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The Anglosphere Challenge: Why the English-Speaking Nations Will Lead the Way in the Twenty-First Centuryby James C. BennettISBN 0742533328 (0-7425-3332-8)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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Ann Arbor in the 20th Century: A Photographic Historyby Grace ShackmanISBN 0738520101 (0-7385-2010-1)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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Apples of Gold in Settings of Silver : Stories of Dinner As a Work of Artby Carolin C. YoungISBN 0743222024 (0-7432-2202-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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At Swim, Two Boysby Jamie O'NeillISBN 0743222954 (0-7432-2295-4)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At Swim, Two Boys'Book summary:You may have read the hype. Irishman Jamie O'Neill was working as a London hospital porter when his 10-year labor of love, the 200,000-word manuscript of At Swim, Two Boys, written on a laptop during quiet patches at work, was suddenly snapped up for a hefty six-figure advance. For once, the book fully deserves the hype.
In the spring of 1915, Jim Mack and "the Doyler," two Dublin boys, make a pact to swim to an island in Dublin Bay the following Easter. By the time they do, Dublin has been consumed by the Easter Uprising, and the boys' friendship has blossomed into love--a love that will in time be overtaken by tragedy. O'Neill's prose, playing merrily with vocabulary, syntax, and idiom, has unsurprisingly drawn comparisons to James Joyce and Samuel Beckett, but in his creation of comic characters (such as Jim's pathetic but irrepressible father) and in the sheer scale of his work, Charles Dickens springs to mind first. But Dickens never wrote a love story between young men as achingly beautiful as this.
In the character of Anthony MacMurrough, who is haunted by voices as he pursues his illegal and dangerous desire for Dublin boys, O'Neill has created a complex and fascinating center to his novel, rescuing the love story from mawkishness, and allowing a serious meditation on history, politics, and desire. For as Ireland seeks its own future free of British government, so Jim, Doyle, and MacMurrough look back to Sparta to find a way to live. As Dr Scrotes, one of MacMurrough's voices, commands:
Help these boys build a nation of their own. Ransack the histories for clues to their past. Plunder the literature for words they can speak.
In this massive, enthralling, and brilliant debut, Jamie O'Neill has indeed done just that: provided a nation for what Walt Whitman calls, in O'Neill's epigraph, "the love of comrades." --Alan Stewart, Amazon.co.uk [via]More editions of At Swim, Two Boys:
Baltimore's Halcyon Daysby Molly O'Donovan, Brooke GunningISBN 0738506311 (0-7385-0631-1)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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Berlin in the Balance: The Blockade, the Airlift, the First Major Battle of the Cold Warby Thomas ParrishISBN 0738201499 (0-7382-0149-9)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Big Bam : The Life and Times of Babe Ruthby Leigh MontvilleISBN 0739326414 (0-7393-2641-4)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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Birmingham's Theater And Retail Districtby Tim HollisISBN 0738517771 (0-7385-1777-1)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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Boston's North Endby A. SammarcoISBN 0738534692 (0-7385-3469-2)
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Bradford Collegeby Patricia Trainor OmalleyISBN 0738504092 (0-7385-0409-2)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bradford College'Book summary:A special place of learning began in Bradford, Massachusetts, on the banks of the Merrimack River in 1803. It was christened Bradford Academy and it grew and flourished for almost two hundred years. A new identity and a new name came in 1932 when the academy became Bradford Junior College. For almost forty years, BJC held a distinguished position as one of the best of the nation's junior colleges. A second, almost revolutionary, transformation occurred in 1971. Bradford became coeducational and earned the right to grant the baccalaureate degree with a four-year course of study. Since 1971, the college has maintained a reputation for innovative teaching with a rigorous liberal arts curriculum within a small, caring community of scholars and learners. In the millennial year 2000, Bradford completed 197 years of service to academia. With change on the horizon, it is timely to view this special place, with its special people, called Bradford. [via]
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Bread--and Rosesby Milton Meltzer, John A. ScottISBN 0735102163 (0-7351-0216-3)
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By George: Mr. Washington's Guide to Civility Todayby George Washington, Steven Michael SelzerISBN 0740706101 (0-7407-0610-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'By George: Mr. Washington's Guide to Civility Today'Book summary:Rudeness. Crudeness. Thoughtlessness. Uncivilized behavior is everywhere. From the boss who publicly chews out her assistant and the student who bullies his professor to the sports fan who yells obscenities at the ballgame, there's little doubt that we live in an increasingly barbaric world. When author Steven Selzer was researching the subject of civility, he found that George Washington had written 110 rules of civility and decent behavior at the age of 14. Although these guidelines are 250 years old, they are still pertinent in today's society. By George: Mr. Washington's Guide to Civility presents the 110 rules with engaging and conversational commentary after each rule, describing how it can be applied in modern life. Interspersed throughout the book are anecdotes, sidebars, and quotes. The tips and principles in By George will enable readers to better handle interpersonal conflicts, conduct business, and manage everyday stress with grace and civility.Rule # 56Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.Rule # 40Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.Rule # 37In speaking to others, do not lean nor look them full in the face, nor approach too near them. At least keep a full pace from them.Rule # 35Let your discourse with men of business be short and comprehensive.Rule # 22Show not yourself glad at the misfortune of another though he were your enemy. [via]
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Catonsvilleby Marsha Wight WiseISBN 0738518255 (0-7385-1825-5)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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The Chicago Outfitby John BinderISBN 0738523267 (0-7385-2326-7)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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Chicago's Historic Pullman Districtby Frank BeberdickISBN 0738500291 (0-7385-0029-1)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chicago's Historic Pullman District'Book summary:The town of Pullman, the brainchild of George M. Pullman, began as a small community on the far south side of Chicago. In 1879, Pullman, builder of the well-known Pullman Sleeping Car, purchased land just west of Lake Calumet and surrounding the Illinois Central Railroad, to build his model town in 1880. Pullman was the first planned model industrial town, and its center was Pullman's railroad car business. Employees lived in well-constructed housing on pleasantly landscaped streets, with all the necessary conveniences, including a bank, library, theater, post office, church, parks, and recreational facilities. In fact, Pullman was presented an award for the "World's Most Perfect Town" in 1896. [via]
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Chomsky on Miseducationby Noam Chomsky, Donaldo P. MacEdoISBN 0742529789 (0-7425-2978-9)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chomsky on Miseducation'Book summary:Noam Chomsky's prolific writings have made him one of the most-quoted educators in historythe only living writer on a most-cited list that includes Plato, Shakespeare, and Freud.
Yet until now, no book has systematically offered Chomsky's influential writings on education. In Chomsky on MisEducation, Noam Chomsky encourages a larger understanding of our educational needs, starting with the changing role of schools today, and broadening our view of new models of public education. Chomsky weaves global technological change and the primacy of responsible media with the democratic role of schools and higher education. A truly democratic society, he argues, cannot thrive in a rapidly changing world unless our approach to educationformal and otherwiseis dramatically reformed.
Chomsky's critique of how our current educational system "miseducates" studentsand his prescriptions for changeare essential reading for teachers, parents, school administrators, activists, and anyone concerned about the future. [via]
A Concise History Of Euthanasia: Life, Death, God And Medicineby Ian Robert DowbigginISBN 0742531104 (0-7425-3110-4)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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Cracking the Genome: Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNAby Kevin DaviesISBN 0743204794 (0-7432-0479-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cracking the Genome: Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA'Book summary:What makes science happen? The confluence of politics, commerce, and the age-old quest for knowledge is nowhere better seen than in the ongoing Human Genome Project. Kevin Davies, founding editor of Nature Genetics, picks apart the personalities and technologies involved in the great sequence race in Cracking the Genome: Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA. Written not long after President Clinton's premature announcement in 2000 of the Project's completion, it assesses the state of public and private genomic knowledge during what Davies calls "halftime." He is in a unique observational position; as a prominent scientific journalist, he has had unparalleled access to the scientific figures involved. Through interviews with HGP director Francis Collins, rogue scientist-entrepreneur J. Craig Venter, and many other scientists and insiders, Davies illuminates the often-tortured processes that contributed to the speedy sequencing of most--but not quite all--of our genes in just a few short years. Shifting styles characterize the different storylines: technological, political, and intensely personal tales unite under the author's direction without ever alienating the reader. The book is a bit softer on Venter than many scientists (who may perceive him as traitorous or, worse, too hasty to publish) would like, taking the position that his shotgun approach and competitive spirit improved the project without sacrificing quality. Conversely, Davies sits out the gene-patenting controversy, offering all sides a fairly equal voice, but never quite finding sympathy with any of them. Summing up his subject, Davies reports:
If the double helix is the prevailing image of the twentieth century, just as the steam engine signified the nineteenth century, then the sequence--the vast expanse of 3 billion As, Cs, Gs, and Ts--is destined to define the century to come.... The childhood of the human race is about to come to an end.
These are strong words, but few other fields provide a stronger basis for such hope. Cracking the Genome gives us the chance to catch up with the present while the future races on. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Creations of Fireby Harold Goldwhite, Cathy CobbISBN 073820594X (0-7382-0594-X)
Softcover, Basic Books
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Detroit, 1860-1899, (MI)by David Lee PorembaISBN 0738533734 (0-7385-3373-4)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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Detroit, 1900-1930by Richard BakISBN 0738533726 (0-7385-3372-6)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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Du Pont Circleby Paul K. WilliamsISBN 0738506338 (0-7385-0633-8)
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Elizabeth I, Ceo: Strategic Lessons from the Leader Who Built an Empireby Alan AxelrodISBN 0735203571 (0-7352-0357-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elizabeth I, Ceo: Strategic Lessons from the Leader Who Built an Empire'Book summary:Recently, we have seen England's venerable Queen Elizabeth I portrayed in popular movies as both a wise supporting character and powerful leading lady. Now, thanks to historian and author Alan Axelrod, we can not only see the 16th-century monarch as a single woman who turned the fortunes of an entire nation around--we can apply many of the traits and practices of Good Queen Bess to our own business lives. "You can learn that being a leader is being a leader, whether your enterprise is a Renaissance kingdom, a small business, a major corporation, a corporate department, or a three-person work group with a job to do," Axelrod writes in Elizabeth I, CEO. Like other authors who relate the conduct and writings of a historical figure to situations in the modern world (including himself in Patton on Leadership), Axelrod uses Elizabeth's behavior and words to frame a blueprint for corporate survival, personal image building, staff development, control, and--ultimately--success. The author draws 136 pointers from Elzabeth's life, each amplified with lively, germane anecdotes. Among them: "Control the Message, not the Messenger," "No Leader Is a Solo Act," and "Forgive, but Don't Forget." --Howard Rothman [via]
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Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clintonby David R. GergenISBN 0743203224 (0-7432-0322-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton'Book summary:David Gergen is probably the only person to have served at high levels in both the Reagan and Clinton White Houses--not to mention his posts in the Nixon and Ford administrations. He's a consummate Washington insider, a man who appears regularly as a centrist political commentator on PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and works as editor at large for U.S. News & World Report. Eyewitness to Power, his first book, draws upon this unique experience. It's part memoir, part political history, part portrait of White House culture, but it's mostly a meditation on what it takes to be a great political leader. Gergen focuses on the four presidents he has known best--Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton--and offers pointed assessments of each. He calls Reagan "the best leader in the White House since Franklin Roosevelt," and says Clinton "is one of the smartest men ever elected president and has done some of the dumbest things." Gergen does not hesitate to offer harsh criticism: Nixon was hateful, Ford was overwhelmed by his predecessor's scandals, Reagan was often detached, and Clinton was not in control of his appetites. Yet there's a reflective admiration for each man.
What makes this volume rise above the mountain of books on leadership (usually written for executives) is its spot-on observations about the way Washington works, drawn from years of experience: "Republicans like hierarchy and order; they're not like Democrats, as I saw later on, who thrive on chaos and creativity"; the Nixon view of Watergate "was the same as the Victorians had of adultery: the sin was not in the doing of it but in getting caught"; "In most institutions, the power of a leader grows over time. A CEO, a university president, the head of a union, acquire stature through the quality of their long-term performance. The presidency is just the opposite: power tends to evaporate quickly."
Gergen concludes by describing the seven leadership qualities a great president must have: personal integrity, a sense of mission, the ability to persuade, the ability to work with other politicians, a strong start after inauguration, skilled advisers, and the ability to inspire. Those traits, of course, will serve people well from all walks of life--and Eyewitness to Power will appeal not just to readers interested in the presidency but to anyone occupying a position of responsibility (or interested in getting there). --John J. Miller [via]
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Forgotten Americans: Footnote Figures Who Changed American Historyby Willard Sterne Randall, Nancy Ann NahraISBN 0738201502 (0-7382-0150-2)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Fort McHenry and Baltimore's Harbor Defensesby Scott Sheads, Merle ColeISBN 0738513504 (0-7385-1350-4)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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Four Against the Arctic : Shipwrecked for Six Years at the Top of the Worldby David RobertsISBN 0743224310 (0-7432-2431-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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From Black Land to Fifth Sun: The Science of Sacred Sitesby Brian FaganISBN 0738201413 (0-7382-0141-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Garden of Beasts : A Novel of Berlin 1936by Jeffery DeaverISBN 0743222016 (0-7432-2201-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Gay and Lesbian Philadelphiaby Thom NickelsISBN 0738510009 (0-7385-1000-9)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitutionby Richard BrookhiserISBN 0743223799 (0-7432-2379-9)
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Georgia: A State Historyby Buddy Sullivan, Georgia Historial SocietyISBN 0738524085 (0-7385-2408-5)
Hardcover, Arcadia Pub
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Yet just as clearly Georgia has not always followed the road traveled by the rest of the nation and the region. Explaining the common and divergent paths that make us who we are is one reason the Georgia Historical Society has collaborated with Buddy Sullivan and Arcadia Publishing to produce Georgia: A State History, the first full-length history of the state produced in nearly a generation. [via]
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Grass For His Pillowby Lian HearnISBN 073361566X (0-7336-1566-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grass For His Pillow'Book summary:Lian Hearn's second novel in the Tales of the Otori, Grass For His Pillow continues to enrich and expand his mystical imaginings of feudal Japan. Picking up where Across the Nightingale Floor left off, Takeo fulfills his debt of honor and accepts his heritage as a member of the superhuman cabal of assassins known as "The Tribe," and is thus ingested into their plots. But his heart yearns for Kaede, his one true love, and secretly wishes to fulfill the final wishes of his adopted father, Otori Shigaru. Meanwhile, Kaede returns to her homeland to find her father's estate in ruin and her inheritance in jeopardy. The two each encounter vast political machinations and deadly consequences as they unconsciously move toward their overwhelming urges to reunite and defy (or perhaps embrace) fate.
Hearn's second book into the Tales of the Otori series is a more poignant tale than the first, painfully examining the lines between honor, duty, and love. With its calming and satisfying conclusion, the landscape of Hearn's mythical vision of Japan braces for a dazzling storm in the book to come. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
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The Greek Worldby Roger LingISBN 0729000184 (0-7290-0018-4)
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Heartbeat: George Bush in His Own Wordsby George Bush, Jim McGrath, Barbara BushISBN 0743224795 (0-7432-2479-5)
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An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhoodby Jimmy CarterISBN 0743211995 (0-7432-1199-5)
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Carter describes--in glorious, if sometimes gory, detail--growing up on a farm where everything was done by either hand or mule: plowing fields, "mopping" cotton to kill pests, cutting sugar cane, shaking peanuts, or processing pork. He also describes the joys of walking barefoot ("this habit alone helped to create a sense of intimacy with the earth"), taking naps with his father on the porch after lunch, and hunting with slingshots and boomerangs with his playmates--all of whom were black. Carter was in constant contact with his black neighbors; he worked alongside them, ate in their homes, and often spent the night in the home of Rachel and Jack Clark, "on a pallet on the floor stuffed with corn shucks," when his parents were away. However, this intimacy was possible only on the farm. When young Jimmy and his best friend, A.D. Davis, went to town to see a movie, they waited for the train together, paid their 15 cents, and then separated into "white" and "colored" compartments. Once in Americus, they walked to the theater together, but separated again, with Jimmy buying a seat on the main floor or first balcony at the front door, and A.D. going around to the back door to buy his seat up in the upper balcony. After the movie, they returned home on another segregated train. "I don't remember ever questioning the mandatory racial separation, which we accepted like breathing or waking up in Archery every morning."
In this warm, almost sepia-toned narrative, Carter describes his relationships with his parents and with the five people--only two of whom were white--who most affected his early life. Best of all, however, Carter presents his sweetly nostalgic recollections of a lost America. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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How Israel Was Won : A Concise History of the Arab-Israeli Conflictby Baylis ThomasISBN 0739100637 (0-7391-0063-7)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How Israel Was Won : A Concise History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict'Book summary:This is the only book you need to read in order to understand the complexities of the modern Middle East. Unlike most writing on the Arab-Israeli conflict, which combines myth and polemic, How Israel Was Won is a balanced, well researched, and insightful history of Israel in the twentieth century. Baylis Thomas's concise history synthesizes for the general reader the vast number of historical studies and recently declassified documents from the United States and Israel to create a sophisticated and completely original interpretation of this conflict.
The narrative examines the charged ideological minefield of Israeli and Palestinian relations to reveal the complex story behind Israel's founding, its early struggle for survival, and its movements toward reconciliation with its Arab neighbors. Thomas also investigates the critical, self-interested roles played by Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States, and he explores the political and psychological attitudes of the protagonists and the international community at large.
How Israel Was Won is the most current and most accessible account of the Arab-Israeli conflict written to date. To understand the events behind tonight's breaking news in the Middle East, read this book. [via]More editions of How Israel Was Won : A Concise History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict:
How Israel Was Won: A Concise History of the Arab-Israeli Conflictby Thomas A. Baylis, Baylis ThomasISBN 0739100645 (0-7391-0064-5)
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I Rose Like a Rocket : The Political Education of Theodore Rooseveltby Paul GrondahlISBN 074322731X (0-7432-2731-X)
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I'll Be Home For Christmasby Thomas Kinkade, Anne Christian BuchananISBN 0736910999 (0-7369-1099-9)
Hardcover, Harvest House Pub
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John Curtin: A Lifeby David DayISBN 0732264138 (0-7322-6413-8)
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Kenoshaby John J. HosmanekISBN 0738540064 (0-7385-4006-4)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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Lindbergh's Artificial Heart: More Fascinating True Stories from Einstein's Refrigeratorby Steve SilvermanISBN 0740733400 (0-7407-3340-0)
Softcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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Linked: The New Science of Networksby Alberto-Laszlo BarabasiISBN 0738206679 (0-7382-0667-9)
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Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Foodby Daniel CharlesISBN 073820773X (0-7382-0773-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Love in the Tempest of History: A French Resistance Storyby Aude Yung-De Prevaux, Aude Yung De PrevausISBN 0743201949 (0-7432-0194-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Illby Robert WhitakerISBN 0738207993 (0-7382-0799-3)
Softcover, Basic Books
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One of Whitaker's answers draws upon the historic and current assumptions of a physical cause for schizophrenia. This resulted in cruel and unusual physical treatments--from ice-water immersion and bloodletting to the more contemporary electroshock, lobotomy, and drug therapies with dangerous side effects. This physical cause model leads to Whitaker's more provocative explanation: that mental illness has become a profit center. He offers disturbing details about how good business for drug companies makes for bad medicine in treating schizophrenia. From drug companies skewing their studies and patient/subjects kept in the dark about experiments to the cozy relationship between the American Psychiatric Association and drug companies, Whitaker underlines the mistreatment of the mentally ill. This courageous and compelling book succeeds as both a history of our attitudes toward mental illness and a manifesto for changing them. --Barbara Mackoff [via]
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Mrs P's Journey: The Remarkable Story of the Woman Who Created the A-Z Mapby Sarah HartleyISBN 0743208013 (0-7432-0801-3)
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Mrs. Sharp's Traditions : Reviving Victorian Family Celebrations of Comfort and Joyby Sarah Ban BreathnachISBN 074321076X (0-7432-1076-X)
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My Detachment : A Memoirby Tracy KidderISBN 073932554X (0-7393-2554-X)
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Nancy Wake: A Biography of Our Greatest War Heroineby Peter FitzSimonsISBN 0732269199 (0-7322-6919-9)
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New Orleans Cemeteriesby Eric J. BrockISBN 0738501263 (0-7385-0126-3)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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No Compromise the Life Story of Keith Greenby Melody Green, David HazardISBN 0736903194 (0-7369-0319-4)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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No Peace, No Honor : Nixon, Kissinger, and Betrayal in Vietnamby Larry BermanISBN 0743223497 (0-7432-2349-7)
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Northampton, (Ma)by James M. ParsonsISBN 0738546437 (0-7385-4643-7)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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Odysseus in Americaby Jonathan Shay, John McCain, Max ClelandISBN 0743211561 (0-7432-1156-1)
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Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecomingby Jonathan Shay, John McCain, Max ClelandISBN 074321157X (0-7432-1157-X)
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Only the Nails Remain: Scenes from the Balkan Warsby Christopher MerrillISBN 0742516865 (0-7425-1686-5)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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The Origins of the Modern World: A Global and Ecological Narrativeby Robert MarksISBN 0742554198 (0-7425-5419-8)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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The Perfect House: A Journey With Renaissance Master Andrea Palladioby Witold RybczynskiISBN 0743205871 (0-7432-0587-1)
Softcover, Scribner
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The Poe Shadowby Matthew PearlISBN 0739326252 (0-7393-2625-2)
Hardcover, Ballantine Books
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Queen of Bohemia: The Life of Louise Bryantby Mary DearbornISBN 0735101469 (0-7351-0146-9)
Hardcover, Xlibris Corp
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The Question of God : C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Lifeby Nicholi, Armand M., Jr.ISBN 0743202376 (0-7432-0237-6)
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Railways of San Franciscoby Paul C. TrimbleISBN 0738528870 (0-7385-2887-0)
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Readings on Native Sonby Richard Wright, Hayley R. MitchellISBN 0737703202 (0-7377-0320-2)
Hardcover, Greenhaven Pr
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Reagan, in His Own Hand : The Writings of Ronald Reagan That Reveal His Revolutionary Vision for Americaby Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, Martin Anderson, George P. ShultzISBN 0743219384 (0-7432-1938-4)
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I wrote of the problems we face here in 1976--The choice we face between continuing the policies of the last 40 yrs. that have led to bigger & bigger govt, less & less liberty, redistribution of earnings through confiscatory taxation or trying to get back on the original course set for us by the Founding Fathers... On the international scene two great superpowers face each other with nuclear missiles at the ready--poised to bring Armageddon to the world.
Often his rhetoric is admirably forthright, and there are frequent glimpses of his later achievements, such as the foreshadowing of his desire to build the Strategic Defense Initiative.The bulk of the book comprises these radio addresses, but a concluding section includes everything from a short story Reagan wrote as a school assignment when he was 14 (it earned him a B+) to his memorable letter in 1994 revealing his Alzheimer's disease. This book will enthral Reagan's devotees, and even his toughest critics will concede he had a way with words. No wonder they called him "The Great Communicator." --John J Miller [via]
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Rochester: Labor And Leisureby Donovan A. ShillingISBN 0738510424 (0-7385-1042-4)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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Running Toward Danger: Stories Behind the Breaking News of 9/11by Tom Brokaw, Cathy Trost, Alicia C. Shepard, NewseumISBN 0742523160 (0-7425-2316-0)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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With a moving foreword by NBC News Anchor Tom Brokaw, Running Toward Danger is arranged along a chronological timeline of the day and is illustrated with more than 100 photographs, many of them rarely seen. The book documents how journalists overcame daunting logistical and emotional challenges to report to a shaken world the implications of the new century's most terrifying moment. It includes intimate details about the marathon high-wire work of the network anchors and the harrowing stories of ordinary journalists who put themselves in harm's way to report the story. The book provides an enduring record of a turning point in world history, a book that future generations will rely on for insights about how news was conveyed to a shattered world. [via]More editions of Running Toward Danger: Stories Behind the Breaking News of 9/11:
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RussiaISBN 0742400344 (0-7424-0034-4)
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Russiaby Derek MausISBN 073771199X (0-7377-1199-X)
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San Antonio in the 1920s and 1930sby Mary E. Livingston, Frances R. PryorISBN 0738501522 (0-7385-0152-2)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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San Franciscoby Patricia KennedyISBN 0738518719 (0-7385-1871-9)
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San Francisco's Market Street Railwayby Philip Hoffman, Walt Vielbaum, Grant Ute, Robert TownleyISBN 0738529672 (0-7385-2967-2)
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San Francisco's Midwinter Expositionby William LipskyISBN 0738520888 (0-7385-2088-8)
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San Jose's Historic Downtownby Bob Johnson, Lauren Miranda GilbertISBN 0738529222 (0-7385-2922-2)
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Seattle's Beacon Hillby Mira Latoszek, Frederika MerrellISBN 0738528617 (0-7385-2861-7)
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September 11, 2001by Poynter Institute, Andrews McMeel PublishingISBN 0740724924 (0-7407-2492-4)
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Shattered Nerves: Doctors, Patients, and Depression in Victorian Englandby Janet OppenheimISBN 0735103534 (0-7351-0353-4)
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South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917by Frank HurleyISBN 074322292X (0-7432-2292-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917'Book summary:THE DEFINITIVE AND SPELLBINDING RECORD OF SHACKLETON'S LEGENDARY ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, IMMORTALIZED ON FILM BY PIONEERING PHOTOGRAPHER FRANK HURLEY
Sir Ernest Shackleton's trans-Antarctic expedition of 1914-1917 was one of the great feats of human endurance -- one vividly captured in the powerful and dramatic pictures taken by Frank Hurley, the expedition's official photographer. These images, appearing together here for the first time in print, constitute an amazing body of photojournalism created under the most adverse circumstances imaginable. As this book reveals, however, they are far more than visual reportage; they also are images of great artistry that capture the life-and-death drama that was played out against an arctic landscape of magnificent and terrible beauty.
The story told here through Frank Hurley's lens began in the summer of 1914, when Shackleton and his crew set sail from England with the intention of being the first to cross Antarctica from one coast to the other, passing through the South Pole on the way. After five months they reached the freezing Weddell Sea and were within sight of land when the Endurance became trapped in the ice pack. Nine months later, the ship was finally crushed, leaving the crew stranded on drifting ice floes at the end of the earth.
What followed is one of the most remarkable survival stories in the history of human exploration. Shackleton's men camped on the ice floes for five months before they escaped in their lifeboats and, after a harrowing five-day voyage, reached Elephant Island, a barren outcrop too remote for any hope of rescue. From there, Shackleton and five other volunteers set out for South Georgia Island andmiraculously reached their destination after traversing 850 miles of the fiercest seas on the face of the planet in an open lifeboat. There they raised help, and three months later, after three failed attempts, Shackleton made it back to Elephant Island with a rescue ship.
Incredibly, every single one of his men survived. Almost as incredible is the fact that so much of this drama was captured on film by Frank Hurley, and that so many of these pictures survived. South with Endurance is the first book to reproduce a total of nearly 500 extant photographs, including many remarkable color images that have never been published before. It is also the first to reproduce the photos to a standard and size that display Hurley's work as the art that it is. Drawn from the archives of the Royal Geographical Society in London, the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney, and the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, the photographs are complemented by excerpts from Hurley's diary, a chapter about the expedition itself, a biographical essay, and commentary about Hurley's photographic techniques. [via]
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The Story of World War IIby Donald L. Miller, Henry Steele CommagerISBN 0743227182 (0-7432-2718-2)
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Them : Adventures with Extremistsby Jon RonsonISBN 0743227077 (0-7432-2707-7)
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The Transformation of Wall Street: A History of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Modern Corporate Financeby Joel SeligmanISBN 0735544352 (0-7355-4435-2)
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A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a Presidentby Jeffrey ToobinISBN 0743204131 (0-7432-0413-1)
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Waiting for Snow in Havana : Confessions of a Cuban Boyby Carlos M.N. EireISBN 0743207378 (0-7432-0737-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boyhood'Book summary:A childhood in a privileged household in 1950s Havana was joyous and cruel, like any other - but with certain differences. The neighbour's monkey was liable to escape and run across your roof. Surfing was conducted by driving cars across the breakwater. Lizards and firecrackers made frequent contact. Carlos Eire's childhood was a little different from most. His father was convinced he had been Louis XVI in a past life. At school, classmates with fathers in the Batista government were attended by chauffeurs and bodyguards. At a home crammed with artifacts and paintings, portraits of Jesus spoke to him in dreams and nightmares. Then, in January 1959, the world changes: Batista is suddenly gone, a cigar-smoking guerrilla has taken his place, and Christmas is cancelled. The echo of firing squads is everywhere. And, one by one, the author's schoolmates begin to disappear - spirited away to the United States. Carlos will end up there himself, without his parents, never to see his father again. Narrated with the urgency of a confession, WAITING FOR SNOW IN HAVANA is both an ode to a paradise lost and an exorcism. More than that, it captures the terrible beauty of those times in our lives when we are certain we have died - and then are somehow, miraculously, reborn. [via]
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Yanks: The Epic Story of the American Army in World War Iby John S.D. EisenhowerISBN 0743223853 (0-7432-2385-3)
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Zapby Scott CohenISBN 0738868833 (0-7388-6883-3)
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Zen at Warby Daizen VictoriaISBN 0742539261 (0-7425-3926-1)
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