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The Algebra of Revolution: The Dialectic and the Classical Marxist Traditionby John ReesISBN 0415198771 (0-415-19877-1)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Algebra of Revolution: The Dialectic and the Classical Marxist Tradition'Book summary:The Algebra of Revolution is the first book to study Marxist method as it has been developed by the main representatives of the classical Marxist tradition, namely Marx and Engels, Luxembourg, Lenin, Lukacs, Gramsci and Trotsky. This book provides the only single volume study of major Marxist thinkers' views on the crucial question of the dialectic, connecting them with pressing contemporary, political and theoretical questions. John Rees's The Algebra of Revolution is vital reading for anyone interested in gaining a new and fresh perspective on Marxist thought and on the notion of the dialectic. [via]
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Arafat's Elephantby Jonathan TelISBN 1582431833 (1-58243-183-3)
Softcover, Counterpoint
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Beautiful Bronx: 1920 To 1950by Lloyd UltanISBN 0517548003 (0-517-54800-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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A Bend in the Riverby V.S. NaipaulISBN 0679722025 (0-679-72202-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Bend in the River'Book summary:Brilliant and terrifying'-Observer I had to be the man who was doing well and more than well, the man whose drab shop concealed some bigger operation that made millions. I had to be the man who had planned it all, who had come to the destroyed town at the bend in the river because he had foreseen the rich future. 'Salim, the narrator, is a young man from an Indian family of traders long resident on the coast of Centeral Africa. Salim has left the coast to make his way in the interior, there to take on a small trading shop of this and that, sudries, sold to the natives. The place is "a bend in the river"; it is Africa. The time is post-colonial, the time of Independence. The Europeans have withdrawn or been forced to withdraw and the scene is one of chaos, violent change, warring tribes, ignorance, isolation, poverty and a lack of prepartion for the modern world they have entered, or partially assumed as a sort of decoration. It is a story of historical upheaval and social breakdown. Naipaul has fashioned a work of intense imaginative force. It is a haunting creation, rich with incident and human bafflement, played out in an immense detail of landscape rendered with a poignant brilliance.'-Elizabeth Hardwick 'Always a master of fictional landscape, Naipaul here shows, in his variety of human examples and in his search for underlying social causes, a Tolstoyan spirit'-John Updike [via]
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- A Bend in the River: ISBN 0844666319 (0-8446-6631-9)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc - A Bend in the River: ISBN 0394505735 (0-394-50573-5)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group - A Bend in the River: ISBN 0394743148 (0-394-74314-8)
Hardcover, Vintage Books - A Bend in the River: ISBN 0679602674 (0-679-60267-4)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - A Bend in the River: ISBN 0783886160 (0-7838-8616-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - A Bend in the River: ISBN 0679722025 (0-679-72202-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
- A Bend in the River: ISBN 0844666319 (0-8446-6631-9)
The Bonfire of the Vanitiesby Tom WolfeISBN 0553275976 (0-553-27597-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bonfire of the Vanities'Book summary:After Tom Wolfe defined the '60s in The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers and the cultural U-turn at the turn of the '80s in The Right Stuff, nobody thought he could ever top himself again. In 1987, when The Bonfire of the Vanities arrived, the literati called Wolfe an "aging enfant terrible."
He wasn't aging; he was growing up. Bonfire's pyrotechnic satire of 1980s New York wasn't just Wolfe's best book, it was the best bestselling fiction debut of the decade, a miraculously realistic study of an unbelievably status-mad society, from the fiery combatants of the South Bronx to the bubbling scum at the top of Wall Street. Sherman McCoy, a farcically arrogant investment banker (dubbed a "Master of the Universe," Wolfe's brilliant metaphorical co-opting of a then-important toy for boys), hits a black guy in the Bronx with his Mercedes and runs--right into a nightmare peopled by vicious mistresses, thin wives like "social x-rays," slime-bag politicos, tabloid hacks, and Dantesque denizens of the "justice" system. If the Coen and Marx brothers together dramatized The Great Gatsby, Wolfe's Bonfire would probably be funnier. Many think his second novel, A Man in Full, is deeper, but Bonfire will never die down.
You might find it interesting to compare the film The Bonfire of the Vanities, a fascinating calamity perpetrated by the geniuses Brian De Palma and Tom Hanks, with The Right Stuff, one of the very best films of the '80s. --Tim Appelo [via]
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- The Bonfire of the Vanities: ISBN 0553381342 (0-553-38134-2)
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Softcover, Thorndike Pr - The Bonfire of the Vanities: ISBN 0374115346 (0-374-11534-6)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux - The Bonfire of the Vanities: ISBN 0374115354 (0-374-11535-4)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux - The Bonfire of the Vanities: ISBN 0374115370 (0-374-11537-0)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux - The Bonfire of the Vanities: ISBN 0553275976 (0-553-27597-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
- The Bonfire of the Vanities: ISBN 0553381342 (0-553-38134-2)
Bronx D.A.: True Stories from the Domestic Violence And Sex Crimes Unitby Sarena StrausISBN 1569803056 (1-56980-305-6)
Hardcover, Barricade Books Inc
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Bronx Masqueradeby Nikki GrimesISBN 0142501891 (0-14-250189-1)
Softcover, Speak
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bronx Masquerade'Book summary:Open Mike Friday is everyone's favorite day in Mr. Ward's English class. On Fridays, his 18 high-school students dare to relax long enough to let slip the poets, painters, readers, and dreamers that exist within each of them. Raul Ramirez, the self-described "next Diego Rivera," longs "to show the beauty of our people, that we are not all banditos like they show on TV, munching cuchfritos and sipping beer through chipped teeth." And while angry Tyrone Bittings finds dubious comfort in denying hope: "Life is cold. Future?...wish there was some future to talk about. I could use me some future," overweight Janelle Battle hopes to be seen for what she really is: "for I am coconut / and the heart of me / is sweeter / than you know" They are all here: the tall girl, the tough-talking rapper, the jock, the beauty queen, the teenage mom, the artist, and many more. While it may sound like another Breakfast Club rehash, Grimes uses both poetry and revealing first-person prose to give each character a distinct voice. By book's end, all the voices have blended seamlessly into a multicultural chorus laden with a message that is probably summed up best by pretty girl Tanisha Scott's comment, "I am not a skin color or a hank of wavy hair. I am a person, and if they don't get that, it's their problem, not mine." But no teen reader will have a problem with this lyrical mix of many-hued views. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-hop Generationby Jeff Chang, DJ Kool HercISBN 0312425791 (0-312-42579-1)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Charming Billyby Alice McDermottISBN 038533334X (0-385-33334-X)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charming Billy'Book summary:Charming Billy is a devastating account of the power of longing and lies, love's tenacity and resignations hold. Even at his funeral party, Billy Lynch's life remains up for debate. This soft-spoken, poetry lover's drinking was as legendary among his Queens', New York, family and friends as was his disappointment in love. But the latter, as his cousin Dennis knows, "was, after all, yet another sweet romance to preserve." After World War II, both young men had spent one sun-swept week on Long Island, renovating a house and falling in with two Irish sisters--nannies to a wealthy family--"marvelling, marvelling still, that this Eden was here, at the other end of the same island on which they had spent their lives." By the end of their idyll, Billy and Eva were engaged, though she was set to return to County Wicklow. Determined to earn enough money to bring her, her family, and if necessary her entire village back to the US, Billy took two jobs, one of which would indenture him for years. But despite the money he sent, Eva never returned, and then was suddenly dead of pneumonia. The true tragedy is that she had simply kept her fare and married someone else--a secret Dennis keeps for the next 30 years as he watches Billy fall into a loveless marriage and the self-administered anaesthesia of alcohol. Alice McDermott's quiet, striking novel is a study of the lies that bind and the weight of familial wishes. She seems far less interested in the shock of revelation than in her characters' power to live through personal disaster. As Dennis's daughter pieces together Billy's real history, she also learns of the accommodations her own family had long made--and discovers that good intentions can be as destructive as the truth they mean to hide. Amazon.com [via]
Collected Poemsby A. E. HousmanISBN 0848813731 (0-8488-1373-1)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Collected Poems of A. E. Housmanby A. E. HousmanISBN 0805005471 (0-8050-0547-1)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Poems of A. E. Housman'Book summary:This volume constitutes the authorized canon of A.E. Housmans verse as it was established in 1939, three years after his death. In contains A Shropshire Lad, Last Poems, More Poems, the Additional Poems, and the three translations from A.W. Pollards anthology, Odes from the Greek Dramatists.[via]More editions of Collected Poems of A. E. Housman:
Crack Headby Alisha RiversISBN 0974789534 (0-9747895-3-4)
Softcover, Triple Crown Pubns
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David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedarsby Harold BloomISBN 0791078779 (0-7910-7877-9)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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› Find signed collectible books: 'David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars'Book summary:David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Bloom's Guides collection, presents concise critical excerpts from Snow Falling on Cedars to provide a scholarly overview of the work. This comprehensive study guide also features "The Story Behind the Story," which details the conditions under which Snow Falling on Cedars was written. This title also includes a short biography on Guterson and a descriptive list of characters. [via]
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Dialectical Materialism: Its Laws, Categories, and Practiceby Ira GollobinISBN 0961456809 (0-9614568-0-9)
Hardcover, Petras Pr
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Down These Mean Streetsby Piri ThomasISBN 0679781420 (0-679-78142-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Down These Mean Streets'Book summary:The 30th anniversary edition of this classic memoir about growing up in Spanish Harlem includes an afterword reminding us that its streets are even meaner now, thanks to crack cocaine and the dismantling of government poverty programs. As a dark-skinned Puerto Rican, born in 1928, Piri Thomas faced with painful immediacy the absurd contradictions of America's racial attitudes (among people of all colors) in a time of wrenching social change. Three decades have not dimmed the luster of his jazzy prose, rich in Hispanic rhythms and beat-generation slang. [via]
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Entombedby Linda FairsteinISBN 1587248891 (1-58724-889-1)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Entombed'Book summary:Series heroine Alexandra Cooper, head of Manhattan's sex crimes unit, returns in a novel that might have been titled "Nevermore,": focused as it is on the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe. When the body of a two-decades-old skeleton is found bricked up behind a wall in a soon-to-be-demolished building where Poe once lived, it looks like a very cold case indeed. But then that old murder is linked to a more current slaying, one that at first looks like the work of the Silk Stocking Rapist, Alex's old enemy, who terrorized the upper East Side of Manhattan several years ago but hasn't been heard from since. As usual, Alex and her good friends, detectives Mercer Wallace and Mike Chapman, take the reader to an area of New York most tourists never see--in this case, the Bronx Botanical Gardens and its wild, forested environs--and bring it dramatically to life. Just in case Poe ever has his own category on Alex's favorite TV show, theres enough trivia included about the master of the macabre's life and work to propel any reader to Final Jeopardy. Entombed is a smart, stylish, well-told tale. --Jane Adams [via]
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Film Formby Sergei EisensteinISBN 0156309203 (0-15-630920-3)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Film Form'Book summary:After D.W. Griffith, the most important figure in the history of the international cinema is Sergei Eisenstein. Both men died in 1948, but Eisenstein left a double legacy: not only was he one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, but he was also a magnificent film theorist, perhaps the most important one ever. This book of his essays, superbly translated and edited by Jay Leyda, reprints some of his most vital writings on the art of the cinema, including articles on the language and structure of the movies, the differences between theater and film, and the author's efforts to adapt Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy for the screen. In "The Cinematic Principle and the Ideogram," Eisenstein analyzes the written symbols of the Japanese language as a model for film editing. "Dickens, Griffith, and the Film Today," one of the author's most famous pieces, speaks of Griffith as a Dickensian director and then argues for a kind of filmmaking that transcends Griffith's literal style in order to touch its audience on an ideological and metaphorical level. This volume also includes the notorious "statement" on sound movies, which argues against the use of synchronous sound and in favor of jarring, contrapuntal audio that Eisenstein believed would add new dimensions to the talking picture. Idiosyncratic, engrossing, and brilliant, Eisenstein's essays will inspire you to reevaluate everything you thought you knew about the movies. [via]
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Indefensible: One Lawyer's Journey into the Inferno of American Justiceby David FeigeISBN 031615623X (0-316-15623-X)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Ladies And Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, And The Battle For The Soul Of A Cityby Jonathan MahlerISBN 0312424302 (0-312-42430-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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- Ladies And Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, And The Battle For The Soul Of A City: ISBN 0374175284 (0-374-17528-4)
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Marx's Revenge: The Resurgence of Capitalism and the Death of Statist Socialismby Meghnad DesaiISBN 1859844294 (1-85984-429-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Marx's Revenge: The Resurgence of Capitalism and the Death of Statist Socialism'Book summary:Meghnad Desai argues that capitalism's recent efflorescence is something Karl Marx anticipated and indeed, in a certain sense, would have welcomed.
In this provocative and enthusiastically revisionist book, the distinguished economist Meghnad Desai argues that capitalism's recent efflorescence is something Karl Marx anticipated and indeed would, in a certain sense, have welcomed. Capitalism, as Marx understood it, would only reach its limits when it was no longer capable of progress. Desai argues that globalization, in bringing the possibility of open competition on world markets to producers in the Third World, has proved that capitalism is still capable of moving forwards. Marx's Revenge opens with a consideration of the ideas of Adam Smith and Hegel. It proceeds to look at the nuances in the work of Marx himself, and concludes with a survey of more recent economists who studied capitalism and attempted to unravel its secrets, including Joseph Schumpeter, John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek. [via]More editions of Marx's Revenge: The Resurgence of Capitalism and the Death of Statist Socialism:
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Moral Judgment of the Childby Jean Piaget, Marjorie GabainISBN 0029252407 (0-02-925240-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Moral Judgment of the Child'Book summary:This classic study examines a problem that stands at the heart of society: How does a child distinguish between right and wrong? Professor Piaget and his colleagues begin their investigation by analyzing the "rules of the game" - in this case a seemingly simple game of marbles - as handed down from one group of children to another. They observe the child's total acceptance of the consensus rules and describe the moral pressure of the group on the individual. Piaget proceeds to an analysis of lying, cheating, adult authority, punishment, and responsibility, noting and evaluating the changing attitudes of growing children toward these "moral realities." The book concludes with a comparison of the findings of this significant study with those theories in social psychology and sociology that bear directly on the moral development of the child. [via]
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My Life as a List : 207 Things about My (Bronx) Childhoodby Linda RosenkrantzISBN 0609603671 (0-609-60367-1)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Perl in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Referenceby Stephen Spainhour, Nathan Patwardhan, Ellen SieverISBN 1565922867 (1-56592-286-7)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Perl in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference'Book summary:Perl in a Nutshell strives to be a perfect set of socket tools for the active Perl programmer. By and large, it succeeds, providing endless and well-thought-out lists and tables on the language's modules, flags, and extensions. The authors briefly address basic learner's questions--such as the difference between a hash and an array--but these concepts are not the purpose of the book. (Those new to Perl would be better off with others in the O'Reilly Perl series, such as Learning Perl, while programmers making the switch to Perl can pick up the nuances of the language with Programming Perl.) This book is pure Perl reference, briefly covering Perl/Tk (for GUI Perl programs on Unix and Windows 95/NT) and Perl for Win 32.
The authors do start at the very beginning, and even in a self-described "desktop quick reference" find the time to comment on less urgent--but still interesting--Perl-related matters (like how to find online help amidst the "Perl culture"). The format of the book makes sections on topics such as Perl debugging easily understandable, illustrating how to make an interactive and timesaving environment.
Of particular convenience is the outstanding section on the standard Perl modules. A four-page "quick look" allows you to easily scan through short definitions of all the modules and find the entry you're looking for. An index with full definitions for each module follows, showing you how to use each module and providing a more in-depth explanation (and often, examples). Perl in a Nutshell concludes--as you might expect--with an excellent and well-cross-referenced index. --Jennifer Buckendorff [via]
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Principles of Statisticsby M.G BulmerISBN 0486637603 (0-486-63760-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Principles of Statistics'Book summary:The best intermediate-level explanation of classical statistics on the market! From basic dice probabilities to modern regression analysis and correlation, Professor Bulmer provides explanations, graphs, charts, and problems (with answers). Equal stress is given to theory and applications. The author assumes no previous knowledge of statistics or probability; only basic calculus is needed.[via]More editions of Principles of Statistics:
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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronxby Adrian Nicole LeblancISBN 0743254430 (0-7432-5443-0)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx'Book summary:"Random Family" tells the American outlaw saga lurking behind the headlines of gangsta glamour, gold-drenched drug dealers, and street-corner society. With an immediacy made possible only after ten years of reporting, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc immerses the reader in the mind-boggling intricacies of the little-known ghetto world. She charts the tumultuous cycle of the generations, as girls become mothers, mothers become grandmothers, boys become criminals, and hope struggles against deprivation.
Two romances thread through "Random Family: " the sexually charismatic nineteen-year-old Jessica's dizzying infatuation with a hugely successful young heroin dealer, Boy George, and fourteen-year-old Coco's first love with Jessica's little brother, Cesar, an aspiring thug. Fleeing from family problems, the young couples try to outrun their destinies. Chauffeurs whisk them to getaways in the Poconos and to nightclubs. They cruise the streets in Lamborghinis and customized James Bond cars. Jessica and Boy George ride the wild adventure between riches and ruin, while Coco and Cesar stick closer to the street, all four caught in a precarious dance between life and death. Friends get murdered; the DEA and FBI investigate Boy George's business activities; Cesar becomes a fugitive; Jessica and Coco endure homelessness, betrayal, the heartbreaking separation of prison, and throughout it all, the insidious damage of poverty. Together, then apart, the teenagers make family where they find it. Girls look for excitement and find trouble; boys, searching for adventure, join crews and prison gangs. Coco moves upstate to dodge the hazards of the Bronx; Jessica seeks solace in romance. Both find that love is the only place to go.
A gifted prose stylist and a profoundly compassionate observer, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc has slipped behind the cold statistics and sensationalism surrounding inner-city life and come back with a riveting, haunting, and true urban soap opera that reveals the clenched grip of the streets. Random Family is a compulsive read and an important journalistic achievement, sure to take its place beside the classics of the genre. [via]
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Salvador Allende Reader: Chile's Voice of Democracyby James D. Cockcroft, Jane Canning, Salvador Allende GossensISBN 1876175249 (1-876175-24-9)
Softcover, Ocean Pr
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The Secret City: Woodlawn Cemetery and the Buried History of New Yorkby Fred GoodmanISBN 0767906470 (0-7679-0647-0)
Hardcover, Broadway Books
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Seven Long Timesby Piri ThomasISBN 1558851054 (1-55885-105-4)
Softcover, Arte Publico Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seven Long Times'Book summary:Thomas's classic prison memoir [via]
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Six Great Modern Playsby Laurel Editions EditorsISBN 0440379849 (0-440-37984-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Snow Falling on Cedarsby David GutersonISBN 067976402X (0-679-76402-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Snow Falling on Cedars'Book summary:Fighting the distrust and prejudice of his neighbors on a remote island in Puget Sound, a Japanese-American man who spent time in an internment camp during World War II, finds himself on trial for murder. The histories of the accused and the victim, both fishermen and residents of the small town of San Piedro, unfold as newspaperman Ishmael Chambers embarks on a quest for the truth. Lonely and war-scarred, Chambers strives for justice and inner strength, while coming to terms with his ill-fated love for Hatsue Miyamoto, the wife of the accused. Evocative and beautifully written, Snow Falling on Cedars won the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. [via]
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- Snow Falling on Cedars: ISBN 0151001006 (0-15-100100-6)
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Hardcover, Harcourt - Snow Falling on Cedars: ISBN 0613014367 (0-613-01436-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Snow Falling on Cedars: ISBN 037570437X (0-375-70437-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc - Snow Falling on Cedars: ISBN 0676576109 (0-676-57610-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc - Snow Falling on Cedars: ISBN 0786205164 (0-7862-0516-4)
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Snow Falling on Cedarsby PenguinISBN 058241928X (0-582-41928-X)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Snow Falling on Cedars'Book summary:Fighting the distrust and prejudice of his neighbors on a remote island in Puget Sound, a Japanese-American man who spent time in an internment camp during World War II, finds himself on trial for murder. The histories of the accused and the victim, both fishermen and residents of the small town of San Piedro, unfold as newspaperman Ishmael Chambers embarks on a quest for the truth. Lonely and war-scarred, Chambers strives for justice and inner strength, while coming to terms with his ill-fated love for Hatsue Miyamoto, the wife of the accused. Evocative and beautifully written, Snow Falling on Cedars won the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. [via]
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The Wanderersby Richard PriceISBN 0395977746 (0-395-97774-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wanderers'Book summary:A teenage gang comes of age in the 1960s Bronx. Written when the author was twenty-four, this story was the basis for a major feature film.[via]More editions of The Wanderers:
- The Wanderers: ISBN 0140083448 (0-14-008344-8)
Softcover, Viking Pr - The Wanderers: ISBN 0380774747 (0-380-77474-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins - Wanderers a Novel: ISBN 0395184770 (0-395-18477-0)
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The Works of A. E. Housmanby A. E. HousmanISBN 1853264113 (1-85326-411-3)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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World's Fairby E.L. DoctorowISBN 0452275725 (0-452-27572-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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- World's Fair: ISBN 0449212378 (0-449-21237-8)
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Softcover, Random House Inc - World's Fair: ISBN 0394525280 (0-394-52528-0)
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Schnee, Der Auf Zedern Falltby David GutersonISBN 3442725348 (3-442-72534-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Schnee, Der Auf Zedern Fallt'Book summary:David Guterson ist ein junger amerikanischer Autor, der gleich mit seinem ersten Roman einen Volltreffer gelandet hat. Schauplatz der Handlung ist eine kleine Insel im Puget Sound, an der Nordwestküste der USA. Ganz nebenbei bemerkt, auch David Guterson lebt dort mit seiner Familie.
Den Rahmen des Romans bildet eine Gerichtsverhandlung. Es ist das Jahr 1954 und der Lachsfischer Kabuo, japanischer Abstammung, ist des Mordes angeklagt. Er soll seinen früheren Freund Carl Heine umgebracht haben. Der Journalist Ishmael Chambers ist Beobachter und Berichterstatter des Prozeßverlaufs. Er kennt die beiden Hauptpersonen schon sein ganzes Leben.
Mit der heutigen Frau des Angeklagten verbindet ihn eine Jugendliebe, doch der Zweite Weltkrieg hat die ehemaligen Freunde auseinandergerissen. Die Japaner auf der Insel, die sich als Amerikaner fühlten und auf der Seite der Amerikaner in den Krieg ziehen wollten, wurden von diesen zurückgewiesen und in Internierungslager gebracht. Auch neun Jahre nach Kriegsende sind die damals geschlagenen Wunden noch nicht vernarbt.
David Guterson beschreibt das schwierige Verhältnis zwischen Amerikanern und Japanern mit sehr leisen Tönen, bedächtig, behutsam und informativ. Der Roman ist kein Reißer und verlangt das Zuhören, das genaue Hinhören. Das Erzähltempo gleicht den Schneeflocken, die langsam auf die Zedern außerhalb des Gerichtssaals herabgleiten. --Manuela Haselberger [via]
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