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1776by David McCulloughISBN 0786276231 (0-7862-7623-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: '1776'Book summary:Esteemed historian David McCullough covers the military side of the momentous year of 1776 with characteristic insight and a gripping narrative, adding new scholarship and a fresh perspective to the beginning of the American Revolution. It was a turbulent and confusing time. As British and American politicians struggled to reach a compromise, events on the ground escalated until war was inevitable. McCullough writes vividly about the dismal conditions that troops on both sides had to endure, including an unusually harsh winter, and the role that luck and the whims of the weather played in helping the colonial forces hold off the world's greatest army. He also effectively explores the importance of motivation and troop morale--a tie was as good as a win to the Americans, while anything short of overwhelming victory was disheartening to the British, who expected a swift end to the war. The redcoat retreat from Boston, for example, was particularly humiliating for the British, while the minor American victory at Trenton was magnified despite its limited strategic importance.
Some of the strongest passages in 1776 are the revealing and well-rounded portraits of the Georges on both sides of the Atlantic. King George III, so often portrayed as a bumbling, arrogant fool, is given a more thoughtful treatment by McCullough, who shows that the king considered the colonists to be petulant subjects without legitimate grievances--an attitude that led him to underestimate the will and capabilities of the Americans. At times he seems shocked that war was even necessary. The great Washington lives up to his considerable reputation in these pages, and McCullough relies on private correspondence to balance the man and the myth, revealing how deeply concerned Washington was about the Americans' chances for victory, despite his public optimism. Perhaps more than any other man, he realized how fortunate they were to merely survive the year, and he willingly lays the responsibility for their good fortune in the hands of God rather than his own. Enthralling and superbly written, 1776 is the work of a master historian. --Shawn Carkonen
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With his riveting, enlightening accounts of subjects from Johnstown Flood to John Adams, David McCullough has become the historian that Americans look to most to tell us our own story. In his Amazon.com interview, McCullough explains why he turned in his new book from the political battles of the Revolution to the battles on the ground, and he marvels at some of his favorite young citizen soldiers who fought alongside the remarkable General Washington. The Essential David McCullough
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The Great Improvisation by Stacy Schiff
Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis
Washington's General by Terry Golway
Iron Tears by Stanley Weintraub
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Alexander Hamiltonby Henry Cabot Lodge, Mary-Jo KlineISBN 0791045420 (0-7910-4542-0)
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America's First Dynastyby Richard BrookhiserISBN 078624285X (0-7862-4285-X)
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The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraqby George PackerISBN 078628451X (0-7862-8451-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq'Book summary:As the death toll mounts in the Iraq War, Americans are agonizing over how the mess started and what to do now. George Packer, a staff writer at The New Yorker, joins the debate with his thoughtful book The Assassins' Gate. Packer describes himself as an ambivalent pro-war liberal "who supported a war [in Iraq] by about the same margin that the voting public had supported Al Gore." He never believed the argument that Iraq should be invaded because of weapons of mass destruction. Instead, he saw the war as a way to get rid of Saddam Hussein and build democracy in Iraq, in the vein of the U.S. interventions in Haiti and Bosnia.
How did such lofty aims get so derailed? How did the U.S. get stuck in a quagmire in the Middle East? Packer traces the roots of the war back to a historic shift in U.S. policy that President Bush made immediately after 9/11. No longer would the U.S. be hamstrung by multilateralism or working through the UN. It would act unilaterally around the world--forging temporary coalitions with other nations where suitable--and defend its status as the sole superpower. But when it came to Iraq, even Bush administration officials were deeply divided. Packer takes readers inside the vicious bureaucratic warfare between the Pentagon and State Department that turned U.S. policy on Iraq into an incoherent mess. We see the consequences in the second half of The Assassins' Gate, which takes the reader to Iraq after the bombs have stopped dropping. Packer writes vividly about how the country deteriorated into chaos, with U.S. authorities in Iraq operating in crisis mode. The book fails to capture much of the debate about the war among Iraqis themselves--instead relying mostly on the views of one prominent Iraqi exile--but it is an insightful contribution to the debate about the decisions--and blunders--behind the war. --Alex Roslin [via]
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Babbittby Sinclair LewisISBN 0783883730 (0-7838-8373-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Babbitt'Book summary:General FictionLarge Print EditionBabbitt is a total conformist, loyal to whoever serves his need of the moment an opportunist in his business and personal life. Outwardly he conforms. Inwardly, his soul is empty. Filled with rationalizations and sentimentality, he doesnt see his own corruption. With his portrait of George F. Babbitt, the conniving, rich real estate man from Zenith, Sinclair Lewis created one of the ugliest, yet most convincing figures in American literature. [via]
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The Battle of the Books: History and Literature in the Augustan Ageby Joseph M. LevineISBN 0801481996 (0-8014-8199-6)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Healthby Laurie GarrettISBN 0786884401 (0-7868-8440-1)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health'Book summary:What do Russia, Zaire, Los Angeles, and--most likely--your community have in common? Each is woefully unprepared to deal with a major epidemic, whether it's caused by bioterrorism or by new or reemerging diseases resistant to antibiotics. After the publication of her critically acclaimed The Coming Plague, which looked at the reemergence of infectious diseases, Laurie Garrett decided to turn her highly honed reportorial skills to what she saw as the only solution--not medical technology, but public health. However, what she found in her travels was the collapse of public-health systems around the world, no comfort to a species purportedly sitting on a powder keg of disease. In Betrayal of Trust, Garrett exposes the shocking weaknesses in our medical system and the ramifications of a world suddenly much smaller, yet still far apart when it comes to wealth and attention to health.
With globalization, humans are more vulnerable to outbreaks from any part of the world; increasingly, the health of each nation depends on the health of all. Yet public health has been pushed down the list of priorities. In India, an outbreak of bubonic plague created international hysteria, ridiculous in an age when the plague can easily be treated with antibiotics--that is, if you have a public-health system in place. India, busy putting its newfound wealth elsewhere, didn't. In Zaire, the deadly Ebola virus broke out in a filthy and completely unequipped hospital, and would have kept up its rampage if the organization Doctors Without Borders hadn't stepped in, not with high-tech equipment or drugs, but with soap, protective gear, and clean water. Most of the world still doesn't have access to these basic public-health necessities. The 15 states of the former Soviet Union have seen the most astounding collapse in public health in the industrialized world. But during a cholera epidemic, officials refused to use the simple cure public-health workers have long relied on--oral rehydration therapy. Many of the problems in these nations can also be found in one degree or another in the U.S., where medical cures using expensive technology and drugs have been emphasized to the detriment of protecting human health. The result? More than 100,000 Americans die each year from infections caught in hospitals, and America has a disease safety net full of holes.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (for Newsday and others), Garrett has deftly turned what could have been a very dry subject into dramatic reportage, beginning with the eerie silence on the streets of Surat, India, where half the city's population (including doctors) fled the plague, while a thick white layer of DDT powdered the ground. Fascinating, frightening, and well-documented, Betrayal of Trust should be read not only by medical professionals and policymakers but the general public, and should galvanize a change in thinking and priorities. --Lesley Reed [via]
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Bourinot's Rules of Orderby Geoffrey H. StanfordISBN 077108336X (0-7710-8336-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Breakdown of Democratic Regimesby Juan J. LinzISBN 0801820081 (0-8018-2008-1)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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The Burned-over District: The Social and Intellectual History of Enthusiastic Religion in Western New York, 1800v1850by Whitney CrossISBN 0801492327 (0-8014-9232-7)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Cat's Cradleby Kurt VonnegutISBN 0791071685 (0-7910-7168-5)
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Conduct Unbecomingby Randy ShiltsISBN 0788154168 (0-7881-5416-8)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Conduct Unbecoming'Book summary:An investigation of the situation of lesbians & gays in the military over the past three decades, revealing for the first time that some of the most celebrated soldiers in American history were homosexual. Five years of interviews with nearly 1,100 gay service people have uncovered stories of heroism, persecution, & increasing resistance while documenting the creation of a vast gay subculture within the armed forces. With thousand of documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Shilts offers the first in-depth look at the fierce purges of gays in the military over the past 30 years. Best seller! [via]
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Creation of the Presidency, 1775-1789: A Study in Constitutional Historyby Charles C. ThachISBN 0801811082 (0-8018-1108-2)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins Press
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Crisis, Breakdown and Reequilibrationby Juan LinzISBN 080182009X (0-8018-2009-X)
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Culture Warriorby Bill O'ReillyISBN 0767920929 (0-7679-2092-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Culture Warrior'Book summary:Bill OReilly is the very embodiment of the idea of a Culture Warriorand in this book he lives up to the title brilliantly, with all the brashness and forthrightness at his command. He sees that America is in the midst of a fierce culture war between those who embrace traditional values and those who want to change America into a secular-progressive country. This is a conflict that differs in many ways from the usual liberal/conservative divide, but it is no less heated, and the stakes are even higher.
In Culture Warrior, Bill OReilly defines this war and analyzes the competing philosophies of the traditionalist and secular-progressive camps. He examines why the nations motto E Pluribus Unum ( From Many, One ) might change to What About Me? ; dissects the forces driving the secular-progressive agenda in the media and behind the scenes, including George Soros, George Lakoff, and the ACLU; and dives into matters of race, education, and the war on terror. He also shows how the culture war has played out in such high-profile instances as The Passion of the Christ, Fahrenheit 9/11, the abuse epidemic (child and otherwise), and the embattled place of religion in public lifewith special emphasis on the war against Christmas. Whatever controversies are roiling the nation, he fearlessly confronts themand no one will be in the dark about which side hes on.
Culture Warrior showcases Bill OReilly at his most eloquent and impassioned. He is an unrelenting fighter for the soul of America, and in this book he fights the good fight for the traditional values that have served this country so well for so long. [via]More editions of Culture Warrior:
The Da Vinci Codeby Dan BrownISBN 076792603X (0-7679-2603-X)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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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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Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of James A. Garfieldby Kenneth D. AckermanISBN 0786711515 (0-7867-1151-5)
Hardcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfieldby Kenneth D. AckermanISBN 0786713968 (0-7867-1396-8)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Dead Soulsby Clifford Odets, Nikolai Vasilevich GogolISBN 0766195732 (0-7661-9573-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dead Souls'Book summary:1923. Odets writes in his introduction that the brutal censorship imposed upon the great Russian Empire of Gogol's time by its feudal lords and masters is comparable in our time to only that imposed upon the peoples of certain Fascist states. Enlightenment was not then a word to utter lightly on a muddy street corner. But Gogol set out to enlighten the Russian people, and his method was curiously simple. Of his central character Tchitchikov, in Dead Souls he states, Him I have taken as a type to show forth the vices and failings, rather than the merits and virtues, of the commonplace Russian individual; and the characters which revolve around him have also been selected for the purpose of demonstrating our national weaknesses and shortcomings. [via]
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Dear Mr. President: Letters to the Oval Office from the Files of the National Archivesby Thomas Mallon, Brian WilliamsISBN 0792241851 (0-7922-4185-1)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dear Mr. President: Letters to the Oval Office from the Files of the National Archives'Book summary:This carefully selected collection of letters, spanning from the earliest days of the Republic to the present, were pulled from the extensive holdings of the National Archives. Archivists searched through hundreds of letters held throughout their network, which includes all of the Presidential libraries. Dear Mr. President reproduces 75 letters from everyday citizens and some quite famous people: John Glenn, Elvis Presley, Walt Disney, Ho Chi Minh, Nikita Kruschev, Upton Sinclair, John Steinbeck, Robert Kennedy, and many more.
An introduction by NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams and essays by Dwight Young illuminate and expand the tenor of the times in which the letters were written. Full-size facsimiles of the letters are reproduced with transcripts of the text for easy reading, and letters are grouped thematically: Civil rights, the cold war, physical fitness, joblessness, World War II, the space race, western expansion, among many other topics.
Dear Mr. President is a charming walk through American history through the eyes of ordinary and extraordinary people writing to their President. [via]More editions of Dear Mr. President: Letters to the Oval Office from the Files of the National Archives:
Death by Prescription: The Shocking Truth Behind an Overmedicated Nationby Ray D. Strand, Donna K. WallaceISBN 0785264841 (0-7852-6484-1)
Hardcover, Nelson Incorporated, Thomas
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The Defence of the Undefended Border: Planning for War in North America, 1867-1939by Richard Arthur PrestonISBN 0773502912 (0-7735-0291-2)
Hardcover, McGill-Queen's University Press
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The Dorling Kindersley World Reference Atlasby Jo Edwards, Jane Oliver, Catherine Day, Debra Clapson, Ian Castello-CortesISBN 0789410850 (0-7894-1085-0)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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Ecological Resistance Movements: The Global Emergence of Radical and Popular Environmentalismby Bron Raymond TaylorISBN 0791426467 (0-7914-2646-7)
Softcover, State Univ of New York Pr
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Edmund Burke: Speeches on the American War, and Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristolby Edmund Burke, Charles W. EliotISBN 0766182185 (0-7661-8218-5)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Foundations of the American Empire: William Henry Seward and U.S. Foreign Policyby Ernest N. PaolinoISBN 0801407966 (0-8014-0796-6)
Hardcover, Cornell University Press
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The Giverby Lois LowryISBN 0786200553 (0-7862-0055-3)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Giver'Book summary:In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. With echoes of Brave New World, in this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price. [via]
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Great Questions of Canadaby Rudyard GriffithsISBN 0773732349 (0-7737-3234-9)
Hardcover, Stoddart Publishing
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan Swift, Gill Harvey, Peter DennisISBN 0794503292 (0-7945-0329-2)
Softcover, Edc Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:Gulliver sets sail for adventure and finds a country beyond his wildest dreams. He's certainly never met anyone like the people of Lilliput. But then the people of Lilliput have never met anyone quite like Gulliver. Usborne Young Reading books combine exciting stories with easy reading text. [via]
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If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat: Crushing the Democrats in Every Election and Why Your Life Depends On Itby Hugh HewittISBN 0785263195 (0-7852-6319-5)
Hardcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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In God We Trust?: Religion and American Political Lifeby Corwin E. SmidtISBN 0801022614 (0-8010-2261-4)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Jesus and Empire: The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorderby Richard A. HorsleyISBN 080063490X (0-8006-3490-X)
Softcover, Augsburg Fortress Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jesus and Empire: The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder'Book summary:Building on his earlier studies of Jesus, Galilee, and the social upheavals in Roman Palestine, Horsley focuses his attention on how Jesus' proclamation of the kingdom of God relates to Roman and Herodian power politics. In addition he examines how modern ideologies relate to Jesus' proclamation. [via]
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Julius CaesarISBN 0789160838 (0-7891-6083-8)
Softcover, Perfection Learning
Find This BookBook summary:Concise breakdown of Shakespeare's play. Easy-to-understand format for students as well as enthusiasts. 4-page laminated guide includes: " fact sheet " cast of characters " act & scene interpretations " dichotomies " trivia " significant quotes & their meanings [via]
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Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, Maurice Charney, William ShakepeareISBN 0789122502 (0-7891-2250-2)
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Kitchener: Architect of Victory, Artisan of Peaceby John Charles PollockISBN 0786710012 (0-7867-1001-2)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kitchener: Architect of Victory, Artisan of Peace'Book summary:With access to the private papers of the heroic Kitchener of Khartoumvictor of the Battle of Omdurman and avenger of the disastrously massacred General Gordonthis definitive biography, including 32 pages of black-and-white photographs, charts the illustrious, and sometimes infamous, career of the man who fought his last battles in the corridors of international power during World War I. It also finds beyond the formidable public figure a shy, reserved Christian man capable of great compassion and humanitarian vision. An engaging narrative that brings the colorful, late-Victorian military and political world vividly to life. Kirkus Reviews Pollock describes this amazing career with talent and passion. His book is well-written, lively, thoroughly researched.... Financial Times[via]More editions of Kitchener: Architect of Victory, Artisan of Peace:
Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Fiveby Harold BloomISBN 0791059251 (0-7910-5925-1)
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The Last Taboo: A Survival Guide to Mental Health Care in Canadaby Scott Simmie, Julia NunesISBN 0771080638 (0-7710-8063-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Latin Americaby Alfred Stepan, Juan LinzISBN 0801820235 (0-8018-2023-5)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Legislaturesby David DochertyISBN 0774810645 (0-7748-1064-5)
Hardcover, Univ of British Columbia Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Legislatures'Book summary:Legislatures provides a democratic audit of Canadas provincial and national representative assemblies. It argues that the problem existing in these bodies is not a lack of talent so much as a lack of institutional freedom. Specifically, the problem is largely one of resources and rules. The move to a more multi-party system nationally and the increasing tendency to downsize provincial assemblies has placed additional hurdles in the path to good governance. Docherty uses the series criteria of responsiveness, inclusiveness, and participation to evaluate critically the performance of legislatures in Canada, and makes recommendations for legislative reform in Canada. [via] More editions of Legislatures:
The Lexus and the Olive Treeby Thomas L. FriedmanISBN 0786222395 (0-7862-2239-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lexus and the Olive Tree'Book summary:One day in 1992, Thomas Friedman toured a Lexus factory in Japan and marveled at the robots that put the luxury cars together. That evening, as he ate sushi on a Japanese bullet train, he read a story about yet another Middle East squabble between Palestinians and Israelis. And it hit him: Half the world was lusting after those Lexuses, or at least the brilliant technology that made them possible, and the other half was fighting over who owned which olive tree.
Friedman, the well-traveled New York Times foreign-affairs columnist, peppers The Lexus and the Olive Tree with stories that illustrate his central theme: that globalization--the Lexus--is the central organizing principle of the post-cold war world, even though many individuals and nations resist by holding onto what has traditionally mattered to them--the olive tree.
Problem is, few of us understand what exactly globalization means. As Friedman sees it, the concept, at first glance, is all about American hegemony, about Disneyfication of all corners of the earth. But the reality, thank goodness, is far more complex than that, involving international relations, global markets, and the rise of the power of individuals (Bill Gates, Osama Bin Laden) relative to the power of nations.
No one knows how all this will shake out, but The Lexus and the Olive Tree is as good an overview of this sometimes brave, sometimes fearful new world as you'll find. --Lou Schuler [via]
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Lifeviewsby R. C. SproulISBN 0800753577 (0-8007-5357-7)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Lifeviews: Understanding the Ideas That Shape Society Todayby R. C. SproulISBN 0800714695 (0-8007-1469-5)
Hardcover, F.H. Revell
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The Magehoundby Elaine CunninghamISBN 0786915617 (0-7869-1561-7)
Softcover, Wizards of the Coast
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Some without.
Matteo, un-magical counselor to the mighty of Halruaa, has devoted his life to the truth -- until he finds that he may have a hidden spark of magic after all. Now, with only a street waif for a companion, he's on the run from the mysterious Cabal. In the dismal Swamp of Akhlaur, Matteo will seek his own truth while battling a creature out of his nightmares.
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The Making of Canadian Food Aid Policyby Mark W. CharltonISBN 0773509372 (0-7735-0937-2)
Hardcover, McGill Queens Univ Pr
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The Man in the Brown Suitby Agatha ChristieISBN 0766194140 (0-7661-9414-0)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Medieval Political Philosophyby Ralph Lerner, Muhsin MahdiISBN 0801491398 (0-8014-9139-8)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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My First Pocket Guide: Illinoisby Carole MarshISBN 0793394503 (0-7933-9450-3)
Softcover, Gallopade Intl
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Myth of Good Corporate Citizensby M. DobbinISBN 0773760369 (0-7737-6036-9)
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The Myth of the Good Corporate Citizen : Democracy under the Rule of Big Businessby Murray DobbinISBN 0773730877 (0-7737-3087-7)
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The Myth of the North American City: Continentalism Challengedby Michael A. Goldberg, John MercerISBN 0774802383 (0-7748-0238-3)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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Nations Are Built of Babies: Saving Ontario's Mothers and Children, 1900-1940by Cynthia R. ComacchioISBN 0773517707 (0-7735-1770-7)
Softcover, McGill Queens Univ Pr
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The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clintonby Joe KleinISBN 0767914120 (0-7679-1412-0)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Nothing but the Truthby AviISBN 0786201312 (0-7862-0131-2)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Mealsby Michael PollanISBN 078628952X (0-7862-8952-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Winner of the James Beard Award
Author of #1 New York Times Bestsellers In Defense of Food and Food Rules
Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national eating disorder. Will it be fast food tonight, or something organic? Or perhaps something we grew ourselves? The question of what to have for dinner has confronted us since man discovered fire. But as Michael Pollan explains in this revolutionary book, how we answer it now, as the dawn of the twenty-first century, may determine our survival as a species. Packed with profound surprises, The Omnivore's Dilemma is changing the way Americans thing about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.
Coming from The Penguin Press in 2013, Michael Pollans newest book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation--the story of our most trusted food experts culinary education
"Thoughtful, engrossing ... You're not likely to get a better explanation of exactly where your food comes from."
-The New York Times Book Review
"An eater's manifesto ... [Pollan's] cause is just, his thinking is clear, and his writing is compelling. Be careful of your dinner!"
-The Washington Post
"Outstanding... a wide-ranging invitation to think through the moral ramifications of our eating habits."
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"If you ever thought 'what's for dinner' was a simple question, you'll change your mind after reading Pollan's searing indictment of today's food industry-and his glimpse of some inspiring alternatives.... I just loved this book so much I didn't want it to end."
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On the Fringe: Ays and Lesbians in 7 Political Processby David RaysideISBN 0801483743 (0-8014-8374-3)
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The One-Hour Activist: The 15 Most Powerful Actions You Can Take to Fight for the Issues and Candidates You Care Aboutby Christopher KushISBN 0787973009 (0-7879-7300-9)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Op Centerby Tom Clancy, Steve R. PieczenikISBN 0786223189 (0-7862-2318-9)
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Peace or Apartheid in Palestineby Jimmy CarterISBN 0786294086 (0-7862-9408-6)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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It's a rare honor to ask questions of a former president, and we are grateful that President Carter was able to take the time in between his work with his wife, Rosalynn, for the Carter Center and Habitat for Humanity and his many writing projects to speak with us about his hopes for the region and his thoughts on the book.
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Q: What has been the importance of your own faith in your continued interest in peace in the Middle East?
A: As a Christian, I worship the Prince of Peace. One of my preeminent commitments has been to bring peace to the people who live in the Holy Land. I made my best efforts as president and still have this as a high priority.
Q: A common theme in your years of Middle East diplomacy has been that leaders on both sides have often been more open to discussion and change in private than in public. Do you think that's still the case?
A: Yes. This is why private and intense negotiations can be successful. More accurately, however, my premise has been that the general public (Jewish, Christian, and Muslim) are more eager for peace than their political leaders. For instance, a recent poll done by the Hebrew University in Jerusalem showed that 58% of Israelis and 81% of the Palestinians favor a comprehensive settlement similar to the Roadmap for Peace or the Saudi proposal adopted by all 23 Arab nations and recently promoted by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Tragically, there have been no substantive peace talks during the past six years.
Q: How have the war in Iraq and the increased strength of Iran (and the declarations of their leaders against Israel) changed the conditions of the Israel-Palestine question?
A: Other existing or threatened conflicts in the region greatly increase the importance of Israel's having peace agreements with its neighbors, to minimize overall Arab animosity toward both Israel and the United States and reduce the threat of a broader conflict.
Q: Your use of the term "apartheid" has been a lightning rod in the response to your book. Could you explain your choice? Were you surprised by the reaction?
A: The book is about Palestine, the occupied territories, and not about Israel. Forced segregation in the West Bank and terrible oppression of the Palestinians create a situation accurately described by the word. I made it plain in the text that this abuse is not based on racism, but on the desire of a minority of Israelis to confiscate and colonize Palestinian land. This violates the basic humanitarian premises on which the nation of Israel was founded. My surprise is that most critics of the book have ignored the facts about Palestinian persecution and its proposals for future peace and resorted to personal attacks on the author. No one could visit the occupied territories and deny that the book is accurate.
Q: You write in the book that "the peace process does not have a life of its own; it is not self-sustaining." What would you recommend that the next American president do to revive it?
A: I would not want to wait two more years. It is encouraging that President George W. Bush has announced that peace in the Holy Land will be a high priority for his administration during the next two years. On her January trip to the region, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called for early U.S.-Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. She has recommended the 2002 offer of the Arab nations as a foundation for peace: full recognition of Israel based on a return to its internationally recognized borders. This offer is compatible with official U.S. Government policy, previous agreements approved by Israeli governments in 1978 and 1993, and with the International Quartet's "roadmap for peace." My book proposes that, through negotiated land swaps, this "green line" border be modified to permit a substantial number of Israelis settlers to remain in Palestine. With strong U.S. pressure, backed by the U.N., Russia, and the European Community, Israelis and Palestinians would have to come to the negotiating table.
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Power, Morals and the Founding Fathers: Essays in the Interpretation of American Enlightenmentby Adrienne KochISBN 0801490197 (0-8014-9019-7)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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A Preface to Moralsby Walter LippmanISBN 0766195589 (0-7661-9558-9)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neilby Ron SuskindISBN 0786265329 (0-7862-6532-9)
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Red Rabbitby Tom ClancyISBN 0786240644 (0-7862-4064-4)
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Renegade In Powerby P. C. NewmanISBN 0771067461 (0-7710-6746-1)
Softcover, McGill Queens Univ Pr
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Roscoe Conkling of New York:Voice in the Senate: Voice in the Senateby David M. JordanISBN 0801406250 (0-8014-0625-0)
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Rousseau and the Republic of Virtue: The Language of Politics in the French Revolutionby Carol BlumISBN 0801495571 (0-8014-9557-1)
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Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observationsby Al FrankenISBN 0788161857 (0-7881-6185-7)
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Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangersby Elizabeth EdwardsISBN 0767925378 (0-7679-2537-8)
Hardcover, Broadway Books
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Edwards writes about growing up in a military family, where she learned how to make friends easily in dozens of new schools and neighborhoods around the world and came to appreciate the unstinting help and comfort naval families shared. Edwards reminiscences of her years as a mother focus on the support she and other parents offered one another, from everyday favors to the ultimate test of her own communitys strengththeir compassionate response to the death of the Edwards teenage son, Wade, in 1996. Her descriptions of her husbands campaigns for Senate, president, and vice president offer a fascinating perspective on the groups, great and small, that sustain our democracy. Her fight with breast cancer, which stirred an outpouring of support from women across the country, has once again affirmed Edwards belief in the power of community to make our lives better and richer. [via]More editions of Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers:
Separation of Church and State: Historical Fact and Current Fictionby Robert L. CordISBN 0801025311 (0-8010-2531-1)
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Sexual Ideology and Schooling: Towards Democratic Sexuality Educationby Alexander McKayISBN 0791445240 (0-7914-4524-0)
Softcover, State Univ of New York Pr
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Slaughter House Fiveby Kurt VonnegutISBN 0783883706 (0-7838-8370-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Slaughter House Five'Book summary:Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes unstuck in time after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden.
Don't let the ease of reading fool you--Vonnegut's isn't a conventional, or simple, novel. He writes, "There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick, and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters..." Slaughterhouse-Five (taken from the name of the building where the POWs were held) is not only Vonnegut's most powerful book, it is as important as any written since 1945. Like Catch- 22, it fashions the author's experiences in the Second World War into an eloquent and deeply funny plea against butchery in the service of authority. Slaughterhouse-Five boasts the same imagination, humanity, and gleeful appreciation of the absurd found in Vonnegut's other works, but the book's basis in rock-hard, tragic fact gives it a unique poignancy--and humor. [via]
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Social Ideals and Policies: Readings in Social and Political Philosophyby Steven LuperISBN 0767400100 (0-7674-0010-0)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, & Antigoneby Harold BloomISBN 0791040992 (0-7910-4099-2)
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Spycatchers Encyclopedia of Espionageby Peter WrightISBN 0773721681 (0-7737-2168-1)
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Starship Troopersby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 0785787283 (0-7857-8728-3)
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The Teeth of the Tigerby Tom ClancyISBN 0786256915 (0-7862-5691-5)
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In the Brave New World of terrorism the old rules no longer apply. In suburban Maryland, Hendley Associates ("the Campus") does a profitable business in stocks, bonds, and international currencies. But its true mission is quite different: to identify and locate terrorist threats, and then deal with them, in whatever manner necessary. When President John Patrick Ryan's son goes to work for "the Campus," he finds that nothing has prepared him for what he is about to encounter. [via]
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Tom Clancy's Op-Centerby Tom Clancy, Steve R. PieczenikISBN 0786206187 (0-7862-0618-7)
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Op-Center, the newly-founded but highly successful crisis management team, begins a race against the clock and against the hardliners. Their task is made even more difficult by the discovery of a Russian counterpart... but this one's controlled by those same repressive hardliners and represents everything Op-Center stands for. Two rival Op-Centers, virtual mirror images of each other. But if this mirror cracks, it'll be more than seven years of bad luck.... [via]
Tyranny and Legitimacy: A Critique of Political Theoriesby James S. FishkinISBN 0801822564 (0-8018-2256-4)
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The Victorian Interpretation of Racial Conflict: The Maori, the British, and the New Zealand Warsby James BelichISBN 0773507396 (0-7735-0739-6)
Softcover, McGill Queens Univ Pr
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When the Powers Fall: Reconciliation in the Healing of Nationsby Walter WinkISBN 0800631277 (0-8006-3127-7)
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Where the Buck Stops: The Dollar, Democracy, and the Bank of Canadaby Michael Babad, Catherine MulroneyISBN 0773728643 (0-7737-2864-3)
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Who's Looking Out for You?by Bill O'ReillyISBN 0767913809 (0-7679-1380-9)
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Wickedby Gregory MaguireISBN 0786206438 (0-7862-0643-8)
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World War I Albumby Ross BurnsISBN 0785808647 (0-7858-0864-7)
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You Got to Dance With Them What Brung Youby Molly IvinsISBN 0783802021 (0-7838-0202-1)
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