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An Accidental Familyby Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard FreebornISBN 0192828363 (0-19-282836-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Accidental Family'Book summary:Set in the 1870s, a time of social disorder in Russia, An Accidental Family is the story of Arkady Dolgoruky, an awkward, illegitimate twenty-year-old on a desperate search for his family. This new translation of Dostoevsky's last completed novel fully captures the raciness and youthful vigor of the original text, and expresses "the innermost spiritual world of someone on the eve of manhood at that tumultuous time." [via]
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Alexander Hamiltonby Ron ChernowISBN 0143034758 (0-14-303475-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alexander Hamilton'Book summary:[via]In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is a robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of the most brilliant, charismatic and dangerous founder of them all.
Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated or more grossly misunderstood than Alexander Hamilton. Chernows biography gives Hamilton his due and sets the record straight, deftly illustrating that the political and economic greatness of todays America is the result of Hamiltons countless sacrifices to champion ideas that were often wildly disputed during his time. To repudiate his legacy, Chernow writes, is, in many ways, to repudiate the modern world. Chernow here recounts Hamiltons turbulent life: an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean, he came out of nowhere to take America by storm, rising to become George Washingtons aide-de-camp in the Continental Army, coauthoring The Federalist Papers, founding the Bank of New York, leading the Federalist Party, and becoming the first Treasury Secretary of the United States.
Historians have long told the story of Americas birth as the triumph of Jeffersons democratic ideals over the aristocratic intentions of Hamilton. Chernow presents an entirely different man, whose legendary ambitions were motivated not merely by self-interest but by passionate patriotism and a stubborn will to build the foundations of American prosperity and power. His is a Hamilton far more human than weve encountered beforefrom his shame about his birth to his fiery aspirations, from his intimate relationships with childhood friends to his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Monroe, and Burr, and from his highly public affair with Maria Reynolds to his loving marriage to his loyal wife Eliza. And never before has there been a more vivid account of Hamiltons famous and mysterious death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July of 1804.
Chernows biography is not just a portrait of Hamilton, but the story of Americas birth seen through its most central figure. At a critical time to look back to our roots, Alexander Hamilton will remind readers of the purpose of our institutions and our heritage as Americans.
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American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, And A Nation's Drive to End Welfareby Jason DeParleISBN 0143034375 (0-14-303437-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Art of Warby Tzu Sun, Samuel B. GriffithISBN 0195014766 (0-19-501476-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of War'Book summary:Like Machiavelli's The Prince and the Japanese Book of Five Rings , Sun Tzu's The Art of War is as timely for business people today as it was for military strategists in ancient China. Written in China more than 2,000 years ago, Sun Tzu's classic The Art of War is the first known study of the planning and conduct of military operations. These terse, aphoristic essays are unsurpassed in comprehensiveness and depth of understanding, examining not only battlefield maneuvers, but also relevant economic, political, and psychological factors. Indeed, the precepts outlined by Sun Tzu regularly applied outside the realm of military theory. It is read avidly by Japanese businessmen and was touted in the movie Wall Street as the corporate raider's bible. Providing a much-needed translation of this classic, Samuel Griffith has made this powerful and unique work even more relevant to the modern world. Including an explanatory introduction and selected commentaries on the work, this edition makes Sun Tzu's timeless classic perfectly accessible to modern readers. [via]
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The Art of War: Sunzi Bing Faby Sun-Tzu, John MinfordISBN 0143037528 (0-14-303752-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of War: Sunzi Bing Fa'Book summary:[via]The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped our world.
Offering ancient wisdom on how to use skill, cunning, tactics and discipline to outwit your opponent, this bestselling 2000-year-old military manual is still worshipped by soldiers on the battlefield and managers in the boardroom as the ultimate guide to winning.More editions of The Art of War: Sunzi Bing Fa:
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The Art of War: The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Lifeby Sun-TzuISBN 0195015401 (0-19-501540-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of War: The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Life'Book summary:Written in China more than 2,000 years ago, Sun Tzu's classic The Art of War is the first known study of the planning and conduct of military operations. These terse, aphoristic essays are unsurpassed in comprehensiveness and depth of understanding, examining not only battlefield maneuvers, but also relevant economic, political, and psychological factors. Indeed, the precepts outlined by Sun Tzu can be applied outside the realm of military theory. It is read avidly by Japanese businessmen and in fact was touted in the movie Wall Street as the corporate raider's bible.
In addition to an excellent translation of Sun Tzu's text, Samuel Griffith also provides commentaries written by Chinese strategists, plus several thought-provoking essays on topics such as the influence of Sun Tzu on Mao Tse-tung and on Japanese military thought, the nature of warfare in Sun Tzu's time, and the life of Sun Tzu and other important commentators. Remarkable for its clear organization, lucid prose, and the acuity of its intellectual and moral insights, The Art of War is the definitive study of combat. [via]More editions of The Art of War: The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Life:
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Babbittby Sinclair LewisISBN 0151104212 (0-15-110421-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Babbitt'Book summary:A novel saturated with americancas vitality (Rebecca West)-the story of a middle-class businessman and social climber whose name became synonymous with smug conformity. I wish I had written Babbitt (H. G. Wells).[via]More editions of Babbitt:
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Bartleby: Library Editionby Herman MelvilleISBN 0146000129 (0-14-600012-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bartleby: Library Edition'Book summary:Herman Melville was an 18th century American novelist, poet, essayist and short story writer. He is best known for his works Moby Dick and Typee. During his lifetime he was considered a failure, but after his death his worth as a writer was recognized. Bartleby is a novella, which first appeared in Putnam's Magazine. The narrator is an elderly lawyer who helps his clients with mortgages, titles and bonds. The lawyer's office has two employees Nippers and Turkey. Turkey is a drunk and Nippers has indigestion. The office is able to function because Nippers indigestion is at a time when Turkey is sober and Turkey is hung over when Nippers is feeling better. Bartleby is hired in the hopes that his temperament will calm down the office. As the story progresses Melville brings a sense of the human condition as seen through the eyes of a lowly employee. [via]
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Black Detroit and the Rise of the Uawby August and Elliott Rudwick Meier, Elliott M. RudwickISBN 019502561X (0-19-502561-X)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenonby Daniel C. DennettISBN 0143038338 (0-14-303833-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Aheadby David CallahanISBN 0156030055 (0-15-603005-5)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Common Sense: Library Editionby Thomas PaineISBN 0143036254 (0-14-303625-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Common Sense: Library Edition'Book summary:[via]Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselvesand each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched livesand destroyed them.
Now, Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are. Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers, and each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-drive design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped the world.
Published anonymously in 1776, six months before the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Paines Common Sense was a radical and impassioned call for America to free itself from British rule and set up an independent republican government. Savagely attacking hereditary kingship and aristocratic institutions, Paine urged a new beginning for his adopted country in which personal freedom and social equality would be upheld and economic and cultural progress encouraged. His pamphlet was the first to speak directly to a mass audienceit went through fifty-six editions within a year of publicationand its assertive and often caustic style both embodied the democratic spirit he advocated, and converted thousands of citizens to the cause of American independence.
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Consumer Choice: The Economics of Personal Livingby Andrew J. Allentuck, Gordon E. BivensISBN 0155134566 (0-15-513456-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Contestable Markets and the Theory of Industry Structureby William J. BaumolISBN 015513910X (0-15-513910-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt College Pub
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Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jessie Coulson, Richard Arthur PeaceISBN 0192833839 (0-19-283383-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crime and Punishment'Book summary:A man must endure relentless physical and mental punishments as retribution for his act of murder. [via]
Crisis, the Loss of Europeby Charles A. CeramiISBN 0151230978 (0-15-123097-8)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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The Culture of Citiesby Lewis MumfordISBN 0156233010 (0-15-623301-0)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Culture of Cities'Book summary:This offers the first broad treatment of the city in both its historic and its contemporary aspects. For distinction, entertainment, information, scholarship, and general human interest [this] is one of the most distinguished books (Forum). Index; photographs.[via]More editions of The Culture of Cities:
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Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialismby Cornel WestISBN 0143035835 (0-14-303583-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Discourse on Political Economy and the Social Contract: And, the Social Contractby Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Christopher BettsISBN 0192835971 (0-19-283597-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Discourse on Political Economy and the Social Contract: And, the Social Contract'Book summary:Revolutionary in its own time and controversial to this day, this work is a permanent classic of political theory and a key source of democratic belief. Rousseau's concepts of "the general will" as a mode of self-interest uniting for a common good, and the submission of the individual to government by contract inform the heart of democracy, and stand as its most contentious components today. Also included in this edition is Rousseau's Discourse on Political Economy", a key transitional work between his Discourse on Inequality and The Social Contract. This new translation offers fresh insight into a cornerstone of political thought, which is further illuminated by a comprehensive introduction and notes. [via]
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Down and Out in Paris and Londonby George OrwellISBN 015626224X (0-15-626224-X)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Down and Out in Paris and London'Book summary:What was a nice Eton boy like Eric Blair doing in scummy slums instead of being upwardly mobile at Oxford or Cambridge? Living Down and Out in Paris and London, repudiating respectable imperialist society, and reinventing himself as George Orwell. His 1933 debut book (ostensibly a novel, but overwhelmingly autobiographical) was rejected by that elitist publisher T.S. Eliot, perhaps because its close-up portrait of lowlife was too pungent for comfort.
In Paris, Orwell lived in verminous rooms and washed dishes at the overpriced "Hotel X," in a remarkably filthy, 110-degree kitchen. He met "eccentric people--people who have fallen into solitary, half-mad grooves of life and given up trying to be normal or decent." Though Orwell's tone is that of an outraged reformer, it's surprising how entertaining many of his adventures are: gnawing poverty only enlivens the imagination, and the wild characters he met often swindled each other and themselves. The wackiest tale involves a miser who ate cats, wore newspapers for underwear, invested 6,000 francs in cocaine, and hid it in a face-powder tin when the cops raided. They had to free him, because the apparently controlled substance turned out to be face powder instead of cocaine.
In London, Orwell studied begging with a crippled expert named Bozo, a great storyteller and philosopher. Orwell devotes a chapter to the fine points of London guttersnipe slang. Years later, he would put his lexical bent to work by inventing Newspeak, and draw on his down-and-out experience to evoke the plight of the Proles in 1984. Though marred by hints of unexamined anti-Semitism, Orwell's debut remains, as The Nation put it, "the most lucid portrait of poverty in the English language." --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Economic and Social Growth of Early Greece, 800-500 B.C.by Chester G. StarrISBN 0195022238 (0-19-502223-8)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Economic Transformation of America Since 1865by Robert L. Heilbroner, Aaron SingerISBN 0155012428 (0-15-501242-8)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub
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Economics Principles & Policyby William J. Baumol, Alan S. BlinderISBN 0155188054 (0-15-518805-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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The Economy of England 1450-1750by D.C. ColemanISBN 0192890700 (0-19-289070-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Engels: A Very Short Introductionby Terrell CarverISBN 0192804669 (0-19-280466-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Engels: A Very Short Introduction'Book summary:It is by no means absurd to say that Engels invented Marxism. His work did more than Marx's to attract and make converts to the most influential political movement of modern times. He was not only the father of dialectical and historical materialism--the official philosophies of history and science in many communist countries--but was also the first Marxist historian, anthropologist, philosopher, and commentator on early Marx.
In his later years Engels developed his materialist interpretation of history, his chief intellectual legacy, which has had revolutionary effects on the arts and social sciences. Terrell Carver traces its source and its effect on the development of Marxist theory and practice, assesses its utility, and discusses the difficulties which Marxists have encountered in defending it.
About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam. [via]More editions of Engels: A Very Short Introduction:
The Entrepreneurial Adventure: A History of Business in the United Statesby Larry SchweikartISBN 0155084550 (0-15-508455-0)
Softcover, Wadsworth Pub Co
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The Essays or Counsels Civil and Moralby Francis Bacon, Brian VickersISBN 0192838024 (0-19-283802-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Evolution of Economic Thoughtby Jacob Oser, William C. BlanchfieldISBN 0155250027 (0-15-525002-7)
Hardcover, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich
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Fiscal Administration: Analysis and Applications for the Public Sectorby John L. MikesellISBN 015505855X (0-15-505855-X)
Hardcover, Thomson Wadsworth
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Free Culture: The Nature And Future Of Creativityby Lawrence LessigISBN 0143034650 (0-14-303465-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Free Culture: The Nature And Future Of Creativity'Book summary:[via]Lawrence Lessig, the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era (The New Yorker), masterfully argues that never before in human history has the power to control creative progress been so concentrated in the hands of the powerful few, the so-called Big Media. Never before have the cultural powers- that-be been able to exert such control over what we can and cant do with the culture around us. Our society defends free markets and free speech; why then does it permit such top-down control? To lose our long tradition of free culture, Lawrence Lessig shows us, is to lose our freedom to create, our freedom to build, and, ultimately, our freedom to imagine.
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Germinal: Library Editionby Emile Zola, Peter Collier, Robert LethbridgeISBN 0192837028 (0-19-283702-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Germinal: Library Edition'Book summary:Zola's masterpiece of working life, Germinal (1885), exposes the inhuman conditions of miners in northern France in the 1860s. By Zola's death in 1902 it had come to symbolize the call for freedom from oppression so forcefully that the crowd which gathered at his State funeral chanted "Germinal! Germinal!"
While it is a dramatic novel of working life and everyday relationships, Germinal is also a complex novel of ideas, given fresh vigor and power in this new translation. It is also the thirteenth book in the Rougon-Macquart cycle, which celebrates its centenary in October 1993 with a new film version of Germinal starring Gerard Depardieu. [via]More editions of Germinal: Library Edition:
Globalization: A Very Short Introductionby Manfred B. StegerISBN 019280359X (0-19-280359-X)
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The Grapes of Wrathby John Steinbeck, Robert J. DemottISBN 0143039431 (0-14-303943-1)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
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Hegel's Philosophy of Rightby Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelISBN 0195002768 (0-19-500276-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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High Technology Medicine: Benefits and Burdensby Bryan JennettISBN 0192615882 (0-19-261588-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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History of the American Economyby Ross M. RobertsonISBN 0155365010 (0-15-536501-0)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Ideology and Utopia: An Introduction to the Sociology of Knowledgeby Karl Mannheim, Louis Wirth, Edward ShilsISBN 0156439557 (0-15-643955-7)
Softcover, Harcourt
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International Economics: A Policy Approachby Mordechai E. KreininISBN 0155415344 (0-15-541534-4)
Hardcover, Cengage Learning
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Marx's Interpretation of Historyby Melvin Miller RaderISBN 0195024753 (0-19-502475-3)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Measuring and Improving Cost, Cost-Effectiveness, and Cost-Benefit for Substance Abuse Treatment Programs: A Manualby National Institute on Drug Abuse, Brian T. Yates, National Institutes of Health (U.S.)ISBN 0160501415 (0-16-050141-5)
Hardcover, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
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Medieval Technology and Social Changeby Lynn Townsend WhiteISBN 0195002660 (0-19-500266-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Mind At Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Workerby Mike RoseISBN 0143035576 (0-14-303557-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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As did the national bestseller Nickel and Dimed, Mike Roses revelatory book demolishes the long-held notion that people who work with their hands make up a less intelligent class. He shows us waitresses making lightning-fast calculations, carpenters handling complex spatial mathematics, and hairdressers, plumbers, and electricians with their aesthetic and diagnostic acumen. Rose, an educator who is himself the son of a waitress, explores the intellectual repertory of everyday workers and the terrible social cost of undervaluing the work they do. Deftly combining research, interviews, and personal history, this is one of those rare books that has the capacity both to shape public policy and to illuminate general readers.
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Money and the Economyby John J KleinISBN 0155640046 (0-15-564004-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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The New Class: An Analysis of the Communist Systemby Milovan DjilasISBN 015665489X (0-15-665489-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboardby Joseph Conrad, Keith CarabineISBN 0192816241 (0-19-281624-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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On Pleasure of Hatingby William HazlittISBN 0143036319 (0-14-303631-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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On Warby Karl Von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Beatrice Heuser, Peter ParetISBN 0192807161 (0-19-280716-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On War'Book summary:On War is one of the most important books ever written on the subject of war. Clausewitz, a Prussian officer who fought against the French during the Napoleonic Wars, sought to understand and analyze the phenomenon of war so that future leaders could conduct and win conflicts more effectively. He studied the human and social factors that affect outcomes, as well as the tactical and technological ones. He understood that war was a weapon of government, and that political purpose, chance, and enmity combine to shape its dynamics. On War continues to be read by military strategists, politicians, and others for its timeless insights.
This abridged edition by Beatrice Heuser, using the acclaimed translation by Michael Howard and Peter Paret, selects the central books in which Clausewitz's views on the nature and theory of war are developed. Heuser's introduction explains the originality of Clausewitz's ideas, his education and background, and summarizes his key theories, while explanatory notes provide further information on the historical examples Clausewitz cites. [via]More editions of On War:
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Our Mutual Friendby Charles Dickens, Michael CotsellISBN 0192835238 (0-19-283523-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Our Mutual Friend'Book summary:Our Mutual Friend was the last novel Charles Dickens completed and is, arguably, his darkest and most complex. The basic plot is vintage Dickens: an inheritance up for grabs, a murder, a rocky romance or two, plenty of skullduggery, and a host of unforgettable secondary characters. But in this final outing the author's heroes are more flawed, his villains more sympathetic, and the story as a whole more harrowing and less sentimental. The mood is set in the opening scene in which a riverman, Gaffer Hexam, and his daughter Lizzie troll the Thames searching for drowned men whose pockets Gaffer will rifle before turning the body over to the authorities. On this particular night Gaffer finds a corpse that is later identified as that of John Harmon, who was returning from abroad to claim a large fortune when he was apparently murdered and thrown into the river.
Harmon's death is the catalyst for everything else that happens in the novel. It seems the fortune was left to the young man on the condition that he marry a girl he'd never met, Bella Wilfer. His death, however, brings a new heir onto the scene, Nicodemus Boffin, the kind-hearted but low-born assistant to Harmon's father. Boffin and his wife adopt young Bella, who is determined to marry money, and also hire a mysterious young secretary, John Rokesmith, who takes an uncommon interest in their ward. Not content with just one plot, Dickens throws in a secondary love story featuring the riverman's daughter, Lizzie Hexam; a dissolute young upper-class lawyer, Eugene Wrayburn; and his rival, the headmaster Bradley Headstone. Dark as the novel is, Dickens is careful to leaven it with secondary characters who are as funny as they are menacing--blackmailing Silas Wegg and his accomplice Mr. Venus, the avaricious Lammles, and self-centered Charlie Hexam. Our Mutual Friend is one of Dickens's most satisfying novels, and a fitting denouement to his prolific career. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Our Mutual Friendby Marcus Stone, E. Salter Davies, Charles DickensISBN 0192545108 (0-19-254510-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Our Mutual Friend'Book summary:Our Mutual Friend was the last novel Charles Dickens completed and is, arguably, his darkest and most complex. The basic plot is vintage Dickens: an inheritance up for grabs, a murder, a rocky romance or two, plenty of skullduggery, and a host of unforgettable secondary characters. But in this final outing the author's heroes are more flawed, his villains more sympathetic, and the story as a whole more harrowing and less sentimental. The mood is set in the opening scene in which a riverman, Gaffer Hexam, and his daughter Lizzie troll the Thames searching for drowned men whose pockets Gaffer will rifle before turning the body over to the authorities. On this particular night Gaffer finds a corpse that is later identified as that of John Harmon, who was returning from abroad to claim a large fortune when he was apparently murdered and thrown into the river.
Harmon's death is the catalyst for everything else that happens in the novel. It seems the fortune was left to the young man on the condition that he marry a girl he'd never met, Bella Wilfer. His death, however, brings a new heir onto the scene, Nicodemus Boffin, the kind-hearted but low-born assistant to Harmon's father. Boffin and his wife adopt young Bella, who is determined to marry money, and also hire a mysterious young secretary, John Rokesmith, who takes an uncommon interest in their ward. Not content with just one plot, Dickens throws in a secondary love story featuring the riverman's daughter, Lizzie Hexam; a dissolute young upper-class lawyer, Eugene Wrayburn; and his rival, the headmaster Bradley Headstone. Dark as the novel is, Dickens is careful to leaven it with secondary characters who are as funny as they are menacing--blackmailing Silas Wegg and his accomplice Mr. Venus, the avaricious Lammles, and self-centered Charlie Hexam. Our Mutual Friend is one of Dickens's most satisfying novels, and a fitting denouement to his prolific career. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Pentagon of Power: The Myth of Machineby Lewis MumfordISBN 0156716100 (0-15-671610-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pentagon of Power: The Myth of Machine'Book summary:In this concluding volume of The Myth of the Machine, Mumford brings to a head his radical revisions of the stale popular conceptions of human and technological progress. Far from being an attack on science and technics, The Pentagon of Power seeks to establish a more organic social order based on technological resources. Index; photographs.[via]More editions of The Pentagon of Power: The Myth of Machine:
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Politicsby Aristotle, Ernest Barker, R. F. StalleyISBN 0192833936 (0-19-283393-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Politics'Book summary:The Politics is one of the most influential texts in the history of political thought, and it raises issues which still confront anyone who wants to think seriously about the ways in which human societies are organized and governed. By examining the way societies are run--from households to city states--Aristotle establishes how successful constitutions can best be initiated and upheld.
For this edition, Sir Ernest Barker's fine translation, which has been widely used for nearly half a century, has been extensively revised to meet the needs of the modern reader. The accessible introduction and clear notes examine the historical and philosophical background of the work and discuss its significance for modern political thought. [via] -
Politics of Aristotleby Aristotle, Carnes LordISBN 0195003063 (0-19-500306-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Politics of Aristotle'Book summary:Aristotle's Politics is a key document in Western political thought. In these first two books Aristotle shows his complete mastery of political theory and practice, and raises many crucial issues still with us today. In Book I he argues vigorously for a political theory based on 'nature'. By nature, man is a 'political animal', one naturally fitted for life in a polis or state. Some people, however, are natural slaves; and women are by nature subordinate to men. Acquisition and exchange are natural, but not trading for profit. In Book II he launches a sharp attack on Plato's two 'utopias', the Republic and the Laws, and also criticizes three historical states reputed to be well governed: Sparta, Crete, and Carthage. This volume contains a close translation of these two books, together with a philosophical commentary. It is well suited to the requirements of readers who do not know Greek. [via]
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Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945by Tony JudtISBN 0143037757 (0-14-303775-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945'Book summary:World War II may have ended in 1945, but according to historian Tony Judt, the conflict's epilogue lasted for nearly the rest of the century. Calling 1945-1989 "an interim age," Judt examines what happened on each side of the Iron Curtain, with the West nervously inching forward while the East endured the "peace of the prison yard" until the fall of Communism in 1989 signaled their chance to progress. Though he proposes no grand, overarching theory of the postwar period, Judt's massive work covers the broad strokes as well as the fine details of the years 1945 to 2005. No one book (even at nearly a thousand pages) could fully encompass this complex period, but Postwar comes close, and is impressive for its scope, synthesis, clarity, and narrative cohesion.
Judt treats the entire continent as a whole, providing equal coverage of social changes, economic forces, and cultural shifts in western and eastern Europe. He offers a county-by-county analysis of how each Eastern nation shed Communism and traces the rise of the European Union, looking at what it represents both economically and ideologically. Along with the dealings between European nations, he also covers Europe's conflicted relationship with the United States, which learned much different lessons from World War II than did Europe. In particular, he studies the success of the Marshall Plan and the way the West both appreciated and resented the help, for acceptance of it reminded them of their diminished place in the world. No impartial observer, Judt offers his judgments and opinions throughout the book in an attempt to instruct as well as inform. If a moral lesson is to come from World War II, Judt writes, "then it will have to be taught afresh with each passing generation. 'European Union' may be an answer to history, but it can never be a substitute." This book would be an excellent place to start that lesson. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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The Power Eliteby Charles Wright MillsISBN 0195006801 (0-19-500680-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Power Elite'Book summary:First published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C. Wright Mills examines and critiques the organization of power in the United States, calling attention to three firmly interlocked prongs of power: the military, corporate, and political elite. The Power Elite can be read as a good account of what was taking place in America at the time it was written, but its underlying question of whether America is as democratic in practice as it is in theory continues to matter very much today.
What The Power Elite informed readers of in 1956 was how much the organization of power in America had changed during their lifetimes, and Alan Wolfe's astute afterword to this new edition brings us up to date, illustrating how much more has changed since then. Wolfe sorts out what is helpful in Mills' book and which of his predictions have not come to bear, laying out the radical changes in American capitalism, from intense global competition and the collapse of communism to rapid technological transformations and ever changing consumer tastes. The Power Elite has stimulated generations of readers to think about the kind of society they have and the kind of society they might want, and deserves to be read by every new generation. [via]More editions of The Power Elite:
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Pride & Prejudiceby UnkISBN 0194227103 (0-19-422710-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pride & Prejudice'Book summary:"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen, Vivien JonesISBN 0143036238 (0-14-303623-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pride And Prejudice'Book summary:"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Princeby Niccolo Machiavelli, George Anthony BullISBN 0143036335 (0-14-303633-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prince'Book summary:When Machiavelli's brief treatise on Renaissance statecraft and princely power was posthumously published in 1532, it generated a debate that has raged unabated until the present day. Based upon Machiavelli's first-hand experience as an emissary of the Florentine Republic to the courts of Europe, The Prince analyses the usually violent means by which men seize, retain, and lose political power. Machiavelli added a dimension of incisive realism to one of the major philosophical and political issues of his time, especially the relationship between public deeds and private morality. His book provides a remarkably uncompromising picture of the true nature of power, no matter in what era or by whom it is exercised.
This fluent new translation is accompanied by an introduction that considers the true purpose of The Prince and dispels some of the myths associated with it. It has the most comprehensive explanatory and critical notes found in any currently available English translation and the most comprehensive bibliography in any edition of the work. It also contains a helpful Glossary of Proper Names, an Index and a map. [via]More editions of The Prince:
The Prophet Armed--Trotsky, 1879-1921by Isaac DeutscherISBN 0192810642 (0-19-281064-2)
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Rational Choice in an Uncertain Worldby Robyn M. Dawes, Jerome KaganISBN 0155752154 (0-15-575215-4)
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Reflections on the Revolution in Franceby Edmund Burke, L. G. MitchellISBN 0192839780 (0-19-283978-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reflections on the Revolution in France'Book summary:This new and up-to-date edition of a book that has been central to political philosophy, history, and revolutionary thought for two hundred years offers readers a dire warning of the consequences that follow the mismanagement of change. Written for a generation presented with challenges of terrible proportions--the Industrial, American, and French Revolutions, to name the most obvious--Burke's Reflections of the Revolution in France displays an acute awareness of how high political stakes can be, as well as a keen ability to set contemporary problems within a wider context of political theory. [via]
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Revolutionby Martin AndersonISBN 0151770875 (0-15-177087-5)
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The Robber Baronsby Matthew JosephsonISBN 0156767902 (0-15-676790-2)
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Ruling the Waves: Cycles of Discovery, Chaos, and Wealth from the Compass to the Internetby Debora L. SparISBN 0151005095 (0-15-100509-5)
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The Sale of Works of Art: A Study Based on the Times-Sotheby Indexby Geraldine KeenISBN 0171410068 (0-17-141006-8)
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Selected Essays and Dialoguesby Plutarch, Donald RussellISBN 0192830945 (0-19-283094-5)
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Shirleyby Charlotte BronteISBN 0192815628 (0-19-281562-8)
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symbolizes the plight of single women in the nineteenth century. The other is the vivacious Shirley Keeldar, who inherits a local estate and whose wealth liberates her from convention. [via]More editions of Shirley:
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Shirleyby Margaret Smith, Charlotte Bronte, Herbert RosengartenISBN 0192833782 (0-19-283378-2)
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The Social Contractby Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice CranstonISBN 0143037498 (0-14-303749-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Social Contract'Book summary:[via]The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped our world.
Rousseau's explosive cry for human liberty helped to spark the French Revolution and has haunted our discussions of how we should rule one another ever sinceseen as both a blueprint for political terror and as a fundamental statement of democracy.
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Technics and Civilizationby Lewis MumfordISBN 015688254X (0-15-688254-X)
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Techniques and Human Development: The Myth of the Machinesby Lewis MumfordISBN 0156623412 (0-15-662341-2)
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Ten Great Economists from Marx to Keynesby J.A. SchumpeterISBN 0195007190 (0-19-500719-0)
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Three Early Modern Utopiasby Thomas More, Henry Neville, Susan BruceISBN 0192838857 (0-19-283885-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Three Early Modern Utopias'Book summary:With the publication of Utopia (1516), Thomas More provided a scathing analysis of the shortcomings of his own society, a realistic suggestion for an alternative mode of social organization, and a satire on unrealistic idealism. Enormously influential, it remains a challenging as well as a playful text. This edition reprints Ralph Robinson's 1556 translation from More's original Latin together with letters and illustrations that accompanied early editions of Utopia.
This edition also includes two other, hitherto less accessible, utopian narratives. New Atlantis (1627) offers a fictional illustration of Francis Bacon's visionary ideal of the role that science should play in the modern society. Henry Neville's The Isle of Pines (1668), a precursor of Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, engages with some of the sexual, racial, and colonialist anxieties of the end of the early modern period. Bringing together these three New World texts, and situating them in a wider Renaissance context, this edition--which includes letters, maps, and alphabets that accompanied early editions--illustrates the diversity of the early modern utopian imagination, as well as the different purposes to which it could be put. [via]More editions of Three Early Modern Utopias:
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Three Great Economists: Smith, Malthus, Keynesby Donald Winch, Robert Skidelsky, D. D. RaphaelISBN 0192876945 (0-19-287694-5)
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Providing unmatched background information for readers and students of economics, philosophy, sociology, and politics, Great Economists is the only volume to bring together texts on the three most important economists of all time. It also includes the only short introduction to Keynes's life and work available. A Foreword by Sir Keith Thomas and a comprehensive Index and Notes section further illuminate the theories of these three leading figures in economic thought. [via]More editions of Three Great Economists: Smith, Malthus, Keynes:
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The Tortilla Factoryby Gary Paulsen, Ruth Wright PaulsenISBN 0152016988 (0-15-201698-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tortilla Factory'Book summary:In clear and eloquent language, Gary Paulsen pays tribute to a cycle of life--from seed to plant to tortilla. Workers till the black soil, operate the clanking machinery of the factory, and drive the trucks that deliver the tortillas back into the hands that will plant the yellow seeds. With Ruth Wright Paulsens expressive paintings, The Tortilla Factory brings forth the poetry and beauty of a simple way of life. This title is beautiful to look at, and will also fit nicely into units on food, regional culture, art, and many other topics. --School Library Journal[via]More editions of The Tortilla Factory:
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Ujamaa: Essays on Socialismby Julius Kambarage NyerereISBN 019501474X (0-19-501474-X)
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Up from Slavery: An Autobiographyby Booker T. Washington, William L. AndrewsISBN 0192823485 (0-19-282348-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Up from Slavery: An Autobiography'Book summary:Nineteenth-century African American businessman, activist, and educator Booker Taliaferro Washington's Up from Slavery is one of the greatest American autobiographies ever written. Its mantras of black economic empowerment, land ownership, and self-help inspired generations of black leaders, including Marcus Garvey, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Louis Farrakhan. In rags-to-riches fashion, Washington recounts his ascendance from early life as a mulatto slave in Virginia to a 34-year term as president of the influential, agriculturally based Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. From that position, Washington reigned as the most important leader of his people, with slogans like "cast down your buckets," which emphasized vocational merit rather than the academic and political excellence championed by his contemporary rival W.E.B. Du Bois. Though many considered him too accommodating to segregationists, Washington, as he said in his historic "Atlanta Compromise" speech of 1895, believed that "political agitation alone would not save [the Negro]," and that "property, industry, skill, intelligence, and character" would prove necessary to black Americans' success. The potency of his philosophies are alive today in the nationalist and conservative camps that compose the complex quilt of black American society. [via]
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Up from Slavery: An Autobiographyby William L. Andrews, Booker T. WashingtonISBN 0192835629 (0-19-283562-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Up from Slavery: An Autobiography'Book summary:Nineteenth-century African American businessman, activist, and educator Booker Taliaferro Washington's Up from Slavery is one of the greatest American autobiographies ever written. Its mantras of black economic empowerment, land ownership, and self-help inspired generations of black leaders, including Marcus Garvey, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Louis Farrakhan. In rags-to-riches fashion, Washington recounts his ascendance from early life as a mulatto slave in Virginia to a 34-year term as president of the influential, agriculturally based Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. From that position, Washington reigned as the most important leader of his people, with slogans like "cast down your buckets," which emphasized vocational merit rather than the academic and political excellence championed by his contemporary rival W.E.B. Du Bois. Though many considered him too accommodating to segregationists, Washington, as he said in his historic "Atlanta Compromise" speech of 1895, believed that "political agitation alone would not save [the Negro]," and that "property, industry, skill, intelligence, and character" would prove necessary to black Americans' success. The potency of his philosophies are alive today in the nationalist and conservative camps that compose the complex quilt of black American society. [via]
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Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress, 1903-2003by Douglas G. BrinkleyISBN 0142004391 (0-14-200439-1)
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Why Read Marx Today?by Jonathan WolffISBN 0192805053 (0-19-280505-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why Read Marx Today?'Book summary:The fall of the Berlin Wall had enormous symbolic resonance, marking the collapse of Marxist politics and economics. Indeed, Marxist regimes have failed miserably, and with them, it seems, all reason to take the writings of Karl Marx seriously.
Jonathan Wolff argues that if we detach Marx the critic of current society from Marx the prophet of some never-to-be-realized worker's paradise, he remains the most impressive critic we have of liberal, capitalist, bourgeois society. The author shows how Marx's main ideas still shed light on wider concerns about culture and society and he guides the reader through Marx's notoriously difficult writings. Wolff also argues that the value of a great thinker does not depend on his or her views being true, but on other features such as originality, insight, and systematic vision. From this perspective, Marx still richly deserves to be read.
Why Read Marx Today? reinstates Marx as an important critic of current society, and not just a figure of historical interest. [via]More editions of Why Read Marx Today?:
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