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Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activismby Alice WalkerISBN 0345407962 (0-345-40796-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activism'Book summary:Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, is an international activist and self-professed womanist. This pleasing collection of short essays amounts to a very personal stroll through her psyche. Sharing touchstones and demons, she serves up a spirited defense of Winnie Mandela, accused of taking part in kidnapping and torture; a quest to mark the grave of Zora Neale Hurston, an "African AmerIndian" folklorist who chronicled the lives of Southern American blacks in the 1920s and '30s; poignant, angry witnesses at a conference in Ghana devoted to stopping female genital mutilation; and life lessons her daughter taught her. Walker's opinions are enriched by her poetry and highlighted by the whimsical phrases and titles with which she frames serious subjects. [via]
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Arguments Against Secular Cultureby Robert MillerISBN 0334026040 (0-334-02604-0)
Softcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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The Bakhtin Reader: Selected Writings of Bakhtin, Medvedev and Voloshinovby Pam Morris, P.N. Medvedev, M.M. Bakhtin, V. N. VoloshinovISBN 0340592672 (0-340-59267-2)
Softcover, Hodder Arnold
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The Battle for Godby Karen ArmstrongISBN 0345391691 (0-345-39169-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Battle for God'Book summary:About 40 years ago popular opinion assumed that religion would become a weaker force and people would certainly become less zealous as the world became more modern and morals more relaxed. But the opposite has proven true, according to theologian and author Karen Armstrong (A History of God), who documents how fundamentalism has taken root and grown in many of the world's major religions, such as Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Even Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism, and Confucianism have developed fundamentalist factions. Reacting to a technologically driven world with liberal Western values, fundamentalists have not only increased in numbers, they have become more desperate, claims Armstrong, who points to the Oklahoma City bombing, violent anti-abortion crusades, and the assassination of President Yitzak Rabin as evidence of dangerous extremes.
Yet she also acknowledges the irony of how fundamentalism and Western materialism seem to urge each other on to greater excesses. To "prevent an escalation of the conflict, we must try and understand the pain and perception of the other side," she pleads. With her gift for clear, engaging writing and her integrity as a thorough researcher, Armstrong delivers a powerful discussion of a globally heated issue. Part history lesson, part wake-up call, and mostly a plea for healing, Armstrong's writing continues to offer a religious mirror and a cultural vision. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Blue Highwaysby William Least Heat MoonISBN 0316353299 (0-316-35329-9)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blue Highways'Book summary:Published in 1983 to phenomenal reviews, Blue Highways: A Journey into America became a cult classic on par with Jack Kerouac's On the Road and John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley. In this highly acclaimed, bestselling memoir, a 38-year-old laid-off college professor of Sioux and white blood drives around the U.S. on the "blue highways, " the rural back made that are colored blue on old maps. The places he discovers during his 13,000-mile journey are unexpected, sometimes mysterious, and often full of simply the wonder of the ordinary.-- Blue Highways received extraordinary reviews when it was first published. [via]
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Blue Highways: A Journey into Americaby William Least Heat MoonISBN 0316353957 (0-316-35395-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blue Highways: A Journey into America'Book summary:First published in 1982, William Least Heat-Moon's account of his journey along the back roads of the United States (marked with the color blue on old highway maps) has become something of a classic. When he loses his job and his wife on the same cold February day, he is struck by inspiration: "A man who couldn't make things go right could at least go. He could quit trying to get out of the way of life. Chuck routine. Live the real jeopardy of circumstance. It was a question of dignity."
Driving cross-country in a van named Ghost Dancing, Heat-Moon (the name the Sioux give to the moon of midsummer nights) meets up with all manner of folk, from a man in Grayville, Illinois, "whose cap told me what fertilizer he used" to Scott Chisholm, "a Canadian citizen ... [who] had lived in this country longer than in Canada and liked the United States but wouldn't admit it for fear of having to pay off bets he made years earlier when he first 'came over' that the U.S. is a place no Canadian could ever love." Accompanied by his photographs, Heat-Moon's literary portraits of ordinary Americans should not be merely read, but savored. [via]
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Bookseller of Kabulby Asne Seierstad, Ingrid ChristophersenISBN 0316159417 (0-316-15941-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bookseller Of Kabul'Book summary:With The Bookseller of Kabul, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad has given readers a first-hand look at Afghani life as few outsiders have seen it. Invited to live with Sultan Khan, a bookseller in Kabul, and his family for months, this account of her experience allows the Khans to speak for themselves, giving us a genuinely gripping and moving portrait of a family, and of a country of great cultural riches and extreme contradictions. For more than 20 years, Sultan Khan has defied the authorities--whether Communist or Taliban--to supply books to the people of Kabul. He has been arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned, and has watched illiterate Taliban soldiers burn piles of his books in the street. Yet he had persisted in his passion for books, shedding light in one of the world's darkest places. This is the intimate portrait of a man of principle and of his family--two wives, five children, and many relatives sharing a small four-room house in this war ravaged city. But more than that, it is a rare look at contemporary life under Islam, where even after the Taliban's collapse, the women must submit to arranged marriages, polygamous husbands, and crippling limitations on their ability to travel, learn and communicate with others. [via]
The Case of Peter Pan or the Impossibility of Children's Fictionby Jacqueline RoseISBN 0333319753 (0-333-31975-3)
Hardcover, Macmillan Publishers Limited
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The Celebration Chronicles: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Property Value in Disney's New Townby Andrew RossISBN 0345417526 (0-345-41752-6)
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Children of the Blitzby Robert WestallISBN 0330334859 (0-330-33485-9)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square Books
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China Menby Maxine Hong KingstonISBN 0345344073 (0-345-34407-3)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Chosen People: The Big Idea That Shaped England and Americaby Clifford LongleyISBN 0340786574 (0-340-78657-4)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Clive James on Televisionby Clive JamesISBN 0330331914 (0-330-33191-4)
Hardcover, Pan Books Ltd
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A Concise Glossary of Cultural Theoryby Peter BrookerISBN 0340691476 (0-340-69147-6)
Softcover, Hodder Arnold
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Conformity and Conflict: Readings in Cultural Anthropologyby David W. McCurdy, James P. SpradleyISBN 0316807745 (0-316-80774-5)
Softcover, Little, Brown
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Conformity and Conflict: Readings in Cultural Anthropologyby James P. Spradley, David W. McCurdyISBN 0321047060 (0-321-04706-0)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Conformity and Conflict: Readings in Cultural Anthropology Profby SpradleyISBN 032140193X (0-321-40193-X)
Softcover, Allyn & Bacon
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A Critical and Cultural Theory Readerby Antony Easthope, Kate McGowanISBN 0335213553 (0-335-21355-3)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill Education
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A Cultural History of the English Languageby Gerry KnowlesISBN 0340676809 (0-340-67680-9)
Softcover, Hodder Arnold
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Dialectical Imagination: A History of the Frankfurt School and Institute of Social Researchby Martin JayISBN 0316458309 (0-316-45830-9)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Dictionary of Cultural Theoristsby Ellis Cashmore, Chris Rojek, Ernest CashmoreISBN 0340645482 (0-340-64548-2)
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A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural Americaby Ronald TakakiISBN 0316831115 (0-316-83111-5)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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In a lively account filled with the stories and voices of people previously left out of the historical canon, Ronald Takaki offers a fresh perspective - a "re-visioning" - of our nation's past. [via]
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Downtown: My Manhattanby Pete HamillISBN 0316734519 (0-316-73451-9)
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Manhattan, the keystone of New York City, is a place of ghosts and buried memory. One can still see remnants of the British colony, the mansions of the robber barons, and the speakeasies of the 1920s. These are the places that have captivated the imaginations of writers for centuries. Now Pete Hamill brings his unique knowledge and deep love of the city to a New York chronicle like no other.
During his 40 years as a newspaperman, Pete Hamill has been getting to know Manhattans neighborhoods and inhabitants intimately, bearing witness to their greatest triumphs and tragedies. From the winding, bohemian streets of Greenwich Village to the seedy alleyways of the meatpacking district and to the weathered cobblestones of South Street Seaport, Hamill peels back the layers of history to reveal the citys past, present, and future.
More than just history or reporting, this is an elegy by a native son who has lived through some of New Yorks most historic moments, and who continues to call this magnificent, haunted city his home. [via]
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The Essential Lenny Bruceby Lenny Bruce, John CohenISBN 0333136160 (0-333-13616-0)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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The Faceby Dan McNeillISBN 0316588032 (0-316-58803-2)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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The Face: A Natural Historyby Daniel McNeillISBN 0316588121 (0-316-58812-1)
Softcover, Back Bay Books
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The Fightby Norman MailerISBN 0316544167 (0-316-54416-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fight'Book summary:There are sporting events that transcend the world of sports, and the 1974 heavyweight title fight in which Muhammad Ali regained his crown by improbably kayoing George Foreman in the middle of the African night was certainly one of them. Metaphorically, it was a writer's dream: two imposing black warriors, one all grace, the other brute force, one the iconoclast, the other the blind patriot, battling each other. Fatefully, the appropriate writer threw his pen into the ring. Norman Mailer's masterful account goes far beyond the ropes to capture the primal ethos of the sport, the larger social canvas this particular fight was drawn on, and the remarkable cast of personalities--not the least of which is Mailer himself--who converged to make this "Rumble in the Jungle" a landmark in sports history and a clear knockout in Mailer's journalistic portfolio. [via]
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The First Stone: Some Questions About Sex and Powerby Helen GarnerISBN 033035583X (0-330-35583-X)
Hardcover, Pan Macmillan Australia
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Food: A Historyby Felipe Fernandez-ArmestoISBN 033049144X (0-330-49144-X)
Hardcover, Pan
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Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trashby Elizabeth RoyteISBN 031615461X (0-316-15461-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash'Book summary:Description: like the bestselling fast food nation, garbage land lifts the lid off a world we take for granted, revealing its complicated, surprising underbelly. In this highly unconventional travel book, elizabeth royte leads the reader on a cultural tour guided and informed by the things she throws away. Structured around four separate journeys--those of royte's household trash, compostable matter, recyclables, and sewage--garbage land is a literary investigation of the truly dirty side of consumption. Royte melds science, anthropology, and a strong dose of clear-headed analysis in her appraisal of america's relationship with its garbage, examining the uncomfortable subject of waste in much the same way mary roach's stiff tackled corpses. By showing us what really happens to the things we've "disposed of," royte reminds us that our decisions about consumption and waste have a very real impact--and that, like it or not, the garbage we create will always be with us [via]
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Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Cultureby Simon ReynoldsISBN 0316741116 (0-316-74111-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture'Book summary:In Generation Ecstasy, Simon Reynolds takes the reader on a guided tour of this end-of-the-millenium phenomenon, telling the story of rave culture and techno music as an insider who has dosed up and blissed out. A celebration of rave's quest for the perfect beat definitive chronicle of rave culture and electronic dance music. [via]
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The Genx Readerby Douglas RushkoffISBN 0345390466 (0-345-39046-6)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violenceby Gavin De BeckerISBN 0316235024 (0-316-23502-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence'Book summary:Each hour, 75 women are raped in the United States, and every few seconds, a woman is beaten. Each day, 400 Americans suffer shooting injuries, and another 1,100 face criminals armed with guns. Author Gavin de Becker says victims of violent behavior usually feel a sense of fear before any threat or violence takes place. They may distrust the fear, or it may impel them to some action that saves their lives. A leading expert on predicting violent behavior, de Becker believes we can all learn to recognize these signals of the "universal code of violence," and use them as tools to help us survive. The book teaches how to identify the warning signals of a potential attacker and recommends strategies for dealing with the problem before it becomes life threatening. The case studies are gripping and suspenseful, and include tactics for dealing with similar situations.
People don't just "snap" and become violent, says de Becker, whose clients include federal government agencies, celebrities, police departments, and shelters for battered women. "There is a process as observable, and often as predictable, as water coming to a boil." Learning to predict violence is the cornerstone to preventing it. De Becker is a master of the psychology of violence, and his advice may save your life. --Joan Price [via]
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A Glossary of Cultural Theoryby Peter BrookerISBN 0340807016 (0-340-80701-6)
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religionby James George FrazerISBN 0333647688 (0-333-64768-8)
Softcover, Macmillan Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion'Book summary:Before Joseph Campbell became the world's most famous practitioner of comparative mythology, there was Sir James George Frazer. The Golden Bough was originally published in two volumes in 1890, but Frazer became so enamored of his topic that over the next few decades he expanded the work sixfold, then in 1922 cut it all down to a single thick edition suitable for mass distribution. The thesis on the origins of magic and religion that it elaborates "will be long and laborious," Frazer warns readers, "but may possess something of the charm of a voyage of discovery, in which we shall visit many strange lands, with strange foreign peoples, and still stranger customs." Chief among those customs--at least as the book is remembered in the popular imagination--is the sacrificial killing of god-kings to ensure bountiful harvests, which Frazer traces through several cultures, including in his elaborations the myths of Adonis, Osiris, and Balder.
While highly influential in its day, The Golden Bough has come under harsh critical scrutiny in subsequent decades, with many of its descriptions of regional folklore and legends deemed less than reliable. Furthermore, much of its tone is rooted in a philosophy of social Darwinism--sheer cultural imperialism, really--that finds its most explicit form in Frazer's rhetorical question: "If in the most backward state of human society now known to us we find magic thus conspicuously present and religion conspicuously absent, may we not reasonably conjecture that the civilised races of the world have also at some period of their history passed through a similar intellectual phase?" (The truly civilized races, he goes on to say later, though not particularly loudly, are the ones whose minds evolve beyond religious belief to embrace the rational structures of scientific thought.) Frazer was much too genteel to state plainly that "primitive" races believe in magic because they are too stupid and backwards to know any better; instead he remarks that "a savage hardly conceives the distinction commonly drawn by more advanced peoples between the natural and the supernatural." And he certainly was not about to make explicit the logical extension of his theories--"that Christian legend, dogma, and ritual" (to quote Robert Graves's summation of Frazer in The White Goddess) "are the refinement of a great body of primitive and barbarous beliefs." Whatever modern readers have come to think of the book, however, its historical significance and the eloquence with which Frazer attempts to develop what one might call a unifying theory of anthropology cannot be denied. --Ron Hogan [via]
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Graham Greene the Novelistby J.P. KulshresthaISBN 0333901746 (0-333-90174-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Graham Greene the Novelist'Book summary:A delicious and intriguing history of food and society From the bestselling author of Civilizations and Millennium, comes a book which delves into the rich history of how we eat and why we eat what we do. In this delicious narrative, we are taken on a journey from the start of humanity right through to the industrialism of the modern age. Starting with the revolutionary notion of our decision to cook our food, Fernandez-Armesto introduces us to the revolutions which influenced our culinary habits today. With customary verve, our guide vividly describes how food changed and changed us through the centuries, on the way explaining why 'You are what you eat.' A witty and intelligent blend of the best historical and culinary writing, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto's Food is a piquant dish of spice, zest and mouth-watering writin [via]
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The Hollow Dollby William BohnakerISBN 0345364406 (0-345-36440-6)
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Interpreting Everyday Cultureby Fran MartinISBN 0340808527 (0-340-80852-7)
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Literature, Class, and Culture: An Anthologyby Paul Lauter, Ann FitzgeraldISBN 0321011635 (0-321-01163-5)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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Manliness and the Boys' Story Paper in Britain : A Cultural History, 1855-1940by Kelly BoydISBN 0333641728 (0-333-64172-8)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Medieval European Pilgrimage, C.700-C.1500by Diana WebbISBN 0333762606 (0-333-76260-6)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Melancholy Science: An Introduction to the Thought of Theodor W. Adornoby Gillian RoseISBN 0333232135 (0-333-23213-5)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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My Love Affair With Englandby Susan Allen TothISBN 0345377257 (0-345-37725-7)
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My Love Affair with England : A Traveler's Memoirby Susan A. TothISBN 0345385659 (0-345-38565-9)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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"I love MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH ENGLAND. It is written clearly and with a understanding that far supasses any feeling of condescension or superiority or general quaintness among the natives, all of which I detect in books about other countries."
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The Myth of Mass Cultureby Alan SwingewoodISBN 0333214072 (0-333-21407-2)
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Mythologyby Edith HamiltonISBN 0316341517 (0-316-34151-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mythology'Book summary:Edith Hamilton loved the ancient Western myths with a passion--and this classic compendium is her tribute. "The tales of Greek mythology do not throw any clear light upon what early mankind was like," Hamilton explains in her introduction. "They do throw an abundance of light upon what early Greeks were like--a matter, it would seem, of more importance to us, who are their descendents intellectually, artistically, and politically. Nothing we learn about them is alien to ourselves." Fans of Greek mythology will find all the great stories and characters here--Perseus, Hercules, and Odysseus--each discussed in generous detail by the voice of an impressively knowledgeable and engaging (with occasional lapses) narrator. This is also an excellent primer for middle- and high-school students who are studying ancient Greek and Roman culture and literature. --Gail Hudson [via]
New Media Culturesby P. D. MarshallISBN 0340806990 (0-340-80699-0)
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Night's Black Angels: The Forms and Faces of Victorian Crueltyby Ronald PearsallISBN 0340173920 (0-340-17392-0)
Hardcover, Hodder and Stoughton
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Societyby Dave Grossman, G. KloskeISBN 0316330116 (0-316-33011-6)
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One World, Many Culturesby Stuart Hirschberg, Terry HirschbergISBN 0321164016 (0-321-16401-6)
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Pictures from the Water Trade: Adventures of a Westerner in Japanby John David MorleyISBN 0316583723 (0-316-58372-3)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Posthumanismby Neil BadmingtonISBN 0333765389 (0-333-76538-9)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the Veil of Silence on the Islamic Worldby Jan GoodwinISBN 0316320285 (0-316-32028-5)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Prime Time, Prime Movers: From I Love Lucy to L.A. Law-America's Greatest TV Shows and the People Who Created Themby David Marc, Robert J. ThompsonISBN 0316545899 (0-316-54589-9)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Reading Dialogicsby Lynne PearceISBN 034055052X (0-340-55052-X)
Softcover, Hodder Arnold
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Reading Human Geography: The Poetics and Politics of Inquiryby Derek Gregory, Trevor BarnesISBN 0340632089 (0-340-63208-9)
Softcover, Hodder Arnold
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Representations of Working-Class Life, 1957-1964by Stuart LaingISBN 0333379993 (0-333-37999-3)
Softcover, Macmillan
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Researching Audiencesby Kirsten Drotner, Stephen Kline, Kim Schroder, Catherine MurrayISBN 0340762748 (0-340-76274-8)
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The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick: The Biography of a Legendby Peter LamontISBN 0316724300 (0-316-72430-0)
Hardcover, Little, Brown
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The Russiansby Hedrick SmithISBN 0345317467 (0-345-31746-7)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Sacred Architectureby Caroline Humphrey, Piers VitebskyISBN 0316381225 (0-316-38122-5)
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The Goddess taps into Americans' growing interest in female deities and ancient rites. As New York Newsday noted, "Goddess worship, no longer thought of as esoteric, if not blasphemous, is going mainstream". This provocative book brings to life the rituals, symbolism, and significance of the Goddess from ancient to modern times, touching on fertility, motherhood, feminism, Wicca, and much more.
Sacred Architecture explores humankind's quest for spiritual retreats and gateways to the divine. From Egyptian pyramids to Baroque cathedrals, this beautiful book stops off at a wide range of sacred sites while exploring such subjects as feng shui, celestial alignments, temple design and construction, and activities of worship and sacrifice. [via]
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Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deafby Oliver W. SacksISBN 0330320904 (0-330-32090-4)
Hardcover, Picador, published by Pan Books
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Skipping Around the World : The Ritual Nature of Folk Rhymesby Francelia ButlerISBN 0345364597 (0-345-36459-7)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Slaves in the Familyby Edward BallISBN 0345431057 (0-345-43105-7)
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Something to Declareby Julian BarnesISBN 033048916X (0-330-48916-X)
Softcover, Trans-Atlantic Pubns
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The Soul of a New Machineby Tracy KidderISBN 0316491977 (0-316-49197-7)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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These days, we are used to the "total commitment" philosophy of managing technical creation, but Kidder was surprised and even a little alarmed at the obsessions and compulsions he found. From in-house political struggles to workers being permitted to tease management to marathon 24-hour work sessions, The Soul of a New Machine explores concepts that already seem familiar, even old-hat, less than 20 years later. Kidder plainly admires his subjects; while he admits to hopeless confusion about their work, he finds their dedication heroic. The reader wonders, though, what will become of it all, now and in the future. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Strangers: Homosexual Love in the 19th Centuryby Graham RobbISBN 0330482238 (0-330-48223-8)
Hardcover, Picador
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There Once Was a World: A 900-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshokby Yaffa EliachISBN 0316232521 (0-316-23252-1)
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There Once Was a World: A Nine-Hundred-Year Chronicle of the Shtetl of Eishyshokby Yaffa ElaichISBN 0316232394 (0-316-23239-4)
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To Hell With All That: Loving And Loathing Our Inner Housewifeby Caitlin FlanaganISBN 0316736872 (0-316-73687-2)
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To Life!: A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinkingby Harold S. KushnerISBN 0316507350 (0-316-50735-0)
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Twilight Of Love: Travels With Turgenevby Robert DessaixISBN 0330364995 (0-330-36499-5)
Hardcover, Pan Macmillan
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Visual and Other Pleasuresby Laura MulveyISBN 0333445295 (0-333-44529-5)
Softcover, Macmillan
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The Way We Wore: A Life in Threadsby Robert ElmsISBN 0330420321 (0-330-42032-1)
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When the Gods Came Downby Alan F. AlfordISBN 0340696168 (0-340-69616-8)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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When the Gods Came Down : The Catastrophic Roots of Religion Revealedby Alan F. AlfordISBN 0340696176 (0-340-69617-6)
Softcover, Hodder & Stoughton Canada
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Within the Context of No Contextby George W. S. TrowISBN 0316853062 (0-316-85306-2)
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Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetypeby Clarissa Pinkola EstesISBN 0345396812 (0-345-39681-2)
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The World and the Book: A Study of Modern Fictionby Gabriel JosipoviciISBN 0333609026 (0-333-60902-6)
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Writing About Cool: Hypertext and Cultural Studies in the Computer Classroomby Rice, Jeff (Jeff R.)ISBN 0321108965 (0-321-10896-5)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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