherry-GarrardISBN 0881844780 (0-88184-478-0)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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The Worst Journey in the World, Antarctic, 1910-1913by Apsley Cherry-GarrardISBN 079226634X (0-7922-6634-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Worst Journey in the World, Antarctic, 1910-1913'Book summary:As Apsley Cherry-Garrard states in his introduction to the harrowing story of the Scott expedition to the South Pole, "Polar Exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised." Cherry-Garrard's The Worst Journey in the World is a gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. The youngest member of Scott's team, the author was later part of the rescue party that eventually found the frozen bodies of Scott and three men who had accompanied Scott on the final push to the Pole. These deaths would haunt Cherry-Garrard for the rest of his life as he questioned the decisions he had made and the actions he had taken in the days leading up to the Polar Party's demise.
Prior to this sad denouement, Cherry-Garrard's account is filled with details of scientific discovery and anecdotes of human resilience in a harsh environment. Each participant in the Scott expedition is brought fully to life. Cherry-Garrard's recollections are supported by diary excerpts and accounts from other teammates. Despite the sad fate of Scott, the reader will grudgingly agree with the closing words of The Worst Journey in the World: "Exploration is the physical expression of the Intellectual Passion. And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore.... If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin's egg." [via]
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