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The Anatomy of Melancholyby Robert BurtonISBN 1564590038 (1-56459-003-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Anatomy of Melancholy'Book summary:Partial Contents: Definition of Melancholy; Causes of Melancholy; Bad Diet; Passions and Perturbations of the Mind; Symptoms or Signs of Melancholy in the body; Prognosticks of Melancholy; Unlawful Cures Rejected; Lawful Cures; Diet Rectified; Deformity of Body, Sickness, Baseness of Birth; Against Poverty and Want and other Adversities; Against: Servitude, Loss of Liberty, Imprisonment, Sorrow for death of Friends, Vain Fear, Envy, Emulation, Hatred, Ambition, Self-love, and all other Affections; Against: Repulse, Abuses, Injuries, Disgraces, Slanders; Cure of Melancholy all over the Body; Love-Melancholy; Symptoms or Signs of Love-Melancholy; Symptoms of Jealously, fear, sorrow, suspicion; Cure of Jealously; Religious Melancholy. An outstanding analysis of what melancholy is, its kinds, causes, symptoms, prognosticks, and several cures for it; Philosophically, Medicinally, and Historically. [via]
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The Anatomy of Melancholyby Holbrook Jackson, Robert Burton, William H. GassISBN 0940322668 (0-940322-66-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Anatomy of Melancholy'Book summary:One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth century. Lewellyn Powys called it "the greatest work of prose of the greatest period of English prose-writing," while the celebrated surgeon William Osler declared it the greatest of medical treatises. And Dr. Johnson, Boswell reports, said it was the only book that he rose early in the morning to read with pleasure. In this surprisingly compact and elegant new edition, Burton's spectacular verbal labyrinth is sure to delight, instruct, and divert today's readers as much as it has those of the past four centuries. [via]
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The Anatomy of Melancholy: What It Isby Robert BurtonISBN 9022103013 (90-221-0301-3)
Hardcover, Walter J Johnson
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The Anatomy of Melancholy: What It Is, With All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostics and Several Cures of Itby Robert BurtonISBN 0394724224 (0-394-72422-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989by Bruce Chatwin, Jan Borm, Matthew GravesISBN 0140256989 (0-14-025698-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings 1969-1989'Book summary:The dangling ends of Bruce Chatwin's writing career were posthumously tied together by Jan Borm and Matthew Graves in a collection of 17 previously neglected or unpublished essays, articles, short stories, and travel tales. They span 20 years of writing, yet common threads emerge: his compulsive storytelling, the endless lure of the remote, and his keen sense of place. Borm and Graves have compiled a wonderful gift for the many Chatwin fans who miss him. [via]
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Angela's Huntby Neil GaimanISBN 1887279091 (1-887279-09-1)
Softcover, Image Comics
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Angels and Visitations: A Miscellanyby Neil GaimanISBN 0963094424 (0-9630944-2-4)
Hardcover, Dreamhaven Bks & Art
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The Areas Of My Expertiseby John HodgmanISBN 1594482225 (1-59448-222-5)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Areas Of My Expertise'Book summary:With his Daily Show appearances and his "I'm a PC" Apple ads, John Hodgman has only become more famous since the hardcover edition of his all-you-need compendium of facts, The Areas of My Expertise was released. He has also become smarter. To reflect this, the paperback edition of The Areas of My Expertise has been expanded to include 100 new hobo names and new, additional complete world knowledge. John Hodgman and his fur-hatted associate, Jonathan, have prepared an exclusive video for Amazon customers explaining the above.
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Bigger Secrets: More Than 125 Things They Prayed You'd Never Find Outby William PoundstoneISBN 0395530083 (0-395-53008-3)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Bla Bla 600 Incredibly Useless Facts: Something to Talk About When You Have Nothing Else to Sayby NICOTEXTISBN 9197488216 (91-974882-1-6)
Softcover, Nicotext Ltd
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The Book of Listsby David Wallechinsky, Amy WallaceISBN 1841956619 (1-84195-661-9)
Softcover, Canongate Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Lists'Book summary:The first and best compendium of facts weirder than fiction, of intriguing information and must-talk-about trivia has spawned many imitators - but none as addictive or successful. For nearly three decades, the editors have been researching curious facts, unusual statistics and the incredible stories behind them. Now, the most entertaining and informative of these have been brought together in a thoroughly up-to-date edition. Published all over the world, and containing lists written specially for each country, this edition has something for everyone. [via]
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The Book of Totally Useless Informationby Donald VoorheesISBN 1567312667 (1-56731-266-7)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Totally Useless Information'Book summary:Here is enough useless information for everyone. In "The Book of Totally Useless Information", Don Voorhees has compiled over two hundred explanations for the not-so-important questions in life.
Why is the sky blue?
Why does orange juice taste funny after you brush your teeth?
Why is a left-handed pitcher known as a "Southpaw"?
Why is the National Hockey League Championship Trophy called the Stanley Cup?
When did it first become offensive to extend the middle finger?
Why are diamonds measured in carats?
What makes stainless steel stainless?
Why does a Mexican Jumping Bean jump?
Why do spokes on wagon wheels appear to move backward on television or movie screens?
What is a best boy, a key grip, and a gaffer?
Chockful of fascinating trivial facts and anecdotes, "The Book of Totally Useless Information" will entertain readers of all ages. Illustrated throughout, this useful book will satisfy the curiosity of everyone who wonders why. [via]
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Cat Miscellany: Fascinating Facts About Catsby Max CryerISBN 184454169X (1-84454-169-X)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Cat Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Troubleshooting Tips, and Advice On Lifetime Maintenanceby David Brunner, Sam Stall, Paul Kepple, Jude BuffumISBN 1931686874 (1-931686-87-4)
Softcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Collected Ghost Storiesby Montague Rhodes JamesISBN 1853260533 (1-85326-053-3)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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Complete Illustrated Lewis Carrollby Lewis CarrollISBN 1853268976 (1-85326-897-6)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Illustrated Lewis Carroll'Book summary:Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) is famed for his magical stories, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, here illustrated throughout the inner pages by Sir John Tenniel's much loved drawings. However, inspired by the insatiable Victorian appetite for party games, tricks and conundrums, this eccentric and polymathical Englishman also wrote many other works of a humorous, witty, whimsical and nonsensical nature such as the mock-heroic nonsense verse 'The Hunting of the Snark', as well as dozens of other verses, stories, acrostics and puzzles, all of which are included in this volume. Oxford scholar, Church of England Deacon, University Lecturer in Mathematics and Logic, academic author of learned theses, gifted pioneer of portrait photography, colourful writer of imaginative genius and yet a shy and pedantic man, Lewis Carroll stands pre-eminent in the pantheon of inventive literary geniuses. [via]
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The Complete Works of Lewis Carrollby Lewis Carroll, Alexander Woollcott, John TennielISBN 1871061148 (1-871061-14-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Cook's Companionby jo SwinnertonISBN 1861057725 (1-86105-772-5)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Deepening Complexity of Crop Circles : Scientific Research and Urban Legendsby Eltjo HaselhoffISBN 1583940464 (1-58394-046-4)
Softcover, North Atlantic Books
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The Devil's Dictionaryby Ambrose BierceISBN 1595479406 (1-59547-940-6)
Softcover, Nuvision Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil's Dictionary'Book summary:The Devil's Dictionary is often considered Ambrose Bierce's most famous work. Portions of it were published in the San Francisco Wasp as a weekly column and in The Cynic's Word Book of 1906. Finally published in its entirety in 1911, the definitions found therein are as apt today as they were nearly a century ago. An example: "HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person slain whether he fell by one kind or another -- the classification is for advantage of the lawyers." [via]
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- The Devil's Dictionary: ISBN 1598189921 (1-59818-992-1)
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Softcover, Filiquarian Pub Llc - The Devil's Dictionary: ISBN 1846377382 (1-84637-738-2)
Softcover, Echo Library - The Devil's Dictionary: ISBN 1853263648 (1-85326-364-8)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited - The Devil's Dictionary: ISBN 1934255025 (1-934255-02-5)
Softcover, El Paso Norte Pr - The Devil's Dictionary: ISBN 1582343802 (1-58234-380-2)
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Diccionario Del Diabloby Ambrose BierceISBN 8497644751 (84-9764-475-1)
Softcover, Edimat Libros
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Dictionary of Phrase and Fableby E. C. BrewerISBN 1853263001 (1-85326-300-1)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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El Libro De Los Seres Imaginariosby Jorge Luis Borges, Margarita GuerreroISBN 9500409577 (950-04-0957-7)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Libro De Los Seres Imaginarios'Book summary:Ciento dieciseis seres imaginarios pueblan las paginas de este libro. Jorge Luis Borges los ha hecho venir de todos los rincones del mundo y la Mitología.¿ Pero, hasta donde son realmente imaginarios? Mística, metafísica, poesía, viejos relatos y realidades. [via]
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Essays in Idlenessby KenkoISBN 1596050624 (1-59605-062-4)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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The Folk Remedy Encyclopedia: Olive Oil, Vinegar, Honey and 1,001 Other Home RemediesISBN 1890957577 (1-890957-57-7)
Hardcover, F C & A Pub
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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wondersby Neil GaimanISBN 0061252026 (0-06-125202-6)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders'Book summary:A prodigiously imaginative collection.
New York Times Book Review, Editors Choice
Dazzling tales from a master of the fantastic.
Washington Post Book WorldFragile Things is a sterling collection of exceptional tales from Neil Gaiman, multiple award-winning (the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Newberry, and Eisner Awards, to name just a few), #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Graveyard Book, Anansi Boys, Coraline, and the groundbreaking Sandman graphic novel series. A uniquely imaginative creator of wonders whose unique storytelling genius has been acclaimed by a host of literary luminaries from Norman Mailer to Stephen King, Gaimans astonishing powers are on glorious displays in Fragile Things. Enter and be amazed!
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Generals in Bronze: Interviewing the Commanders of the Civil Warby William B. StypleISBN 1883926181 (1-883926-18-1)
Hardcover, Belle Grove Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Generals in Bronze: Interviewing the Commanders of the Civil War'Book summary:Generals in Bronze: Revealing interviews with the commanders of the Civil War. In the decades that followed the American Civil War, Artist James E. Kelly (1855-1933) conducted in-depth interviews with over forty Union Generals in an effort to accurately portray them in their greatest moment of glory. Kelly explained: "I had always felt a great lact of certain personal details. I made up my mind to ask from living officers every question I would have asked Washington or his generals had they posed for me, such as: What they considered the principal incidents in their career and particulars about costumes and surroundings." During one interview session with Gen. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Kelly asked about the charge at Fort Damnation. Gen. Chamberlain acquiesced, but then added, "I don't see how you can show this in a picture." "Just tell me the facts," Kelly responded, "and I'll attend to the picture." And by recording those stirring facts, Kelly left us not only his wonderful art, but a truly unique picture of the lives of the great figures of the American Civil War. [via]
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Health & Fitness: Essentials for Men Get Fit, Feel Great, Be Wellby Alex SmithISBN 1840003197 (1-84000-319-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Hints and Pinches : A Concise Compendium of Aromatics, Chutneys, Herbs, Relishes, Spices, and Other Such Concernsby Eugene Walter, John T. EdgeISBN 1892514982 (1-892514-98-2)
Softcover, Hill Street Press, LLC
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The History of Fartingby Benjamin BartISBN 1854797549 (1-85479-754-9)
Softcover, Michael O'Mara Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of Farting'Book summary:This is a collection of papers from the Bart Collection on the history of farting. The collection was started by Benjamin Bart on discovering several papers in his grandmother Emily's cedar chest, and are available with the help of the Australian Literature Council. The book encompasses all aspects of the history of farting, from the place of farts in culture through the ages to an A-Z of classic farts. Also included are sections on Le Petomane, France's greatest farter whose performances impressed Le Moulin Rouge, and on the Farta from Sparta, the old rugby club favourite immortalized in 12-verse epic limerick. For the medically-minded, a chapter considers the physiology of farting. [via]
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In Parenthesisby D. JonesISBN 1590170369 (1-59017-036-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Parenthesis'Book summary:"This writing has to do with some things I saw, felt, and was part of": with quiet modesty, David Jones begins a work that is among the most powerful imaginative efforts to grapple with the carnage of the First World War, a book celebrated by W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot as one of the masterpieces of modern literature. Fusing poetry and prose, gutter talk and high music, wartime terror and ancient myth, Jones, who served as an infantryman on the Western Front, presents a picture at once panoramic and intimate of a world of interminable waiting and unforeseen death. And yet throughout he remains alert to the flashes of humanity that light up the wasteland of war. [via]
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Inverne's Stage & Screen Trivia: The Greatest Entertainment Trivia Book Ever...by James InverneISBN 1860745997 (1-86074-599-7)
Hardcover, Music Sales Corp
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An Irreverent and Almost Complete Social History of the Bathroomby Frank MuirISBN 0812861868 (0-8128-6186-8)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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An Irreverent and Thoroughly Incomplete Social History of Almost Everythingby Frank MuirISBN 0880292318 (0-88029-231-8)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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Japan: A Traveler's Literary Companionby J. Thomas Rimer, Thomas Rimer, Donald RichieISBN 1883513162 (1-883513-16-2)
Softcover, Whereabouts Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Japan: A Traveler's Literary Companion'Book summary:This collection guides the reader through the complexity that is Japan. Although frequently misunderstood as a homogenous nation, Japan is a land of tremendous linguistic, geographical, and cultural diversity. Hino Keizo leads the reader through Tokyo's mazes in "Jacob's Tokyo Ladder." Nakagami Kenji explores the ghostly, mythology-laden backwoods of Kumano. Atoda Takashi takes us to Kyoto to follow the mystery of a pair of shoes and discover the death of a stranger. The stories, like the country and the people, are beautiful and compelling. Let these literary masters be your guide from the beauty of northern Honshu through the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, to the many temples in Kyoto, through Osaka and the coastline of the Sea of Japan, and down to southern Kushu to a Japan that only the finest stories can reveal. Contributors include Hino Keizo, Maruya Saiichi, Inoue Yasushi, Oda Sakunosuke, Miyamoto Teru, Tada Chimako, Atoda Takashi, Nakagami Kenji, Mizukami Tsutomu, Kawabata Yasunari, Takahashi Mutsuo, and Shima Tsuyoshi.[via]More editions of Japan: A Traveler's Literary Companion:
Kaputtby Curzio Malaparte, Dan HofstadterISBN 1590171470 (1-59017-147-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Literary Companionby Emma JonesISBN 1861057989 (1-86105-798-9)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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Measure of Her Powers: An M. F. K. Fisher Readerby M. F. K. Fisher, Dominique GioiaISBN 1582431043 (1-58243-104-3)
Softcover, Basic Books
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No Turn Unstonedby Diana RiggISBN 1879505037 (1-879505-03-7)
Softcover, Silman-James Pr
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Notes & Queriesby Joseph HarkerISBN 1857022661 (1-85702-266-1)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Notes & Queriesby Brian WhitakerISBN 1857020529 (1-85702-052-9)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Notes & Queriesby David Austin, Brian WhitakerISBN 1872180345 (1-872180-34-5)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Notes & Queriesby Senate, Brian WhitakerISBN 1857021606 (1-85702-160-6)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Pillow Bookby Sei Shonagon, Meredith McKinneyISBN 0140448063 (0-14-044806-3)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pillow Book'Book summary:The classic portrayal of court life in tenth-century Japan[via]
Written by the court gentlewoman Sei Shonagon, ostensibly for her own amusement, The Pillow Book offers a fascinating exploration of life among the nobility at the height of the Heian period, describing the exquisite pleasures of a confined world in which poetry, love, fashion, and whim dominated, while harsh reality was kept firmly at a distance. Moving elegantly across a wide range of themes including nature, society, and her own flirtations, Sei Shonagon provides a witty and intimate window on a woman's life at court in classical Japan.More editions of The Pillow Book:
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The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagonby Sei Shonagon, Arthur WaleyISBN 1417900695 (1-4179-0069-5)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon'Book summary:The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is an immensely detailed account of court life in eleventh-century Japan. Written at the height of Heian culture, it is a classic text of great literary beauty, full of lively anecdotes, humorous observations, and subtle impressions. Sei Shonagon was a contemporary and erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel, The Tale of Genji, fictionalized the court life that Lady Shonagon captures so vividly in her diary. The Pillow Book contains her reflections on royal and religious ceremonies, nature, pilgrimage, conversation, and poetry. Lady Shonagon shares character sketches and the things she both loves and loathes. Her style is so eloquent, her wit so sharp, even the briefest fragments enchant us. There is no better introduction to the daily preoccupations of the Heian upper class, and Ivan Morris's notes and contextualization enrich the material for scholars and general readers.
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Pocket Refby Thomas GloverISBN 1885071337 (1-885071-33-7)
Softcover, Sequoia Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pocket Ref'Book summary:All the reference information anyone needs on virtually any subject is right at the fingertips in this handy pocket-sized guide. Its tables, charts, drawings, lists, and formulas will be especially useful for contractors, students, travelers, electronics hobbyists, craftspeople, and engineers and technicians in virtually every field. [via]
The Psychobox: A Box of Psychological Gamesby Jonathan Miller, Mel GoodingISBN 1590301706 (1-59030-170-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Quotable Book Loverby Ben Jacobs, Helena Hjalmarsson, Nicholas A. BasbanesISBN 158574655X (1-58574-655-X)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Quotable Book Lover'Book summary:The bibliophiles of the world are an erudite and witty bunch, especially the hundreds of quotable sages and wags whose bons mots are collected in this tribute to the written word. The authors of these insights, spanning centuries and continents, include Aeschylus and Lady Bird Johnson, Gustave Flaubert and Francis Bacon, Russell Baker and Isadora Duncan, Katharine Hepburn and Mark Twain, Pablo Picasso and Brad Pitt.
The quotations offer witticisms as well as philosophical insights. Woody Allen quips, "I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It's about Russia." And Franz Kafka declares, "Books must be the axe to break the frozen sea inside me." Mark Twain reflects, "I like a thin book because it will steady a table, a leather volume because it will strop a razor, and a heavy book because it can be thrown at a cat." And Fran Lebowitz notes that "Magazines all too frequently lead to books, and should be regarded by the prudent as the heavy petting of literature." Aristotle observes that "To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man." H.L. Mencken explains, "I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved, which a cow enjoys on giving milk." And Thomas Mann opines that "A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
In all, there are more than 500 quotations that pithily consider every aspect of authors, readers, collectors, and books. Entertaining and provocative, it is the sort of book that makes you sit friends down and read them just one more entry. In one such entry, Robertson Davies observes that "There are many people--happy people, it usually appears--whose thoughts at Christmas always turn to books. The notion of a Christmas tree with no books under it is repugnant and unnatural to them." This is just the sort of book to make such people remarkably content. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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The Rising Gorgeby PerelmanISBN 1585741728 (1-58574-172-8)
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The Road Homeby Fred StensonISBN 1895073219 (1-895073-21-9)
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Robert Burton's the Anatomy of Melancholy: Commentary Up to Part. 1, Sect. 2, Memb. 3, Subs. 15, 'Misery of Schollers'by Martin Dodsworth, J. B. Bamborough, Robert BurtonISBN 0198123329 (0-19-812332-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Schott's Almanac 2007by Ben SchottISBN 1596911719 (1-59691-171-9)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Schott's Food & Drink Miscellanyby Ben SchottISBN 1582344205 (1-58234-420-5)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany'Book summary:From the author of the international bestseller Schott's Original Miscellany, the new collection of vital irrelevance and uncommon knowledge from the worlds of food and drink.[via]
The eponymous foods, famous last meals, and perfect martini proportions revealed in the bestselling Schott's Original Miscellany were only the tip of the iceberg: Schott's Food and Drink Miscellany is a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles from the culinary world. From food history to cooking terms, cocktail recipes to dining etiquette, grace before meals to after-dinner toasts-this olla podrida offers everything for the wine drinker, gastronome, and glutton. Ben Schott's brilliant juxtaposition of delectable tidbits makes this new miscellany so hard to put down, it may even make you late for dinner.More editions of Schott's Food & Drink Miscellany:
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Schott's Original Miscellanyby Ben SchottISBN 1582343497 (1-58234-349-7)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Schott's Original Miscellany'Book summary:Impossible to read at one sitting, but utterly unputdownable, Schott's Original Miscellany is a unique collection of fabulous trivia.[via]
What other book boasts an index that includes shoelace lengths, sign language, and the seven deadly sins; dueling and dwarves; the hair color of Miss America and the Hampton Court maze?
Where else can you find, packed onto one page, the names of golf strokes, a history of the Hat Tax, cricketing dismissals, nouns of assemblage, an unofficial motto of the US Postal Service, and the flag of Guadeloupe?
Where else but Schott's Original Miscellany will you stumble across John Lennon's cat, the supplier of bagpipes to the Queen, the labors of Hercules, and the brutal methods of murder encountered by Miss Marple?
A book like no other, Schott's Original Miscellany is entertaining, informative, unpredictable, and utterly addictive.More editions of Schott's Original Miscellany:
Schott's Sporting, Gaming, & Idling Miscellanyby Ben SchottISBN 158234406X (1-58234-406-X)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Selected Writings of William Hazlittby William Hazlitt, Duncan WuISBN 1851963693 (1-85196-369-3)
Hardcover, Ashgate Pub Co
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Seven Deadly Sins: Common Reader Editionby Angus WilsonISBN 1585790435 (1-58579-043-5)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Shakespeare Miscellanyby David Crystal, Ben CrystalISBN 1585677167 (1-58567-716-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Shite's Unoriginal Miscellanyby Antal ParodyISBN 1843170647 (1-84317-064-7)
Hardcover, Michael O'Mara Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shite's Unoriginal Miscellany'Book summary:[via]Among a mass of arcane, vital, or merely fascinating informationsemaphore signals, flowerpot sizes, gestation periods for small mammals, Oxbridge colleges, and Indian tribes at the Little Big Hornpriceless snippets that a reader may one day need to know are offered, such as things to say to your mother on her birthday, sightings of dead celebrities, organ enlargement, and of course, things to do with mashed potatoes. Here, too, is information that will come in handy when you least expect it, from pick-up lines and ways to end a romance and from popular irritants to song titles. Bizarrely ordered and insanely edited, this blend of humor and knowledge provide a superior recipe for instant laughter. A. Parody's previous books include Old Shite's Almanac and Shitedoku.More editions of Shite's Unoriginal Miscellany:
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Shite's Unoriginal Miscellanyby Stephen Blake, A. Parody, Andrew JohnISBN 1843170817 (1-84317-081-7)
Softcover, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shite's Unoriginal Miscellany'Book summary:Extensively researched, eccentrically compiled and irresponsibly written, this essential handbook is far from being just another collection of useless information. I is in fact a collection of useless, misleading, and possibly dangerous information. Breathtakingly combining the humorous with the bizarre, Shite's Unoriginal Miscellany weaves an eccentric course between fact-for-fact's-sake and that 'display of superior knowledge which is as great a vulgarity as display of superior wealth'. Among a mass of arcane, vital or merely fascinating information - 'semaphore signals', 'popular assult rifles', and 'ways of escaping from wild animals (probably)' spring immediately to mind - it offers priceless snippets of information a reader may one day need to know, such as 'things to say to your mother on her birthday', 'carrying a large flat parcel' and, of course, 'things to do with mashed potatoes'. Here too is information that will come in handy when you least expect it, from 'obscure royal appointments' to 'Buffyisms', and 'safety gloves' to 'fashional diseases and ailments'. Pointlessly ordered, insanely edited, and lovingly machine-printed on a substance closely resembling paper, Shite's Unoriginal Miscellany blends humor and knowledge together in a superior recipe for instant laughter. [via]
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A Student's Guide to Liberal Learningby James V. SchallISBN 1882926536 (1-882926-53-6)
Softcover, Isi Books
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Uncle John's Unstoppable Bathroom Readerby Bathroom Readers' InstituteISBN 1592231160 (1-59223-116-0)
Softcover, Advantage Pub Group
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The Unquiet Graveby Cyril ConnollyISBN 0892550589 (0-89255-058-9)
Softcover, Persea Books, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Unquiet Grave'Book summary:This enduring classic is "a book which, no matter how many readers it will ever have, will never have enough" (Ernest Hemingway).
Cyril Connolly (1903-1974) was one of the most influential book reviewers and critics in England, contributing regularly to The New Statesmen, The Observer, and The Sunday Times. His essays have been collected in book form and published to wide acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. The Unquiet Grave is considered by many to be his most enduring work. It is a highly personal journal written during the devastation of World War II, filled with reflective passages that deal with aging, the break-up of a long term relationship, and the horrors of the war around him. It is also a wonderfully varied intellectual feast: a collection of aphorisms, epigrams, and quotations from such masters of European literature as Horace, Baudelaire, Sainte-Beuve, Flaubert, and Goethe. Dazzlingly original in both form and content, The Unquiet Grave has continued to influence generations of writers. [via]More editions of The Unquiet Grave:
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The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000by Martin AmisISBN 0375727167 (0-375-72716-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000'Book summary:In Martin Amis's War Against Cliché, a selection of critical essays and reviews published between 1971 and 2000, he establishes himself as one of the fiercest critics and commentators on the literature and culture of the late 20th century. (He has already established himself as one of the most controversial and original novelists writing in English with novels such as Money and Time's Arrow.) In his foreword to the book Amis ruefully admits that his earlier reviews reveal a rather humorless attitude towards the "Literature and Society" debate of the time. Yet this only adds to the fascination of the collection, as Amis gradually finds his critical voice in the 1980s, confirming his passionate belief that "all writing is a campaign against cliché."
In the subsequent sections of the book, this war leads to some wonderfully cutting and amusing responses to whatever crosses his path, from books on chess and nuclear proliferation to Cervantes' Don Quixote and the novels of his hero Vladimir Nabokov. Praise for his literary heroes is often fulsome: J.G. Ballard's High-Rise "is an intense and vivid bestiary, which lingers in the mind and chronically disquiets it." But his literary wrath is also devastating in its incisiveness: Thomas Harris's Hannibal is dismissed as "a novel of such profound and virtuoso vulgarity," while John Fowles is attacked because "he sweetens the pill: but the pill was saccharine all along." Often frank in its reappraisals (Amis concedes to being too hard on Ballard's Crash when reviewing the film many years later), some of the best writing is reserved for his journalism on sex manuals, chess, and his beloved football. The War Against Cliché will provoke strong reactions, but that only seems to confirm, rather than deny, the value of Amis's writing. --Jerry Brotton, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Mythologyby Fernand ComteISBN 1853263370 (1-85326-337-0)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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X-Treme Latin: Unleash Your Inner Gladiatorby Henry BeardISBN 1592400140 (1-59240-014-0)
Hardcover, Gotham Books
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The Young Lady's Pocket Library, or Parental Monitorby Vivien JonesISBN 1855063824 (1-85506-382-4)
Hardcover, Thoemmes Press
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A Salto de Mataby Paul AusterISBN 8433967002 (84-339-6700-2)
Softcover, Ld Books Inc
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El Almuerzo Desnudoby W. BURROUGHSISBN 8433920081 (84-339-2008-1)
Softcover, Ld Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Almuerzo Desnudo'Book summary:Esta novela, una de las mas miticas de la literatura norteamericana, es un descenso a los infiernos de la droga y una denuncia horrorizada y sardonica, onirica y alucinatoria de la sociedad actual, un mundo sin esperanza ni futuro. Burroughs dispara sus flechas contra las religiones, el ejercito, la universidad, la sexualidad, la justicia corrupta, los traficantes tramposos, el colonialismo, la burocracia, y la psiquiatria representada por el siniestro Dr. Benway, el gran manipulador de conciencias, el experto en Control total. / Naked Lunch, one of the most mythical novels of North American literature, is a descent into the hellfire of drugs, and a horrified, sardonic, dreamlike and hallucinatory denouncement of todays society, a world with no hope and no future. Burroughs fires his arrows against religion, the army, university, sexuality, the corruption of justice, cheating dealers, colonialism, bureaucracy and the psychiatry represented by the sinister Dr. Benway, the great manipulator of consciences, the expert of total Control. [via]
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El Libro De Los Seres Imaginariosby Jorge Luis BorgesISBN 8420633895 (84-206-3389-5)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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El Libro De Los seres Imaginarios/The book of the imaginery beingsby Jorge Luis Borges, Margarita GuerreroISBN 950042651X (950-04-2651-X)
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X-treme Latin: Lingua Latina Extrema All the Latin You Need to Know for Survival in the 21st Centuryby Henry BeardISBN 159240104X (1-59240-104-X)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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With dozens more zingers for quashing e-mail pranks, psyching out your golf opponent, giving backhanded compliments, and evading awkward questions, X-Treme Latin is destined for magnus popularity and will have readers cheering, Celebremus!
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Illuminationen: Ausgew. Schriftenby Walter BenjaminISBN 3518068458 (3-518-06845-8)
Hardcover, Suhrkamp
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