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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Amy Sterling CasilISBN 1598185853 (1-59818-585-3)
Softcover, Alan Rodgers Books
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-- from Amy Sterling Casil's Introduction [via]
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Advice to Young Menby William CobbettISBN 159605624X (1-59605-624-X)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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After the Great Divide: Modernism, Mass Culture, Postmodernismby Andreas HuyssenISBN 1597400513 (1-59740-051-3)
Hardcover, Acls History E-Book Project
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Against the Grainby Joris Karl Huysmans, John HowardISBN 1598189417 (1-59818-941-7)
Softcover, Alan Rodgers Books
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The Aran Islandsby J. M. SyngeISBN 1596057688 (1-59605-768-8)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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Beyond Good And Evilby Friedrich NietzscheISBN 1599869934 (1-59986-993-4)
Softcover, Filiquarian Pub Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond Good And Evil'Book summary:He's one of the most debated writers of the 19th century: Nietzsche and his works have been by turns vilified, lauded, and subjected to numerous contradictory interpretations, and yet he remains a figure of profound import, and his works a necessary component of a well-rounded education. This 1885 book serves as both vital introduction to and valuable summation of Nietzsche's philosophy as a whole. Here, broken down into bite-size segments are the great thinker's outlook on philosophical bias, religion, morality, virtue, nationalism, free-spiritedness, scholarship, gender relations, and other weighty topics. German psychologist and philosopher FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIETZSCHE (1844-1900) was appointed special professor of classical philology at the University of Basel at the precocious age of 24, but soon found himself dissatisfied with academic life and created an alternative intellectual society for himself among friends including composer Richard Wagner, historian Jakob Burckhardt, and theologian Franz Overbeck. Among his philosophical works are Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, and Ecce Homo. ______________________________________ ALSO FROM COSIMO Nietzsche's The Use and Abuse of History, Thus Spake Zarathustra, and The Anti-Christ [via]
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Big House in Irelandby Valerie Pakenham, Thomas PakenhamISBN 1841881597 (1-84188-159-7)
Softcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Bring Home the Revolution: The Case for a British Republicby Jonathan FreedlandISBN 1841150215 (1-84115-021-5)
Hardcover, Fourth Estate
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Bushido: The Soul of Japanby Inazo NitobeISBN 1599869136 (1-59986-913-6)
Softcover, Fq Classics
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Castles of England, Scotland and Walesby Paul JohnsonISBN 1841880884 (1-84188-088-4)
Softcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Chomsky and Globalisationby Jeremy FoxISBN 184046237X (1-84046-237-X)
Softcover, Totem Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chomsky and Globalisation'Book summary:Noam Chomsky, the 'Einstein of modern linguistics', is equally well- known as an uncompromising political dissident and social critic. This book summarises Chomsky's recently published views on Globalization and the New world Order. His position is an unusual one. Where Global Free Trade is today widely celebrated as a way to universal prosperity, and a means of allowing the indebted Third World to solve its economic problems, Chomsky see things very differently. For him, Free Trade is not 'free' at all, since the rich powers ignore its rules and subsidise their big companies. Only the impoverished Third World countries are obliged to obey the rules. Many get further in debt, fall into hands of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, see their schools and hospitals closed and their economies restructured to suit Western investment. Thus, on the unequal scales of the global economy, the favoured élites of Western and especially American societies must inevitably, grow richer, while the rest of the world could revert to the conditions of Blake's 'Dark Satanic Mills'. This is a clear, well-argued exposition of Chomsky's libertarian views on global economic hegemony, a central issue of the postmodern condition. [via]
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A Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, Neil BartlettISBN 1840023996 (1-84002-399-6)
Softcover, Oberon Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Christmas Carol'Book summary:HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I am the Ghost of Christmas Present,' said the Spirit. 'Look upon me!' A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption and a critique on Victorian society, Dickens' atmospheric novella follows the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as 'humbug'. It is only through a series of eerie, life-changing visits from the ghost of his deceased business partner Marley and the spirits of Christmas past, present and future that he begins to see the error of his ways. With heart-rending characters, rich imagery and evocative language, the message of A Christmas Carol remains as significant today as when it was first published. [via]
Cities of Vesuvius: Pompeii and Herculaneumby Michael GrantISBN 1842122193 (1-84212-219-3)
Softcover, Phoenix Pr
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The Classical Greeksby Michael GrantISBN 1842124471 (1-84212-447-1)
Softcover, Phoenix Pr
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The Clumsiest People in Europe: Or, Mrs. Mortimer's Bad-tempered Guide to the Victorian Worldby Todd PruzanISBN 1596911506 (1-59691-150-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Complete Works of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 1842050664 (1-84205-066-4)
Hardcover, Cpg Inc
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Contagious Ideas: On Evolution, Culture, Archaeology, and Cultural Virus Theoryby Ben Sandford CullenISBN 1842170147 (1-84217-014-7)
Softcover, Oxbow Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Contagious Ideas: On Evolution, Culture, Archaeology, and Cultural Virus Theory'Book summary:Neo-Darwinism is becoming an increasingly important influence on archaeological theory, as a number of recently edited books on `Darwinian archaeologies' make clear. However, many of these volumes are internationally inconsistent and reflect the muddled understanding many archaeologists have of the potential of Darwin's thought for interpreting material culture. Ben Cullen's book starts by critiquing some recent neo-Darwinist approaches, including cultural evolutionism and cultural sociobiology. He then presents a neo-Darwinian paradigm of extreme power, which he has termed the Cultural Virus Theory (CVT). This focuses on explaining the transmission of ideas by comparing cultural memes wit natural genes. In the final section he takes the important step of applying this theory to real materials; demonstrating how CVT can be used to understand the spread of megalithic monuments in prehistoric North-West Europe, the diffusion of the renaissance in medieval Europe and the basis of stylistic change in pottery. Tragically this collection of brilliant thoughts is published posthumously. Ben Cullen was close to finishing a major book when he died suddenly in 1995 and his writings have been gathered into a consistent whole by James Steele, Richard Cullen and Christopher Chippendale. The book also contains assessments of Ben Cullen's genius by Stephen Shennon and Clive Gamble. [via]
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The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mindby Gustave Le BonISBN 1596059931 (1-59605-993-1)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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Daily Life in Greece at the Time of Periclesby Robert Flaceliere, Peter GreenISBN 1842125079 (1-84212-507-9)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Daily Life of the Etruscansby Jacques HeurgonISBN 1842125923 (1-84212-592-3)
Softcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Daisy Millerby Henry JamesISBN 1840025980 (1-84002-598-0)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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Death Sentence: The Decay of Public Languageby Don WatsonISBN 1740512065 (1-74051-206-5)
Hardcover, Knopf
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Derrida and the End of Historyby Stuart SimISBN 1840460946 (1-84046-094-6)
Softcover, Totem Books
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Devil's Cupby Stewart Lee AllenISBN 1841950440 (1-84195-044-0)
Hardcover, Canongate Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Devil's Cup'Book summary:This comprehensive work provides an account of caffeine's impact on humankind. Beginning in Ethiopia, the author sails along the same route that carried the first beans to Yemen 1500 years ago, and literally travels the world in his mission to prove that coffee is the driving force in history. [via]
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The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himselfby Daniel BoorstinISBN 1842122274 (1-84212-227-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself'Book summary:Perhaps the greatest book by one of our greatest historians, The Discoverers is a volume of sweeping range and majestic interpretation. To call it a history of science is an understatement; this is the story of how humankind has come to know the world, however incompletely ("the eternal mystery of the world," Einstein once said, "is its comprehensibility"). Daniel J. Boorstin first describes the liberating concept of time--"the first grand discovery"--and continues through the age of exploration and the advent of the natural and social sciences. The approach is idiosyncratic, with Boorstin lingering over particular figures and accomplishments rather than rushing on to the next set of names and dates. It's also primarily Western, although Boorstin does ask (and answer) several interesting questions: Why didn't the Chinese "discover" Europe and America? Why didn't the Arabs circumnavigate the planet? His thesis about discovery ultimately turns on what he calls "illusions of knowledge." If we think we know something, then we face an obstacle to innovation. The great discoverers, Boorstin shows, dispel the illusions and reveal something new about the world.
Although The Discoverers easily stands on its own, it is technically the first entry in a trilogy that also includes The Creators and The Seekers. An outstanding book--one of the best works of history to be found anywhere. --John J. Miller [via]
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The Doll's House: A Playby Henrik IbsenISBN 1599869497 (1-59986-949-7)
Softcover, Filiquarian Pub Llc
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Ecology and the End of Postmodernityby George MyersonISBN 1840462795 (1-84046-279-5)
Softcover, Totem Books
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The Egyptian Book Of Life: A True Translation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, Featuring Original Texts and Hieroglyphsby Ramses SeleemISBN 1842930664 (1-84293-066-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Ethan Fromeby Edith WhartonISBN 1598183028 (1-59818-302-8)
Softcover, Alan Rodgers Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ethan Frome'Book summary:With an Introduction by Dr Pamela Knights, Department of English Studies, Durham University
On a poor farm near Starkfield in western Massachusetts, Ethan Frome struggles to wrest a living from the land, unassisted by his whining and hypochondriacal wife Zeena. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie Silver is left destitute, the only place she can go is Ethan's farm. An embittered man and an enchanting young woman meeting in such circumstances unleash predictable consequences as passions are aroused between the three protagonists, Edith Wharton's characterisation and deft handling of reversals of fortune are so accomplished that Ethan Frome has remained enduringly popular since its first publication in 1911 and is considered her greatest tragic story. [via]
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From Ritual to Romanceby Jessie L. WestonISBN 1596053232 (1-59605-323-2)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Ritual to Romance'Book summary:From Ritual to Romance is a landmark study of anthropology and folklore that examines the roots of the King Arthur-Holy Grail legends. Jessie L. Weston's revolutionary theory holds that most elements of the Grail story are actually the remnants of incredibly old fertility rites -- with the lance and the cup serving as sexual symbols. Drawing on James George Frazer's seminal works on folklore, magic, and religion, Weston seeks to make connections between the legend's early pagan elements and its later Christian influences, uniting the quest for fertility with the striving for mystical oneness with God. T.S. Elliot cited this work as a major influence for his famous epic poem, "The Waste Land." JESSIE LAIDLAY WESTON (1850-1928) was an independent scholar and folklorist who specialized in mediaeval Arthurian texts. [via]
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Gaelic and Gaelicized Ireland in the Middle Agesby K. W. NichollsISBN 1843510030 (1-84351-003-0)
Softcover, Lilliput Pr Ltd
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The Game: Undercover in the Secret Society of Pick-Up Artistsby Neil StraussISBN 1841957526 (1-84195-752-6)
Softcover, Canongate
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Geoffrey Chaucerby G. K. ChestertonISBN 1842329871 (1-84232-987-1)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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A German Identity: 1770 To the Present Dayby Harold JamesISBN 1842122045 (1-84212-204-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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A Handbook of Origamiby Rick BeechISBN 1842158902 (1-84215-890-2)
Softcover, Anness Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Handbook of Origami'Book summary:In this fabulous book, traditional classics, such as the famous Japanese crane, sit side-by-side with modern pieces designed by one of the world's most respected origamists. [via]
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Hereticsby Gilbert Keith ChestertonISBN 1842329898 (1-84232-989-8)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heretics'Book summary:Though he was on the whole a fun loving and gregarious man, during adolescence Chesterton was troubled by thoughts of suicide. In Christianity he found answers to many of the dilemmas and paradoxes of life. Throughout Heretics he provides a very personal critique of contemporary religious notions. His consistently engaging but often wayward humour is mixed liberally with daring flights of fancy and some startling turns of thought. A highly original contribution to one of the major debates of the last century - one that continues to exercise leading thinkers in the present one. [via]
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High Albania: A Victorian Traveller's Balkan Odysseyby Edith Durham, M. E. DurhamISBN 184212207X (1-84212-207-X)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Hitching Rides With the Buddhaby Will FergusonISBN 1841957852 (1-84195-785-2)
Softcover, Canongate Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hitching Rides With the Buddha'Book summary:Take a humorist from the Great White North one part Bob and Doug McKenzie, the other Bill Bryson feed him lots of sake, and set him loose hitchhiking his way through polite Japanese society. The result is one of the warmest and funniest travelogues you've read. It had never been done before. Not in four thousand years of Japanese recorded history had anyone followed the Cherry Blossom Front from one end of the country to the other. Nor had anyone hitchhiked the length of Japan. And, as Ferguson learns, it illustrates that to travel is better than to arrive.[via]More editions of Hitching Rides With the Buddha:
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I Ching: A Practical Guide to Interpretation and Divinationby Will AdcockISBN 1842152270 (1-84215-227-0)
Softcover, Lorenz Books
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In the Merde for Loveby Stephen ClarkeISBN 1596911905 (1-59691-190-5)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Intellectualby Steve FullerISBN 1840467215 (1-84046-721-5)
Softcover, Totem Books
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Introducing Quantum Theoryby J. P. McEvoy, Oscar ZarateISBN 1840465778 (1-84046-577-8)
Softcover, Icon Books, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Introducing Quantum Theory'Book summary:Quantum theory confronts us with bizarre paradoxes which upset the logical edifice of classical physics. At the sub-atomic level, one particle seems to know what the others are doing (so-called 'non-locality'), and according to Heisenberg's 'uncertainty principle', there is a limit on how accurately nature can be observed. And yet the theory is amazingly accurate and widely applied, explaining all of chemistry and most of physics. This book takes us on a step-by-step tour with the key figures, including Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Heisenberg and Schrodinger. Each contributed at least one crucial concept to the theory. The puzzle of the wave-particle duality is here, along with descriptions of the two questions raised gainst Bohr's 'Copenhagen Interpretation' - the famous 'dead and alive cat' and the EPR paradox. Both remain unresolved at the beginning of the 21st century. [via]
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Introducing Quantum Theoryby Oscar Zarate, J. P. McEvoyISBN 1840460571 (1-84046-057-1)
Softcover, Natl Book Network
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Introducing Walter Benjaminby Andrzej Klimowski, Howard Caygill, Richard Appignanesi, Alex ColesISBN 1840461659 (1-84046-165-9)
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Japanby Jan Dodd, Simon Richmond, Rough Guides StaffISBN 1843532727 (1-84353-272-7)
Softcover, Rough Guides, Limited
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Jesus in Beijing: How Christianity Is Transforming China And Changing the Global Balance of Powerby David AikmanISBN 1596980257 (1-59698-025-7)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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The Kama Sutra: The Hindu Art of Loveby Moti Chandra, S. C. UpadhyayaISBN 1842930656 (1-84293-065-6)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Kokoro: Hints & Echos Of Japanese Inner Lifeby Lafcadio HearnISBN 1596057289 (1-59605-728-9)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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The Koranby Alan Jones, John Medows RodwellISBN 1842126091 (1-84212-609-1)
Softcover, Phoenix Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Koran'Book summary:The Koran, the holy scripture of Islam, is the record of Muhammad's oral teaching delivered between the years immediately preceding the Hegira in AD 622 and the Prophet's death in AD 632. It has exerted untold influence upon the history of mankind. Apart from it's specifically religious content, inspiring the triumphant arms of Islam throughout vast areas of Asia, Africa and southern Europe, it was the starting point of a new literary and philosophical movement which powerfully affected the most cultivated minds among both Christian and Jews in the Middle Ages; and the movement inaugurated has resulted in some of the finest products of genius and learning. Alan Jones has restored the traditional ordering of the Sutras, enabling the reader to trace the development of the Prophet's mind from the early flush of inspiration to his roles of warrior, politician and founder of an empire. [via]
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La-Basby J.K. Huysmans, Keene WallaceISBN 1598189832 (1-59818-983-2)
Softcover, Alan Rodgers Books
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Land of a Thousand Eyes: The Subtle Pleasures of Everyday Life in Myanmarby Peter OlszewskiISBN 1741145074 (1-74114-507-4)
Softcover, Allen & Unwin
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Life and Leisure in Ancient Romeby J.P.V.D. BalsdonISBN 1842125931 (1-84212-593-1)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Lonely Planet Greeceby Michael Clark, David Willett, Paul Hellander, Des Hannigan, Jeanne Oliver, Carolyn BainISBN 1740594703 (1-74059-470-3)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lonely Planet Greece'Book summary:From Antarctica to Zimbabwe, if you're going there, chances are Lonely Planet has been there first. With a pithy and matter-of-fact writing style, these guides are guaranteed to calm the nerves of first-time world travelers, while still listing off-the-beaten-path finds sure to thrill even the most jaded globetrotters. Lonely Planet has been perfecting its guidebooks for nearly 30 years and as a result, has the experience and know-how similar to an older sibling's "been there" advice. The original backpacker's bible, the LP series has recently widened its reach. While still giving insights for the low-budget traveler, the books now list a wide range of accommodations and itineraries for those with less time than money.
Lonely Planet's Greece is an expert guide to this incredible country, covering everything from the narrowest walkable gorge in the world to classic Greek myths. The authors provide information on inter-island ferries accompanied by a ferry map; extensive writings on history, culture, and mythology; place names in Greek script; and advice on choosing a quiet or gregarious island vacation. A special color feature covers Greek art. --Kathryn True [via]
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Lonely Planet Mexicoby John NobleISBN 1740597443 (1-74059-744-3)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Lonely Planet Moroccoby Jan Dodd, Bradley MayhewISBN 1740593618 (1-74059-361-8)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Lonely Planet One Planetby Lonely PlanetISBN 1741044529 (1-74104-452-9)
Hardcover, Lonely Planet
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Lonely Planet Vanuatuby Michelle Bennett, Jocelyn HarewoodISBN 1740592395 (1-74059-239-5)
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Love All The People: Letters, Lyrics, Routinesby Bill HicksISBN 1841198781 (1-84119-878-1)
Hardcover, Constable & Robinson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Love All The People: Letters, Lyrics, Routines'Book summary:'I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out' Bill Hicks could have been on all the chat shows. He could have had his own show on prime time. He could have got rich and fat and frightened. But Hicks didn't go the easy way. He turned down the offers Satan made him. Instead he figured out his best shot at truth and then he said it. He attacked the lies that justified and prettified the carnage of the First Gulf War. He attacked the easy surrender of art to commerce, the demeaning cynicism of the marketing culture and the preposterous power of the mainstream media to confuse and corrupt. This is the first collection of all his stand-up routines, with extracts from his diaries, notebooks, letters and final writings. It reveals Hicks' work as both brilliant conventional stand-up comedy and as more interesting and dangerous: an invitation to a life lived without fear. [via]
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Love in the Ancient Worldby John Julius Norwich, Christopher MilesISBN 1841880108 (1-84188-010-8)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Making of the Middle Agesby R.W. SouthernISBN 1597401323 (1-59740-132-3)
Hardcover, Scholarly Pub Office Univ of
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Marshall McLuhan and Virtualityby Christopher HorrocksISBN 1840461845 (1-84046-184-5)
Softcover, Totem Books
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The Meaning of Treasonby Rebecca WestISBN 1842120239 (1-84212-023-9)
Softcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Mexicoby John Noble, Sandra Bao, Susan Forsyth, Beth GreenfieldISBN 1740596862 (1-74059-686-2)
Softcover, Lonely Planet Publications
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Millennium Cultureby Nell LeachISBN 1841660256 (1-84166-025-6)
Softcover, Ellipsis London, Limited
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Mistress, Maids and Men: Baronial Life in the Thirteenth Centuryby Margaret Wade LabargeISBN 1842124994 (1-84212-499-4)
Softcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Usable Trim, Scraps, and Bonesby Anthony BourdainISBN 1596913606 (1-59691-360-6)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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Kitchen Confidential and A Cook's Tour shares a candid and outrageous collection of his worldwide culinary misadventures, from scrounging for eel in backstreet Hanoi, to quarreling with raw-food activist Woody Ha
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Author: Bourdain, Anthony
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Publication Date: 2007/05/01
Number of Pages: 288
Binding Type: PAPERBACK
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Nietzsche and Postmodernismby Dave RobinsonISBN 1840460938 (1-84046-093-8)
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The Ottoman Empire : The Classical Age 1300-1600by Halil InalcikISBN 1842124420 (1-84212-442-0)
Softcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Overheard in New York: Conversations from the Streets, Stores, And Subwayby S. Morgan Friedman, Michael MaliceISBN 1596092017 (1-59609-201-7)
Softcover, Chamberlain Brothers
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Papercraft and Origami Stationaryby Lucy PainterISBN 1843096595 (1-84309-659-5)
Hardcover, Hermes House
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Paris: The Secret Historyby Andrew HusseyISBN 1596913231 (1-59691-323-1)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Picture of Dorian Grayby Oscar WildeISBN 1840680172 (1-84068-017-2)
Softcover, Creation Pub Group
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As Hallward tries to make sense of his creation, his epigram-happy friend Lord Henry Wotton encourages Dorian in his sensual quest with any number of Wildean paradoxes, including the delightful "When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy." But despite its many languorous pleasures, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an imperfect work. Compared to the two (voyeuristic) older men, Dorian is a bore, and his search for ever new sensations far less fun than the novel's drawing-room discussions. Even more oddly, the moral message of the novel contradicts many of Wilde's supposed aims, not least "no artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style." Nonetheless, the glamour boy gets his just deserts. And Wilde, defending Dorian Gray, had it both ways: "All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings its own punishment." [via]
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Women, Sex And Feminismby Carrie L. LukasISBN 1596980036 (1-59698-003-6)
Softcover, Regnery Pub
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The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetryby Walter PaterISBN 1596054840 (1-59605-484-0)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry'Book summary:[I]n the streets of Milan... moved a people as fantastic, changeful, and dreamlike. To Leonardo least of all men could there be anything poisonous in the exotic flowers of sentiment which grew there. It was a life of brilliant sins and exquisite amusements... -from "Leonard Da Vinci" With his thoughtful sensibility and appreciation of the artistic experience, Walter Pater exerted a dramatic influence over the Aesthetics of the mid to late 19th century: a movement of creative intellectuals, from writer Oscar Wilder to painter James McNeill Whistler, who held that art should be sensual and beauty the highest ideal. Pater's "cult of beauty" also profoundly affected 20th-century arts, literary, and cultural criticism. Here, in a series of essays first reprinted in 1873 from the iconoclastic journal Fortnightly Review, Pater embraces and explores the works of Botticelli, Della Robbia, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, and others. This collection, sometimes entitled Studies in the History of the Renaissance, is criticism as beautiful as the art it considers. Also available from Cosimo Classics: Pater's Marius the Epicurean: His Sensations and Ideas. British essayist and critic WALTER HORATIO PATER (1839-94) was educated at Oxford University. He also wrote Imaginary Portraits (1887), Appreciations (1889), and the posthumously published Greek Studies (1895). [via]
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The Rough Guide Chinaby Simon Lewis, Simon Foster, Jeremy Atiyah, Rough GuidesISBN 1843534797 (1-84353-479-7)
Softcover, Rough Guides
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The Rough Guide to Bloggingby Jonathan YangISBN 184353682X (1-84353-682-X)
Softcover, Rough Guides
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The Rough Guide to Egyptby Daniel Jacobs, Michael Kohn, Rough Guides, Michael Ackroyd, Ros FordISBN 1843534630 (1-84353-463-0)
Softcover, Rough Guides
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The Rough Guide to Egyptby Rough GuidesISBN 1843530503 (1-84353-050-3)
Softcover, Rough Guides
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Roughing It in the Bushby Susanna MoodieISBN 1596055367 (1-59605-536-7)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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Samurai : The World of the Warriorby Stephen TurnbullISBN 1841769517 (1-84176-951-7)
Softcover, Osprey Publishing, Limited
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Satan! Satan! Satan!by Tony WhiteISBN 184068030X (1-84068-030-X)
Softcover, Creation Books
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The Starry Wisdomby Alan Moore, Ramsey CampbellISBN 1840680873 (1-84068-087-3)
Softcover, Creation Books
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Straight from the Fridge, Dad: A Dictionary of Hipster Slangby Max DecharneISBN 1842430009 (1-84243-000-9)
Hardcover, No Exit
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Thomas Kuhn and the Science Warsby Ziauddin SardarISBN 1840461365 (1-84046-136-5)
Softcover, Totem Books
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Torture the Artistby Joey GoebbelISBN 159692148X (1-59692-148-X)
Softcover, Macadam Cage Pub
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The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the Worldby Roz HopkinsISBN 1741044510 (1-74104-451-0)
Hardcover, Lonely Planet
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The Travels of Marco Poloby Marco PoloISBN 160206024X (1-60206-024-X)
Hardcover, Cosimo Inc
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Umberto Eco and Footballby Peter Pericles TrifonasISBN 1840462809 (1-84046-280-9)
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Walking Through Fire: A Life of Nawal El Saadawiby Nawal Elsaadawi, Nawal Sadawi, Sherif HetataISBN 1842770772 (1-84277-077-2)
Softcover, Zed Books
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What You Need To Know About The Passion Of The Christby Ian BrownISBN 1840301589 (1-84030-158-9)
Softcover, Emerald House Group Inc
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Wine by Style: A Practical Guide to Choosing Wine by Flavor, Weight and ColourISBN 1840000309 (1-84000-030-9)
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