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1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Civil Warby Frank Everson VandiverISBN 0385473850 (0-385-47385-0)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Across the Wireby Luis Alberto Urrea, John Lueders-BoothISBN 0385425309 (0-385-42530-9)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Across the Wire'Book summary:Luis Alberto Urrea's Across the Wire offers a compelling and unprecedented look at what life is like for those refugees living on the Mexican side of the bordera world that is only some twenty miles from San Diego, but that few have seen. Urrea gives us a compassionate and candid account of his work as a member and "official translator" of a crew of relief workers that provided aid to the many refugees hidden just behind the flashy tourist spots of Tijuana. His account of the struggle of these people to survive amid abject poverty, unsanitary living conditions, and the legal and political chaos that reign in the Mexican borderlands explains without a doubt the reason so many are forced to make the dangerous and illegal journey "across the wire" into the United States.
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The Alchemy of the Heavens: Searching for Meaning in the Milky Wayby Ken Croswell, Philippe VanISBN 0385472145 (0-385-47214-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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American Women in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920by Dorothy Schneider, Carl J. SchneiderISBN 0385472838 (0-385-47283-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Anatomistby Federico AndahaziISBN 0385491336 (0-385-49133-6)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Archaeology of the Land of the Bible Vol. II : The Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian Periods (782-332 B. C. E.)by Ephraim SternISBN 0385424507 (0-385-42450-7)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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The Ashley Book of Knotsby Clifford W. AshleyISBN 0385425546 (0-385-42554-6)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Beginning of Desire: Reflections on Genesisby Avivah Gottlieb ZornbergISBN 0385483376 (0-385-48337-6)
Softcover, Image Books
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The Birth of the Messiah : A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives of Matthew and Lukeby Raymond E. BrownISBN 0385472021 (0-385-47202-1)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Blacker Than a Thousand Midnightsby Susan StraightISBN 0385474342 (0-385-47434-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Catechism of the Catholic ChurchISBN 0385479670 (0-385-47967-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
Find This BookBook summary:Catechism of the Catholic Church is the first new edition of the catechism in 400 years. Catechism means "instruction," and this text will remain the standard reference for Catholics for many future generations. It is the authoritative summary of Catholic belief regarding the Church creeds, sacraments, commandments, and prayers. To get some idea of the level of detail with which the Catechism engages Catholic doctrine, consider that 17 pages of explanation accompany the opening words of the Apostle's Creed ("I Believe in God the Father"). The book is exceptionally well organized, with line-by-line explanations of every conceivable aspect of orthodox Catholic belief. Extensive cross-referencing, indexing, footnotes, and "In Brief" summaries of each section further ease the project of finding the precise answers to any questions a reader might have. Even the layout of information on the page is easy on the eyes, with wide margins for readers who wish to make notes. Furthermore, the back cover features a true rarity in the annals of world literature: a blurb by the Pope. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Catechism of the Catholic Churchby Doubleday Staff, U. S. Catholic Church StaffISBN 0385479859 (0-385-47985-9)
Softcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Catechism of the Catholic Church'Book summary:Catechism of the Catholic Church is the first new edition of the catechism in 400 years. Catechism means "instruction," and this text will remain the standard reference for Catholics for many future generations. It is the authoritative summary of Catholic belief regarding the Church creeds, sacraments, commandments, and prayers. To get some idea of the level of detail with which the Catechism engages Catholic doctrine, consider that 17 pages of explanation accompany the opening words of the Apostle's Creed ("I Believe in God the Father"). The book is exceptionally well organized, with line-by-line explanations of every conceivable aspect of orthodox Catholic belief. Extensive cross-referencing, indexing, footnotes, and "In Brief" summaries of each section further ease the project of finding the precise answers to any questions a reader might have. Even the layout of information on the page is easy on the eyes, with wide margins for readers who wish to make notes. Furthermore, the back cover features a true rarity in the annals of world literature: a blurb by the Pope. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Ceramic Uncles and Celluloid Mammiesby Patricia A. TurnerISBN 0385467842 (0-385-46784-2)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Confucius Speaks : Words to Live Byby Chih Chung Tsai, Brian Bruya, Tsai Chih ChungISBN 0385480342 (0-385-48034-2)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Counsel to the President: A Memoirby Clark Clifford, Richard HolbrookeISBN 0385423985 (0-385-42398-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotionby Stephen L. CarterISBN 0385474989 (0-385-47498-9)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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Daughter of Persia: A Woman's Journey from Her Father's Harem Through the Islamic Revolutionby Sattareh F. Farmaian, Dona MunkerISBN 0385468660 (0-385-46866-0)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologistby William R. Maples, Michael BrowningISBN 0385479689 (0-385-47968-9)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Death of the Messiah : From Gethsemane to the Graveby Raymond E. BrownISBN 0385471777 (0-385-47177-7)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Deborah, Golda, and Meby Letty C. PogrebinISBN 0385425120 (0-385-42512-0)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Echoes of Combat: The Vietnam War in American Memoryby Fred TurnerISBN 0385475632 (0-385-47563-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountainsby Jon KrakauerISBN 0385488181 (0-385-48818-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains'Book summary:No matter what the actual temperature may be, several pages into Eiger Dreams you will begin to shiver. Halfway through you will acquire a new appreciation for your fingers, toes, and the fact that you still have a nose. And by the end of this collection, you'll define some commonly used phrases in an entirely different way. The understated "catch some air" and the whimsical "log some flight time" are climbers' euphemisms for falling, while "crater" refers to what happens when you log some flight time all the way to the ground. "Summiting," the term for reaching the top of a mountain, seems almost colorless in comparison. The various heroes, risk-takers, incompetents, and individualists Krakauer captures are more than colorful, whether they summit or not. The author is more interested in exploring the addiction of risk--the intensity of effort--than mere triumph. There's the mythical minimalist climber, John Gill, whose fame "rests entirely on assents less than thirty feet high," and the Burgess brothers--freewheeling, free-floating English twins who seem to make all the right decisions when it counts, and hence most often fail to reach the top. Of course, they are alive. Over these and other talented climbers hangs a malignant, endlessly creative nature--its foehn winds can make people crazy and its avalanches do far worse. Eiger Dreams is an adrenaline fest for the weary, an overdue examination of a stylish, brave subculture. As one of the heroes Krakauer outlines says of his occupation, "It's sort of like having fun, only different." [via]
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Eyewitness to Jesus : Amazing New Manuscript Evidence about the Origins of the Gospelsby Matthew D'Ancona, Carsten Peter ThiedeISBN 0385480512 (0-385-48051-2)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Fall of the Phantom Lord : Confronting Fear and Risking It All on the Sheer Face of the Rockby Andrew TodhunterISBN 0385486413 (0-385-48641-3)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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A Field Guide to Germsby Wayne BiddleISBN 0385484267 (0-385-48426-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to Germs'Book summary:From the title alone, you know it's going to be good. Biddle delves into anthrax and arboviruses, cholera and chlamydia, diphtheria, dengue, and dysentery, and on through the disease-ridden alphabet to Zika fever. Biddle explains in graphic detail the causes, symptoms and treatments for these germs, and it's all jolly good middle-of-the-night reading. You might become somewhat phobic if you read it from cover to cover, but no one will be more scintillating at parties. [via]
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Findings/Fifty Years of Meditations on Musicby Leonard BernsteinISBN 038542437X (0-385-42437-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identitiesby Anna Deavere SmithISBN 0385470142 (0-385-47014-2)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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Frankenstein : Or, the Modern Prometheusby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 0385487320 (0-385-48732-0)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein : Or, the Modern Prometheus'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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Freaks: Myths and Images of the Secret Selfby Leslie FiedlerISBN 0385470134 (0-385-47013-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Genesis: A Living Conversationby Bill D. MoyersISBN 0385490437 (0-385-49043-7)
Softcover, Main Street Books
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The Golden Age of Zen : The Classic Work on the Foundation of Zen Philosophyby John C. Wu, Thomas MertonISBN 038547993X (0-385-47993-X)
Softcover, Doubleday Publishing
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The Handmaid's Taleby Margaret AtwoodISBN 038549081X (0-385-49081-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Handmaid's Tale'Book summary:In the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies? Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are only valued if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the days before, when she lived and made love with her husband Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now.... Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force. [via]
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I Can't Wait on God : A Novelby Albert L. FrenchISBN 0385483643 (0-385-48364-3)
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Indiana Gothic : A Story of Adultery and Murder in an American Familyby Pope BrockISBN 0385485093 (0-385-48509-3)
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Infinite Loop : How Apple, the World's Most Insanely Great Computer Company, Went Insaneby Michael S. MaloneISBN 0385486847 (0-385-48684-7)
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Introduction to Rabbinic Literatureby Jacob NeusnerISBN 0385470932 (0-385-47093-2)
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte BrontëISBN 0385487177 (0-385-48717-7)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:In conjunction with the New York Public Library, Doubleday is proud to introduce a very special collector's series of literary masterpieces. Lavishly illustrated with rare archival material from the library's extensive resources, including the renowned Berg collection, these editions will bring the classics to life for a new generation of readers. In addition to original artwork, each volume contains a fascinating selection of unique materials such as handwritten diaries, letters, manuscripts, and notebooks. Simply put, this series presents the work of our most beloved authors in what may well be their most beautiful editions, perfect to own or to give. Published on the occasion of Doubleday's 100th birthday, the New York Public Library Collector's Editions are sure to become an essential part of the modern book lover's private library.
Our edition of Madame Bovary, which Vladimir Nabokov called "one of the most perfect pieces of poetical fiction known", features etchings from a rare 1905 French edition and a sampling of Nabokov's handwritten commentary on Flaubert's work. These rare materials from the archives of the New York Public Library will make our edition stand out from all other available versions. [via]More editions of Jane Eyre:
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The Language of Genes: Solving the Mysteries of Our Genetic Past, Present and Futureby Steve JonesISBN 0385474288 (0-385-47428-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas IIby Edvard Radzinskii, Marian SchwartzISBN 0385469624 (0-385-46962-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Laughing in the Darkby Patrice GainesISBN 038548027X (0-385-48027-X)
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Leaves of Grassby Walt WhitmanISBN 0385487274 (0-385-48727-4)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leaves of Grass'Book summary:Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass inaugurated a new voice and style into American letters and gave expression to an optimistic, bombastic vision that took the nation as its subject. Unlike many other editions of Leaves of Grass, which reproduce various short, early versions, this Modern Library Paperback Classics "Death-bed" edition presents everything Whitman wrote in its final form, and includes newly commissioned notes.
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A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandraby Sergei Mironenko, Andrei Maylunas, Nicholas, Alexandra, Empress, consort of Nicholas, Darya GalyISBN 0385486731 (0-385-48673-1)
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A Little Book on Love Vol. 1 : Little Books on Big Questionsby Jacob NeedlemanISBN 0385481748 (0-385-48174-8)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Losing Nelsonby Barry UnsworthISBN 0385486529 (0-385-48652-9)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Madame Bovaryby Gustave Flaubert, Mildred MarmurISBN 0385487193 (0-385-48719-3)
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Our edition of Jane Eyre features illustrations by Ethel Gabain from a 1923 Paris limited edition and an eclectic selection of archival materials including a handwritten letter from the author to her publisher. This volume is a unique celebration of Charlotte Bronte's most famous novel. [via]More editions of Madame Bovary:
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Milton in Americaby Peter AckroydISBN 0385477082 (0-385-47708-2)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Minor Characters : A Beat Memoirby Joyce JohnsonISBN 0385475306 (0-385-47530-6)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Minor Characters : A Beat Memoir'Book summary:National Book Critics Circle Award-winner, Minor Characters has deservedly become known among the cognoscenti as a classic about the 1950s, a vivid and compelling memoir of one woman's coming of age amidst the angels and poets of the Beat Generation. The friend and lover of Jack Kerouac during the two years surrounding the publication of On The Road --the book that made him suddenly and forever famous--Johnson describes with penetrating insight the circle of rebellious visionaries of which she became a part: Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, LeRoi Jones, Gregory Corso. But more than just chronicling the drama of her life with a diffident and often drunken Kerouac, Johnson describes the roles that she and the other women in her circle played as companions and acolytes to their male muses, women who set aside their own needs and ambitions, for a time, even as they searched to find their own voices and shape their own lives. As Christopher Lehmann-Haupt wrote in The New York Times, Johnson "has brought to life what history may ultimately judge to have been minor characters, but who were to her own generation major enough to shape its consciousness." Anchor Books is proud to be reissuing Minor Characters with a new introduction by the author that helps to place the Beat Generation in the context of the 1990s.
"Realistic rather than flamboyant, Johnson succeeds in portraying the Beats not as oddities or celebrities but as individuals. In wry retrospect, she recognizes the folly of young women rebelling against their well-meaning parents only to become subservient to indifferent men."--The New Yorker
"Johnson writes of Dostoevskian evenings, of Kerouac's disastrous confrontation with fame...of the major Beat voices and the minor characters, their women. It's a terrific book, rich and beautifully written, full of vivid portraits and evocations."--San Francisco Chronicle [via]More editions of Minor Characters : A Beat Memoir:
Molto Agitato : The Mayhem Behind the Music at the Metropolitan Operaby Johanna FiedlerISBN 038548187X (0-385-48187-X)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Morality Playby Barry UnsworthISBN 0385479530 (0-385-47953-0)
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My Losing Seasonby Pat ConroyISBN 0385489129 (0-385-48912-9)
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The Natural History of Loveby Morton M. HuntISBN 0385470509 (0-385-47050-9)
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On Prejudice : A Global Perspectiveby Daniela GioseffiISBN 0385469381 (0-385-46938-1)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Only the Paranoid Survive : How to Achieve a Success That's Just a Disaster Awayby Andrew S. GroveISBN 0385482582 (0-385-48258-2)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Companyby Andrew S. GroveISBN 0385483821 (0-385-48382-1)
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Patches of Fire : A Story of War and Redemptionby Albert L. FrenchISBN 038548366X (0-385-48366-X)
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The Pleasure Police: How Bluenose Busybodies and Lily-Livered Alarmists Are Taking All the Fun Out of Lifeby David ShawISBN 0385475683 (0-385-47568-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Polk's Folly : An American Family Historyby William R. PolkISBN 0385491506 (0-385-49150-6)
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Polk's Folly: An American Family Historyby William Roe PolkISBN 0385491514 (0-385-49151-4)
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The Rainbow People of Godby Desmond TutuISBN 0385483740 (0-385-48374-0)
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The Rainbow People of God: The Making of a Peaceful Revolutionby Desmond Tutu, John AllenISBN 0385475462 (0-385-47546-2)
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Sam Walton, Made in America: My Storyby Sam Walton, John HueyISBN 0385468601 (0-385-46860-1)
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Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Templeby Deborah LaytonISBN 0385489846 (0-385-48984-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Seraglio : A Novelby Janet WallachISBN 0385490461 (0-385-49046-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seraglio : A Novel'Book summary:Transporting readers to the menacing yet majestic world of eighteenth-century Turkey, biographer and Middle East expert Janet Wallach brilliantly re-imagines the life of Aimee Dubucq, cousin of Empress Josephine, in her first novel Seraglio.
At the age of thirteen, when en route from France to her home in Martinique, Aimee Dubucq is kidnapped by Algerian pirates. Blonde and blue-eyed, the genteel young girl is a valuable commodity, and she is soon placed in service in the Seraglio - the Ottoman Sultans private world - in Topkapi Palace. As Dubucq, renamed Nakshidil ("embroidered on the heart") discovers the erotic secrets that win favor of kings and deftly learns the affairs of the empire, she struggles to retain her former identity, including her Catholic faith. Overtime Nakshidil becomes the intimate of several powerful sultans: wife to one, lover and confidante to another, and adoptive mother to a third. Her life often treads the tenuous line between sumptuous pleasures and mere survival until her final years when she is awarded control of the harem as the valide, mother of the Sultan.
With phenomenal research and a mesmerizing voice, Janet Wallach provides a powerful and passionate glimpse of East-West history through one womans distinctly European eyes. [via]More editions of Seraglio : A Novel:
Serpent in Paradiseby Dea BirkettISBN 038548870X (0-385-48870-X)
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Snakes and Ladders : Glimpses of Modern Indiaby Gita MehtaISBN 0385474954 (0-385-47495-4)
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Sparring with Charlie : Motorbiking down the Ho Chi Minh Trailby Christopher HuntISBN 0385481284 (0-385-48128-4)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Speaking Truth to Powerby Anita HillISBN 0385476272 (0-385-47627-2)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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Stellaby Peter WydenISBN 0385471793 (0-385-47179-3)
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A Stolen Tongueby Sheri HolmanISBN 0385491247 (0-385-49124-7)
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A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Storyby Elaine BrownISBN 0385471076 (0-385-47107-6)
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To Be Real : Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminismby Rebecca Edby WalkerISBN 0385472617 (0-385-47261-7)
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To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminismby Rebecca WalkerISBN 0385472625 (0-385-47262-5)
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To Our Children's Children: Preserving Family Histories for Generations to Comeby Bob Greene, D. G. FulfordISBN 0385467974 (0-385-46797-4)
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The Trial of Elizabeth Creeby Peter AckroydISBN 0385477074 (0-385-47707-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Trial of Elizabeth Cree'Book summary:A literary star returns with an addictive tale of murder in Victorian London. Peter Ackroyd is "our most exciting and original writer... one of the few English writers of his generation who will be read in a hundred years' time." -- The Sunday Times (London) The Trial Of Elizabeth Cree is without a doubt Peter Ackroyd's breakout book. It has all the erudition and literary brilliance we expect of Ackroyd, yet it is as vivid, scary, and spellbinding as the best of Edgar Allan Poe. The year is 1880, the setting London's poor and dangerous Limehouse district, home to immigrants and criminals. A series of brutal murders has occurred, and, as Ackroyd leads us down London's dark streets, the sense of time and place becomes overwhelmingly immediate and real. We experience the sights and sounds of the English music halls, smell the smells of London slums, hear the hooves of horses on the cobblestone streets, and attend the trial of Elizabeth Cree, a woman accused of poisoning her husband but who may be the one person who knows the truth about the murders. The wonderfully rhythmic shifting of focus from trial to back alleys, where we come upon George Gissing, author of New Grub Street, and even Karl Marx, gives the story a tremendous depth and resonance beyond its page-turning thriller plot. In The Trial Of Elizabeth Cree, Peter Ackroyd has once again confirmed his place as one of the great writers of our time. [via]
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Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992by Anna Deavere SmithISBN 0385473761 (0-385-47376-1)
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The Unofficial Gay Manual: Living the Lifestyle or at Least Appearing toby Kevin Dilallo, Jack KrumholtzISBN 0385474458 (0-385-47445-8)
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Up from Slavery with Selected Slaves Narrativesby Booker T. WashingtonISBN 0385487290 (0-385-48729-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Up from Slavery with Selected Slaves Narratives'Book summary:Nineteenth-century African American businessman, activist, and educator Booker Taliaferro Washington's Up from Slavery is one of the greatest American autobiographies ever written. Its mantras of black economic empowerment, land ownership, and self-help inspired generations of black leaders, including Marcus Garvey, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Louis Farrakhan. In rags-to-riches fashion, Washington recounts his ascendance from early life as a mulatto slave in Virginia to a 34-year term as president of the influential, agriculturally based Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. From that position, Washington reigned as the most important leader of his people, with slogans like "cast down your buckets," which emphasized vocational merit rather than the academic and political excellence championed by his contemporary rival W.E.B. Du Bois. Though many considered him too accommodating to segregationists, Washington, as he said in his historic "Atlanta Compromise" speech of 1895, believed that "political agitation alone would not save [the Negro]," and that "property, industry, skill, intelligence, and character" would prove necessary to black Americans' success. The potency of his philosophies are alive today in the nationalist and conservative camps that compose the complex quilt of black American society. [via]
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Victory Secrets of Attila the Hunby Wess RobertsISBN 0385424485 (0-385-42448-5)
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Villard : The Life and Times of an American Titanby Alexandra Villard De Borchgrave, John CullenISBN 0385486626 (0-385-48662-6)
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Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Centuryby Michio KakuISBN 0385484992 (0-385-48499-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century'Book summary:Take it easy: that's Michio Kaku's motto. Given the extraordinary advances science has thrown up in time for the millennium, the only way you could possibly fit them into a single volume is by a correspondingly massive simplification.
Subtitled How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century and Beyond, Visions assumes that, by and large, scientists get to do whatever they like, that all technologies are consumer technologies, and that consumers welcome anything and everything science throws at them. Kaku gets away with this frankly dodgy strategy by dint of sheer hard work. He has based his predictions on interviews with more than 150 renowned working scientists; he integrates these interviews with a huge body of original journalistic material; and, above all, he roots that mass of information on an entirely reasonable model of what the purpose of science will be in the third millennium. Up until now, science has expended its efforts on decoding most of the fundamental natural processes--"the dance," as Kaku puts it, of elementary particles deep inside stars and the rhythms of DNA molecules coiling and uncoiling within our bodies. Science's task now, Kaku believes, is to cross-pollinate advances thrown up by the study of matter, biology, and mind--modern science's three main theaters of endeavor. "We are now making the transition from amateur chess players to grand masters," he writes, "from observers to choreographers of nature." Then again, he also believes that "the Internet ... will eventually become a 'Magic Mirror' that appears in fairy tales, able to speak with the wisdom of the human race." Kaku, in short, deserves a good slapping--but he also deserves to be read. --Simon Ings, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Visions : How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century and Beyondby Michio KakuISBN 0385484984 (0-385-48498-4)
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Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen : Women in Judges and Biblical Israelby Susan AckermanISBN 0385484240 (0-385-48424-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen : Women in Judges and Biblical Israel'Book summary:Some of the Bible's most memorable characters are the women in the book of Judges. From Deborah and Jael to Delilah and Samson's mother, these women led the Israelites in battle, used their wits to defeat the enemy, their wiles to seduce mighty men, and their wisdom to prevail on God. In Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen author Susan Ackerman offers a keen analysis of the main types of women found in Judges and examines other biblical books and ancient Near Eastern literature to demonstrate how these types recur elsewhere. Thorough yet entertaining, her study leaves readers with an understanding of what roles these women played in Israelite society and religion. The first female author to be published in the Anchor Bible Reference Library, Ackerman and her cutting-edge biblical scholarship will be a valuable addition to this venerable series. [via]
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The Way of a Pilgrim: And the Pilgrim Continues His Wayby Helen BacovcinISBN 0385468148 (0-385-46814-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Way of a Pilgrim: And the Pilgrim Continues His Way'Book summary:This enduring work of Russian spirituality has charmed countless people with its tale of a nineteenth-century peasant's quest for the secret of prayer. Readers follow this anonymous pilgrim as he treks over the Steppes in search of the answer to the one compelling question: How does one pray constantly? Through his journeys, and under the tutelage of a spiritual father, he becomes gradually more open to the promptings of God, and sees joy and plenty wherever he goes. Ultimately, he discovers the different meanings and methods of prayer as he travels to his ultimate destination, Jerusalem.
The Way of a Pilgrim is a humble story ripe for renewed appreciation today. The recent changes in Russia have revealed the great religious traditions of that land, and this work, freshly translated for modern times, is among the finest examples of those centuries-old traditions. [via]More editions of The Way of a Pilgrim: And the Pilgrim Continues His Way:
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The Web of Life: A New Understanding of Living Systemsby Fritjof CapraISBN 0385476760 (0-385-47676-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Web of Life: A New Understanding of Living Systems'Book summary:The vitality and accessibility of Fritjof Capra's ideas have made him perhaps the most eloquent spokesperson of the latest findings emerging at the frontiers of scientific, social, and philosophical thought. In his international bestsellers The Tao of Physics and The Turning Point, he juxtaposed physics and mysticism to define a new vision of reality. In The Web of Life, Capra takes yet another giant step, setting forth a new scientific language to describe interrelationships and interdependence of psychological, biological, physical, social, and cultural phenomena--the "web of life."
During the past twenty-five years, scientists have challenged conventional views of evolution and the organization of living systems and have developed new theories with revolutionary philosophical and social implications. Fritjof Capra has been at the forefront of this revolution. In The Web of Life, Capra offers a brilliant synthesis of such recent scientific breakthroughs as the theory of complexity, Gaia theory, chaos theory, and other explanations of the properties of organisms, social systems, and ecosystems. Capra's surprising findings stand in stark contrast to accepted paradigms of mechanism and Darwinism and provide an extraordinary new foundation for ecological policies that will allow us to build and sustain communities without diminishing the opportunities for future generations.
Now available in paperback for the first time, The Web of Life is cutting-edge science writing in the tradition of James Gleick's Chaos, Gregory Bateson's Mind and Matter, and Ilya Prigogine's Order Out of Chaos.
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West of the Thirties: Discoveries among the Navajo and Hopiby Edward T. HallISBN 0385424221 (0-385-42422-1)
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Woman of Valor : Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in Americaby Ellen CheslerISBN 0385469802 (0-385-46980-2)
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Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings of D. T. Suzukiby D. T. SuzukiISBN 038548349X (0-385-48349-X)
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Zen Keysby Nhat HanhISBN 0385475616 (0-385-47561-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Zen Keys'Book summary:Thich Nhat Hanh brings his warmth and clarity to this unique explication of Zen Buddhism. Beginning with a discussion of daily life in a Zen monastery, Nhat Hanh illustrates the character of Zen as practiced in Vietnam, and gives the reader clear explanations of the central elements of Zen practice and philosophy. Thorough attention is given to concepts such as Awareness and Impermanence, and to contemporary issues such as the conflicts between modern technology and spirituality. The final section includes a set of 43 koans from the 13th century Vietnamese master, Tran Thai Tong, which are translated here for the first time into English. Originally published in 1974, Zen Keys has been unavailable for several years but is now reissued by popular demand. Readers will find it as fresh today as when it was first written, and will be struck by the timelessness of its insights. What makes this work particularly compelling is that Nhat Hanh is able to invigorate what in other presentations may seem like empty abstract principles. The example he has set in his own life as a relentless advocate for peace brings strength and a realistic understanding to idealistic Buddhist goals. In Zen Keys, Thich Nhat Hanh presents the philosophy which has enabled him to be mindful of peace in every moment. An excellent introduction from Philip Kapleau (author of the classic Three Pillars Of Zen ) provides background on the emerging American Zen tradition. [via]
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