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Age of Charlemagneby David NicolleISBN 1841761257 (1-84176-125-7)
Softcover, Osprey Pub Co
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The Age of Pilgrimage: The Medieval Journey to Godby Jonathan SumptionISBN 1587680254 (1-58768-025-4)
Softcover, Paulist Pr
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America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Behind Our Nations's Favourite Songby Lynn SherrISBN 1586480855 (1-58648-085-5)
Hardcover, Public Affairs
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American Black Chamberby Herbert YardleyISBN 1591149894 (1-59114-989-4)
Softcover, Naval Inst Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Black Chamber'Book summary:During the 1920s Herbert O. Yardley was chief of the first peacetime cryptanalytic organization in the United States, the ancestor of today's National Security Agency. Funded by the U.S. Army and the Department of State and working out of New York, his small and highly secret unit succeeded in breaking the diplomatic codes of several nations, including Japan. The decrypts played a critical role in U.S. diplomacy. Despite its extraordinary successes, the Black Chamber, as it came to known, was disbanded in 1929. President Hoover's new Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson refused to continue its funding with the now-famous comment, "Gentlemen do not read other people's mail." In 1931 a disappointed Yardley caused a sensation when he published this book and revealed to the world exactly what his agency had done with the secret and illegal cooperation of nearly the entire American cable industry. These revelations and Yardley's right to publish them set into motion a conflict that continues to this day: the right to freedom of expression versus national security. In addition to offering an exposé on post-World War I cryptology, the book is filled with exciting stories and personalities. [via]
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The American Girl's Handy Book: Making the Most of Outdoor Funby Lina Beard, Adelia BeardISBN 1586670891 (1-58667-089-1)
Softcover, Derrydale Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Girl's Handy Book: Making the Most of Outdoor Fun'Book summary:Each summer, millions of children complain, "There's nothing to do." Originally published in 1889, The American Girl's Handy Book resoundingly challenges this age-old dilemma by providing a huge number of ideas for fun and instructional projects for young girls. It includes plans for April Fool's parties and jokes, transplanting wildflowers and preserving or pressing them, Easter games and activities, instructions for making a lawn tennis net and the rules of the game, how to make a hammock, corn husk and flower dolls, instructions for making various fans, Halloween parties, making a telephone, painting in water or oil colors, making models in clay and wax, making picture frames, and suggestions for winter games and activities! As with its companion, The American Boy's Handy Book, the girl's book is divided into seasons ensuring fun will be had all year round. [via]
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Anatomy of a Castleby John GibsonISBN 1586631942 (1-58663-194-2)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Ancient Civilizations: The Illustrated Guide to Belief, Mythology And Artby Greg WoolfISBN 1592234895 (1-59223-489-5)
Hardcover, Advantage Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ancient Civilizations: The Illustrated Guide to Belief, Mythology And Art'Book summary:From the dazzling temples of the Acropolis to the strange and enigmatic glyphs of the Maya, Ancient Civilizations takes readers on a fascinating journey back in time. This richly illustrated book explores the beliefs, rituals, arts and myths of ancient cultures across the world, beginning with the first civilizations of the Fertile Crescent and progressing to the early Middle Ages. Informative, accessible text and gorgeous, detailed photographs of art work and sacred sites give readers real insight into our ancient ancestors' daily lives. Special emphasis is given to symbols, sacred texts, religious ceremonies, gods and goddesses, visions of the cosmos, and sacred sites. If you've ever felt drawn to the magic, legends, and mysteries of the past, this is the perfect book for both reading pleasure and reference. [via]
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And I Was There: Pearl Harbor And Midway -- Breaking the Secretsby Edwin T. Layton, Roger Pineau, John CostelloISBN 1591144507 (1-59114-450-7)
Softcover, Naval Inst Pr
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Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 1595401105 (1-59540-110-5)
Softcover, Authorhouse
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - Mrs. Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies' eardrops and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place; it was reputed to be an intricate, headlong brook in its earlier course through those woods, with dark secrets of pool and cascade; but by the time it reached Lynde's Hollow it was a quiet, well-conducted little stream, for not even a brook could run past Mrs. Rachel Lynde's door without due regard for decency and decorum; it probably was conscious that Mrs. Rachel was sitting at her window, keeping a sharp eye on everything that passed, from brooks and children up, and that if she noticed anything odd or out of place she would never rest until she had ferreted out the whys and wherefores thereof. [via]
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Aradia: Gospel of the Witchesby Charles G. LelandISBN 1595479783 (1-59547-978-3)
Softcover, Nuvision Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aradia: Gospel of the Witches'Book summary:This book has been considered a missing link between ancient and modern witchcraft. ARADIA not only inspired Gerald Fardner, Doreen Valiente and other founders of neopagan witchcaft of the twentieth century, it also continues to serve as a reference and inspiration for others. [via]
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Aristotle on Poeticsby Aristotle, Michael Davis, Seth BenardeteISBN 1587310260 (1-58731-026-0)
Softcover, St Augustine Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle on Poetics'Book summary:Aristotle's much-translated On Poetics is the earliest and arguably the best treatment that we possess of tragedy as a literary form. The late Seth Benardete and Michael Davis have translated it anew with a view to rendering Aristotle's text into English as precisely as possible. A literal translation has long been needed, for in order to excavate the argument of On Poetics one has to attend not simply to what is said on the surface but also to the various puzzles, questions, and peculiarities that emerge only on the level of how Aristotle says what he says and thereby leads one to revise and deepen one's initial understanding of the intent of the argument. As On Poetics is about how tragedy ought to be composed, it should not be surprising that it turns out to be a rather artful piece of literature in its own right.
Benardete and Davis supplement their edition of On Poetics with extensive notes and appendices. They explain nuances of the original that elude translation, and they provide translations of passages found elsewhere in Aristotle's works as well as in those of other ancient authors that prove useful in thinking through the argument of On Poetics both in terms of its treatment of tragedy and in terms of its broader concerns. By following the connections Aristotle plots between On Poetics and his other works, readers will be in a position to appreciate the centrality of this work for his entire thought.
In an introduction that sketches the overall interpretation of On Poetics presented in hisThe Poetry of Philosophy (St. Augustine's Press, 1999; see p. 33 of this catalogue), Davis argues that, while On Poetics is certainly about tragedy, it has a further concern extending beyond poetry to the very structure of the human soul in its relation to what is, and that Aristotle reveals in the form of his argument the true character of human action. [via]
Atlas of Past Timesby John HaywoodISBN 184013643X (1-84013-643-X)
Softcover, New Line Books
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The Autobiography of Charles Darwinby Charles DarwinISBN 1840465034 (1-84046-503-4)
Hardcover, Totem Books
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The Avengersby Rich CohenISBN 1587241110 (1-58724-111-0)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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The Black Arrowby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1588278514 (1-58827-851-4)
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The Book of Were-wolvesby Sabine Baring-GouldISBN 1587156113 (1-58715-611-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Were-wolves'Book summary:The Book of Were-Wolves, one of the most cited references on its subject, is an essential and primal text on the legend of lycanthropy. The author (Sabine Baring-Gould, a parson of the Church of England, an archaeologist, a historian, and a prolific author best known for writing the hymn ?Onward Christian Soldiers?) takes a typically nineteenth century approach to the mythology ? methodical, rational, and almost mechanistic. He details the legend in many permutations as it exists in a diversity of cultures ? and includes sensational chapters with case studies of cannibals, grave desecrators, and blood fetishists, which have a connection to lycanthropy. Also included is an extended treatment of the case of Giles de Rais, the notorious confederate of Joan of Arc who was convicted and executed for necrosadistic crimes. (Jacketless library hardcover.) [via]
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A Brief History of Everythingby Ken WilberISBN 1590304500 (1-59030-450-0)
Softcover, Shambhala Pubns
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Burmese Daysby George OrwellISBN 1595404309 (1-59540-430-9)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Burmese Days'Book summary:Imagine crossing E.M. Forster with Jane Austen. Stir in a bit of socialist doctrine, a sprig of satire, strong Indian curry, and a couple quarts of good English gin and you get something close to the flavor of George Orwell's intensely readable and deftly plotted Burmese Days. In 1930, Kyauktada, Upper Burma, is one of the least auspicious postings in the ailing British Empire--and then the order comes that the European Club, previously for whites only, must elect one token native member. This edict brings out the worst in this woefully enclosed society, not to mention among the natives who would become the One. Orwell mines his own Anglo-Indian background to evoke both the suffocating heat and the stifling pettiness that are the central facts of colonial life: "Mr. MacGregor told his anecdote about Prome, which could be produced in almost any context. And then the conversation veered back to the old, never-palling subject--the insolence of the natives, the supineness of the Government, the dear dead days when the British Raj was the Raj and please give the bearer fifteen lashes. The topic was never let alone for long, partly because of Ellis's obsession. Besides, you could forgive the Europeans a great deal of their bitterness. Living and working among Orientals would try the temper of a saint."
Protagonist James Flory is a timber merchant, whose facial birthmark serves as an outward expression of the ironic and left-leaning habits of mind that make him inwardly different from his coevals. Flory appreciates the local culture, has native allegiances, and detests the racist machinations of his fellow Club members. Alas, he doesn't always possess the moral courage, or the energy, to stand against them. His almost embarrassingly Anglophile friend, Dr. Veraswami, the highest-ranking native official, seems a shoo-in for Club membership, until Machiavellian magistrate U Po Kyin launches a campaign to discredit him that results, ultimately, in the loss not just of reputations but of lives. Whether to endorse Veraswami or to betray him becomes a kind of litmus test of Flory's character.
Against this backdrop of politics and ethics, Orwell throws the shadow of romance. The arrival of the bobbed blonde, marriageable, and resolutely anti-intellectual Elizabeth Lackersteen not only casts Flory as hapless suitor but gives Orwell the chance to show that he's as astute a reporter of nuanced social interactions as he is of political intrigues. In fact, his combination of an astringently populist sensibility, dead-on observations of human behavior, formidable conjuring skills, and no-frills prose make for historical fiction that stands triumphantly outside of time. --Joyce Thompson [via]
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Cardinal's Hat: Money, Ambition, And Everyday Life in the Court of a Borgia Princeby Mary HollingsworthISBN 1585678031 (1-58567-803-1)
Softcover, Overlook Pr
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The Clumsiest People in Europe: Or, Mrs. Mortimer's Bad-tempered Guide to the Victorian Worldby Todd PruzanISBN 1596911506 (1-59691-150-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Courtby Mark Twain, Dan BeardISBN 159308210X (1-59308-210-X)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'Book summary:This novel of Mark Twain's -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court -- gives us an odd view of the American literary genius: it shows his bent toward science fiction. Twain developed a close and lasting friendship with scientific wunderkind Nikola Tesla, and the two spent quite a bit of time together (in Tesla's laboratory, among other places). Twain's fascination appears in his time traveler (from contemporary America, yet!), using his knowledge of science to introduce modern technology to Arthurian England. As with all works of a master like Twain, we highly recommend this novel -- but just between us, this book is a lot of fun, too. Go ahead, read it now. [via]
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The Deerslayerby James Fenimore Cooper, Bruce L. R. SmithISBN 1593082118 (1-59308-211-8)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Deerslayer'Book summary:[via]The Deerslayer, by James Fenimore Cooper, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Live by your own council. Be brave in the face of the unknown. Be always fair.
-Natty Bumppo, The Deerslayer
One of the greatest heroes in American literature, Natty Bumppo is the rugged frontiersman of James Fenimore Coopers Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels that includes The Last of the Mohicans and The Deerslayer. Although the final volume to be written, The Deerslayer is the first in the chronology of Natty Bumppos life, depicting the character as a young man testing himself in the wilderness, and against enemies, for the first time.
Set in the 1740s just as the French and Indian wars have begun, the novel opens as Natty Bumppoknown as Deerslayerand his friend Hurry Harry travel to Tom Hutters house in upstate New York. Hurry plans to marry Toms beautiful daughter Judith, while Deerslayer has come to help his close friend Chingachgook save his bride-to-be, Wah-ta-Wah, from the Huron Indians. When war breaks out, and Hurry and Tom are captured by Indians, Deerslayer must go on his first warpath to rescue them.
One of the earliest novels to be considered truly American," The Deerslayer is a masterpiece of suspense, adventure, and romance.Bruce L. R. Smith is a fellow at the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University. He is the author or editor of sixteen scholarly books, and he continues to lecture widely in the United States and abroad.More editions of The Deerslayer:
Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts About the Sixtiesby Peter Collier, David HorowitzISBN 1594030820 (1-59403-082-0)
Softcover, Encounter Books
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Dictionary of the Napoleonic Warsby David G. ChandlerISBN 1840222034 (1-84022-203-4)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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Dynamo: Triumph and Tragedy in Nazi-Occupied Kievby Andy DouganISBN 1592284671 (1-59228-467-1)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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E.M. Forster: A Passage to Indiaby Betty JayISBN 184046027X (1-84046-027-X)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Egyptian Religion: Egyptian Ideas of the Future Lifeby E.A. Wallis BudgeISBN 1596052147 (1-59605-214-7)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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Encyclopedia of Mysterious Places: The Life and Legends of Ancient Sites Around the Worldby Robert Ingpen, Philip WilkinsonISBN 1586630989 (1-58663-098-9)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Essaysby Francis BaconISBN 1595479643 (1-59547-964-3)
Softcover, Nuvision Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Essays'Book summary:The Essays, Bacon's chief contributions to literature, were published at various times between 1597 and 1625. This collection contains fifty-eight essays, masterfully written with a spirit of superior confidence. All forms of knowledge are subjected to the interpretation of Bacon's views on life. Compiled from his other works, the essays were intended only as private notes for the perusal of a few friends. [via]
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Explorers House: National Geographic and The World It Madeby Robert PooleISBN 1594200327 (1-59420-032-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Fanny Hillby John ClelandISBN 158715546X (1-58715-546-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fanny Hill'Book summary:John Cleland's sexy classic -- available now after centuries of banning. Delightful, steamy, and enduring. [via]
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Fanny Hill : Memoirs of a Womenby J. ClelandISBN 1840224177 (1-84022-417-7)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fanny Hill : Memoirs of a Women'Book summary:Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, better known as Fanny Hill, is one of the most notorious texts in English literature. As recently as 1963 an unexpurgated edition was the subject of a trial, yet in the eighteenth century John Cleland's open celebration of sexual enjoyment was a best selling novel. Fanny's story, as she falls into prostitution and then rises to respectability, takes the form of a confession that is vividly coloured by copious and explicit physiological details of her carnal adventures. The moral outrage that this has always provoked has only recently been countered by serious critical appraisal. [via]
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Fanny Hill or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasureby John ClelandISBN 1596540427 (1-59654-042-7)
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The Fellowship: Gilbert, Bacon, Harvey, Wren, Newton, and the Story of a Scientific Revolutionby John GribbinISBN 1585678317 (1-58567-831-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Fellowship of the Ringby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 1594130078 (1-59413-007-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fellowship of the Ring'Book summary:Part one of The Lord of the Rings, now featuring film art on the cover. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in THE HOBBIT. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.[via]More editions of Fellowship of the Ring:
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Five Days in Philadelphia: 1940, Wendell Willkie, and the Political Convention That Freed FDR to Win World War IIby Charles PetersISBN 1586484508 (1-58648-450-8)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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Five Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Wilkie!" Convention of 1940 and How it Freed FDR to Save the Western Worldby Charles PetersISBN 1586481126 (1-58648-112-6)
Hardcover, Public Affairs
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Frontier Living: An Illustrated Guide to Pioneer Life in Americaby Edwin TunisISBN 158574137X (1-58574-137-X)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America's Premier Mental Hospitalby Alex BeamISBN 1586481614 (1-58648-161-4)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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Great White Fathers: The True Story of Gutzon Borglum and His Obsessive Quest to Create the Mt. Rushmore National Monumentby John TaliaferroISBN 158648205X (1-58648-205-X)
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The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrinaby Frank RichISBN 159420098X (1-59420-098-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina'Book summary:[via]When America was attacked on 9/11, its citizens almost unanimously rallied behind its new, untested president as he went to war. What they didn't know at the time was that the Bush administration's highest priority was not to vanquish Al Qaeda but to consolidate its own power at any cost. It was a mission that could be accomplished only by a propaganda presidency in which reality was steadily replaced by a scenario of the White House's own inventionand such was that scenario's devious brilliance that it fashioned a second war against an enemy that did not attack America on 9/11, intimidated the Democrats into incoherence and impotence, and turned a presidential election into an irrelevant referendum on macho imagery and same-sex marriage.
As only he can, acclaimed New York Times columnist Frank Rich delivers a step-by-step chronicle of how skillfully the White House built its house of cards and how the institutions that should have exposed these fictions, the mainstream news media, were too often left powerless by the administration's relentless attack machine, their own post-9/11 timidity, and an unending parade of self-inflicted scandals (typified by those at The New York Times). Demonstrating the candor and conviction that have made him one of our most trusted and incisive public voices, Rich brilliantly and meticulously illuminates the White House's disturbing love affair with "truthiness," and the ways in which a bungled war, a seemingly obscure Washington leak, and a devastating hurricane at long last revealed the man-behind-the-curtain and the story that had so effectively been sold to the nation, as god-given patriotic fact.
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Grey Seas Underby F. MowatISBN 1585742406 (1-58574-240-6)
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Hastings 1066: The Fall of Saxon Englandby Christopher GravettISBN 1841761338 (1-84176-133-8)
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Historical Atlas of the 20th Centuryby John HaywoodISBN 1586632396 (1-58663-239-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Historical Atlas of the 20th Century'Book summary:The Historical Atlas of the 20th Century offers a fascinating and informative guide to the history of humanity from 1900 to the present day. With exquisitely and studiously detailed maps affording a wealth of information, precise coverage of regional developments and events, as well as overviews of grand themes of history and key dates in time, this atlas is an indispensable wealth of information on the past century. All maps are supported by a wealth of annotation, enlightening accompanying essays, and summary timelines, and are backed by an easy-to-use network of cross-references, indexes, and a substantial encyclopedic section providing an A to Z guide to the people, places, and events that made their indelible mark on our history. Planned with both the expert and the amateur in mind, the Historical Atlas of the 20th Century forms a highly accessible, beautifully presented survey that will prove equally ideal for quick references or more scholarly reading alike. -- Thirty full-color maps trace the history of all parts of the world between 1900 and 1999, including detailed accounts of wars and global trading systems -- Contains detailed coverage of major political, military, social, and cultural developments of the Twentieth Century, all fully cross-referenced and indexed for quick and easy searches -- Combines the functions of an historical atlas with those of an historical encyclopedia, allowing for detailed descriptions and accounts, quick references, and sustained reading [via]
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Hons and Rebelsby Jessica Mitford, Christopher HitchensISBN 1590171101 (1-59017-110-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hons and Rebels'Book summary:Jessica Mitford, the great muckraking journalist, was part of a legendary English aristocratic family. Her sisters included Nancy, doyenne of the 1920s London smart set and a noted novelist and biographer; Diana, wife to the English fascist chief Sir Oswald Mosley; Unity, who fell head over in heels in love with Hitler; and Deborah, later the Duchess of Devonshire. Jessica swung left and moved to America, where she took part in the civil rights movement and wrote her classic exposé of the undertaking business, The American Way of Death.
Hons and Rebels is the hugely entertaining tale of Mitford's upbringing, which was, as she dryly remarks, not exactly conventional. . . Debo spent silent hours in the chicken house learning to do an exact imitation of the look of pained concentration that comes over a hen's face when it is laying an egg. . . . Unity and I made up a complete language called Boudledidge, unintelligible to any but ourselves, in which we translated various dirty songs (for safe singing in front of the grown-ups). But Mitford found her family's world as smothering as it was singular and, determined to escape it, she eloped with Esmond Romilly, Churchill's nephew, to go fight in the Spanish Civil War. The ensuing scandal, in which a British destroyer was dispatched to recover the two truants, inspires some of Mitford's funniest, and most pointed, pages.
A family portrait, a tale of youthful folly and high-spirited adventure, a study in social history, a love story, Hons and Rebels is a delightful contribution to the autobiographer's art. [via]More editions of Hons and Rebels:
How To Read A Church: A Guide To Symbols And Images In Churches And Cathedralsby Richard TaylorISBN 1587680300 (1-58768-030-0)
Softcover, Paulist Pr
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The Hunchback of Notre Dameby Victor HugoISBN 1593080476 (1-59308-047-6)
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One of the first great novels of the Romantic era, Victor Hugos The Hunchback of Notre Dame has thrilled generations of readers with its powerfully melodramatic story of Quasimodo, the deformed hunchback who lives in the bell tower of medieval Pariss most famous cathedral.
Feared and hated by all, Quasimodo is looked after by Dom Claude Frollo, a stern, cold priest who ignores the poor hunchback in the face of his frequent public torture. But someone steps forward to helpthe beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, whose single act of kindness fills Quasimodo with love. Can the hunchback save the lovely gypsy from Frollos evil plan, or will they all perish in the shadows of Notre Dame?
An epic tale of beauty and sadness, The Hunchback of Notre Dame portrays the sufferings of humanity with compassion and power.Isabel Roche teaches French language and literature at Bennington College. She specializes in the nineteenth-century French novel.
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Images from the Stormby Nelson D. Lankford, Charles F. Bryan, James C. Kelly, Robert Knox SnedenISBN 1597640549 (1-59764-054-9)
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Intrepid's Last Case : The Super Spy Who Helped Take down the Nazis Tackles the KGBby William Stevenson, Richard RohmerISBN 1585745219 (1-58574-521-9)
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Intrepid's Last Case chronicles the post-World War II activities of Sir William Stephenson, whose fascinating role in helping to defeat the Nazis was the subject of the worldwide best-seller A Man Called Intrepid.
Sir William Stephenson still stood at the center of events when he and author William Stevenson discussed in the 1980s an investigation into sudden allegations that Intrepid's wartime aide, Dick Ellis, has been both a Soviet mole and a Nazi spy. They concluded that the rumors grew, ironically, from Intrepid's last wartime case involving the first major Soviet intelligence defector of the new atomic age: Igor Gouzenko. Intrepid saved Gouzenko and found him sanctuary inside a Canadian spy school, Camp X. Gouzenko was about to make more devastating disclosures than those concerning atomic espionage when the case was mysteriously terminated and Intrepid's organization dissolved.
Unraveling the implications of Gouzenko's defection and Intrepid's removal from the case, tracing the steps of Dick Ellis and disclosing much new information regarding United States and Canadian postwar intelligence activities, Intrepid's Last Case is a story that for sheer excitement rivals the best spy fiction-and is all the more important because every word is true.
Filled with never-before-revealed facts on the Soviet-Western nuclear war dance and a compelling portrayal of the mind of a professional spy, Intrepid's Last Case picks up where the first book ended, at the very roots of the cold war. It describes one of the most widespread cover-ups and bizarre betrayals in intelligence history.More editions of Intrepid's Last Case : The Super Spy Who Helped Take down the Nazis Tackles the KGB:
Introducing the Enlightenmentby Lloyd Spencer, Andrzej Krauze, Richard AppignanesiISBN 1840467096 (1-84046-709-6)
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Kimby Rudyard KiplingISBN 1593081928 (1-59308-192-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kim'Book summary:One of the particular pleasures of reading Kim is the full range of emotion, knowledge, and experience that Rudyard Kipling gives his complex hero. Kim O'Hara, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier stationed in India, is neither innocent nor victimized. Raised by an opium-addicted half-caste woman since his equally dissolute father's death, the boy has grown up in the streets of Lahore:
Though he was burned black as any native; though he spoke the vernacular by preference, and his mother-tongue in a clipped uncertain sing-song; though he consorted on terms of perfect equality with the small boys of the bazar; Kim was white--a poor white of the very poorest.
From his father and the woman who raised him, Kim has come to believe that a great destiny awaits him. The details, however, are a bit fuzzy, consisting as they do of the woman's addled prophecies of "'a great Red Bull on a green field, and the Colonel riding on his tall horse, yes, and'--dropping into English--'nine hundred devils.'"In the meantime, Kim amuses himself with intrigues, executing "commissions by night on the crowded housetops for sleek and shiny young men of fashion." His peculiar heritage as a white child gone native, combined with his "love of the game for its own sake," makes him uniquely suited for a bigger game. And when, at last, the long-awaited colonel comes along, Kim is recruited as a spy in Britain's struggle to maintain its colonial grip on India. Kipling was, first and foremost, a man of his time; born and raised in India in the 19th century, he was a fervid supporter of the Raj. Nevertheless, his portrait of India and its people is remarkably sympathetic. Yes, there is the stereotypical Westernized Indian Babu Huree Chander with his atrocious English, but there is also Kim's friend and mentor, the Afghani horse trader Mahub Ali, and the gentle Tibetan lama with whom Kim travels along the Grand Trunk Road. The humanity of his characters consistently belies Kipling's private prejudices, and raises Kim above the mere ripping good yarn to the level of a timeless classic. --Alix Wilber [via]
The King Of California: J. G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empireby Mark Arax, Rick WartzmanISBN 1586482815 (1-58648-281-5)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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The Life And Times Of Horatio Hornblower: A Biography Of C.S. Forester's Famous Naval Heroby Peter LacovaraISBN 1590130650 (1-59013-065-0)
Softcover, McBooks Pr
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The Life of St. Teresa of Avilaby of Avila Teresa, David LewisISBN 1602060258 (1-60206-025-8)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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A Little Princessby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Pablo Marcos, Eliza Gatewood WarrenISBN 1596792469 (1-59679-246-9)
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Looking Backward, 2000-1887by Edward BellamyISBN 1594084882 (1-59408-488-2)
Hardcover, Cork Hill Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Looking Backward, 2000-1887'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Macbethby William Shakespeare, John CrowtherISBN 1586638467 (1-58663-846-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth'Book summary:[via]No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Macbeth on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.
Each No Fear Shakespeare contains
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Macbeth: Shakespeare Made Easyby William Shakespeare, Tanya Grosz, Linda WendlerISBN 1599051346 (1-59905-134-6)
Softcover, Saddleback Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth: Shakespeare Made Easy'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's greatest, but also bloodiest tragedies, was written around 1605/06. Many have seen the story of Macbeth's murder and usurpation of the legitimate Scottish King Duncan as having obvious connection to contemporary issues regarding King James I (James VI of Scotland), and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. King James was particularly fascinated with witchcraft, so the appearance of the witches chanting "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" at the opening of the play seemed particularly topical, as was Macbeth's betrayal of Banquo, from whom James claimed direct descent.
However, the play is clearly far more than a piece of royal entertainment. It is also a fast-moving and dramatically satisfying piece of theatre. Macbeth's existential struggle between loyalty to his King and his "Vaulting ambition" is fascinating to watch, as his is struggle with Lady Macbeth, and her own terrifying refusal of her maternal role. The play shows an intensification of Shakespeare's interest in mothers and their effect upon ruling masculinity, and also contains some of the most memorable speeches in the entire canon, including Macbeth's reflections that ultimately life "is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched the Westby Lesley DownerISBN 1592400507 (1-59240-050-7)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched the West'Book summary:A critically acclaimed author tells the enthralling true story of the real Madame Butterfly, a woman who became the most celebrated geisha in Japan and the first to tour the West.
At twenty-nine, she captivated the worlds stage. From San Francisco to New York, Paris, and Berlin, audiences thrilled to her mesmeric acting and exquisite dancing. She performed for the American President and for the Prince of Wales in London. Picasso painted her. Gide, Debussy, Degas, and Rodin were among her devoted fans. She was Sadayakko, Japans most notorious geishaand its first international superstar.
In Italy, Puccini was working on Madame Butterfly. He had the plot for his opera, but he had yet to see a real live flesh-and-blood Japanese womanuntil Sadayakko arrived with her troupe of traveling actors.
Madame Sadayakko is the true story of this extraordinary womanmuse to writers, artists, and fashion designers. Her adventures lift the veil on the secretive world of the geisha and reveal a missing piece of history from the turn of the last century, when Japanese women wore bustles and learned the waltz and women in the West wore Sadayakko kimonos. [via]
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Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo Da Vinciby Bulent AtalayISBN 1588341712 (1-58834-171-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Mawson's Willby Lennard Bickel, Edmund HillaryISBN 1586420003 (1-58642-000-3)
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Michael Collins and Troubles: The Struggle for Irish Freedom 1912-1922by Ulick O'ConnorISBN 1840184272 (1-84018-427-2)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sourcesby Martin LingsISBN 1594771537 (1-59477-153-7)
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The Naming of Names: The Search For Order In The World Of Plantsby Anna PavordISBN 1596910712 (1-59691-071-2)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Oracle: The Lost Secrets And Hidden Message of Ancient Delphiby William BroadISBN 1594200815 (1-59420-081-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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OSS: The Secret History Of America's First Central Intelligence Agencyby Richard Harris SmithISBN 1592287298 (1-59228-729-8)
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--Washington Post Book World
In the months before World War II, FDR prepared the country for conflict with Germany and Japan by reshuffling various government agencies to create the Office of Strategic Services--Americas first intelligence agency and the direct precursor to the CIA. When he charged William ( Wild Bill ) Donovan, a successful Wall Street lawyer and Wilkie Republican, to head up the office, the die was set for some of the most fantastic and fascinating operations the U.S. government has ever conducted. Author Richard Harris Smith, himself an ex-CIA hand, documents the controversial agency from its conception as a spin-off of the Office of the Coordinator for Information to its demise under Harry Truman and reconfiguration as the CIA.
During his tenure, Donovan oversaw a chaotic cast of some ten thousand agents drawn from the most conservative financial scions to the countrys most idealistic New Deal true believers. Together they usurped the roles of government agencies both foreign and domestic, concocted unbelievably complicated conspiracies, and fought the good fight against the Axis powers of Germany and Japan. For example, when OSS operatives stole vital military codebooks from the Japanese embassy in Portugal, the operation was considered a success. But the success turned into a flop as the Japanese discovered what had happened, and hastily
changed a code that had already been decrypted by the U.S. Navy.
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The Peasants' Revolt of 1381by R. B. DobsonISBN 1597402443 (1-59740-244-3)
Hardcover, Acls History E-Book Project
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Peter Freuchen's Book of the Seven Seasby David Goldsmith Loth, P. Freuchen, George PlimptonISBN 1592281257 (1-59228-125-7)
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Piers Plowmanby William Langland, Priscilla Martin, Terence TillerISBN 1840221038 (1-84022-103-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Piers Plowman'Book summary:Langland's Piers Plowman is one of the strangest and one of the greatest poems of the Middle Ages. As spiritual allegory and social satire, it is not comparable with any other poem. Its chain of dream visions relates not only to the practical problems of medieval life, but also to the whole gamut of Christian attitudes towards God. Langland is sometimes plain and forthright, sometimes clumsy and obscure, but these limitations are utterly outweighed by his gifts for both comedy and lyricism and by moments of real sublimity. The poem survives in at least three versions. Terence Tiller's verse translation of the B-text is based on his abridgement of the poem for radio in 1980. Himself a poet, Tiller vividly conveys the colloquial immediacy and spiritual intensity of Langland's alliterative verse. Priscilla Martin has added the translation of the 'autobiographical episode' from the C-text. [via]
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Progress and Povertyby Henry GeorgeISBN 1596051507 (1-59605-150-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Progress and Poverty'Book summary:To those who, seeing the vice and misery that spring from the unequal distribution of wealth and privilege, feel the possibility of a higher social state, and would strive for its attainment. -Henry George, Progress and Poverty Why do we have ups and downs in the national economy? Why does poverty continue to exist while a minute number of Americans enjoy a staggering increase in their personal wealth year after year? What went wrong in a country that professes to be dedicated to the proposition that we are all created equal? As timely now as it was when it was written in 1871, Progress and Poverty is an honest and fascinating look at the financial order and the increasingly distorted distribution of income and wealth of life in America. George lays out simply and elegantly what the underlying problem is and how we might solve it. AUTHOR BIO: HENRY GEORGE (1839-1897) was a noted American economist and founder of the single-tax movement. He first outlined the doctrine in the pamphlet Our Land and Land Policy in 1871 and later wrote the more elaborate treatise Progress and Poverty (1879), which sold millions of copies all over the world. [via]
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The Prophetsby Abraham J. HeschelISBN 1598561812 (1-59856-181-2)
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Quartered Safe Out of Here: A Recollection of the War in Burmaby George Macdonald-FraserISBN 1585790249 (1-58579-024-9)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Rise of the Dutch Republicby John Lothrop MotleyISBN 1596051973 (1-59605-197-3)
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Rural Ridesby William CobbettISBN 1596055782 (1-59605-578-2)
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The Scottish Enlightenment : The Historical Age of the Historical Nationby Alexander BroadieISBN 1841581518 (1-84158-151-8)
Softcover, Birlinn, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scottish Enlightenment : The Historical Age of the Historical Nation'Book summary:The Scottish Enlightenment was one of the greatest intellectual and cultural movements that the world has ever seen. Its legacy in philosophy, history, science, music, art, architecture, economics, and many other disciplines cannot be overstated. This book considers the totality of achievements from this most astonishing period of Scottish history and how they still animate and inspire the world today. [via]
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Shakespeare's Macbethby Harold BloomISBN 1594480087 (1-59448-008-7)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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The Song of Bernadetteby Franz Werfel, Ludwig LewisohnISBN 1586171712 (1-58617-171-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Song of Bernadette'Book summary:This is the famous and highly acclaimed classic work that tells the true story surrounding the miraculous visions of St. Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes, France in 1858. Werfel, a highly respected literary writer who was an outspoken anti-Nazi from Vienna, became a Jewish refugee who barely escaped death from the Nazis in 1940, and wrote this moving story to fulfill a promise he made to God. Thus the story of how this book about a miracle came to be written is in itself something of a miracle.
As he and his wife were hiding out in the little village of Loudres while trying to escape to freedom in the USA during WWII, Werfel felt the Nazi noose tightening around them and realizing that they might well be caught and executed, he made a promise to God to write about the "song of Bernadette" that he had been deeply inspired by during their clandestine stay Lourdes.
An amazing aspect of this powerful portrayal of a Catholic saint and an essentially Catholic story is that Werfel was a rather secular Jew, and yet he was so deeply impressed by both Bernadette and the happenings at Lourdes, that his writing has a profound sense of Catholicism's sacramental imagination about the world. [via]
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Stealing the General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honorby Russell S. BondsISBN 1594160333 (1-59416-033-3)
Hardcover, Westholme Pub Llc
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The Tower of London: A 2000 Year Historyby Geoffrey Parnell, Ivan LapperISBN 1841761702 (1-84176-170-2)
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The Town Below the Ground: Edinburgh's Legendary Underground Cityby Jan-Andrew HendersonISBN 1840182318 (1-84018-231-8)
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Two Towersby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 159413006X (1-59413-006-X)
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Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894by Daniel BrownISBN 1592288634 (1-59228-863-4)
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The Uss Essex and the Birth of the American Navy: And the Birth of the American Navyby James Vescovi, Frances Diane RobottiISBN 1593371926 (1-59337-192-6)
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Varieties of Religious Experienceby William James, George Stade, Wayne ProudfootISBN 1593080727 (1-59308-072-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Varieties of Religious Experience'Book summary:"I am neither a theologian, nor a scholar learned in the history of religions, nor an anthropologist. Psychology is the only branch of learning in which I am particularly versed. To the psychologist the religious propensities of man must be at least as interesting as any other of the facts pertaining to his mental constitution. It would seem, therefore, as a psychologist, the natural thing for me would be to invite you to a descriptive survey of those religious propensities."
When William James went to the University of Edinburgh in 1901 to deliver a series of lectures on "natural religion," he defined religion as "the feelings, acts, and experiences of individual men in their solitude, so far as they apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatever they may consider the divine." Considering religion, then, not as it is defined by--or takes place in--the churches, but as it is felt in everyday life, he undertook a project that, upon completion, stands not only as one of the most important texts on psychology ever written, not only as a vitally serious contemplation of spirituality, but for many critics one of the best works of nonfiction written in the 20th century. Reading The Varieties of Religious Experience, it is easy to see why. Applying his analytic clarity to religious accounts from a variety of sources, James elaborates a pluralistic framework in which "the divine can mean no single quality, it must mean a group of qualities, by being champions of which in alternation, different men may all find worthy missions." It's an intellectual call for serious religious tolerance--indeed, respect--the vitality of which has not diminished through the subsequent decades. [via]
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Walden; Or, Life in the Woodsby Henry David Thoreau, Terry Tempest WilliamsISBN 1590300882 (1-59030-088-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden; Or, Life in the Woods'Book summary:In July 1845, Henry David Thoreau built a small cottage in the woods near Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. During the two years and two months he spent there, he began to write Walden, his most important work, a chronicle of his communion with nature that became one of the most influential and compelling books in American literature. Since its first publication on August 9, 1854, by Ticknor and Fields, the work has become a classic, beloved for its message of living simply and in harmony with nature.
This special 150th anniversary edition of Walden features exquisite wood engravings by Michael McCurdy, one of America's leading engravers and woodblock artists. McCurdy's engravings bring the text to lifeand illuminate the spirit of Thoreau's prose. Also included is a foreword by noted author, environmentalist, and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams, who reflects upon Thoreau's message that as we explore our world and ourselves, we draw ever closer to the truth of our connectedness. [via]More editions of Walden; Or, Life in the Woods:
A Walk In Ancient Rome: A Vivid Journey Back In Timeby John T. CullenISBN 1596872012 (1-59687-201-2)
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