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7 Habits Of Highly Effective People 15th Anniversary Editionby Stephen CoveyISBN 0743269519 (0-7432-6951-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: '7 Habits Of Highly Effective People 15th Anniversary Edition'Book summary:Amazon.co.uk Review According to Steven R. Covey, to live with security and wisdom, and to have the power to take advantages of the opportunities that change creates, we need fairness, integrity, honesty and human dignity. Quite a tall order when you consider that most of us live our lives in a permanent state of flux, questioning our ideals and values and fighting a daily battle with the lack of self-confidence that stops us from taking risks of any kind. But, in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey manages to make it sound as if changing the way we look at ourselves and the world around us so that we can become more successful both personally and professionally an absolute doddle. He defines the "habits" as "the intersection of knowledge, skill and desire" and states that the "Seven Habits" of the title are not mutually exclusive, but rather when developed together help to form a well-rounded, sensitive, confident and effective human being. As with many self-help books, much of what you read here is based on basic common sense and can at times be irritatingly obvious. However, what Covey manages to do so successfully is to break down the barriers which prevent all of us from taking a long hard look at ourselves, and then gradually introduces new rules which allow us to move first from dependence to independence and then towards the ultimate goal of interdependence. But of course, the only real way to test the value of The Habits--be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think "win/win", seek first to understand and then to be understood, synergise, sharpen the saw-- is to work on them. This book is as good as any place to start on the road to self-awareness and self-improvement in the workplace and in the home without becoming too irritatingly smug and self-satisfied. --Susan Harrison [via]
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Changeby Stephen R. CoveyISBN 0743272455 (0-7432-7245-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change'Book summary:Amazon.co.uk Review According to Steven R. Covey, to live with security and wisdom, and to have the power to take advantages of the opportunities that change creates, we need fairness, integrity, honesty and human dignity. Quite a tall order when you consider that most of us live our lives in a permanent state of flux, questioning our ideals and values and fighting a daily battle with the lack of self-confidence that stops us from taking risks of any kind. But, in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey manages to make it sound as if changing the way we look at ourselves and the world around us so that we can become more successful both personally and professionally an absolute doddle. He defines the "habits" as "the intersection of knowledge, skill and desire" and states that the "Seven Habits" of the title are not mutually exclusive, but rather when developed together help to form a well-rounded, sensitive, confident and effective human being. As with many self-help books, much of what you read here is based on basic common sense and can at times be irritatingly obvious. However, what Covey manages to do so successfully is to break down the barriers which prevent all of us from taking a long hard look at ourselves, and then gradually introduces new rules which allow us to move first from dependence to independence and then towards the ultimate goal of interdependence. But of course, the only real way to test the value of The Habits--be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think "win/win", seek first to understand and then to be understood, synergise, sharpen the saw-- is to work on them. This book is as good as any place to start on the road to self-awareness and self-improvement in the workplace and in the home without becoming too irritatingly smug and self-satisfied. --Susan Harrison [via]
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethicby Stephen R. CoveyISBN 1417656646 (1-4176-5664-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic'Book summary:Amazon.co.uk Review According to Steven R. Covey, to live with security and wisdom, and to have the power to take advantages of the opportunities that change creates, we need fairness, integrity, honesty and human dignity. Quite a tall order when you consider that most of us live our lives in a permanent state of flux, questioning our ideals and values and fighting a daily battle with the lack of self-confidence that stops us from taking risks of any kind. But, in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey manages to make it sound as if changing the way we look at ourselves and the world around us so that we can become more successful both personally and professionally an absolute doddle. He defines the "habits" as "the intersection of knowledge, skill and desire" and states that the "Seven Habits" of the title are not mutually exclusive, but rather when developed together help to form a well-rounded, sensitive, confident and effective human being. As with many self-help books, much of what you read here is based on basic common sense and can at times be irritatingly obvious. However, what Covey manages to do so successfully is to break down the barriers which prevent all of us from taking a long hard look at ourselves, and then gradually introduces new rules which allow us to move first from dependence to independence and then towards the ultimate goal of interdependence. But of course, the only real way to test the value of The Habits--be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think "win/win", seek first to understand and then to be understood, synergise, sharpen the saw-- is to work on them. This book is as good as any place to start on the road to self-awareness and self-improvement in the workplace and in the home without becoming too irritatingly smug and self-satisfied. --Susan Harrison [via]
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativityby Julia CameronISBN 1585421464 (1-58542-146-4)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity'Book summary:With the basic principle that creative expression is the natural direction of life, Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan lead you through a comprehensive twelve-week program to recover your creativity from a variety of blocks, including limiting beliefs, fear, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions, and other inhibiting forces, replacing them with artistic confidence and productivity.
This book links creativity to spirituality by showing how to connect with the creative energies of the universe, and has, in the four years since its publication, spawned a remarkable number of support groups for artists dedicated to practicing the exercises it contains. [via]
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativityby Mark Bryan, Julia CameronISBN 0874776945 (0-87477-694-5)
Softcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity'Book summary:With the basic principle that creative expression is the natural direction of life, Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan lead you through a comprehensive twelve-week program to recover your creativity from a variety of blocks, including limiting beliefs, fear, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions, and other inhibiting forces, replacing them with artistic confidence and productivity.
This book links creativity to spirituality by showing how to connect with the creative energies of the universe, and has, in the four years since its publication, spawned a remarkable number of support groups for artists dedicated to practicing the exercises it contains. [via]
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The Artist's Way Creativity Kitby Julia CameronISBN 0811826368 (0-8118-2636-8)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Artist's Way Creativity Kit'Book summary:Like the book on which it is based, The Artist's Way Creativity Kit is an empowering tool for aspiring and working artists alike. The elements within this exquisite box are designed to encourage the establishment of a personal ritual surrounding your creative time. The words of Julia Cameron, author of the best-selling book The Artist's Way, will set you on your way. Inside you will find a contemplative writing journal featuring quotations from creative souls from Shakti Gawain to Leo Tolstoy on the nature of creativity and accompanying questions that allow you apply their wisdom to your life, 75 cards with creative tasks geared toward spontaneity and play, and a packet of sandalwood incense. [via]
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Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truthby Mohandas K. GandhiISBN 0899667465 (0-89966-746-5)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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An Autobiography: Or the Story of My Experiments With Truthby M.K. Gandhi, Mahadev DesaiISBN 0934676682 (0-934676-68-2)
Softcover, Greenleaf Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Autobiography: Or the Story of My Experiments With Truth'Book summary:Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Western India in 1869. He was educated in London and later travelled to South Africa, where he experienced racism and took up the rights of Indians, instituting his first campaign of passive resistance. In 1915 he returned to British-controlled India, bringing to a country in the throes of independence his commitment to non-violent change, and his belief always in the power of truth. Under Gandhi's lead, millions of protesters would engage in mass campaigns of civil disobedience, seeking change through ahimsa or non-violence. For Gandhi, the long path towards Indian independence would lead to imprisonment and hardship, yet he never once forgot the principles of truth and non-violence so dear to him. Written in the 1920s, Gandhi's autobiography tells of his struggles and his inspirations; a powerful and enduring statement of an extraordinary life. [via]
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The Celestine Prophecyby James RedfieldISBN 0446671002 (0-446-67100-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Celestine Prophecy'Book summary:The Celestine Prophecy is a 1993 novel by James Redfield that discusses various psychological and spiritual ideas which are rooted in many ancient Eastern Traditions and New Age spirituality. The main character of the novel undertakes a journey to find and understand a series of nine spiritual insights on an ancient manuscript in Peru. The book is a first-person narrative of the narrator's spiritual awakening as he goes through a transitional period of his life. [via]
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Death: The High Cost of Livingby Dave McKean, Chris Bachalo, Mark BuckinghamISBN 1563891328 (1-56389-132-8)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death: The High Cost of Living'Book summary:Teenager Sexton Furnival is contemplating suicide when he is befriended by death. Death herself is being hunted by evil forces which prey on her new vulnerability now that she is human. Meanwhile, Mad Hettie threatens to kill Death's suicidal friend if Death won't help her find her heart. [via]
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Death: The High Cost of Livingby Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean, Chris BachaloISBN 1563891336 (1-56389-133-6)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death: The High Cost of Living'Book summary:Written by Neil Gaiman; Art by Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham, and Dave McKean From the pages of Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN comes the young, pale, perky, and genuinely likable Death. One day in every century, Death walks the Earth to better understand those to whom she will be the final visitor. Today is that day. As a young mortal girl named Didi, Death befriends a teenager and helps a 250-year old homeless woman find her missing heart. What follows is a sincere musing on love, life and (of course) death. [via]
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El Dadorby Lois Lowry, Maria Luisa BalseiroISBN 8424159535 (84-241-5953-5)
Softcover, Everest De Ediciones Y distribucion
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Dador'Book summary:Así se describe el incierto futuro de un nino que habita un mundo supuestamente ideal: sin conflictos, pobreza, desempleo. divorcio. injusticia ni desigualdades. Una sociedad en la que los valores de familia son de máxima importancia, la rebelión juvenil es algo desconocido y la educación es casi una forma de vida. Contado con una sencillez que engana, esta es la provocativa historia de un nino que experimenta algo increíble y emprende algo imposible. Este libro cuestiona todos los valores que siempre hemos dado por supuestos y vuelve a examinar nuestras creencias mas profundas. Diciembre es le mes en el que se celebre la Ceremonia anual, en el que los Doce reciben sus asignaciones vitalicias determinadas por el Comité de Ancianos. Pero Jonas, un nino que cumple sus doce anos, ha sido elegido para algo muy especial. Cuando su selecciona le lleva ante el mas honorable de los Ancianos - el Dador -, Jonas comienza a darse cuenta de los oscuros secretos que subyacen bajo la frágil perfección de su mundo. [via]
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El Mundo Segun Garp / The World According to Garpby John IrvingISBN 847223746X (84-7223-746-X)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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Estimating Applied to Buildingby Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, W. AttonISBN 0855000015 (0-85500-001-5)
Hardcover, Published for The Builder by George Godwin Ltd
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Gandhi's Autobiographyby Mohandas Karamchand GandhiISBN 0818302232 (0-8183-0223-2)
Hardcover, Public Affairs Pr
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Getting Things Done: Staying Stress Free & Productive in a World of Too Much to Doby David AllenISBN 0670889067 (0-670-88906-7)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Getting Things Done: Staying Stress Free & Productive in a World of Too Much to Do'Book summary:With first-chapter allusions to martial arts, "flow", "mind like water", and other concepts borrowed from the East (and usually mangled), you'd almost think this self-helper from David Allen should have been called Zen and the Art of Schedule Maintenance.
Not quite. Yes, Getting Things Done offers a complete system for downloading all those free-floating gotta-dos clogging your brain into a sophisticated framework of files and action lists--all purportedly to free your mind to focus on whatever you're working on. However, it still operates from the decidedly Western notion that if we could just get really, really organised, we could turn ourselves into 24/7 productivity machines. (To wit, Allen, whom the New Economy bible Fast Company has dubbed "the personal productivity guru", suggests that instead of meditating on crouching tigers and hidden dragons while you wait for a plane, you should unsheathe that high-tech sabre known as the mobile phone and attack that list of calls you need to return.)
As whole-life-organising systems go, Allen's is pretty good, even fun and therapeutic. It starts with the exhortation to take every unaccounted-for scrap of paper in your workstation that you can't junk. The next step is to write down every unaccounted-for gotta-do cramming your head onto its own scrap of paper. Finally, throw the whole stew into a giant "in-basket".
That's where the processing and prioritising begin; in Allen's system, it get a little convoluted at times, rife as it is with fancy terms, subterms, and sub-subterms for even the simplest concepts. Thank goodness the spine of his system is captured on a straightforward, one-page flowchart that you can pin over your desk and repeatedly consult without having to refer back to the book. That alone is worth the purchase price. Also of value is Allen's ingenious Two-Minute Rule: if there's anything you absolutely must do that you can do right now in two minutes or less, then do it now, thus freeing up your time and mind tenfold over the long term. It's common sense advice so obvious that most of us completely overlook it, much to our detriment. Allen excels at dispensing such wisdom in this useful, if somewhat belaboured, self-improver aimed at everyone from CEOs to football mums (who, we all know, are more organised than most CEOs to start with). --Timothy Murphy [via]
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Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivityby David AllenISBN 0142000280 (0-14-200028-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress Free Productivity'Book summary:With first-chapter allusions to martial arts, "flow", "mind like water", and other concepts borrowed from the East (and usually mangled), you'd almost think this self-helper from David Allen should have been called Zen and the Art of Schedule Maintenance.
Not quite. Yes, Getting Things Done offers a complete system for downloading all those free-floating gotta-dos clogging your brain into a sophisticated framework of files and action lists--all purportedly to free your mind to focus on whatever you're working on. However, it still operates from the decidedly Western notion that if we could just get really, really organised, we could turn ourselves into 24/7 productivity machines. (To wit, Allen, whom the New Economy bible Fast Company has dubbed "the personal productivity guru", suggests that instead of meditating on crouching tigers and hidden dragons while you wait for a plane, you should unsheathe that high-tech sabre known as the mobile phone and attack that list of calls you need to return.)
As whole-life-organising systems go, Allen's is pretty good, even fun and therapeutic. It starts with the exhortation to take every unaccounted-for scrap of paper in your workstation that you can't junk. The next step is to write down every unaccounted-for gotta-do cramming your head onto its own scrap of paper. Finally, throw the whole stew into a giant "in-basket".
That's where the processing and prioritising begin; in Allen's system, it get a little convoluted at times, rife as it is with fancy terms, subterms, and sub-subterms for even the simplest concepts. Thank goodness the spine of his system is captured on a straightforward, one-page flowchart that you can pin over your desk and repeatedly consult without having to refer back to the book. That alone is worth the purchase price. Also of value is Allen's ingenious Two-Minute Rule: if there's anything you absolutely must do that you can do right now in two minutes or less, then do it now, thus freeing up your time and mind tenfold over the long term. It's common sense advice so obvious that most of us completely overlook it, much to our detriment. Allen excels at dispensing such wisdom in this useful, if somewhat belaboured, self-improver aimed at everyone from CEOs to football mums (who, we all know, are more organised than most CEOs to start with). --Timothy Murphy [via]
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Gift from the Seaby Anne Morrow LindberghISBN 0679732411 (0-679-73241-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gift from the Sea'Book summary:I found a 1955 printing of this book in an old waterfront cabin and was struck by the care with which the previous owner had read it. Eve (the name inscribed inside the front cover and then again above the heading for chapter 3) made pencil marks on nearly every paragraph of the book, underlining a phrase, highlighting many passages with strong vertical marks, scratching out some words that she seems to have found superfluous and even x-ing out whole sections that apparently missed their mark with her altogether. Two rusting paper clips isolate several pages, absent any marking at all. Anne Morrow Lindbergh's lyrical words are still relevant and presage so many of the themes of today's most popular books: simplicity, peaceful solitude, caring for the soul, a woman finding her place in society and life. I heard that the woman who had lived in the cabin had actually passed away some time before. Thank you, Eve, for your gift... from the sea. [via]
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- Gift from the Sea: ISBN 0708962505 (0-7089-6250-5)
Softcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books - Gift from the Sea: ISBN 0679406832 (0-679-40683-2)
Hardcover, Pantheon Books - Gift from the Sea: ISBN 0394412559 (0-394-41255-9)
Hardcover, Pantheon Books - Gift from the Sea: ISBN 0394724550 (0-394-72455-0)
Hardcover, Vintage Books - Gift from the Sea: ISBN 0679445323 (0-679-44532-3)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print - Gift from the Sea: ISBN 0701149639 (0-7011-4963-9)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square - Gift from the Sea: ISBN 0679732411 (0-679-73241-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Gift from the Sea: Twentieth Anniversary Editionby Anne Morrow LindberghISBN 0802724663 (0-8027-2466-3)
Softcover, Walker Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gift from the Sea: Twentieth Anniversary Edition'Book summary:I found a 1955 printing of this book in an old waterfront cabin and was struck by the care with which the previous owner had read it. Eve (the name inscribed inside the front cover and then again above the heading for chapter 3) made pencil marks on nearly every paragraph of the book, underlining a phrase, highlighting many passages with strong vertical marks, scratching out some words that she seems to have found superfluous and even x-ing out whole sections that apparently missed their mark with her altogether. Two rusting paper clips isolate several pages, absent any marking at all. Anne Morrow Lindbergh's lyrical words are still relevant and presage so many of the themes of today's most popular books: simplicity, peaceful solitude, caring for the soul, a woman finding her place in society and life. I heard that the woman who had lived in the cabin had actually passed away some time before. Thank you, Eve, for your gift... from the sea. [via]
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The Giverby Lois LowryISBN 0821924060 (0-8219-2406-0)
Hardcover, Emc Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Giver'Book summary:In a world with no poverty, no crime, no sickness and no unemployment, and where every family is happy, 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the community's Receiver of Memories. Under the tutelage of the Elders and an old man known as the Giver, he discovers the disturbing truth about his utopian world and struggles against the weight of its hypocrisy. With echoes of Brave New World, in this 1994 Newbery Medal winner, Lowry examines the idea that people might freely choose to give up their humanity in order to create a more stable society. Gradually Jonas learns just how costly this ordered and pain-free society can be, and boldly decides he cannot pay the price. [via]
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The Hitman Diariesby Danny KingISBN 1852428287 (1-85242-828-7)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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It Was on Fire When I Lay down on Itby Robert FulghumISBN 0449000966 (0-449-00096-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Juan Salvador Gaviotaby Richard BachISBN 846661639X (84-666-1639-X)
Softcover, Ediciones B
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Juan Salvador Gaviota'Book summary:Una de las mas bellas fábulas escritas por estos tiempos ha sido Juan Salvador Gaviota. Richard Bach ha vendido mas de 30 millones de copias de esta producción. El valor de la libertad, de la amistad, el despego de lo material; tales son los elementos que forman esta fábula. [via]
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Le Petit Princeby Antoine De Saint-ExuperyISBN 0395240050 (0-395-24005-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Petit Prince'Book summary:The Educational Edition of this contemporary masterpiece features full-color reproductions of Saint-Exupery's original drawings. The text is presented unabridged and includes John Richardson Miller's introduction to the author's life and works, notes, a bibliography, and a complete end vocabulary. [via]
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Little Princeby Antoine De Saint-Exupery, Richard HowardISBN 0156012073 (0-15-601207-3)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Prince'Book summary:Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his Lockheed P-38 vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. More than a half century later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none of its power. The narrator is a downed pilot in the Sahara Desert, frantically trying to repair his wrecked plane. His efforts are interrupted one day by the apparition of a little, well, prince, who asks him to draw a sheep. "In the face of an overpowering mystery, you don't dare disobey," the narrator recalls. "Absurd as it seemed, a thousand miles from all inhabited regions and in danger of death, I took a scrap of paper and a pen out of my pocket." And so begins their dialogue, which stretches the narrator's imagination in all sorts of surprising, childlike directions.
The Little Prince describes his journey from planet to planet, each tiny world populated by a single adult. It's a wonderfully inventive sequence, which evokes not only the great fairy tales but also such monuments of postmodern whimsy as Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities. And despite his tone of gentle bemusement, Saint-Exupéry pulls off some fine satiric touches, too. There's the king, for example, who commands the Little Prince to function as a one-man (or one-boy) judiciary:
I have good reason to believe that there is an old rat living somewhere on my planet. I hear him at night. You could judge that old rat. From time to time you will condemn him to death. That way his life will depend on your justice. But you'll pardon him each time for economy's sake. There's only one rat.
The author pokes similar fun at a businessman, a geographer, and a lamplighter, all of whom signify some futile aspect of adult existence. Yet his tale is ultimately a tender one--a heartfelt exposition of sadness and solitude, which never turns into Peter Pan-style treacle. Such delicacy of tone can present real headaches for a translator, and in her 1943 translation, Katherine Woods sometimes wandered off the mark, giving the text a slightly wooden or didactic accent. Happily, Richard Howard (who did a fine nip-and-tuck job on Stendhal's The Charterhouse of Parma in 1999) has streamlined and simplified to wonderful effect. The result is a new and improved version of an indestructible classic, which also restores the original artwork to full color. "Trying to be witty," we're told at one point, "leads to lying, more or less." But Saint-Exupéry's drawings offer a handy rebuttal: they're fresh, funny, and like the book itself, rigorously truthful. --James Marcus [via]More editions of Little Prince:
- The Little Prince: ISBN 0156465116 (0-15-646511-6)
Softcover, Harcourt - The Little Prince: ISBN 0156528207 (0-15-652820-7)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books - The Little Prince: ISBN 0151528209 (0-15-152820-9)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich - Little Prince: ISBN 0152438203 (0-15-243820-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books - Little Prince: ISBN 0152465030 (0-15-246503-0)
Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books - Little Prince: ISBN 0156012073 (0-15-601207-3)
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- The Little Prince: ISBN 0156465116 (0-15-646511-6)
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The Little Princeby Richard Howard, Antoine De Saint-ExuperyISBN 0156012197 (0-15-601219-7)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Little Prince'Book summary:You could be excused for thinking that this book is one containing a simple story for young children about a Little Prince. How wrong you would be! This is far from the truth: it is much more. It is a complex story containing lots of ambiguities about a child with golden hair. These are all eruditely discussed before the actual story begins, in a section entitled "How It All Began". "Is The Little Prince a story written for children or is it a meditation intended for adults?"
The Art of Living is discussed, along with a system of values, and the train of thought behind them is the unifying element. You are invited to "look at the book, and allow yourself to travel from one image to the next... " It was written and published more than 50 years ago in the USA, and the author was a Frenchman who illustrated the book himself; it was later translated by Kathryn Woods. The Little Prince is still very popular and has now been translated into many languages. Shortly after it was first written, the author died--disappearing together with his plane somewhere over the Mediterranean. This Gift edition contains all the original illustrations, plus some more original drawings that came to light later and have been published here for the first time.--Susan Naylor
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Los 7 Habitos De La Gente Altamente Efectivaby Stephen CoveyISBN 8475098355 (84-7509-835-5)
Softcover, Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Los 7 Habitos De La Gente Altamente Efectiva'Book summary:Desde 1991 en la lista semanal de libros mas vendidos del Publishers Weekly (y a menudo encabezandola), este indiscutible best-seller se merecia una puesta al dia, y eso es lo que ha hecho su autor con esta nueva edicion: la estructura general no cambia -hubiera resultado absurdo, dado su alto grado de efectividad-, solo se amplia, se extiende hacia nuevos temas y detalles que el lector sin duda agradecera. El punto de partida general, pues, sigue siendo el mismo: el hecho ineludible de que casi todo el mundo intuye que su comportamiento en la empresa podria mejorar en muchos aspectos, pero pocos saben como conseguirlo. A partir de ahi, Stephen Covey, el llamado Socrates americano, no da consejos paternalistas ni se dedica a sermonear sin ton ni son. Su metodo es claro, certero y eficiente: casi un cursillo dividido en siete etapas que el lector debera asimilar y poner en practica por su propia cuenta, adaptandolas a su personalidad y aplicandolas libremente en todos los ambitos de la vida empresarial. Para ello, el autor se sirve de anecdotas penetrantes y significativas destinadas a hacernos reflexionar sobre cada uno de nuestros actos y sobre el modo de acceder al cambio, a la verdadera efectividad: desde la vision personal hasta la autorrenovacion equilibrada, pasando por el liderazgo personal, la administracion personal, el liderazgo interpersonal, la comunicacion empatica y la cooperacion creativa. Teniendo en cuenta todo esto, y a traves del desarrollo de ciertos conceptos, el lector acaba comprendiendo que todo lo que hagamos debera estar de acuerdo con lo que realmente veamos. Es decir que, si queremos cambiar la situacion, deberemos cambiarnos a nosotros mismos con eficacia, en primer termino tendremos que cambiar nuestras percepciones. El resultado es la construccion de una autoconfianza a prueba de bomba a traves del desarrollo del propio caracter, de la integridad, la honestidad y la dignidad humana necesarias para transformar nuestro universo laboral en algo autentico e intransferible. [via]
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Man's Search for Meaningby Viktor E. FranklISBN 1416524282 (1-4165-2428-2)
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Oh, Cuan Lejos Llegaras! / Oh, the Places You'll Go!by Seuss, Marcuse AidaISBN 1880507056 (1-880507-05-6)
Hardcover, Lectorum Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oh, Cuan Lejos Llegaras! / Oh, the Places You'll Go!'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A wonderfully wise and joyous ode to finding ones path through the maze of life. [via]
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Oh, the Places You'll Go! JournalISBN 1568903731 (1-56890-373-1)
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The Prophetby Kahlil GibranISBN 000100039X (0-00-100039-X)
Softcover, Laurier Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prophet'Book summary:Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American editions alone have sold more than nine million copies.The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational. Gibran's musings are divided into twenty-eight chapters covering such sprawling topics as love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, housing, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.Each essay reveals deep insights into the impulses of the human heart and mind. The Chicago Post said of The Prophet: "Cadenced and vibrant with feeling, the words of Kahlil Gibran bring to one's ears the majestic rhythm of Ecclesiastes . . . If there is a man or woman who can read this book without a quiet acceptance of a great man's philosophy and a singing in the heart as of music born within, that man or woman is indeed dead to life and truth."With twelve full-page drawings by Gibran, this beautiful work makes an incredible gift for anyone seeking enlightenment and inspiration. [via]
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Regulusby Antoine De Saint-ExuperyISBN 0156014041 (0-15-601404-1)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Regulus'Book summary:In 2000 Harcourt proudly reissued Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's masterpiece, The Little Prince, in a sparkling new format. Newly translated by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Howard, this timeless classic was embraced by critics and readers across the country for its purity and beauty of expression. And Saint-Exupéry's beloved artwork was restored and remastered to present his work in its original and vibrant colors.[via]
Now Harcourt is issuing uniform full-color foreign language editions. The restored artwork glows like never before. These affordable and beautiful editions are sure to delight an entire new generation of readers, students, children, and adults for whom Saint-Exupéry's story will open the door to a new understanding of life.More editions of Regulus:
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Regulus Vel Pueri Soli Sapiunt/the Little Princeby Antoine De Saint-ExuperyISBN 0156763001 (0-15-676300-1)
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Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Changeby Stephen R. CoveyISBN 0671708635 (0-671-70863-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change'Book summary:Amazon.co.uk Review According to Steven R. Covey, to live with security and wisdom, and to have the power to take advantages of the opportunities that change creates, we need fairness, integrity, honesty and human dignity. Quite a tall order when you consider that most of us live our lives in a permanent state of flux, questioning our ideals and values and fighting a daily battle with the lack of self-confidence that stops us from taking risks of any kind. But, in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey manages to make it sound as if changing the way we look at ourselves and the world around us so that we can become more successful both personally and professionally an absolute doddle. He defines the "habits" as "the intersection of knowledge, skill and desire" and states that the "Seven Habits" of the title are not mutually exclusive, but rather when developed together help to form a well-rounded, sensitive, confident and effective human being. As with many self-help books, much of what you read here is based on basic common sense and can at times be irritatingly obvious. However, what Covey manages to do so successfully is to break down the barriers which prevent all of us from taking a long hard look at ourselves, and then gradually introduces new rules which allow us to move first from dependence to independence and then towards the ultimate goal of interdependence. But of course, the only real way to test the value of The Habits--be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think "win/win", seek first to understand and then to be understood, synergise, sharpen the saw-- is to work on them. This book is as good as any place to start on the road to self-awareness and self-improvement in the workplace and in the home without becoming too irritatingly smug and self-satisfied. --Susan Harrison [via]
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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethicby Stephen R. CoveyISBN 0783881150 (0-7838-8115-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic'Book summary:Amazon.co.uk Review According to Steven R. Covey, to live with security and wisdom, and to have the power to take advantages of the opportunities that change creates, we need fairness, integrity, honesty and human dignity. Quite a tall order when you consider that most of us live our lives in a permanent state of flux, questioning our ideals and values and fighting a daily battle with the lack of self-confidence that stops us from taking risks of any kind. But, in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey manages to make it sound as if changing the way we look at ourselves and the world around us so that we can become more successful both personally and professionally an absolute doddle. He defines the "habits" as "the intersection of knowledge, skill and desire" and states that the "Seven Habits" of the title are not mutually exclusive, but rather when developed together help to form a well-rounded, sensitive, confident and effective human being. As with many self-help books, much of what you read here is based on basic common sense and can at times be irritatingly obvious. However, what Covey manages to do so successfully is to break down the barriers which prevent all of us from taking a long hard look at ourselves, and then gradually introduces new rules which allow us to move first from dependence to independence and then towards the ultimate goal of interdependence. But of course, the only real way to test the value of The Habits--be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think "win/win", seek first to understand and then to be understood, synergise, sharpen the saw-- is to work on them. This book is as good as any place to start on the road to self-awareness and self-improvement in the workplace and in the home without becoming too irritatingly smug and self-satisfied. --Susan Harrison [via]
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Siddharthaby Joachim Neugroschel, Hermann HesseISBN 0142437182 (0-14-243718-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Siddhartha'Book summary:Hesse's famous and influential novel, Siddartha, is perhaps the most important and compelling moral allegory our troubled century has produced. Integrating Eastern and Western spiritual traditions with psychoanalysis and philosophy, this strangely simple tale, written with a deep and moving empathy for humanity, has touched the lives of millions since its original publication in 1922. Set in India, Siddhartha is the story of a young Brahmin's search for ultimate reality after meeting with the Buddha. His quest takes him from a life of decadence to asceticism, through the illusory joys of sensual love with a beautiful courtesan, and of wealth and fame, to the painful struggles with his son and the ultimate wisdom of renunciation. This new translation by award-winning translator Joachim Neugroschel includes an introduction by Hesse biographer Ralph Freedman. [via]
Siddharthaby Hermann HesseISBN 0023305401 (0-02-330540-1)
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Tuck Everlastingby Natalie BabbittISBN 1557360502 (1-55736-050-2)
Hardcover, Cornerstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tuck Everlasting'Book summary:Imagine coming upon a fountain of youth in a forest. To live forever--isn't that everyone's ideal? For the Tuck family, eternal life is a reality, but their reaction to their fate is surprising. Award winner Natalie Babbitt (Knee-Knock Rise, The Search for Delicious) outdoes herself in this sensitive, moving adventure in which 10-year-old Winnie Foster is kidnapped, finds herself helping a murderer out of jail, and is eventually offered the ultimate gift--but doesn't know whether to accept it. Babbitt asks profound questions about the meaning of life and death, and leaves the reader with a greater appreciation for the perfect cycle of nature. Intense and powerful, exciting and poignant, Tuck Everlasting will last forever--in the reader's imagination. An ALA Notable Book. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Veronika Decide Morir / Veronika Decides to Dieby Paulo CoelhoISBN 9685957851 (968-5957-85-1)
Softcover, Grijalbo Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Veronika Decide Morir / Veronika Decides to Die'Book summary:Veronika Decide Morir
El nuevo libro de Paulo Coelho, una novela sobre la pasión y la locura Durante su juventud, Paulo Coelho fue internado en tres ocasiones en una institución para enfermos mentales, La Casa de Salud Dr. Eiras, de Rio de Janeiro. Era un adolescente de comportamiento peculiar, tímido y revoltoso a la vez, que quería ser artista. El hecho de que destacara parecía ser razón suficiente para internarlo. Cuando abandonó el sanatorio por última vez en 1967, Paulo Coelho se prometió a sí mismo que algún día escribiría acerca de este tema. Ese día ha llegado. Veronika decide morir, su nueva novela recientemente publicada en Brasil, trata de la locura. A lo largo de la conmovedora historia de Veronica, el autor habla de aquellas personas que no encajan en los cánones de lo que la sociedad establece como normal y que se han visto obligados a hallar un camino distinto.
Veronika es una joven nacida en Eslovenia. Es bonita, tiene un buen trabajo y muchos admiradores. Su vida transcurre sin demasiados avatares, ni mucha felicidad ni mucha tristeza. Pero ella no es feliz. Por lo que una mañana de 1997 decide morir. Veronika busca la muerte, pero lo que encuentra es vida.
Fantasías y sueños. Pasión y locura. Deseo y muerte. A partir de una conocida experiencia personal, Paulo Coelho nos invita con este libro a ver más allá de la rutina. Todavía hay tiempo de celebrar el milagro de un día más de vida.
El último libro de Paulo Coelho, Veronika decide morir, habla de la locura y de la necesidad de hallar una alternativa que experimentan quienes a menudo son víctimas de los prejuicios de otros, tan solo porque piensan de manera diferente.
Durante cinco meses consecutivos, Veronika decide morir ha sido número uno en las listas de venta de Veja y Epoca (revistas), O Globo, Jornal do Brasil, O Estado de Sao Paulo y Folha de Sao Paulo (periódicos), por mencionar tan sólo algunos de los rotativos más importantes de Brasil. En los dos países de habla hispánica (Argentina y Chile) fue directo para la lista de ventas. En Argentina, fue #1 durante varias semanas consecutivas, en El Clarín ENTREVISTA A PAULO COELHO
Cuál es la idea central de su libro? El hecho de que hayamos sido educados para aceptar lo que la sociedad nos imponga. Nunca nos preguntamos por qué hacemos lo que hacemos o por qué lo dejamos de hacer. Quienes aceptan semejante imposición y hacen lo que les recomienda la mayoría son considerados como gente normal. Por otro lado, a quienes intentan escapar de una vida remanufacturada e intentan cumplir sus sueos generalmente se les considera unos locos. En Veronika decide morir relato la historia de quienes, por alguna u otra razón, no siguen el sendero de lo que es normal y se sienten obligados a encontrar un nuevo camino.
Por qué ha decidido hablar de la locura y del suicidio? Hay muchos tipos de locura: la destructiva, que lleva a quienes la sufren a luchar contra sí mismos, puesto que se sienten inútiles, indignos y discapacitados. La pasiva, por otra parte, transforma a los seres humanos en máquinas de dormir, comer y trabajar, víctimas de la rutina. Por último, existe lo que la sociedad designa como locura y que yo, personalmente, considero como una virtud: el quebrantar las normas de buena conducta y hacer que se cumplan nuestros sueños.
Es peligroso?
Naturalmente. Pero quien vive está condenado a morir, así que debemos comprender que no podemos controlarlo todo. John Lennon definía la vida con una frase muy sencilla: la vida continúa mientras que tu estás ocupado haciendo planes.Puede la locura ser sagrada?
La locura positiva es sagrada. San Pablo dijo: "Sé un tonto para convertirte en sabio".Por qué no trata Veronika decide morir de los temas espirituales que han caracterizado tu obra precedente? Yo creo que si lo hace, aunque quizás de una forma menos convencional. El libro expone que el ser humano debe abrirse a fin de llegar a comprender que estamos rodeados de miseria, que debemos aceptar esta realidad y que debemos continuar viviendo de la manera más digna posible.
Hace años que su trabajo alcanzó reconocimiento internacional, pero durante este año ha consumado su proyección en el extranjero. Cómo valora semejante éxito?
Aunque de forma muy abstracta, leo recortes de la prensa internacional, recibo invitaciones a diversos acontecimientos, pero por mi condición de escritor no he conseguido tener la misma relación directa con mi público que la de un cantante con el suyo. Para mí esto es muy positivo, pues me permite conservar el mismo nivel de intimidad en mi trabajo que el que tenía durante el inicio de mi carrera. Cuando escribo un libro lo hago para mí mismo, en un intento de contestar algunas de las preguntas que me he formulado a lo largo de mi vida. Soy consciente que cuanto más cerca me siento de mi alma, más próximo estaré de lo que Jung llamaba "el alma mundial". Pero también soy consciente de mi éxito e intento obtener un beneficio del aspecto más fascinante de mi existencia: el contacto humano. Ello me facilita la entrada en un país extranjero, puesto que siempre encuentro a personas afines a mi modo de pensar. Nunca me siento extranjero, y esto es muy positivo. Además, ello me da esperanzas. Hay mucha gente en el mundo que intenta superar sus propias limitaciones y construir algo más significativo. [via]
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What Should I Do With My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Questionby Po BronsonISBN 0345485920 (0-345-48592-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What Should I Do With My Life?: The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question'Book summary:In What Should I Do with my Life? Po Bronson manages to create a career book that is a page-turner. His 50 vivid profiles of people searching for "their soft spot--their true calling" will engage readers because Bronson is asking himself the same question. He explores his premise, that "nothing is braver than people facing up to their own identity," as an anthropologist and autobiographer. He tackles thorny, nuanced issues about self-determination. Among them: paradoxes of money and meaning, authorship and destiny, brain candy and novelty versus soul food. Bronsons stories, limited to professional people and complete with photos, are gems. They include a Los Angeles lawyer who became a priest, a Harvard MBA catfish farmer turned biotech executive, and a Silicon Valley real estate agent who opened a leather crafts factory in Costa Rica.
Bronson is a gifted intuitive writer, the bestselling author of The Nudist on the Late Shift, whose thoughtful, vulnerable voice emerges as the books greatest strength and challenge. He describes his subjects lives along with the ways they annoy, puzzle, and worry him. He frets about meddling with his questions, yet once, memorably and appropriately, he offers a talented man a top post in his publishing company. While this creates the juiciness of his portraits, it also can make Bronson the books most memorable character and the only one whose story is not resolved. Even so, this remarkable career chronicle sets the gold standard for the worth of the examined life. --Barbara Mackoff [via]
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The World According to Garpby John IrvingISBN 034536676X (0-345-36676-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The World According to Garp'Book summary:"Garp was a natural storyteller," says the narrator of John Irving's incandescent novel, referring to the book's hero, the novelist Garp, who has much in common with Irving himself. "He could make things up one right after the other, and they seemed to fit."
Irving packs wild characters and weird events into his classic--officially recognized as such in a Modern Library edition with a new introduction by the author--while amazingly maintaining the rough feel of realism in every scene and the pulse of life in every heart. Many novelists of his time might have populated a novel with a novelist protagonist whose life and books comment on each other and the novel we're reading. Transsexual football players, ball turret gunners lobotomized in battle, multiple adultery, unicycling bears, mad feminists who amputate their tongues in sympathy with the celebrated victim of a horrifying rape--Irving made them all people. Even the bear is a fitting character.
In a crucial episode, Garp's wife's seduction of a young man coincidentally occurs at the moment when Garp is delighting their young sons with a reckless car trick (one of the few scenes beautifully, eerily, heartbreakingly captured in the film version as well). Many authors would have been content with the harsh comedy of the scene, but Irving respects its integrity, and he builds the rest of the book on the consequences of the event. How does he get away with his killer cocktail of slapstick and horror? Because it's simply what we all face daily, rearranged into soul-satisfying art. "Life is an X-rated soap opera," according to Garp, and who can contradict him?
Rereading Garp 20 years later, one is struck by how elegantly Irving structures his bizarre and complex story. Take the two most celebrated bits in the book, the Under Toad and Garp's story "The Pension Grillparzer," which shimmers like an exquisite Kafkaesque insect in the amber of the novel. When Garp warns his son about the "undertow" at the beach, the boy imagines a monster out of Beowulf who lurks beneath the waves to suck you under: the "Under Toad." It's funny at first, but we soon find that the Under Toad is a metaphor with teeth--he connects with a prophetic dream of death in "The Pension Grillparzer," set in Vienna. Garp's son's last words are, "It's like a dream!" And as Irving--who studied at the University of Vienna--can certainly tell you, the German word for "death" sounds precisely like the English word "toad."
All that death, and yet Garp is mainly exuberant. This story is, as Garp's stuttering writing teacher puts it, "rich with lu-lu-lunacy and sorrow." It enriches literature, and our lives. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Los 7 Habitos De La Gente Altamente Efectivaby Stephen CoveyISBN 8449304326 (84-493-0432-6)
Softcover, Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A
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Autobiografia Mahatma Ghandi/ Mahatma Ghandi Auto Biographyby M GhandiISBN 8489897492 (84-89897-49-2)
Softcover, Arkano Books
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LA Insoportable Levedad Del Serby Milan Kundera, Fernando ValenzuelaISBN 847223682X (84-7223-682-X)
Softcover, Tusquets Editores
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LA Insoportable Levedad Del Ser/the Unbearable Lightness of Beingby Milan KunderaISBN 8472232255 (84-7223-225-5)
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Juan Salvador Gaviotaby Richard Bach, Carol Howell, Frederick Howell, Russell MunsonISBN 8466612491 (84-666-1249-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Juan Salvador Gaviota'Book summary:For most seagulls it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight. Flight is indeed the metaphor that makes the story soar. Ultimately this is a fable about the importance of seeking a higher purpose in life, even if your flock, tribe, or neighborhood finds your ambition threatening. (At one point our beloved gull is even banished from his flock.) By not compromising his higher vision, Juan Salvador gets the ultimate payoff: transcendence. Ultimately, he learns the meaning of love and kindness.
Blurb in Spanish:"Hay quien obedece sus propias reglas porque se sabe en lo cierto; quien cosecha un especial placer en hacer algo bien; quien adivina algo más que lo que sus ojos ven; quien prefiere volar a dormir y comer; todos ellos harán duradera amistad con Juan Salvador Gaviota. Habrá también quienes volarán con Juan Gaviota por lugares de encanto y aventura, y de luminosa libertad. Pero para unos y otros será una experiencia que jamas olvidarán". Richard Bach [via]
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El Mundo Segun Garp / The World According to Garpby John IrvingISBN 8472232271 (84-7223-227-1)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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Organízate con Eficacia: Máxima Productividad Personal Sin Estrésby David AllenISBN 8495787164 (84-95787-16-4)
Hardcover, Ediciones Urano S. A.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Organízate con Eficacia: Máxima Productividad Personal Sin Estrés'Book summary:Este libro tiene un objetivo claro: demostrar que existe un sistema de organización del trabajo que nos permite liberar la mente de las tensiones que inhiben nuestra creatividad, y que nos hace más eficaces en todos los aspectos de la vida.
David Allen sostiene que nuestra mente tiene una capacidad limitada para almacenar información y propone una serie de fórmulas prácticas para eliminar las tensiones e incrementar nuestra capacidad de trabajo y nuestro rendimiento.
Organízate con eficacia se fundamenta en unas sencillas normas básicas de organización del tiempo, como por ejemplo la necesidad de determinar cuál es el siguiente paso a dar en cada uno de nuestros proyectos, o la regla de los dos minutos (si surge una tarea pendiente y se puede hacer en menos de dos minutos, debe hacerse inmediatamente). El sistema propuesto por Allen soluciona ansiedades y desconciertos, y nos permite transformar nuestro modo de trabajar y la manera de percibir nuestros retos cotidianos. [via]
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El Principitoby Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Bonifacio Del CarrilISBN 0156284502 (0-15-628450-2)
Softcover, Harcourt
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El Principito / The Little Princeby Antoine De Saint-Exupery, Bonifacio Del CarrilISBN 0156013924 (0-15-601392-4)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Principito / The Little Prince'Book summary:In 2000 Harcourt proudly reissued Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's masterpiece, The Little Prince, in a sparkling new format. Newly translated by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Howard, this timeless classic was embraced by critics and readers across the country for its purity and beauty of expression. And Saint-Exupéry's beloved artwork was restored and remastered to present his work in its original and vibrant colors.[via]
Now Harcourt is issuing uniform full-color foreign language editions. The restored artwork glows like never before. These affordable and beautiful editions are sure to delight an entire new generation of readers, students, children, and adults for whom Saint-Exupéry's story will open the door to a new understanding of life.More editions of El Principito / The Little Prince:
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El profetaby Kahlil Gibran, Mauro ArminoISBN 0375701621 (0-375-70162-1)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El profeta'Book summary:La obra maestra de Kahlil Gibrán es uno de los más queridos clásicos de nuestra época, un repositorio rico en sabiduría y alegría que ha inspirado a generaciones de lectores. Con poesía frugal y bellamente resonante, El profeta ofrece inolvidables palabras de esperanza y consolación sobre los temas del nacimiento, del amor, del matrimonio, de la muerte y de los otros hitos de la vida.
Desde su publicación hace más de setenta años, El profeta ha sido traducido a más de veinte idiomas y ha dado inspiración a millones de lectores, quienes encuentran en sus palabras la expresión de los más profundos impulsos, la más profunda poesía, del corazón humano. Ilustrados con los dibujos místicos de Gibrán--comparados por Auguste Rodin a los de William Blake--El profeta es un volumen para disfrutar y al cual volver a lo largo de la vida. [via]More editions of El profeta:
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Una Vida Con Proposito Diario Devocion Al / The Purpose-driven Lifeby Rick WarrenISBN 0829738711 (0-8297-3871-1)
Hardcover, Vida Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Una Vida Con Proposito Diario Devocion Al / The Purpose-driven Life'Book summary:'Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD' Psalm 102:18 (NIV) The best way to ensure progress in fulfilling God's purposes for your life is to keep a spiritual diary. This should not be a list of daily events, but rather a record of the life lessons that you don't want to forget. You need to take time to reflect on the things you read each day, and then write down your thoughts in this companion to the book, 'The Purpose-Driven Life,' by Rick Warren. 'Rick Warren has written a masterpiece of wise counsel for readers in 'The Purpose Driven Life.' Whether you are a seeker, a new believer or a mature Christian, allow God to use these pages to place your feet firmly on the right path.' Max Lucado, author of 'Traveling Light.' [via]
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Una Vida Con Proposito: Para Que Estoy Aqui En LA Tierraby Rick WarrenISBN 0829737863 (0-8297-3786-3)
Hardcover, Vida Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Una Vida Con Proposito: Para Que Estoy Aqui En LA Tierra'Book summary:The most basic question everyone faces in life is 'Why am I here?'. What is my purpose? Self-help books suggest that people should look within, at their own desires and dreams, but Rick Warren says the starting place must be with God---and His eternal purpose for each life. Real meaning and significance comes from understanding and fulfilling God's purposes for putting us on earth. 'The Purpose-Driven Life' takes the groundbreaking message of the award-winning 'Purpose-Driven Church' and goes deeper, applying it to the lifestyle of individual Christians. This book helps readers understand God's incredible plan for their lives. Warren enables them to see 'the big picture' of what life is all about and begin to live the life God created them to live. [via]
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L'insoutenable Legerete De L'etre: Romanby Milan KunderaISBN 2070700720 (2-07-070072-0)
Hardcover, Gallimard
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› Find signed collectible books: 'L'insoutenable Legerete De L'etre: Roman'Book summary:Tomas et Teresa sont les deux pôles du roman. Faut-il choisir de porter le poids du passé sur ses épaules, comme Teresa qui ne peut se passer de la Tchécoslovaquie, qu'elle a pourtant fuie après le Printemps de Prague, de même qu'elle ne peut vivre sans Tomas, ce mari qu'elle chérit d'un amour jaloux et, par-là, à jamais insatisfait ? Ou bien faut-il préférer à cette pesanteur la légèreté de l'être qui caractérise Tomas et Sabina, la maîtresse amie qui seule peut comprendre le médecin séducteur explorant les femmes comme s'il disséquait des objets d'étude au scalpel ? Ne sachant quelle orientation est la plus supportable, le roman offre tour à tour le regard des différents personnages. Même le chien Karénine a droit au chapitre. Mais ce ballet incertain teinté d'irréalité apparaît vite comme une interrogation dialectique qui oscille entre réflexion et délire poétique pour aboutir à la conclusion que la pesanteur et la légèreté, pareillement insoutenables, ne procèdent jamais d'une décision véritable. --Sana Tang-Léopold Wauters [via]
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Le Petit Princeby Antoine De Saint-ExuperyISBN 0156013983 (0-15-601398-3)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Petit Prince'Book summary:Imaginez-vous perdu dans le désert, loin de tout lieu habité, et face à un petit garçon tout blond, surgi de nulle part. Si de surcroît ce petit garçon vous demande avec insistance de dessiner un mouton, vous voilà plus qu'étonné ! À partir de là, vous n'aurez plus qu'une seule interrogation : savoir d'où vient cet étrange petit bonhomme et connaître son histoire.
S'ouvre alors un monde étrange et poétique, peuplé de métaphores, décrit à travers les paroles d'un "petit prince" qui porte aussi sur notre monde à nous un regard tout neuf, empli de naïveté, de fraîcheur et de gravité. Très vite, vous découvrez d'étranges planètes, peuplées d'hommes d'affaires, de buveurs, de vaniteux, d'allumeurs de réverbères.
Cette évocation onirique, à laquelle participent les aquarelles de l'auteur, a tout d'un parcours initiatique, où l'enfant apprendra les richesses essentielles des rapports humains et le secret qui les régit : "On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux."
Oeuvre essentielle de la littérature, ce livre de Saint-Exupéry est un ouvrage que l'on aura à coeur de raconter à son enfant, page après page, histoire aussi de redécouvrir l'enfant que l'on était autrefois, avant de devenir une grande personne ! --Xavier Marciniak [via]
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Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books - Le Petit Prince: ISBN 015650300X (0-15-650300-X)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books - Le Petit Prince: ISBN 0152438181 (0-15-243818-1)
Hardcover, Harcourt Childrens Books - Le Petit Prince: ISBN 0156013983 (0-15-601398-3)
Softcover, Harcourt
- Le Petit Prince: ISBN 0152164154 (0-15-216415-4)
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Der Kleine Prinzby Antoine De Saint-ExuperyISBN 015601386X (0-15-601386-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Die Unertraegliche Leichtigkeit des Seins: Romanby Milan KunderaISBN 3596259924 (3-596-25992-4)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Veronika Decide Morrerby Paulo CoelhoISBN 8573022019 (85-7302-201-9)
Hardcover, Objetiva
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Veronika Decide Morrer'Book summary:This is the story of a young woman disenchanted by the monotony of life. Although she apparently has everything she could desire, she is unhappy. She therefore chooses a date and time to end what she considers her insipid existence. After an overdose of tranquilizers, she wakes up a patient in a mental hospital, where she discovers that her days are numbered.
Esta é a história de uma jovem desencantada com a mesmice da vida. Embora aparentemente tenha tudo o que possa desejar, ela se sente infeliz. Assim, escolhe dia e hora para pôr fim ao que julga uma existência insossa. Após uma overdose de calmantes, acorda internada numa clínica para loucos, onde descobre que seus dias estão contados [via]
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