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500 Terrific Ideas for Organizing Everythingby Sheree BykofskyISBN 0671737198 (0-671-73719-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: '500 Terrific Ideas for Organizing Everything'Book summary:500 savvy solutions for organizing your life, from putting those tax records in order to straightening out that messy closet, from keeping track of appointments to getting to them on time. Put these smart tips into practice at home, at work, at school, even in the car to streamline the most hectic schedule. See how to create filing systems that really work; turn an answering machine into a private secretary; take advantage of wasted space in the bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen; make the most of a computer; and manage business and household paperwork. There's even a method to end the mystery of missing socks--forever![via]More editions of 500 Terrific Ideas for Organizing Everything:
All My Patients Are under the Bedby Haskel Frankel, Louis J. Camuti, Marilyn FrankelISBN 0671554506 (0-671-55450-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Andersen's Fairy Talesby Hans Christian Andersen, H. B. Paull, Edgar Lucas, Ronald CrociISBN 0671475592 (0-671-47559-2)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beastby Robin McKinleyISBN 0671604341 (0-671-60434-1)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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The Bhagavad Gitaby Franklin EdgertonISBN 0674069250 (0-674-06925-0)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bhagavad Gita'Book summary:To most good Vishnuites, and to most Hindus, the Bhagavad Gita is what the New Testament is to good Christians. It is their chief devotional book, and has been for centuries the principal source of religious inspiretion for many millions of Indian. In this two-volume edition, Volume I contains on facing pages a transliteration of original Sanskirt and the autor's close translation. Volume II is Mr. Edgerton's interpretation in which he makes clear the historical setting of the poem and analyzes its influence on later literature and its place in Indian philosophy. Sir Edwin Arnold's beautiful translation, "The Song Celestial," is also includes in the second volume.
Mr. Edgerton is the author of many books and articles in the fields of Egyptology and Oriental languages and literature. He is an editor of the American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literature.
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The Book of Virtuesby William John BennettISBN 0671683063 (0-671-68306-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Virtues'Book summary:Responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Faith. Everyone recognizes these traits as essentials of good character. In order for our children to develop such traits, we have to offer them examples of good and bad, right and wrong. And the best places to find them are in great works of literature and exemplary stories from history.
William J. Bennett has collected hundreds of stories in The Book of Virtues, an instructive and inspiring anthology that will help children understand and develop character -- and help adults teach them. From the Bible to American history, from Greek mythology to English poetry, from fairy tales to modern fiction, these stories are a rich mine of moral literacy, a reliable moral reference point that will help anchor our children and ourselves in our culture, our history, and our traditions -- the sources of the ideals by which we wish to live our lives. Complete with instructive introductions and notes, The Book of Virtues is a book the whole family can read and enjoy -- and learn from -- together. [via]
Born to Runby Mercedes Lackey, Larry DixonISBN 0671721100 (0-671-72110-0)
Softcover, Baen Books
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Bram Stoker's Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 0671009877 (0-671-00987-7)
Softcover, Monarch Notes
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The Burglar in the Closetby Lawrence BlockISBN 0671617044 (0-671-61704-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Burglars Can't Be Choosersby Lawrence BlockISBN 0671439375 (0-671-43937-5)
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Catch-22by Joseph HellerISBN 0671128051 (0-671-12805-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Catch-22'Book summary:"Catch-22" is like no other novel we have ever read. It has its own style, its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth from hilarity to horror. It is outrageously funny and strangely affecting. It is totally original.
It is set in the closing months of World War II, in an American bomber squadron on a small island off Italy. Its hero is a bombardier named Yossarian, who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he hasn't even met keep trying to kill him. (He has decided to live forever even if he has to die in the attempt.)
His problem is Colonel Cathcart, who keeps raising the number of missions the men have to fly.
The others range from Lieutenant Milo Minderbinder, a dedicated entrepreneur (he bombs his own airfield when the Germans make him a reasonable offer: cost plus 6%), to the dead man in Yossarian's tent; from Major Major Major, whose tragedy is that he resembles Henry Fonda, to Nately's whore's kid sister; from Lieutenant Scheisskopf (he loves a parade) to Major -- de Coverley, whose face is so forbidding no one has ever dared ask him his first name; from Clevinger, who is lost in the clouds, to the soldier in white, who lies encased in bandages from head to toe and may not even be there at all; from Dori Duz, who does, to the wounded gunner Snowden, who lies dying in the tail of Yossarian's plane and at last reveals his terrifying secret.
"Catch-22" is a microcosm of the twentieth-century world as it might look to someone dangerously sane. It is a novel that lives and moves and grows with astonishing power and vitality. It is, we believe, one of the strongest creations of the mid-century. [via]
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A Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, William GeldartISBN 0670888796 (0-670-88879-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Christmas Carol'Book summary:In the history of English literature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which has been continuously in print since it was first published in the winter of 1843, stands out as the quintessential Christmas story. What makes this charming edition of Dickens's immortal tale so special is the collection of 80 vivid illustrations by Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Shinn, a well-known artist in his time, was a popular illustrator of newspapers and magazines whose work displayed a remarkable affinity for the stories of Charles Dickens, evoking the bustling street life of the mid-1800s. Printed on heavy, cream-colored paper stock, the edges of the pages have been left rough, simulating the way in which the story might have appeared in Dickens's own time. Though countless editions of this classic have been published over the years, this one stands out as particularly beautiful, nostalgic, and evocative of the spirit of Christmas. [via]
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Softcover, Pocket Books - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0671455990 (0-671-45599-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0671476467 (0-671-47646-7)
Hardcover, Silver Burdett Pr - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0670888796 (0-670-88879-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Code of the Woostersby P.G. WodehouseISBN 067120307X (0-671-20307-X)
Hardcover, Simon and Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Code of the Woosters'Book summary:A Jeeves and Wooster novel When Bertie Wooster goes to Totleigh Towers to pour oil on the troubled waters of a lovers' breach between Madeline Bassett and Gussie Fink-Nottle, he isn't expecting to see Aunt Dahlia there - nor to be instructed by her to steal some silver. But purloining the antique cow creamer from under the baleful nose of Sir Watkyn Bassett is the least of Bertie's tasks. He has to restore true love to both Madeline and Gussie and to the Revd 'Stinker' Pinker and Stiffy Byng - and confound the insane ambitions of would-be Dictator Roderick Spode and his Black Shorts. It's a situation that only Jeeves can unravel. Writing at the very height of his powers, in The Code of the Woosters, P.G. Wodehouse delivers what might be the most delightfully funny book ever committed to paper. [via]
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The Coffin Dancerby Jeffery DeaverISBN 0671024094 (0-671-02409-4)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Coffin Dancer'Book summary:This return engagement for quadriplegic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme is strong on forensic details as Rhyme tracks an elusive assassin known only by the tattoo that gives this fast-paced thriller its title.
Three witnesses to a murder could put a millionaire arms dealer behind bars for good. When one of them, the co-owner of Hudson Air, is blown up in a plane bombing with the Dancer's fingerprints all over it, the FBI takes the other witnesses into protective custody. Only Rhyme can decipher a crime scene, read the residue of a bombing, or identify a handful of dirt well enough to keep up with the killer. Helped by Amelia Sachs, his brilliant and able-bodied assistant, Rhyme traces the Dancer through Manhattan streets, airports, and subways. The psychological tension builds rapidly from page one all the way to the stunning and unexpected denouement. At the same time, Jeffery Deaver slowly develops the against-all-odds love affair between Rhyme and Sachs. Fans of Patricia Cornwell and others in the growing subgenre of forensic thrillers will find a lot to enjoy in Deaver's latest. --Jane Adams [via]
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The Consolation of Philosophyby BoethiusISBN 0672602733 (0-672-60273-3)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Drawing on the Artist Within: A Guide to Innovation, Invention, Imagination and Creativityby Betty EdwardsISBN 0671493868 (0-671-49386-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Drawing on the Artist Within: An Inspirational and Practical Guide to Increasing Your Creative Powersby Betty EdwardsISBN 067163514X (0-671-63514-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Drawing on the Artist Within: An Inspirational and Practical Guide to Increasing Your Creative Powers'Book summary:AH-HA! I SEE IT NOW!
Everyone has experienced that joyful moment when the light flashes on -- the Ah-Ha! of creativity.
Creativity. It is the force that drives problem-solving, informs effective decision-making and opens new frontiers for ambition and intelligence. Those who succeed have learned to harness their creative power by keeping that light bulb turned on.
Now, Betty Edwards, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, the million-copy best-seller that proved all people can draw well just as they can read well, has decoded the secrets of the creative process to help you tap your full creative potential and apply that power to everyday problems. How does Betty Edwards do this? Through the power of drawing -- power you can harness to see problems in new ways.
Through simple step-by-step exercises that require no special artistic abilities, Betty Edwards will teach you how to take a new point of view, how to look at things from a different perspective, how to see the forest and the trees, in short, how to bring your visual, perceptual brainpower to bear on creative problem-solving.
You will learn how the creative process progresses from stage to stage and how to move your own problem-solving through these key steps:
* First insight
* Saturation
* Incubation
* Illumination (the Ah-Ha!)
* Verification
Whether you are a business manager, teacher, writer, technician, or student, you'll find Drawing on the Artist Within the most effective program ever created for tapping your creative powers. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of instructional drawings and the work of master artists, this book is written for people with no previous experience in art. [via]
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Dublinersby James JoyceISBN 0671015370 (0-671-01537-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dubliners'Book summary:"When you remember that Dublin has been a capital for thousands of years," James Joyce once wrote to his brother, "that it is the 'second city' of the British Empire, that it is nearly three times as big as Venice, it seems strange that no artist has given it to the world."
Dubliners, completed when James Joyce was only twenty-five, is the first of his works to demonstrate the unique, innovative style that would make him one of the most influential novelists of the twentieth century. Joyce turns his discerning eye to Dublin's lower middle class -- to the petit-bourgeois world of shopkeepers, tradesmen, functionaries, and clerks. The result is a portrait of Dublin life in the early 1900s, an undisputed masterpiece of human experience played out against a defeated city.
Washington Square Press' Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. This edition of Dubliners has been prepared by Dr. Stephen Watt, a notable Joyce scholar and professor of English at Indiana University. It includes his introduction, a selection of critical excerpts, and a unique visual essay of period illustrations and photographs. [via]
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First Things First : A Principle-Centered Approach to Time and Life Managementby Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. MerrillISBN 0671864416 (0-671-86441-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'First Things First : A Principle-Centered Approach to Time and Life Management'Book summary:In the spirit of the 7 habits of highly effective people, the #1 nationwide bestseller, first things first is a revolutionary guide to managing your time by learning how to balance your life. Traditional time management suggests that working harder, smarter, and faster will help you gain control over your life, and that increased control will bring peace and fulfillment. The authors of first things first disagree. In the first real breakthrough in time management in years, stephen r. Covey, a. Roger merrill, and rebecca r. Merrill apply the insights of the 7 habits of highly effective people to the daily problems of people who must struggle with the ever-increasing demands of work and home life. Rather than focusing on time and things, first things first emphasizes relationships and results. And instead of efficiency, this new approach emphasizes effectiveness. First things first shows why we feel a gap between how we spend our time and what's deeply important to us; how focusing on efficiency and control increases the gap instead of closing it; how to determine if what you're doing is really important - or only urgent; why your inner compass is more important than any clock; how to set and achieve principle-centered goals; how to turn your weeks into an upward spiral of learning and living; how to overcome the tremendous gravity of habit; how to turn your resolutions into reality; how to put people ahead of schedules; and how to lead your life, not just manage your time. First things first offers a principle-centered approach that will transform the quality of everything you do by showing how it involves the need to live, to love, to learn, and to leave a legacy. With the wisdom andinsight that made the 7 habits of highly effective people a #1 bestseller, first things first empowers readers to define what is truly important; to accomplish worthwhile goals; and to lead rich, rewarding, and balanced lives [via]
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancyby Vicki IovineISBN 0671524313 (0-671-52431-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy'Book summary:Beginning with the "10 Greatest Lies About Pregnancy" (number 10: Lamaze works), and ending with postpartum dementia, Vicki Iovine's Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy has fast become the laywoman's mouthpiece for the American pregnancy experience. Iovine is irreverent, sassy, and incredibly reassuring as she exposes the "truths" of pregnancy and childbirth, from sex to cellulite to cesareans. Iovine birthed four kids in six years, none of them twins, which certainly qualifies her as an expert. The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy does reveal Iovine's particular cultural biases (pregnant or not, most of us don't have record-producer husbands, hang out with supermodels, or wear size-four pants) and philosophical beliefs (she's not a particularly strong proponent of natural childbirth or nursing), but, taken with a grain or two of salt, she provides many hilarious moments, acres of advice, and honest reassurance readers will find nowhere else. --Ericka Lutz [via]
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy: Or Everything Your Doctor Won't Tell Youby Vicki IovineISBN 0671021761 (0-671-02176-1)
Hardcover, Pocket Books
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The Great Bridgeby David G. McCulloughISBN 0671212133 (0-671-21213-3)
Hardcover, Simon and Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Bridge'Book summary:In the 19th century, the Brooklyn Bridge was viewed as the greatest engineering feat of mankind. The Roeblings--father and son--toiled for decades, fighting competitors, corrupt politicians, and the laws of nature to fabricate a bridge which, after 100 years, still provides one of the major avenues of access to one of the world's busiest cities--as compared to many bridges built at the same time which collapsed within decades or even years. It is refreshing to read such a magnificent story of real architecture and engineering in an era where these words refer to tiny bits and bytes that inspire awe only in their abstract consequences, and not in their tangible physical magnificence. [via]
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The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridgeby David Willis McCulloughISBN 067145711X (0-671-45711-X)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge'Book summary:In the 19th century, the Brooklyn Bridge was viewed as the greatest engineering feat of mankind. The Roeblings--father and son--toiled for decades, fighting competitors, corrupt politicians, and the laws of nature to fabricate a bridge which, after 100 years, still provides one of the major avenues of access to one of the world's busiest cities--as compared to many bridges built at the same time which collapsed within decades or even years. It is refreshing to read such a magnificent story of real architecture and engineering in an era where these words refer to tiny bits and bytes that inspire awe only in their abstract consequences, and not in their tangible physical magnificence. [via]
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Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens, Harry ShefterISBN 0671641964 (0-671-64196-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan SwiftISBN 0671001744 (0-671-00174-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition" includes a glossary and readers notes to help the modern reader contend with Swifts complex references and vocabulary. First published anonymously in 1727, Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels created a storm of criticismfrom those who believed the stories to be true and knew exactly who Lemuel Gulliver was, to those who demanded that the writer of the seditious tales be hunted down and executed for high treason. Even today, Swifts vitriolic attacks on politics, culture, and human nature itself have earned him the reputation of a crazed misanthrope. Swift, through his hero, consistently rails against political whims, human follies, and the bestial behaviors of the human race: In Lilliput, Gulliver is twelve times the size of the European-like natives. In Brobdingnag, he is one-twelfth the size of the primitive but moral inhabitants. In Laputa, buildings collapse and clothing does not fit, although constructed by the most modern and reasonable means. Finally, in the land of the horse-like Houyhnhnms Gulliver realizes that he and his race are nothing but a brood of Yahoos. [via]
Henry James' the Portrait of a Ladyby Henry JamesISBN 0671006797 (0-671-00679-7)
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Horace: The Odes and Epodesby Horace, C.E. BennettISBN 0674990374 (0-674-99037-4)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Horace: The Odes and Epodes'Book summary:THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEWER EDITION
Horace (b. 65 B.C.) claims the lyric poetry of Sappho and Alcaeus as models for his celebrated odes. His four books cover a wide range of moods and topics: friendship is the dominant theme of about a third of the poems; a great many deal with love and amorous situations, often amusingly; others deal with patriotic and political themes. The seventeen epodes, which Horace called iambi, were also inspired by a Greek model: the seventh century iambic poetry of Archilochus. As in the odes, love and politics are frequent themes; some of the epodes also display mockery and ridicule, of a harsher variety than we find in Horace's satires.
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How to Read a Bookby Mortimer Jerome AdlerISBN 0671212095 (0-671-21209-5)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Read a Book'Book summary:How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated.
You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them -- from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author's message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science.
Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed. [via]
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How to Win Friends & Influence Peopleby Arthur R. Pell, Dale Carnegie, Dorothy CarnegieISBN 0671027034 (0-671-02703-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Win Friends & Influence People'Book summary:This grandfather of all people-skills books was first published in 1937. It was an overnight hit, eventually selling 15 million copies. How to Win Friends and Influence People is just as useful today as it was when it was first published, because Dale Carnegie had an understanding of human nature that will never be outdated. Financial success, Carnegie believed, is due 15 percent to professional knowledge and 85 percent to "the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership, and to arouse enthusiasm among people." He teaches these skills through underlying principles of dealing with people so that they feel important and appreciated. He also emphasizes fundamental techniques for handling people without making them feel manipulated. Carnegie says you can make someone want to do what you want them to by seeing the situation from the other person's point of view and "arousing in the other person an eager want." You learn how to make people like you, win people over to your way of thinking, and change people without causing offense or arousing resentment. For instance, "let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers," and "talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person." Carnegie illustrates his points with anecdotes of historical figures, leaders of the business world, and everyday folks. --Joan Price [via]
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How to Win Friends & Influence Peopleby Dale CarnegieISBN 0671723650 (0-671-72365-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Win Friends & Influence People'Book summary:This grandfather of all people-skills books was first published in 1937. It was an overnight hit, eventually selling 15 million copies. How to Win Friends and Influence People is just as useful today as it was when it was first published, because Dale Carnegie had an understanding of human nature that will never be outdated. Financial success, Carnegie believed, is due 15 percent to professional knowledge and 85 percent to "the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership, and to arouse enthusiasm among people." He teaches these skills through underlying principles of dealing with people so that they feel important and appreciated. He also emphasizes fundamental techniques for handling people without making them feel manipulated. Carnegie says you can make someone want to do what you want them to by seeing the situation from the other person's point of view and "arousing in the other person an eager want." You learn how to make people like you, win people over to your way of thinking, and change people without causing offense or arousing resentment. For instance, "let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers," and "talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person." Carnegie illustrates his points with anecdotes of historical figures, leaders of the business world, and everyday folks. --Joan Price [via]
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How to Win Friends and Influence Peopleby Dale CarnegieISBN 067164551X (0-671-64551-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Win Friends and Influence People'Book summary:This grandfather of all people-skills books was first published in 1937. It was an overnight hit, eventually selling 15 million copies. How to Win Friends and Influence People is just as useful today as it was when it was first published, because Dale Carnegie had an understanding of human nature that will never be outdated. Financial success, Carnegie believed, is due 15 percent to professional knowledge and 85 percent to "the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership, and to arouse enthusiasm among people." He teaches these skills through underlying principles of dealing with people so that they feel important and appreciated. He also emphasizes fundamental techniques for handling people without making them feel manipulated. Carnegie says you can make someone want to do what you want them to by seeing the situation from the other person's point of view and "arousing in the other person an eager want." You learn how to make people like you, win people over to your way of thinking, and change people without causing offense or arousing resentment. For instance, "let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers," and "talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person." Carnegie illustrates his points with anecdotes of historical figures, leaders of the business world, and everyday folks. --Joan Price [via]
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Jack London's the Call of the Wild and White Fangby Jack LondonISBN 0671006851 (0-671-00685-1)
Softcover, Monarch Notes
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King Learby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0671722727 (0-671-72272-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Lear'Book summary:King Lear stands alongside Hamlet as one of the most profound expressions of tragic drama in literature. Written between 1604 and 1605, it represents Shakespeare at the height of his dramatic power. Drawing on ancient British history, Shakespeare constructs a plot that reads like a fable in its clear-sighted but terrifying simplicity. The ageing King Lear calls his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia to witness that he wishes "to shake all cares and business from our age" and divide his kingdom between his three children. When Cordelia refuses to flatter her father with sycophantic words of love, her banishment leads to chaos and civil war as Lear's disastrous "division of the kingdom" gives free reign to the greed and ambition of his two remaining daughters.
As Lear sinks into rage and madness he is deserted by everyone except his "bitter" Fool, the loyal Kent and the exiled Cordelia. The play descends into a nighmarish theatre of cruelty and absurdity as Lear realises he has "ta'en / Too little care" of the poverty and corruption of his kingdom, and his loyal but foolish friend Gloucester has his eyes gouged out. Metaphors of monstrosity and perversions of nature structure the dramatic action, and the play's ending remains one of the most harrowing in all of Shakespeare. Many see a profound despair and nihilism in King Lear, and would agree with Kent's conclusion that "All's cheerless, dark and deadly". Other writers have identified a radical but pessimistic critique of contemporary conceptions of kingship and absolutist authority, yet it remains a remarkable tragedy of public misjudgement and intensely private grief and anguish. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Life, the Universe and Everythingby Douglas AdamsISBN 0671739670 (0-671-73967-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life, the Universe and Everything'Book summary:Arthur Dent now finds himself living in a miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. Just as he thinks things could not possibly get any worse--they do. Third in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. 4 cassettes. [via]
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Lonesome Doveby Larry McMurtryISBN 067168390X (0-671-68390-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lonesome Dove'Book summary:Larry McMurtry, in books like The Last Picture Show, has depicted the modern degeneration of the myth of the American West. The subject of Lonesome Dove, cowboys herding cattle on a great trail-drive, seems like the very stuff of that cliched myth, but McMurtry bravely tackles the task of creating meaningful literature out of it. At first the novel seems the kind of anti-mythic, anti-heroic story one might expect: the main protagonists are a drunken and inarticulate pair of former Texas Rangers turned horse rustlers. Yet when the trail begins, the story picks up an energy and a drive that makes heroes of these men. Their mission may be historically insignificant, or pointless--McMurtry is smart enough to address both possibilities--but there is an undoubted valor in their lives. The result is a historically aware, intelligent, romantic novel of the mythic west that won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. [via]
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soulby Douglas AdamsISBN 0671742515 (0-671-74251-5)
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Making the Mummies Danceby Thomas HovingISBN 0671880756 (0-671-88075-6)
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Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Artby Thomas HovingISBN 0671738542 (0-671-73854-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Talesby Oliver W. SacksISBN 0671554719 (0-671-55471-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales'Book summary:In his most extraordinary book, one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. Oliver Sackss The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with fantastic perceptual and intellectual aberrations: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; patients no longer able to recognize people and common objects; patients stricken with violent tics and grimaces or who shout involuntary obscenities; patients whose limbs have become alien; patients who have been dismissed as retarded yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. If inconceivably strange, these brilliant tales remain, in Dr. Sackss splendid and sympathetic telling, deeply human. They are studies of life struggling against incredible adversity, and they enable us to enter the world of the neurologically impaired to imagine with our hearts what it must be to live and feel as they do. A great healer, Sacks never loses sight of medicines ultimate responsibility: the suffering, afflicted, fighting human subject. [via]
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Marcus Aureliusby C.R. HainesISBN 0674990641 (0-674-99064-1)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Marcus Aurelius'Book summary:Marcus Aurelius (121180 CE), Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, born at Rome, received training under his guardian and uncle emperor Antoninus Pius (reigned 138161), who adopted him. He was converted to Stoicism and henceforward studied and practised philosophy and law. A gentle man, he lived in agreement and collaboration with Antoninus Pius. He married Pius's daughter and succeeded him as emperor in March 161, sharing some of the burdens with Lucius Verus.
Marcus's reign soon saw fearful national disasters from flood, earthquakes, epidemics, threatened revolt (in Britain), a Parthian war, and pressure of barbarians north of the Alps. From 169 onwards he had to struggle hard against the German Quadi, Marcomani, Vandals, and others until success came in 174. In 175 (when Faustina died) he pacified affairs in Asia after a revolt by Avidius. War with Germans was renewed during which he caught some disease and died by the Danube in March 180.
The famous Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (not his title; he simply calls them 'The matters addressed to himself') represents reflections written in periods of solitude during the emperor's military campaigns. Originally intended for his private guidance and self-admonition, the Meditations has endured as a potent expression of Stoic belief. It is a central text for students of Stoicism as well as a unique personal guide to the moral life.
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The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthyby Thomas J. Stanley, William D. DankoISBN 0671015206 (0-671-01520-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America' s Wealthy'Book summary:How can you join the ranks of America's wealthy (defined as people whose net worth is over $1 million)? It's easy, say doctors Stanley and Danko, who have spent the last 20 years interviewing members of this elite club: you just have to follow seven simple rules. The first rule is, always live well below your means. The last rule is, choose your occupation wisely. You'll have to buy the book to find out the other five. It's only fair. The authors' conclusions are commonsensical. But, as they point out, their prescription often flies in the face of what we think wealthy people should do. There are no pop stars or athletes in this book, but plenty of wallboard manufacturers--particularly ones who take cheap, infrequent vacations. Stanley and Danko mercilessly show how wealth takes sacrifice, discipline, and hard work, qualities that are positively discouraged by our high-consumption society. "You aren't what you drive," admonish the authors. Somewhere, Benjamin Franklin is smiling. --This text refers to the hardcover edition. [via]
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Monarch Notes on Faulkner's Absalom, Absalomby Elizabeth C. PhillipsISBN 0671006649 (0-671-00664-9)
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Monarch Notes on Of Mice and Menby John SteinbeckISBN 0671006932 (0-671-00693-2)
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Monarch Notes on Shakespeare's King Learby William ShakespeareISBN 0671005154 (0-671-00515-4)
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Monarch Notes on Shakespeare's Sonnetsby Unicio J. VioliISBN 0671006533 (0-671-00653-3)
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The Naturalby Bernard MalamudISBN 0671782738 (0-671-78273-8)
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The Natural House Book: Creating a Healthy, Harmonious and Ecologically-Sound Home Environmentby David PearsonISBN 0671666355 (0-671-66635-5)
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The New York Public Library Desk ReferenceISBN 0671850148 (0-671-85014-8)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
Find This BookBook summary:This thoroughly revised edition of a national bestseller is updated to include the last four years. A user-friendly, ready reference, it covers 26 categories of the most commonly asked-about subject areas and features aflecting recent global changes. Drawings; maps; tables; charts; index. [via]
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Of Human Bondageby W. Somerset MaughamISBN 0671479067 (0-671-47906-7)
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On the Origin of Species a Facsimile of the Firstby C. DarwinISBN 0674637526 (0-674-63752-6)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On the Origin of Species a Facsimile of the First'Book summary:It is now fully recognized that the publication of Charles Darwins Origin of Species in 1859 brought about a revolution in mans attitude toward life and his own place in the universe. This work is rightly regarded as one of the most important books ever published, and a knowledge of it should be part of the intellectual equipment of every educated person. The book remains surprisingly modern in its assertions and is also remarkably accessible to the layman, much more so than recent treatises necessarily encumbered with technical language and professional jargon.
This first edition had a freshness and uncompromising directness that were considerably weakened in later editions, and yet nearly all available reprints of the work are based on the greatly modified sixth edition of 1872. In the only other modern reprinting of the first edition, the pagination was changed, so that it is impossible to give page references to significant passages in the original. Clearly this facsimile reprint of the momentous first edition fills a need for scholars and general readers alike.
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The Portrait of a Ladyby Henry JamesISBN 0670871397 (0-670-87139-7)
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A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby James JoyceISBN 0671015389 (0-671-01538-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man'Book summary:ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
The compelling, semiautobiographical story of an artist and his relationship to his culture, his family, and his inner self.
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The Princeby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 0671826573 (0-671-82657-3)
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Ray Bradbury's the Martian Chroniclesby Ray BradburyISBN 0671647555 (0-671-64755-5)
Softcover, Macmillan General Reference
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The Red Badge of Courageby Stephen CraneISBN 0671002759 (0-671-00275-9)
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Restaurant at the End of the Universeby Douglas AdamsISBN 0671701606 (0-671-70160-6)
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Separate Peaceby Christopher R. ReaskeISBN 0671008897 (0-671-00889-7)
Hardcover, Pearson Education, Limited
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Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorerby Margot Morrell, Stephanie CapparellISBN 0670891967 (0-670-89196-7)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Shakespeare's Sonnetsby William Shakespeare, Louis B. Wright, Virginia A. LamarISBN 0671669265 (0-671-66926-5)
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The Simon and Schuster Complete Guide to Home Repair and Maintenanceby Bernard GladstoneISBN 0671639404 (0-671-63940-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fishby Douglas AdamsISBN 0671745530 (0-671-74553-0)
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Stephanie Winston's Best Organizing Tips: Quick, Simple Ways to Get Organized and Get on With Your Lifeby Stephanie WinstonISBN 0671886436 (0-671-88643-6)
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Stephen Cranes the Red Badge of Courageby Stephen CraneISBN 0671006606 (0-671-00660-6)
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis Stevenson, Barry V. QuallsISBN 0671532103 (0-671-53210-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:The young Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from repeated nightmares of living a double life, in which by day he worked as a respectable doctor and by night he roamed the back alleys of old-town Edinburgh. In three days of furious writing, he produced a story about his dream existence. His wife found it too gruesome, so he promptly burned the manuscript. In another three days, he wrote it again. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published as a "shilling shocker" in 1886, and became an instant classic. In the first six months, 40,000 copies were sold. Queen Victoria read it. Sermons and editorials were written about it. When Stevenson and his family visited America a year later, they were mobbed by reporters at the dock in New York City. Compulsively readable from its opening pages, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is still one of the best tales ever written about the divided self.
This University of Nebraska Press edition is a small, exquisitely produced paperback. The book design, based on the original first edition of 1886, includes wide margins, decorative capitals on the title page and first page of each chapter, and a clean, readable font that is 19th-century in style. Joyce Carol Oates contributes a foreword in which she calls Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a "mythopoetic figure" like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland, and compares Stevenson's creation to doubled selves in the works of Plato, Poe, Wilde, and Dickens.
This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser. Moser is a skillful reader and interpreter as well as artist, and his afterword to the book, in which he explains the process by which he chose a self-portrait motif for the suite of engravings, is fascinating. For the image of Edward Hyde, he writes, "I went so far as to have my dentist fit me out with a carefully sculpted prosthetic of evil-looking teeth. But in the final moments I had to abandon the idea as being inappropriate. It was more important to stay in keeping with the text and, like Stevenson, not show Hyde's face." (Also recommended: the edition of Frankenstein illustrated by Barry Moser) --Fiona Webster [via]
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The Tempestby William ShakespeareISBN 0671551787 (0-671-55178-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tempest'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most famous but also enigmatic plays, for many years the story of Prospero's exile from his native Milan, and life with his daughter Miranda on an unnamed island in the Mediterranean, was seen as an autobiographical dramatisation of Shakespeare's departure from the London stage. The Epilogue, spoken by Prospero, claims that "now my charms are all o'erthrown", appeared to reflect Shakespeare's own renunciation of his magical dramatic powers as he retired to Stratford. But The Tempest is far more than this, as recent commentators have pointed out. The dramatic action observes the classical unities of time, place and action, as Prospero uses his "rough magic" to lure his wicked usurping brother, Antonio, and King Alonso of Naples to his island retreat to torment them before engineering his return to Milan.
However, the play is full of extraordinary anomalies and fantastic interludes, including Gonzalo's fantasy of a utopian commonwealth, Prospero's magical servant Ariel, and the "poisonous slave" Caliban. The creation of Caliban has particularly fascinated critics, who have noticed in his creation a colonial dimension to the play. In this respect Caliban can be seen as an American Indian or African slave, who articulates a particularly powerful strain of anti-colonial sentiment, telling Prospero that "this island's mine, by Sycorax my mother,/ Which thou tak'st from me". This has led to an intense reassessment of the play from a post-colonial perspective, as critics and historians have debated the extent to which the play endorses or criticises early English colonial expansion. --Jerry Brotton [via]
Thomas Hardy's the Mayor of Casterbridgeby HardyISBN 0671006177 (0-671-00617-7)
Softcover, Monarch Notes
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The Tragedy of King Learby Louis B. Wright, Virginia A. Lamar, William ShakspeareISBN 067148852X (0-671-48852-X)
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Trumanby David Willis McCulloughISBN 0671869205 (0-671-86920-5)
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War and Peaceby Leo TolstoyISBN 0671418939 (0-671-41893-9)
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The Watchby Rick BassISBN 0671692224 (0-671-69222-4)
Hardcover, Washington Square Press
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Whole Story Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, William GeldartISBN 0670888788 (0-670-88878-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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William Faulkner's Light in Augustby Leslie A. JuhaszISBN 0671006665 (0-671-00666-5)
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