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Aching for Beauty: Footbinding in Chinaby Wang Ping, Ping WangISBN 0385721366 (0-385-72136-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledgeby Paul K. FeyerabendISBN 039100381X (0-391-00381-X)
Hardcover, Humanities Press
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The Aliens: A History of Ethnic Minorities in Americaby Leonard Dinnerstein, Frederic Cople JaherISBN 0390269808 (0-390-26980-8)
Hardcover, Appleton-Century-Crofts
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All of a Kind Familyby Sydney TaylorISBN 0385732953 (0-385-73295-3)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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Analysis by Its Historyby Ernst Hairer, Gerhard WannerISBN 0387945512 (0-387-94551-2)
Hardcover, Springer London, Limited
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Art and Life of William Shakespeareby Hazelton SpencerISBN 0389011649 (0-389-01164-9)
Hardcover, Harcourt, Brace and Company
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Britain's Imperial Century, 1815-1914 : A Study of Empire and Expansionby Ronald Hyam, D. A. LowISBN 038921003X (0-389-21003-X)
Hardcover, Macmillan Publishers Limited
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China, Radicalism to Revisionism, 1962-1979. Continues the Author's China, Liberation and Transformation, 1942-1962by Bill BruggerISBN 0389200875 (0-389-20087-5)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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Church and People, 1450-1660: The Triumph of the Laity in the English Churchby Claire CrossISBN 0391006495 (0-391-00649-5)
Hardcover, Humanities Press
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The Code Book for Young Peopleby Simon SinghISBN 0385730624 (0-385-73062-4)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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The Code Book for Young People : How to Make It, Break It, Hack It, or Crack Itby Simon SinghISBN 0385729138 (0-385-72913-8)
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Code Book: How to Make It, Break It, Hack It, Crack Itby Simon SinghISBN 0385900325 (0-385-90032-5)
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The Creation of Wave Mechanics ; Early Response and Applications 1925-26by Jagdish MehraISBN 0387963774 (0-387-96377-4)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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Crime and Punishment in Early Modern Europeby Michael R. WeisserISBN 0391009354 (0-391-00935-4)
Hardcover, Humanities Press
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Curve Ball: Baseball, Statistics, and the Role of Chance in the Gameby Jay Bennett, Jim AlbertISBN 0387988165 (0-387-98816-5)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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Daughter of Veniceby Donna Jo NapoliISBN 0385900368 (0-385-90036-8)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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Based on one of the first acknowledged female Venetian scholars, Daughter of Venice is so rich with historical detail and intrigue that readers will quickly feel the desperation and exhilaration of Donata's daring deception. Napoli provides an authentic taste of this complex society on the brink of change and the ancient rules that still bound its women both physically and mentally. A gorgeous, bountiful book. (Ages 10 to 15) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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Documents of American Broadcastingby Frank J. KahnISBN 0390494364 (0-390-49436-4)
Hardcover, Appleton, Century, Crofts
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Documents of American Historyby Commager, Henry Steele, EdISBN 039020370X (0-390-20370-X)
Hardcover, Appleton-Century-Crofts
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Episodes in the Mathematics of Medieval Islamby J.L. BerggrenISBN 0387406050 (0-387-40605-0)
Softcover, Springer Verlag
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An Essay Concerning Human Understandingby John Locke, A. Seth Pringle-PattisonISBN 0391005731 (0-391-00573-1)
Hardcover, Harvester Press
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Euclid - The Creation of Mathematicsby Benno ArtmannISBN 0387984232 (0-387-98423-2)
Hardcover, Springer
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An Exhibit Denied : Lobbying the History of Enola Gayby Martin D. HarwitISBN 0387947973 (0-387-94797-3)
Hardcover, Springer
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Eyes Of The Emperorby Graham SalisburyISBN 0385729715 (0-385-72971-5)
Hardcover, Wendy Lamb Books
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Then the army sends Eddy and a small band of Japanese American soldiers on a secret mission to a small island off the coast of Mississippi. Here they are given a special job, one that only they can do. Eddys going to help train attack dogs. Hes going to be the bait.
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Fermat's Last Theorem: A Genetic Introduction to Algebraic Number Theoryby Harold M. Edwards, F.W. Gehring, S. Axler, K. A. RibetISBN 0387950028 (0-387-95002-8)
Softcover, Springer Verlag
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The Fire-Eatersby David AlmondISBN 0385731701 (0-385-73170-1)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The First Men on the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11by David HarlandISBN 0387341765 (0-387-34176-5)
Softcover, Springer Verlag
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Flatlandby Edwin Abbott AbbottISBN 0389015318 (0-389-01531-8)
Hardcover, Dover Pubns
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Fleshmarketby Nicola MorganISBN 0385901925 (0-385-90192-5)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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For Freedom : The Story of a French Spyby Kimberly Brubaker BradleyISBN 0385729618 (0-385-72961-8)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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Suzanne David's everyday life is suddenly shattered in 1940 when a bomb drops on the main square of her hometown, the city of Cherbourg, France, killing a pregnant neighbor right in front of her. Until then the war had seemed far away, not something that would touch her or her teenage friends. Now Suzanne's family is kicked out onto the street as German soldiers take over their house as a barracks.
Suzanne clings to the one thing she really loves--singing. Her voice is so amazing that she is training to become an opera singer. As Suzanne travels around for rehearsals, cosume fittings, or lessons, she learns more about what the Nazis are doing and about the people who are "disappearing." Her travels are noticed by someone else, an organizer of the French Resistance. Soon Suzanne is a secret courier, a spy fighting for France and risking her own life for freedom.
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From Fermat to Minkowski: Lectures on the Theory of Numbers and Its Historical Developmentby Winifried ScharlauISBN 0387909427 (0-387-90942-7)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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Geometry : Euclid and Beyondby Robin HartshorneISBN 0387986502 (0-387-98650-2)
Hardcover, Springer London, Limited
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The Historical Development of Quantum Theory: Part 1; The Fundamental Equations of Quantum Mechanics 1925-1926 Part 2; The Reception of the New Quaby Jagdish Mehra, Helmut RechenbergISBN 0387906800 (0-387-90680-0)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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The Historical Development of Quantum Theory: The Discovery of Quantum Mechanicsby J. MehraISBN 0387906746 (0-387-90674-6)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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The Historical Development of Quantum Theory: The Formulation of Matrix Mechanics and Its Modificationsby J. MehraISBN 0387906754 (0-387-90675-4)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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The Historical Development of Quantum Theory: The Quantum Theory of Planck, Einstein, Bohr and Sommerfeld ; Its Foundation and the Rise of Its Diffulties 1900-1925by Jagdish Mehra, Helmut RechenbergISBN 038795175X (0-387-95175-X)
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A History of Chinese Mathematicsby S. Wilson, Jean-Claude Martzloff, J. Dhombres, J. GernetISBN 0387547495 (0-387-54749-5)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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History of Spatial Economic Theoryby Claude PonsardISBN 0387128026 (0-387-12802-6)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's Worldby Karen ArmstrongISBN 0385721404 (0-385-72140-4)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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Huguenots in Britain and Their French Background, 1550-1800by Irene ScouloudiISBN 0389207055 (0-389-20705-5)
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Insights of Genius: Imagery and Creativity in Science and Artby Arthur I. MillerISBN 0387946713 (0-387-94671-3)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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International Mathematical Congresses: An Illustrated History, 1893-1986by Donald J. Albers, Gerald L. Alexanderson, Constance ReidISBN 0387964797 (0-387-96479-7)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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The King of Mulberry Streetby Donna Jo NapoliISBN 0385746539 (0-385-74653-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Leadership in 19th Century Africa: Essays from Tarikhby Obaro IkimeISBN 0391003577 (0-391-00357-7)
Hardcover, published for the Historical Society of Nigeria by Longman
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Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the Uss Indianapolisby Peter NelsonISBN 0385730918 (0-385-73091-8)
Softcover, Delacorte Pr
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The Making of the Modern Worldby Douglas JohnsonISBN 0389041289 (0-389-04128-9)
Hardcover, Benn
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Marxism in United States History before the Russian Revolution (1876-1917)by Oakley C. JohnsonISBN 0391003267 (0-391-00326-7)
Hardcover, Published for A.I.M.S. by Humanities Press
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Mathematical Expeditions: Chronicles by the Explorersby David Pengelley, Reinhard LaubenbacherISBN 038798433X (0-387-98433-X)
Softcover, Springer Verlag
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The Mathematical Magpie: Being More Stories, Mainly Transcendental, Plus Subjects of Essays, Rhymes, Music, Anecdotes, Epigrams, and Other Prime Oddments and Diversions, ratioby Clifton FadimanISBN 038794950X (0-387-94950-X)
Softcover, Springer Verlag
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Mathematics: A Concise History and Philosophyby W.S. AnglinISBN 0387942807 (0-387-94280-7)
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The Mathematics of Sonya Kovalevskayaby Roger CookeISBN 0387960309 (0-387-96030-9)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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Mathematics-- the Music of Reasonby Jean A. DieudonneISBN 038753346X (0-387-53346-X)
Hardcover, New York
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Mesopotamia: The Babylonian and Assyrian Civilizationby Louis DelaporteISBN 0389040185 (0-389-04018-5)
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Midlothian Speeches, 1879by W.E. GladstoneISBN 0391001108 (0-391-00110-8)
Hardcover, Humanities Press
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Miscellanea Mathematicaby Peter J. Hilton, Reinhold Remmert, Friedrick HirzebruchISBN 0387541748 (0-387-54174-8)
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Modernism, 1890-1930by Malcolm Bradbury, James Walter McFarlaneISBN 0391008188 (0-391-00818-8)
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Neutral Ireland and the Third Reichby John P. DugganISBN 0389205982 (0-389-20598-2)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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Nigger Question: The Negro Questionby Thomas Carlyle, John Stuart Mill, Eugene R. AugustISBN 0390220051 (0-390-22005-1)
Hardcover, Appleton-Century-Crofts
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Nineteenth Century Ireland: The Search for Stabilityby David George BoyceISBN 0389209341 (0-389-20934-1)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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One Hundred Years of Mathematicsby G. TempleISBN 0387911928 (0-387-91192-8)
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The Pagan Celtsby Anne RossISBN 0389206679 (0-389-20667-9)
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Persistent Problems of Psychologyby Robert B. MacLeodISBN 0391003933 (0-391-00393-3)
Hardcover, Duquesne University Press
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Philip the Good: The Apogee of Burgundyby Richard VaughanISBN 0389011266 (0-389-01126-6)
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The Politics of Electoral Pressure: A Study in the History of Victorian Reform Agitationsby D. A. HamerISBN 0391006827 (0-391-00682-7)
Hardcover, Harvester Press
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Politics Without Democracy: Great Britain, 1815-1914 Perception and Preoccupation in British Governmentby Micheal BentleyISBN 0389205427 (0-389-20542-7)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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The Power of the Early Tudor Nobility : A Study of the Fourth and Fifth Earls of Shrewsburyby G. W. BernardISBN 0389205257 (0-389-20525-7)
Hardcover, Harvester Wheatsheaf
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The President's Daughterby Kimberly Brubaker BradleyISBN 0385731477 (0-385-73147-7)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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Quattrocentoby James N. McKeanISBN 0385721307 (0-385-72130-7)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universeby Peter Ward, Donald Brownlee, Donadl BrownleeISBN 0387952896 (0-387-95289-6)
Softcover, Springer Verlag
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe'Book summary:"Do you feel lucky? Well do ya?" asked Dirty Harry. Paleontologist Peter Ward and astronomer Donald Brownlee think all of us should feel lucky. Their rare Earth hypothesis predicts that while simple, microbial life will be very widespread in the universe, complex animal or plant life will be extremely rare. Ward and Brownlee admit that "It is very difficult to do statistics with an N of 1. But in our defense, we have staked out a position rarely articulated but increasingly accepted by many astrobiologists."
Their new science
is the field of biology ratcheted up to encompass not just life on Earth but also life beyond Earth. It forces us to reconsider the life of our planet as but a single example of how life might work, rather than as the only example.
The revolution in astrobiology during the 1990s was twofold. First, scientists grew to appreciate how incredibly robust microbial life can be, found in the superheated water of deep-sea vents, pools of acid, or even within the crust of the Earth itself. The chance of finding such simple life on other bodies in our solar system has never seemed more realistic. But second, scientists have begun to appreciate how many unusual factors have cooperated to make Earth a congenial home for animal life: Jupiter's stable orbit, the presence of the Moon, plate tectonics, just the right amount of water, the right position in the right sort of galaxy. Ward and Brownlee make a convincing if depressing case for their hypothesis, undermining the principle of mediocrity (or, "Earth isn't all that special") that has ruled astronomy since Copernicus. --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Unknown in the Universeby Donald Brownlee, Peter Douglas WardISBN 0387987010 (0-387-98701-0)
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Rebel Angelsby Libba BrayISBN 0385733410 (0-385-73341-0)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rebel Angels'Book summary:In this sequel to the Victorian fantasy A Great and Terrible Beauty, Gemma continues to pursue her role as the one destined to bind the magic of the Realms and restore it to the Order--a mysterious group who have been overthrown by a rebellion. Gemma, Felicity and Ann, (her girlfriends at Spence Academy for Young Ladies), use magical power to transport themselves on visits from their corseted world to the visionary country of the Realms, with its strange beauty and menace. There they search for the lost Temple, the key to Gemma's mission, and comfort Pippa, their friend who has been left behind in the Realms. After these visits they bring back magical power for a short time to use in their own world. Meanwhile, Gemma is torn between her attraction to the exotic Kartik, the messenger from the opposing forces of the Rakshana, and the handsome but clueless Simon, a young man of good family who is courting her. The complicated plot thickens when Gemma discovers a woman in Bedlam madhouse who knows where to find the Temple; Ann shows signs of being enamored of Gemma's loutish brother Tom, and their father's addiction to laudanum lands him in an opium den. A large part of the enjoyment of this unusual fantasy comes from the Victorian milieu and its restrictive rules about the behavior of proper young ladies, as contrasted with the unimaginable possibilities of the Realms, where Gemma has power to confront gorgons and ghosts and the responsibility to save a world. (Ages 12 and up) --Patty Campbell [via]
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Red Waterby Judith FreemanISBN 0385720696 (0-385-72069-6)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Red Water'Book summary:In 1857, at a place called Mountain Meadows in southern Utah, a band of Mormons and Indians massacred 120 emigrants. Twenty years later, the slaughter was blamed on one man named John D. Lee, previously a member of Brigham Youngs inner circle. Red Water imagines Lees extraordinary frontier life through the eyes of three of his nineteen wives. Emma is a vigorous and capable Englishwoman who loves her husband unconditionally. Ann, a bride at thirteen years old, is an independent adventurer. Rachel is exceedingly devout and married Lee to be with her sister, his first wife. These spirited women describe their struggle to survive Utahs punishing landscape and the poisonous rivalries within their polygamous family, led by a magnetic, industrious, and considerate husband, who was also unafraid of using his faith to justify desire and ambition. [via]
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Remarks on Frazer's Golden Boughby Ludwig Wittgenstein, Rush RheesISBN 0391009842 (0-391-00984-2)
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Return of the Crazy Bird: The Sad, Strange Tale of the Dodoby Clara Pinto-CorreiaISBN 0387988769 (0-387-98876-9)
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The Riddle of Gender: Science, Activism, And Transgender Rightsby Deborah RudacilleISBN 0385721978 (0-385-72197-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Riddle of Gender: Science, Activism, And Transgender Rights'Book summary:When Deborah Rudacille learned that a close friend had decided to transition from female to male, she felt compelled to understand why.
Coming at the controversial subject of transsexualism from several angleshistorical, sociological, psychological, medicalRudacille discovered that gender variance is anything but new, that changing ones gender has been met with both acceptance and hostility through the years, and that gender identity, like sexual orientation, appears to be inborn, not learned, though in some people the sex of the body does not match the sex of the brain.
Informed not only by meticulous research, but also by the authors interviews with prominent members of the transgender community, The Riddle of Gender is a sympathetic and wise look at a sexual revolution that calls into question many of our most deeply held assumptions about what it means to be a man, a woman, and a human being. [via]More editions of The Riddle of Gender: Science, Activism, And Transgender Rights:
Rochester:the Critical Heritage: The Critical Heritageby David Farley-HillsISBN 0389044393 (0-389-04439-3)
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Roman Empireby Colin WellISBN 0391023047 (0-391-02304-7)
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The Science of Paintingsby Richard Newman, James W. Mayer, W. Stanley Taft, Stanley Taft, Dusan Stulik, Peter KuniholmISBN 0387987223 (0-387-98722-3)
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Seventeenth-Century Ireland: The War of Religionsby Brendan FitzpatrickISBN 0389208140 (0-389-20814-0)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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The Shell Houseby Linda NewberyISBN 0385750110 (0-385-75011-0)
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Sounds of Our Times: Two Hundred Years of Acousticsby Robert T. BeyerISBN 0387984356 (0-387-98435-6)
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Space Systems Failures : Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rocket and Space Probesby David Harland, David Shayler, Ralph D. LorenzISBN 0387215190 (0-387-21519-0)
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The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darknessby Karen ArmstrongISBN 0385721277 (0-385-72127-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness'Book summary:In 1962, at age seventeen, Karen Armstrong entered a convent, eager to meet God. After seven brutally unhappy years as a nun, she left her order to pursue English literature at Oxford. But convent life had profoundly altered her, and coping with the outside world and her expiring faith proved to be excruciating. Her deep solitude and a terrifying illness-diagnosed only years later as epilepsy-marked her forever as an outsider. In her own mind she was a complete failure: as a nun, as an academic, and as a normal woman capable of intimacy. Her future seemed very much in question until she stumbled into comparative theology. What she found, in learning, thinking, and writing about other religions, was the ecstasy and transcendence she had never felt as a nun. Gripping, revelatory, and inspirational, The Spiral Staircase is an extraordinary account of an astonishing spiritual journey. [via]
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Stealing South : A Story of the Underground Railroadby Katherine AyresISBN 038572912X (0-385-72912-X)
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Sutton Hoo : The Excavation of a Royal Ship-Burialby Charles GreenISBN 0389207756 (0-389-20775-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sutton Hoo : The Excavation of a Royal Ship-Burial'Book summary:This is the story of one of the richest archaeological finds of all times: a ship containing the treasure of a king who was probably the last of the pagan rulers of East Anglia. This unique collection, now largely restored and displayed in a place of honor at the British Museum, tells us much concerning this least documented and most elusive period in English history.
This new, revised edition tells the dramatic story of the actual excavation, gives a detailed description of the finds, and appraises the gains to our knowledge of the period. The text has been rewritten to take into account new information, and the original black and white drawings and maps have been supplemented by color plates. [via]More editions of Sutton Hoo : The Excavation of a Royal Ship-Burial:
The Troubled Reign of King Stephenby John Tate ApplebyISBN 038901205X (0-389-01205-X)
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Tuffby Paul BeattyISBN 0385721110 (0-385-72111-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tuff'Book summary:Paul Beatty's eponymous protagonist, Tuffy, wouldn't seem the type to sidle up too close to the word adorable. At 300 pounds, this thug is a true heavyweight in his East Harlem neighborhood. He robs, he kills, he gets high. But by the end of Beatty's follow-up to The White Boy Shuffle, he is as complexly drawn, as funny, and as lovable as any character in recent memory. The author torques his man into an uncomfortable position: this mighty rose in Spanish Harlem decides to run for City Council. Tuffy--a.k.a. Winston Foshay--is having a tough time of it. Sick of selling drugs and "regulating" neighborhood scams, he wants a better way to support his wife and baby son. His first solution is to get himself a Big Brother (even though he's 22 years old). With the help of his new Brother--who turns out to be the rabbi Spencer Throckmorton, a Jewish black man who receives no end of torment from the Muslim contingent of Tuffy's crew--Tuffy runs.
Beatty nails the social nuances of East Harlem right down to the ground. When Tuffy acquires a gun, he considers telling his best friend Fariq about it, but "decided against it. Once people knew you had a gun, it was like having a car--everyone begging to borrow it, wanting you to use it to make their lives easier." Beatty locates irony constantly and quietly: Tuffy and his wife, Yolanda, go to the local school to vote, and the "flag over the entrance was flying at half-mast because the pulleys had rusted shut." Beatty also has a great eye for the way people move; this is a writer who has been paying attention. Spencer takes a late-night walk with Tuffy, through East Harlem. A group of teens approaches, frightening Spencer.
The boisterous youths were only two steps away from him--so close he could feel the chill emanating off their ice-cold scowls. Winston walked toward the group, reached out, and, without breaking stride, shook the hand of the lead gargoyle.
And throughout, Beatty writes--records, it sometimes seems, so dead-on is his tone--incredibly funny dialogue. As is only right, he saves all the best lines for Tuffy. In order to better understand Spencer's Jewishness, Tuffy, a film buff, rents Schindler's List. He complains to Spencer: "I mean, the movie was terrible. I couldn't get past that there were no Jews as tall as Schindler. In all of Germany the tallest Jew went up to Schindler's belly button?" And this is the final, trumping pleasure of Beatty's book: it always returns to Tuffy. With its broad portrait of a fish out of water and its wicked, satirical tone, the novel sometimes threatens to careen into Tom Wolfe territory. Beatty wisely reins in and concentrates on his hero. The author seems a little in love with Tuffy, and by the end, we are too. --Claire Dederer [via]More editions of Tuff:
When the Emperor Was Divine: A Novelby Julie OtsukaISBN 0385721811 (0-385-72181-1)
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The White Death: Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zoneby McKay JenkinsISBN 0385720777 (0-385-72077-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The White Death: Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zone'Book summary:By turns gripping, informative, and even frightening, The White Death probes the interplay of human endeavor in the mountains, the fragile beauty of snow, and nature's mysterious power. Jenkins succeeds admirably in melding human drama with the indifference of natural forces, allowing the "avalanche-beast" to build in character through survivors' reports, news clippings, and scientific findings. The book's emotional centerpiece is the tragic story of an avalanche that roared down Mount Cleveland in Glacier National Park, where five young climbers set out to scale the treacherous North Face. Just days into their climb, snow and strong winds set in. "What they saw could not have been inviting: snow clouds covered the mountain's summit...with loose powder avalanches regularly scrubbing it clean." Bud Anderson, older brother to one of the climbers, flew his single-engine plane over the mountain to observe the team's progress. "He hoped, perhaps, to rock his wings at them as a sign of encouragement, or congratulations." Instead, "his breath caught. The tracks ended at the unmistakable edge of a massive fresh avalanche..." Jenkins's stirring account pieces the clues and rescue efforts together to read like a true and terrible mystery being solved.
The horror of being buried alive by snow is vivid and sober among these pages, and is sure to chill climbers as well as those reading from the comforts of central heating. The author's vision is acute and helps better assess the bounds of our human capacity and domain. --Byron Ricks [via]
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World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instabilityby Amy ChuaISBN 0385721862 (0-385-72186-2)
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