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Acorna's Searchby Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann ScarboroughISBN 0380978989 (0-380-97898-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Acorna's Search'Book summary:"It must be as it was before."
Acorna's people, the Linyaari, are once more without a home. And though they survived the brutal attack from the cold-blooded Khleevi, the battle left their beloved planet, narhii-Vhiliinyar, horribly scarred. Yet all is not lost. While the damage is terrible, hope still lives deep within this gentle, spiritual people. Banding together, they will rebuild both narhii-Vhiliinyar and the original Linyaari homeworld, Vhiliinyar, restoring them to the natural beauty and vitality they enjoyed before the time of the Khleevi.
Acorna, too, is eager to help reconstruct the homeworld of which she's long dreamed. Though she was abandoned in space as a baby, then rescued and raised by gruff human asteroid miners, the beautiful young woman with the "funny" feet and hands and gleaming horn has made peace with her heritage and is now eager to turn her extraordinary healing powers to re-create the Linyaari's world with her lifemate, Aari, her human "uncles," and her friends.
But just as work begins to get under way something goes terribly wrong. Linyaari begin mysteriously disappearing -- including Aari and his sister, Maati. Is it the Khleevi or some other unknown enemy?
Searching for her beloved, Acorna makes an even more astonishing discovery: the remains of a subterranean world that belonged to the legendary Friends -- a technologically advanced society that populated Vhiliinyar before the time of the Ancestors. What happened to the Friends? Where did they go and why has so little remained of their society? Acorna knows that to save Aari and the rest of the missing Linyaari she must begin to seek the answers -- a quest that will once again take her deep into the realms of limitless space to find the origins of her people...
In Acona's Search, the acclaimed Anne McCaffrey and award-winning author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough create another enthralling adventure featuring one of the most endearing and adventurous heroines in speculative fiction: the beloved Unicorn Girl. Filled with wonder, danger, wisdom, and love, it is a tale to treasure and share.
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The American Heritage DictionaryISBN 0385335768 (0-385-33576-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
Find This BookBook summary:The latest edition of the American Heritage Dictionary is out, and that's hot news--not just for the resolute followers of lexicographical minutiae, but for the general reading and writing public as well. Why? Because the American Heritage is a long-standing favorite family dictionary (never underestimate the value of pictures) and one of the prime dictionary references for magazines, newspapers, and dot.com content providers. For scads of writers and editors across the U.S., it sets the standard on matters of style and lexicographical authority.
So this new edition is exciting and noteworthy, but how good is it? In its favor, the fourth edition is as current a dictionary as you can get. It's six years fresher than the 1994 version, with 10,000 words and definitions you won't find in the still venerable but now slightly dated third edition. For example, unlike its predecessor (and also unlike the 1996 Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary), this fourth edition covers dot-com, e-commerce, and soccer mom, Ebonics, Viagra, and a surf definition for cruising television channels and the Internet.
Its panel of special consultants includes authorities on anthropology, architecture, cinema, and law, plus military science, music, religion, and sports, and that is reflected in an impressively comprehensive coverage of the arts, culture, and technology. Sadly, however, there are no medical consultants on the panel, and that loss is felt in some substandard medical definitions. Other flaws: there's a greater than usual tendency to define a word with a form of the same word--for example, fuzzy, whose first two definitions are "1. covered with fuzz." and "2. of or resembling fuzz." And some definitions seem needlessly wordy, such as the entry for furious, which is "full of or characterized by extreme anger; raging." Compare that with the more succinct Oxford Encyclopedic entry: "1. extremely angry. 2. full of fury."
On the other hand, there are valuable entries throughout the dictionary supplying additional information on synonyms, usage, or word history, and these extras, such as the history of diatribe and the usage notes on discomfit, are interesting. The layout is easy on the eyes, with dark blue/green bold type setting the words apart from their definitions, and 4,000 color photographs, maps, and illustrations that are both useful and delightful. On one page, the margin provides color depictions of Francis Bacon, bacterium, and a Bactrian camel. Theodore Roosevelt and a rooster share another margin, while a third page offers Isak Dinesen, a dingo, and dinoflagellate. It is a fascinating book to peruse, and a compellingly scholarly addition to the American Heritage Dictionary line. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquetteby Nancy Dunnan, Nancy Tuckerman, Amy VanderbiltISBN 0385413424 (0-385-41342-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette: A Guide to Contemporary Livingby Letitia Baldrige, Amy VanderbiltISBN 0385142382 (0-385-14238-2)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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Apple of My Eyeby Helene HanffISBN 038512483X (0-385-12483-X)
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April Fool Deadby Carolyn G. HartISBN 0380977745 (0-380-97774-5)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'April Fool Dead'Book summary:Death is no joke on Broward's Rock, though reading about deadly doings remains as popular a pastime as ever for citizens of the stormy South Carolina sea island. Now, with spring newly sprung, Annie Darling has conceived of an ingenious promotional scheme to draw customers into her Death on Demand bookshop for the upcoming in-store appearance by world-class mystery author Emma Clyde. Offering a free book to anyone who can solve a series of clues about popular whodunits, Annie and hubby Max pass out their flyers all over town. But an April Fool prankster is distributing a counterfeit flyer, supposedly devised by the Darlings, offering clues to several lethal local "accidents" that have occurred lately -- including the drowning of Ms. Clyde's own husband -- complete with not-so-vague accusations of murder.
Suddenly the Darling name is mud, thanks to the vicious slanders of an unknown counterfeiter. And Annie knows that she herself is going to have to do the bulk of the sleuthing -- with the only intermittently effective aid of Max--if she doesn't want this particular April Fool's to last well past Memorial Day.
Then, just as things couldn't seem to get any worse, they do. In the wink of a bloodshot eye, Annie's hunt for a malicious trickster has become a desperate search for a killer. Because now more than her reputation is at stake. If she can't rid her idyllic isle of a secret slayer, the malefactor's next murderous "joke" may be on her!
Brimming with stunning surprises, rapier wit, and wonderful suspense -- boasting the author's trademark cast of uniquely unforgettable eccentrics -- Carolyn Hart's lucky thirteenth Death on Demand novel is an unmitigated delight, ranking with the very best of this, or any, contemporary cozy mystery series. No foolin'! [via]
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The Art of Strategy: A New Translation of Sun Tzu's Classic, the Art of Warby R.L. Wing, Sun-TzuISBN 0385237847 (0-385-23784-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Art Of Warby Sun Tzu, James ClavellISBN 0385299850 (0-385-29985-0)
Softcover, Delta
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art Of War'Book summary:If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle....
These are the words of ancient Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu, whose now-classic treatise, The Art of War, was written more than 2,500 years ago. Originally a text for victory on the battlefield, the book has vastly transcended its original purpose.
Here is a seminal work on the philosophy of successful leadership that is as applicable to contemporary business as it is to war. Today many leading American business schools use the text as required reading for aspiring managers, and even Oliver Stone's award-winning film Wall Street cites The Art of War as a guide to those who strive for success.
Now acclaimed novelist James Clavell, for whom Sun Tzu's writing has been an inspiration, gives us a newly edited Art of War. Author of the best-selling Asian saga consisting of Shogun, Tai-Pan, Gai-jin, King Rat, Noble House, and Whirlwind, Clavell first heard about Sun Tzu in Hong Kong in 1977, and since then The Art Of War has been his constant companion--he refers to it frequently in Noble House. He has taken a 1910 translation of the book and clarified it for the contemporary reader. This new edition of The Art Of War is an extraordinary book made even more relevant by an extraordinary editor. [via]More editions of The Art Of War:
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The Art of War: The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Lifeby James Clavell, Sun-TzuISBN 0385292163 (0-385-29216-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of War: The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Life'Book summary:The Art of War is the Swiss army knife of military theory--pop out a different tool for any situation. Folded into this small package are compact views on resourcefulness, momentum, cunning, the profit motive, flexibility, integrity, secrecy, speed, positioning, surprise, deception, manipulation, responsibility, and practicality. Thomas Cleary's translation keeps the package tight, with crisp language and short sections. Commentaries from the Chinese tradition trail Sun-tzu's words, elaborating and picking up on puzzling lines. Take the solitary passage: "Do not eat food for their soldiers." Elsewhere, Sun-tzu has told us to plunder the enemy's stores, but now we're not supposed to eat the food? The Tang dynasty commentator Du Mu solves the puzzle nicely, "If the enemy suddenly abandons their food supplies, they should be tested first before eating, lest they be poisoned." Most passages, however, are the pinnacle of succinct clarity: "Lure them in with the prospect of gain, take them by confusion" or "Invincibility is in oneself, vulnerability is in the opponent." Sun-tzu's maxims are widely applicable beyond the military because they speak directly to the exigencies of survival. Your new tools will serve you well, but don't flaunt them. Remember Sun-tzu's advice: "Though effective, appear to be ineffective." --Brian Bruya [via]
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Asimov on Science Fictionby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385174438 (0-385-17443-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Atonement: A Novelby Ian McEwanISBN 038572179X (0-385-72179-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Atonement: A Novel'Book summary:On the hottest day of the summer of 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her older sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching Cecilia is their housekeeper's son Robbie Turner, a childhood friend who, along with Briony's sister, has recently graduated from Cambridge.
By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had never before dared to approach and will have become victims of the younger girl's scheming imagination. And Briony will have committed a dreadful crime, the guilt for which will color her entire life.
In each of his novels Ian McEwan has brilliantly drawn his reader into the intimate lives and situations of his characters. But never before has he worked with so large a canvas: In Atonement he takes the reader from a manor house in England in 1935 to the retreat from Dunkirk in 1941; from the London's World War II military hospitals to a reunion of the Tallis clan in 1999.
Atonement is Ian McEwan's finest achievement. Brilliant and utterly enthralling in its depiction of childhood, love and war, England and class, the novel is at its center a profound-and profoundly moving-exploration of shame and forgiveness and the difficulty of absolution. [via]More editions of Atonement: A Novel:
The Bear Went over the Mountainby William KotzwinkleISBN 0385484283 (0-385-48428-3)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Womenby Naomi WolfISBN 0385423977 (0-385-42397-7)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Womenby Elizabeth WurtzelISBN 0385484011 (0-385-48401-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women'Book summary:Elizabeth Wurtzel, an ex-rock critic for The New Yorker, won controversial fame with her bestselling 1994 memoir Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America, which described how Prozac saved the precocious Harvard grad from suicide. Her second book, Bitch is a celebration of the defiant, rock-and-roll spirit of self-destructive women through the ages: Delilah, Amy Fisher, Princess Di, and hundreds more (including the awesomely reckless Wurtzel). There is no comprehensible central line of argument, perhaps because the author did her exhaustive research and writing on a speedy Kerouacesque drug binge that, by her own admission, sent her to rehab upon the book's conclusion. But Wurtzel has the remains of a fine mind: her insights are often sharp, sometimes bitchy, and always shameless as she zooms in a very few pages from The Oresteia to O.J. to her first crush on a fictional character Heathcliff) to Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me, Richard Pryor, Chrissie Hynde, Leaving Las Vegas, Gone with the Wind, Sylvia Plath's "Daddy," Schindler's List, Oliver! Carousel, and Andrea Dworkin. Most pop culture pundits incline to grandiose blather, but Wurtzel is punchy, and her quotes are more often apt than pretentious. Bitch is like a Mr. Toad's Wild Ride in a library, with frequent rampages through the film and music archives. Like rock music, Wurtzel's prose style lives for the moment. She glories in breaking rules to bits, is never giddier than when she's saying something shocking, and apparently has no moral code except self-expression--with the attitude volume knob cranked up to 11. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Celebrate the Earth: A Year of Holidays in the Pagan Traditionby Laurie Cabot, Jean MillsISBN 0385309201 (0-385-30920-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Complete Works of William Shakespeareby William ShakespeareISBN 0385000499 (0-385-00049-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Confucius Speaks : Words to Live Byby Chih Chung Tsai, Brian Bruya, Tsai Chih ChungISBN 0385480342 (0-385-48034-2)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Confucius Speaks : Words to Live By'Book summary:In Confucius Speaks, the teachings of the greatest sage of all time are vividly brought to life by the wonderfully endearing and humorous characters drawn by East Asia's most famous cartoonist, Tsai Chih Chung. Although readers everywhere are familiar with the name of Confucius, few have encountered his actual teachings in such an accessible manner. Illustrations throughout. [via]
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The Courts of Chaosby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0385136854 (0-385-13685-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Critique of Pure Reasonby KantISBN 0385075340 (0-385-07534-0)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Critique of Pure Reason'Book summary:This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter: A Novelby Jeff LindsayISBN 038551123X (0-385-51123-X)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darkly Dreaming Dexter: A Novel'Book summary:Meet Dexter Morgan. He's a highly respected lab technician specializing in blood spatter for the Miami Dade Police Department. He's a handsome, though reluctant, ladies' man. He's polite, says all the right things, and rarely calls attention to himself. He's also a sociopathic serial killer whose "Dark Passenger" drives him to commit the occasional dismemberment.
Mind you, Dexter's the good guy in this story.
Adopted at the age of four after an unnamed tragedy left him orphaned, Dexter's learned, with help from his pragmatic policeman father, to channel his "gift," killing only those who deal in death themselves. But when a new serial killer starts working in Miami, staging elaborately grisly scenes that are, to Dexter, an obvious attempt at communication from one monster to another, the eponymous protagonist finds himself at a loss. Should he help his policewoman sister Deborah earn a promotion to the Homicide desk by finding the fiend? Or should he locate this new killer himself, so he can express his admiration for the other's "art?" Or is it possible that psycho Dexter himself, admittedly not the most balanced of fellows, is finally going completely insane and committing these messy crimes himself?
Despite his penchant for vivisection, it's hard not to like Dexter as his coldly logical personality struggles to emulate emotions he doesn't feel and to keep up his appearance as a caring, unremarkable human being. Breakout author Jeff Lindsay's plot is tense and absorbing, but it's the voice of Dexter and his reactions to the other characters that will keep readers glued to Darkly Dreaming Dexter, as well as making it one of the most original and highly recommended serial killer stories in a long time. --Benjamin Reese [via]
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Darkness at Sethanonby Raymond E. FeistISBN 0385192150 (0-385-19215-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darkness at Sethanon'Book summary:An evil wind blows through Midkemia. Dark legions have risen up to crush the Kingdom of the Isles and enslave it to dire magics. The final battle between Order and Chaos is abotu to begin in the ruins of the city called Sethanon.
Now Pug, the master magician sometimes known as Milamber, must undertake an awesome and perilous quest to the dawn of time to grapple with an ancient and terrible Enemy for the fate of a thousand worlds. [via]More editions of Darkness at Sethanon:
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The Day I Became an Autodidact: And the Advice, Adventures and Acrimony That Befell Me Thereafterby Kendall HaileyISBN 0385296363 (0-385-29636-3)
Hardcover, Dell Publishing
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Demon in My Viewby Amelia Atwater-RhodesISBN 038532720X (0-385-32720-X)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Demon in My View'Book summary:The teen queen of horror fiction Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is on the prowl again! Continuing in much the same vampire vein that established her reputation, the young writer's sophomore novel also includes a touch of autobiography. Jessica Allodola is a high school senior who pens vampire tales under the pseudonym Ash Night. (Hmmm, sound familiar?) Because of her funereal clothing and cynical demeanor, Jessica is shunned by her sunnier classmates. No matter, she prefers the company of the undead she creates on her laptop, anyway. But Jessica is shaken when a creature from her novel, the suave vampire Aubrey (who fans will remember from In the Forests of the Night) shows up as a new student at her school. Not knowing whether he plans to seduce or harm her, Jessica plays a dangerous game of cat and mouse with Aubrey as she tries to discover the secret of his existence. As she delves deeper into the midnight world of her own novels, she encounters other supernatural beings, like Fala, an evil Egyptian vampire, and Caryn Smoke, a teenaged good witch. When she finally unearths the shocking truth that explains the tangibility of her imaginary world, Jessica must decide if she loves that dark world enough to leave the light forever.
Atwater-Rhode's writing, while still showing strong traces of Anne Rice and Stephen King, is maturing nicely as she cleverly constructs this story within a story. Her vampires, while thousands of years old, have adolescent mood swings and tempers, which will sit well with the under-16 crowd. Demon in My View will undoubtedly find its way into many backpacks and Trapper Keepers. (Ages 12 to 15) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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Dictionary of Geological Termsby American Geological InstituteISBN 0385084528 (0-385-08452-8)
Hardcover, Anchor Press
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Dictionary of Geological Termsby Robert L. Bates, American Geological Institute, Julia A. JacksonISBN 0385181019 (0-385-18101-9)
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Disappearing Energy: Can We End the Crisisby Dorothy Edwards Shuttlesworth, Lee Ann WilliamsISBN 0385048637 (0-385-04863-7)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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The Disappointment Artist: And Other Essaysby Jonathan LethemISBN 0385512171 (0-385-51217-1)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Disappointment Artist: And Other Essays'Book summary:In a volume he describes as a series of covert and no-so-covert autobiographical pieces, Jonathan Lethem explores the nature of cultural obsessionin his case, with examples as diverse as western films, comic books, the music of Talking Heads and Pink Floyd, and the New York City subway. Along the way, he shows how each of these voyages out from himself have led him homehome to his father's life as a painter, and to the source of his beginnings as a writer. THE DISAPPOINTMENT ARTIST is a series of windows onto the collisions of art, landscape, and personal history that formed Lethems richly imaginative, searingly honest perspective on life as a human creature in the jungle of culture at the end of the twentieth century.
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From a confession of the sadness of a Star Wars nerd to an investigation into the legacy of a would-be literary titan, Lethem illuminates the process by which a child invents himself as a writer, and as a human being, through a series of approaches to the culture around him. In The Disappointment Artist, a letter from his aunt, a childrens book author, spurs a meditation on the value of writing workshops, and the uncomfortable fraternity of writers. In Defending The Searchers Lethem explains how a passion for the classic John Wayne Western became occasion for a series of minor humiliations. In Identifying with Your Parents, an excavation of childhood love for superhero comics expands to cover a whole range of nostalgia for a previous generations cultural artifacts. And 13/1977/21, which begins by recounting the summer he saw Star Wars twenty-one times, slipping past ushers whod begun to recognize me . . . occult as a porn customer, becomes a meditation on the sorrow and solace of the solitary movie-goer.
THE DISAPPOINTMENT ARTIST confirms Lethem's unique ability to illuminate the way life, his and ours, can be read between the lines of art and culture.More editions of The Disappointment Artist: And Other Essays:
Drawing Bloodby Poppy Z. BriteISBN 0385308957 (0-385-30895-7)
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First with the News: The History of W.H. Smith, 1792-1972by Charles WilsonISBN 0385235038 (0-385-23503-8)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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For Reading Out Loud!by Elizabeth Segel, Margaret Mary KimmelISBN 0385296606 (0-385-29660-6)
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Forward the Foundationby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385247931 (0-385-24793-1)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Forward the Foundation'Book summary:A stunning testament to his creative genius. Forward The Foundation is a the saga's dramatic climax -- the story Asimov fans have been waiting for. An exciting tale of danger, intrigue, and suspense, Forward The Foundation brings to vivid life Asimov's best loved characters: hero Hari Seldon, who struggles to perfect his revolutionary theory of psychohistory to ensure the survival of humanity; Cleon II, the vain and crafty emperor of the Galactic Empire,
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Foundation and Earthby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385233124 (0-385-23312-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foundation and Earth'Book summary:The epic story of the Foundation is one of the great classics of science fiction by the Grand Master of the genre. Isaac Asimov's legendary saga, winner of the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Novel Series, has enthralled generations of readers - and continues to amaze. All records of Earth have been removed systematically from the libraries of Foundation worlds. Now Councilman Golan Trevize and Professor Janov Pelorat traverse the galaxy in search of humanity's ancestral planet. On worlds beyond the Foundation's influence, superstition and taboo shroud the subject of their quest. To name Earth is to utter an obscenity. Fortunately, the space travellers find allies - and Pelorat finds a lover named Bliss - among the telepaths of the planet Gaia. As they near their destination, Bliss picks up thought waves of intelligent beings. What she cannot tell is whether or not those beings are human. [via]
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The Foundation Trilogyby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385188307 (0-385-18830-7)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Foundation Trilogy'Book summary:The Foundation Series is a science fiction series by Isaac Asimov. The series is best known for the Foundation Trilogy, which comprises the books Foundation, Foundation and Empire and Second Foundation. In 1965, the Foundation Trilogy beat several other science fiction and fantasy series (including The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien) to receive a special Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series." It is still the only series so honored. Asimov himself wrote that he assumed the one-time award had been created to honor The Lord of the Rings, and he was amazed when his work won.
A saga of enormous scope and boundless imagination, Isaac Asimov's Hugo-winning Foundation Trilogy is one of the great masterworks of science fiction. Set 50,000 years in the future, it tells of the decline and fall of the Galactic Empire and the history of a universal ruling organization created to reduce the duration of the coming Dark Age.
Foundation introduces mathematician Hari Seldon, whose science of psychohistory can predict the future on a colossal scale. But what Hari foresees is an empire's collapse and an age of barbarism lasting 30,000 years. Gathering the finest minds in the galaxy, he devises a Plan to preserve the collective knowledge of the human race...only to find that the Foundation itself is under seige.
In Foundation and Empire, the Foundation has attained power, but can it prevail against an ambitious young general determined to restore the Empire to its former glory, or a mutant intelligence whose mysterious power to bend minds to his will not even Hari Seldon could have predicted?In Second Foundation, the mutant sets out to find the last threat to his power: a secretly evolved Second Foundation, whose colony of telepaths the First Foundation also wants destroyed. [via]More editions of The Foundation Trilogy:
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Foundation's Edgeby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385177259 (0-385-17725-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foundation's Edge'Book summary:Now, 498 years after its founding, the Foundation seemed to be following the Seldon Plan perfectly. Too perfectly. Now an impossible planet -- with impossible powers -- threatens to upset the Seldon Plan for good unless two men, sworn enemies, can work together to save it!
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The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moonby Eliot WiggintonISBN 0385073534 (0-385-07353-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moon'Book summary:In the late 1960s, Eliot Wigginton and his students created the magazine Foxfire in an effort to record and preserve the traditional folk culture of the Southern Appalachians. This is the original book compilation of Foxfire material which introduces Aunt Arie and her contemporaries and includes log cabin building, hog dressing, snake lore, mountain crafts and food, and "other affairs of plain living." [via]
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The Freshwater Fisherman's Bibleby Vlad Evanoff, John DuffISBN 038526223X (0-385-26223-X)
Softcover, Broadway Books
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The Giant's Houseby Elizabeth McCrackenISBN 0385340893 (0-385-34089-3)
Softcover, Dial Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Giant's House'Book summary:An unlikely love story about a lonely spinster librarian and a younger man, forced into loneliness because of his monstrous size. Peggy Cort, the reclusive librarian in a small Cape Cod town falls for a boy 14 years her junior -- one who grows to be 8 feet 7 inches and 415 pounds. Though initially attracted out of sympathy, Peggy soon finds she has much in common with this sensitive, albeit enormous man. A romance ensues, but the unique connectedness they share -- something neither has ever felt before -- is cruelly interrupted by tragedy. [via]
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Goethe's Faustby Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheISBN 0385031149 (0-385-03114-9)
Softcover, Doubleday
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Goethe's Faust'Book summary:The best translation of Faust available, this volume provides the original German text and its English counterpart on facing pages. Walter Kaufmann's translation conveys the poetic beauty and rhythm as well as the complex depth of Goethe's language. Includes Part One and selections from Part Two. [via]
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The Guns of Avalonby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0385085060 (0-385-08506-0)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Hand of Oberonby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0385085419 (0-385-08541-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hand of Oberon'Book summary:Returning to Shadow Earth to investigate a threat against his life, Corwin discovers that the Jewel of Judgment has been stolen by his traitorous brother, Brand, who plans to use the enigmatic gem to reshape the universe. Reissue. [via]
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Home for the Holidaysby Johanna LindseyISBN 0380978563 (0-380-97856-3)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Hostageby R.D. ZimmermanISBN 0385318928 (0-385-31892-8)
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The Hot Zoneby Richard PrestonISBN 0385479565 (0-385-47956-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hot Zone'Book summary:The dramatic and chilling story of an Ebola virus outbreak in a surburban Washington, D.C. laboratory, with descriptions of frightening historical epidemics of rare and lethal viruses. More hair-raising than anything Hollywood could think of, because it's all true. [via]
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I, Robotby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385050488 (0-385-05048-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I, Robot'Book summary:In this collection, one of the great classics of science fiction, Asimov set out the principles of robot behavior that we know as the Three Laws of Robotics. Here are stories of robots gone mad, mind-reading robots, robots with a sense of humor, robot politicians, and robots who secretly run the world, all told with Asimov's trademark dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction. [via]
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The Illustrated Manby Ray BradburyISBN 0385042183 (0-385-04218-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Illustrated Man'Book summary:That The Illustrated Man has remained in print since being published in 1951 is fair testimony to the universal appeal of Ray Bradbury's work. Only his second collection (the first was Dark Carnival, later reworked into The October Country), it is a marvelous, if mostly dark, quilt of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. In an ingenious framework to open and close the book, Bradbury presents himself as a nameless narrator who meets the Illustrated Man--a wanderer whose entire body is a living canvas of exotic tattoos. What's even more remarkable, and increasingly disturbing, is that the illustrations are themselves magically alive, and each proceeds to unfold its own story, such as "The Veldt," wherein rowdy children take a game of virtual reality way over the edge. Or "Kaleidoscope," a heartbreaking portrait of stranded astronauts about to reenter our atmosphere--without the benefit of a spaceship. Or "Zero Hour," in which invading aliens have discovered a most logical ally--our own children. Even though most were written in the 1940s and 1950s, these 18 classic stories will be just as chillingly effective 50 years from now. --Stanley Wiater [via]
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In the Beginning : The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language and a Cultureby Alister E. McGrathISBN 0385722168 (0-385-72216-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture'Book summary:In the Beginning is Alister McGrath's history of the King James Bible, and as the subtitle explains, his explanation of "How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture." McGrath's story begins with the development of the printing press, describes the forces (before, during, and after the Reformation) fueling the demand for English vernacular translations of the Bible, and considers the impact of the King James Version on Western worship and politics. McGrath deftly blends an arch and charming, donnish argot with breezy, tough, brass-tacks directness. Of the ongoing process of creating new biblical translations, he writes, "It has yet to end; indeed, it will not end, until either history is brought to a close or English ceases to be a living language." Elsewhere, describing the cultural influence of the Authorized Version, he explains, "Without the King James Bible, there would have been no Paradise Lost, no Pilgrim's Progress, no Handel's Messiah, no Negro spirituals, and no Gettysburg address.") A professor of historical theology at the University of Oxford, McGrath has written a number of popular books about Christianity (including Theology for Amateurs). In The Beginning continues his work of making complex matters of theological thought and history accessible to a wider audience. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The Ink Drinkerby Eric Sanvoisin, Martin Matje, Georges MorozISBN 0385325916 (0-385-32591-6)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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Jawsby Peter BenchleyISBN 0385047711 (0-385-04771-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jaws'Book summary:It was just another day in the life of a small Atlantic resort until the terror from the deep came to prey on unwary holiday makers. The first sign of trouble - a warning of what was to come - took the form of a young woman's body, or what was left of it, washed, up on the long, white stretch of beach...A summer of terror has begun. 'Pick up Jaws before midnight, read the first five pages, and I guarantee you'll be putting it down breathless and stunned, as dawn is breaking the next day' Daily Express; Peter Benchley's Jaws first appeared in 1974, creating a legend that refuses to die. For a new generation, the ultimate holiday nightmare is about to begin all over again... [via]
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The Joy of Writing: A Guide for Writers, Disguised as a Literary Memoirby Pierre BertonISBN 0385659970 (0-385-65997-0)
Hardcover, Doubleday Canada
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Joy of Writing: A Guide for Writers, Disguised as a Literary Memoir'Book summary:Pierre Berton's The Joy of Writing is a joy to read. Breezy, humourous, and surprisingly blunt in its appraisal of the author's own shortcomings--right down to a savage critique of an early draft of The Mysterious North by Berton's editor--the book feels like a return to form, especially on the heels of the curveball that was Cats I Have Known and Loved. Yet as its subtitle suggests, the book is intended as much for students of Berton's work as those yearning for a professional writing career. Berton scavenges his bibliography for examples of dos and don'ts, and fans of titles like Klondike, Vimy, and The Last Spike are rewarded with juicy insights into his inimitable research process, his labyrinthine filing system, and how exactly he makes long-dead politicians seem so darn interesting. Berton even includes sample pages of early drafts and other tidbits, some in his own hand. But whether his 30 rules for triumphant nonfiction writing--which form the book's narrative arc--will transform wannabes into winners is debatable. Really, you've either got it or you don't, as any beleaguered editor will attest. Still, Berton's tips--"know and understand your audience," "don't give up your day job," "read some good stuff before you begin," "don't use a ten-dollar word when a 50 cent one will do"--are sound. And with some exceptions (how to handle an autograph session for instance) they're universal enough to be relevant to everyone from students to secretaries. In fact, The Joy of Writing celebrates one of its own tenets--"master the art of recycling"--a necessary skill for an author who is as wildly prolific and versatile as Berton. --Kim Hughes [via]
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The Lambs of Londonby Peter AckroydISBN 0385514611 (0-385-51461-1)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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Little Red Ink Drinkerby Eric Sanvoisin, Martin MatjeISBN 0385729677 (0-385-72967-7)
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Lost Soulsby Poppy Z. BriteISBN 0385308752 (0-385-30875-2)
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Madame Bovary's Ovaries: A Darwinian Look at Literatureby David P. Barash, Nanelle R. BarashISBN 0385338023 (0-385-33802-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Madame Bovary's Ovaries: A Darwinian Look at Literature'Book summary:What can elephant seals tell us about Homer's Iliad? How do gorillas illuminate the works of Shakespeare? What do bloodsucking bats have to do with John Steinbeck? Madame Bovary's OvariesA Darwinian Look at Literature According to evolutionary psychologist David Barash and his daughter Nanelle, the answers lie in the most important word in biology: evolution. Just like every animal from mites to monkeys, our day-to-day behavior has been shaped by millions of years of natural selection. So it should be no surprise to learn that the natural forces that drive animals in general and Homo sapiens in particular are clearly visible in the creatures of literature, from Henry Fielding's Tom Jones all the way to Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones. Seen through the lens of evolutionary biology, the witty repartee of Jane Austen's courting couples, Othello's tragic rage, the griping of Holden Caulfield, and the scandalous indiscretions of Madame Bovary herself all make a fresh and exciting kind of sense. The ways we fall in-and out-of love, stand by our friends, compete against our enemies, and squabble with our families have their roots in biological imperatives we share not only with other primates but with an amazing array of other creatures. The result is a new way to read, a novel approach to novels and plays that reveals how human nature underlies literature, from the great to the not-so-great.Using the cutting-edge ideas of contemporary Darwinism, the authors show how the heroes and heroines of our favorite stories have been molded as much by evolution as by the genius of their creators, revealing a gallery of characters from Agamemnon to Alexander Portnoy, who have more in common with birds, fish, and other mammals than we could ever have imagined.As engaging and informative as a good story, Madame Bovary's Ovaries is both an accessible introduction to a fascinating area of science and a provocatively sideways look at our cherished literary heritage. [via]
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Magicianby Raymond E. FeistISBN 0385196210 (0-385-19621-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Magician'Book summary:In the westernmost province of the Kingdom of the Isles, upon the world of Midkemia, an orphan kitchen boy named Pug was made apprentice to the magician Kulgan. Here starts an adventure that will span lifetimes and worlds. Discover where the story begins. The world had changed even before I discovered the foreign ship wrecked on the shore below Crydee Castle, but it was the harbinger of the chaos and death that was coming to our door. War had come to the Kingdom of the Isles, and in the years that followed it would scatter my friends across the world. I longed to train as a warrior and fight alongside our duke like my foster-brother, but when the time came, I was not offered that choice. My fate would be shaped by other forces. My name is Pug. I was once an orphaned kitchen boy, with no family and no prospects, but I am destined to become a master magician... [via]
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The Martian Chroniclesby Ray BradburyISBN 0385038623 (0-385-03862-3)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Martian Chronicles'Book summary:From "Rocket Summer" to "The Million-Year Picnic," Ray Bradbury's stories of the colonization of Mars form an eerie mesh of past and future. Written in the 1940s, the chronicles drip with nostalgic atmosphere--shady porches with tinkling pitchers of lemonade, grandfather clocks, chintz-covered sofas. But longing for this comfortable past proves dangerous in every way to Bradbury's characters--the golden-eyed Martians as well as the humans. Starting in the far-flung future of 1999, expedition after expedition leaves Earth to investigate Mars. The Martians guard their mysteries well, but they are decimated by the diseases that arrive with the rockets. Colonists appear, most with ideas no more lofty than starting a hot-dog stand, and with no respect for the culture they've displaced.
Bradbury's quiet exploration of a future that looks so much like the past is sprinkled with lighter material. In "The Silent Towns," the last man on Mars hears the phone ring and ends up on a comical blind date. But in most of these stories, Bradbury holds up a mirror to humanity that reflects a shameful treatment of "the other," yielding, time after time, a harvest of loneliness and isolation. Yet the collection ends with hope for renewal, as a colonist family turns away from the demise of the Earth towards a new future on Mars. Bradbury is a master fantasist and The Martian Chronicles are an unforgettable work of art. --Blaise Selby [via]
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Me and Shakespeare : Life-Changing Adventures with the Bardby Herman GollobISBN 0385498179 (0-385-49817-9)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Womenby Geraldine BrooksISBN 0385475772 (0-385-47577-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women'Book summary:Geraldine Brooks spent two years as a Middle East news correspondent, covering the death of Khomeini and the like. She also learned a lot about what it's like for Islamic women today. Brooks' book is exceedingly well-done--she knows her Islamic lore and traces the origins of today's practices back to Mohammed's time. Personable and very readable, Brooks takes us through the women's back door entrance of the Middle East for an unusual and provocative view. [via]
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No Sign of Lifeby Jay WilliamsISBN 0385145993 (0-385-14599-3)
Hardcover, Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday
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Outburstby R.D. ZimmermanISBN 0385319231 (0-385-31923-1)
Softcover, Delta
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Outburst'Book summary:In the middle of one of Minnesota's worst rainstorms, TV newsman Todd Mills--"the most visible gay person in Minneapolis"--is standing on the Stone Arch Bridge, waiting to meet a supposed blackmail victim with a hot story. Instead, he finds an about-to-be-murdered young gay cop named Mark Forrest, lured there by the same tipster/killer. So begins the investigation in this fourth Mills book from Zimmerman, one of the best of the current crop of writers of gay-themed mysteries. As in his previous Mills outings (Hostage, Closet, Tribe), Zimmerman shows us an often deadly urban world freighted with sexual tension. This time, involved in the police investigation is Todd's lover, Steve Rawlins, recently diagnosed as HIV positive--a fact that adds darkness to an already grim story. Rawlins becomes a target for the killer who has a grudge against gays and cops, the roots of which we begin to learn about gradually and with several sideways moves. Zimmerman creates a landscape perhaps a bit too dominated by variations on gay sexuality to be totally believable. But after decades of mysteries featuring nothing but straight sex, a little reverse imbalance isn't that hard to bear. --Dick Adler [via]
Pot Pies : Comfort Food under Coverby Diane PhillipsISBN 0385494580 (0-385-49458-0)
Hardcover, Broadway Books
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Power of the Witchby Laurie Cabot, Thomas Dale CowanISBN 0385297866 (0-385-29786-6)
Hardcover, Delacorte Press
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Power of the Witchby Tom Cowan, Laurie CabotISBN 0385301898 (0-385-30189-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Power of the Witch'Book summary:Written by a practicing witch who conducts classes and seminars on witchcraft--the oldest Western religion, a means of power and enlightenment, and a healing art--Power of the Witch makes it debut in trade paperback formst. [via]
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The Pursuitby Johanna LindseyISBN 0380978555 (0-380-97855-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pursuit'Book summary:It was to be a grand adventure for Melissa MacGregor -- an escape from the wilds of her Scottish home into the whirl of the London social season, and far from the stifling protectiveness of her mother's sixteen strapping, somewhat bumbling brothers, six of whom are named Ian. There the bewitching lass is sure to find a suitable husband who will not be intimidated by her suspicious uncles and who is more appealing than the many local suitors whom her uncles have already deemed unworthy. But before she begins her pursuit of a new life, Melissa is distracted by an intriguing gentleman stranger she encounters on her grandfather's lands.
Lincoln Ross Burnett is no stranger to Scotland, however. The seventeenth Viscount Cambury, Lincoln once called this fair land home -- until as a boy of twelve he was sent away to live with relatives in London after his father's death. To stay would surely have meant his own demise, for a bitter feud was raging around him, marking young Lincoln as a target of a brutal gang of "savages" who went by the name MacFearsons.
Now as he restlessly roams the countryside he so loved as a child, Lincoln can feel the anger and bitterness returning -- only to be dispelled by the beauty of the lady who stands before him. Though they part after but a few spoken words, the damage has been done: Lincoln's heart has been claimed forever, and he will never be complete again until Melissa MacGregor is his bride.
Though destiny is carrying them along separate paths, Lincoln knows he will pursue Melissa to London ... and to the ends of the earth, if necessary. But ties of blood and duty have made his heart's obsession with the enchanting beauty not only desperate but quite dangerous. For the woman Lincoln must have is the niece of those who, even now, are sworn to his destruction, and who are willing to dog his every step, even following two yearning souls fated to be lovers into the glittering world of the London ton. The longtime feud is raging hotter than ever before -- and even the irresistible shared passion of Lincoln and Melissa may not be powerful enough to withstand its devastating fire. [via]
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Read It Right and Remember What You Readby Samuel SmithISBN 0389003182 (0-389-00318-2)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Imports
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Reading Roomsby Susan A. TothISBN 0385412916 (0-385-41291-6)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Robots and Empireby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385190921 (0-385-19092-1)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Robots and Empire'Book summary:Long after his humiliating defeat at the hands of Earthman Elijah Baley, Keldon Amadiro embarked on a plan to destroy planet Earth. But even after his death, Baley's vision continued to guide his robot partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, who had the wisdom of a great man behind him and an indestructable will to win....
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The Science of Programmingby D. GriesISBN 0387964800 (0-387-96480-0)
Softcover, Springer Verlag
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Science of Programming'Book summary:This is the very first book to discuss the theory and principles of computer programming on the basis of the idea that a proof of correctness and a program should be developed hand in hand. It is built around the method first proposed by Dijkstra in his monograph The Discipline of Programming (1976), involving a "calculus for the derivation of programs." Directing his materials to the computer programmer with at least one year of experience, Gries presents explicit principles behind program development, and then leads the reader through example programs using those principles. Propositions and predicate calculus are presented as a took for the programmer, rather than simply an object of study. The reader should come away with a fresh outlook on programming theory and practice, and the assurance to develop correct programs effectively. [via]
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Sign of the Unicornby Roger ZelaznyISBN 038508515X (0-385-08515-X)
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Something Wicked This Way Comesby Ray BradburyISBN 0380977273 (0-380-97727-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Something Wicked This Way Comes'Book summary:A masterpiece of modern Gothic literature, Something Wicked This Way Comes is the memorable story of two boys, James Nightshade and William Halloway, and the evil that grips their small Midwestern town with the arrival of a "dark carnival" one Autumn midnight. How these two innocents, both age 13, save the souls of the town (as well as their own), makes for compelling reading on timeless themes. What would you do if your secret wishes could be granted by the mysterious ringmaster Mr. Dark? Bradbury excels in revealing the dark side that exists in us all, teaching us ultimately to celebrate the shadows rather than fear them. In many ways, this is a companion piece to his joyful, nostalgia-drenched Dandelion Wine, in which Bradbury presented us with one perfect summer as seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old. In Something Wicked This Way Comes, he deftly explores the fearsome delights of one perfectly terrifying, unforgettable autumn. --Stanley Wiater [via]
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Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Churchby Philip YanceyISBN 0385502753 (0-385-50275-3)
Softcover, Galilee
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church'Book summary:Like many Christians, Philip Yancey has often felt kicked around, abused, and damaged by the institutional church. And like many Christians, he has found solace in reading about and getting to know some extraordinary individual believers. He profiles 13 of those believers in Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church. "I became a writer, I now believe, to sort out words used and misused by the church of my youth," Yancey writes in the book's first chapter. The church of his youth, which described itself as "New Testament, Blood-bought, Born-again, Premillennial, Dispensational, fundamental," Yancey now describes as a frightening place where racism and bigotry were regularly preached from the pulpit. After graduating from Bible college, Yancey became a writer and chose to direct his attention to "people I could learn from, people I might want to emulate," such as C. Everett Koop and Robert Coles. He also read widely and passionately--Leo Tolstoy, Martin Luther King Jr., G.K. Chesterton, and Annie Dillard, to name a few. Soul Survivor offers probing, honest profiles of 13 individuals who have "helped restore to me the mislaid treasures of God." For most readers, these profiles will serve as starting points to explore the lives and minds of the individuals who have inspired Yancey. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Soul Survivor : Why I Am Still a Christianby Philip YanceyISBN 0385502745 (0-385-50274-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Soul Survivor : Why I Am Still a Christian'Book summary:Philip Yancey, whose explorations of faith have made him a guide for millions of readers, feels no need to defend the church. "When someone tells me yet another horror story about the church, I respond, 'Oh, it's even worse than that. Let me tell you my story.'I have spent most of my life in recovery from the church." Yancey acknowledges that many spiritual seekers find few answers and little solace in the institutional church. "I have met many people, and heard from many more, who have gone through a similar process of mining truth from their religious past: Roman Catholics who flinch whenever they see a nun or priest, former Seventh Day Adventists who cannot drink a cup of coffee without a stab of guilt, Mennonites who worry whether wedding rings give evidence of worldliness." How did Yancey manage to survive spiritually despite early encounters with a racist, legalistic church that he now views as almost cultic? In this, his most soul-searching book yet, he probes that very question. He tells the story of his own struggle to reclaim belief, interwoven with inspiring portraits of notable people from all walks of life, whom he calls his spiritual directors. Soul Survivor is his tribute to thirteen remarkable individuals, mentors who transformed his life and work. Besides recalling their effect on him, Yancey also provides fresh glimpses of the lives and faith journeys of each one. From the scatterbrained journalist G. K. Chesterton to the tortured novelists Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, to contemporaries such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Annie Dillard, and Robert Coles, Yancey gives inspiring portraits of those who modeled for him a life-enhancing rather than a life-constricting faith. "I became a writer, I now believe, to sort out and reclaim words used and misused by the Christians of my youth," Yancey says. "These are the people who ushered me into the Kingdom. In many ways they are why I remain a Christian today, and I want to introduce them to other spiritual se [via]
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Still She Haunts Meby Katie RoipheISBN 038533530X (0-385-33530-X)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Still She Haunts Me'Book summary:Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was a shy Oxford mathematician, reverend, and pioneering photographer. Under the pen name Lewis Carroll he wrote two stunning classics that liberated childrens literature from the constraints of Victorian moralism. But the exact nature of his relationship with Alice Liddell, daughter of the dean of his college, and the young girl who was his muse and subject, remains mysterious.
Dodgson met Alice in 1856, when she was almost four years old. Eventually he would capture her in his photographs, and transform the stories he told her into the luminous Alices Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass. Then, suddenly, when Alice was eleven, the Liddell family shut him out, and his relationship with Alice ended abruptly. The pages from Dodgsons diary that may have explained the rift have disappeared.
In imagining what might have happened, Katie Roiphe has created a deep, textured portrait of Alice and Dodgson: she changing from an unruly child to a bewitching adolescent, and he, a diffident, neurasthenic adult whose increasing obsession with her almost destroys him. Here, too, is a brilliantly realized cast of characters that surround them: Lorina Liddell, Alices mother, who loves her daughter even as she envies her youth; Edith Liddell, Alices resentful little sister; and James Hunt, Dodgsons speech therapist, an island of sanity in Dodgsons increasingly chaotic world. [via] 
A Straw for Two : The Companion to "The Ink Drinker"by Eric Sanvoisin, Georges Moroz, Martin MatjeISBN 0385327021 (0-385-32702-1)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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A Time of Exile: A Novel of the Westlandsby Katherine KerrISBN 0385414641 (0-385-41464-1)
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Twelfth Nightby William Shakespeare, Jennifer MulherinISBN 0382096959 (0-382-09695-9)
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Walden; Or, Life in the Woodsby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0385095031 (0-385-09503-1)
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Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmithby Stephen Davis, Aerosmith, Aerosmith DavisISBN 0380975947 (0-380-97594-7)
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A Wizard in Bedlamby Christopher StasheffISBN 0385144970 (0-385-14497-0)
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Zen Keysby Nhat HanhISBN 0385475616 (0-385-47561-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Zen Keys'Book summary:Thich Nhat Hanh brings his warmth and clarity to this unique explication of Zen Buddhism. Beginning with a discussion of daily life in a Zen monastery, Nhat Hanh illustrates the character of Zen as practiced in Vietnam, and gives the reader clear explanations of the central elements of Zen practice and philosophy. Thorough attention is given to concepts such as Awareness and Impermanence, and to contemporary issues such as the conflicts between modern technology and spirituality. The final section includes a set of 43 koans from the 13th century Vietnamese master, Tran Thai Tong, which are translated here for the first time into English. Originally published in 1974, Zen Keys has been unavailable for several years but is now reissued by popular demand. Readers will find it as fresh today as when it was first written, and will be struck by the timelessness of its insights. What makes this work particularly compelling is that Nhat Hanh is able to invigorate what in other presentations may seem like empty abstract principles. The example he has set in his own life as a relentless advocate for peace brings strength and a realistic understanding to idealistic Buddhist goals. In Zen Keys, Thich Nhat Hanh presents the philosophy which has enabled him to be mindful of peace in every moment. An excellent introduction from Philip Kapleau (author of the classic Three Pillars Of Zen ) provides background on the emerging American Zen tradition. [via]
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