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The Abandoned Generation: Democracy Beyond the Culture of Fearby Henry A. GirouxISBN 1403965366 (1-4039-6536-6)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Abandoned Generation: Democracy Beyond the Culture of Fear'Book summary:Henry Giroux argues that the US is at war with young people. No longer seen as the future of a democratic society, youth are now derided by politicians looking for quick-fix solutions to crime and demonized by the popular media. This perception of fear and disdain is being translated into social policy. Instead of providing a decent education to young people, we offer them the increasing potential of being incarcerated. Instead of guaranteeing them decent health care, we serve them more standardized tests. There's a war on in the US these days, and Giroux sees our youth as the target.[via]More editions of The Abandoned Generation: Democracy Beyond the Culture of Fear:
America and the Founding of Israel: An Investigation of the Morality of America's Roleby John W. MulhallISBN 0964515709 (0-9645157-0-9)
Softcover, Deshon Press
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American Autobahn: The Road to an Interstate Freeway With No Speed Limitby Mark Rask, Mark StehrenbergerISBN 0966913604 (0-9669136-0-4)
Hardcover, Vanguard Non-Fiction Books
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Among the Hiddenby Cliff Nielsen, Margaret Peterson HaddixISBN 1416905294 (1-4169-0529-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Among the Hidden'Book summary:Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend.
Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family's farm, he is no longer even allowed to go outside.
Then, one day Luke sees a girl's face in the window of a house where he knows two other children already live. Finally, he's met a shadow child like himself. Jen is willing to risk everything to come out of the shadows -- does Luke dare to become involved in her dangerous plan? Can he afford not to? [via]
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Among the Hiddenby Margaret Peterson HaddixISBN 1416924981 (1-4169-2498-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Analects of Confuciusby ConfuciusISBN 1420926373 (1-4209-2637-3)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Analects of Confucius'Book summary:Confucius did not regard himself as an innovator, but as the conservator of ancient truth and ceremonial propriety. He dealt with neither theology nor metaphysics, but with moral and political conduct. The Lun Yu, Analects or Sayings of Confucius, were probably compiled, says Legge, "by the disciples of the disciples of the sage, making free use of the written memorials concerning him which they had received, and the oral statements which they had heard, from their several masters. And we shall not be far wrong, if we determine its date as about the beginning of the third, or the end of the fourth century before Christ." [via]
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Angels & Demonsby Dan BrownISBN 1416524797 (1-4165-2479-7)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angels & Demons'Book summary:It takes guts to write a novel that combines an ancient secret brotherhood, the Swiss Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, a papal conclave, mysterious ambigrams, a plot against the Vatican, a mad scientist in a wheelchair, particles of antimatter, jets that can travel 15,000 miles per hour, crafty assassins, a beautiful Italian physicist, and a Harvard professor of religious iconology. It takes talent to make that novel anything but ridiculous. Kudos to Dan Brown (Digital Fortress) for achieving the nearly impossible. Angels & Demons is a no-holds-barred, pull-out-all-the-stops, breathless tangle of a thriller--think Katherine Neville's The Eight (but cleverer) or Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum (but more accessible).
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is shocked to find proof that the legendary secret society, the Illuminati--dedicated since the time of Galileo to promoting the interests of science and condemning the blind faith of Catholicism--is alive, well, and murderously active. Brilliant physicist Leonardo Vetra has been murdered, his eyes plucked out, and the society's ancient symbol branded upon his chest. His final discovery, antimatter, the most powerful and dangerous energy source known to man, has disappeared--only to be hidden somewhere beneath Vatican City on the eve of the election of a new pope. Langdon and Vittoria, Vetra's daughter and colleague, embark on a frantic hunt through the streets, churches, and catacombs of Rome, following a 400-year-old trail to the lair of the Illuminati, to prevent the incineration of civilization.
Brown seems as much juggler as author--there are lots and lots of balls in the air in this novel, yet Brown manages to hurl the reader headlong into an almost surreal suspension of disbelief. While the reader might wish for a little more sardonic humor from Langdon, and a little less bombastic philosophizing on the eternal conflict between religion and science, these are less fatal flaws than niggling annoyances--readers should have no trouble skimming past them and immersing themselves in a heck of a good read. "Brain candy" it may be, but my! It's tasty. --Kelly Flynn [via]
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The Art of War &the Prince by Machiavelliby Niccolo Machiavelli, Henry Neville, W.K. MarriottISBN 0976072688 (0-9760726-8-8)
Softcover, El Paso Norte Pr
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Articles of the Federationby Keith R. A. DeCandidoISBN 1416500154 (1-4165-0015-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Authority and the Individualby Bertrand RussellISBN 1406733792 (1-4067-3379-2)
Softcover, Hesperides Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Authority and the Individual'Book summary:AUTHORITY AND THE INDIVIDUAL BY BERTRAND RUSSELL HUMAN KNOWLEDGE: ITS SCOPE AND LIMITS HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY THE PRINCIPLES OF MATHEMATICS INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL PHILOSOPHY THE ANALYSIS OF MIND OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXTERNAL WORLD AN OUTLINE OF PHILOSOPHY THE PHILOSOPHY OF LEIBNIZ AN INQUIRY INTO MEANING AND TRUTH POWER IN PRAISE OF IDLENESS THE CONQUEST OF HAPPINESS SCEPTICAL ESSAYS MYSTICISM AND LOGIC THE SCIENTIFIC OUTLOOK MARRIAGE AND MORALS EDUCATION AND THE SOCIAL ORDER ON EDUCATION FREEDOM AND ORGANIZATION, 1814-1914 PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION ROADS TO FREEDOM JUSTICE IN WARTIME FREE THOUGHT AND OFFICIAL PROPAGANDA THE PROBLEM OF CHINA [via]
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklinby Benjamin Franklin, Charles W. EliotISBN 140650551X (1-4065-0551-X)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin'Book summary:Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790) was one of the most prominent of the Founders, early political figures and statesmen of the United States. He was noted for his curiosity, writings, ingenuity and diversity of interests. He shaped the American Revolution, despite never holding national elective office. A leader of the Enlightenment, he gained the recognition of scientists and intellectuals across Europe and the United States. As an agent in London before the Revolution, and Minister to France during, he more than anyone defined the new nation in the minds of Europe. His success in securing French military and financial aid was the turning point for American victory over Britain. Historians hail him as the "First American". [via]
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Babbitby Sinclair LewisISBN 1406505544 (1-4065-0554-4)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Babbitt'Book summary:1919. Lewis, was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Possibly the greatest satirist of his age, Lewis wrote novels that present a devastating picture of middle-class American life in the 1920s. Although he ridiculed the values, the lifestyles, and even the speech of his characters, there is often affection behind the irony. Lewis began his career as a journalist, editor, and hack writer. He became an important literary figure with the publication of Main Street. His seventh novel, Babbitt, is considered by many critics to be his greatest work. The story follows George Babbitt, a middle-aged realtor who is unimaginative, self-important, and hopelessly middle class. Vaguely dissatisfied with his position, he tries to alter the pattern of his life by flirting with liberalism and by having an affair with an attractive widow, only to find that his dread of ostracism is greater than his desire for escape. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. [via]
Balance Of Powerby Tom ClancyISBN 1417711817 (1-4177-1181-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Battery Park City: The Early Yearsby Gene Brown, Charles UrstadtISBN 1413460429 (1-4134-6042-9)
Softcover, Xlibris Corp
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The Battle over Bilingualism: The Manitoba Language Question, 1983-85by Russell DoernISBN 0969231318 (0-9692313-1-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Publishers
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Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservativeby David BrockISBN 1400047285 (1-4000-4728-5)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative'Book summary:David Brock made his name (and big money) by trashing Anita Hill as "a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty." But it was Brock's reporting that was nutty and slutty, he confesses in the riveting memoir Blinded by the Right. He absolves Hill; claims he helped Clarence Thomas threaten another witness into backing down; portrays a ghastly right-wing Clinton-bashing conspiracy of hypocrites, zillionaires, and maniacs; and accuses himself of being "a witting cog in the Republican sleaze machine." Now Brock is sliming his former fellows--everyone from the lawyer who argued the Bush v. Gore case to gonzo pundits Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham ("the only person I knew who didn't appear to own a book or regularly read a newspaper") to Matt Drudge and Tom Wolfe. Brock excoriates the gay hypocrites of the right wing, including himself, and tells how he cleverly spun his own outing. (He calls himself "the only openly gay conservative in the country," evidently forgetting about the far more open and famous Andrew Sullivan.)
If Brock says he was a liar for much of his life, how do we know he's not lying now? Blinded by the Right is less addicted to anonymous and third-hand sources than the madcap character assassinations that made him famous, and it is infinitely more plausible. But that doesn't make it necessarily true. (Anita Hill's lawyer has acidly observed that Brock confessed his Hill-related lies after seven years, when the statute of limitations prevents suing for slander.) Dumped by the right after he wrote a non-hatchet-job book on Hillary Clinton, Brock profits by running to the arms of the center and left. But that doesn't make this book untrue. All I can tell you is you'll have to read it and decide for yourself. And I'll bet you'll admit this mea-culpa memoir has the revolting, irresistible fascination of a bad car wreck. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Builders of the Bay Colonyby Samuel Eliot MorisonISBN 1417909072 (1-4179-0907-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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Candideby Francois M. VoltaireISBN 1416500308 (1-4165-0030-8)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide'Book summary:A philosopher and his disciple journey to find "the best of all possible worlds" in this classic work of eighteenth-century satire. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES:
" A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
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" Detailed explanatory notes
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" Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
" A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience
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Capitalby Lynn CurleeISBN 1416918019 (1-4169-1801-9)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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Channel Zeroby Brian WoodISBN 0967684749 (0-9676847-4-9)
Softcover, A I T Planet Lar
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Channel Zero'Book summary:Special interest groups have bullied the government into passing the Clean Act, effectively killing freedom of speech and silencing the country into submission. TV and God become one and the same as America wages its own holy war against its citizens. Meet Jennie 2.5, media slut turned info-terrorist, out to save the country from itself, and restore free will and self expression. Hailed internationally as ground-breaking work in the field of sequential art, Channel Zero challenges and tests the limits, combining current events and no-future shock into a dark, paranoid, deep-ambient visual narrative. [via]
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The City of the Sunby Tommaso CampanellaISBN 141915687X (1-4191-5687-X)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Coming Battle: A Complete History of the National Banking Money Power in the United Statesby M. W. WalbertISBN 0965636909 (0-9656369-0-9)
Hardcover, Walheis Research
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Coming Battle: A Complete History of the National Banking Money Power in the United States'Book summary:This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. [via]
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Contemporary British Politicsby Robert Leach, Lynton Robins, Bill Coxall, W. N. CoxallISBN 140390507X (1-4039-0507-X)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Crunchy Cons: The New Conservative Counterculture And Its Return to Rootsby Rod DreherISBN 1400050650 (1-4000-5065-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crunchy Cons: The New Conservative Counterculture And Its Return to Roots'Book summary:When a National Review colleague teased writer Rod Dreher one day about his visit to the local food co-op to pick up a weeks supply of organic vegetables ( Ewww, thats so lefty ), he started thinking about the ways he and his conservative family lived that put them outside the bounds of conventional Republican politics. Shortly thereafter Dreher wrote an essay about crunchy cons, people whose Small Is Beautiful style of conservative politics often put them at odds with GOP orthodoxy, and sometimes even in the same camp as lefties outside the Democratic mainstream. The response to the article was impassioned: Dreher was deluged by e-mails from conservatives across Americaeveryone from a pro-life vegetarian Buddhist Republican to an NRA staffer with a passion for organic gardeningwho responded to say, Hey, me too!
In Crunchy Cons, Dreher reports on the amazing depth and scope of this phenomenon, which is redefining the taxonomy of Americas political and cultural landscape. At a time when the Republican party, and the conservative movement in general, is bitterly divided over what it means to be a conservative, Dreher introduces us to people who are pioneering a way back to the future by reclaiming whats best in conservatismpeople who believe that being a truly committed conservative today means protecting the environment, standing against the depredations of big business, returning to traditional religion, and living out conservative godfather Russell Kirks teaching that the family is the institution most necessary to preserve.
In these pages we meet crunchy cons from all over America: a Texas clan of evangelical Christian free-range livestock farmers, the policy director of Republicans for Environmental Protection, homeschooling moms in New York City, an Orthodox Jew who helped start a kosher organic farm in the Berkshires, and an ex-sixties hippie from Alabama who became a devout Catholic without losing his antiestablishment sensibilities.
Crunchy Cons is both a useful primer to living the crunchy con way and a passionate affirmation of those things that give our lives weight and measure. In chapters dedicated to food, religion, consumerism, education, and the environment, Dreher shows how to live in a way that preserves what Kirk called the permanent things, among them faith, family, community, and a legacy of ancient truths. This, says Dreher, is the kind of roots conservatism that more and more Americans want to practice. And in Crunchy Cons, he lets them know how far they are from being alone.
A Crunchy Con Manifesto
1. We are conservatives who stand outside the conservative mainstream; therefore, we can see things that matter more clearly.
2. Modern conservatism has become too focused on money, power, and the accumulation of stuff, and insufficiently concerned with the content of our individual and social character.
3. Big business deserves as much skepticism as big government.
4. Culture is more important than politics and economics.
5. A conservatism that does not practice restraint, humility, and good stewardshipespecially of the natural worldis not fundamentally conservative.
6. Small, Local, Old, and Particular are almost always better than Big, Global, New, and Abstract.
7. Beauty is more important than efficiency.
8. The relentlessness of media-driven pop culture deadens our senses to authentic truth, beauty, and wisdom.
9. We share Russell Kirks conviction that the institution most essential to conserve is the family.
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Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-Loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Theirby Rod DreherISBN 1400050642 (1-4000-5064-2)
Hardcover, Crown Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-Loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their'Book summary:When a National Review colleague teased writer Rod Dreher one day about his visit to the local food co-op to pick up a weeks supply of organic vegetables ( Ewww, thats so lefty ), he started thinking about the ways he and his conservative family lived that put them outside the bounds of conventional Republican politics. Shortly thereafter Dreher wrote an essay about crunchy cons, people whose Small Is Beautiful style of conservative politics often put them at odds with GOP orthodoxy, and sometimes even in the same camp as lefties outside the Democratic mainstream. The response to the article was impassioned: Dreher was deluged by e-mails from conservatives across Americaeveryone from a pro-life vegetarian Buddhist Republican to an NRA staffer with a passion for organic gardeningwho responded to say, Hey, me too!
In Crunchy Cons, Dreher reports on the amazing depth and scope of this phenomenon, which is redefining the taxonomy of Americas political and cultural landscape. At a time when the Republican party, and the conservative movement in general, is bitterly divided over what it means to be a conservative, Dreher introduces us to people who are pioneering a way back to the future by reclaiming whats best in conservatismpeople who believe that being a truly committed conservative today means protecting the environment, standing against the depredations of big business, returning to traditional religion, and living out conservative godfather Russell Kirks teaching that the family is the institution most necessary to preserve.
In these pages we meet crunchy cons from all over America: a Texas clan of evangelical Christian free-range livestock farmers, the policy director of Republicans for Environmental Protection, homeschooling moms in New York City, an Orthodox Jew who helped start a kosher organic farm in the Berkshires, and an ex-sixties hippie from Alabama who became a devout Catholic without losing his antiestablishment sensibilities.
Crunchy Cons is both a useful primer to living the crunchy con way and a passionate affirmation of those things that give our lives weight and measure. In chapters dedicated to food, religion, consumerism, education, and the environment, Dreher shows how to live in a way that preserves what Kirk called the permanent things, among them faith, family, community, and a legacy of ancient truths. This, says Dreher, is the kind of roots conservatism that more and more Americans want to practice. And in Crunchy Cons, he lets them know how far they are from being alone.
A Crunchy Con Manifesto
1. We are conservatives who stand outside the conservative mainstream; therefore, we can see things that matter more clearly.
2. Modern conservatism has become too focused on money, power, and the accumulation of stuff, and insufficiently concerned with the content of our individual and social character.
3. Big business deserves as much skepticism as big government.
4. Culture is more important than politics and economics.
5. A conservatism that does not practice restraint, humility, and good stewardshipespecially of the natural worldis not fundamentally conservative.
6. Small, Local, Old, and Particular are almost always better than Big, Global, New, and Abstract.
7. Beauty is more important than efficiency.
8. The relentlessness of media-driven pop culture deadens our senses to authentic truth, beauty, and wisdom.
9. We share Russell Kirks conviction that the institution most essential to conserve is the family. [via]More editions of Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-Loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their:
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The Da Vinci Codeby Dan BrownISBN 1400079179 (1-4000-7917-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Da Vinci Code'Book summary:With The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown masterfully concocts an intelligent and lucid thriller that marries the gusto of an international murder mystery with a collection of fascinating esoteria culled from 2,000 years of Western history.
A murder in the silent after-hour halls of the Louvre museum reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has been protected by a clandestine society since the days of Christ. The victim is a high-ranking agent of this ancient society who, in the moments before his death, manages to leave gruesome clues at the scene that only his daughter, noted cryptographer Sophie Neveu, and Robert Langdon, a famed symbologist, can untangle. The duo become both suspects and detectives searching for not only Neveu's father's murderer but also the stunning secret of the ages he was charged to protect. Mere steps ahead of the authorities and the deadly competition, the mystery leads Neveu and Langdon on a breathless flight through France, England, and history itself.
Brown (Angels and Demons) has created a page-turning thriller that also provides an amazing interpretation of Western history. Brown's hero and heroine embark on a lofty and intriguing exploration of some of Western culture's greatest mysteries--from the nature of the Mona Lisa's smile to the secret of the Holy Grail. Though some will quibble with the veracity of Brown's conjectures, therein lies the fun. The Da Vinci Code is an enthralling read that provides rich food for thought. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
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Darkside Bluesby Hideyuki Kikuchi, Javier Lopez, Amy Forsyth, Tomoe Spencer, Brendan Frayne, Eiko McGregor, Kay BertrandISBN 141390002X (1-4139-0002-X)
Softcover, Adv Films
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darkside Blues'Book summary:In the near future, almost the entire world lies in the iron grip of a huge conglomerate, the Persona Century Corporation. One day, a mysterious good-looking man appears in Shinjuku, one of the few places not dominated by Persona Century. Shinjuku is a dangerous and lawless place, teeming with rebels and terrorists. The stranger's name is Dark Side - and with the help of a small band of rebels, he will attempt to break Persona's stranglehold on the world. [via]
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The De Monarchia of Dante Alighieriby Dante Alighieri, Aurelia HenryISBN 141795583X (1-4179-5583-X)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Dead Soulsby Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, Nikolai Vasilevich GogolISBN 1400043190 (1-4000-4319-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dead Souls'Book summary:A socially adept newcomer fluidly inserts himself into an unnamed Russian town, conquering first the drinkers, then the dignitaries. All find him amiable, estimable, agreeable. But what exactly is Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov up to?--something that will soon throw the town "into utter perplexity."
After more than a week of entertainment and "passing the time, as they say, very pleasantly," he gets down to business--heading off to call on some landowners. More pleasantries ensue before Chichikov reveals his bizarre plan. He'd like to buy the souls of peasants who have died since the last census. The first landowner looks carefully to see if he's mad, but spots no outward signs. In fact, the scheme is innovative but by no means bonkers. Even though Chichikov will be taxed on the supposed serfs, he will be able to count them as his property and gain the reputation of a gentleman owner. His first victim is happy to give up his souls for free--less tax burden for him. The second, however, knows Chichikov must be up to something, and the third has his servants rough him up. Nonetheless, he prospers.
Dead Souls is a feverish anatomy of Russian society (the book was first published in 1842) and human wiles. Its author tosses off thousands of sublime epigrams--including, "However stupid a fool's words may be, they are sometimes enough to confound an intelligent man," and is equally adept at yearning satire: "Where is he," Gogol interrupts the action, "who, in the native tongue of our Russian soul, could speak to us this all-powerful word: forward? who, knowing all the forces and qualities, and all the depths of our nature, could, by one magic gesture, point the Russian man towards a lofty life?" Flannery O'Connor, another writer of dark genius, declared Gogol "necessary along with the light." Though he was hardly the first to envision property as theft, his blend of comic, fantastic moralism is sui generis.--Kerry Fried [via]
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritanceby Barack ObamaISBN 1400082773 (1-4000-8277-3)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance'Book summary:In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black african father and a white american mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black american. It begins in new york, where barack obama learns that his father-a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man-has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey-first to a small town in kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother's family to hawaii, and then to kenya, where he meets the african side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance. Pictured in lefthand photograph on cover: habiba akumu hussein and barack obama, sr. (president obama's paternal grandmother and his father as a young boy). Pictured in righthand photograph on cover: stanley dunham and ann dunham (president obama's maternal grandfather and his mother as a young girl [via]
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The Education of Henry Adamsby Henry AdamsISBN 1406802786 (1-4068-0278-6)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Education of Henry Adams'Book summary:Many great artists have had at least intermittent doubts about their own abilities. But The Education of Henry Adams is surely one of the few masterpieces to issue directly from a raging inferiority complex. The author, to be sure, had bigger shoes to fill than most of us. Both his grandfather and great-grandfather were U.S. presidents. His father, a relative underachiever, scraped by as a member of Congress and ambassador to the Court of St. James. But young Henry, born in Boston in 1838, was destined for a walk-on role in his nation's history--and seemed alarmingly aware of the fact from the time he was an adolescent.
It gets worse. For the author could neither match his exalted ancestors nor dismiss them as dusty relics--he was an Adams, after all, formed from the same 18th-century clay. "The atmosphere of education in which he lived was colonial," we are told,
revolutionary, almost Cromwellian, as though he were steeped, from his greatest grandmother's birth, in the odor of political crime. Resistance to something was the law of New England nature; the boy looked out on the world with the instinct of resistance; for numberless generations his predecessors had viewed the world chiefly as a thing to be reformed, filled with evil forces to be abolished, and they saw no reason to suppose that they had wholly succeeded in the abolition; the duty was unchanged.
Here, as always, Adams tells his story in a third-person voice that can seem almost extraplanetary in its detachment. Yet there's also an undercurrent of melancholy and amusement--and wonder at the specific details of what was already a lost world.Continuing his uphill conquest of the learning curve, Adams attended Harvard, which didn't do much for him. ("The chief wonder of education is that it does not ruin everybody concerned in it, teachers and taught.") Then, after a beer-and-sausage-scented spell as a graduate student in Berlin, he followed his father to Washington, D.C., in 1860. There he might have remained--bogged down in "the same rude colony ... camped in the same forest, with the same unfinished Greek temples for workrooms, and sloughs for roads"--had not the Civil War sent Adams père et fils to London. Henry sat on the sidelines throughout the conflict, serving as his father's private secretary and anxiously negotiating the minefields of English society. He then returned home and commenced a long career as a journalist, historian, novelist, and peripheral participant in the political process--a kind of mouthpiece for what remained of the New England conscience.
He was not, by any measure but his own, a failure. And the proof of the pudding is The Education of Henry Adams itself, which remains among the oddest and most enlightening books in American literature. It contains thousands of memorable one-liners about politics, morality, culture, and transatlantic relations: "The American mind exasperated the European as a buzz-saw might exasperate a pine forest." There are astonishing glimpses of the high and mighty: "He saw a long, awkward figure; a plain, ploughed face; a mind, absent in part, and in part evidently worried by white kid gloves; features that expressed neither self-satisfaction nor any other familiar Americanism..." (That would be Abraham Lincoln; the "melancholy function" his Inaugural Ball.) But most of all, Adams's book is a brilliant account of how his own sensibility came to be. A literary landmark from the moment it first appeared, the Autobiography confers upon its author precisely that prize he felt had always eluded him: success. --James Marcus [via]
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The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Wordsby White, Ronald C., Jr.ISBN 1400061199 (1-4000-6119-9)
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Emileby Jean-Jacques RousseauISBN 1419117688 (1-4191-1768-8)
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The Family: The Real Story Of The Bush Dynastyby Kitty KelleyISBN 1400096413 (1-4000-9641-3)
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Gay Politics Vs. Colorado and America: The Inside Story of Amendment 2by Stephen BransfordISBN 0963946501 (0-9639465-0-1)
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God & the Stateby M. BakuninISBN 1419121952 (1-4191-2195-2)
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God, Gold, and Civil Governmentby Tom RoseISBN 0972001603 (0-9720016-0-3)
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Godless: The Church of Liberalismby Ann CoulterISBN 1400054206 (1-4000-5420-6)
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Many Americans are outraged by liberal hostility to traditional religion. But as Ann Coulter reveals in this, her most explosive book yet, to focus solely on the Left's attacks on our Judeo-Christian tradition is to miss a larger point: liberalism is a religiona godless one.
And it is now entrenched as the state religion of this county.
Though liberalism rejects the idea of God and reviles people of faith, it bears all the attributes of a religion. In Godless, Coulter throws open the doors of the Church of Liberalism, showing us its sacraments (abortion), its holy writ (Roe v. Wade), its martyrs (from Soviet spy Alger Hiss to cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal), its clergy (public school teachers), its churches (government schools, where prayer is prohibited but condoms are free), its doctrine of infallibility (as manifest in the "absolute moral authority" of spokesmen from Cindy Sheehan to Max Cleland), and its cosmology (in which mankind is an inconsequential accident).
Then, of course, there's the liberal creation myth: Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
For liberals, evolution is the touchstone that separates the enlightened from the benighted. But Coulter neatly reverses the pretense that liberals are rationalists guided by the ideals of free inquiry and the scientific method. She exposes the essential truth about Darwinian evolution that liberals refuse to confront: it is bogus science.
Writing with a keen appreciation for genuine science, Coulter reveals that the so-called gaps in the theory of evolution are all there isDarwinism is nothing but a gap. After 150 years of dedicated searching into the fossil record, evolution's proponents have failed utterly to substantiate its claims. And a long line of supposed evidence, from the infamous Piltdown Man to the "evolving" peppered moths of England, has been exposed as hoaxes. Still, liberals treat those who question evolution as religious heretics and prohibit students from hearing about real science when it contradicts Darwinism. And these are the people who say they want to keep faith out of the classroom?
Liberals' absolute devotion to Darwinism, Coulter shows, has nothing to do with evolution's scientific validity and everything to do with its refusal to admit the possibility of God as a guiding force. They will brook no challenges to the official religion.
Fearlessly confronting the high priests of the Church of Liberalism and ringing with Coulter's razor-sharp wit, Godless is the most important and riveting book yet from one of today's most lively and impassioned conservative voices.
"Liberals love to boast that they are not 'religious,' which is what one would expect to hear from the state-sanctioned religion. Of course liberalism is a religion. It has its own cosmology, its own miracles, its own beliefs in the supernatural, its own churches, its own high priests, its own saints, its own total worldview, and its own explanation of the existence of the universe. In other words, liberalism contains all the attributes of what is generally known as 'religion.'" From Godless [via]More editions of Godless: The Church of Liberalism:
Governance and Politics of Chinaby Anthony J. SaichISBN 1403921849 (1-4039-2184-9)
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan SwiftISBN 1417617616 (1-4176-1761-6)
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Gulliver's Travelsby Martin Woodside, Jamel AkibISBN 1402726627 (1-4027-2662-7)
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward GibbonISBN 1404306978 (1-4043-0697-8)
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How the Left Was Won: An In-depth Analysis of the Tools And Methodologies Used by Liberals to Undermine Society And Disrupt the Social Orderby Richard MgrdechianISBN 0978642384 (0-9786423-8-4)
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Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politicsby John P. AvlonISBN 1400050235 (1-4000-5023-5)
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Inside a U.S. Embassy: How the Foreign Service Works for Americaby Shawn DormanISBN 0964948826 (0-9649488-2-6)
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It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Usby Hillary Rodham ClintonISBN 1416540644 (1-4165-4064-4)
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The Lanahan Readings in the American Polityby Everett C. Ladd, Ann Gostyn SerowISBN 0965268772 (0-9652687-7-2)
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A Letter Concerning Tolerationby John Locke, Hilaire BellocISBN 1419101994 (1-4191-0199-4)
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Letters From An American Farmerby J. Hector John de CrevecoeurISBN 1419129805 (1-4191-2980-5)
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Lewis and Clark: An American Journeyby Daniel B. ThorpISBN 1402718829 (1-4027-1882-9)
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The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deceptionby David CornISBN 1400050677 (1-4000-5067-7)
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A Life of Johnsonby James BoswellISBN 1404313966 (1-4043-1396-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Life of Johnson'Book summary:James Boswell is for some the ideal scribe, for others a sycophantic toady. Edmund Wilson, for example, memorably labeled him "a vain and pushing diarist." Boswell can even be seen as someone unconsciously intent on undermining his idol in sonorous, balanced sentences. Early on in his massive Life, he puts all manner of ideas into our heads with his boobish attempts to clear the youthful Johnson of potential impropriety: "His juvenile attachments to the fair sex were, however, very transient; and it is certain that he formed no criminal connection whatsoever." And while it's often tempting to ignore Boswell's more personal intrusions and delight solely in the melancholic master's words and deeds, there are suchdelightful admissions as, "I was at this time so occupied, shall I call it? or so dissipated, by the amusements of London that our next meeting was not till Saturday, June 25..."
Samuel Johnson was born in 1709 and died in 1784--a long life, though one marred by depression and fear of death. On April 20, 1764, for example, he declared, "I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits." Many of the quotes Boswell includes are a sort of greatest hits: Johnson's definitions of oats and lexicographer, his love for his cat Hodge, as well as thousands of bon, and mal, mots. ("Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel"; "Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprized to find it done at all.") But there are also many unfamiliar pleasures--Boswell's accounts of Johnson's literary industry, including the Dictionary, The Rambler, and Lives of the Poets; Johnson's singular loathing for Scotland and France; and the surprising hints of revelry. Awakened at 3 AM by friends, he greets them with, "What, is it you, you dogs! I'll have a frisk with you." This at age 42. Johnson's final years were marked by pain and loneliness but certainly no loss of wit. [via]
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Like No Other Time: the Two Years That Changed Americaby Tom DaschleISBN 1400053757 (1-4000-5375-7)
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Local Authority Directory 2006by Alun LlewellynISBN 1412922666 (1-4129-2266-6)
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Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorismby Thomas L. FriedmanISBN 1400031257 (1-4000-3125-7)
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Thomas L. Freidman received his third Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for his clarity of vision, based on extensive reporting, in commenting on the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat. In Longitudes and Attitudes he gives us all of the columns he has published about the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his private experiences and reflections during his postSeptember 11 travels. Updated for this new paperback edition, with over two years worth of Friedmans columns and an expanded version of his diary, Longitudes and Attitudes is a broadly influential work from our most trusted observer of the international scene. [via]More editions of Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism:
The Man Who Would Be Kingby Rudyard KipingISBN 1406503177 (1-4065-0317-7)
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Microeconomic Reform in Britain: Delivering Enterprise and Fairnessby Her Majesty's Treasury, Great Britain Treasury, Gus O'Donnell, Joseph Grice, Gordon BrownISBN 1403912505 (1-4039-1250-5)
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Moyers On America: A Journalist And His Timesby Bill Moyers, Julie Leininger PyciorISBN 1400095360 (1-4000-9536-0)
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Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know Aboutby Kevin TrudeauISBN 097559950X (0-9755995-0-X)
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Never Before in History: America's Inspired Birthby Gary AmosISBN 0964210428 (0-9642104-2-8)
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On Warby Karl Von Clausewitz, colonel J. GrahamISBN 1406505528 (1-4065-0552-8)
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The Onion Presents Embedded In America: Complete News Archivesby ONION EDITORS, Amie BarrodaleISBN 1400054567 (1-4000-5456-7)
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The latest book in the New York Times bestselling Onion series includes every news story, opinion piece, news-in-brief, horoscope . . . yes, every last word that appeared in The Onion between mid-October 2003 and mid-November 2004. And this is the biggest book yet in the series. Thats rightEmbedded in America includes eight additional weeks of award-winning coverage from The Onion, including two extra weeks of post-presidential election coverage.
Here they are at last: all the issues of The Onion that you missed because you had a life to live. And each page takes 0.0 seconds to load!
Embedded in America is Volume 16 in the popular and bestselling Onion series. Look for a new volume every year. [via]More editions of The Onion Presents Embedded In America: Complete News Archives:
Plunkitt of Tammany Hallby William L. RiordonISBN 1419141813 (1-4191-4181-3)
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Power, Terror, Peace, And War: America's Grand Strategy in a World at Riskby Walter Russell MeadISBN 1400077036 (1-4000-7703-6)
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Rediscovering the Ideas of Liberty: The Foundations of America's Greatnessby W. David Stedman, Lavaughn G. Lewis, Edward B. HagyISBN 0964561409 (0-9645614-0-9)
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Rhetoricby Aristotle, Rhys W. RobertsISBN 1420925997 (1-4209-2599-7)
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Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolutionby Mark PulsISBN 1403975825 (1-4039-7582-5)
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Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention, 1787by John Lansing, Robert YatesISBN 1410203638 (1-4102-0363-8)
Softcover, Univ Pr of the Pacific
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Secret Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention, 1787'Book summary:One of the most important collections of documents pertaining to the formation of the Constitution of the United States. Notes on the convention taken by Robert Yates, Chief Justice of New York, and copied by John Lansing, Jun. Esquire, late chancellor of that state, members of that convention. Including "The Genuine Information," laid before the Legislature of Maryland, by Luther Martin, Esquire, then attorney-general of that state, and member of the same convention. James Madison thought that Yates and Martin "appear to have reported in angry terms what they observed with jaundiced eyes." It must be added that in many particulars Yates' notes were fuller than Madison's own. Luther Martin's Genuine Information is a general summary of the course of the Debates, with a running criticism on the provisions of the Constitution. Also contains an appendix with documents by Edmund Randolf, and others. [via]
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Separating School & State: How to Liberate America's Familiesby Sheldon RichmanISBN 0964044722 (0-9640447-2-2)
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Serving in Silenceby Margarethe Cammermeyer, Chris FisherISBN 1420844008 (1-4208-4400-8)
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The Slaves Shall Serve: Meditations on Libertyby James WassermanISBN 0971887012 (0-9718870-1-2)
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Sleeping with the Devilby Robert BaerISBN 1400050219 (1-4000-5021-9)
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Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crudeby Robert BaerISBN 1400052688 (1-4000-5268-8)
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As Baer makes clear, the U.S. has been aware of problems within the bitterly divided Al Sa'ud family for years, but has ignored the facts in order to keep lucrative business deals afloat. (The amount of money the royal family spends to influence powerful American politicians and lobbyists is staggering.) Particularly damning are his details regarding Saudi Arabia's support of militant Islamic groups, including al Qaeda. The ruling family funnels millions of dollars to such groups in order to dissuade them from overthrowing the monarchy--a protection scheme that is shaky at best, given the hatred most citizens feel for the ruling family. To prevent economic disaster that could come from either a local uprising or an interruption in the flow of oil due to terrorism, Baer raises the possibility of the U.S. seizing the Saudi oil fields and forcing a regime change on its own terms: "An invasion and a revolution might be the only things that can save the industrial West from a prolonged, wrenching depression," he warns.Baer spent 21 years with the CIA, much of it in the Middle East, so he is an informed guide to this complex subject. His alarming book deserves to be read for raising many important and troubling questions. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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Soldier: The Life of Colin Powellby Karen De YoungISBN 1400041708 (1-4000-4170-8)
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The Spectator: Volume 1by Joseph AddisonISBN 1414284624 (1-4142-8462-4)
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Stalin: The Court Of The Red Tsarby Simon Sebag MontefioreISBN 1400076781 (1-4000-7678-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stalin: The Court Of The Red Tsar'Book summary:Fifty years after his death, Stalin remains a figure of powerful and dark fascination. The almost unfathomable scale of his crimesas many as 20 million Soviets died in his purges and infamous Gulaghas given him the lasting distinction as a personification of evil in the twentieth century. But though the facts of Stalins reign are well known, this remarkable biography reveals a Stalin we have never seen before as it illuminates the vast foundationhuman, psychological and physicalthat supported and encouraged him, the men and women who did his bidding, lived in fear of him and, more often than not, were betrayed by him.
In a seamless meshing of exhaustive research, brilliant synthesis and narrative élan, Simon Sebag Montefiore chronicles the life and lives of Stalins court from the time of his acclamation as leader in 1929, five years after Lenins death, until his own death in 1953 at the age of seventy-three. Through the lens of personalityStalins as well as those of his most notorious henchmen, Molotov, Beria and Yezhov among themthe author sheds new light on the oligarchy that attempted to create a new world by exterminating the old. He gives us the details of their quotidian and monstrous lives: Stalins favorites in music, movies, literature (Hemmingway, The Forsyte Saga and The Last of the Mohicans were at the top of his list), food and history (he took Ivan the Terrible as his role model and swore by Lenins dictum, A revolution without firing squads is meaningless ). We see him among his courtiers, his informal but deadly game of power played out at dinners and parties at Black Sea villas and in the apartments of the Kremlin. We see the debauchery, paranoia and cravenness that ruled the lives of Stalins inner court, and we see how the dictator played them one against the other in order to hone the awful efficiency of his killing machine.
With stunning attention to detail, Montefiore documents the crimes, small and large, of all the members of Stalins court. And he traces the intricate and shifting web of their relationships as the relative warmth of Stalins rule in the early 1930s gives way to the Great Terror of the late 1930s, the upheaval of World War II (there has never been as acute an account of Stalins meeting at Yalta with Churchill and Roosevelt) and the horrific postwar years when he terrorized his closest associates as unrelentingly as he did the rest of his country.
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They Just Don't Get It: How Washington is Still Compromising Your Safty - and What You Can Do about Itby David HuntISBN 140009741X (1-4000-9741-X)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Through the Mayors' Eyes: Buffalo, New York 1832-2005by Michael F. Rizzo, Genevieve M. KenyonISBN 1411637577 (1-4116-3757-7)
Softcover, Old House History
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William ShakespeareISBN 1402206879 (1-4022-0687-9)
Softcover, Sourcebooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'Book summary:Experience the Ides of March like never before through our edition of Julius Caesar, with more than 60 minutes of audio on the CD including key scenes and excerpts from great performances past and present.
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Photographs from notable productions including:
-the 1953 movie by Joseph L. Mankiewicz starring Marlon Brando as Mark Antony, James Mason as Brutus and John Gielgud as Cassius
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Turning Points: The Campaigns That Changed Canada 2004 and Beforeby Ray ArgyleISBN 0973418664 (0-9734186-6-4)
Hardcover, White Knight Publications
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Two Treatises of Government And a Letter Concerning Tolerationby John LockeISBN 1420924931 (1-4209-2493-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Two Treatises of Government And a Letter Concerning Toleration'Book summary:John Locke's "Two Treatises of Government" are considered to be some of the most important works of western philosophy ever written. In the first treatise Locke disputes the divine right of monarchial rule principle that is put forth in the book "Patriarcha" by Sir Robert Filmer. In the second treatise Locke sets forth the basic principles of natural law that lay the foundation for basic human rights and the government of man. Also contained within this volume is the shorter work, "A Letter Concerning Toleration." [via]
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When Lightning Strikesby Jenny CarrollISBN 1416905243 (1-4169-0524-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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When Lightning Strikesby Meg CabotISBN 1416927050 (1-4169-2705-0)
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Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters From Daughters and Sonsby Tim RussertISBN 1400064805 (1-4000-6480-5)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Woodrow, the White House Mouseby Peter W. Barnes, Cheryl Shaw BarnesISBN 0963768891 (0-9637688-9-1)
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Xy Survival Guideby Benjie Nycum, Michael GlatzeISBN 0970321341 (0-9703213-4-1)
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You Are Being Lied to: The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes and Cultural Mythsby Russell KickISBN 0966410076 (0-9664100-7-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'You Are Being Lied to: The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes and Cultural Myths'Book summary:You Are Being Lied To is a massive collection of articles that ruthlessly destroy the distortions, myths, and outright lies that are fed to us by the government, the media, corporations, history books, organized religion, science and medicine, and society in general. No one is spared, and all sacred cows are candidates for the grinder.
Do you believe any of the following?
- Alcoholics Anonymous is effective.
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This book acts as a battering ram against the distortions, myths, and outright lies that have been shoved down our throats by the government, the media, corporations, organized religion, the scientific establishment, and others who want to keep the truth from us. An unprecedented group of researchers--investigative reporters, political dissidents, academics, media watchdogs, scientist-philosophers, social critics, and rogue scholars--paints a picture of a world where crucial stories are ignored or actively suppressed and the official version of events has more holes in it than Swiss cheese. A world where real dangers are downplayed and nonexistent dangers are trumpeted. In short, a world where you are being lied to.
Among the revelations inside:
- Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Sydney Schanberg on John McCain's efforts to conceal information on POW/MIAs
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- Riane Eisler on the realities of human nature
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- Jim Marrs on missing evidence in important cases
- Greenpeace cofounder Peter Moore on environmental myths
- Michael Parenti on atrocities in Kosovo
- Douglas Rushkoff on the information arms race
- Gary Webb on the gutless corporate media
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Your Call Is Important to Us: The Truth about Bullshitby Laura PennyISBN 1400081041 (1-4000-8104-1)
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Candido, O El Optimismoby VoltaireISBN 140683260X (1-4068-3260-X)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candido, O El Optimismo'Book summary:The novella begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply optimism) by his mentor, Pangloss. The work describes the abrupt cessation of this lifestyle, followed by Candide's slow, painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not outright rejecting optimism, advocating an enigmatic precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds".
Desde un punto de vista sardónico, la obra sigue las peripecias del protagonista Cándido en su primer encuentro con el precepto del optimismo leibniziano de que «todo sucede para bien en este, el mejor de los mundos posibles» y en una serie de aventuras subsecuentes que refutan de forma dramática el famoso precepto a pesar del obstinamiento con el que el personaje se aferra a éste.
La novela satiriza la filosofía de Leibniz, y es un muestrario de los horrores del mundo del siglo XVIII. En Cándido, Leibniz está representado por el filósofo Pangloss, tutor del protagonista. A pesar de observar y experimentar una serie de infortunios, Pangloss afirma repetidamente que «tout est au mieux» («todo sucede para bien») y que vive en «le meilleur des mondes possibles» («el mejor de los mundos posibles»).
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