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Amber on the Mountainby Tony Johnston, Robert DuncanISBN 014056408X (0-14-056408-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amber on the Mountain'Book summary:Isolated on her mountain, Amber meets and befriends a girl from the city who gives her the determination to learn to read and write. [via]
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Brown Tide Rising: Metaphors of Latinos in Contemporary American Public Discourseby Otto Santa Ana, Joe R. FeaginISBN 0292777671 (0-292-77767-1)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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Car Washby Sandra Steen, G. Brian KarasISBN 0698119835 (0-698-11983-5)
Softcover, Puffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Car Wash'Book summary:A deep sea adventure at the car wash created by an award-winning artist with a snappy text written by school librarians, this book lets kids go through the car wash anytime!
Close hatch. Submarine. Going down. Deep. Dark.
Inside the foamy sea of the car wash, giant octopus arms whomp against the windows, creatures hide in seaweed, and tidal waves come crashing. Then, it's Drip, drip. Towel dry. Shiny car. Until the twins somehow manage to get the car dirty all over again! [via] -
Categories on the Beauty of Physics: Essential Physics Concepts And Their Companions in Art And Literatureby Emiliano Sefusatti, H. T. HamannISBN 0974026638 (0-9740266-3-8)
Hardcover, Vernacular Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Categories on the Beauty of Physics: Essential Physics Concepts And Their Companions in Art And Literature'Book summary:CategoriesOn the Beauty of Physics is a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary educational book that uses art, and information from a variety of disciplines to facilitate the reader'ss encounter with challenging material. It promotes scientific literacy, fosters an appreciation of the humanities, and encourages informed and imaginative connections between the sciences and the arts. Categories is a cooperative learning tool through which people (especially educators and students) can engage in academic and value-oriented discussions. [via]
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Delights & Shadowsby Ted KooserISBN 1556592019 (1-55659-201-9)
Softcover, Copper Canyon Pr
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Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Let Go of Compulsive Eating Through Metaphor and Storytellingby Anita A. JohnstonISBN 1559723327 (1-55972-332-7)
Hardcover, Birch Lane Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Let Go of Compulsive Eating Through Metaphor and Storytelling'Book summary:"Once we are able to stop seeing food as our enemy, we find we can use it to learn more about our emotional state. We begin to see that our favorite binge foods speak to us and for us. When we learn to listen carefully and decipher what our food choices have to say, the information can be quite revealing. Certain qualities in foods can be associated with certain feelings or with the suppression of certain feelings. For example, women who crave warm foods such as soups and stews are often longing for emotional warmth in their lives. Those who crave sweets may either be missing sweetness in their lives or trying to make themselves 'sweeter.' A craving for spicy foods may indicate a need for intellectual or emotional stimulation, a desire to spice up one's life. Crunchy, salty foods are often associated with frustration or the need to express anger. For many women, chocolate carries images of love or forbidden sexuality.
"Playing with the symbolic meaning of food can help reveal troubling feelings that for one reason or another have been kept out of our awareness. If a woman finds herself craving a particular food and determines that she is not physically hungry, she can be certain that it is her heart basket that needs to be filled. Knowing that this food is holding an emotional charge for her, she may ask herself, 'What is the feeling I'm not wanting to feel? What might be bothering me? What feels out of balance in my life? If this line of inner searching leads nowhere, she can then turn to the food she craves to give her some clues." [via]
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Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship With Food Through Myths, Metaphors & Storytellingby Anita JohnstonISBN 0936077360 (0-936077-36-0)
Softcover, Gurze Designs & Books
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Golden/GeishaISBN 2253117951 (2-253-11795-1)
Hardcover, Librairie Generale Francaise, LGF
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Gorky Risesby William SteigISBN 0374427844 (0-374-42784-4)
Softcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Hidden Connections, Double Meaningsby D. G. WellsISBN 0521313341 (0-521-31334-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Hope for the Flowersby Trina PaulusISBN 0809117541 (0-8091-1754-1)
Softcover, Paulist Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hope for the Flowers'Book summary:Hope's theme of life, moving through seeming death to a new and more beautiful life, has touched the hearts of millions of people. Hope for the Flowers is for young and old, lovers, husbands and wives. It's a book to learn to read with, or to comfort those who are dying or grieving. In the tale, the caterpillar heroes, Stripe and Yellow, want something more from life than eating and growing bigger. They get caught up in a "caterpillar pillar," a squirming mass of bodies, each determined to reach a top so far away it can't be seen. Finally disillusioned, they discover that the way for the caterpillars to find their particular "more," who they really are, is to enter the cocoon and "...risk for the butterfly." Hope for the Flowers has helped people gain the courage to leave jobs, change their lives and explore their love for another human being. Two million copies in print. [via]
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How Customers Think: Essential Insights into the Mind of the Marketby Gerald ZaltmanISBN 1578518261 (1-57851-826-1)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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I'm As Quick As a Cricketby Audrey WoodISBN 0859536645 (0-85953-664-5)
Hardcover, Childs Play Intl Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I'm As Quick As a Cricket'Book summary:"I'm as quick as a cricket, I'm as slow as a snail. I'm as small as an ant, I'm as large as a whale." Parents and teachers choose this big square book for the message of self-confidence. Toddlers love it for the singsong phrases and Don Wood's large, silly, endearing illustrations, which feature a boy mimicking different kinds of animals. At one point, he is pictured sipping tea formally with a fancy poodle ("I'm as tame as a poodle") and on the very next page he is swinging through trees ("I'm as wild as a chimp"). Whether brave or shy, strong or weak, in the end the young boy celebrates all different, apparently contradictory parts of himself. With a confident grin, he lifts his arms up and declares, "Put it all together and you've got ME!" (Baby to age 6) [via]
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If Kisses Were Colorsby Janet Lawler, Alison JayISBN 0803726171 (0-8037-2617-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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In the Beginning...Was the Command Lineby Neal StephensonISBN 0380815931 (0-380-81593-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Beginning...Was the Command Line'Book summary:Neal Stephenson, author of the sprawling and engaging Cryptonomicon, has written a manifesto that could be spoken by a character from that brilliant book. Primarily, In the Beginning ... Was the Command Line discusses the past and future of personal computer operating systems. "It is the fate of manufactured goods to slowly and gently depreciate as they get old," he writes, "but it is the fate of operating systems to become free." While others in the computer industry express similarly dogmatic statements, Stephenson charms the reader into his way of thinking, providing anecdotes and examples that turn the pages for you.
Stephenson is a techie, and he's writing for an audience of coders and hackers in Command Line. The idea for this essay began online, when a shortened version of it was posted on Slashdot.org. The book still holds some marks of an e-mail flame gone awry, and some tangents should have been edited to hone his formidable arguments. But unlike similar writers who also discuss technical topics, he doesn't write to exclude; readers who appreciate computing history (like Dealers of Lightning or Fire in the Valley) can easily step into this book.
Stephenson tackles many myths about industry giants in this volume, specifically Apple and Microsoft. By now, every newspaper reader has heard of Microsoft's overbearing business practices, but Stephenson cuts to the heart of new issues for the software giant with a finely sharpened steel blade. Apple fares only a little better as Stephenson (a former Mac user himself) highlights the early steps the company took to prepare for a monopoly within the computer market--and its surprise when this didn't materialize. Linux culture gets a thorough--but fair--skewering, and the strengths of BeOS are touted (although no operating system is nearly close enough to perfection in Stephenson's eyes).
As for the rest of us, who have gladly traded free will and an intellectual understanding of computers for a clutter-free, graphically pleasing interface, Stephenson has thoughts to offer as well. He fully understands the limits nonprogrammers feel in the face of technology (an example being the "blinking 12" problem when your VCR resets itself). Even so, within Command Line he convincingly encourages us as a society to examine the metaphors of technology--simplifications that aren't really much simpler--that we greedily accept. --Jennifer Buckendorff [via]
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Memoirs of a Geishaby Arthur GoldenISBN 1400096898 (1-4000-9689-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memoirs of a Geisha'Book summary:The first thing you notice about the audio version of Memoirs of a Geisha is that Arthur Golden's 428-page novel has been reduced to a scant two cassettes. But dismay quickly gives way to mounting pleasure as Elaina Erika Davis (Contact, As the World Turns) begins her delicate rendering of geisha culture in the years before World War II. Davis reads the abbreviated story of Sayuri with an authentic-sounding Japanese accent--one mixed with a magical combination of Asian reserve and theatrical energy. As Sayuri ages from a 9-year-old peasant girl to a popular geisha in her late 20s, Davis directs her voice gently away from curious youth to a tone that reflects Sayuri's uphill life.
From start to finish, the listener is absorbed in the elegant spirit of Davis's performance, eager to hear the next chapter of Sayuri's transformation into one of the most famous geishas of the century. How unfortunate, then, to learn that book readers not only get the basic story, but a fascinating look at the intricate rules and rituals of geisha culture. Here, for example, is one of the many revelations omitted from the cassette: "Japanese men, as a rule, feel about a woman's neck and throat the same way that men in the West might feel about a woman's legs.... In fact, a geisha leaves a tiny margin of skin bare all around the hairline, causing her makeup to look even more artificial.... When a man sits beside her, he becomes that much more aware of the bare skin beneath."
We're also denied several subplots--the aborted friendship between Sayuri and a geisha named Pumpkin, for example, or much of the story involving the man Sayuri is secretly in love with. But what remains is as precious as a traditional Japanese kimono--at once artistic, suggestive, and moving. --Ann Senechal [via]
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- Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0307275167 (0-307-27516-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0679781587 (0-679-78158-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0739326872 (0-7393-2687-2)
Softcover, Random House Large Print - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0375400117 (0-375-40011-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0739326228 (0-7393-2622-8)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 037570440X (0-375-70440-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0606222049 (0-606-22204-9)
Hardcover, Demco Media - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0783801459 (0-7838-0145-9)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 1400096898 (1-4000-9689-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Memoirs of a Geisha: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, Piano Soloby John WilliamsISBN 1423412206 (1-4234-1220-6)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memoirs of a Geisha: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack, Piano Solo'Book summary:(Piano Solo Songbook). Six instrumental themes by John Williams from this Oscar-winning film, arranged for piano solo. Includes: As the Water * Becoming a Geisha * The Chairman's Waltz * Going to School * Sayuri's Theme * Sayuri's Theme and End Credits. [via]
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Memorias De Una Geisha / Memoirs of a Geishaby Arthur Golden, Pilar VazquezISBN 0307275302 (0-307-27530-2)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memorias De Una Geisha / Memoirs of a Geisha'Book summary:En Memorias de una geisha, Arthur Golden abre una ventana al misterioso mundo del erotismo en Japón y describe con fidelidad la delicada fortaleza de la cultura de las geishas de Kioto a lo largo del siglo. [via]
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Metaphors Dictionaryby Weiss Dorrie, Sommers Elyse, Elyse Sommer, Dorrie WeissISBN 1578591376 (1-57859-137-6)
Hardcover, Visible Ink Pr
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Metaphors We Live byby George Lakoff, Mark JohnsonISBN 0226468011 (0-226-46801-1)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Metaphors We Live by'Book summary:The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless other subjects. Because such metaphors structure our most basic understandings of our experience, they are "metaphors we live by"metaphors that can shape our perceptions and actions without our ever noticing them.[via]
In this updated edition of Lakoff and Johnson's influential book, the authors supply an afterword surveying how their theory of metaphor has developed within the cognitive sciences to become central to the contemporary understanding of how we think and how we express our thoughts in language. -
A Parisian Affair And Other Storiesby Guy De Maupassant, Sian MilesISBN 0140448128 (0-14-044812-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Parisian Affair And Other Stories'Book summary:[via]Set in the nouveau riche Paris of society women, prostitutes, and playboys; in the Normandy countryside; and on the French Riviera where Maupassant had lived, the thirty-four short stories in this volume are among the most darkly humorous and brilliant in French literature. They focus on the complexity of close relationships: between lovers, as in the poignant fantasy A Parisian Affair or the touchingly ironical The Jewels ; between siblings, as in At Sea ; and between former partners, as in Encounter. They reveal two sides of human nature: its grace and generosity and also, as in Boule de Suif, its greed and hypocrisy. Piquant and varied, Maupassants stories lay humanity bare with deft wit and devastating honesty.
- Siân Miles's vibrant new translation is accompanied by an Introduction discussing Maupassant's stpries as a reflection of the rapidly changing beliefs of his society
- "The Necklace"Maupassant's famous story not included in the previous Penguin Classics editionappears in this volume
- Includes chronology, notes, and suggestions for further reading
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Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thoughtby George LakoffISBN 0465056741 (0-465-05674-1)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought'Book summary:George Lakoff and Mark Johnson take on the daunting task of rebuilding Western philosophy in alignment with three fundamental lessons from cognitive science: The mind is inherently embodied, thought is mostly unconscious, and abstract concepts are largely metaphorical. Why so daunting? "Cognitive science--the empirical study of the mind--calls upon us to create a new, empirically responsible philosophy, a philosophy consistent with empirical discoveries about the nature of mind," they write. "A serious appreciation of cognitive science requires us to rethink philosophy from the beginning, in a way that would put it more in touch with the reality of how we think." In other words, no Platonic forms, no Cartesian mind-body duality, no Kantian pure logic. Even Noam Chomsky's generative linguistics is revealed under scrutiny to have substantial problems.
Parts of Philosophy in the Flesh retrace the ground covered in the authors' earlier Metaphors We Live By, which revealed how we deal with abstract concepts through metaphor. (The previous sentence, for example, relies on the metaphors "Knowledge is a place" and "Knowing is seeing" to make its point.) Here they reveal the metaphorical underpinnings of basic philosophical concepts like time, causality--even morality--demonstrating how these metaphors are rooted in our embodied experiences. They repropose philosophy as an attempt to perfect such conceptual metaphors so that we can understand how our thought processes shape our experience; they even make a tentative effort toward rescuing spirituality from the heavy blows dealt by the disproving of the disembodied mind or "soul" by reimagining "transcendence" as "imaginative empathetic projection." Their source list is helpfully arranged by subject matter, making it easier to follow up on their citations. If you enjoyed the mental workout from Steven Pinker's How the Mind Works, Lakoff and Johnson will, to pursue the "Learning is exercise" metaphor, take you to the next level of training. --Ron Hogan [via]
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Quiet, Pleaseby Eve Merriam, Sheila HamanakaISBN 0671798162 (0-671-79816-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Seven Blind Miceby Ed YoungISBN 0698118952 (0-698-11895-2)
Softcover, Puffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seven Blind Mice'Book summary:"It's a pillar," says one. "It's a fan," says another. One by one, the seven blind mice investigate the strange Something by the pond. And one by one, they come back with a different theory. It's only when the seventh mouse goes out-and explores the whole Something-that the mice see the whole truth. Based on a classic Indian tale, Ed Young's beautifully rendered version is a treasure to enjoy again and again.[via]
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Snow, Snow: Winter poems for Childrenby Jane Yolen, Jason StempleISBN 1590783468 (1-59078-346-8)
Softcover, Boyds Mills Pr
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A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes: A Pocket Bookby Elizabeth Garton, Elizabeth Garton Scanlon, Robin Preiss-GlasserISBN 0060295260 (0-06-029526-0)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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The Sound of Colors: A Journey Of The Imaginationby Jimmy Liao, Jimi, Sarah L. ThomsonISBN 0316939927 (0-316-93992-7)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Therapeutic Metaphors: Helping Others Through the Looking Glassby David Cole GordonISBN 0916990044 (0-916990-04-4)
Softcover, Meta Pubns
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Thin Wood Wallsby David PatneaudeISBN 0618342907 (0-618-34290-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thin Wood Walls'Book summary:Eleven-year-old Joe Hanada likes playing basketball with his best friend, Ray, writing plays and stories, and thinking about the upcoming Christmas holiday. But his world falls apart when Japanese planes bomb Pearl Harbor. His country goes to war. The FBI takes his father away. And neighbors and friends in his hometown near Seattle begin to suspect Joe, his family, and all Japanese Americans of spying for the enemy.[via]
When the government orders people of Japanese heritage living on the West Coast to move to internment camps, Joe turns to the journal his father gave him to record his thoughts and feelings. Writing journal entries and haiku poetry offers some relief as Joe struggles to endure life in Tule Lake War Relocation Campdays filled with boredom, concern for his father, and worry for his brother, who joins the American army to prove the bravery and loyalty of Japanese American citizens. Thin Wood Walls is a powerful story of a boy who grows up quickly in a changed world.More editions of Thin Wood Walls:
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Trading Up: The New American Luxuryby Michael Silverstein, John Butman, Neil FiskeISBN 1591840139 (1-59184-013-9)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Trading Up: The New American Luxury'Book summary:A fascinating look at why millions of consumers are "trading up" to premium goods, and how companies can profit from this phenomenon.
Middle-market consumers have more discretionary income than ever before and are willing to pay extra for "new luxury" goods and services-items that deliver higher quality, technical advantages, and superior performance to conventional products. Above all, consumers are looking for emotional engagement-they look to products to help them manage the stresses of everyday life, and to help them realize their aspirations. A new luxury good may be as simple as a shampoo ($9 from Aveda, versus $3 from Suave) that brings moments of comfort and sensual pleasure, or as complex as a car ($26,000 for a bottom-of-the-line Mercedes, versus $20,000 for a Pontiac) that delivers feelings of safety and excitement.
Clothing, cars, beer, coffee, kitchen appliances, lingerie, personal care, pet food, restaurants-in dozens of categories, new luxury goods occupy a sweet spot in the market, because they can sell in much higher unit volumes than "old luxury" goods, but command much higher profit margins than ordinary products. But new luxury leaders-such as Callaway Golf, Victoria's Secret, Panera Bread, Belvedere vodka, Whirlpool Duet, and Williams-Sonoma-create andmarket their goods very differently than do conventional companies. Trading Up explores what's driving this move to premium goods, tells the inside stories of many New Luxury companies and their leaders, and offers insights and methods that can help the reader take advantage of this remarkable phenomenon. The book is based on the authors' experience in helping clients create billions of dollars worth of New Luxury products as well as on exhaustive supporting research. [via]More editions of Trading Up: The New American Luxury:
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Trading Up: Why Consumers Want New Luxury Goods... And How Companies Create Themby Michael Silverstein, John Butman, Neil FiskeISBN 1591840805 (1-59184-080-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Trading Up: Why Consumers Want New Luxury Goods... And How Companies Create Them'Book summary:First published to media acclaim in October 2003, Trading Up revealed how todays middle-class consumers are seeking higher levels of quality, taste, and aspiration than had ever been possible beforein their choices of cars and clothing, vodka and beer, golf clubs and dolls, and much more. The book identified a major opportunity for entrepreneurs and innovators, managers and marketers, in every category of consumer goods and services. Now Michael Silverstein and Neil Fiske have thoroughly revised this BusinessWeek bestseller with new research and new insights into the still- growing phenomenon of trading up. [via]
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Where Mathematics Comes from: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Beingby George Lakoff, Rafael E. NunezISBN 0465037712 (0-465-03771-2)
Softcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Where Mathematics Comes from: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being'Book summary:If Barbie thinks math class is tough, what could she possibly think about math as a class of metaphorical thought? Cognitive scientists George Lakoff and Rafael Nuñez explore that theme in great depth in Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being. This book is not for the faint of heart or those with an aversion to heavy abstraction--Lakoff and Nuñez pull no punches in their analysis of mathematical thinking. Their basic premise, that all of mathematics is derived from the metaphors we use to maneuver in the world around us, is easy enough to grasp, but following the reasoning requires a willingness to approach complex mathematical and linguistic concepts--a combination that is sure to alienate a fair number of readers.
Those willing to brave its rigors will find Where Mathematics Comes From rewarding and profoundly thought-provoking. The heart of the book wrestles with the important concept of infinity and tries to explain how our limited experience in a seemingly finite world can lead to such a crazy idea. The authors know their math and their cognitive theory. While those who want their abstractions to reflect the real world rather than merely the insides of their skulls will have trouble reading while rolling their eyes, most readers will take to the new conception of mathematical thinking as a satisfying, if challenging, solution. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridgeby Mem Fox, Julie VivasISBN 091629126X (0-916291-26-X)
Softcover, Kane Miller Book Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge'Book summary:The offbeat style of this wonderful story--and of Julie Vivas's perfectly matched illustrations--couldn't be summed up better than by the oddness of the first sentence: "There was once a small boy called Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge and what's more he wasn't very old either." Wilfrid lives next to a retirement home, filled with folks like "Mrs. Jordan who played the organ" and "Mr. Hosking who told him scary stories." But his favorite old person is 96-year-old Miss Nancy. Everyone says Miss Nancy has lost her memory, and despite the fact that Wilfrid doesn't even know what a memory is, by accident he helps her find it. Mem Fox's original take on the capacity of children to help the old remember is especially notable for its non-patronizing focus on old people. (Ages 4 to 8) --Richard Farr [via]
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Geishaby Arthur GoldenISBN 225314794X (2-253-14794-X)
Softcover, Le Livre de poche
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Geisha'Book summary:574pages. poche. broché. A neuf ans, dans le Japon d'avant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Sayuri est vendue par son père, un modeste pêcheur, à une maison de plaisir de Kyoto. Dotée d'extraordinaires yeux bleus, la petite fille comprend vite qu'il faut mettre à profit la chance qui est la sienne. Elle se plie avec docilité à l'initiation difficile qui en fera une vraie geisha. Art de la toilette et de la coiffure, rituel du thé, science du chant, de la danse et de l'amour: Sayuri va peu à peu se hisser au rang des geishas les plus convoitées de la ville. Les riches, les puissants se disputeront ses faveurs. Elle triomphera des pièges que lui tend la haine d'une rivale. Elle rencontrera finalement l'amour. Ecrit sous la forme de mémoires, ce récit a la véracité d'un exceptionnel document et le souffle d'un grand roman. Il nous entraîne au coeur d'un univers exotique où se mêlent érotisme et perversité, cruauté et raffinement, séduction et mystère. [via]
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La Metaphore En Phonetiqueby Ivan FonagyISBN 2891440323 (2-89144-032-3)
Hardcover, Didier
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Memorias De Una Geisha / Memoirs of a Geishaby Arthur Golden, Pilar VazquezISBN 0307275310 (0-307-27531-0)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memorias De Una Geisha / Memoirs of a Geisha'Book summary:Poco antes de su muerte, Sayuri, una anciana japonesa afincada en Nueva York, cuenta la historia de su vida a un joven amigo americano. El poder de seducción de la voz narrativa de esta geisha legendaria transporta al lector a un Japón de entre guerras, lleno todavía de ecos feudales, y a una de las tradiciones japonesas que más curiosidad inspiran en el mundo occidental: la de la geisha, una peculiar práctica cultural a la que están ligadas artes tales como la seducción, la danza, la pintura o la clásica ceremonia del té. [via]
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Suomen Kansan Vertauksiaby Matti KuusiISBN 951717182X (951-717-182-X)
Hardcover, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
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Die Geishaby Arthur GoldenISBN 3442726328 (3-442-72632-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Die Geisha'Book summary:Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter wird Chiyo in ein Geisha-Haus verkauft. Nachleidvollen Lehrjahren wird sie die begehrteste und mächtigste von allenGeishas. Doch ihr Traum vom privaten Glück erfüllt sich erst nach dem Untergangder alten Geisha-Kultur. [via]
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