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Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircutby P. J. O'RourkeISBN 0871136538 (0-87113-653-8)
Softcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut'Book summary:An anthology of twenty-five years of writing, collected for the first time, by the nation's best-selling satirist--author of Parliament of Whores--shows his transition from hippie to neo-conservative. 150,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo. Tour. [via]
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Around the World in 80 Daysby Jules VerneISBN 1419107658 (1-4191-0765-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Around The World In 80 Days'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished man of the world. People said that he resembled Byron-at least that his head was Byronic; but he was a bearded, tranquil Byron, who might live on a thousand years without growing old. Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner. He was never seen on 'Change, nor at the Bank, nor in the counting-rooms of the "City"; no ships ever came into London docks of which he was the owner; he had no public employment; he had never been entered at any of the Inns of Court, either at the Temple, or Lincoln's Inn, or Gray's Inn; nor had his voice ever resounded in the Court of Chancery, or in the Exchequer, or the Queen's Bench, or the Ecclesiastical Courts. He certainly was not a manufacturer; nor was he a merchant or a gentleman farmer. His name was strange to the scientific and learned societies, and he never was known to take part in the sage deliberations of the Royal Institution or the London Institution, the Artisan's Association, or the Institution of Arts and Sciences. He belonged, in fact, to none of the numerous societies which swarm in the English capital, from the Harmonic to that of the Entomologists, founded mainly for the purpose of abolishing pernicious insects. [via]
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- Around the World in 80 Days: ISBN 1595400427 (1-59540-042-7)
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Hardcover, 1st World Library - Around the World in 80 Days: ISBN 1577656806 (1-57765-680-6)
Hardcover, Spotlight - Around the World in 80 Days: ISBN 0893756083 (0-89375-608-3)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc - Around the World in 80 Days: ISBN 0866119523 (0-86611-952-3)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co - Around the World in 80 Days: ISBN 0895772949 (0-89577-294-9)
Hardcover, Readers Digest - Around The World In 80 Days: ISBN 1419107658 (1-4191-0765-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
- Around the World in 80 Days: ISBN 1595400427 (1-59540-042-7)
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Around the World in Eighty Daysby Jules VerneISBN 1847022235 (1-84702-223-5)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Around the World in Eighty Days'Book summary:Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) relates the hair-raising journey made as a wager by the Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg, who succeeds - but only just! - in circling the globe within eighty days. The dour Fogg's obsession with his timetable is complemented by the dynamism and versatility of his French manservant, Passepartout, whose talent for getting into scrapes brings colour and suspense to the race against time. Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863) was Verne's first novel. It documents an apocryphal jaunt across the continent of Africa in a hydrogen balloon designed by the omniscient, imperturbable and ever capable Dr Fergusson, the prototype of the Vernian adventurer. [via]
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Hardcover, Indypublish.Com - Around the World in Eighty Days: ISBN 1400307511 (1-4003-0751-1)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc - Around The World In Eighty Days: ISBN 193303730X (1-933037-30-X)
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At Wit's Endby Erma BombeckISBN 0896215105 (0-89621-510-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Press
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Aunt Erma's Cope Bookby Erma BombeckISBN 0449209377 (0-449-20937-7)
Softcover, Crest
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aunt Erma's Cope Book'Book summary:"Her audience is everyone who has ever married, had children, gotten to middle age, owned a dog or a duck."
DALLAS TIMES HERALD
In this book Erma comes out--out of the kitchen--with these gems:
No longer will she be the only woman on the block to wear a slip under a see-through sweater, or feel guilty if the sun sets on an empty crockpot, nor will she care that she flunked her paper towel test. Our Erma is on her way to becoming a sub-total woman. [via]More editions of Aunt Erma's Cope Book:
Aunt Erma's Cope Book: How to Get from Monday to Friday ... in 12 Daysby Erma BombeckISBN 0070064520 (0-07-006452-0)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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Back Homeby Bill MauldinISBN 0891908560 (0-89190-856-0)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Benchley Lost and Foundby Robert Charles BenchleyISBN 0891904980 (0-89190-498-0)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Boogers Are My Beatby Dave Barry, Jeff MacNellyISBN 1400080762 (1-4000-8076-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Boogers Are My Beat: More Lies, but Some Actual Journalismby Dave BarryISBN 1400047579 (1-4000-4757-9)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Boogers Are My Beat: More Lies, but Some Actual Journalism'Book summary:The New York Times calls him the funniest man in America, and his legions of fans agree, laughing and snorting as they put his books on bestseller lists nationwide.
In Boogers Are My Beat, Dave gives us the real scoop on:
" The scientific search for the worlds funniest joke (you can bet it includes the word weasel )
" RV camping in the Wal-Mart parking lot
" Outwitting smart kitchen appliances and service contracts
" Elections in Florida ( You cant spell Florida without duh )
" The Olympics, where people from all over the world come together to accuse each other of cheating
" The truth about the Dakotas, the Lone Ranger, and feng shui
" The choice between death and taxes
And much, much moreincluding some truths about journalism and serious thoughts about 9/11.
Dave Barry won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1988, and his columns are syndicated in more than 500 newspapers. His most recent books, Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down and the novels Big Trouble and Tricky Business, were national bestsellers. He lives in Miami, Floriduh.
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Brave Menby Ernie PyleISBN 089190770X (0-89190-770-X)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brave Men'Book summary:Europe was in the throes of World War II, and when America joined the fighting, Ernie Pyle went along. Long before television beamed daily images of combat into our living rooms, Pyles on-the-spot reporting gave the American public a firsthand view of what war was like for the boys on the front. Pyle followed the soldiers into the trenches, battlefields, field hospitals, and beleaguered cities of Europe. What he witnessed he described with a clarity, sympathy, and grit that gave the public back home an immediate sense of the foot soldiers experience.There were really two wars, John Steinbeck wrote in Time magazine: one of maps and logistics, campaigns, ballistics, divisions, and regiments and the other a "war of the homesick, weary, funny, violent, common men who wash their socks in their helmets, complain about the food, whistle at Arab girls, or any girls for that matter, and bring themselves through as dirty a business as the world has ever seen and do it with humor and dignity and courageand that is Ernie Pyles war." This collection of Pyles columns detailing the fighting in Europe in 194344 brings that warand the living, and dying, moments of historyhome to us once again.[via]More editions of Brave Men:
Buntsby George F. WillISBN 0684853744 (0-684-85374-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Bunts: Curt Flood, Camden Yards, Pete Rose, and Other Reflections on Baseballby George F. WillISBN 0786216417 (0-7862-1641-7)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul: 101 Inspirational Stories of Overcoming Life's Challengesby Jack L. Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Heather McNamaraISBN 1558746994 (1-55874-699-4)
Hardcover, Health Communications, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul: 101 Inspirational Stories of Overcoming Life's Challenges'Book summary:Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are joined by Heather McNamara, senior editor of the series, in this unforgettable collection of inspiring and uplifting stories. Sure to become a favorite of readers who love Chicken Soup for its stories of overcoming life's obstacles, challenges, heartbreaks and pain, this book emphasizes triumph in the face of overwhelming odds. A timeless testament to the indomitable human spirit, this collection is sure to encourage, support, comfort and, most of all, inspire all readers for years to come.
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Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul: 101 Inspirational Stories of Overcoming Life's Challengesby Mark Victor Hansen, Jack Canfield, Heather McNamaraISBN 1558746986 (1-55874-698-6)
Softcover, Hci
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Dave Barry Is Not Making This Upby Dave BarryISBN 0345440641 (0-345-44064-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dave Barry Is Not Making This Up'Book summary:The title, as Dave Barry admits, is not entirely accurate. To be sure, this collection of articles does contain what the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author calls "an unusually high (for me) level of factual content." But there is also an abundance of goofy reportage, fart jokes (see "It's A Gas"), and Barry's long-overdue thoughts on natural childbirth. [via]
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Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down!by Dave Barry, Jeff MacNellyISBN 0345444108 (0-345-44410-8)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down!'Book summary:Dave is back -- and he's not taking this sitting down!
What's been getting Dave Barry all worked up lately? What can possibly induce him to rise up -- yes, actually out of his chair -- in indignation? Well, lots of things. For instance:
The plague of low-flow toilets (very important!)
The monumental parent-misery quotient of school science fairs
How the U.S. Army "lost" a one-million-dollar missile launcher
The hidden dangers of wasabi
"Specialty" coffees
Celebrity low-fat, low-carbohydrate, low-everything diets
Disasters at the FearPlex movie theaters
His dangerous voyage through a cruise ship buffet
Yes, all that, plus the real skinny on the IRS, airlines, Donald Trump, and so much more. It's all here in this new collection of columns from the writer we know as "the funniest man in America."
From the Introduction
People often ask me: "Dave, what is the best thing about being a professional humor columnist?"
I always answer: "The best thing is that I can help others and make the world a better place."
Then everyone has a hearty laugh, because, of course, I am lying. In fact, that's one of the great things about being a humor columnist: You can lie! You get PAID to lie! What other profession can say that?
I have a wonderful job.
By any objective standard of measurement, there is no better profession than humor columnist. That is why so many people want my job. It looks so easy! In fact, as you read the columns in this book, you may find yourself thinking: "Hey, I could do this. Any random person could do this!"
That is where you are wrong, my friend. It takes a very special kind of random person to be a humor columnist. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people try their hand at this demanding profession. After a few months, almost all of them have given up and gone back to the ninth grade. [via]More editions of Dave Barry Is Not Taking This Sitting Down!:
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Dave Barry Talks Backby Dave Barry, Jeff MacNellyISBN 0517588684 (0-517-58868-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dave Barry Talks Back'Book summary:Contains the absolute best from Barry, along with his readers' comments on topics ranging from traffic cops, dentists, and Congress. 2 cassettes. [via]
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Dave Barry's Greatest Hitsby Dave BarryISBN 0345419995 (0-345-41999-5)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dave Barry's Greatest Hits'Book summary:A Greatest Hits package to die for, in which the inimitable, Pulitzer-packing humorist applies himself to taxes, toilets, airbags, baseball, beer commercials, and numerous other American artifacts. A typical bit, from a piece on legalized gambling: "Off-Track Betting parlors are the kinds of places where you never see signs that say, 'Thank You for Not Smoking.' The best you could hope for is, 'Thank You for Not Spitting Pieces of Your Cigar on My Neck.'" Happy? There's plenty more where that came from. [via]
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Depth Takes a Holiday : Essays from Lesser Los Angelesby Sandra T. LohISBN 1573226114 (1-57322-611-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Depth Takes a Holiday : Essays from Lesser Los Angeles'Book summary:A smart, sassy woman who's not afraid to show it, Sandra Tsing Loh chronicles California's San Fernando Valley, the "other" Los Angeles, for Buzz magazine. In this collection of her essays, she pays homage to "the futon dwellers," skillfully dissects bohemian life in L.A., and makes some outrageously incisive comments about dating. Her essays are very funny, and, best of all, Loh is a diligent reporter. She gives you the facts, screwy as they may be, as she details lovingly the Los Angeles that she admits is "America's cultural scapegoat." [via]
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Depth Takes a Holiday: Essays from Lesser Los Angelesby Sandra Tsing LohISBN 1573220310 (1-57322-031-0)
Hardcover, Riverhead Books
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Eat the Richby P. J. O'RourkeISBN 0871137607 (0-87113-760-7)
Softcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eat the Rich'Book summary:A conservative, prosperous, American journalist gadding around the world laughing at all the ways less successful nations screw up their economy--this might not sound like the recipe for a great read, unless you're Rush Limbaugh, but if that journalist is P.J. O'Rourke you can be sure that you'll enjoy the ride even if you don't agree with the politics. Although Eat the Rich is subtitled A Treatise on Economics, O'Rourke spends relatively few pages tackling the complexities of monetary theory. He's much happier when flying from Sweden to Hong Kong to Tanzania to Moscow, gleefully recording every economic goof he can find. When he visits post-Communist Russia and finds a country that is as messed up by capitalism as it was by Communism, O'Rourke mixes jokes about black-market shoes with disturbing insights into a nation on the verge of collapse. P.J. O'Rourke is more than a humorist, he's an experienced international journalist with a lot of frequent-flyer miles, and this gives even his funniest riffs on the world's problems the ring of truth. [via]
Generation: A Collection of Contemporary Malaysian Ideas Essaysby Amir Muhammad, Kam Raslan, Sheryll StothardISBN 9839933906 (983-99339-0-6)
Softcover, Hikayat Press
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The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Centuryby Paul KrugmanISBN 0393326055 (0-393-32605-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century'Book summary:The Great Unraveling is a chronicle of how "the heady optimism of the late 1990s gave way to renewed gloom as a result of "incredibly bad leadership, in the private sector and in the corridors of power." Offering his own take on the trickle-down theory, economist and columnist Paul Krugman lays much of the blame for a slew of problems on the Bush administration, which he views as a "revolutionary power...a movement whose leaders do not accept the legitimacy of our current political system." Declaring them radicals masquerading as moderates, he questions their motives on a range of issues, particularly their tax and Social Security plans, which he argues are "obviously, blatantly based on bogus arithmetic." Though a fine writer, Krugman relies more heavily on numbers than words to examine the current rash of corporate malfeasance, the rise and fall of the stock market bubble, the federal budget and the future of Social Security, and how a huge surplus quickly became a record deficit. He also rails against the news media for displaying a disturbing lack of skepticism and for failing to do even the most basic homework when reporting on business and economic issues. The book is mainly a collection of op-ed pieces Krugman wrote for The New York Times between 2000 and 2003. Overall, this format works well. Krugman writes clearly about complicated issues and offers plenty of evidence and hard facts to support his theories regarding the intersection of business, economics, and politics, making this a detailed, informative, and thought-provoking book. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulterby Ann CoulterISBN 1400054192 (1-4000-5419-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How To Talk To A Liberal (If You Must): The World According To Ann Coulter'Book summary:Welcome to the world of Ann Coulter. With her monumental bestsellers Treason, Slander, and High Crimes and Misdemeanors, Coulter has become the most recognized and talked-about conservative intellectual in years-and certainly the most controversial. Now, in How to Talk to a Liberal If You Must , which is sure to ignite impassioned debate, she offers her most comprehensive analysis of the American political scene to date. With incisive reasoning, refreshing candor, and razor-sharp wit, she reveals just why liberals have got it so wrong.In this powerful and entertaining book, which draws on her weekly columns, Coulter ranges far and wide. No subject is off-limits, and no comment is left unsaid. After all, she writes, "Nothing too extreme can be said about liberals because it's all true." How to Talk to a Liberal If You Must offers Coulter's unvarnished take on: The essence of being a liberal: "The absolute conviction that there is one set of rules for you, and another, completely different set of rules for everyone else."John Kerry: "A reporter asked Kerry, 'Are you for or against gay marriage?' As usual, his answer was, 'Yes.' "Her 9/11 comments: "I am often asked if I still think we should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity. The answer is: Now more than ever!"The state of the Democratic Party: "Teddy Kennedy crawls out of Boston Harbor with a quart of Scotch in one pocket and a pair of pantyhose in the other, and Democrats hail him as their party's spiritual leader." Her philosophy for arguing with liberals: "Tough love, except I don't love them. My 'tough love' approach is much like the Democrats' 'middle-class tax cuts'-everything but the last word."The "Treason Lobby": "Want to make liberals angry? Defend the United States."In this full-on Coulterpalooza, you'll find the real, uncensored Ann Coulter. [via]
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The Innocents Abroadby Mark TwainISBN 140430990X (1-4043-0990-X)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Innocents Abroad'Book summary:Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1906. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXXII. WE were at sea now, for a very long voyage -- we were to pass through the entire length of the Levant; through the entire length of the Mediterranean proper, also, and then cross the full width of the Atlantic -- a voyage of several weeks. We naturally settled down into a very slow, stay-at-home manner of life, and resolved to be quiet, exemplary people, and roam no more for twenty or thirty days. No more, at least, than from stem to stern of the ship. It was a very comfortable prospect, though, for we were tired and needed a long rest. We were all lazy and satisfied, now, as the meager entries in my note-book (that sure index, to me, of my condition) prove. What a stupid thing a notebook gets to be at sea, any way. Please observe the style: '" Sunday--Services, as usual, at four bells. Services at night, also. No cards. "Monday--Beautiful day, but rained hard. The cattle purchased at Alexandria for beef ought to be shingled. Or else fattened. The water stands in deep puddles in the depressions forward of their after shoulders. Also here and there all over their backs. It is well they are not cows-- it would soak in and ruin the milk. The poor devil eagle* from Syria * Afterwards presented to the Central Park. looks miserable and droopy in the rain perched on the forward capstan. He appears to have his own opinion of a sea voyage, and if it were put into language and the language solidified, it would probably essentially dam the widest river in the world. "Tuesday--Somewhere in the neighborhood of the island of Malta. Can not stop there. Cholera. Weather very stormy. Many passengers seasick and invisible. "Wednesday--Weather still very savage. Storm blew two land birds to sea, and they came on board. A hawk was blown off, also. He circled round and round the shi... [via]
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The Innocents Abroad, Or, The New Pilgrims' Progress: Being Some Account of the Steamship Quaker City's Pleasure Excursion to Europe and the Holy Landby Mark TwainISBN 0895773392 (0-89577-339-2)
Hardcover, Reader's Digest Association
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The Innocents Abroad/Roughing Itby Mark Twain, Guy CardwellISBN 0940450259 (0-940450-25-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Innocents Abroad/Roughing It'Book summary:Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1906. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXXII. WE were at sea now, for a very long voyage -- we were to pass through the entire length of the Levant; through the entire length of the Mediterranean proper, also, and then cross the full width of the Atlantic -- a voyage of several weeks. We naturally settled down into a very slow, stay-at-home manner of life, and resolved to be quiet, exemplary people, and roam no more for twenty or thirty days. No more, at least, than from stem to stern of the ship. It was a very comfortable prospect, though, for we were tired and needed a long rest. We were all lazy and satisfied, now, as the meager entries in my note-book (that sure index, to me, of my condition) prove. What a stupid thing a notebook gets to be at sea, any way. Please observe the style: '" Sunday--Services, as usual, at four bells. Services at night, also. No cards. "Monday--Beautiful day, but rained hard. The cattle purchased at Alexandria for beef ought to be shingled. Or else fattened. The water stands in deep puddles in the depressions forward of their after shoulders. Also here and there all over their backs. It is well they are not cows-- it would soak in and ruin the milk. The poor devil eagle* from Syria * Afterwards presented to the Central Park. looks miserable and droopy in the rain perched on the forward capstan. He appears to have his own opinion of a sea voyage, and if it were put into language and the language solidified, it would probably essentially dam the widest river in the world. "Tuesday--Somewhere in the neighborhood of the island of Malta. Can not stop there. Cholera. Weather very stormy. Many passengers seasick and invisible. "Wednesday--Weather still very savage. Storm blew two land birds to sea, and they came on board. A hawk was blown off, also. He circled round and round the shi... [via]
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Johnny Deadline, Reporterby Bob GreeneISBN 0882293613 (0-88229-361-3)
Hardcover, Burnham Inc Pub
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Just in So Many Words: Views, Reviews & Other Thingsby Thuan Chye KeeISBN 997164293X (9971-64-293-X)
Hardcover, Heinemann Asia
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Le Tour du Monde en 80 Joursby Verne J StaffISBN 2011552451 (2-01-155245-1)
Softcover, Unknown UK Publisher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours'Book summary:Jules Verne aimait le grand spectacle, ses effets de scène et ses coups de théâtre. Et certains de ses livres, Le Tour du monde en 80 jours notamment, sont conçus comme des machines théâtrales. Tout y est calibré, ajusté pour tenir le lecteur en haleine, l'étonner, le distraire ou le prendre à contre-pied. On est en pleine esthétique romantique, celle de Dumas en particulier, avec qui Verne collabora un temps. Mais le Tour du monde c'est aussi l'avènement du monde industriel, le culte de la machine, de l'efficacité, le pointage horaire étendu à une échelle universelle. Culte porté jusqu'à l'outrance, avec un humour féroce, une ironie mordante : Verne n'est pas dupe. Et s'il agite ses personnages comme des marionnettes prises de frénésie, c'est pour, en sourdine, articuler un discours de révolte : Philéas Fogg n'est pas si loin de Némo l'anarchiste, nouveau Faust moderne, et ce texte éblouissant cache bien des profondeurs. --Scarbo [via]
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Life Happens : And Other Unavoidable Truthsby Connie SchultzISBN 140006497X (1-4000-6497-X)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life Happens : And Other Unavoidable Truths'Book summary:From the 2005 Pulitzer Prizewinning columnist Connie Schultz comes fresh, clever, insightful commentary on life today: love, politics, social issues, family, and much, much more. In the tradition of Anna Quindlen, Molly Ivins, and Erma Bombeck, but with a distinctive voice and sensibility all her own, Connie Schultz comes out of the heartland of America to get you seeing, feeling, and thinking more deeply about the lives we lead today.
You might spot someone you know in the stories here, writes Connie. Maybe youll even find a glimpse of yourself. Yes, each of us is unique, but life happens in ways that bind us like Gorilla Glue. In Life Happens, Connie shares sharp, passionate observations, winning our hearts with personal thoughts on a wide range of topics, from finding love in middle age to the meaning behind her fathers lunch pail, from single motherhood, to who really gets the tips you leave and why as the war in Iraq, race relations, gay marriage, and wwhy women
dont vote. In a more humorous vein, Connie shares her mothers advice on men ( Dont marry him until you see how he treats the waitress ) and warns men everywhere against using the dreaded f-word (its not the one you think). Along the way, Connie introduces us to the heroic people who populate our world and shows us how just one person can make a difference.
Charming, provocative, funny, and perceptive, Life Happens gives us, for the first time, Connie Schultzs celebrated commentary in one irresistible volume. Life Happens challenges us to be more open and alive to others and to the world around us. [via]More editions of Life Happens : And Other Unavoidable Truths:
Life of Reilly: The Best of Sports Illustrated's Rick Reillyby Rick ReillyISBN 1931933596 (1-931933-59-6)
Softcover, Time Books
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While The Life of Reilly covers the bases of all major and most other sports, Reilly's writing about golf is especially stellar, and three pieces alone--his chronicle of a round of golf with President Clinton, his account of O.J. Simpson's trials on public golf courses, and his reportage, on deadline, of Jack Nicklaus's sixth victory at Augusta--are worth the volume's greens fee. As beautifully as Reilly can paint the big picture, these pieces display his uncanny eye for detail, his skills as a reporter, and his inventiveness as a writer. On Nicklaus's improbable Masters title at age 46: "Maybe Nicklaus had drawn up a contract with Lucifer for one last major, for that slippery 20th that had eluded him since 1980, for a sixth green blazer. In exchange, Nicklaus would do pro-ams in Hades for the rest of his days. What else could explain it?" What else, indeed.
Reilly provides short postscripts to most of the pieces--some are just pithy, while others open windows onto the writer's craft. They're a nice touch, but then, Reilly's work, in general, is full of them. --Jeff Silverman [via]
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Like I Was Sayin'by Mike RoykoISBN 0515084166 (0-515-08416-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11by Thomas L. FriedmanISBN 0374190666 (0-374-19066-6)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorismby Thomas L. FriedmanISBN 1400031257 (1-4000-3125-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Thomas L. Freidman received his third Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for his clarity of vision, based on extensive reporting, in commenting on the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat. In Longitudes and Attitudes he gives us all of the columns he has published about the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his private experiences and reflections during his postSeptember 11 travels. Updated for this new paperback edition, with over two years worth of Friedmans columns and an expanded version of his diary, Longitudes and Attitudes is a broadly influential work from our most trusted observer of the international scene. [via]More editions of Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism:
Loud and Clearby Anna QuindlenISBN 1400061121 (1-4000-6112-1)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Lynne Truss Treasury: Columns and Three Comic Novelsby Lynne TrussISBN 1592401368 (1-59240-136-8)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lynne Truss Treasury: Columns and Three Comic Novels'Book summary:Lynne Truss debuted in America as a guffaw-inducing grammarian, but her British audience has known her for years as a critically acclaimed novelist and columnist. Her previous works are now available stateside in one volume, complete with a new preface.
With One Lousy Free Packet of Seed, a raucous comedy of errors, follows the exploits of Osborne Lonsdale, who writes a weekly column called "Me and My Shed" for a floundering gardening magazine. When the publication is taken over by a gung-ho management team, Lonsdale must learn to cope with his new coworkers.
In Tennyson's Gift and Going Loco, Truss turns a fiendishly clever eye to the literary world. Tennyson's Gift is an imaginative cocktail of Victorian seriousness and farce that re-imagines the world of the nineteenth-century English poet laureate, placing him in the midst of eccentric company that includes dodgy Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll). Going Loco features a critic trying to write a definitive account of the doppelgänger in gothic fiction, amidst the chaos of her domestic life, including paranoia that her cleaning lady is taking over her life.
Making the Cat Laugh is a riotous collection of columns about single life. Truss comments on dating, secondhand smoking, shopping, holidays, and people who ask, "How's the novel going?" All the while, she continues an eighteen-year quest to make her cat laugh. Reportedly, the feline remains unimpressed.
A feast of wit, The Lynne Truss Treasury will delight fans of Eats, Shoots & Leaves. [via]
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Malaysian Pot-Pourriby S. H. TanISBN 9679680053 (967-968-005-3)
Softcover, Aspatra Quest
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Miss Manners Guide for the Turn of the Millenniumby Judith Martin, Gloria KamenISBN 088687551X (0-88687-551-X)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Miss Manners Guide for the Turn of the Millennium'Book summary:With the wit, tact, and wisdom that have made Miss Manners a household name, America's foremost authority on civilized behavior takes you through every aspect of your personal, professional, and social life with ease and charm.
From somewhat classic queries:
* What do I wear to a job interview/felony trial/jacuzzi?
* Where does the soup spoon/seafood fork/butter knife go?
To comments on truly modern phenomena:
* Call waiting is like a child screaming for attention
* Leaky earphones are the equivalent of humming
To strictly personal do's and don'ts:
* Don't communicate everything in a marriage ("I had the wildest dream about a man at my office...")
* Do continue the ancient custom of mealtimes, that is, breakfast, lunch, and dinner
And professional guidelines:
* Don't start grabbing company property after being fired
* If a candy dish is on the visitor's side of a receptionist's desk, it is for visitors...
Miss Manners offers consistently sound, sage advice to her Gentle Readers.
With a tipping guide (including coat checks and pizza deliveries), sections devoted to both traditional and nontraditional households, details on protocol for ceremonies and celebrations, invitations and disinvitations, insights on courtship and romance, and much more, this is the comprehensive guide to a kinder, gentler, more civilized society. [via]
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Miss Manners Guide to Rearing Perfect Childrenby Judith Martin, Gloria KamenISBN 0883658380 (0-88365-838-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?by Molly IvinsISBN 0679741836 (0-679-74183-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Nothin' but Good Times Aheadby Molly IvinsISBN 0679754881 (0-679-75488-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Polysyllabic Spreeby Nick HornbyISBN 1932416242 (1-932416-24-2)
Softcover, McSweeneys Books
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NIck Hornby's Polysyllabic Spree Includes selected passages from the novels, biographies, collections of poetry, and comics discussed in the column.More editions of The Polysyllabic Spree:
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Poor Russell's Almanacby Russell BakerISBN 086553036X (0-86553-036-X)
Hardcover, Congdon & Lattes
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The Rescue of Miss Yaskell, and Other Pipe Dreamsby Russell BakerISBN 086553098X (0-86553-098-X)
Hardcover, Congdon & Weed
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Road Work: Among Tyrants, Heroes, Rogues, and Beastsby Mark BowdenISBN 087113876X (0-87113-876-X)
Hardcover, Atlantic Monthly Pr
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The Salmon of Doubtby Douglas AdamsISBN 1400045088 (1-4000-4508-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Salmon of Doubt'Book summary:On Friday, May 11, 2001, the world mourned the untimely passing of Douglas Adams, beloved creator of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, dead of a heart attack at age forty-nine. Thankfully, in addition to a magnificent literary legacywhich includes seven novels and three co-authored works of nonfictionDouglas left us something more. The book you are about to enjoy was rescued from his four computers, culled from an archive of chapters from his long-awaited novel-in-progress, as well as his short stories, speeches, articles, interviews, and letters.
In a way that none of his previous books could, The Salmon of Doubt provides the full, dazzling, laugh-out-loud experience of a journey through the galaxy as perceived by Douglas Adams. From a boys first love letter (to his favorite science fiction magazine) to the distinction of possessing a nose of heroic proportions; from climbing Kilimanjaro in a rhino costume to explaining why Americans cant make a decent cup of tea; from lyrical tributes to the sublime pleasures found in music by Procol Harum, the Beatles, and Bach to the follies of his hopeless infatuation with technology; from fantastic, fictional forays into the private life of Genghis Khan to extended visits with Dirk Gently and Zaphod Beeblebrox: this is the vista from the elevated perch of one of the tallest, funniest, most brilliant, and most penetrating social critics and thinkers of our time.
Welcome to the wonderful mind of Douglas Adams. [via]More editions of The Salmon of Doubt:
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So This Is Depravityby Russell BakerISBN 0865530084 (0-86553-008-4)
Hardcover, Congdon and Lattes
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The Straight Dope Tells Allby Cecil Adams, Ed Zotti, Slug SignorinoISBN 0914091549 (0-914091-54-9)
Softcover, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited
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Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Privateby Anna QuindlenISBN 0449909050 (0-449-90905-0)
Softcover, Fawcett Books
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You Can Write a Columnby Monica McCabe-CardozaISBN 0898799244 (0-89879-924-4)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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166 X Youpby Youp van 't HekISBN 9060056779 (90-6005-677-9)
Softcover, T. Rap
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De Dag Van De Nieuwe Haring En Andere Kleine Klassiekersby Martin BrilISBN 9044606271 (90-446-0627-1)
Hardcover, Prometheus
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De Dikke Man Voor Altijdby Ischa MeijerISBN 9053333673 (90-5333-367-3)
Hardcover, Prometheus
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Drs. Mallebrootje En Het Jonge Ding Uit De Achterbanby Remco CampertISBN 9023411471 (90-234-1147-1)
Hardcover, De Bezige Bij
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Het Ideale Autoland: Waarom Nederland in De File Staatby Bas van KleefISBN 9068681850 (90-6868-185-0)
Hardcover, Thoth
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De Luchtgitaarby Roel Bentz van den Berg, Peter PontiacISBN 9029047461 (90-290-4746-1)
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Meer Modernismenby Kees van KootenISBN 9023423356 (90-234-2335-6)
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Modernismenby Kees van KootenISBN 9023423216 (90-234-2321-6)
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Och, Zei De Dikke Manby Ischa MeijerISBN 9053330941 (90-5333-094-1)
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Park Welgelegen: Notities over Morele Verwarringby M. FebruariISBN 9021462117 (90-214-6211-7)
Hardcover, Em. Querido's Uitgeverij
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Het Platte Landby Youp van 't HekISBN 9060052897 (90-6005-289-7)
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Het Verdwenen Kruispunt: Berichten Van Het Landby Martin BrilISBN 9044606948 (90-446-0694-8)
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Le Tour Du Monde En 80 Joursby Jules VerneISBN 2070335216 (2-07-033521-6)
Softcover, Continental Book Co Inc
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Le Tour Du Monde En 80 Jours Verneby Jules VerneISBN 2011550513 (2-01-155051-3)
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Lasning For Smatt Desperataby Stefan AndheISBN 9119314523 (91-1-931452-3)
Hardcover, Norstedt
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La vuelta al mundo en 80 Dias / Around The World In 80 Daysby Not AvailableISBN 9501100170 (950-11-0017-0)
Hardcover, Editorial Sigmar S.A.C.I.
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