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The Accidental Theorist: And Other Dispatches from the Dismal Scienceby Paul R. KrugmanISBN 0393318877 (0-393-31887-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Accidental Theorist: And Other Dispatches from the Dismal Science'Book summary:When economics and ideology mix, the results often sound plausible, but in fact can be terribly wrong and lead to ill-conceived and sometimes dangerous economic policy. For several years, Paul Krugman, author of The Accidental Theorist and one of the most celebrated economists of the '90s, has been punching holes in fashionable ideas such as the logic of supply-side economics and the evils of globalization. The Accidental Theorist is a collection of Krugman's best published and unpublished essays that cover everything from the Asian financial crisis to inflation in America.
Krugman's cause is neither left or right; rather it's the pursuit of clear thinking about economics that's unfettered by ideology. He writes, "But we should never be surprised when prominent people say foolish things about economics. The history of economic doctrines teaches us that the influence of an idea may have nothing to do with its quality--that an ideology can attract a devoted following, even come to control the corridors of power, without a shred of logic or evidence in its favor."
If you've read and enjoyed Krugman's regular column for Slate, "The Dismal Science," or have admired his work in the New York Times, The Washington Monthly, and Foreign Affairs, you'll find that the The Accidental Theorist is a must read. The essays in this book reflect a clairvoyant and playful mind that's patient enough to unravel and simplify--not dumb down--the arcane and lofty ideas of economics to something that the rest of us can understand. Highly recommended. --Harry C. Edwards [via]
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark Twain, Beverly Lyon ClarkISBN 0393926036 (0-393-92603-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'Book summary:The text of this Norton Critical Edition is based, with typesetting errors corrected, on the first U.S. edition (1876), the most authoritative of the editions published in Twains lifetime.
Backgrounds and Contexts provides students with the standard source materials often cited by criticsTwains stories of Good and Bad Boys, his Boys Manuscript, his correspondence with William Dean Howells, and his 1870 letter to Will Bowen. This section also includes lesser-known but valuable contextual materials, among them Twains journalistic description of school exercise and the discussion of Perry Davis Pain Killer and other nineteenth-century nostrums.
Criticism includes interpretations by William Dean Howells, Hamlin L. Hill, Judith Fetterley, Alan Gribben, Glenn Hendler, Carter Revard, and Susan R. Gannon.
A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. [via]More editions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer:
American Gothic: A Life Of America's Most Famous Paintingby Steven BielISBN 0393328554 (0-393-32855-4)
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American Government: Freedom and Powerby Benjamin Ginsberg, Theodore LowiISBN 0393964655 (0-393-96465-5)
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American Government: Freedom and Powerby Theodore LowiISBN 039396020X (0-393-96020-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Government: Freedom and Power'Book summary:This work provides an introduction to the workings of the American political system. Intended to be of use to courses in American government, comparative politics or international relations, it offers students an history of American politics, as well as analysis of the political system. [via]
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American Government: Freedom and Power/Exploring American Government Web Bookby Theodore J. LowiISBN 0393958736 (0-393-95873-6)
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The Americans: An Economic Recordby Stanley LebergottISBN 0393953114 (0-393-95311-4)
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Ancien Regimeby C.B.A. BehrensISBN 0393958019 (0-393-95801-9)
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Anna Kareninaby Leo Tolstoy, George Gibian, Aylmer MaudeISBN 0393966429 (0-393-96642-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anna Karenina'Book summary:This Second Norton Critical Edition of Leo Tolstoys epic novel is again based on the Louise and Aylmer Maude translation (originally published in 1918; revised with notes in 1939), which has never been surpassed. This volume reprints the 1939 edition, which the editor has revised, making twenty-one textual changes and revising or adding forty-nine footnotes.
"Backgrounds and Sources" includes central passages from the letters of Tolstoy and his correspondents, S. A. Tolstoys diaries, and contemporary accounts translated by George Gibian exclusively for this Norton Critical Edition. Together these materials document Tolstoys writing process and chronicle Anna Kareninas reception upon publication during the period 187577.
"Criticism" unites Russian and Western interpretations to present the best canonical scholarship on Anna Karenina written between 1877 and 1994. A wide range of perspectives is provided by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky, Nikolai N. Strakhov, Matthew Arnold, M. S. Gromeka, D. S. Merezhkovsky, Boris Eikhenbaum, Henry Gifford and Raymond Williams, George Steiner, Lydia Ginzburg, Eduard Babaev, Gary Saul Morson, Caryl Emerson, Donna Tussing Orwin, and George Gibian.
A Chronology of Tolstoys life and an updated Selected Bibliography are also included. [via]More editions of Anna Karenina:
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Anthology of Renaissance Musicby Allan W. AtlasISBN 0393971708 (0-393-97170-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anthology of Renaissance Music'Book summary:In this carefully selected anthologythe author of Renaissance Music presents full scores for all the music highlighted in the companion texta total of 102 works of complete movements by some 75 composers.
Spanning the period from the early fifteenth century to the late sixteenth, the anthology features all of the eras important forms and many minor ones, including carols, motets, Mass movements, Anglican services, a Magnificat setting, chansons, frottole, Lieder, madrigals, and others. For each selection, the best available edition has been reproduced; where no satisfactory edition existed, the piece has been specially set for this volume. Inclusive and practical, the Anthology of Renaissance Music is a remarkable tool for students and teachers, for use with or without its companion text. [via]More editions of Anthology of Renaissance Music:
Anthology of Twentieth-Century Musicby Robert P. MorganISBN 0393952843 (0-393-95284-3)
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The Antislavery Appeal: American Abolitionism After 1830by Ronald G. WaltersISBN 0393954447 (0-393-95444-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Antislavery Appeal: American Abolitionism After 1830'Book summary:"A fresh and provocative contribution . . . . the clearest, most penetrating, and best-informed study of the post-1830 antislavery movement that exists." Richard Bardolph, North Carolina Historical Review
"In this small but elegant book, Professor Walters approaches the interpretation of antislavery from a fresh vantage point . . . he asks new questions of old sources and comes up with novel and convincing interpretations . . [He] has allowed us to see antislavery as an organic outgrowth of American values and institutions." Gerda Lerner, New York Historical Society Quarterly
"Penetrating insights are sprinkled generously throughout, and monographic studies of abolitionism should take a new turn, now that Walters has shown how to perceive it in terms of symbols, perception, culture in general." Aileen S. Kraditor, Journal of Southern History
"A masterful picture of the milieu in which [antislavery] operated." Robert V. Sparks, New England Quarterly
"[A] wide-ranging, scintillatingly written analysis of abolitionist thought, perception, and feeling. Like all highly original, interdisciplinary ventures in scholarship, The Antislavery Appeal is bound to provoke controversy even as it stimulates thinking in many new directions . . . . All [scholars] will thank him for enlivening and enriching the study of pre-Civil War reform." James brewer Stewart, Wisconsin Magazine of History
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The Awakeningby Kate Chopin, Margo CulleyISBN 0393960579 (0-393-96057-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Awakening'Book summary:This Second Edition of a perennial favorite in the Norton Critical Edition series represents an extensive revision of its predecessor. The text is that of the first edition of the novel, published by Herbert S. Stone in 1899. It has been annotated by the editor and includes translations of French phrases and information about New Orleans locales, customs, and lore, the Bayou region, and Creole culture. "Bibliographical and Historical Contexts", expanded and introduced by a new Editor's Note, presents biographical, historical, and cultural documents contemporary with the novel's publication. Included are a biographical essay by the acclaimed Chopin biographer Emily Toth, "An Etiquette/Advice Book Sampler" with selections from the conduct books of the period in which Chopin lived and wrote, and period fashion plates from Harper's Bazar. A comprehensive "Criticism" section, introduced by a new Editor's Note, contains expanded selections from hard-to-find contemporary reviews of the novel; two letters of mysterious origin written in response to the novel; and Chopin's "Retraction," which followed The Awakening 's negative reception. These are followed by twenty-seven interpretive essays, twelve of them new to the Second Edition, that provide a variety of perspectives on The Awakening , including essays by Cynthia Griffin Wolff, Nancy Walker, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Paula A. Treichler, Sandra M. Gilbert, Lee R. Edwards, Patricia S. Yaeger, Elizabeth Ammons, and Elaine Showalter. A Chronology of Chopin's life and an updated Selected Bibliography are also included. [via]
Baseball Dynasties: The Greatest Teams of All Timeby Eddie Epstein, Rob NeyerISBN 0393320081 (0-393-32008-1)
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Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nationsby Charles WilkinsonISBN 0393328503 (0-393-32850-3)
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Brazen Chariots: An Account of tank warefare in the Western Desert, November-December 1941by Major Robert CrispISBN 0393327124 (0-393-32712-4)
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The Bush Dyslexicon: Observations on a National Disorderby Mark Crispin MillerISBN 0393322963 (0-393-32296-3)
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Catholicism And American Freedom: A Historyby John T. McGreevyISBN 039332608X (0-393-32608-X)
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The Chemical Tree: A History of Chemistryby W. H. BrockISBN 0393320685 (0-393-32068-5)
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Commerce and Cultureby Christine HeyrmanISBN 0393955184 (0-393-95518-4)
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Counter-Reformationby A.G. DickensISBN 0393950867 (0-393-95086-7)
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Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor Dostoevsky, George GibianISBN 0393956237 (0-393-95623-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crime and Punishment'Book summary:Jessie Coulsons translation provides the text for the Third Edition of this acclaimed Norton Critical Edition.
New footnotes have been added, based on discoveries by the leading Soviet Dostoevsky scholar, Sergei Belov. "Backgrounds and Sources", highly praised in the Second Edition, remains unaltered. Included are a detailed map of nineteenth-century St. Petersburg, selections from Dostoevskys notebooks and letters, and a crucial passage from an early draft of his novel. Noteworthy among the several new "Essays in Criticism" are a little-known but important passage by Leo Tolstoy on Raskolnikov; an essay by Sergei Belov; observations by the Russian literary theoretician and scholar Mikhail Bakhtin; and an essay by the Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz. A Chronology of Dostoevskys Life and a Selected Bibliography are also included. [via]More editions of Crime and Punishment:
Crimes of War: What the Public Should Knowby Roy Gutman, David RieffISBN 0393319148 (0-393-31914-8)
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Death of a Revolutionary: Che Guevara's Last Missionby Richard HarrisISBN 0393320324 (0-393-32032-4)
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The Devil's Disciples: Hitler's Inner Circleby Anthony ReadISBN 0393326977 (0-393-32697-7)
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Edward the Secondby Christopher Marlowe, W. Moelwyn MerchantISBN 0393900185 (0-393-90018-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Edward the Second'Book summary:New Mermaids are modernized and fully-annotated editions of classic English plays. Each volume includes:
" The playtext, in modern spelling, edited to the highest bibliographical and textual standards
" Textual notes recording significant changes to the copytext and variant readings
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" A full introduction which provides a critical account of the play, the staging conventions of the time and recent stage history; discusses authorship, date, sources and the text; and gives guidance for further reading.
Edited and updated by leading scholars and printed in a clear, easy-to-use format, New Mermaids offer invaluable guidance for actor, student, and theatre-goer alike. [via]-
Eisenhower and Berlin, 1945: The Decision to Halt at the Elbeby Stephen E. AmbroseISBN 0393320103 (0-393-32010-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eisenhower and Berlin, 1945: The Decision to Halt at the Elbe'Book summary:In the final months of World War II, with the Allied forces streaming into Germany on two fronts, a major decision had to be made: where to draw a stop line to prevent an accidental clash between the Russian and the Anglo-American armies.
Behind this decision lay another. Whose forces would be the first to reach Berlin? General Dwight David Eisenhower, supreme commander of the British and American armies, chose to halt at the Elbe River and leave Berlin to the Red Army. Could he have beaten the Russians to Berlin? If so, why didn't he? If he had, would the Berlin question have arisen? Would Germany have been divided as it was? Would the Cold War have assumed a direction more favorable to the West? In a narrative of steady fascination, Stephen E. Ambrose describes both the political and the military aspects of the situation, sketches the key players, explains the alternatives, and considers the results. The result is a sharply focused light on an important question of the postwar world. This paperback edition features a new introduction by the author. Maps [via]More editions of Eisenhower and Berlin, 1945: The Decision to Halt at the Elbe:
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Encyclopedia of Invasions and Conquests: From Ancient Times to the Presentby Paul K. DavisISBN 0393317897 (0-393-31789-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Encyclopedia of Invasions and Conquests: From Ancient Times to the Present'Book summary:An authoritative and thoroughly readable volume that will prove invaluable for everyone from military historians to history buffs to those wanting to know the impact of war on the borders and cultures of countries around the world.
The Encyclopedia of Invasions and Conquests, a comprehensive guide to 192 invasions, conquests, battles, occupations, and military leaders from ancient times to the present, takes readers on a journey that includes the Roman conquest of Britain, the Portuguese colonization of Brazil, and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. This engaging, lucid, carefully researched volume provides a thorough review of each battle while examining the repercussions on infrastructure, tradition, language, and more. Some entries cover civilizations and cultures (Han Dynasty, the Huns, the Uzbeks), while others are devoted to selected historical figures (Julius Caesar, Napoleon Buonaparte, Douglas MacArthur). Each chapter provides a map to help readers locate key areas and geographical features. Other features include cross-references, a cumulative bibliography, and a comprehensive subject index. Photographs, maps [via]More editions of Encyclopedia of Invasions and Conquests: From Ancient Times to the Present:
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Gretchen Holbrook GerzinaISBN 0393926354 (0-393-92635-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:Frances Hodgson Burnett was the highest paid and most widely read woman writer of her time, publishing more than fifty novels and thirteen plays.
Born in England and transplanted to New York toward the end of the Civil War, Burnett made her home in both countries, and today both countries claim her as their own. The Secret Garden, her best-known work, became an instant modern classic and world-wide bestseller upon its publication in 1911. The text of this Norton Critical Edition is based on the first edition and is accompanied by explanatory annotations.
"Backgrounds and Contexts" and "Letters" illuminate important aspects of Burnetts life and work and include her own writings on gardens and their spiritual healing. Four illustrations point to Burnetts prominence in popular culture.
"Criticism" includes fourteen contemporary reviews and nine recent critical views of The Secret Garden, including Jerry Phillipss sociopolitical interpretation and Phyllis Bixlers comparative analysis of the Broadway musical adaptation of the novel.
A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. [via]More editions of Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden:
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Globalization and Its Discontentsby Joseph E. StiglitzISBN 0393324397 (0-393-32439-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Globalization and Its Discontents'Book summary:Due to massive media coverage, many people are familiar with the controversy and organized resistance that globalization has generated around the world, yet explaining what globalization actually means in practice is a complicated task. For those wanting to learn more, this book is an excellent place to start. An experienced economist, Joseph Stiglitz had a brilliant career in academia before serving for four years on President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisors and then three years as chief economist and senior vice president of the World Bank. His book clearly explains the functions and powers of the main institutions that govern globalization--the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization--along with the ramifications, both good and bad, of their policies. He strongly believes that globalization can be a positive force around the world, particularly for the poor, but only if the IMF, World Bank, and WTO dramatically alter the way they operate, beginning with increased transparency and a greater willingness to examine their own actions closely. Of his time at the World Bank, he writes, "Decisions were made on the basis of what seemed a curious blend of ideology and bad economics, dogma that sometimes seemed to be thinly veiling special interests.... Open, frank discussion was discouraged--there was no room for it." The book is not entirely critical, however: "Those who vilify globalization too often overlook its benefits," Stiglitz writes, explaining how globalization, along with foreign aid, has improved the living standards of millions around the world. With this clear and balanced book, Stiglitz has contributed significantly to the debate on this important topic. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, And Greedby John VaillantISBN 0393328643 (0-393-32864-3)
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Governing China: From Revolution Through Reformby Kenneth LieberthalISBN 0393924920 (0-393-92492-0)
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Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens, Edgar RosenbergISBN 0393960692 (0-393-96069-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:Dickens considered Great Expectations one of his "little pieces," and indeed, it is slim compared to such weighty novels as David Copperfield or Nicholas Nickleby. But what this cautionary tale of a young man raised high above his station by a mysterious benefactor lacks in length, it more than makes up for in its remarkable characters and compelling story. The novel begins with young orphaned Philip Pirrip--Pip--running afoul of an escaped convict in a cemetery. This terrifying personage bullies Pip into stealing food and a file for him, threatening that if he tells a soul "your heart and your liver shall be tore out, roasted and ate." The boy does as he's asked, but the convict is captured anyway, and transported to the penal colonies in Australia. Having started his novel in a cemetery, Dickens then ups the stakes and introduces his hero into the decaying household of Miss Havisham, a wealthy, half-mad woman who was jilted on her wedding day many years before and has never recovered. Pip is brought there to play with Miss Havisham's ward, Estella, a little girl who delights in tormenting Pip about his rough hands and future as a blacksmith's apprentice.
I had never thought of being ashamed of my hands before; but I began to consider them a very indifferent pair. Her contempt for me was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it.
It is an infection that Pip never quite recovers from; as he spends more time with Miss Havisham and the tantalizing Estella, he becomes more and more discontented with his guardian, the kindhearted blacksmith, Joe, and his childhood friend Biddy. When, after several years, Pip becomes the heir of an unknown benefactor, he leaps at the chance to leave his home and friends behind to go to London and become a gentleman. But having expectations, as Pip soon learns, is a two-edged sword, and nothing is as he thought it would be. Like that other "little piece," A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations is different from the usual Dickensian fare: the story is dark, almost surreal at times, and you'll find few of the author's patented comic characters and no comic set pieces. And yet this is arguably the most compelling of Dickens's novels for, unlike David Copperfield or Martin Chuzzlewit, the reader can never be sure that things will work out for Pip. Even Dickens apparently had his doubts--he wrote two endings for this novel. --Alix Wilber [via]More editions of Great Expectations:
I, Roger Williamsby Mary Lee SettleISBN 0393323838 (0-393-32383-8)
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The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnsonby Michael Les BenedictISBN 0393319822 (0-393-31982-2)
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Jazzby Frank TirroISBN 0393963683 (0-393-96368-3)
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Jazz a Historyby TirroISBN 0393963632 (0-393-96363-2)
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Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalismby Michelle GoldbergISBN 0393329763 (0-393-32976-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism'Book summary:"A potent wakeup call to pluralists in the coming showdown with Christian nationalists."Publishers Weekly, starred review
Michelle Goldberg, a senior political reporter for Salon.com, has been covering the intersection of politics and ideology for years. Before the 2004 election, and during the ensuing months when many Americans were trying to understand how an administration marked by cronyism, disregard for the national budget, and poorly disguised self-interest had been reinstated, Goldberg traveled through the heartland of a country in the grips of a fevered religious radicalism: the America of our time. From the classroom to the mega-church to the federal court, she saw how the growing influence of dominionism-the doctrine that Christians have the right to rule nonbelievers-is threatening the foundations of democracy.
In Kingdom Coming, Goldberg demonstrates how an increasingly bellicose fundamentalism is gaining traction throughout our national life, taking us on a tour of the parallel right-wing evangelical culture that is buoyed by Republican political patronage. Deep within the red zones of a divided America, we meet military retirees pledging to seize the nation in Christ's name, perfidious congressmen courting the confidence of neo-confederates and proponents of theocracy, and leaders of federally funded programs offering Jesus as the solution to the country's social problems.
With her trenchant interviews and the telling testimonies of the people behind this movement, Goldberg gains access into the hearts and minds of citizens who are striving to remake the secular Republic bequeathed by our founders into a Christian nation run according to their interpretation of scripture. In her examination of the ever-widening divide between believers and nonbelievers, Goldberg illustrates the subversive effect of this conservative stranglehold nationwide. In an age when faith rather than reason is heralded and the values of the Enlightenment are threatened by a mystical nationalism claiming divine sanction, Kingdom Coming brings us face to face with the irrational forces that are remaking much of America. [via]More editions of Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism:
Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discoveryby David WarshISBN 0393329887 (0-393-32988-7)
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The Last Expedition: Stanley's Mad Journey Through the Congoby Charles Pearson, Daniel LiebowitzISBN 0393328732 (0-393-32873-2)
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Latinos: A Biography of the Peopleby Earl ShorrisISBN 0393321908 (0-393-32190-8)
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Lincoln's Avengers: Justice, Revenge, And Reunion After The Civil Warby Elizabeth D. LeonardISBN 0393326772 (0-393-32677-2)
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Lord Jimby Joseph Conrad, Thomas C. MoserISBN 0393963357 (0-393-96335-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lord Jim'Book summary:This compact novel, completed in 1900, as with so many of the great novels of the time, is at its baseline a book of the sea. An English boy in a simple town has dreams bigger than the outdoors and embarks at an early age into the sailor's life. The waters he travels reward him with the ability to explore the human spirit, while Joseph Conrad launches the story into both an exercise of his technical prowess and a delicately crafted picture of a character who reaches the status of a literary hero. A classic novel. [via]
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Mapping the Deep: The Extraordinary Story of Ocean Scienceby Robert KunzigISBN 0393320634 (0-393-32063-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mapping the Deep: The Extraordinary Story of Ocean Science'Book summary:A vivid, up-to-date tour of the Earth's last frontier, a remote and mysterious realm that nonetheless lies close to the heart of even the most land-locked reader.
The sea covers seven-tenths of the Earth, but we have mapped only a small percentage of it. The sea contains millions of species of animals and plants, but we have identified only a few thousand of them. The sea controls our planet's climate, but we do not really understand how. The sea is still the frontier, and yet it seems so familiar that we sometimes forget how little we know about it. Just as we are poised on the verge of exploiting the sea on an unprecedented scalemining it, fertilizing it, fishing it outthis book reminds us of how much we have yet to learn. More than that, it chronicles the knowledge explosion that has transformed our view of the sea in just the past few decades, and made it a far more interesting and accessible place. From the Big Bang to that far-off future time, two billion years from now, when our planet will be a waterless rock; from the lush crowds of life at seafloor hot springs to the invisible, jewel-like plants that float at the sea surface; from the restless shifting of the tectonic plates to the majestic sweep of the ocean currents, Kunzig's clear and lyrical prose transports us to the ends of the Earth.
Originally published in hardcover as The Restless Sea. "Robert Kunzig is a creator of what oceanographer Harry Hess once referred to as 'geopoetry.' He covers vast tracts of time and space and makes his subjects electrifying."Richard Ellis, The Times [London] "The Restless Sea immediately surfaces at the top of the list of journalistic treatments of oceanography. . . .The book opened my eyes to numerous wonders."Richard Strickland, American Scientist "When you head for the coast this summer, leave that trashy beach novel at home. Instead, pack Robert Kunzig's book. Because just beyond your rental cottage lies the restless sea, where three-mile-tall mountain ranges criss-cross the ocean floor, and deep trenches harbor mysterious creatures. . . . The book is easy to read, and will bring you up to date on the startling discoveries oceanographers have made during the past few decades."Phillip Manning, The News and Observer [Raleigh, North Carolina] ] "Anyone who loves the sea should read this book."Sebastian Junger 8 pages of color, 20 black-and-white illustrations [via]More editions of Mapping the Deep: The Extraordinary Story of Ocean Science:
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The Merchant of Veniceby William Shakespeare, Leah S. MarcusISBN 0393925293 (0-393-92529-3)
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This Norton Critical Edition has been carefully edited to make The Merchant of Venice, its surrounding history, and the history of its critical reception and rewritings accessible to readers. The text of this edition is based on the 1600 First Quarto, with light editing and substantial explanatory annotations by Leah S. Marcus.
"Sources and Contexts" largely focuses on the character of Shylock and the issue of anti-Semitism in the play. Materials included are diverse, and at times contradictory, allowing readers to draw their own conclusions. Examples include seventeenth-century anti-Semitic literature, an essay from the same period defending Jews and arguing for their repatriation in England, an examination of the Christian theology of the play, and readings of The Merchant of Venice as exclusionary for Jews, women, and people of color.
"Criticism" collects twenty-one diverse interpretations. In addition to Shylock and the question of anti-Semitism, these essays address The Merchant of Venice in the context of postcolonial, feminist, and queer theory and explore relevant issues of economic status and organization.
"Rewritings and Appropriations" includes excerpts from dramatic, musical, and other literary adaptations of The Merchant of Venice, as well as a selection of poems, most of them from the twentieth century, on the character of Shylock.
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The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace With America's Militaryby Dana PriestISBN 0393325504 (0-393-32550-4)
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The Nemesis Affair: A Story of the Death of Dinosaurs and the Ways of Scienceby David M. RaupISBN 0393319180 (0-393-31918-0)
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New Bach Readerby Hans T. DavidISBN 0393319563 (0-393-31956-3)
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A New Economic View of American History: From Colonial Times to 1940by Susan Lee, Peter Passell, Jeremy AtackISBN 0393963152 (0-393-96315-2)
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This book asks such questions as: did mercantilism cause the American Revolution?; was slavery profitable?; and what were the causes of the Great Depression? Illustrated [via]More editions of A New Economic View of American History: From Colonial Times to 1940:
The Norton Anthology of Western Music: Classic to Modernby Claude V. PaliscaISBN 039396907X (0-393-96907-X)
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Norton Anthology of Western Music: Classic, Romantic, Modernby Claude V. PaliscaISBN 039395644X (0-393-95644-X)
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The Norton History of the Human Sciencesby Roger SmithISBN 0393317331 (0-393-31733-1)
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Nymphomania: A Historyby Carol GronemanISBN 0393322424 (0-393-32242-4)
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O Pioneers!by Willa Cather, Sharon O'BrienISBN 0393924661 (0-393-92466-1)
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Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curieby Barbara GoldsmithISBN 0393327485 (0-393-32748-5)
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Orwell: Wintry Conscience of a Generationby Jeffrey MeyersISBN 0393322637 (0-393-32263-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Orwell: Wintry Conscience of a Generation'Book summary:"Admirable...consistent with its subject's unassuming intelligence.... Meyers relates [Orwell's] life crisply and judiciously."- The New York Times Respected biographer Jeffrey Meyers delves into the complex life of the man whose visionary work gave us the great anti-utopias of modern literature. "The breadth of his research is impressive" ( New York Times Book Review ), drawing on a close study of the new edition of Orwell's Complete Works , personal interviews, and unpublished material in London's Orwell Archive. Meyers's "briskly paced, absorbing narrative...offers keen insights" ( Boston Sunday Globe ) on Orwell's intellectual development, as well as his human failings-his childhood insecurities, his political dilemmas, and his conflicted relationships with women. "Leagues in front of" Orwell's previous biographers, Meyers "convincingly demonstrates the essence of [Orwell's] character" ( Denver Post ), revealing a "much more helpful and believable portrait" (Paul Theroux). "The breadth of his research is impressive."- New York Times Book Review "A respected biographer and no stranger to his subject."- Newark Star-Ledger "[B]riskly paced, absorbing narrative...offers keen insights."- Boston Sunday Globe "[Meyers] convincingly demonstrates the essence of [Orwell's] character."- Denver Post "[A]dmirable for its portrayal of Orwell the man and writer--dark, disturbed, obsessing, contrary....both moving and edifying."-Paul Theroux "[L]ikely to be seen as the most insightful and balanced portrait...for a long time to come."-Joseph Frank "Meyers has uncovered fascinating aspects of Orwell's life that put a new face to one of Britain's most influential authors."-Phillip Knightley, author of The First Casualty 10 pages of black and white photographs [via]
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Peoples Army Massachusetts Soldiers and Society in the Seven Years Warby Fred AndersonISBN 0393955206 (0-393-95520-6)
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Persuasionby Jane Austen, Patricia Ann Meyer SpacksISBN 0393960188 (0-393-96018-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Persuasion'Book summary:Anne Elliot, heroine of Austen's last novel, did something we can all relate to: Long ago, she let the love of her life get away. In this case, she had allowed herself to be persuaded by a trusted family friend that the young man she loved wasn't an adequate match, social stationwise, and that Anne could do better. The novel opens some seven years after Anne sent her beau packing, and she's still alone. But then the guy she never stopped loving comes back from the sea. As always, Austen's storytelling is so confident, you can't help but allow yourself to be taken on the enjoyable journey. [via]
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The Praise of Folly and Other Writings: A New Translation With Critical Commentaryby Desiderius ErasmusISBN 0393957497 (0-393-95749-7)
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The Prophet and the Astronomer: A Scientific Journey to the End of Timeby Marcelo GleiserISBN 0393324311 (0-393-32431-1)
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Proud Decades : America in War and Peace, 1941-1960by John Patrick DigginsISBN 0393956563 (0-393-95656-3)
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A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burtonby Mary S. LovellISBN 0393320391 (0-393-32039-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton'Book summary:More than a century after their deaths, Richard and Isabel Burton are legend. Sir Richard Burton was a prolific writer, an insatiable explorer, a linguist, and a translator who pursued controversy and risk as surely as adventure. In 1853, disguised as an Afghani doctor, he became one of the first Europeans to enter the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina. He later led an expedition to discover the source of the Nile--whether he got there first was later protractedly disputed. He spoke dozens of languages and translated the erotic works The Arabian Nights, The Kama Sutra, and The Perfumed Garden into English, making him fall afoul of the National Vigilance Society and the Society for the Suppression of Vice. Isabel, for her part, defied her upper-crust family to marry Richard and lead the "wild, roving, vagabond life" she had dreamed of as a stifled young lady. She was her husband's collaborator, editor, and most vehement advocate. She defended his oft-besmirched reputation, promoted his writing, successfully campaigned to make him knighted--even arranged a dinner with the queen. After Richard's death, Isabel came under fire for burning his papers, including the Kama Sutra translation. This double biography by Mary S. Lovell (biographer, too, of Amelia Earhart, Beryl Markham, and Jane Digby) attempts to dispel many of the myths that have grown up around the pair of famous Victorians. She defends Isabel's burning her husband's papers as an act designed to protect his reputation and privacy. Lovell points out that even after their being burned, more of Richard's papers remained than were left by many of his contemporaries. And she cites them as primary source material for the book. Lovell also strenuously contradicts the long-held belief that Richard was gay--his interest in and writings about male sexuality, she believes, were borne purely of anthropological research. The Burtons, she assures readers, had an ideal marriage in every way, but she offers little supporting material to prove her claim. Lovell's views seem sometimes to be colored by her adoration for her subjects. But the obvious breadth of her research and her narrative skill make Rage to Live one of the more distinguished biographies of late. [via]
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Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Presentby Deborah WillisISBN 0393322807 (0-393-32280-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present'Book summary:"[N]othing less than an epic of Homeric proportions....Willis's magnificent gathering of images...rewrites American history."Robin D. G. Kelley
Reflections in Black, the first comprehensive history of black photographers, is a groundbreaking pictorial collection of African American life. Featuring the work of undisputed masters such as James VanDerZee, Gordon Parks, and Carrie Mae Weems among dozens of others, this book is a refutation of the gross caricature of black life that many mainstream photographers have manifested by continually emphasizing poverty over family, despair over hope. Nearly 600 images offer rich, moving glimpses of everyday black life, from slavery to the Great Migration to contemporary suburban life, including rare antebellum daguerrotypes, photojournalism of the civil rights era, and multimedia portraits of middle-class families. A work so significant that it has the power to reconfigure our conception of American history itself, Reflections in Black demands to be included in every American family's library as an essential part of our heritage. A Los Angeles Times and Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2000, and a Good Morning, America best gift book of 2000. 600 duotone photographs, 32 pages of color. [via]More editions of Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present:
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The Return of Depression Economicsby Paul R. KrugmanISBN 0393320367 (0-393-32036-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Return of Depression Economics'Book summary:What do babysitting coops and liquidity traps have in common? Lots, according to Paul Krugman. In The Return of Depression Economics, the MIT professor looks at the alarming string of financial crises that plagued various economies around the globe in the 1990s, especially the Asian contagion, and sees an "eerie resemblance to the Great Depression." Instead of the "new world order" promised by the triumph of capitalism over socialism, "the world economy has turned out to be a much more dangerous place than we imagined."
Krugman uses the example of a Washington, D.C., babysitting coop to explain the dynamics of recession and inflation. He examines the remarkable emergence of Asia and the precursors to the Asian mess--the Tequila Effect of the mid-'90s that began in Mexico and Japan's fall in the early '90s into an economic malaise. He then analyzes the underlying reasons for the collapse of the Thai baht and other Asian currencies as well as the subsequent actions of the IMF and the murky role of hedge funds. In the end, Krugman sees the return of depression economics, which "means that for the first time in two generations, failures on the demand side of the economy--insufficient private spending to make use of the available productive capacity--have become the clear and present limitation on prosperity for a large part of the world." It's the same problem that was at the root of the 1930s depression. And while it took a world war to solve that problem, Krugman sees solutions that are far less dramatic but that do require a willingness to chuck obsolete doctrines and think about old problems in new ways.
Over the years, Krugman has earned a well-deserved reputation for translating the jargon that economists speak into something that anyone with an interest--not necessarily a Ph.D.--can understand. The Return of Depression Economics is another timely testament to Krugman's ability to read and interpret the tea leaves of today's global economy. Highly recommended. --Harry C. Edwards [via]
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Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rushby Susan Lee JohnsonISBN 0393320995 (0-393-32099-5)
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Sappho's Leapby Erica JongISBN 039332561X (0-393-32561-X)
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Semites and Anti-Semites: An Inquiry into Conflict and Prejudiceby Bernard W. LewisISBN 0393318397 (0-393-31839-7)
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The Soul of Iran: A Nation's Journey to Freedomby Afshin MolaviISBN 0393325970 (0-393-32597-0)
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The Sound and the Furyby William Faulkner, David MinterISBN 0393964817 (0-393-96481-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sound and the Fury'Book summary:The text of this Norton Critical Edition is that of the corrected edition scrupulously prepared by Noel Polk, whose textual note precedes the text. David Minter's annotations are designed to assist the reader with obscure words and allusions."Backgrounds" begins with the appendix Faulkner wrote in 1945 and sometimes referred to as another telling of The Sound and the Fury and includes a selection of Faulkner's letters, excerpts from two Faulkner interviews, a memoir by Faulknerís friend Ben Wasson, and both versions of Faulkner's 1933 introduction to the novel. "Cultural and Historical Contexts" presents four different perspectives on the place of the American South in history. Taken together, these works-by C. Vann Woodward, Richard H. King, Carolyn Porter, and Robert Penn Warren-provide the reader with valuable contexts for understanding the novel. "Criticism" includes seventeen essays on The Sound and the Fury that collectively trace changes in the way we have viewed this novel over the last four decades. The critics are Jean-Paul Sartre, Irving Howe, Ralph Ellison, Olga W. Vickery, Cleanth Brooks, Michael Millgate, John T. Irwin, Myra Jehlen, Donald M. Kartiganer, David Minter, Warwick Wadlington, John T. Matthews, Thadious M. Davis, Wesley Morris and Barbara Alverson Morris, Minrose C. Gwin, André Bleikasten, and Philip M. Weinstein. A revised Selected Bibliography is also included. [via]
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The Spanish American Revolution 1808-1826by John LynchISBN 0393955370 (0-393-95537-0)
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The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution, and Revengeby Paul PrestonISBN 0393329879 (0-393-32987-9)
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Storm Center: The Supreme Court In American Politicsby David M. O'BrienISBN 0393927040 (0-393-92704-0)
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Tall Trees, Tough Menby Robert PikeISBN 0393319172 (0-393-31917-2)
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Too Heavy a Load: Black Women in Defense of Themselves 1894-1994by Deborah Gray WhiteISBN 039331992X (0-393-31992-X)
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True North: Peary, Cook, And the Race to the Poleby Bruce HendersonISBN 0393327388 (0-393-32738-8)
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The Vanishing Hitchhikerby Jan Harold BrunvandISBN 0393951693 (0-393-95169-3)
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The Wandering Jewsby Joseph Roth, Michael HofmannISBN 039332270X (0-393-32270-X)
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War And the American Presidencyby Arthur M. SchlesingerISBN 0393327698 (0-393-32769-8)
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In a book that brings a magisterial command of history to the most urgent of contemporary questions, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., explores the war in Iraq, the presidency, and the future of democracy. Describing unilateralism as "the oldest doctrine in American history," Schlesinger nevertheless warns of the dangers posed by the fatal turn in U.S. policy from deterrence and containment to preventive war. He writes powerfully about George W. Bush's expansion of presidential power, reminding us nevertheless of our country's distinguished legacy of patriotism through dissent in wartime. And in a new chapter written especially for the paperback edition, he examines the historical role of religion in American politics as a background for an assessment of Bush's faith-based presidency. [via]More editions of War And the American Presidency:
Western Civilizationsby Judith G. CoffinISBN 0393925366 (0-393-92536-6)
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What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Characterby Ralph Leighton, Richard P FeynmanISBN 0393320928 (0-393-32092-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character'Book summary:A thoughtful companion volume to the earlier Surely You Are Joking Mr. Feynman!. Perhaps the most intriguing parts of the book are the behind-the-scenes descriptions of science and policy colliding in the presidential commission to determine the cause of the Challenger space shuttle explosion; and the scientific sleuthing behind his famously elegant O-ring-in-ice-water demonstration. Not as rollicking as his other memoirs, but in some ways more profound. [via]
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Wide Sargasso Seaby Jean RhysISBN 0393960129 (0-393-96012-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wide Sargasso Sea'Book summary:Written over the course of twenty-one years and published in 1966, Wide Sargasso Sea, based on Charlotte Brontës Jane Eyre, takes place in Jamaica and Dominica in 183945.
Textual notes illuminate the novels historical background, regional references, and the non-translated Creole and French phrases necessary to fully understand this powerful story. Backgrounds includes a wealth of material on the novels long evolution, it connections to Jane Eyre, and Rhyss biographical impressions of growing up in Dominica. Criticism introduces readers to the critical debates inspired by the novel with a Derek Walcott poem and eleven essays. [via]More editions of Wide Sargasso Sea:
Wings: A History Of Aviation From Kites To The Space Ageby Tom D. CrouchISBN 0393326209 (0-393-32620-9)
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Wodehouse: A Lifeby Robert McCrumISBN 0393327515 (0-393-32751-5)
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To Evelyn Waugh he was simply "the Master." He wrote ninety novels and story collections, and among his immortal characters are Jeeves, Psmith, and the Empress of Blandings (who is, of course, a pig). Equally impressive is the range of his devotees: Dorothy Parker, John Updike, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Salman Rushdie, John le Carre, and Seamus Heaney. Wodehouse had an extraordinary Broadway career, working with Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern, and even dared to rewrite Cole Porter's Anything Goes for the London stage. Robert McCrum's magisterial biography chronicles the achievements and shadows of a gilded life. The ill-judged broadcasts from Berlin, where Wodehouse was interned during World War II, produced a violent backlash in England and tarred him, unfairly, as a Nazi sympathizer. His long love affair with America was compromised by endless acrimony with the IRS. This is the book all Wodehouse fans have been waiting for; it eclipses all previous accounts of his life. An Economist Best Book of 2004. 16 pages of black-and-white photographs [via]More editions of Wodehouse: A Life:
The World: Travels 1950-2000by Jan MorrisISBN 0393326489 (0-393-32648-9)
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte, William M. Sale, Richard J. DunnISBN 0393957608 (0-393-95760-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wuthering Heights'Book summary:The text used in this edition is a collation of both the 1847 and 1850 editions of the novel. This book also includes the 17 poems by Charlotte Bronte which Emily selected for the 1850 edition to introduce her sister to the public as a poet. Also included are selections from Emily's diary and some contemporary reviews of the novel. Five critical essays appear: two pieces by A.Stuart Daley examine the significance of nature and chronology in the novel, and Carol Jacobs, Nancy Armstrong and J.Hillis Miller examine the problems of genre and critical reputation which continue to surround this novel. [via]
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