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American Adam: Innocence, Tragedy and Tradition in the Nineteenth Centuryby Richard Warrington Baldwin LewisISBN 0226476812 (0-226-47681-2)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Adam: Innocence, Tragedy and Tradition in the Nineteenth Century'Book summary:Intellectual history is viewed in this book as a series of "great conversations"dramatic dialogues in which a culture's spokesmen wrestle with the leading questions of their times. In nineteenth-century America the great argument centered about De Crèvecoeur's "new man," the American, an innocent Adam in a bright new world dissociating himself from the historic past. Mr. Lewis reveals this vital preoccupation as a pervasive, transforming ingredient of the American mind, illuminating history and theology as well as art, shaping the consciousness of lesser thinkers as fully as it shaped the giants of the age. He traces the Adamic theme in the writings of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Henry James, and others, and in an Epilogue he exposes their continuing spirit in the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, J. D. Salinger, and Saul Bellow.[via]More editions of American Adam: Innocence, Tragedy and Tradition in the Nineteenth Century:
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Anger: The Seven Deadly Sinsby Robert A.F. ThurmanISBN 0195312082 (0-19-531208-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anger: The Seven Deadly Sins'Book summary:Heated words, cool malice, deadly feuds, the furious rush of adrenaline-anger is clearly the most destructive of the seven deadly sins. It can ruin families, wreck one's health, destroy peace of mind and, at its worst, lead to murder, genocide, and war.
In Anger, Robert A. F. Thurman, best-selling author and one of America's leading authorities on Buddhism and Eastern philosophy, offers an illuminating look at this deadliest of sins. In the West, Thurman points out, anger is seen as an inevitable part of life, an evil to be borne, not overcome. There is the tradition of the wrathful God, of Jesus driving the money-changers from the temple. If God can be angry, how can men rid themselves of this destructive emotion? Thurman shows that Eastern philosophy sees anger differently. Certainly, it is a dreadful evil, one of the "three poisons" that underlie all human suffering. But Buddhism teaches that anger can be overcome. Indeed, the defeat of anger is not only possible, but also the only thing worth doing in a lifetime. Thurman shows how to recognize the destructiveness of anger and understand its workings, and how we can go from being a slave to anger to becoming "a knight of patience." We discover finally that when this deadliest emotion is transmuted by wisdom, it can become the most powerful force in freeing us from human suffering.
Drawing on the time-tested wisdom of Buddhism, Robert A. F. Thurman ranges from the individual struggle with anger to global crises spurred by dogmatic ideologies, religious fanaticism, and racial prejudice. He offers a path of calm understanding in a time of terrorism and war. [via]More editions of Anger: The Seven Deadly Sins:
Anthropology Art and Aestheticsby Jeremy Coote, Anthony SheltonISBN 0198279450 (0-19-827945-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Aristotle Poeticsby AristotleISBN 0198141750 (0-19-814175-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle Poetics'Book summary:The original, Aristotle's short study of storytelling, written in the fourth century B.C., is the world's first critical book about the laws of literature. Sure, it's 2400 years old, but Aristotle's discussions--Unity of Plot, Reversal of the Situation, Character--though written in the context of ancient Greek Tragedy, Comedy and Epic Poetry, still apply to our modern literary forms. The book is quite short, and Aristotle illuminates his points with clear examples, making the Poetics perfectly readable, the better to impress people at parties when you say, "Of course, as Aristotle says..." [via]
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Aristotle: Poeticsby D.W. LucasISBN 019814024X (0-19-814024-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Aristotle's on the Art of Poetryby AristotleISBN 0198141106 (0-19-814110-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle's on the Art of Poetry'Book summary:This book, "Aristotle, On the art of poetry (1920)", by Aristotle, Bywater, Ingram, 1840-1914, Murray Gilbert, is a replication of a book originally published before 1920. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. This book was created using print-on-demand technology. Thank you for supporting classic literature. [via]
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Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmatesby Erving Goffman, William B. HelmreichISBN 0202309711 (0-202-30971-1)
Hardcover, Aldine De Gruyter
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates'Book summary:A total institution is defined by Goffman as a place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated, individuals, cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time, together lead an enclosed, formally administered round of life. Prisons serve as a clear example, providing we appreciate that what is prison-like about prisons is found in institutions whose members have broken no laws. This volume deals with total institutions in general and, mental hospitals, in particular. The main focus is, on the world of the inmate, not the world of the staff. A chief concern is to develop a sociological version of the structure of the self.
Each of the essays in this book were intended to focus on the same issue--the inmate's situation in an institutional context. Each chapter approaches the central issue from a different vantage point, each introduction drawing upon a different source in sociology and having little direct relation to the other chapters.
This method of presenting material may be irksome, but it allows the reader to pursue the main theme of each paper analytically and comparatively past the point that would be allowable in chapters of an integrated book. If sociological concepts are to be treated with affection, each must be traced back to where it best applies, followed from there wherever it seems to lead, and pressed to disclose the rest of its family.
Erving Goffman was Benjamin Franklin Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania until his death in 1982. He is recognized as one of the world's foremost social theorists and much of his work still remains in print. Among his classic books are The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life; Interaction Ritual; Stigma; Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity; and Frame Analysis.
William B. Helmreich is a professor of sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and City College. He has written Against All Odds, The Enduring Community, Saving Children, and The Things They Say Behind Your Back all available from Transaction.
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Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: The Art of Truthby Bill RoorbachISBN 0195135563 (0-19-513556-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United Statesby Kenneth T. JacksonISBN 0195132874 (0-19-513287-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Crystal Bucket: Television Criticism from the Observer, 1976-79by Clive JamesISBN 0224018906 (0-224-01890-6)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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A. D. Hopeby Leonie Judith Gibson KramerISBN 0195505115 (0-19-550511-5)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Darwin Among the Machines: The Evolution of Global Intelligenceby George DysonISBN 0201406497 (0-201-40649-7)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darwin Among the Machines: The Evolution of Global Intelligence'Book summary:Here's a mesmerizing account of the evolution of machines and thoughts about machines, woven into a story about the evolution of intelligence. Darwin Among the Machines is not so much about how today's intelligence came to be, but about how it may further develop as humanity and computer grow closer together. George Dyson tells the story largely through stories--both historical and legendary--from the lives of scientists and philosophers who paved the way for today's cybernetics revolution, starting with the 17th-century insights of Thomas Hobbes. This book challenges the assumption that nature and machine are opposing forces. Dyson believes them to be allies. [via]
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De Arte Poetica Liberby Aristotle, Rudolf V. KasselISBN 0198145640 (0-19-814564-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Elements of Styleby William Strunk, E. B. WhiteISBN 020530902X (0-205-30902-X)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elements of Style'Book summary:You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style , the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. A new Foreword by Roger Angell reminds readers that the advice of Strunk & White is as valuable today as when it was first offered.This book's unique tone, wit and charm have conveyed the principles of English style to millions of readers. Use the fourth edition of "the little book" to make a big impact with writing. [via]
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The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physicsby Roger PenroseISBN 0198519737 (0-19-851973-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics'Book summary:Some love it, some hate it, but The Emperor's New Mind, physicist Roger Penrose's 1989 treatise attacking the foundations of strong artificial intelligence, is crucial for anyone interested in the history of thinking about AI and consciousness. Part survey of modern physics, part exploration of the philosophy of mind, the book is not for casual readers--though it's not overly technical, it rarely pauses to let the reader catch a breath. The overview of relativity and quantum theory, written by a master, is priceless and uncontroversial. The exploration of consciousness and AI, though, is generally considered as resting on shakier ground.
Penrose claims that there is an intimate, perhaps unknowable relation between quantum effects and our thinking, and ultimately derives his anti-AI stance from his proposition that some, if not all, of our thinking is non-algorithmic. Of course, these days we believe that there are other avenues to AI than traditional algorithmic programming; while he has been accused of setting up straw robots to knock down, this accusation is unfair. Little was then known about the power of neural networks and behavior-based robotics to simulate (and, some would say, produce) intelligent problem-solving behavior. Whether these tools will lead to strong AI is ultimately a question of belief, not proof, and The Emperor's New Mind offers powerful arguments useful to believer and nonbeliever alike. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Envy: The Seven Deadly Sinsby Joseph EpsteinISBN 019531204X (0-19-531204-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Forests: The Shadow of Civilizationby Robert Pogue HarrisonISBN 0226318079 (0-226-31807-9)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Forge and the Crucible : The Origins and Structure of Alchemyby Mircea Eliade, Stephen CorrinISBN 0226203905 (0-226-20390-5)
Softcover, University of Chicago Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Forge and the Crucible : The Origins and Structure of Alchemy'Book summary:Primitive man's discovery of the ability to change matter from one state to another brought about a profound change in spiritual behavior. In The Forge and the Crucible, Mircea Eliade follows the ritualistic adventures of these ancient societies, adventures rooted in the people's awareness of an awesome new power.[via]
The new edition of The Forge and the Crucible contains an updated appendix, in which Eliade lists works on Chinese alchemy published in the past few years. He also discusses the importance of alchemy in Newton's scientific evolution.More editions of The Forge and the Crucible : The Origins and Structure of Alchemy:
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The Fourth Genre : Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Non-Fictionby Robert L. Root, Michael SteinbergISBN 0205426050 (0-205-42605-0)
Softcover, Pearson Education Canada
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fourth Genre : Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Non-Fiction'Book summary:This best-selling anthology is a comprehensive and indispensable introduction and guide to the way creative nonfiction is written today. An anthology in Part I introduces readers to works by exemplary contemporary writers in the genre of creative nonfictionAnnie Dillard, Patricia Hampl, among others. Part II presents articles discussing the forms and issues surrounding the fourth genre, including pieces by writers whose work appears in Part I. Part III pairs essays and memoirs with articles by their authors explaining their composing processes when they wrote the essay. Ideal for individuals interested in learning to write contemporary creative nonfiction. [via]
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The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers Of/on Creative Nonfictionby Michael Steinberg, Robert L. Root, Robert RootISBN 0205275958 (0-205-27595-8)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers Of/on Creative Nonfiction'Book summary:The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction, 2/e is a comprehensive and indispensable introduction and guide to the way creative nonfiction is written today. The selections represent a wide range of contemporary creative nonfiction, including examples in essay, memoir, literary journalism, and cultural criticism. These readings establish a thorough grounding in the nature of the genre and provide excellent models for writing. The articles about nonfiction forms, issues, and writing strategies in Part II, mostly written by authors whose work appears in Part I, give readers an inside view of the writers' creative processes. Part III consists of essays and memoirs paired with articles by their authors discussing the essays' creation and the writers' methods and strategies. Introductions to each part provide an overview of that section, preparing readers for the selections to come. Two alternative tables of contents organize the readings by subgenres and approaches, connecting the three distinctive sections of the book. For anyone interested in writing creative non-fiction. [via]
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Jeffery DeaverISBN 0195149017 (0-19-514901-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:Frankenstein ranks among the most enduring horror tales ever imagined. The groaning Monster, bolts erupting from his neck and stitches fastening his square brow, is famous worldwide. But the creature born in Mary Shelley's mind nearly two hundred years ago was far more complex: murderous and raging, but also articulate, lonely, and gravely misunderstood by the world into which he was thrust.
The story of Victor Frankenstein emerges in a series of letters penned by Walton, an English explorer icebound in the Arctic. While studying natural philosophy in Geneva, Frankenstein discovers how to give life to inanimate matter, and from dead flesh constructs a living being. His Monster possesses superhuman speed and strength, and learns of human emotion by studying Goethe, Plutarch, and Milton's Paradise Lost. But as the creature's mind and thoughts develop, his loneliness and misery build, and he acts out in deadly violence. When the scientist refuses to create a companion for him, the Monster lets loose his full wrath. Berserk, he murders Frankenstein's wife, then flees to the North Pole. Frankenstein follows, desperate to destroy his rampaging creation. Once there he meets Walton and confesses the horror that is drawing him deep into the Arctic wasteland.
Jeffery Deaver pours a suspense master's insight into his introduction, exploring the author's drive to thrill and terrify, and digging at the actual birthplace of Frankenstein's monster: Mary Shelley's mind. The author of sixteen novels, Deaver has appeared on bestseller lists around the world. His novel The Bone Collector was produced as a feature film by Universal Pictures starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie, and his most recent novel, The Blue Nowhere, is being produced by Warner Brothers. [via]More editions of Frankenstein:
Gardner's Whys & Whereforesby Martin GardnerISBN 0226282457 (0-226-28245-7)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Gift of Death / Literature in Secretby Jacques Derrida, David WillsISBN 0226142779 (0-226-14277-9)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gift of Death / Literature in Secret'Book summary:In The Gift of Death, Jacques Derrida's most sustained consideration of religion to date, he continues to explore questions introduced in Given Time about the limits of the rational and responsible that one reaches in granting or accepting death, whether by sacrifice, murder, execution, or suicide. Derrida analyzes Patocka's Heretical Essays on the History of Philosophy and develops and compares his ideas to the works of Heidegger, Levinas, and Kierkegaard.[via]
A major work, The Gift of Death resonates with much of Derrida's earlier writing and will be of interest to scholars in anthropology, philosophy, and literary criticism, along with scholars of ethics and religion.
"The Gift of Death is Derrida's long-awaited deconstruction of the foundations of the project of a philosophical ethics, and it will long be regarded as one of the most significant of his many writings."--Choice
"An important contribution to the critical study of ethics that commends itself to philosophers, social scientists, scholars of relgion . . . [and those] made curious by the controversy that so often attends Derrida."--Booklist
"Derrida stares death in the face in this dense but rewarding inquiry. . . . Provocative."--Publishers WeeklyMore editions of The Gift of Death / Literature in Secret:
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Gluttony: The Seven Deadly Sinsby Francine ProseISBN 0195312058 (0-19-531205-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Greed: The Seven Deadly Sinsby Phyllis A. TickleISBN 0195312066 (0-19-531206-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Greed: The Seven Deadly Sins'Book summary:Grasping. Avarice. Covetousness. Miserliness. Insatiable cupidity. Overreaching ambition. Desire spun out of control. The deadly sin of Greed goes by many names, appears in many guises, and wreaks havoc on individuals and nations alike.
In this lively and generous book, Phyllis A. Tickle argues that Greed is "the Matriarch of the Deadly Clan," the ultimate source of Pride, Envy, Sloth, Gluttony, Lust, and Anger. She shows that the major faiths, from Hinduism and Taoism to Buddhism and Christianity regard Greed as the greatest calamity humans can indulge in, engendering further sins and eviscerating all virtues. As the Sikh holy book Adi Granth asks: "Where there is greed, what love can there be?" Tickle takes a long view of Greed, from St. Paul to the present, focusing particularly on changing imaginative representations of Greed in Western literature and art. Looking at such works as the Psychomachia, or "Soul Battle" of the fifth-century poet Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, the paintings of Peter Bruegel and Hieronymous Bosch, the 1987 film Wall Street, and the contemporary Italian artist Mario Donizetti, Tickle shows how our perceptions have evolved from the medieval understanding of Greed as a spiritual enemy to a nineteenth-century sociological construct to an early twentieth-century psychological deficiency, and finally to a new view, powerfully articulated in Donizetti's mystical paintings, of Greed as both tragic and beautiful.
Engaging, witty, brilliantly insightful, Greed explores the full range of this deadly sin's subtle, chameleon-like qualities, and the enormous destructive power it wields, evidenced all too clearly in the world today. [via]More editions of Greed: The Seven Deadly Sins:
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Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Moralsby Immanuel Kant, Arnulf Zweig, Thomas E. HillISBN 019875180X (0-19-875180-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals'Book summary:In this classic text, Kant sets out to articulate and defend the Categorical Imperative - the fundamental principle that underlies moral reasoning - and to lay the foundation for a comprehensive account of justice and human virtues. This new edition and translation of Kant's work is designed especially for students. An extensive and comprehensive introduction explains the central concepts of Groundwork and looks at Kant's main lines of argument. Detailed notes aim to clarify Kant's thoughts and to correct some common misunderstandings of his doctrines. [via]
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Hamletby William Shakespeare, Roma GillISBN 0198319606 (0-19-831960-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:Undoubtedly the most famous of all of Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet remains one of the most enduring but also enigmatic pieces of western literature. The story of Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, his tortured relationship with his mother, and his quest to avenge his father's murder at the hand of his brother Claudius has fascinated writers and audiences ever since it was written around 1600.
For many years interest focused on both Hamlet's inability to avenge his father's death, claiming that "the native hue of resolution / Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought", and, according to none other than Freud, his oedipal fixation with his mother. However, more recently critics have turned their attention to Hamlet's bold theatrical self-reflexivity (most famously reflected in the performance of "The Mousetrap"), its fascination with issues of theology and Renaissance humanism, and its dense, complex poetic language. What is so remarkable about the play is the way in which it tends to uncannily reflect the concerns of different epochs. As a result, Hamlet has been at different moments defined as a romantic rebel, an angst-ridden existentialist, a paralysed intellectual and an ambivalent New Man. Whatever subsequent generations make of Hamlet, they are unlikely to exhaust the possibilities of this most extraordinary play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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History and Utopiaby E.M. Cioran, Richard HowardISBN 0226106764 (0-226-10676-4)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History and Utopia'Book summary:In this book, Cioran writes of politics, of history, and of the utopian dream.[via]
"A small masterwork . . . a stringent examination of some persistent and murky notions in human history. . . . It is best to read Cioran while sitting. The impact upon the intellect can be temporarily stunning, and motor systems may give way under the assault."--Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Houston Chronicle
"Cioran has a claim to be regarded as among the handful of original minds . . . writing today."--New York Times
"A sort of final philosopher of the Western world. [Cioran's] statements have the compression of poetry and the audacity of cosmic clowning."--Washington Post
E. M. Cioran (1911-1995) was born and educated in Romania and lived in Paris from 1937 until his death. He is the author of numerous works, including On the Heights of Despair, also available from the University of Chicago Press.More editions of History and Utopia:
The House of Intellectby Jacques BarzunISBN 0226038556 (0-226-03855-6)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Idea of a University: Defined and Illustrated I. in Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin. Ii. in Occasional Lectures and Essayby Newman, John Henry, CardinalISBN 0198118961 (0-19-811896-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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In Patagoniaby Bruce ChatwinISBN 0224014196 (0-224-01419-6)
Hardcover, Cape
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Patagonia'Book summary:Fascinated by Patagonia since an early childhood lust for Grandma's scrap of hairy Giant Sloth skin, Chatwin's also intrigued by odd miners and the log cabin built by Butch Cassidy in Cholila. In 1977 the London Observer called it "a brilliant travel book," and while Chatwin's no longer alive (he died in 1989), his book still glows. From Rio Negro to the southernmost town of Ushuaia, Chatwin depicts all in writing as spare as the Patagonian desert itself, and as vibrant as the purple clouds off Last Hope Sound. [via]
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nationsby Adam SmithISBN 0198281846 (0-19-828184-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Louis Armstrong, in His Own Words: Selected Writingsby Louis Armstrong, Thomas BrothersISBN 019514046X (0-19-514046-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Lust: The Seven Deadly Sinsby Simon BlackburnISBN 0195312074 (0-19-531207-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lust: The Seven Deadly Sins'Book summary:Lust, says Simon Blackburn, is furtive, headlong, always sizing up opportunities. It is a trail of clothing in the hallway, the trashy cousin of love. But be that as it may, the aim of this delightful book is to rescue lust "from the denunciations of old men of the deserts, to deliver it from the pallid and envious confessor and the stocks and pillories of the Puritans, to drag it from the category of sin to that of virtue."
Blackburn, author of such popular philosophy books as Think and Being Good, here offers a sharp-edged probe into the heart of lust, blending together insight from some of the world's greatest thinkers on sex, human nature, and our common cultural foibles. Blackburn takes a wide ranging, historical approach, discussing lust as viewed by Aristophanes and Plato, lust in the light of the Stoic mistrust of emotion, and the Christian fear of the flesh that catapulted lust to the level of deadly sin. He describes how philosophical pessimists like Schopenhauer and Sartre contributed to our thinking about lust and explores the false starts in understanding lust represented by Freud, Kinsey, and modern "evolutionary psychology." But most important, Blackburn reminds us that lust is also life-affirming, invigorating, fun. He points to the work of David Hume (Blackburn's favorite philosopher) who saw lust not only as a sensual delight but also "a joy of the mind."
Written by one of the most eminent living philosophers, attractively illustrated and colorfully packaged, Lust is a book that anyone would lust over. [via]More editions of Lust: The Seven Deadly Sins:
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The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientistby Richard P FeynmanISBN 0201360802 (0-201-36080-2)
Hardcover, Perseus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist'Book summary:In this series of lectures originally given in 1963, which remained unpublished during Richard Feynman's lifetime, the Nobel-winning physicist thinks aloud on several "meta"--questions of science. What is the nature of the tension between science and religious faith? Why does uncertainty play such a crucial role in the scientific imagination? Is this really a scientific age?
Marked by Feynman's characteristic combination of rationality and humor, these lectures provide an intimate glimpse at the man behind the legend. "In case you are beginning to believe," he says at the start of his final lecture, "that some of the things I said before are true because I am a scientist and according to the brochure that you get I won some awards and so forth, instead of your looking at the ideas themselves and judging them directly...I will get rid of that tonight. I dedicate this lecture to showing what ridiculous conclusions and rare statements such a man as myself can make." Rare, perhaps. Irreverent, sure. But ridiculous? Not even close. [via]
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Meditations on a Hobby Horse: And Other Essays on the Theory of Artby E. H. GombrichISBN 0226302156 (0-226-30215-6)
Softcover, University of Chicago Press
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Mindfulnessby Ellen J. LangerISBN 0201523418 (0-201-52341-8)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Modern Dogma and the Rhetoric of Assentby Wayne C. BoothISBN 0226065723 (0-226-06572-3)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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My Belief: Essays on Life and Artby Hermann Hesse, Theodore ZiolkowskiISBN 0224012592 (0-224-01259-2)
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Nietzscheby John Richardson, Brian LeiterISBN 0198752709 (0-19-875270-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nietzsche'Book summary:The latest volume in the Oxford Readings in Philosophy series, this work brings together some of the best and most influential recent philosophical scholarship on Nietzsche. Opening with a substantial introduction by John Richardson, it covers: Nietzsche's views on truth and knowledge, his 'doctrines' of the eternal recurrence and will to power, his distinction between Apollinian and Dionysian art, his critique of morality, his conceptions of agency and self-creation, and his genealogical method. For each of these issues, the papers show Nietzsche's continuing philosophical importance. Giving a clear and accessible overview, while retaining an analytical philosophical approach throughout, this volume is essential reading for all students of Nietzsche. [via]
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O'Keeffe: Stieglitz and the Critics, 1916-1929by Barbara Buhler LynesISBN 0226498247 (0-226-49824-7)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Oxford Companion to Jazzby Bill KirchnerISBN 0195183592 (0-19-518359-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to Jazz'Book summary:Jazz and its colorful, expansive history resonate in this unique collection of 60 essays specially-commissioned from today's top jazz performers, writers, and scholars. Contributors include such jazz insiders as Bill Crow, Samuel A. Floyd Jr., Ted Gioia, Gene Lees, Dan Morgenstern, Gunther Schuller, Richard M. Sudhalter, and Patricia Willard. Both a reference book and an engaging read, the Companion surveys the evolution of jazz from its roots in Africa and Europe until the present. Along the way, each distinctive style and period is profiled by an expert in the field. Whether your preference is ragtime, the blues, bebop, or fusion, you will find the chief characteristics and memorable performances illuminated here with a thoroughness found in no other single-volume jazz reference.
The Oxford Companion to Jazz features individual biographies of the most memorable characters of this relatively young art form. Sidney Bechet, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, and the divas of jazz song--Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Sarah Vaughan--come to life in thoughtful considerations of their influences, often turbulent personal lives, and signature styles. In addition, this book looks at the impact of jazz on American culture-in literature, film, television, and dance-and explores the essential instruments of jazz and their most memorable players.
The Oxford Companion to Jazz will provide a quick reference source as well as a dynamic and broad overview for all lovers of jazz, from novices to aficionados. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to Jazz:
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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Styleby Michael BaxandallISBN 0198173210 (0-19-817321-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style'Book summary:Serving as both an introduction to fifteenth-century Italian painting and as a text on how to interpret social history from the style of pictures in a given historical period, this new edition to Baxandall's pre-eminent scholarly volume examines early Renaissance painting, and explains how the style of painting in any society reflects the visual skills and habits that evolve out of daily life. Renaissance painting, for example, mirrors the experience of such activities as preaching, dancing, and gauging barrels. The volume includes discussions of a wide variety of painters, including Filippo Lippi, Fra Angelico, Stefano di Giovanni, Sandro Botticelli, Masaccio, Luca Signorelli, Boccaccio, and countless others. Baxandall also defines and illustrates sixteen concepts used by a contemporary critic of painting, thereby assembling the basic equipment needed to explore fifteenth-century art.
This new second edition includes an appendix that lists the original Latin and Italian texts referred to throughout the book, providing the reader with all the relevant, authentic sources. It also contains an updated bibliography and a new reproduction of a recently restored painting which replaces the original. [via]More editions of Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style:
The Post Card: From Socrates to Freud and Beyondby Jacques DerridaISBN 0226143228 (0-226-14322-8)
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The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Masterby David Thomas, Andrew HuntISBN 020161622X (0-201-61622-X)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master'Book summary:Programmers are craftspeople trained to use a certain set of tools (editors, object managers, version trackers) to generate a certain kind of product (programs) that will operate in some environment (operating systems on hardware assemblies). Like any other craft, computer programming has spawned a body of wisdom, most of which isn't taught at universities or in certification classes. Most programmers arrive at the so-called tricks of the trade over time, through independent experimentation. In The Pragmatic Programmer, Andrew Hunt and David Thomas codify many of the truths they've discovered during their respective careers as designers of software and writers of code.
Some of the authors' nuggets of pragmatism are concrete, and the path to their implementation is clear. They advise readers to learn one text editor, for example, and use it for everything. They also recommend the use of version-tracking software for even the smallest projects, and promote the merits of learning regular expression syntax and a text-manipulation language. Other (perhaps more valuable) advice is more light-hearted. In the debugging section, it is noted that, "if you see hoof prints think horses, not zebras." That is, suspect everything, but start looking for problems in the most obvious places. There are recommendations for making estimates of time and expense, and for integrating testing into the development process. You'll want a copy of The Pragmatic Programmer for two reasons: it displays your own accumulated wisdom more cleanly than you ever bothered to state it, and it introduces you to methods of work that you may not yet have considered. Working programmers will enjoy this book. --David Wall
Topics covered: A useful approach to software design and construction that allows for efficient, profitable development of high-quality products. Elements of the approach include specification development, customer relations, team management, design practices, development tools, and testing procedures. This approach is presented with the help of anecdotes and technical problems. [via]
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The Presence of Mythby Leszek Kolakowski, Adam CzerniawskiISBN 0226450570 (0-226-45057-0)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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With The Presence of Myth, Kolakowski demonstrates that no matter how hard man strives for purely rational thought, there has always been-and always will be-a reservoir of mythical images that lend "being" and "consciousness" a specifically human meaning.
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Quantum Electrodynamicsby Richard P FeynmanISBN 0201360756 (0-201-36075-6)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtueby Paul WoodruffISBN 0195157958 (0-19-515795-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue'Book summary:Reverence is an ancient virtue dating back thousands of years. It survives among us in half-forgotten patterns of behavior and in the vestiges of old ceremonies. Yet, Paul Woodruff says, we have lost sight of reverence. Like an important engine part that has rusted over time, the idea of reverence has become increasingly foreign. This short, elegiac volume makes an impassioned case for the fundamental importance of the forgotten virtue of reverence, and how awe for things greater than oneself can--indeed must--be a touchstone for other virtues like respect, humility, and charity.
Ranging widely over diverse cultural terrain--from Philip Larkin to ancient Greek poetry, from modern politics to Chinese philosophy--Woodruff shows how absolutely essential reverence is to a well-functioning society. He tackles some thorny questions: How does reverence allow not only for leaders but for followers? What role does reverence play in religion? Do some religions misuse reverence? Must reverence be humorless? In the process, Woodruff shows convincingly how reverence plays an unseen part in virtually every human relationship, whether in government, work, friendship, or family. It is essential, he says, for us to recover a sense of reverence in order to help repair the fraying bonds that tie us together.
Elegantly written, thoughtful yet urgent, Reverence is sure to reach out to a wide variety of people interested in the moral health of Western culture, showing how our own intellectual and spiritual legacy can guide us more than we realize. [via]More editions of Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue:
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The Rhetoric of Fictionby Wayne C. BoothISBN 0226065588 (0-226-06558-8)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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For this new edition, Wayne C. Booth has written an extensive Afterword in which he clarifies misunderstandings, corrects what he now views as errors, and sets forth his own recent thinking about the rhetoric of fiction. The other new feature is a Supplementary Bibliography, prepared by James Phelan in consultation with the author, which lists the important critical works of the past twenty yearstwo decades that Booth describes as "the richest in the history of the subject." -
A Rhetoric of Ironyby Wayne C. BoothISBN 0226065537 (0-226-06553-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Rhetoric of Irony'Book summary:Perhaps no other critical label has been made to cover more ground than "irony," and in our time irony has come to have so many meanings that by itself it means almost nothing. In this work, Wayne C. Booth cuts through the resulting confusions by analyzing how we manage to share quite specific ironiesand why we often fail when we try to do so. How does a reader or listener recognize the kind of statement which requires him to reject its "clear" and "obvious" meaning? And how does any reader know where to stop, once he has embarked on the hazardous and exhilarating path of rejecting "what the words say" and reconstructing "what the author means"?[via]
In the first and longer part of his work, Booth deals with the workings of what he calls "stable irony," irony with a clear rhetorical intent. He then turns to intended instabilitiesironies that resist interpretation and finally lead to the "infinite absolute negativities" that have obsessed criticism since the Romantic period.
Professor Booth is always ironically aware that no one can fathom the unfathomable. But by looking closely at unstable ironists like Samuel Becket, he shows that at least some of our commonplaces about meaninglessness require revision. Finally, he exploreswith the help of Platothe wry paradoxes that threaten any uncompromising assertion that all assertion can be undermined by the spirit of irony. 
Sartre, Foucault and Reason in History: Toward an Existentialist Theoryby Thomas R. FlynnISBN 0226254682 (0-226-25468-2)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Sartre, Foucault, and Historical Reason: Toward an Existentialist Theory of Historyby Thomas R. FlynnISBN 0226254674 (0-226-25467-4)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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A history, thought Foucault, should be a kind of map, a comparative charting of structural transformations and displacements. But for Sartre, authentic historical understanding demanded a much more personal and committed narrative, a kind of interpretive diary of moral choices and risks compelled by critical necessity and an exacting reality. Sartre's history, a rational history of individual lives and their intrinsic social worlds, was in essence immersed in biography.
In Volume One of this authoritative two-volume work, Thomas R. Flynn conducts a pivotal and comprehensive reconstruction of Sartrean historical theory, and provocatively anticipates the Foucauldian counterpoint to come in Volume Two.More editions of Sartre, Foucault, and Historical Reason: Toward an Existentialist Theory of History:
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The Selfish Geneby Richard DawkinsISBN 0199291152 (0-19-929115-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Selfish Gene'Book summary:Inheriting the mantle of revolutionary biologist from Darwin, Watson, and Crick, Richard Dawkins forced an enormous change in the way we see ourselves and the world with the publication of The Selfish Gene. Suppose, instead of thinking about organisms using genes to reproduce themselves, as we had since Mendel's work was rediscovered, we turn it around and imagine that "our" genes build and maintain us in order to make more genes. That simple reversal seems to answer many puzzlers which had stumped scientists for years, and we haven't thought of evolution in the same way since.
Why are there miles and miles of "unused" DNA within each of our bodies? Why should a bee give up its own chance to reproduce to help raise her sisters and brothers? With a prophet's clarity, Dawkins told us the answers from the perspective of molecules competing for limited space and resources to produce more of their own kind. Drawing fascinating examples from every field of biology, he paved the way for a serious re-evaluation of evolution. He also introduced the concept of self-reproducing ideas, or memes, which (seemingly) use humans exclusively for their propagation. If we are puppets, he says, at least we can try to understand our strings. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Shadows of the Mind : A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousnessby Roger PenroseISBN 0198539789 (0-19-853978-9)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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The Sibling Societyby Robert W. BlyISBN 0201406462 (0-201-40646-2)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sibling Society'Book summary:Poet and storyteller Robert Bly takes the baby boomers to task in this highly charged exposure of midlifers' values. Having become jaded by the abuses of authority, the boomers of North America have torn down the traditional hierarchy within their families and within their communities. What's left is a "cultural flatness," says Bly, where adults cling to self-absorbed adolescent values, television talk shows have more clout than elders, children are spiritually abandoned to fend for themselves, and in the place of community we have built shopping malls. As always, Bly relies on mythology, legends, and poetry to illustrate the morals of his stories. Ultimately this is a hopeful piece of work, nudging midlifers to take on the responsibilities (and therefore the rewards) of adulthood. [via]
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Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics Explained by Its Most Brilliant Teacherby Richard P Feynman, Robert B Leighton, Matthew L. Sands, Matthew Sands, Paul DaviesISBN 0201408252 (0-201-40825-2)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry and Space-Timeby Richard P FeynmanISBN 0201328410 (0-201-32841-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry and Space-Time'Book summary:No twentieth-century American scientist is better known to a wider spectrum of people than Richard P. Feynman (19181988)physicist, teacher, author, and cultural icon. His autobiographies and biographies have been read and enjoyed by millions of readers around the world, while his wit and eccentricities have made him the subject of TV specials and even a theatrical film.The spectacular reception of the book and audio versions of Feynmans Six Easy Pieces (published in 1995) resulted in a worldwide clamor for More Feynman! More Feynman! The outcome is these six additional lectures, drawn from the celebrated three-volume Lectures on Physics. Though slightly more challenging than the first six, these lectures are more focused, delving into the most revolutionary discovery in twentieth-century physics: Einsteins Theory of Relativity.No single breakthrough in twentieth-century physics (with the possible exception of quantum mechanics) changed our view of the world more than that of Einsteins discovery of relativity. The notions that the flow of time is not a constant, that the mass of an object depends on its velocity, and that the speed of light is a constant no matter what the motion of the observer, at first seemed shocking to scientists and laymen alike. But, as Feynman shows so clearly and so entertainingly in the lectures chosen for this volume, these crazy notions are no mere dry principles of physics, but are things of beauty and elegance. No onenot even Einstein himselfexplained these difficult, anti-intuitive concepts more clearly, or with more verve and gusto, than Richard Feynman.[via]More editions of Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein's Relativity, Symmetry and Space-Time:
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Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sinsby Wendy WassersteinISBN 0195312090 (0-19-531209-0)
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Songlinesby ChatinISBN 0224024523 (0-224-02452-3)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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Soul on Iceby Eldridge CleaverISBN 0224616951 (0-224-61695-1)
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Speaking Upby Bernard LevinISBN 0224017292 (0-224-01729-2)
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Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Worksby Erik Spiekermann, E. M. GingerISBN 0201703394 (0-201-70339-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works'Book summary:This classic typography book, first published in 1993, is now updated with brand-new typefaces, fonts, and illustrations. Internationally renowned graphic designer Erik Spiekermann explains in everyday terms what typography is and offers design guidance in choosing type for legibility, meaning, and aesthetic appeal. Stop Stealing Sheep and Find Out How Type Works, 2nd Edition guides the reader through all aspects of typography, from the history and mechanics of type, to training the eye to recognize and choose typefaces. Uncover type's roots and placement within society and learn how to use space and layout to improve overall communication. This elegant guide for readers of all levels is revised and updated to discuss the particular design challenges of type on the Internet. Note: This title was originally announced in the October 2000 Pearson Technology Group catalog. [via]
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The Strange Career of Jim Crowby Comer Vann WoodwardISBN 0195146905 (0-19-514690-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Career of Jim Crow'Book summary:C. Vann Woodward, who died in 1999 at the age of 91, was America's most eminent Southern historian, the winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Mary Chestnut's Civil War and a Bancroft Prize for The Origins of the New South. Now, to honor his long and truly distinguished career, Oxford is pleased to publish this special commemorative edition of Woodward's most influential work, The Strange Career of Jim Crow.
The Strange Career of Jim Crow is one of the great works of Southern history. Indeed, the book actually helped shape that history. Published in 1955, a year after the Supreme Court in Brown v Board of Education ordered schools desegregated, Strange Career was cited so often to counter arguments for segregation that Martin Luther King, Jr. called it "the historical Bible of the civil rights movement." The book offers a clear and illuminating analysis of the history of Jim Crow laws, presenting evidence that segregation in the South dated only to the 1890s. Woodward convincingly shows that, even under slavery, the two races had not been divided as they were under the Jim Crow laws of the 1890s. In fact, during Reconstruction, there was considerable economic and political mixing of the races. The segregating of the races was a relative newcomer to the region.
Hailed as one of the top 100 nonfiction works of the twentieth century, The Strange Career of Jim Crow has sold almost a million copies and remains, in the words of David Herbert Donald, "a landmark in the history of American race relations." [via]More editions of The Strange Career of Jim Crow:
Today and Tomorrow and ..by Isaac AsimovISBN 0200722069 (0-200-72206-9)
Hardcover, Abelard-Schuman
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Ulysses on the Liffey.by Richard EllmannISBN 0195196651 (0-19-519665-1)
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Visiting Mrs. Nabokov and Other Excursionsby Martin AmisISBN 0224038249 (0-224-03824-9)
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The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000by Martin AmisISBN 0224050591 (0-224-05059-1)
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Wordsworth and Coleridge: Lyrical Ballads, 1798by W. J. B. OwenISBN 0199110069 (0-19-911006-9)
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Writing Degree Zero, and Elements of Semiologyby Roland BarthesISBN 0224022679 (0-224-02267-9)
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