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The Abc Of Anarchismby Emma Goldman, Berkman, Paul AvrichISBN 0486433692 (0-486-43369-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Abc Of Anarchism'Book summary:First published in 1929, this book by one of the most gifted writers for the anarchist movement answers some of the charges made against it and presents the case for communist anarchism clearly and intelligently. Thorough and well stated, it is today regarded as a classic statement of the cause's goals and methods.[via]More editions of The Abc Of Anarchism:
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The Adventures of Oliver Twistby Charles Dickens, Steven ConnorISBN 046087490X (0-460-87490-X)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Riskby Peter L. BernsteinISBN 0471295639 (0-471-29563-9)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk'Book summary:With the stock market breaking records almost daily, leaving longtime market analysts shaking their heads and revising their forecasts, a study of the concept of risk seems quite timely. Peter Bernstein has written a comprehensive history of man's efforts to understand risk and probability, beginning with early gamblers in ancient Greece, continuing through the 17th-century French mathematicians Pascal and Fermat and up to modern chaos theory. Along the way he demonstrates that understanding risk underlies everything from game theory to bridge-building to winemaking. [via]
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Age of Revolution 1789 1848by Eric J. HobsbawnISBN 0451627202 (0-451-62720-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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An American Tragedyby Theodore DreiserISBN 0451527704 (0-451-52770-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An American Tragedy'Book summary:Theodore Dreiser set out to create an epic character and, in the form of Clyde Griffiths in An American Tragedy, he succeeded. Griffiths is just a Midwest kid, the son of a preacher in Kansas City, who tastes a little sophistication and then hits the road seeking pleasure and success. He has his moments, conducting more than one romantic affair, until that ill-advised pursuit ensnares him. Then he reads about an "accident" of a young woman and ponders a dastardly deed ... Dreiser spins these scenes with the eye of a master in control of his form. An American Tragedy stands as an American masterpiece. [via]
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The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debatesby Ralph KetchamISBN 0451528840 (0-451-52884-0)
Softcover, Signet
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Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Storiesby Herman Melville, A. Robert LeeISBN 0460872052 (0-460-87205-2)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories'Book summary:If Melville had never written "Moby Dick," his place in world literature would be assured by his short tales. "Billy Budd, Sailor, " his last work, is the masterpiece in which he delivers the final summation in his "quarrel with God." It is a brilliant study of the tragic clash between social authority and individual freedom, human justice and abstract good. Melville also explores this theme in "Bartelby the Scrivener, " his famous story about a Wall Street law clerk who takes passive resistance to a comic--and ultimately disastrous--extreme; and in "Benito Cereno, " his dazzling account of oppression and rebellion on a nineteenth-century slave ship. Completing this collection of great tales are the eerie "The Encantados, " the beautiful, romantic "The Piazza, " and Melville's chilling science fiction parable, "The Bell-Tower." [via]
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Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837by Linda ColleyISBN 0517136163 (0-517-13616-3)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Captains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Cultureby Stuart EwenISBN 0465021557 (0-465-02155-7)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000by Niall FergusonISBN 0465023266 (0-465-02326-6)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000'Book summary:Conventional wisdom has long claimed that economic change is the prime mover of political change, whether in the age of industry or Internet. But is it? Ferguson thinks it is high time we re-examined the link-the nexus, in Thomas Carlyle's phrase-between economics and politics. His central argument is that the conflicting impulses of sex, violence, and power are together more powerful than money. Among Ferguson's startling claims are: · Nothing has done more to transform the world economy than war, yet wars themselves do not have primarily economic causes. · The present age of economic globalization is coinciding-paradoxically-with political and military fragmentation. · Financial crises are frequently caused by unforeseen political events rather than economic fluctuations. · The relationship between prosperity and government popularity is largely illusory. · Since political and economic liberalization are not self-perpetuating, the so-called triumph of democracy worldwide may be short-lived. · A bold synthesis of political history and modern economic theory, Cash Nexus will transform the landscape of modern history and draw challenging conclusions about the prospects of both capitalism and democracy.[via]More editions of The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000:
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A Christmas Carolby Charles DickensISBN 0486268659 (0-486-26865-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Christmas Carol'Book summary:In the history of English literature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which has been continuously in print since it was first published in the winter of 1843, stands out as the quintessential Christmas story. What makes this charming edition of Dickens's immortal tale so special is the collection of 80 vivid illustrations by Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Shinn, a well-known artist in his time, was a popular illustrator of newspapers and magazines whose work displayed a remarkable affinity for the stories of Charles Dickens, evoking the bustling street life of the mid-1800s. Printed on heavy, cream-colored paper stock, the edges of the pages have been left rough, simulating the way in which the story might have appeared in Dickens's own time. Though countless editions of this classic have been published over the years, this one stands out as particularly beautiful, nostalgic, and evocative of the spirit of Christmas. [via]
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Class in a Capitalist Society: A Study of Contemporary Britainby John Westergaard, Henrietta ReslerISBN 0465011446 (0-465-01144-6)
Hardcover, Basic Books
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Common Stocks and Uncommon Profitsby Philip A. FisherISBN 0471246093 (0-471-24609-3)
Hardcover, Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, John
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits'Book summary:First published in 1958, this special edition allows investors to trace some of today's most popular investment philosophies back to their genesis. Philip A. Fisher's investment principles are studied and applied by today's finance professionals, including Warren Buffett. [via]
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Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writingsby Philip A. FisherISBN 0471445509 (0-471-44550-9)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings'Book summary:Widely respected and admired, Philip Fisher is among the most influential investors of all time. His investment philosophies are not only studied and applied by financiers and investors, but are also regarded by many as gospel. This book also includes the perspectives of the author's son Ken Fisher. Note:Publishing date might be 1996 in few copies and those are same as 2003 edition [via]
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Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings by Philip A. Fisherby Philip A. FisherISBN 0471119288 (0-471-11928-8)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings by Philip A. Fisher'Book summary:"You will find lots of jewels in these pages that may do as much for you as they have for me."-from the Introduction by Kenneth L. Fisher Forbes columnist
Widely respected and admired, Philip Fisher is among the most influential investors of all time. His investment philosophies, introduced almost forty years ago, are not only studied and applied by today's finance professionals, but are also regarded by many as gospel. He recorded these philosophies in Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits, a book considered invaluable reading when it was first published in 1958, and a must-read today.
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"I sought out Phil Fisher after reading his Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits...When I met him, I was impressed by the man as by his ideas. A thorough understanding of the business, obtained by using Phil's techniques...enables one to make intelligent investment commitments."-Warren Buffett
"Little known to the public, rarely interviewed and accepting few clients, Philip Fisher is nevertheless read and studied by most thoughtful investment professionals . . . everyone will profit from pondering-as Warren Buffett has done-the investment principles Fisher espouses."-James W. Michaels Editor, Forbes
"My own copy [of Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits] has underlinings and marginal thoughts throughout."-John Train Author of Dance of the Money Bees [via]More editions of Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings by Philip A. Fisher:
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The Communist Manifesto and Other Revolutionary Writings: Marx, Marat, Paine, Mao, Ghandhi, and Othersby Robert BlaisdellISBN 0486424650 (0-486-42465-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Communist Manifesto and Other Revolutionary Writings: Marx, Marat, Paine, Mao, Ghandhi, and Others'Book summary:Spanning 3 centuries, this works include such milestone documents as the Declaration of Independence (1776), the Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789), and The Communist Manifesto (1848). Also included are writings by the Russian revolutionaries Lenin and Trotsky, Marat and Danton of the French Revolution, Rousseau, Gandhi, Mao, other leading figures in revolutionary thought. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.[via]More editions of The Communist Manifesto and Other Revolutionary Writings: Marx, Marat, Paine, Mao, Ghandhi, and Others:
The Constitution of the United Statesby Floyd G. CullopISBN 0451627245 (0-451-62724-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Contested Terrainby Richard C. EdwardsISBN 0465014135 (0-465-01413-5)
Softcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Contested Terrain'Book summary:The controversial study by a young radical economist of the transformation of the workplace-- where today impersonal bureaucracies legitimate hierarchies and enhance the employer's control over the worker. [via]
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Crime and Punishmentby Fyoder Dostoyevsky, Sidney MonasISBN 0451530063 (0-451-53006-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crime And Punishment'Book summary:Translated by Constance Garnett, Introduction by Ernest J. Simmons [via]
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Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood LIfe of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Baronsby Edward J. RenehanISBN 0465068863 (0-465-06886-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Democracy and Capitalism: Property, Community, and the Contradictions of Modern Social Thoughtby Samuel Bowles, Herbert GintisISBN 0465016014 (0-465-01601-4)
Softcover, Basic Books
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A Documentary History of the United Statesby Richard D. HeffnerISBN 0451624130 (0-451-62413-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Documentary History of the United States'Book summary:Available for the first time in a single edition are the documents, speeches and letters that have forged American history, accompanied by interpretations of their significance by a noted historian and scholar. Included are: the complete text of the "Declaration of Independence, " the complete "Constitution of the United States, " the "Monroe Doctrine, Emancipation Proclamation, " and many more. [via]
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The Early Ayn Randby Leonard PeikoffISBN 0453004652 (0-453-00465-2)
Hardcover, New Amer Library
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Exploitation Conservation Preservation: A Geographic Perspective on Natural Resource Useby William H. Renwick, Susan L. CutterISBN 0471152250 (0-471-15225-0)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Exploitation Conservation Preservation: A Geographic Perspective on Natural Resource Use'Book summary:Integrating physical, economic, social, and political perspectives, Cutter and Renwick's Fourth Edition presents readers with a wide range of opinions and interpretations of the major natural resource issues facing the world today. [via]
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- Exploitation Conservation Preservation: A Geographic Perspective on Natural Resource Use: ISBN 0471018104 (0-471-01810-4)
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Florence and the Medici: The Pattern of Controlby HaleISBN 0500273014 (0-500-27301-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flandersby Daniel DefoeISBN 046001837X (0-460-01837-X)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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General Economic Historyby Max Weber, Frank Hyneman KnightISBN 0486425142 (0-486-42514-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'General Economic History'Book summary:The final work of the great sociologist, economist, and political scientist starts with descriptions and analyses of the agrarian systems, and then explores manorial system, guilds, and early capitalism, organization of industry and mining, development of commerce, technical requisites for transporting goods, banking systems, evolution of capitalism and capitalistic spirit.[via]More editions of General Economic History:
The Global Class War: How America's Bipartisan Elite Lost Our Future - And What It Will Take to Win It Backby Geoffrey P. FauxISBN 0471697613 (0-471-69761-3)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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The Global Class War: How America's Bipartisan Elite Lost Our Future - And What It Will Take to Win It Backby Jeff FauxISBN 0470098287 (0-470-09828-7)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Great Expectationsby Charles DickensISBN 0460012347 (0-460-01234-7)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:Humbled, orphaned Pip is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman and one day he finds himself in possession of "great expectations." One of Dickens' finest novels, this is a gripping tale of crime and guilt, revenge and reward.[via]More editions of Great Expectations:
- Great Expectations: ISBN 0486415864 (0-486-41586-4)
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The Great U-Turn: Corporate Restructuring and the Polarizing of Americaby Barry Bluestone, Bennett HarrisonISBN 0465027180 (0-465-02718-0)
Softcover, Basic Books
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Hard Timesby Charles DickensISBN 0486419207 (0-486-41920-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hard Times'Book summary:This edition of "Hard Times" contains an introduction by Peter Ackroyd. The novel tells the tragic story of Louisa, starved of the graces of the imagination so essential to emotional well-being, and trapped in a loveless marriage. [via]
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Hard Timesby Philip Collins, Charles DickensISBN 0460874500 (0-460-87450-0)
Softcover, Dent & Sons (Canada), Limited, J. M.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hard Times'Book summary:Part of the "Everyman" series, which includes a themed introduction, a chronology of the life and times of the author, notes, a selection of criticism, an annotated reading list and text summary. This edition has a new setting with wide margins. [via]
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History of the Idea of Progressby Robert NisbetISBN 0465030254 (0-465-03025-4)
Hardcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of the Idea of Progress'Book summary:Nisbet traces the idea of progress from its origins in Greek, Roman, and medieval civilizations to modern times. It is a masterful frame of reference for understanding the present world. Nisbet shows why the idea of progress remains of critical importance to studies of social evolution and natural history. [via]
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Howards Endby E. M. Forster, Marler, Regina (AFT), Benjamin DemottISBN 0451530462 (0-451-53046-2)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Howards End'Book summary:Margaret Schlegel, engaged to the much older, widowed Henry Wilcox, meets her intended the morning after accepting his proposal and realizes that he is a man who has lived without introspection or true self-knowledge. As she contemplates the state of Wilcox's soul, her remedy for what ails him has become one of the most oft-quoted passages in literature:
Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer.
Like all of Forster's work, Howards End concerns itself with class, nationality, economic status, and how each of these affects personal relationships. It follows the intertwined fortunes of the Schlegel sisters, Margaret and Helen, and the Wilcox family over the course of several years. The Schlegels are intellectuals, devotees of art and literature. The Wilcoxes, on the other hand, can't be bothered with the life of the mind or the heart, leading, instead, outer lives of "telegrams and anger" that foster "such virtues as neatness, decision, and obedience, virtues of the second rank, no doubt, but they have formed our civilization." Helen, after a brief flirtation with one of the Wilcox sons, has developed an antipathy for the family; Margaret, however, forms a brief but intense friendship with Mrs. Wilcox, which is cut short by the older woman's death. When her family discovers a scrap of paper requesting that Henry give their home, Howards End, to Margaret, it precipitates a spiritual crisis among them that will take years to resolve.Forster's 1910 novel begins as a collection of seemingly unrelated events--Helen's impulsive engagement to Paul Wilcox; a chance meeting between the Schlegel sisters and an impoverished clerk named Leonard Bast at a concert; a casual conversation between the sisters and Henry Wilcox in London one night. But as it moves along, these disparate threads gradually knit into a tightly woven fabric of tragic misunderstandings, impulsive actions, and irreparable consequences, and, eventually, connection. Though set in the early years of the 20th century, Howards End seems even more suited to our own fragmented era of e-mails and anger. For readers living in such an age, the exhortation to "only connect" resonates ever more profoundly. --Alix Wilber [via]
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King Solomon's Minesby Henry Rider HaggardISBN 0486447820 (0-486-44782-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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King Solomon's Mines Revisited: Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africaby William MinterISBN 0465037232 (0-465-03723-2)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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"Splendid... An invaluable work, elegantly organized and written. Nadine Gordimer
"A must for scholars and analysts of South Africa and the U.S. stance toward that country. Foreign Affairs
"This is the history of southern Africa that anti-apartheid militants have been waiting for. Its critics will be hard-pressed to match its cogency and depth of documentation. Geroge M. Fredrickson
"Impressive work. Lucid scholarship. Coherently presents the last hundred years as they directly lead to the unfolding cataclysm of South Africa. June Jordan
"The clearest comprehensive account of the political history of southern Africa I know. Committed, sober, and intelligent." Immanuel Wallerstein [via]More editions of King Solomon's Mines Revisited: Western Interests and the Burdened History of Southern Africa:
Knowledge and Decisionsby Thomas SowellISBN 0465037380 (0-465-03738-0)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Main Streetby Sinclair LewisISBN 0486406555 (0-486-40655-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Main Street'Book summary:In this classic satire of small-town America, beautiful young Carol Kennicott comes to Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, with dreams of transforming the provincial old town into a place of beauty and culture. But she runs into a wall of bigotry, hypocrisy and complacency. Main Street established Lewis as a major American novelist.[via]More editions of Main Street:
The Marxist Reader: The Most Significant and Enduring Works of Marxismby Emile BurnsISBN 0517387662 (0-517-38766-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Risk, Ruin, and Rewardby Benoit Mandelbrot, Richard L. HudsonISBN 0465043577 (0-465-04357-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The (Mis) Behavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Risk, Ruin And Reward'Book summary:Mathematical superstar and inventor of fractal geometry, Benoit Mandelbrot, has spent the past forty years studying the underlying mathematics of space and natural patterns. What many of his followers don't realize is that he has also been watching patterns of market change. In The (Mis)Behavior of Markets, Mandelbrot joins with science journalist and former Wall Street Journal editor Richard L. Hudson to reveal what a fractal view of the world of finance looks like. The result is a revolutionary reevaluation of the standard tools and models of modern financial theory. Markets, we learn, are far riskier than we have wanted to believe. From the gyrations of IBM's stock price and the Dow, to cotton trading, and the dollar-Euro exchange rate--Mandelbrot shows that the world of finance can be understood in more accurate, and volatile, terms than the tired theories of yesteryear.The ability to simplify the complex has made Mandelbrot one of the century's most influential mathematicians. With The (Mis)Behavior of Markets, he puts the tools of higher mathematics into the hands of every person involved with markets, from financial analysts to economists to 401(k) holders. Markets will never be seen as "safe bets" again.[via]More editions of The Misbehavior of Markets: A Fractal View of Risk, Ruin, and Reward:
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Moll Flandersby Daniel DefoeISBN 0451529855 (0-451-52985-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moll Flanders'Book summary:The recent adaptation of Moll Flanders for Masterpiece Theater is a book-lover's dream: the dialogue and scene arrangement are close enough to allow the viewer to follow along in the book. The liberties taken with the tale are few (some years of childhood between the gypsies and the wealthy family are elided; Moll is Moll throughout the tale, rather than Mrs. Betty; Robert becomes Rowland, etc.) and the sets avoid the careless anachronism of the movie version released earlier this year.
The breasts, raised skirts, tumbling hair and heavy breathing on the small screen might catch you by surprise if you don't read the book carefully (as might Moll's abandonment of her children on more than one occasion). Unlike his near-contemporary John Cleland (_Fanny Hill_), Defoe was trying to keep out of jail, and so didn't dwell on the details of "correspondence" between Moll and her varied lovers. But on the page and on the screen, Moll comes across quite clearly as a woman who might bend, but refuses to break, and who is intent on having as good a life as she can get.
E. M. Forster in Aspects of the Novel considers Moll and her creator's art in some detail. While he finds much to criticize in Defoe's ability to plot (where did those last two children go, anyway?), he is as besotted with Moll as I am. Immoral? Sure -- but immortal, and never, ever dull. We hope at least a few of the viewers of the recent adaptation take a couple hours to discover the original, inimitable Moll Flanders. [via]
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Naked Conversations: How Blogs Are Changing the Way Businesses Talk With Customersby Robert Scoble, Shel IsraelISBN 047174719X (0-471-74719-X)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Naked Conversations: How Blogs Are Changing the Way Businesses Talk With Customers'Book summary:From the creator of the number one business blog comes a powerful exploration of how, and why, businesses had better be blogging: Naked Conversations. According to experts Robert Scoble and Shel Israel, blogs offer businesses something that has long been lacking in their communication with customers -- meaningful dialogue. Devoid of corporate-speak and empty promises, business blogs can humanize communication, bringing companies and their constituencies together in a way that improves both image and bottom line. The authors use more than 50 case histories to explain why blogging is an efficient and credible method of business communication. You'll find yourself excited about the possibilities blogs present after reading just a few pages. Discover how: Prominent business leaders, including Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks, Bob Lutz from General Motors, and Jonathan Schwartz of Sun Microsystems, are beginning to use blogs to connect with their customers in new ways. Blogging has changed the rules of communication and competition. You can launch an effective blogging strategy and the reasons why you should. Featuring a foreword by Tom Peters, this is a resource you and your business can't do without. [via]
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The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolutionby Ayn RandISBN 0452011256 (0-452-01125-6)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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News from Nowhereby William MorrisISBN 0486434273 (0-486-43427-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'News from Nowhere'Book summary:One of the most literary utopian novels, News from Nowhere chronicles the impressions of a 19th-century visitor to the 22nd century, who finds England transformed into a socialist paradise. Morris' idyllic society echoes themes from the writings of Ruskin and Marx but forms a distinctive expression of the author's own egalitarian views.[via]More editions of News from Nowhere:
No-Collar: The Humane Workplace and Its Hidden Costsby Andrew RossISBN 0465071449 (0-465-07144-9)
Hardcover, Basic Books
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Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand 0003195542by Leonard PeikoffISBN 0452011019 (0-452-01101-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Objects of Desire: Design and Society Since 1750by Adrian FortyISBN 0500274126 (0-500-27412-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Oliver Twistby Charles Dickens, Le Comte, Edward (AFT), Frederick BuschISBN 0451529715 (0-451-52971-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oliver Twist'Book summary:Set in Victorian London, this is a tale of a spirited young innocent's unwilling but inevitable recruitment into a scabrous gang of thieves. Masterminded by the loathsome Fagin, the underworld crew features some of Dickens' most memorable characters, including the vicious Bill Sikes, gentle Nancy, and the juvenile pickpocket known as the Artful Dodger.[via] 
Original Meaningsby Jack N. RakoveISBN 0517307863 (0-517-30786-3)
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The Politics of Hunger: The Global Food Systemby John W. WarnockISBN 0458806307 (0-458-80630-7)
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Power and Prosperityby Mancur OlsonISBN 0465051960 (0-465-05196-0)
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The Principles of Political Economy and Taxationby David Ricardo, F. W. KolthammerISBN 0486434613 (0-486-43461-3)
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Reflections on the Revolution in Franceby Edmund BurkeISBN 0486445070 (0-486-44507-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reflections on the Revolution in France'Book summary:[via]Published in 1790, two years before the start of the Terror, this work offered a remarkably prescient view of the chaos that lay ahead. A classic of political science and a cornerstone of modern conservative thought, it articulates a defense of property, religion, and traditional values that resonates with modern readers.More editions of Reflections on the Revolution in France:
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Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolutionby Ayn Rand, Peter SchwartzISBN 0452011841 (0-452-01184-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution'Book summary:In the tumultuous late 60s and early 70s, a social movement known as the "New Left" emerged as a major cultural influence, especially on the youth of America. It was a movement that embraced "flower-power" and psychedelic "consciousness-expansion," that lionized Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro and launched the Black Panthers and the Theater of the Absurd. In Return Of The Primitive (originally published in 1971 as The New Left), Ayn Rand, bestselling novelist and originator of the theory of Objectivism, identified the intellectual roots of this movement. She urged people to repudiate its mindless nihilism and to uphold, instead, a philosophy of reason, individualism, capitalism, and technological progress. Editor Peter Schwartz, in this new, expanded version of The New Left, has reorganized Rand's essays and added some of his own in order to underscore the continuing relevance of her analysis of that period. He examines such current ideologies as feminism, environmentalism and multiculturalism and argues that the same primitive, tribalist, "anti-industrial" mentality which animated the New Left a generation ago is shaping society today.[via]More editions of Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution:
Robinson Crusoeby Daniel DefoeISBN 046001059X (0-460-01059-X)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Robinson Crusoe'Book summary:A shipwreck's sole escapee, Robinson Crusoe endures 28 years of solitude on a Caribbean island and manages not only to survive but also to prevail. A warm humanity, evocative details of his struggle to tolerate his lonely existence, and lively accounts of his many exploits make Robinson Crusoe the most engaging of narrators. [via]
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Robinson Crusoeby Robert Blaisdell, John GreenISBN 0486288161 (0-486-28816-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Robinson Crusoe'Book summary:Classic adventure story recounts struggles of an Englishman marooned on an uninhabited island for 24 years: his efforts to build a shelter and develop a food supply, his dramatic encounter with the native Friday, and their eventual escape and return to civilization. Enhanced with 6 new full-page illustrations. Abridged.[via]More editions of Robinson Crusoe:
Roxanaby Daniel DefoeISBN 0460876767 (0-460-87676-7)
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Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Lifeby Samuel BowlesISBN 0465097189 (0-465-09718-9)
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Study of Historyby Jane Caplan, Arnold Joseph ToynbeeISBN 0517179415 (0-517-17941-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Study of History'Book summary:Arnold Toynbee's A Study of History has been acknowledged as one of the greatest achievements of modern scholarship. A ten-volume analysis of the rise and fall of human civilizations, it is a work of breath-taking breadth and vision. D.C. Somervell's abridgement, in two volumes, of this magnificent enterprise, preserves the method, atmosphere, texture, and, in many instances, the very words of the original. Originally published in 1947 and 1957, these two volumes are themselves a great historical achievement.
Volume 1, which abridges the first six volumes of Toynbee's study, includes the Introduction, The Geneses of Civilizations, and The Disintegrations of Civilizations. Volume 2, an abridgement of Volumes VII-X, includes sections on Universal States, Universal churches, Heroic Ages, Contacts Between Civilizations in Space, Contacts Between Civilizations in Time, Law and Freedom in History, The Prospects of the Western Civilization, and the Conclusion.
Of Somervell's work, Toynbee wrote, "The reader now has at his command a uniform abridgement of the whole book, made by a clear mind that has not only mastered the contents but has entered into the writer's outlook and purpose." [via]More editions of Study of History:
Theory of Games and Economic Behaviorby Von Neumann JISBN 0471911852 (0-471-91185-2)
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The Theory of Moral Sentimentsby Adam SmithISBN 0486452913 (0-486-45291-3)
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Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the Eastby Clyde PrestowitzISBN 0465062822 (0-465-06282-2)
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Wharton on Dynamic Competitive Strategyby David J. Reibstein, Robert E. Gunther, George S. DayISBN 0471689572 (0-471-68957-2)
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