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ABC: The Alphabetization of the Popular Mindby Barry Sanders, Ivan IllichISBN 0865472912 (0-86547-291-2)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark TwainISBN 0866119574 (0-86611-957-4)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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Alt Dis: Alternative Discourses and the Academyby Patricia Bizzell, Helen Fox, Christopher L. SchroederISBN 0867095164 (0-86709-516-4)
Softcover, Heinemann
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Altars of Unhewn Stone: Science and the Earthby Wes JacksonISBN 0865472874 (0-86547-287-4)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Appreciations of Japanese Cultureby Donald KeeneISBN 0870114689 (0-87011-468-9)
Hardcover, Kodansha International
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Axe Handlesby Gary SnyderISBN 0865471207 (0-86547-120-7)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Axe Handles'Book summary:The title poem of this collection may be Snyder's strongest poem of the 1980s, and this is high praise. Incorporating Snyder's familiar and welcome themes of nature, family and eastern philosophy, it is a passage into a world of insights, small epiphanies, the rhythms of nature and culture, speech and sky, revealing themselves between these lines. Do yourself a favor and take a look at Axe Handles. [via]
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Between Meals: An Appetite for Parisby A. J. LieblingISBN 086547236X (0-86547-236-X)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris'Book summary:A man of Rabelaisian appetite, with the exquisite palate of the true gastronome and the literary flair to match, A.J. Liebling (1904-1963) was a formidable eater and a remarkable man, and his nostalgic recitation of his years and meals in Paris is a pleasure to read, dream on, and drool about.
Liebling treasured a good appetite as a prerequisite for writing about food, as his accounts of substantial meals (two portions of cassoulet, one steak topped with beef marrow, and a dozen or so oysters, for example) attest. For the poised, precise, literary, and humorous flavor of his writing, you need only crack open the book--any page will do. Liebling recounts how to dine superbly without being lead astray by too much money, and he digresses magnificently on the evils of abstemiousness ("No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane"). In this age of diets and pragmatic health care, it's refreshing to read such an inspired and inspiring ode to pleasure. As a means of savoring a love affair with Paris, sparking an interest in a trip to France, restructuring your priorities for the trip you've already planned, or gearing up on the flight over for the gastronomic debauches to come, Liebling is unsurpassed. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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The Bewildered Societyby George Charles RocheISBN 0870001558 (0-87000-155-8)
Hardcover, Arlington House
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Blood Orchid : An Unnatural History of Americaby Charles BowdenISBN 0865476292 (0-86547-629-2)
Softcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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The Book of Boxesby Kunio EkiguchiISBN 0870118943 (0-87011-894-3)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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The Book of Common Prayer: And Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Churchby Charles Mortimer GuilbertISBN 086683933X (0-86683-933-X)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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The Economy Edition includes the Revised Common Lectionary. The cover is embossed with an elegant gold cross.
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The Book of Common Prayer: The Personal Edition Red EconomyISBN 0866839321 (0-86683-932-1)
Hardcover, Harper San Francisco
Find This BookBook summary:This compact yet comprehensive prayer book is a cherished resource for Episcopalians everywhere and the perfect choice for wide distribution in schools and for use as a pew prayer book. The Holy Eucharist, the principal act of Christian worship on the Lord's Day and other major Feasts, and Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, as set forth in this book, are the regular services appointed for public worship in this Church.
The Economy Edition includes the Revised Common Lectionary. The cover is embossed with an elegant gold cross.
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Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga Of Dark And Lightby Mort RosenblumISBN 0865477302 (0-86547-730-2)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Science, over recent years, has confirmed what chocolate lovers have always known: the stuff is actually good for you. It's the Valentine's Day drug of choice, has more antioxidants than red wine, and triggers the same brain responses as falling in love. Nothing, in the end, can stand up to chocolate as a basic fundament to human life.
In this scintillating narrative, acclaimed foodie Mort Rosenblum delves into the complex world of chocolate. From the mole poblano--chile-laced chicken with chocolate--of ancient Mexico to the contemporary French chocolatiers who produce the palets d'or--bite-sized, gold-flecked bricks of dark chocolate--to the vast empires of Hershey, Godiva, and Valrhona, Rosenblum follows the chocolate trail the world over. He visits cacao plantations, meets with growers, buyers, makers, and tasters, and investigates the dark side of the chocolate trade as well as the enduring appeal of its product.
Engaging, entertaining, and revealing, Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga of Dark and Light is a fascinating foray into this "food of the gods."More editions of Chocolate: A Bittersweet Saga Of Dark And Light:
Cleaving: Story of a Marriageby Vicki Covington, Dennis CovingtonISBN 086547589X (0-86547-589-X)
Softcover, North Point Pr
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Connecting Around the Worldby Sandra S. PlattnerISBN 0866539786 (0-86653-978-6)
Softcover, School Specialty Childrens Pub
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Created or Constructed?: The Great Gender Debateby Elaine StorkeyISBN 0868406422 (0-86840-642-2)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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The Dinkum Aussie Dictionaryby Richard BeckettISBN 0867771542 (0-86777-154-2)
Hardcover, Child & Henry
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The Egyptiansby Gerry Wood, Lucilla WatsonISBN 0865921644 (0-86592-164-4)
Hardcover, Rourke Pub Group
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Every Force Evolves a Formby Guy DavenportISBN 0865472475 (0-86547-247-5)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Every Force Evolves a Form: Twenty Essaysby Guy DavenportISBN 0865472483 (0-86547-248-3)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Gift Wrapping: Creative Ideas from Japanby Kunio EkiguchiISBN 0870117688 (0-87011-768-8)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Global Uprising: Confronting the Tyrannies of the 21st Century Stories from a New Generation of Activistsby Linda Wolf, Neva WeltonISBN 0865714460 (0-86571-446-0)
Softcover, New Society Pub
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Going Home to the Fiftiesby Bill YenneISBN 0867196432 (0-86719-643-2)
Softcover, Last Gasp of San Francisco
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The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Ageby Sven BirkertsISBN 0865479577 (0-86547-957-7)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age'Book summary:A reissue of the book that first examined the future of reading and literature in the electronic age, now with a new introduction and Afterword In our zeal to embrace the wonders of the electronic age, are we sacrificing our literary culture? Renowned critic Sven Birkerts believes the answer is an alarming yes. In The Gutenberg Elegies , he explores the impact of technology on the experience of reading. Drawing on his own passionate, lifelong love of books, Birkerts examines how literature intimately shapes and nourishes the inner life. What does it mean to "hear" a book on audiotape or decipher its words in electronic form on a laptop screen? Can the world created by Henry James exist in an era defined by the work of Bill Gates? Are books as we know them--volumes printed in ink on paper, with pages to be turned as the reading of each page is completed--dead? At once a celebration of the complex pleasures of reading and a bold challenge to the information technologies of today and tomorrow, The Gutenberg Elegies is an essential volume for anyone who cares about the past and the future of books. [via]
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The Heart of Zen Cuisine: A 600-Year Tradition of Vegetarian Cookeryby Soei YonedaISBN 087011848X (0-87011-848-X)
Softcover, Kodansha America, Incorporated
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Home Economicsby Wendell BerryISBN 0865472750 (0-86547-275-0)
Softcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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His title reminds us that the very root of economics is stewardship, household management. To paraphrase Confucius, a healthy planet is made up of healthy nations that are simply healthy communities sharing common ground, and communities are gatherings of households. A measure of the health of the planet is economicsthe health of its households. Any process of destruction or healing must begin at home. Berry speaks of the necessary coherence of the Great Economy, as he argues for clarity in our lives, our conceptions, and our communications. To live is not to pass time, but to spend time.
Whether as critic or as champion, Wendell Berry offers careful insights into our personal and national situation in a prose that is ringing and clear.
Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introductionby Roger LewinISBN 086542067X (0-86542-067-X)
Softcover, Blackwell Science Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction'Book summary:The third edition of this text presents human evolution in the context of the behavioural ecology of a large-bodied, large-brained mammal. The author shows how developments in the study of life history theory and ecological influences on social structure can be applied to species long extinct; thus bringing this text completely up to date. Whilst retaining the basic structure of earlier editions; the book integrates anatomy and behaviour as never before, updates the latest evidence on "mitochondrial Eve", and has a greatly expanded glossary. [via]
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In Defense of Tradition: Collected Shorter Writings of Richard M. Weaver, 1929-1963by Richard M. Weaver, Ted J. SmithISBN 0865972834 (0-86597-283-4)
Softcover, Liberty Fund
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The Intelligent American's Guide to Europeby Erik von Kuehnelt-LeddihnISBN 0870004190 (0-87000-419-0)
Hardcover, Arlington House
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Japanese Touch for Your Homeby Koji YagiISBN 087011526X (0-87011-526-X)
Hardcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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The Kama Sutra Of Vatsyanaby Called Mallanaga VatsyayanaISBN 0865900272 (0-86590-027-2)
Hardcover, Stosius Inc/Advent Books Division
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The Knowledge-Value Revolution: Or A History of the Futureby Taichi Sakaiya, George Fields, William MarshISBN 0870119427 (0-87011-942-7)
Hardcover, Kodansha America, Incorporated
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Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkleby Irving WashingtonISBN 0866119965 (0-86611-996-5)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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Making the Difference: Schools, Families, and Social Divisionby R. W. ConnellISBN 0868611328 (0-86861-132-8)
Softcover, Allen & Unwin
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Meeting the Expectations of the Land: Essays in Sustainable Agriculture and Stewardshipby Wendell Berry, Wes Jackson, Bruce ColmanISBN 086547172X (0-86547-172-X)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Memories of Silk and Straw: A Self-Portrait of Small-Town Japanby Junichi SagaISBN 0870117920 (0-87011-792-0)
Hardcover, Kodansha America, Incorporated
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Mirror, Sword and Jewel: The Geometry of Japanese Lifeby Kurt SingerISBN 0870114603 (0-87011-460-3)
Softcover, Kodansha America, Incorporated
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News That Stayed News, 1974-1984: Ten Years of Coevolution Quarterlyby Stewart Brand, Art KleinerISBN 0865472025 (0-86547-202-5)
Softcover, North Point Press
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Notes from the Pop Undergroundby Peter BelsitoISBN 0867193379 (0-86719-337-9)
Softcover, Last Gasp of San Francisco
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Off the Map: An Expedition Deep into Empire and the Global Economyby Chellis GlendinningISBN 0865714630 (0-86571-463-0)
Softcover, New Society Pub
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Olives: The Life and Lore of a Noble Fruitby Mort RosenblumISBN 0865475261 (0-86547-526-1)
Softcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Oppression and Libertyby Simone WeilISBN 0870232517 (0-87023-251-7)
Softcover, Univ of Massachusetts Pr
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Oregon Desertby E. R. Jackman, R.A. LongISBN 087004074X (0-87004-074-X)
Hardcover, Caxton Printers Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oregon Desert'Book summary:Dust jacket notes: "This book, The Oregon Desert, is a hard one to define. A single paragraph may be a mixture of geology, history, biography, and rich desert lore. There is no other book about the Oregon desert and this one fills the void. Most of the material applies equally well to other Northern deserts in Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and neighboring states. Wild horses run through it; itinerant Irish sheepherders enrich it; all of the desert animals shyly and charmingly peep from its pages. Slow geological forces wend their relentless ways; the desert towns spring to life before your eyes and swiftly decay. The old-time cattle drives are clearly recalled. Here you learn what to look for and what to see in the desert. This book has no hero, except the desert itself. This wild, rough land does things to men who try to change it. 'The anvil wears the hammer out.' Little men withdraw into themselves and become smaller; mean men become meaner; but men with vision grow and expand to fit the wider vistas. So in the desert we have the worst and the best. Every page has its anecdote or quotable statement. There is enough material here to set up a TV writer for years. It is all purely American humor, becoming rare these days, since the snappy gag line has largely replaced the deeper, more subtle, more enjoyable humor you will find here. Almost everyone will like this book. It will charm and delight, and it will bring new knowledge of some kind." [via]
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Origin and Evolution of Humans and Humannessby D. Tab RasmussenISBN 0867208570 (0-86720-857-0)
Softcover, Jones & Bartlett Pub
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Our Sustainable Tableby Robert ClarkISBN 0865474451 (0-86547-445-1)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Palm-Of-The-Hand Storiesby Yasunari Kawabata, Lane Dunlop, J. Martin HolmanISBN 0865474125 (0-86547-412-5)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Physiology of Taste, or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomyby Jean-Anthelme Brillat-SavarinISBN 0865472491 (0-86547-249-1)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Picture of Dorian GrayISBN 0866119981 (0-86611-998-1)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
Find This BookBook summary:A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man's portrait, his subject's frivolous wish that the picture change and he remain the same comes true. Dorian Gray's picture grows aged and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, "as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife," Dorian Gray is surprised to find no difference in his vision or surroundings. "The roses are not less lovely for all that. The birds sing just as happily in my garden."
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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Postmodern Poohby Frederick CrewsISBN 0865476543 (0-86547-654-3)
Softcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Purporting to be the proceedings of a forum on Pooh convened at the Modern Language Association's annual convention, Postmodern Pooh brilliantly parodies the academic fads and figures that hold sway at the millennium.
Deconstruction, poststructuralist Marxism, new historicism, radical feminism, cultural studies, recovered-memory theory, and postcolonialism, among other methods, take their shots at the poor teddy bear and Crews takes his shots at them. The fun lies in seeing just how much adulteration Pooh can stand. -
PowerDown: Options And Actions For A Post-Carbon Worldby Richard HeinbergISBN 0865715106 (0-86571-510-6)
Softcover, New Society Pub
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The alternative is Powerdown, a strategy that will require tremendous effort and economic sacrifice in order to reduce per-capita resource usage in wealthy countries, develop alternative energy sources, distribute resources more equitably, and reduce the human population humanely but systematically over time. While civil society organizations push for a mild version of this, the vast majority of the worlds people are in the dark, not understanding the challenges ahead, nor the options realistically available.
Powerdown speaks frankly to these dilemmas. Avoiding cynicism and despair, it begins with an overview of the likely impacts of oil and natural gas depletion and then outlines four options for industrial societies during the next decades:
Last One Standing: the path of competition for remaining resources;
Powerdown: the path of cooperation, conservation and sharing;
Waiting for a Magic Elixir: wishful thinking, false hopes, and denial;
Building Lifeboats: the path of community solidarity and preservation.Finally, the book explores how three important groups within global societythe power elites, the opposition to the elites (the antiwar and antiglobalization movements, et al: the Other Superpower ), and ordinary peopleare likely to respond to these four options. Timely, accessible and eloquent, Powerdown is crucial reading for our times.
Richard Heinberg is an award-winning author of five previous books, including The Partys Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies. A member of the Core Faculty of New College of California, he lives in Santa Rosa, California.
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Propaganda and Aesthetics: The Literary Politics of Afro-American Magazines in the Twentieth Centuryby Abby Arthur Johnson, Ronald Maberry JohnsonISBN 087023269X (0-87023-269-X)
Hardcover, Univ of Massachusetts Pr
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A Quetzalcoatl Tale of Cornby Marilyn ParkeISBN 0866539638 (0-86653-963-8)
Softcover, School Specialty Childrens Pub
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R. Crumb Draws the Bluesby Robert CrumbISBN 0867194014 (0-86719-401-4)
Softcover, Last Gasp of San Francisco
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Race, Colour and Identity in Australia and New Zealandby John Docker, Gerhard FischerISBN 0868405388 (0-86840-538-8)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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Rasta and Resistance: From Marcus Garvey to Walter Rodneyby Horace CampbellISBN 0865430357 (0-86543-035-7)
Softcover, Africa World Pr
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Rumspringa: To Be or Not to Be Amishby Tom ShachtmanISBN 0865477426 (0-86547-742-6)
Softcover, North Point Pr
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In this searching book, Shachtman draws on his skills as a documentarian to capture young people on the cusp of a fateful decision, and to give us "one of the most absorbing books ever written about the Plain People" (Publishers Weekly).More editions of Rumspringa: To Be or Not to Be Amish:
Shapinsky's Karma, Bogg's Bills, and Other True-Life Talesby Lawrence WeschlerISBN 086547317X (0-86547-317-X)
Hardcover, North Point Press
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Smaller Is Better: Japan's Mastery of the Miniatureby O-Young Lee, O-ryong YiISBN 0870116541 (0-87011-654-1)
Hardcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rankby Fuller, Robert, W.ISBN 0865714878 (0-86571-487-8)
Softcover, New Society Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Somebodies and Nobodies: Overcoming the Abuse of Rank'Book summary:In the ongoing attempts to overcome racism and sexism in North America today, we are overlooking another kind of discrimination that is no less damaging and equally unjustifiable. It is a form of injustice that everyone knows, but no one sees: discrimination based on rank. Low rank-signifying weakness, vulnerability, and the absence of power-marks you for abuse in much the same way that race, religion, gender and sexual orientation have long done.
When discrimination is race-based, we call it racism; when it's gender-based, we call it sexism. By analogy, rank-based discrimination might be called "rankism." Somebodies and Nobodies explains our reluctance to confront rankism, and argues that abuse based on power differences is no more justified than abuse based on color or gender differences. It shows where analyses based on identity fall short and, using dozens of examples to illustrate the argument, traces many forms of injustice and unfairness to rankism.
Somebodies and Nobodies unmasks rankism as The Feminine Mystique unmasked sexism. It demythologizes the prevailing social consensus-the "Somebody Mystique"-to demonstrate the pervasiveness and corrosiveness of rankism in our personal lives and social institutions. The book introduces new language and concepts that illuminate the subtle, often dysfunctional workings of power in our social interactions. It presents rankism as the last hurdle on the long road from aristocracy to a true meritocracy, brings into focus a dignitarian revolution that is already taking shape and offers a preview of post-rankist society.
Robert W. Fuller taught physics at Columbia University in New York, where he co-authored the classic text Mathematics for Classical and Quantum Physics. He then served as president of Oberlin College and, subsequently, worked internationally as a "citizen diplomat" to promote democracy in developing nations. He has four children and lives in Berkeley, California.
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The Southern Essays of Richard M. Weaverby George M. Curtis, James J. ThompsonISBN 0865970572 (0-86597-057-2)
Hardcover, Liberty Fund
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Southern Essays of Richard M. Weaverby Richard M. Weaver, George M. Curtis, James J. ThompsonISBN 0865970580 (0-86597-058-0)
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Southwest Indians: An Educational Coloring Bookby Spizzirri Pub Co StaffISBN 0865450757 (0-86545-075-7)
Softcover, Spizzirri Pub Co
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Standing by Wordsby Wendell BerryISBN 0865471223 (0-86547-122-3)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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In these six essays, Wendell Berry considers the degeneration of language that is manifest throughout our culture, from poetry to politics, from conversation to advertising, and he shows how the ever-widening cleft between words and their referents mirrors the increasing isolation of individuals from their communities and of their communities from the land. [via]
Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy Is Stolen Egyptian Philosophyby George G.M. JamesISBN 0865433623 (0-86543-362-3)
Softcover, Africa World Pr
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The Story of Cornby Betty FussellISBN 0865475458 (0-86547-545-8)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Storytellerby Leslie M. SilkoISBN 0865790043 (0-86579-004-3)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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The Sundance Kids: How the Mavericks Took Back Hollywoodby James MottramISBN 0865479674 (0-86547-967-4)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Survey Of Historic Costume: A History Of Western Dressby Keith Eubank, Phyllis TortoraISBN 0870056328 (0-87005-632-8)
Hardcover, Fairchild Publications
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The Swahili: Idiom and Identity of an African Peopleby Alamin M. Mazrui, Ibrahim N. ShariffISBN 0865433119 (0-86543-311-9)
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Tales of the Northwestby William J. SnellingISBN 0870180584 (0-87018-058-4)
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Turtle Talk: Voices for a Sustainable Futureby Christopher PlantISBN 0865711860 (0-86571-186-0)
Softcover, New Society Pub
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The Tuscan Year: Life and Food in an Italian Valleyby Elizabeth RomerISBN 0865473870 (0-86547-387-0)
Softcover, North Point Pr
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Twilight of Authorityby Robert NisbetISBN 0865972125 (0-86597-212-5)
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The Virtue of Civility: Selected Essays on Liberalism, Tradition, and Civil Societyby Edward Shils, Steven GrosbyISBN 086597148X (0-86597-148-X)
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Welcome to Our Hillbrowby Phaswane MpeISBN 0869809954 (0-86980-995-4)
Softcover, Intl Specialized Book Service Inc
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Who's Afraid of 1984by Jerome TuccilleISBN 0870003089 (0-87000-308-9)
Hardcover, Arlington House Publishers
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The Women of Renaissance Florence: Power and Dependence in Renaissance Florenceby Richard C. TrexlerISBN 0866981578 (0-86698-157-8)
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