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The Alexiadby Anna ComnenaISBN 141915186X (1-4191-5186-X)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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The Alice B. Toklas Cookbookby Alice B. Toklas, M. F. K. FisherISBN 1558217541 (1-55821-754-1)
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Around The World In 80 Datesby Jennifer CoxISBN 1416513159 (1-4165-1315-9)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Celliniby Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington SymondsISBN 1417900679 (1-4179-0067-9)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini'Book summary:1910. Harvard Classics, Volume 31. Edited by Charles W. Eliot. An excellent translation of the honest, if self-aggrandized life of the epitomal sixteenth-century Renaissance man. It ranks among the greatest autobiographies ever written. [via]
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The Big Rumpus: A Mother's Tale from the Trenchesby Ayun HallidayISBN 1580050719 (1-58005-071-9)
Softcover, Seal Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Big Rumpus: A Mother's Tale from the Trenches'Book summary:Of the many stay-at-home mommies who dream of writing the Great American Novel, few actually try; fewer still get published. Though not a novel, The Big Rumpus certainly is the Great American Tale of one woman's schlep through early motherhood--honest, hilarious, and irresistibly naughty. Ayun Halliday, a highly caffeinated and refreshingly immodest city gal, acknowledges that motherhood is pretty much like contending with a cloud of locusts swarming toward one's wheat--then laughs her "heiner" off about it.
Under her gifted muse's care, stories about childbirth, holiday acrobatics (sans religious ties), and raising two kids in a tiny New York apartment read like standup comedy routines; they also give way to bittersweet reflections on her own youth--goofy boyfriends, repressed sexual behavior, and all. Yes, she swears; yes, she delves deeply into issues anatomical, gastronomical, and diaporial. But for hip stay-at-homers who find sustenance in friendships honed at neighborhood playgrounds (not slapped together like cold deli meats at those contrived mommy-and-me meetings), Ayun Halliday might just become the patron saint of blissfully imperfect motherhood. Even mommies who lack Halliday's affinity for "unhusking" their breasts in public will find moments of empathy in this mirthful sprint through life as the family "Milk Monkey." --Liane Thomas [via]
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Black Elk Speaksby John G. NeihardtISBN 1567311113 (1-56731-111-3)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Elk Speaks'Book summary:The most famous Native American book ever written, Black Elk Speaks is the acclaimed story of Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (18631950) and his people during the momentous, twilight years of the nineteenth century. Black Elk grew up in a time when white settlers were invading the Lakotas homeland, decimating buffalo herds and threatening to extinguish their way of life. Black Elk and other Lakotas fought back, a dogged resistance that resulted in a remarkable victory at the Little Bighorn and an unspeakable tragedy at Wounded Knee.[via]Beautifully told through the celebrated poet and writer John G. Neihardt, Black Elk Speaks offers much more than a life story. Black Elks profound and arresting religious visions of the unity of humanity and the world around him have transformed his account into a venerated spiritual classic. Whether appreciated as a collaborative autobiography, a history of a Native American nation, or an enduring spiritual testament for all humankind, Black Elk Speaks is unforgettable.
This special edition features all three prefaces to Black Elk Speaks that John G. Neihardt wrote at different points in his life, a map of Black Elks world, a reset text with Lakota words reproduced using the latest orthographic standards, and color paintings by Lakota artist Standing Bear that have not been widely available for decades.
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Breakfast With Tiffany: A Memoirby Ed WintleISBN 1401352243 (1-4013-5224-3)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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Breakfast With Tiffany: An Memoirby Edwin WintleISBN 140135999X (1-4013-5999-X)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Breakfast With Tiffany: An Memoir'Book summary:Edwin Wintle was a successful, urbane professional whose life, at forty, was very comfortable. He had reached the point when he looked around at his well-ordered, unfettered existence and wondered, "Is this all there is" After a desperate call from his sister at her wits end, his street-wise thirteen-year-old niece Tiffany -- a writhing ball of adolescent anger -- comes to live with him. If he felt he needed a shot in the arm, what he got proved more like electroshock therapy.
Breakfast with Tiffany chronicles the newly minted family through a year of tumult and drama, as instant parent Uncle Eddy watches his best-laid plans go awry. With an edgy wit and compassion reminiscent of Augusten Burroughs and David Sedaris, Edwin Wintle recounts not only the coming of age of his beloved, if troubled niece, but his own as well. Just when it seems there is certain disaster, the two manage to pull through it with their unconventional little family in better shape than ever. [via]
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Callgirlby Jeannette L. AngellISBN 1579621104 (1-57962-110-4)
Hardcover, Permanent Pr Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Callgirl'Book summary:Professor by day, callgirl by night a true storyJenny is left penniless by an ex-boyfriend and, in order to make ends meet, she finds herself juggling two lives - respected college-lecturer by day and $200-an-hour high class callgirl 'Tia' by night.Tia's clients range from the pitiful to the downright disturbing: there's the man obsessed with wearing her underwear, the client who wants her to pretend to be his mother and the punter who gets his kicks from inflicting pain. Tia is paid to fulfil all kinds of desires.Despite her madam's protection, Tia is drawn into a world of increasing danger, trying to dodge undercover cops, resist the temptation of drugs and, most of all, avoid falling in love with the wrong man.As Jenny juggles the twin roles of professor and prostitute, the eventual strain of keeping her life secret from friends and family forces her to re-examine everything - before her two worlds inevitably collide... [via]
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Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripperby Diablo CodyISBN 1592402739 (1-59240-273-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Charles Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle Round the Worldby Charles DarwinISBN 1579124925 (1-57912-492-5)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Surviveby Dave PelzerISBN 1558743669 (1-55874-366-9)
Softcover, Hci
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive'Book summary:David J. Pelzer's mother, Catherine Roerva, was, he writes in this ghastly, fascinating memoir, a devoted den mother to the Cub Scouts in her care, and somewhat nurturant to her children--but not to David, whom she referred to as "an It." This book is a brief, horrifying account of the bizarre tortures she inflicted on him, told from the point of view of the author as a young boy being starved, stabbed, smashed face-first into mirrors, forced to eat the contents of his sibling's diapers and a spoonful of ammonia, and burned over a gas stove by a maniacal, alcoholic mom. Sometimes she claimed he had violated some rule--no walking on the grass at school!--but mostly it was pure sadism. Inexplicably, his father didn't protect him; only an alert schoolteacher saved David. One wants to learn more about his ordeal and its aftermath, and now he's written a sequel, The Lost Boy, detailing his life in the foster-care system.
Though it's a grim story, A Child Called "It" is very much in the tradition of Chicken Soup for the Couple's Soul and the many books in that upbeat series, whose author Pelzer thanks for helping get his book going. It's all about weathering adversity to find love, and Pelzer is an expert witness. [via]
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Cockeyed: A Memoirby Ryan KnightonISBN 1586483293 (1-58648-329-3)
Hardcover, Public Affairs
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Come, Tell Me How You Liveby Agatha Christie MallowanISBN 1585790109 (1-58579-010-9)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Mealby Anthony BourdainISBN 1582341400 (1-58234-140-0)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Cook's Tour: In Search of the Perfect Meal'Book summary:A Cook's Tour is the written record of Anthony Bourdain's travels around the world in his search for the perfect meal. All too conscious of the state of his 44-year-old knees after a working life standing at restaurant stoves, but with the unlooked-for jackpot of Kitchen Confidential as collateral, Mr. Bourdain evidently concluded he needed a bit more wind under his wings.
The idea of "perfect meal" in this context is to be taken to mean not necessarily the most upscale, chi-chi, three-star dining experience, but the ideal combination of food, atmosphere, and company. This would take in fishing villages in Vietnam, bars in Cambodia, and Tuareg camps in Morocco (roasted sheep's testicle, as it happens); it would stretch to smoked fish and sauna in the frozen Russian countryside and the French Laundry in California's Napa Valley. It would mean exquisitely refined kaiseki rituals in Japan after yakitori with drunken salarymen. Deep-fried Mars Bars in Glasgow and Gordon Ramsay in London. The still-beating heart of a cobra in Saigon. Drink. Danger. Guns. All with a TV crew in tow for the accompanying series--22 episodes of video gold, we are assured, featuring many don't-try-this-at-home shots of the author in gastric distress or crawling into yet another storm drain at four in the morning.
You are unlikely to lay your hands on a more hectically, strenuously entertaining book for some time. Our hero eats and swashbuckles round the globe with perfect-pitch attitude and liberal use of judiciously placed profanities. Bourdain can write. His timing is great. He is very funny and is under no illusions whatsoever about himself or anyone else. But most of all, he is a chef who got himself out of his kitchen and found, all over the world, people who understand that eating well is the foundation of harmonious living. --Robin Davidson, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Dancing on My Graveby Gelsey Kirkland, Greg LawrenceISBN 1555043259 (1-55504-325-9)
Hardcover, Chivers North Amer
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The Diary of Alice Jamesby Leon Edel, Alice JamesISBN 1555533973 (1-55553-397-3)
Softcover, Northeastern Univ Pr
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Diary of Samuel Pepys, the: 1662 N. S.by Samuel PepysISBN 1421905752 (1-4219-0575-2)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Diary of Samuel Pepys, the: 1662 N. S.'Book summary:Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1893. Excerpt: ... settled, which pleased me very well. Being come to our Inn Mr. Coventry and I sat and talked till 9 or 10 a-clock and then to bed. 4th. We were called up about four a-clock, and being ready went and took a Gravesend boat, and to London by nine a-clock. By the way talking of several businesses of the navy. So to the office, where Sir Wm. Pen (the first time that he has been with us a great while, he having been long sick) met us, and there we sat all the morning. My brother John I find come to town to my house, as I sent for him, on Saturday last, so at noon home and dined with him, and after dinner and the barber been with me I walked out with him to my viall maker's and other places and then left him, and I by water to Blackbury's, and there talked with him about some masts (and by the way he tells me that Paul's1 is now going to be repaired in good earnest), and so with him to his garden close by his house, where I eat some peaches and apricots; a very pretty place. So over the water to Westminster hall, and not finding Mrs. Lane, with whom I purposed to be merry, I went to Jervas's and took him and his wife over the water to their mother Palmer's (the woman that speaks in the belly, and with whom I have two or three years ago made good sport with Mr. Mallard), thinking because I had heard that she is a woman of that sort that I might there have lit upon some lady of pleasure (for which God forgive me), but blest be God there was none, nor anything that pleased me, but a poor little house that she has set out as fine as she can, and for her singing which she pretends to is only some old body songs and those sung abominably, only she pretends to be able to sing both bass and treble, which she do something like, but not what I thought formerly and expected now; nor do her speaking i... [via]
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Drifting Home: A Family's Voyage of Discover Down the Wild Yukon Riverby Pierre BertonISBN 1550549510 (1-55054-951-0)
Softcover, Douglas & McIntyre Ltd
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Expat: Women's True Tales of Life Abroadby Christina Henry De TessanISBN 1580050700 (1-58005-070-0)
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Finding George Orwell In Burmaby Emma LarkinISBN 1594200521 (1-59420-052-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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For Those I Lovedby Not AvailableISBN 1571745270 (1-57174-527-0)
Hardcover, Hampton Roads Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'For Those I Loved'Book summary:"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana
We need only to look back to Rwanda, and now to Darfur, to see that once again we are living the worst of times. Who better to guide our understanding and give us hope than Martin Graya man who survived the worst of times, flourished, and still managed to find joy in living?
Martin has come full circle since his boyhood world was turned upside down by the German invasion of Poland in 1939. Overnight, the teenage Martin and his family were immersed in the horrors of the Holocaust and held captive in the Warsaw Ghetto. It was a nightmare of brutality, starvation, and death. Martin became a clever smuggler to help his family surviveuntil the "butchers of Treblinka took his mother and brothers. Against impossible odds, Martin survived and returned to fight in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. As the Nazis incinerated the ghetto, he escaped to fight with the partisans, and then the Red Army.
After the war, Martin made his way to New York. The cunning and skills he developed during the war enabled him to learn the language and create a successful business. At 35, he retired to France with a fortune and a beautiful Dutch wife, starting a family and living in happiness and peace. But his world was shattered once again by a forest fire that engulfed his fleeing family. In a tragic repeat of history, Martin alone survived.
Martin Gray's past could be our future if we don't heed his call to be the change. In this 35th anniversary expanded edition of For Those I Loved, a book beloved by millions of readers worldwide, Martin reminds us that the past is connected to the present. Only we can ensure that history is not repeated.
Martin Gray still lives in the South of France and has devoted his life to his family, writing, human rights, and environmental and cultural causes. He received the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Award and the Gold Medal of European Merit.
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Forgotten Voices of the Great War: A History of World War I in the Words of the Men and Women Who Were Thereby Max Arthur, Martin GilbertISBN 1592285708 (1-59228-570-8)
Hardcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Roadby Neil PeartISBN 1550225480 (1-55022-548-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road'Book summary:Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road, the second motorcycle memoir (following 1996's The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa) from the author best known as drummer and lyricist of the legendary Canadian rock band Rush, chronicles a journey of healing. In the late-90s, Peart suffered a pair of life-changing tragedies: he lost his daughter and his wife of 20 years within a 10 month period. In the autumn of 1998, in an effort to distract himself from grief and re-evaluate his life, he embarked on a trip that took him across Canada and through the US and Mexico. Through diary notes and letters written over the course of 55,000 miles, Peart chronicles his feelings of loss and envy, and the slow rebuilding of his life through the support of friends and family. Ghost Rider is also an alternative travel guide fuelled by the author's detailed descriptions of towns, roads, hotels, restaurants and the people he encounters. "Moab proved to be the perfect small town, at least by the Ghost Rider's exacting criteria," he writes, "those being that a town should have a decent motel, a small museum of local history, a friendly post office and a well-stocked liquor store." Thought-provoking and even humorous at times, Peart reveals in straight-ahead prose the emotional turmoil following such an epic loss--and we ride shotgun as he gradually acquires a renewed sense of purpose. --Eric Wilson, Amazon.ca [via]
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Goshawkby Terence Hanbury WhiteISBN 1558214356 (1-55821-435-6)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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The Heart of a Womanby Maya AngelouISBN 1568955014 (1-56895-501-4)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Heart of a Woman'Book summary:Maya Angelou has fascinated, moved, and inspired countless readers with the first three volumes of her autobiography, one of the most remarkable personal narratives of our age. Now, in her fourth volume, The Heart of a Woman, her turbulent life breaks wide open with joy as the singer-dancer enters the razzle-dazzle of fabulous New York City. There, at the Harlem Writers Guild, her love for writing blazes anew.
Her compassion and commitment lead her to respond to the fiery times by becoming the northern coordinator of Martin Luther King's history-making quest. A tempestuous, earthy woman, she promises her heart to one man only to have it stolen, virtually on her weding day, by a passionate African freedom fighter.
Filled with unforgettable vignettes of famous characters, from Billie Holiday to Malcolm X, The Heart of a Woman sings with Maya Angelou's eloquent prose -- her fondest dreams, deepest disappointments, and her dramatically tender relationship with her rebellious teenage son. Vulnerable, humorous, tough, Maya speaks with an intimate awareness of the heart within all of us.
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House by the Seaby May SartonISBN 1555040683 (1-55504-068-3)
Hardcover, John Curley & Assoc
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I'll Met by Moonlightby William Stanley MossISBN 1580800602 (1-58080-060-2)
Softcover, Burford Books
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Italian Daysby Barbara Grizzuti HarrisonISBN 1555843115 (1-55584-311-5)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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Ivy League Stripperby Heidi MattsonISBN 1559707704 (1-55970-770-4)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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James Herriot's Cat Storiesby James Herriot, Lesley HolmesISBN 1567315151 (1-56731-515-1)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'James Herriot's Cat Stories'Book summary:Between these covers, teller and tales finally meet in a warm and joyful new collection that will bring delight to the hearts of readers the world over: James Herriot's Cat Stories. Here are Buster, the kitten who arrived on Christmas; Alfred, the cat at the sweet shop; little Emily, who lived with the gentleman tramp; and Olly and Ginny, the kittens who charmed readers when they first appeared at the Herriots' house in the worldwide bestseller Every Living Thing. And along with these come others, each story as memorable and heartwarming as the last, each told with that magical blend of gentle wit and human compassion that marks every word from James Herriot's pen.[via]More editions of James Herriot's Cat Stories:
Journalsby Kurt CobainISBN 157322359X (1-57322-359-X)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Journals'Book summary:Kurt Cobain filled dozens of notebooks with lyrics, drawings, and writings about his plans for Nirvana and his thoughts about fame, the state of music, and the people who bought and sold him and his music. Over twenty of these notebooks survived his many moves and travels and have been locked in a safe since his death. His journals reveal an artist who loved records, who knew the history of rock, and who was determined to define his place in that history. [via]
Life with Fatherby Clarence DayISBN 1579124321 (1-57912-432-1)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America And American in Iranby Azadeh MoaveniISBN 1586483781 (1-58648-378-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America And American in Iran'Book summary:As far back as she can remember, Azadeh Moaveni has felt at odds with her tangled identity as an Iranian-American. In suburban America, Azadeh lived in two worlds. At home, she was the daughter of the Iranian exile community, serving tea, clinging to tradition, and dreaming of Tehran. Outside, she was a California girl who practiced yoga and listened to Madonna. For years, she ignored the tense standoff between her two cultures. But college magnified the clash between Iran and America, and after graduating, she moved to Iran as a journalist. This is the story of her search for identity, between two cultures cleaved apart by a violent history. It is also the story of Iran, a restive land lost in the twilight of its revolution.[via]
Moaveni's homecoming falls in the heady days of the country's reform movement, when young people demonstrated in the streets and shouted for the Islamic regime to end. In these tumultuous times, she struggles to build a life in a dark country, wholly unlike the luminous, saffron and turquoise-tinted Iran of her imagination. As she leads us through the drug-soaked, underground parties of Tehran, into the hedonistic lives of young people desperate for change, Moaveni paints a rare portrait of Iran's rebellious next generation. The landscape of her Tehran ski slopes, fashion shows, malls and cafes is populated by a cast of young people whose exuberance and despair brings the modern reality of Iran to vivid life.More editions of Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America And American in Iran:
Little House in the Big Woodsby Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth WilliamsISBN 1581180780 (1-58118-078-0)
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The Little House on the Prairieby Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth WilliamsISBN 1557361495 (1-55736-149-5)
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Man Named Daveby Dave PelzerISBN 1568951485 (1-56895-148-5)
Softcover, Gale / Cengage Learning
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The Masked Rider: Cycling In West Africaby Neil PeartISBN 1550226657 (1-55022-665-7)
Softcover, E C W Pr
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The Meditations of Marcus Aureliusby Marcus AureliusISBN 1406793671 (1-4067-9367-1)
Softcover, Pierides Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius'Book summary:Marcus Annius Verus was born in Rome, A. D. 121, and assumed the name of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, by which he is known to history, on his adoption by the Emperor T. Aurelius Antoninus. M. Aurelius was educated by the orator Fronto, but turned aside from rhetoric to the study of the Stoic philosophy, of which he was the last distinguished representative. The "Meditations," which he wrote in Greek, are among the most noteworthy expressions of this system, and exhibit it favorably on its practical side. The "Meditations" picture with faithfulness the mind and character of this noblest of the Emperors. Simple in style and sincere in tone, they record for all time the height reached by pagan aspiration in its effort to solve the problem of conduct; and the essential agreement of his practice with his teaching proved that "Even in a palace life may be led well." [via]
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Memoirs of a Revolutionistby Peter KropotkinISBN 1589637704 (1-58963-770-4)
Softcover, Fredonia Books
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My Century: The Odyssey of a Polish Intellectualby Richard Lourie, Aleksander Wat, Czeslaw MiloszISBN 1590170652 (1-59017-065-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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My Dog Skipby Willie MorrisISBN 1574901540 (1-57490-154-0)
Hardcover, Thomas t Beeler
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My Horizontal Life: A Collection Of One-Night Standsby Chelsea HandlerISBN 1582346186 (1-58234-618-6)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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My Life and Lovesby Frank HarrisISBN 1573927740 (1-57392-774-0)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World in H.M.S. Beagleby Charles DarwinISBN 1414226047 (1-4142-2604-7)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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Neither Here nor Thereby Bill BrysonISBN 1568958315 (1-56895-831-5)
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Nine-Headed Dragon River: Zen Journals 1969-1982by Peter MatthiessenISBN 1570623678 (1-57062-367-8)
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No Touch Monkey: And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Lateby Ayun HallidayISBN 1580050972 (1-58005-097-2)
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North Toward Homeby Willie MorrisISBN 1578062667 (1-57806-266-7)
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Nothing's Sacredby Lewis Black, Hank GalloISBN 1416914811 (1-4169-1481-1)
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Oh The Glory Of It Allby Sean WilseyISBN 1594200513 (1-59420-051-3)
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The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life, Love and Olive Oil in Southern Franceby Carol DrinkwaterISBN 1585671061 (1-58567-106-1)
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On Familiar Terms: A Journey Across Culturesby Donald KeeneISBN 1568360061 (1-56836-006-1)
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On Familiar Terms: To Japan and Back, a Lifetime Across Culturesby Donald KeeneISBN 1568361297 (1-56836-129-7)
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Oregon Trailby Francis ParkmanISBN 1404322485 (1-4043-2248-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oregon Trail'Book summary:CONTENTS:
I THE FRONTIER
II BREAKING THE ICE
III FORT LEAVENWORTH
IV "JUMPING OFF"
V "THE BIG BLUE"
VI THE PLATTE AND THE DESERT
VII THE BUFFALO
VIII TAKING FRENCH LEAVE
IX SCENES AT FORT LARAMIE
X THE WAR PARTIES
XI SCENES AT THE CAMP
XII ILL LUCK
XIII HUNTING INDIANS
XIV THE OGALLALLA VILLAGR
XV THE HUNTING CAMP
XVI THE TRAPPERS
XVII THE BLACK HILLS
XVIII A MOUNTAIN HUNT
XIX PASSAGE OF THE MOUNTAINS
XX THE LONELY JOURNEY
XXI THE PUEBLO AND BENT'S FORT
XXII TETE ROUGE, THE VOLUNTEER
XXIII INDIAN ALARMS
XXIV THE CHASE
XXV THE BUFFALO CAMP
XXVI DOWN THE ARKANSAS
XXVII THE SETTLEMENTS
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an excerpt from CHAPTER I:
THE FRONTIER
Last spring, 1846, was a busy season in the City of St. Louis. Not only were emigrants from every part of the country preparing for the journey to Oregon and California, but an unusual number of traders were making ready their wagons and outfits for Santa Fe. Many of the emigrants, especially of those bound for California, were persons of wealth and standing. The hotels were crowded, and the gunsmiths and saddlers were kept constantly at work in providing arms and equipments for the different parties of travelers. Almost every day steamboats were leaving the levee and passing up the Missouri, crowded with passengers on their way to the frontier.
In one of these, the Radnor, since snagged and lost, my friend and relative, Quincy A. Shaw, and myself, left St. Louis on the 28th of April, on a tour of curiosity and amusement to the Rocky Mountains. The boat was loaded until the water broke alternately over her guards. Her upper deck was covered with large weapons of a peculiar form, for the Santa Fe trade, and her hold was crammed with goods for the same destination. There were also the equipments and provisions of a party of Oregon emigrants, a band of mules and horses, piles of saddles and harness, and a multitude of nondescript articles, indispensable on the prairies. Almost hidden in this medley one might have seen a small French cart, of the sort very appropriately called a "mule-killer" beyond the frontiers, and not far distant a tent, together with a miscellaneous assortment of boxes and barrels. The whole equipage was far from prepossessing in its appearance; yet, such as it was, it was destined to a long and arduous journey, on which the persevering reader will accompany it.
The passengers on board the Radnor corresponded with her freight. In her cabin were Santa Fe traders, gamblers, speculators, and adventurers of various descriptions, and her steerage was crowded with Oregon emigrants, "mountain men," negroes, and a party of Kansas Indians, who had been on a visit to St. Louis.
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Princessby Jean P. SassonISBN 1417623403 (1-4176-2340-3)
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Quicksands: A Memoirby Sybille BedfordISBN 1582433518 (1-58243-351-8)
Softcover, Counterpoint
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quicksands: A Memoir'Book summary:Her first new book in over 10 years. Bedford is back with what will surely (she says) be her last, and the moving culmination of a story that began in 1956 (when Legacy pubbed in the UK).[via]
Acclaim, acclaim, and acclaim. Sybille Bedford is, simply put, one of the finest writers of her generation. None other than notoriously hard-to-satisfy Bruce Chatwin asserted that "when the history of modern prose in English comes to be written, Mrs. Bedford will have to appear in any list of its most dazzling practitioners."
Comparisons. While not yet as big a name in the U.S. as her talent would suggest, Bedford ranks with the elder states(wo)men of contemporary literature. Think of her in the same breath as Shirley Hazzard, Penelope Fitzgerald, Joan Didion, Anita Brookner, and Cynthia Ozick.
Another chance to rediscover a long-lost great. The past few years the literary world has witnessed a number of spectacular career rebirths. Paula Fox, e.g., emerged after a long silence with the NBCC finalist Borrowed Finery and stacks of rave reviews. In some cases, this reassessment has even worked posthumously--as seen in the attention lavished on Rebecca West's Survivors in Mexico. Expect Bedford's Quicksands to be the next to get this royal treatment.
The Counterpoint reissues. This book, very likely to be Bedford's last (she's 92), will also form the culmination of the Counterpoint reissues of the Bedford backlist. Look forward to the same crisp, classic packaging for this latest outing.More editions of Quicksands: A Memoir:
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A Restricted Countryby Joan NestleISBN 157344152X (1-57344-152-X)
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Revolt in the Desertby T. E. LawrenceISBN 1579124380 (1-57912-438-0)
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Scribbling the Cat: Travels With an African Soldierby Alexandra FullerISBN 1594200165 (1-59420-016-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Scribbling the Cat: Travels With an African Soldier'Book summary:Best-selling memoirist Alexandra Fuller travels with a strangely charismatic Rhodesian war veteran into a modern-day heart of darkness.
When Alexandra ("Bo") Fuller was home in Zambia a few years ago, visiting her parents for Christmas, she asked her father about a nearby banana farmer who was known for being a "tough bugger." Her father's response was a warning to steer clear of him; he told Bo: "Curiosity scribbled the cat." Nonetheless, Fuller began her strange friendship with the man she calls K, a white African and veteran of the Rhodesian war. With the same fiercely beautiful prose that won her acclaim for Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Fuller here recounts her friendship with K.
K is, seemingly, a man of contradictions: tattooed, battle scarred, and weathered by farm work, he is a lion of a man, feral and bulletproof. Yet he is also a born-again Christian, given to weeping when he recollects his failed romantic life, and more than anything else welling up inside with memories of battle. For his war, like all wars, was a brutal one, marked by racial strife, jungle battles, unimaginable tortures, and the murdering of innocent civilians-and K, like all the veterans of the war, has blood on his hands.
Driven by K's memories, Fuller and K decide to enter the heart of darkness in the most literal way-by traveling from Zambia through Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) and Mozambique to visit the scenes of the war and to meet other veterans. It is a strange journey into the past, one marked at once by somber reflections and odd humor and featuring characters such as Mapenga, a fellow veteran who lives with his pet lion on a little island in the middle of a lake and is known to cope with his personal demons by refusing to speak for days on end. What results from Fuller's journey is a remarkably unbiased and unsentimental glimpse of men who have killed, mutilated, tortured, and scrambled to survive during wartime and who now must attempt to live with their past and live past their sins. In these men, too, we get a glimpse of life in Africa, a land that besets its creatures with pests, plagues, and natural disasters, making the people there at once more hardened and more vulnerable than elsewhere.
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Silent Bob Speaks: The Collected Writings Of Kevin Smithby Kevin SmithISBN 1401359736 (1-4013-5973-6)
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Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Churchby Philip YanceyISBN 1578568188 (1-57856-818-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church'Book summary:Like many Christians, Philip Yancey has often felt kicked around, abused, and damaged by the institutional church. And like many Christians, he has found solace in reading about and getting to know some extraordinary individual believers. He profiles 13 of those believers in Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church. "I became a writer, I now believe, to sort out words used and misused by the church of my youth," Yancey writes in the book's first chapter. The church of his youth, which described itself as "New Testament, Blood-bought, Born-again, Premillennial, Dispensational, fundamental," Yancey now describes as a frightening place where racism and bigotry were regularly preached from the pulpit. After graduating from Bible college, Yancey became a writer and chose to direct his attention to "people I could learn from, people I might want to emulate," such as C. Everett Koop and Robert Coles. He also read widely and passionately--Leo Tolstoy, Martin Luther King Jr., G.K. Chesterton, and Annie Dillard, to name a few. Soul Survivor offers probing, honest profiles of 13 individuals who have "helped restore to me the mislaid treasures of God." For most readers, these profiles will serve as starting points to explore the lives and minds of the individuals who have inspired Yancey. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The Souls of Black Folkby W. E. B. Du BoisISBN 1406511196 (1-4065-1119-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Souls of Black Folk'Book summary:William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) is the greatest of African American intellectuals--a sociologist, historian, novelist, and activist whose astounding career spanned the nation's history from Reconstruction to the civil rights movement. Born in Massachusetts and educated at Fisk, Harvard, and the University of Berlin, Du Bois penned his epochal masterpiece, The Souls of Black Folk, in 1903. It remains his most studied and popular work; its insights into Negro life at the turn of the 20th century still ring true.
With a dash of the Victorian and Enlightenment influences that peppered his impassioned yet formal prose, the book's largely autobiographical chapters take the reader through the momentous and moody maze of Afro-American life after the Emancipation Proclamation: from poverty, the neoslavery of the sharecropper, illiteracy, miseducation, and lynching, to the heights of humanity reached by the spiritual "sorrow songs" that birthed gospel and the blues. The most memorable passages are contained in "On Booker T. Washington and Others," where Du Bois criticizes his famous contemporary's rejection of higher education and accommodationist stance toward white racism: "Mr. Washington's programme practically accepts the alleged inferiority of the Negro races," he writes, further complaining that Washington's thinking "withdraws many of the high demands of Negroes as men and American citizens." The capstone of The Souls of Black Folk, though, is Du Bois' haunting, eloquent description of the concept of the black psyche's "double consciousness," which he described as "a peculiar sensation.... One ever feels this twoness--an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder." Thanks to W.E.B. Du Bois' commitment and foresight--and the intellectual excellence expressed in this timeless literary gem--black Americans can today look in the mirror and rejoice in their beautiful black, brown, and beige reflections. --Eugene Holley Jr. [via]
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South from Granadaby Gerald Brenan, Chris FortunatoISBN 156836184X (1-56836-184-X)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninusby Aurelius Marcus, George LongISBN 1410206920 (1-4102-0692-0)
Softcover, Univ Pr of the Pacific
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Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aureliusby Marcus AntoninusISBN 1421953919 (1-4219-5391-9)
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The Thoughts Of The Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninusby Marcus AureliusISBN 1419185152 (1-4191-8515-2)
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A Thousand Days In Tuscany: A Bittersweet Adventureby Marlena De BlasiISBN 1565123921 (1-56512-392-1)
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Titanic Survivor: The Newly Discovered Memoirs of Violet Jessop Who Survived Both the Titanic and Britannic Disastersby John Maxtone-Graham, Violet JessopISBN 1574090356 (1-57409-035-6)
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Titanic Survivorby Violet Jessop, John Maxtone GrahamISBN 1574091840 (1-57409-184-0)
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Twenty Years at Hull-Houseby Jane AddamsISBN 1406504920 (1-4065-0492-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twenty Years at Hull-House'Book summary:While on a trip to East London in 1883, Jane Addams witnessed a distressing scene late one night: masses of poor people were bidding on rotten vegetables that were unsalable anywhere else.
Their pale faces were dominated by that most unlovely of human expressions, the cunning and shrewdness of the bargain-hunter who starves if he cannot make a successful trade, and yet the final impression was not of ragged, tawdry clothing nor of pinched and sallow faces, but of myriads of hands, empty, pathetic, nerveless, and workworn, showing white in the uncertain light of the street, and clutching forward for food which was already unfit to eat.
This scene haunted Addams for the next two years as she traveled through Europe, and she hoped to find a way to ease such suffering. Five years later, she visited Toynbee Hall, a London settlement house, and resolved to replicate the experiment in the U.S. On September 18, 1889, Jane Addams and her friend Ellen Starr moved into the second floor of a rundown mansion in Chicago's West Side. From the outset, they imagined Hull-House as a "center for a higher civic and social life" in the industrial districts of the city. Addams, Starr, and several like-minded individuals lived and worked among the poor, establishing (among other things) art classes, discussion groups, cooperatives, a kindergarten, a coffee house, a lending library, and a gymnasium. In a time when many well-to-do Americans were beginning to feel threatened by immigrants, Hull-House embraced them, showed them the true meaning of democracy, and served as a center for philanthropic efforts throughout Chicago.
Hull-House also provided an outlet for the energies of the first generation of female college graduates, who were educated for work yet prevented from doing it. In some respects, however, Addams's impressive work, often hailed by historians as "revolutionary," was nothing of the sort. She embraced the sexual stereotypes of her day, and, though she was clearly an independent woman, soothed public fears by acting primarily in the traditional roles of nurturer and caregiver. Hull-House was a rousing success, and it inspired others to follow in Addams's footsteps.
Though Twenty Years at Hull-House is meant to be an autobiography, it is Hull-House itself that stands in the spotlight. Addams devotes the first third of the book to her upbringing and influences, but the remainder focuses on the organization she built--and the benefits accruing to those who work with the poor as well as to the poor themselves. At times Addams's prose is difficult to follow, but her ideals and her actions are truly inspiring. A classic work of history--and a model for today's would-be philanthropists. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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Up from Slavery: An Autobiographyby Booker T. WashingtonISBN 1406509841 (1-4065-0984-1)
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Voyage of the Beagleby Charles Robert DarwinISBN 1573927732 (1-57392-773-2)
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Waiting for Snow in Havana: Philadelphia Selection book 1by Carloe EireISBN 1416544720 (1-4165-4472-0)
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 1420922610 (1-4209-2261-0)
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Walden; Or, Life in the Woodsby Henry David Thoreau, Terry Tempest WilliamsISBN 1590300882 (1-59030-088-2)
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This special 150th anniversary edition of Walden features exquisite wood engravings by Michael McCurdy, one of America's leading engravers and woodblock artists. McCurdy's engravings bring the text to lifeand illuminate the spirit of Thoreau's prose. Also included is a foreword by noted author, environmentalist, and naturalist Terry Tempest Williams, who reflects upon Thoreau's message that as we explore our world and ourselves, we draw ever closer to the truth of our connectedness. [via]More editions of Walden; Or, Life in the Woods:
The War: A Memoirby Marguerite Duras, Barbara BrayISBN 1565842219 (1-56584-221-9)
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaningby Chris HedgesISBN 1586480499 (1-58648-049-9)
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Chris Hedges of The New York Times has seen war up closein the Balkans, the Middle East, and Central Americaand he has been troubled by what he has seen: friends, enemies, colleagues, and strangers intoxicated and even addicted to war's heady brew. In War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, he tackles the ugly truths about humanity's love affair with war, offering a sophisticated, nuanced, intelligent meditation on the subject that is also gritty, powerful, and unforgettable.More editions of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning:
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White Stainsby Anais NinISBN 156333609X (1-56333-609-X)
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The World of Yesterdayby Stefan ZweigISBN 1406735744 (1-4067-3574-4)
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The Year of Reading Proust: A Memoir in Real Timeby Phyllis RoseISBN 1582430551 (1-58243-055-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Year of Reading Proust: A Memoir in Real Time'Book summary:"For a long time I used to try to read Proust," recalls Phyllis Rose, evoking both the somnolent opening salvo of Remembrance of Things Past and her own resistance to that mighty, melancholic masterpiece. Happily, she did get around to it. And even better, she recorded her dogged progress through all seven installments--and her own, shall we say, parallel life--in The Year of Reading Proust: A Memoir in Real Time. The result is an irresistible hybrid of autobiography, rumination, and lit crit, in which the author puts one Proustian principle after another into action. Some of these efforts end up backfiring on Rose. For example, her attempt to tar a friend with the French novelist's paradoxical brush causes her some deep embarrassment:
Paradox always leads you to a sort of truth, for it gets at truth's many-sidedness. But the tone of what I wrote David, although it amused him, was not Proustian. There's a sweetness that comes with complex understanding, and I didn't have it. The bitterness of my sterility flowed into the style, creating of Annie, whom I sometimes loved, sometimes scorned, sometimes envied, sometimes resented, sometimes relished, and sometimes pitied, a creature of blanket unattractiveness and of myself uncomplicated malice.
Here, of course, the author is being hard on herself, articulating precisely the sort of complexity that she's supposed to be incapable of. The paradox might evoke a faint smile from Proust himself--who also might have relished the pinpoint social observation and relentless honesty of Rose's book. Whether she's recording a late-breaking entente between herself and her mother, or the details of a dinner party for blaspheming bad boy Salman Rushdie, or her own career disappointments, the author withholds nothing. At the same time, she delivers any number of big-picture truths, occasionally wrapping them in you-know-who's favorite sort of simile: "As at a big party, you approach people you haven't seen in a long time with benevolence and perhaps a little too much joy, fearing that you've forgotten how close you were, in a long friendship, you might approach your friend with a tentativeness and uncertainty unwarranted by the degree of affection you feel for her, but understandable in the light of human forgetfulness and the complexity of your particular exchanges." It's all here--generosity, mortification, high intelligence, and top-quality gossip, along with enough Proustian moments to last any reader at least a year. --James Marcus [via]More editions of The Year of Reading Proust: A Memoir in Real Time:
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You're Stepping on My Cloak and Daggerby Roger HallISBN 1591143535 (1-59114-353-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'You're Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger'Book summary:With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts his experiences as an American Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. First published in 1957 to critical and popular acclaim, his book has become a cult favorite in intelligence circles. The story follows Hall's experiences from a junior officer fleeing a tedious training assignment in Louisiana to his quirky and rigorous OSS training rituals in the United States, England, and Scotland. Quick to pick up on the skills necessary for behind-the-lines intelligence work, he became an expert instructor. But he was only reluctantly given operational duties because of his reputation as an iconoclast. In his droll story-telling style, Hall describes his first parachute jump in support of the French resistance as a comedy of errors that terminated prematurely. His last assignment in the war zone came when William Colby appointed him section head of an operations group that made its way on foot through Sweden. Called one of the funniest and most perceptive works ever written about life in the OSS, the book includes a wealth of unforgettable personalities that Hall encountered over the years. 220 pages. Paperback. 6 x 9 inches. [via]
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