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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Dieby Ethan De Seife, Steven Jay Schneider, Edward Buscombe, Linda Badley, Geoff Andrew, Tom Charity, Kathryn Bergeron, Joanna Berry, Garrett Chaffin-Quiray, Travis Crawford, Adrian DanksISBN 0764157019 (0-7641-5701-9)
Hardcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die'Book summary:"You played it for her, Sam. Now, play it for me." Everybody loves a good movie, and Casablanca is just one of the classics described in this, the ultimate book about movies! This volume's expert team of authors spans a full century of production, concisely describing 1001 of the best films from around the world. The listings are dramatically augmented with memorable photos, both in color and black and white. The book is a chrono-logical survey covering the best cinematic dramas, comedies, westerns, musicals, suspense and horror films, gangster classics, films noir, sci-fi epics, documentaries, and adaptations of novels and stage plays. Starting in 1902 with the French production, Le voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon) and the famous 1903 American short, The Great Train Robbery, this immensely enjoyable read moves forward chronologically. Film fans review the 1920s silent classics of D. W. Griffith and the comedies of Chaplin and Keaton, then go on to the era of sound films, beginning in 1927 with Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer. Soon to follow were von Sternberg's 1931 classic with Marlene Dietrich, Der Blaue Engel (The Blue Angel), the Bela Lugosi portrayal of Dracula, and the inimitable King Kong. Other highlights from the 1930s include screwball comedies like It Happened One Night and Bringing Up Baby, the elegant song-and-dance fests that paired Astaire and Rogers, the crazy antics of the Marx Brothers, and the classic Warner Brothers gangster films where James Cagney, George Raft, and Edward G. Robinson were brought to justice in the final reel. In the 1940s, The Maltese Falconand Casablanca made Humphrey Bogart a household name--and spanning nearly a half-century, from the 1930s to the '80s, Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classics thrilled millions. Also well represented are the post-World War II European New Wave directors, including Pasolini, Fellini, and Antonioni from Italy, Resnais and Truffaut from France, and many others. Here too in words and photos are the classic westerns, from epics starring John Wayne and Gary Cooper to those in which Clint Eastwood shot it out with the bad and the ugly. --And certainly not to be overlooked are the great musicals, from Singin' in the Rain to Chicago.Readers who open this book to any page will find a major film described with a complete list of credits, an essay summarizing its story line and screen-history, and still shots of some of the film's memorable scenes. At the back of the book, both an alpha-betical index and a genre index will help readers find any film they're looking for in a hurry. Collectors of DVDs and video tapes will find this volume a must for their bookshelf, but even casual moviegoers will enjoy browsing through this big, entertaining reference book. For students of cinema, for discerning film buffs, for general moviegoers, and for readers who enjoy reminiscing over unforgettable lines of dialogue, here's the best place to start. [via]
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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Dieby Lucy Summers, Edward Buscombe, Linda Badley, Geoff Andrew, Kathryn Bergeron, Joanna BerryISBN 0764159070 (0-7641-5907-0)
Hardcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die'Book summary:Updated with brand-new entries to describe the most recent major motion pictures, this critically-acclaimed volume spans more than a century of moviemaking, concisely describing 1001 of the best films from around the world. New in this edition are entries to describe such film hits as Lord of the Rings, Mystic River, Farenheit 9/11, and Million Dollar Baby. But in fact, this volume's team of critics goes back to 1902, describing such films as The Great Train Robbery, and progressing chronologically across the decades to cover the best cinematic dramas, comedies, westerns, musicals, suspense and horror films, gangster classics, films noir, sci-fi epics, documentaries, and adaptations of novels and stage plays made by filmmakers around the world. Each entry includes a full list of cast and credits, awards won by the film, an essay summarizing the story line and screen-history, and still shots of the film's memorable scenes. At the back of the book, both an alphabetical index and a genre index will help readers find any film they're looking for. Movie fans will find descriptions of great musicals like Singing in the Rain, westerns like High Noon, science-fiction classics like Star Wars, dramas like Chinatown and Schindler's List, and international classics from master directors who include Fellini, Antonioni, Resnais, Truffaut, Eisenstein, Kurosawa, and many others. Here is a volume that belongs in the personal library of film buffs, movie reviewers, collectors of DVDs-and every reader who enjoys reminiscing over great movies of the past and present. Hundreds of movie still shots in color and black and white. "... a great motivating guide to cinema. After reading one of its engaging, often profound entries on a missed film, you want to ... rent it. Best of all, it includes international, silent, animated, and recent films."
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1912by James ChaceISBN 0743273559 (0-7432-7355-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary: Or Why Can't Anybody Spell?by Vivian CookISBN 0743270991 (0-7432-7099-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650by John MorrisISBN 0760702438 (0-7607-0243-8)
Softcover, Marboro Books
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American Notes for General Circulation and Pictures from Italyby Charles DickensISBN 0749308680 (0-7493-0868-0)
Softcover, Heinemann
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Ancient Egyptby George HartISBN 0756606462 (0-7566-0646-2)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ancient Egypt'Book summary:Eyewitness Books' Ancient Egypt continues the tradition of excellent, accurate, and beautiful reference works for kids 9 to 12 years old. Ancient Egyptian civilization holds a special fascination for many, with its mummies, pyramids, and highly stylized artworks. Kids can explore a Pharaoh's tomb, see a mummy up close, and find out about Egyptian gods. Lots of archaeological relics show what life was like for the ancient Egyptians, from how they dressed to the games they played. [via]
Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Reference to the Myths, Religions, Pyramids and Temples of the Land of the Pharaohsby Lorna OakesISBN 0760749434 (0-7607-4943-4)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Richby David BachISBN 0767923820 (0-7679-2382-0)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Automatic Millionaire: A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich'Book summary:What's the secret to becoming a millionaire? For years people have asked David Bach, the national bestselling author of Smart Women Finish Rich , Smart Couples Finish Rich, and The Finish Rich Workbook , what's the real secret to getting rich? What's the one thing I need to do? Now, in The Automatic Millionaire , David Bach is sharing that secret. The Automatic Millionaire starts with the powerful story of an average American couple--he's a low-level manager, she's a beautician--whose joint income never exceeds $55,000 a year, yet who somehow manage to own two homes debt-free, put two kids through college, and retire at 55 with more than $1 million in savings. Through their story you'll learn the surprising fact that you cannot get rich with a budget! You have to have a plan to pay yourself first that is totally automatic, a plan that will automatically secure your future and pay for your present. What makes The Automatic Millionaire unique: You don't need a budget You don't need willpower You don't need to make a lot of money You don't need to be that interested in money You can set up the plan in an hour David Bach gives you a totally realistic system, based on timeless principles, with everything you need to know, including phone numbers and websites, so you can put the secret to becoming an Automatic Millionaire in place from the comfort of your own home. This one little book has the power to secure your financial future. Do it once--the rest is automatic! [via]
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Benjamin Franklinby Edmund S. MorganISBN 078625145X (0-7862-5145-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Benjamin Franklin'Book summary:Benjamin Franklin is perhaps the most remarkable figure in American history: the greatest statesman of his age, he played a pivotal role in the formation of the American republic. He was also a pioneering scientist, a best-selling author, the country's first postmaster general, a printer, a bon vivant, a diplomat, a ladies' man, and a moralist - and the most prominent celebrity of the 18th century. Franklin was, however, a man of vast contradictions, as Edmund Morgan demonstrates in this biography. A reluctant revolutionary, Franklin had desperately wished to preserve the British Empire, and he mourned the break even as he led the fight for American independence. Despite his passion for science, Franklin viewed his groundbreaking experiments as secondary to his civic duties. And although he helped to draft both the Declaration of Independence and the American Constitution, he had personally hoped that the new American government would take a different shape. Seeking to unravel the enigma of Franklin's character, Morgan shows that he was the rare individual who consistently placed the public interest before his own desires. [via]
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Birds, Beasts and Relativesby Gerald DurrellISBN 0755111818 (0-7551-1181-8)
Hardcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated
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The Blue Day Bookby Bradley Trevor GreiveISBN 0740722670 (0-7407-2267-0)
Hardcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Blue Day Book'Book summary:Available now for the first time in Little Book format, this international best-selling collection of amusing, poignant animal photos and inspirational text will lift the spirits of anyone who's got the blues. [via]
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The Blue Day Book: A Lesson in Cheering Yourself Upby Bradley Trevor GreiveISBN 0740704818 (0-7407-0481-8)
Hardcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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The Blue Day Book For Kidsby Bradley Trevor GreiveISBN 0740750232 (0-7407-5023-2)
Hardcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Blue Day Book For Kids'Book summary:Perfect for those downer days when your child needs a pick-me-up, The Blue Day Book for Kids magnificently pairs striking animal photographs and inspirational thoughts to re-create the magic Bradley Trevor Greive (BTG) tapped into with the original book.
Enchanted by the wildly successful Blue Day Book's poignant, often funny, photos of animals and clever, poetic insights, many parents and teachers from all over the world wrote the author asking, "When will you do a version of this book for children?"
The Blue Day Book for Kids features the same style of delightful black-and-white animal photos found in its New York Times best-selling predecessor. But this special edition for children is accompanied by compassionate words of wisdom written especially for children 12 and under. As BTG says, "Hey, even little people have big blue days."
The deceptively simple, imaginative story line reflects a child's sensibility about the symptoms, causes, and cures for those times when children feel tired, grumpy, left out, or think that nothing ever goes as they planned. Even on days when brussels sprouts are served at dinner . . . a cherished toy must be shared . . . a homework avalanche looms . . . or a silly mistake is made in front of friends or family, The Blue Day Book for Kids provides children with a literary umbrella to laugh off the unexpected rain life can bring. [via]
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Book of Shadows : A Modern Woman's Journey into the Wisdom and Magic of Witchcraftby Phyllis Curott, Paul AndrewsISBN 0767900545 (0-7679-0054-5)
Hardcover, Broadway Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book of Shadows : A Modern Woman's Journey into the Wisdom and Magic of Witchcraft'Book summary:"Most people know intuitively that when you fall in love the world is full of magic. What they don't know is that when you discover the universe is full of magic, you fall in love with the world."
When high-powered Manhattan lawyer Phyllis Curott began exploring Witchcraft, she discovered a spiritual movement that defied all stereotypes. Encountering neither satanic rites nor eccentric spinsters, she came to know a clandestine religion of the Goddess that had been forced into hiding over the course of history. Book of Shadows recounts Curott's remarkable initiation into Wicca (meaning "wise one") and shares her insights as a high priestess of an elegant, ancient spirituality that celebrates the magic of being alive.
An Ivy-league graduate and promising lawyer, Curott was a typical young woman in her twenties, determined to forge a law career within the burgeoning, male-dominated music industry. But when she began having prophetic dreams and mysterious visions of ancient female figures and unfamiliar symbols, she discovered an unexpected world of magic and began searching for a rational explanation. When her friend Sophia--a practicing Witch--suggested having her cards read by a Wiccan High Priestess, Curott instinctively dismissed the idea, but then forced her natural skepticism aside on the chance that this age-old practice might help her understand the unusual occurrences in her life.
Thus begins her journey into the magical world of Witchcraft, a religion originally practiced by priestesses, shamans, and healers that empowers our lives by working with the natural cycles of nature. Fascinated by this pre-Judeo-Christian religion that honors women as the embodiment of the Goddess and emphasizes respect and love for the natural world, Curott began attending a local coven's weekly circle to learn the sacred arts. Her Book of Shadows chronicles her ascent to the position of Wiccan High Priestess and her efforts to reconcile her newfound spirituality with her struggles as a woman rising through the ranks of the corporate world. Along the way, Curott relates the history of Witchcraft and shares many traditional Wiccan practices, such as casting a circle, drawing down the Goddess, harnessing the powers of the natural world, and casting spells for health, prosperity, and love.
Engagingly written and rich with detailed rituals and techniques, this inspirational book traces a modern woman's spiritual journey into a realm of extraordinary experience and enlightenment. Book of Shadows provides us with the keys to discover an enchanted world of divine empowerment so as to unlock the power that lies within us all. [via]More editions of Book of Shadows : A Modern Woman's Journey into the Wisdom and Magic of Witchcraft:
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Book of Shadows: A Modern Woman's Journey into the Wisdom of Witchcraft and the Magic of the Goddessby Phyllis Curott, Lauren MarinoISBN 0767900553 (0-7679-0055-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book of Shadows: A Modern Woman's Journey into the Wisdom of Witchcraft and the Magic of the Goddess'Book summary:Since Phyllis Currot first published Book of Shadows, the story of her spiritual journey and initiation as a High Priestess in the Wiccan community, Witchcraft has captured America's imagination as a theme for fiction, television shows, and films. Now America's highest-profile Witch returns to dispel more myths and misrepresentations of her faith, and to share a practical guide to the beautiful spiritual rituals and philosophies behind Wiccan tradition.
Rich with enchanting stories from Currot's own experiences and detailed advice for creating potions, working with Nature, and finding the Divine within, Witch Crafting is much more than just another superficial recipe book. Curott's unique guidebook integrates the inspiration of religious wisdom with sound, practical information. Witch Crafting reveals how to: incorporate Wiccan practices into your daily life; master the secret arts of effective spell casting; create sacred space and personal rituals; perform divinations for insight and success; and tap the magical power of altered states, such as dreaming meditation, prayer, and trance.
Perfect for beginners or seasoned practitioners, Witch Crafting is the ideal handbook for anyone seeking to unlock the divine power that makes real magic happen, and to experience the power and gifts of the universe more fully. [via]More editions of Book of Shadows: A Modern Woman's Journey into the Wisdom of Witchcraft and the Magic of the Goddess:
Brewer's Rogues, Villains, and Eccentrics : An A-Z of Roguish Britons Through the Agesby William DonaldsonISBN 0753817918 (0-7538-1791-8)
Softcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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The Casefilesby Jeff Mariotte, Nancy Holder, Maryelizabeth HartISBN 074342414X (0-7434-2414-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in Historyby George CrileISBN 0786259701 (0-7862-5970-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History'Book summary:A Blackstone Audie® Award Winner
Charlie Wilson's War is the untold story of the last battle of the Cold War and how it fueled the rise of militant Islam. Charlie Wilson, a maverick congressman from east Texas, conspired with a rogue CIA operative to launch the biggest, meanest, and most successful covert operation in the Agency's history.
In the early 1980s, after a Houston socialite turned Wilson's attention to the ragged Afghan freedom fighters who continued to fight the Soviet invaders despite overwhelming odds, the congressman became passionate about their cause and procured hundreds of millions of dollars to support the mujahideen.
Moving from the back rooms of the Capitol, to secret chambers at Langley, to arms-dealers conventions, to the Khyber Pass, Charlie Wilson's War is a detailed and brilliantly reported account of the inside workings of the CIA. [via]
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Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocenceby Michael CapuzzoISBN 0767904133 (0-7679-0413-3)
Hardcover, Broadway Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Close to Shore: A True Story of Terror in an Age of Innocence'Book summary:Michael Capuzzo tells the harrowing story of the real-life Jaws that helped inspire Peter Benchley's classic novel (and movie). Modern science now tells us that shark attacks are exceedingly rare and limited to just a few species. Yet they do occur, and one of the most terrifying episodes of fatal attacks occurred near the New Jersey shore in 1916, when a renegade great white shark went on a man-eating spree that left three adults and one boy dead. Capuzzo likens the shark's abnormal behavior to that of a person "who goes off the deep end and starts shooting." Whatever its motives, the shark captivated the public's imagination along the Eastern seaboard, devastated the resort economy, and even drew the attention of President Woodrow Wilson.
Close to Shore is a bit slow to get going and could have been a much shorter book. There is a fair amount of stage setting, and the first shark attack doesn't occur until about one-third of the way through the narrative. But Capuzzo does much with limited source material and includes lots of interesting asides on everything from the lore of sea monsters to the bathing-suit fashions of the day to nearly everything science knows about great whites, which, it turns out, is surprisingly little.
Alternating from the victims' perspectives to the shark's, Capuzzo's descriptions of the attacks are a blend of horrors and thrills: "Charles Bruder felt a slight vacuum tug in the motion of the sea, noted it as a passing current, the pull of a wave, the tickle of undertow. He could not have heard the faint, sucking rush of water not far beneath him. He couldn't have seen or heard what was hurtling from the murk at astonishing speed, jaws unhinging, widening, for the enormous first bite. It was the classic attack that no other creature in nature could make--a bomb from the depths." If this book were on any other subject, it would make for good beach reading. --John J. Miller [via]
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Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916by Michael CapuzzoISBN 0767904141 (0-7679-0414-1)
Softcover, Broadway Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916'Book summary:Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore brilliantly re-creates the summer of 1916, when a rogue Great White shark attacked swimmers along the New Jersey shore, triggering mass hysteria and launching the most extensive shark hunt in history.
During the summer before the United States entered World War I, when ocean swimming was just becoming popular and luxurious Jersey Shore resorts were thriving as a chic playland for an opulent yet still innocent era's new leisure class, Americans were abruptly introduced to the terror of sharks. In July 1916 a lone Great White left its usual deep-ocean habitat and headed in the direction of the New Jersey shoreline. There, near the towns of Beach Haven and Spring Lake-and, incredibly, a farming community eleven miles inland-the most ferocious and unpredictable of predators began a deadly rampage: the first shark attacks on swimmers in U.S. history.
For Americans celebrating an astoundingly prosperous epoch much like our own, fueled by the wizardry of revolutionary inventions, the arrival of this violent predator symbolized the limits of mankind's power against nature.
Interweaving a vivid portrait of the era and meticulously drawn characters with chilling accounts of the shark's five attacks and the frenzied hunt that ensued, Michael Capuzzo has created a nonfiction historical thriller with the texture of Ragtime and the tension of Jaws. From the unnerving inevitability of the first attack on the esteemed son of a prosperous Philadelphia physician to the spine-tingling moment when a farm boy swimming in Matawan Creek feels the sandpaper-like skin of the passing shark, Close to Shore is an undeniably gripping saga.
Heightening the drama are stories of the resulting panic in the citizenry, press and politicians, and of colorful personalities such as Herman Oelrichs, a flamboyant millionaire who made a bet that a shark was no match for a man (and set out to prove it); Museum of Natural History ichthyologist John Treadwell Nichols, faced with the challenge of stopping a mythic sea creature about which little was known; and, most memorable, the rogue Great White itself moving through a world that couldn't conceive of either its destructive power or its moral right to destroy.
Scrupulously researched and superbly written, Close to Shore brings to life a breathtaking, pivotal moment in American history. Masterfully written and suffused with fascinating period detail and insights into the science and behavior of sharks, Close to Shore recounts a breathtaking, pivotal moment in American history with startling immediacy. [via]More editions of Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916:
The Communist Manifestoby Friedrich Engels, K. Marx, Mick HumeISBN 0745310338 (0-7453-1033-8)
Softcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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The Communist Manifestoby K. MarxISBN 0745310346 (0-7453-1034-6)
Hardcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1by Neale Donald WalschISBN 078388074X (0-7838-8074-X)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1'Book summary:In keeping with the first two books in this trilogy, Conversations With God, Book 3 continues to clarify the muddy waters of our spiritual existence, but moves from individual and global issues to "universal truths," which apply to all levels of existence from the microscopic to the macrocosmic. It is difficult to criticize God, but if he is as pleasant as he presents himself in Walsch's books, then he won't mind the paltry mention of a structural problem. A hefty portion of Conversations With God, Book 3 backtracks to topics that were well covered in Book 1, and while a certain amount of recap is good to build on, Walsch's repeated return to these earlier conversations gets a bit frustrating for the reader who is familiar with the earlier books. Minor blemishes aside, Conversations With God, Book 3 explores some of the most fantastic subjects that people are prone to ponder under starry evening skies: What happens when we die? What is time? Are we alone in the universe? Walsch's dialogue with the creator puts these and other imponderables into comprehendible terms. If these revelations are true, and it is ultimately up to us to know them as truths or not, then the universe is a very intriguing place, and we haven't come close to realizing our potential in understanding it. However, the great thing Conversations With God, Book 3 makes clear is that we can understand the universe if we so choose. --Brian Patterson [via]
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Corner: A Year in the Life of an Innercity Neighborhoodby Edward Burns, David SimonISBN 0767900316 (0-7679-0031-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciencesby Galileo Galilei, Stephen W. HawkingISBN 0762420154 (0-7624-2015-4)
Softcover, Running Pr Book Pub
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Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Careby Benjamin Spock, Robert NeedlmanISBN 0743476670 (0-7434-7667-0)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care'Book summary:Benjamin McLane Spock (May 2, 1903 - March 15, 1998) was an American pediatrician whose book Baby and Child Care, published in 1946, is one of the biggest best-sellers of all time. Throughout its first 52 years, Baby and Child Care was the second-best-selling book, next to the Bible. Its message to mothers is that "you know more than you think you do." Spock was the first pediatrician to study psychoanalysis to try to understand children's needs and family dynamics. His ideas about childcare influenced several generations of parents to be more flexible and affectionate with their children, and to treat them as individuals. In addition to his pediatric work, Spock was an activist in the New Left and anti Vietnam War movements during the 1960s and early 1970s. At the time his books were criticized by Vietnam War supporters for allegedly propagating permissiveness and an expectation of instant gratifications that led young people to join these movements, a charge Spock denied. Spock also won an Olympic gold medal in rowing in 1924 while attending Yale University. [via]
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Early Birdby Rodney RothmanISBN 0743270584 (0-7432-7058-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Fifteen Decisive Battles of the Western World: From Marathon to Waterlooby Edward Shepherd CreasyISBN 0760754950 (0-7607-5495-0)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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The First World War: A New Illustrated Historyby Hew StrachanISBN 0743239598 (0-7432-3959-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Fluby Gina Bari KolataISBN 0743203984 (0-7432-0398-4)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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For the Time Beingby Annie DillardISBN 0783886713 (0-7838-8671-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Gilgamesh: A New English Versionby Stephen MitchellISBN 0743261690 (0-7432-6169-0)
Softcover, Free Pr
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History Of Christianityby Paul JohnsonISBN 0743282035 (0-7432-8203-5)
Hardcover, Touchstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History Of Christianity'Book summary:First published in 1976, Paul Johnson's exceptional study of Christianity has been loved and widely hailed for its intensive research, writing, and magnitude. In a highly readable companion to books on faith and history, the scholar and author Johnson has illuminated the Christian world and its fascinating history in a way that no other has.
In "the best one-volume history of Christianity ever done," according to The Christian Century, Johnson takes off in the year 49 with his namesake the apostle Paul. Thus beginning an ambitious quest to paint the centuries since the founding of a little-known "Jesus Sect", A History of Christianity explores to a great degree the evolution of the Western world. With an unbiased and overall optimistic tone, Johnson traces the fantastic scope of the consequent sects of Christianity and the people who followed them. Information drawn from extensive and varied sources from around the world makes this history as credible as it is reliable. Invaluable understanding of the framework of modern Christianity - and its trials and tribulations throughout history - has never before been contained in such a captivating work. [via]
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How to Insult, Abuse & Insinuate in Classical Latinby Michelle Lovric, Nikiforos Doxiadis MardasISBN 076071018X (0-7607-1018-X)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Imports
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Imitation of Christby Thomas KempisISBN 0766164969 (0-7661-6496-9)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Of the Imitation of Christ'Book summary:The premier line of Classic literature from the greatest Christian authors. The finest in quality and value.
"The Imitation of Christ" is a collection of spiritual sayings on a variety of themes. Thomas a Kempis quoted the Bible most of all--mainly the psalms, the words of Jesus, and the epistles of paul--but he also used quotations from Augustine, Bernard of Calirvaux, and a number of the German mystics, includeing Eckhart, Tauler, Suso, and Ruysbroeck. Because of such a variety of sources, it is difficult to generalize about the book's content; but it is possible to detect a point of view. For Thomas a Kempis, the Christian life consisted chiefly in who we are, not just what we know or believe.
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In Code: A Mathematical Journeyby Sarah Flannery, David FlanneryISBN 0761123849 (0-7611-2384-9)
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Iron Chef: The Official Bookby Fuji Television, Kaoru HoketsuISBN 0756786479 (0-7567-8647-9)
Softcover, Diane Pub Co
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The Kama Sutra of Vatsayanaby Richard BurtonISBN 0781801842 (0-7818-0184-2)
Softcover, Hippocrene Books
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Knitter's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to the Principles and Techniques of Handknittingby Montse StanleyISBN 0762102489 (0-7621-0248-9)
Softcover, Readers Digest
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Level 4by Joseph McCormick, Susan Fisher-Hoch, Leslie Alan HorvitzISBN 0760712085 (0-7607-1208-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Level 4'Book summary:The hemorrhagic viral diseases, such as Ebola, are among the most elusive and gruesome diseases known to man. Joseph B. McCormick and Susan Fisher-Hoch, a husband-and-wife team formerly of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, have spent their lives tracking these pathogens, traversing the globe in heroic efforts to confine them and prevent epidemic. In Level 4, McCormick and Fisher-Hoch recount their most gripping and rewarding experiences, and give insight into the stubborn bravery and driving curiosity that compels them to continually put their own lives at risk for the welfare of humanity. [via]
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Level 4 Hunters of the Cdcby Joseph B. McCormickISBN 0760712115 (0-7607-1211-5)
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Luthers Small Catechism With Explanationby Aly HawkinsISBN 0758611218 (0-7586-1121-8)
Hardcover, Concordia Pub House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Luthers Small Catechism With Explanation'Book summary:This version of Luther's Small Catechism features scripture references taken from the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible.
Written by Martin Luther in 1529 in question and answer format, the Small Catechism explores the Six Chief Parts of Christian Doctrine: the Ten Commandments, the Apostles Creed, the Lord s Prayer, the Sacrament of Holy Baptism, Confession, and the Sacrament of the Altar. Also included are daily prayers, a table of duties for Christians in their various callings in life, and a guide for Christians to use as they prepare to receive Holy Communion. Luther intended the catechism to be a prayer book for individuals and families and a powerful tool for the Christian life because it provides a brief, clear summary of God s Word on the essentials of the Christian faith.
Additional reference material includes: books of the Bible; the creeds and confessions; an explanation of Luther's seal; an explanation of the church year; fifty terms relating to worship and God's House; a brief history of the time between the testaments; an outline of God's salvation plan; and fifty Christian symbols and their meanings.
The explanation contained in this text was not written by Martin Luther. An explanation designed to help students understand and apply Luther's Small Catechism has accompanied editions of the Catechism since the early days of Lutheranism. The explanation is based upon and largely includes the work of Johann Konrad Dietrich, Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther, Heinrich Christian Schwan, and the committee that prepared the synodical catechism of 1943. [via]More editions of Luthers Small Catechism With Explanation:
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Memoirs of a Geishaby Arthur GoldenISBN 0739326872 (0-7393-2687-2)
Softcover, Random House Large Print
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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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Monkeyluv: And Other Essays On Our Lives As Animalsby Robert M. SapolskyISBN 0743260163 (0-7432-6016-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives As Animals'Book summary:The human animal in all its fascinating quirks of nature is showcased in this thoughtful and entertaining essay collection from America's most beloved neurobiologist/primatologist.
In these essays -- updated for this volume -- Robert M. Sapolsky once again applies his curiosity, compassion, and generous insight into the human condition to make a case for the science of behavioral biology that tells us who we are, why we are, and how we are.
The first section, "Genes and Who We Are," addresses the physiology of genes, featuring a dissertation on "The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World" and tackling the vital question: How did they wind up on the list? Another essay explains the invisible genetic warfare that takes place between men and women as they conceive a baby and that continues as the fetus develops. As Sapolsky says, "Warning: this essay does not make pleasant wedding-night reading."
The second section, "Our Bodies and Who We Are," focuses on our physical natures and dwells on such diverse topics as why dreams are in fact dreamlike, why we are sexually attracted to one another, and why Alzheimer's disease tends to be a postmenopausal phenomenon. As Sapolsky writes, "Sometimes, all you need to do is think a thought and you change the functioning of virtually every cell in your body."
In the third section, "Society and Who We Are," Sapolsky takes his interdisciplinary curiosity out into the wilds of civilization and poses such interesting questions as: When and why do our preferences in food become fixed? Why do desert cultures tend to be monotheistic and sexually repressed, whereas rainforest cultures tend to be sexually relaxed and polytheistic? Why do different cultures think differently about dead bodies? "We are shaped by the sort of society in which we live," Sapolsky tells us, "and we would not be the same person if we had grown up elsewhere."
In each of these investigations, we see a brilliant mind synthesizing his and others' research in a thoughtful, engaging, and witty voice that reveals the enormous complexity of simply being human. Charming and erudite in equal measure, this collection will appeal to the inner monkey in all of us. [via]
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Mysteries Of Ancient Egyptby Lorna Oakes, Lucia GahlinISBN 0754811875 (0-7548-1187-5)
Softcover, Lorenz Books
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The Natural: The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clintonby Joe KleinISBN 0767914120 (0-7679-1412-0)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Of Wolves and Menby Barry Holstun Lopez, Lopez, Barry (AFT), John BauguessISBN 0743249364 (0-7432-4936-4)
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On the Nature of Thingsby Cyril Bailey, Titus Lucretius CarusISBN 076076834X (0-7607-6834-X)
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The Oregon Trailby Francis ParkmanISBN 0785745904 (0-7857-4590-4)
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The Outline of History, Being a Plain History of Life and Mankindby H. G. WellsISBN 0760758670 (0-7607-5867-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Outline of History, Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind'Book summary:With "The Outline of History" Wells started a craze that lasted throughout the 1920s for copycat outlines on every conceivable subject. Coming right after the carnage of World War I, the "Outline" was neither unduly pessimistic and cynical about the human condition nor Pollyannaish about humanity's future. Instead, it offered an account of the development of the world's civilizations up to the present, showing its readers that an enlightened future depended on a clear, unprejudiced view of the past. [via]
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Pendulum: Leon Foucault and the Triumph of Scienceby Amir D. AczelISBN 0743464796 (0-7434-6479-6)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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Personal Finance for Dummiesby Eric TysonISBN 0764525905 (0-7645-2590-5)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Personal Finance for Dummies'Book summary:This book cuts through the hype and jargon, giving you the real story on credit cards, savings, taxes, real estate, spending reduction, mutual funds, retirement, and insurance -- all in a fun and easy-to-understand style. Also recommends the best financial products to meet your specific needs. [via]
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The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: The Hidden World of a Paris Atelierby Thaddeus CarhartISBN 0753156210 (0-7531-5621-0)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Portby Neil MathiesonISBN 0785810595 (0-7858-1059-5)
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A Primate's Memoirby Robert M. SapolskyISBN 0743202414 (0-7432-0241-4)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Primate's Memoir'Book summary:Robert Sapolsky, the author of Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers and other popular books on animal and human behavior, decided early in life to become a primatologist, volunteering at the American Museum of Natural History and badgering his high school principal to let him study Swahili to prepare for travel in Africa. When he set out to conduct fieldwork as a young graduate student, though, Sapolsky found that life among a Kenyan baboon troop was markedly different from his earlier bookish studies. Among other things, he confesses, he had to become a master of shooting anesthetic darts into his subjects with a blowgun to take blood samples, a mastery that required him to become "a leering slinky silent quicksilver baboon terror." He also had to learn how to negotiate the complexities of baboon politics, endure the difficulties of life in the bush, and subsist on cases of canned mackerel and beans.
His memoir is, in the main, quite humorous, although Sapolsky flings a few darts along the way at the late activist Dian Fossey--who, he hints, may have indirectly caused the deaths of her beloved mountain gorillas by her unstable, irrational dealings with local people--and at local bureaucrats whose interests did not often coincide with those of Sapolsky's wild charges. It is also full of good information on primates and primatology, a subject whose practitioners, it seems, are constantly fighting to save species and ecosystems. "Every primatologist I know is losing that battle," he writes. "They make me think of someone whose unlikely job would be to collect snowflakes, to rush into a warm room and observe the unique pattern under a microscope before it melts and is never seen again." --Gregory McNamee [via]
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A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life among the Baboonsby Robert M. SapolskyISBN 0743202473 (0-7432-0247-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life among the Baboons'Book summary:Robert Sapolsky, the author of Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers and other popular books on animal and human behavior, decided early in life to become a primatologist, volunteering at the American Museum of Natural History and badgering his high school principal to let him study Swahili to prepare for travel in Africa. When he set out to conduct fieldwork as a young graduate student, though, Sapolsky found that life among a Kenyan baboon troop was markedly different from his earlier bookish studies. Among other things, he confesses, he had to become a master of shooting anesthetic darts into his subjects with a blowgun to take blood samples, a mastery that required him to become "a leering slinky silent quicksilver baboon terror." He also had to learn how to negotiate the complexities of baboon politics, endure the difficulties of life in the bush, and subsist on cases of canned mackerel and beans.
His memoir is, in the main, quite humorous, although Sapolsky flings a few darts along the way at the late activist Dian Fossey--who, he hints, may have indirectly caused the deaths of her beloved mountain gorillas by her unstable, irrational dealings with local people--and at local bureaucrats whose interests did not often coincide with those of Sapolsky's wild charges. It is also full of good information on primates and primatology, a subject whose practitioners, it seems, are constantly fighting to save species and ecosystems. "Every primatologist I know is losing that battle," he writes. "They make me think of someone whose unlikely job would be to collect snowflakes, to rush into a warm room and observe the unique pattern under a microscope before it melts and is never seen again." --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Principiaby Isaac Newton, Stephen W. HawkingISBN 0762420227 (0-7624-2022-7)
Softcover, Running Pr Book Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Principia'Book summary:Establishing the laws of universal gravity and the fundamental laws of motion, Newton's momentous 1687 essay stands as one of the most important works in physics, and it revolutionized the way scientists investigate and prove their theories. In Principia, Newton used mathematical terms to present the principles of time, force, and motion, which have been instrumental in the development of modern physics. In his introduction, the famed physicist and bestselling author Stephen Hawking shows how his work built on that of his predecessors, Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler.[via]More editions of Principia:
The Republicby PlatoISBN 0760714835 (0-7607-1483-5)
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Sacred Sites of Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Guide to the Temples and Tombs of the Pharoahsby Lorna OakesISBN 0754806715 (0-7548-0671-5)
Hardcover, Lorenz Books
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The Sea Hunters: True Life Adventures With Famous Shipwrecksby Clive Cussler, Craig DirgoISBN 0743480694 (0-7434-8069-4)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japanby Oscar RattiISBN 0785810730 (0-7858-1073-0)
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Shoes: A Celebration of Pumps, Sandals, Slippers & Moreby Linda O'KeeffeISBN 0761101144 (0-7611-0114-4)
Softcover, Workman Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shoes: A Celebration of Pumps, Sandals, Slippers & More'Book summary:The Marabou Mule. The Chanel toe. Jackie O's pump. Marilyn's stiletto. And lotus shoes and fetish shoes, shoes made for coronations and inaugurations, Cinderella's slipper, shoes of tulle, brocade, rhinestone, python, fish scales, and feathers, and much, much, more, including the two-foot-high wooden chopines of the 16th century and their resurgence as the platform shoes of the 1960s and 1970s.Shoes, now with over 357,000 copies in print, is an obsessive, over-the-top extravaganza-chunky, full-color, and irresistible, it contains page after page of seductive photographs and information about women's shoes.Created for the woman who's a passionate shoe lover-and what woman isn't?--Shoes features over 1,000 glorious photographs, most of them taken for the book. Includes Footnotes (fascinating facts about shoes); Foot Soldiers (profiles of master shoemakers from David Little to Andrea Pfister); and The Shoe that Left an Imprint, focusing on one shoe that changed history-remember Courrage's futuristic go-go boot? Shoes is, as they say, to die for. [via]
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Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dreamby Hunter S. ThompsonISBN 0743240995 (0-7432-4099-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream'Book summary:First published in 1990, Songs of the Doomed is back in print -- by popular demand! In this third and most extraordinary volume of the Gonzo Papers, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson recalls high and hideous moments in his thirty years in the Passing Lane -- and no one is safe from his hilarious, remarkably astute social commentary.
With Thompson's trademark insight and passion about the state of American politics and culture, Songs of the Doomed charts the long, strange trip from Kennedy to Quayle in Thompson's freewheeling, inimitable style. Spanning four decades -- 1950 to 1990 -- Thompson is at the top of his form while fleeing New York for Puerto Rico, riding with the Hell's Angels, investigating Las Vegas sleaze, grappling with the "Dukakis problem," and finally, detailing his infamous lifestyle bust, trial documents, and Fourth Amendment battle with the Law. These tales -- often sleazy, brutal, and crude -- are only the tip of what Jack Nicholson called "the most baffling human iceberg of our time."
Songs of the Doomed is vintage Thompson -- a brilliant, brazen, bawdy compilation of the greatest sound bites of Gonzo journalism from the past thirty years. [via]
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The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darknessby Karen ArmstrongISBN 0786268115 (0-7862-6811-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness'Book summary:"I have decided to try again," Karen Armstrong writes at the beginning of The Spiral Staircase, in explaining why she is telling her life story for a second time, 20 years after doing so in Beginning the World. "We should probably all pause to confront our past from time to time, because it changes its meaning as our circumstances alter." That's a clue to the sort of open-minded and intensive inquiry that Armstrong is capable of, which has made her, in those 20 years, a bestselling theologian and historian of religion, known for such hugely popular books as The Battle for God, A History of God, and Islam: A Short History.
In the lucid yet reflective manner that is Armstrong's trademark, The Spiral Staircase recalls her painful early life as a nun, her even more painful reentry into secular society, and most compellingly, the long-undiagnosed epilepsy that made her life a horror show of phantom visions and misplaced hours. We follow Armstrong to the Middle East and elsewhere as she searches for answers to questions no less daunting than the significance of faith. Yet what drives Armstrong is her distaste for and distrust of those who see only black or white, never shades of grey. "I disliked the crusading certainty of Ayatollah Khomeini, yet I was also disturbed by the shrill rhetoric of some of Rushdie's champions," she writes in the wake of debate over Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses and the ensuing fatwa issued by the extremists on the Islamic right. Indeed, as religious dogma divides the world in ever new ways, Armstrong's learned views are especially resonant. But The Spiral Staircase, its name inspired by T.S. Eliot's poem cycle Ash-Wednesday, is not a polemic, despite Armstrong's forceful and persuasive arguments for religious tolerance. Rather, it's a beautiful letter sent by a gifted writer attempting to decode the meaning of her life. Who can't relate? --Kim Hughes [via]
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Spycatchers Encyclopedia of Espionageby Peter WrightISBN 0773721681 (0-7737-2168-1)
Hardcover, Musson Book Co
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Stephen King's The Dark Towerby Robin Furth, Stephen KingISBN 0743252071 (0-7432-5207-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordanceby Stephen KingISBN 074325208X (0-7432-5208-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance'Book summary:A Concordance, Volume II is the definitive guide to the many worlds, argots, characters, and cross-references -- within the Dark Tower series and among the rest of King's work -- that appear in Books V through VII: Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower.
Characters and Genealogies
Magical Objects and Forces
Mid-World and Our World Places
Portals and Magical Places
Mid-, End-, and Our World Maps
Timeline for the Dark Tower Series
Mid-World Dialects
Mid-World Rhymes, Songs, and Prayers
Political and Cultural References
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Stephen King's the Dark Tower: The Complete Concordanceby Robin Furth, Stephen KingISBN 0743297342 (0-7432-9734-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stephen King's the Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance'Book summary:The Dark Tower is the backbone of Stephen King's legendary career. Begun more than thirty years ago, seven books and more than three thousand pages make up this bestselling, epic fantasy series. Previously published in two separate volumes, The Complete Concordance is the definitive encyclopedic reference book that provides readers with everything they need to navigate their way through the series. With hundreds of characters, Mid-World geography, High Speech lexicon, and extensive cross-references, this comprehensive handbook is essential for any Dark Tower fan.
- Characters and Genealogies
- Magical Objects and Forces
- Mid-World and Our World Places
- Portals and Magical Places
- Mid-, End-, and Our World Maps
- Timeline for the Dark Tower Series
- Mid-World Dialects
- Mid-World Rhymes, Songs, and Prayers
- Political and Cultural References
- References to Stephen King's Other Work
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The Story of Artby Ernst Hans J. GombrichISBN 0785793429 (0-7857-9342-9)
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Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literatureby Margaret AtwoodISBN 0771008724 (0-7710-0872-4)
Softcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd
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The Top 10 of Everything 2006: The Ultimate book of Listsby Russell AshISBN 0756613213 (0-7566-1321-3)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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Top Ten Of Everything 2005by Russell AshISBN 0756605180 (0-7566-0518-0)
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Top Ten of Everything: The Ultimate Book of Listsby Russell AshISBN 0756613221 (0-7566-1322-1)
Hardcover, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
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Uncommon Groundsby Mark PendergrastISBN 0756753929 (0-7567-5392-9)
Softcover, Diane Pub Co
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Wake up, I'm Fat!by Camryn ManheimISBN 0767903633 (0-7679-0363-3)
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The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over Germanyby Stephen E. AmbroseISBN 0743216547 (0-7432-1654-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over Germany'Book summary:Long before he entered politics, when he was just in his early 20s, South Dakotan George McGovern flew 35 bomber missions over Nazi-occupied Europe, earning a Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery under fire. Stephen Ambrose, the industrious historian, focuses on McGovern and the young crew of his B-24 bomber, volunteers all, in this vivid study of the air war in Europe.
Manufactured by a consortium of companies that included Ford Motor and Douglas Aircraft, the B-24 bomber, dubbed the Liberator, was designed to drop high explosives on enemy positions well behind the front lines--and especially on the German capital, Berlin. Unheated, drafty, and only lightly armored, the planes were dangerous places to be, and indeed, only 50 percent of their crews survived to the war's end. Dangerous or not, they did their job, delivering thousand- pound bombs to targets deep within Germany and Austria.
In his fast-paced narrative, Ambrose follows many other flyers (including the Tuskegee Airmen, the African American pilots who gave the B-24s essential fighter support on some of their most dangerous missions) as they brave the long odds against them, facing moments of glory and terror alike. "It would be an exaggeration to say that the B-24 won the war for the Allies," Ambrose writes. "But don't ask how they could have won the war without it." --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B24s over Germany 1944-45by Stephen E. AmbroseISBN 0743223098 (0-7432-2309-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B24s over Germany 1944-45'Book summary:Long before he entered politics, when he was just in his early 20s, South Dakotan George McGovern flew 35 bomber missions over Nazi-occupied Europe, earning a Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery under fire. Stephen Ambrose, the industrious historian, focuses on McGovern and the young crew of his B-24 bomber, volunteers all, in this vivid study of the air war in Europe.
Manufactured by a consortium of companies that included Ford Motor and Douglas Aircraft, the B-24 bomber, dubbed the Liberator, was designed to drop high explosives on enemy positions well behind the front lines--and especially on the German capital, Berlin. Unheated, drafty, and only lightly armored, the planes were dangerous places to be, and indeed, only 50 percent of their crews survived to the war's end. Dangerous or not, they did their job, delivering thousand- pound bombs to targets deep within Germany and Austria.
In his fast-paced narrative, Ambrose follows many other flyers (including the Tuskegee Airmen, the African American pilots who gave the B-24s essential fighter support on some of their most dangerous missions) as they brave the long odds against them, facing moments of glory and terror alike. "It would be an exaggeration to say that the B-24 won the war for the Allies," Ambrose writes. "But don't ask how they could have won the war without it." --Gregory McNamee [via]
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A Year by the Seaby Joan AndersonISBN 0767905938 (0-7679-0593-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Travellerby Frances MayesISBN 0767910060 (0-7679-1006-0)
Softcover, Broadway Books
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