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Age of Faithby William James DurantISBN 0671012002 (0-671-01200-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Age of Napoleonby Will Durant, Ariel DurantISBN 067121988X (0-671-21988-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Alan Turing: The Enigmaby Andrew HodgesISBN 0671528092 (0-671-52809-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alan Turing: The Enigma'Book summary:Alan Turing died in 1954, but the themes of his life epitomize the turn of the millennium. A pure mathematician from a tradition that prided itself on its impracticality, Turing laid the foundations for modern computer science, writes Andrew Hodges:
Alan had proved that there was no "miraculous machine" that could solve all mathematical problems, but in the process he had discovered something almost equally miraculous, the idea of a universal machine that could take over the work of any machine.
During World War II, Turing was the intellectual star of Bletchley Park, the secret British cryptography unit. His work cracking the German's Enigma machine code was, in many ways, the first triumph of computer science. And Turing died because his identity as a homosexual was incompatible with cold-war ideas of security, implemented with machines and remorseless logic: "It was his own invention, and it killed the goose that laid the golden eggs."
Andrew Hodges's remarkable insight weaves Turing's mathematical and computer work with his personal life to produce one of the best biographies of our time, and the basis of the Derek Jacobi movie Breaking the Code. Hodges has the mathematical knowledge to explain the intellectual significance of Turing's work, while never losing sight of the human and social picture:
In this sense his life belied his work, for it could not be contained by the discrete state machine. At every stage his life raised questions about the connection (or lack of it) between the mind and the body, thought and action, intelligence and operations, science and society, the individual and history.
And Hodges admits what all biographers know, but few admit, about their subjects: "his inner code remains unbroken." Alan Turing is still an enigma. --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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The American Heritage College Dictionaryby AhdISBN 0618835954 (0-618-83595-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Centuryby Kevin PhillipsISBN 067003486X (0-670-03486-X)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harborby Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon, Gordon William PrangeISBN 0670840742 (0-670-84074-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Baby and Child Careby Benjamin SpockISBN 0671804928 (0-671-80492-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Baby and Child Care'Book summary:DR SPOCK'S BABY AND CHLID CARE has been the trusted guidebook for generations of parents across the world. Now in this fully revised edition of the timeless bestseller, you'll find all the expert paediatric advice you need to meet the challenges of bringing up children in the new millennium. DR SPOCK'S BABY AND CHILD CARE tackles all the commonplace issues that affect parents such as potty training, sleep problems, first aid and breast-feeding but it also includes sections on more specific areas of concern including * Vaccines and autism * Allergies* Learning, behavioural and physical disorders* Dental and vision care* Bringing up children in stepfamilies* Gay and lesbian parenting With all-new glossaries of medical terms and common medications, and an updated list of resources, this essential and invaluable guide will help all parents face their responsibilities with more confidence and joy than ever before. As Dr Spock always said: 'Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.' [via]
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Baby and Child Care : 40th Anniversary Edition Revised and Updated for the 1980'sby Benjamin M. Spock, Michael B. RothenbergISBN 0671695290 (0-671-69529-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Birds, Beasts and Relativesby Gerald Malcolm DurrellISBN 0670167754 (0-670-16775-4)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Birds, Beasts and Relatives'Book summary:In this amusing, delectable book, Phyllis McGinley succeeds in rescuing the saints from their pious niches to show to people of all faiths, or none, the personalities and deeds of these wondrous beings and how they are related to living today. [via]
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Bulfinch's Mythologyby BulfinchISBN 0670194646 (0-670-19464-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Catch Me a Colobusby Gerald Malcolm DurrellISBN 0670206628 (0-670-20662-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Catch Me a Colobus'Book summary:A pot-pourri of animal anecdotes, based on hectic days at the author's Jersey zoo and his forays to various corners of the earth to rescue animal species in danger of extinction. First published in 1972. [via]
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Chaosby James GleickISBN 0670811785 (0-670-81178-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chaos'Book summary:Few writers distinguish themselves by their ability to write about complicated, even obscure topics clearly and engagingly. James Gleick, a former science writer for the New York Times, resides in this exclusive category. In Chaos, he takes on the job of depicting the first years of the study of chaos--the seemingly random patterns that characterize many natural phenomena.
This is not a purely technical book. Instead, it focuses as much on the scientists studying chaos as on the chaos itself. In the pages of Gleick's book, the reader meets dozens of extraordinary and eccentric people. For instance, Mitchell Feigenbaum, who constructed and regulated his life by a 26-hour clock and watched his waking hours come in and out of phase with those of his coworkers at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
As for chaos itself, Gleick does an outstanding job of explaining the thought processes and investigative techniques that researchers bring to bear on chaos problems. Rather than attempt to explain Julia sets, Lorenz attractors, and the Mandelbrot Set with gigantically complicated equations, Chaos relies on sketches, photographs, and Gleick's wonderful descriptive prose. [via]
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Collins German/English, English/German DictionaryISBN 0671420453 (0-671-42045-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Communist Manifestoby Friedrich Engels, K. MarxISBN 0671678817 (0-671-67881-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Communist Manifesto'Book summary:Check out ngims Publishing's other illustrated literary classics. The vast majority of our books have original illustrations, free audiobook download link at the end of the book, navigable Table of Contents, and are fully formatted. Browse our library collection by typing in ngims or ngims plus the title you're looking for, e.g. ngims Gulliver's Travels. Free ebooks on the web are not organized for easy reading, littered with text errors and often have missing contents. You will not find another beautifully formatted classic literature ebook that is well-designed with amazing artworks and illustrations and a link to download free audiobook for a very low price like this one. The nominal price of this ebook covers the time and effort in formatting the materials and putting everything together in one place for your convenience. As a reader, you would want everything readily available at your fingertips because you many not have the time, interest or know where to look for your favorite book. The Communist Manifesto, originally titled Manifesto of the Communist Party (German: Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei) is a short 1848 book written by the German Marxist political theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It has since been recognized as one of the world's most influential political manuscripts. Commissioned by the Communist League, it laid out the League's purposes and program. It presents an analytical approach to the class struggle (historical and present) and the problems of capitalism, rather than a prediction of communism's potential future forms. The book contains Marx and Engels' Marxist theories about the nature of society and politics, that in their own words, "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles." It also briefly features their ideas for how the capitalist society of the time would eventually be replaced by socialism, and then eventually communism. FEATURES ? Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations [via]
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The Communist Manifestoby K. MarxISBN 0671443879 (0-671-44387-9)
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A Dictionary of Symbolsby Alain Gheerbrant, Jean ChevalierISBN 0631192654 (0-631-19265-4)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub
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Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Careby Benjamin Spock, Steven ParkerISBN 0671537628 (0-671-53762-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care'Book summary:No parenting library is complete without this childcare classic. Recently revised, the sixth edition still provides the sensible, compassionate advice and hard-core how-to-do-it tips that Dr. Spock has always been famous for. Whether it's mixing formula, treating chicken pox, or dealing with divorce or a child's homosexuality, Dr. Spock is the man. [via]
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Softcover, Pocket Books - Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: ISBN 0671759671 (0-671-75967-1)
Softcover, Pocket Books - Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: ISBN 0671760602 (0-671-76060-2)
Softcover, Pocket Books - Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: ISBN 0671537628 (0-671-53762-8)
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Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care/With Flip Caseby Benjamin Spock, Michael B. RothenbergISBN 0671020633 (0-671-02063-3)
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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kingsby Amy KellyISBN 0674242505 (0-674-24250-5)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings'Book summary:Was there ever a ruler, man or woman, quite as fascinating as Eleanor of Aquitaine? The ruler of France's largest kingdom from the age of 15, Eleanor (1122- 1204) was renowned for beauty, intelligence, and the thoughtful application of power. Her marriage to her second husband, Henry Plantagenet of Normandy, brought her to the English throne; the birth of their sons John Lackland and Richard I Lionheart forever changed the face of medieval European history. Always at the center of her world, Eleanor remains a fascinating figure even today, and Amy Kelly captures the whirlwind of her life in this entrancing biography. [via]
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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kingsby Amy Ruth KellyISBN 0674242548 (0-674-24254-8)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings'Book summary:Was there ever a ruler, man or woman, quite as fascinating as Eleanor of Aquitaine? The ruler of France's largest kingdom from the age of 15, Eleanor (1122- 1204) was renowned for beauty, intelligence, and the thoughtful application of power. Her marriage to her second husband, Henry Plantagenet of Normandy, brought her to the English throne; the birth of their sons John Lackland and Richard I Lionheart forever changed the face of medieval European history. Always at the center of her world, Eleanor remains a fascinating figure even today, and Amy Kelly captures the whirlwind of her life in this entrancing biography. [via]
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Fasting Girlsby Joan Jacobs BrumbergISBN 0674295013 (0-674-29501-3)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The First World Warby Hew StrachanISBN 0670032956 (0-670-03295-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The First World War'Book summary:Ninety years have passed since the outbreak of World War I, yet as military historian Hew Strachan argues in this brilliant and authoritative new book, the legacy of the "war to end all wars" is with us still. The First World War was a truly global conflict from the start, with many of the most decisive battles fought in or directly affecting the Balkans, Africa, and the Ottoman Empire. Even more than World War II, the First World War continues to shape the politics and international relations of our world, especially in hot spots like the Middle East and the Balkans.
Strachan has done a masterful job of reexamining the causes, the major campaigns, and the consequences of the First World War, compressing a lifetime of knowledge into a single definitive volume tailored for the general reader. Written in crisp, compelling prose and enlivened with extraordinarily vivid photographs and detailed maps, The First World War re-creates this world-altering conflict both on and off the battlefieldthe clash of ideologies between the colonial powers at the center of the war, the social and economic unrest that swept Europe both before and after, the military strategies employed with stunning success and tragic failure in the various theaters of war, the terms of peace and why it didnt last.
Drawing on material culled from many countries, Strachan offers a fresh, clear-sighted perspective on how the war not only redrew the map of the world but also set in motion the most dangerous conflicts of today. Deeply learned and powerfully written, The First World War will stand as a landmark of contemporary history. [via]
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General Introduction to Psychoanalysis the Authoriby Sigmund FreudISBN 0671204181 (0-671-20418-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'General Introduction to Psychoanalysis the Authori'Book summary:Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1920. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... FIRST LECTURE INTRODUCTION I DO not know how familiar some of you may be, either from your reading or from hearsay, with psychoanalysis. But, in keeping with the title of these lectures -- A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis -- I am obliged to proceed as though you knew nothing about this subject, and stood in need of preliminary instruction. To be sure, this much I may presume that you do know, namely, that psychoanalysis is a method of treating nervous patients medically. And just at this point I can give you au example to illustrate how the procedure in this field is precisely the reverse of that which is the rule in medicine. Usually when we introduce a patient to a medical technique which is strange to him, we minimize its difficulties and give him confident promises concerning the result of the treatment. When, however, we undertake psychoanalytic treatment with a neurotic patient we proceed differently. We hold before him the difficulties of the method, its length, the exertions and the sacrifices which it will cost him; and, as to the result, we tell him that we make no definite promises, that the result depends on his conduct, on his understanding, on his adaptability, on his perseverance. We have, of course, excellent motives for conduct which seems so perverse, and into which you will perhaps gain insight at a later point in these lectures. Do not be offended, therefore, if, for the present, I treat you as I treat these neurotic patients. Frankly, I shall dissuade you from coming to hear me a second time. With this intention I shall show what imperfections are necessarily involved in the teaching of psychoanalysis and what difficulties stand in the way of gaining a personal judgment. I shall show you how the whole trend of your previous training and ... [via]
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Generations of Captivity: A History of African-American Slavesby Ira BerlinISBN 0674016246 (0-674-01624-6)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancyby Vicki IovineISBN 0671524313 (0-671-52431-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy'Book summary:Beginning with the "10 Greatest Lies About Pregnancy" (number 10: Lamaze works), and ending with postpartum dementia, Vicki Iovine's Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy has fast become the laywoman's mouthpiece for the American pregnancy experience. Iovine is irreverent, sassy, and incredibly reassuring as she exposes the "truths" of pregnancy and childbirth, from sex to cellulite to cesareans. Iovine birthed four kids in six years, none of them twins, which certainly qualifies her as an expert. The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy does reveal Iovine's particular cultural biases (pregnant or not, most of us don't have record-producer husbands, hang out with supermodels, or wear size-four pants) and philosophical beliefs (she's not a particularly strong proponent of natural childbirth or nursing), but, taken with a grain or two of salt, she provides many hilarious moments, acres of advice, and honest reassurance readers will find nowhere else. --Ericka Lutz [via]
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy: Or Everything Your Doctor Won't Tell Youby Vicki IovineISBN 0671021761 (0-671-02176-1)
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Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Languageby Robin DunbarISBN 0674363345 (0-674-36334-5)
Hardcover, Harvard University Press
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The Hidden Life of Dogsby Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, Bill GroseISBN 067151699X (0-671-51699-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hidden Life of Dogs'Book summary:In this beautiful account, based on thirty years of living with and observing dogs, wolves and dingoes novelist and anthropologist Elizabeth Marshall Thomas brings us a completely new understanding of dogs. We meet Misha, a friend's husky, whom Thomas followed on his daily rounds of more than 130 square miles, and who ultimately provided the simple and surprising answer to the question What do dogs want most? Not food, not sex, but other dogs. We also meet Maria, who adored Misha, bore his puppies, and clearly mourned when he moved away; Bingo, a brave asthmatic pug; and many more fascinating individuals in this unforgettable chronicle, which "brims with insight and respect" (Emily Mitchell, Time International ). [via]
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A Leg to Stand Onby Oliver SacksISBN 0671467808 (0-671-46780-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Little, Brown Handbookby H. Ramsey Fowler, Jane E. Aaron, Brown and Company LittleISBN 0673522032 (0-673-52203-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Little, Brown Handbook'Book summary:The most trusted and authoritative name in handbooks, The Little, Brown Handbook,11/e is an easy-to-use reference that will answer any question you may have in grammar, writing, or research. It also includes exercises so you can practice skills. This edition offers the latest information on writing with computers, writing online, analyzing visuals, and researching effectively on the Internet. With clear explanations, a wealth of examples, and quick reference checklists and boxes, The Little, Brown Handbook will makes it easy to find what you need and use the information you find. [via]
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Hardcover, Little Brown & Co - The Little, Brown Handbook: ISBN 067352132X (0-673-52132-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins College Div - The Little, Brown Handbook: ISBN 0673523136 (0-673-52313-6)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley - The Little, Brown Handbook: ISBN 0673524841 (0-673-52484-1)
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Men of Mathematicsby Eric Temple BellISBN 0671628186 (0-671-62818-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Men of Mathematics'Book summary:Here is the classic, much-read introduction to the craft and history of mathematics by E.T. Bell, a leading figure in mathematics in America for half a century. Men of Mathematics accessibly explains the major mathematics, from the geometry of the Greeks through Newton's calculus and on to the laws of probability, symbolic logic, and the fourth dimension. In addition, the book goes beyond pure mathematics to present a series of engrossing biographies of the great mathematicians -- an extraordinary number of whom lived bizarre or unusual lives. Finally, Men of Mathematics is also a history of ideas, tracing the majestic development of mathematical thought from ancient times to the twentieth century. This enduring work's clear, often humorous way of dealing with complex ideas makes it an ideal book for the non-mathematician. [via]
Midnight Justiceby Martin Delrio, Michael Avon Oeming, Neil D. VokesISBN 0671568515 (0-671-56851-5)
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The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational Worldby Paul DaviesISBN 0671797182 (0-671-79718-2)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World'Book summary:Throughout history, humans have dreamed of knowing the reason for the existence of the universe. In The Mind of God, physicist Paul Davies explores whether modern science can provide the key that will unlock this last secret. In his quest for an ultimate explanation, Davies reexamines the great questions that have preoccupied humankind for millennia, and in the process explores, among other topics, the origin and evolution of the cosmos, the nature of life and consciousness, and the claim that our universe is a kind of gigantic computer. Charting the ways in which the theories of such scientists as Newton, Einstein, and more recently Stephen Hawking and Richard Feynman have altered our conception of the physical universe. Davies puts these scientists' discoveries into context with the writings of philosophers such as Plato. Descartes, Hume, and Kant. His startling conclusion is that the universe is "no minor byproduct of mindless, purposeless forces. We are truly meant to be here." By the means of science, we can truly see into the mind of God. [via]
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The Miracle of Languageby Richard LedererISBN 0671028111 (0-671-02811-1)
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Monarch Notes on Plato's the Republic and Selected Dialoguesby Leo RauchISBN 0671005057 (0-671-00505-7)
Hardcover, Peterson's
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The Moronic Inferno: And Other Visits to Americaby Martin AmisISBN 0670814326 (0-670-81432-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town And Its People in the Age of AIDSby Abraham VergheseISBN 0671785141 (0-671-78514-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Myths to Live byby Joseph CampbellISBN 0670503592 (0-670-50359-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Myths to Live by'Book summary:What is a properly functioning mythology and what are its functions? Can we use myths to help relieve our modern anxiety, or do they help foster it? In Myths to Live by, Joseph Campbell explores the enduring power of the universal myths that influence our lives daily and examines the myth-making process from the primitive past to the immediate present, retuning always to the source from which all mythology springs: the creative imagination.[via]Campbell stresses that the borders dividing the Earth have been shattered; that myths and religions have always followed the certain basic archetypes and are no longer exclusive to a single people, region, or religion. He shows how we must recognize their common denominators and allow this knowledge to be of use in fulfilling human potential everywhere.
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Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queenby Joyce TyldesleyISBN 0670869988 (0-670-86998-8)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The New York Public Library Desk ReferenceISBN 0671850148 (0-671-85014-8)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
Find This BookBook summary:This thoroughly revised edition of a national bestseller is updated to include the last four years. A user-friendly, ready reference, it covers 26 categories of the most commonly asked-about subject areas and features aflecting recent global changes. Drawings; maps; tables; charts; index. [via]
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Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Womanby Majorie ShostakISBN 0674004329 (0-674-00432-9)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman'Book summary:This classic paperback is available once again-and exclusively-from Harvard University Press. This book is the story of the life of Nisa, a member of the !Kung tribe of hunter-gatherers from southern Africa's Kalahari desert. Told in her own words-earthy, emotional, vivid-to Marjorie Shostak , a Harvard anthropologist who succeeded, with Nisa's collaboration, in breaking through the immense barriers of language and culture, the story is a fascinating view of a remarkable woman. [via]
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No Ordinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War IIby Doris Kearns GoodwinISBN 0671642405 (0-671-64240-5)
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O Jerusalemby Larry Collins, Dominique LapierreISBN 0671662414 (0-671-66241-4)
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Collins and Lapierre's story is the fruit of five years of intensive research and many thousands of interviews. It is the epic drama of 1948, in which the Arabs and the Jews, heirs to generations of bitter conflict in a land sacred to them both, fought each other for the city of Jerusalem and for the hopes of fulfillment it represented to each. Here is the account of that struggle that encompasses the full spectrum of its participants, whose experiences, emotions, and acts of bravery have been meticulously brought together and illumined in this monumental and dramatic work. [via] -
Old Glory: An American Voyageby Jonathan RabanISBN 0671250612 (0-671-25061-2)
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"The book and the journey would be all of a piece," Raban writes, "The plot would be written by the current of the river itself. It would carry one into long deep pools of solitude...Everything would be left to chance. There would be no advance reservations, no letters of introduction. One would try to be as much like a piece of driftwood as one could manage." [via]
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People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evilby Morgan Scott PeckISBN 0671528165 (0-671-52816-5)
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Philosophical Investigationsby Ludwig Wittgenstein, G. E. M. AnscombeISBN 0631146709 (0-631-14670-9)
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Philosophical Investigations: The German Text, With a Revised English Translationby G. E. M. Anscombe, Ludwig WittgenssteinISBN 0631231277 (0-631-23127-7)
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Philosophical Investigations: The German Text, with a Revised English Translationby Ludwig Wittgenstein, G. E. M. AnscombeISBN 0631231595 (0-631-23159-5)
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Philosophical Investigations/Philosophische Untersuchungenby Ludwig Wittgenstein, G. E. M. AnscombeISBN 0631205691 (0-631-20569-1)
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Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanonby Robert FiskISBN 0671747703 (0-671-74770-3)
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The Portable Dorothy Parkerby Dorothy ParkerISBN 067001074X (0-670-01074-X)
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Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Lifeby David AllenISBN 0670032506 (0-670-03250-6)
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Based on Allen's highly popular e-newsletter, Principles of Productivity, Ready for Anything offers fifty-two principles to clear your head, focus productively, create structures that work, and get in motion, including:
* stability on one level opens creativity on another
* you can't win a game you haven't defined
* the value of a future goal is the present change it fosters
With wit, motivational insights, and inspiring quotes, Ready for Anything shows readers how to make things happen with less effort, stress, and ineffectiveness, and lots more energy, creativity, and clarity. This is the perfect book for anyone wanting to work and live at their very best. [via]More editions of Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life:
Salvadorby Joan DidionISBN 0671668803 (0-671-66880-3)
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The Sea Hunters : True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecksby Clive Cussler, Craig DirgoISBN 0671001809 (0-671-00180-9)
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Clive Cussler and his crack team of NUMA (National Underwater Marine Agency, a nonprofit organization that searches for historic shipwrecks) volunteers have found the remains of these and other tragic wrecks. Here for the first time are the dramatic, true accounts of the twelve most remarkable underwater discoveries made by Cussler and his team. As suspenseful and satisfying as the best of his Dirk Pitt novels, The Sea Hunters is a unique story of true commitment and courage. [via]
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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.s. Exploring Expeditionby Nathaniel PhilbrickISBN 067003231X (0-670-03231-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.s. Exploring Expedition'Book summary:The expeditions of Magellan, Columbus, and Lewis and Clark have been well documented and are instantly familiar to anyone with even a passing interest in world history. But the average person is likely unaware of the U.S. Exploring Expedition or its mercurial leader, Charles Wilkes. This despite the numerous accomplishments and lasting legacy of the massive four-year project that involved six ships and hundreds of men. The "Ex. Ex.," as it came to be known, is credited with the discovery of Antarctica, the first accurate charting of what is now Oregon and Washington, the retrieval of thousands of new species of life, and the foundation of the Smithsonian Institution. Yet when Wilkes returned, instead of being hailed as a great man of science or a national hero, he was shunned by the President, ignored by the press, and was the subject of so much ill will on the part of his men that he was ultimately put on trial for a variety of offenses. In the portrayal presented in Nathaniel Philbrick's Sea of Glory, Wilkes is a passionate man, brash and enthusiastic, driven by seemingly impossible goals, many of which he actually accomplished. But he's also a petty, mean-spirited loner, egotistical enough to unilaterally give himself a promotion in the middle of the expedition. Without Wilkes' singularity of purpose, it's hard to imagine the mission being as successful as it was, but it's also hard to conceive a personality more poorly suited to leadership than the near-universally-despised Wilkes. Philbrick also skillfully reveals the insecurity behind the tyranny in excerpts from letters to Wilkes' wife, Jane. The accounts of the expedition's adventures are at various times exhilarating and tragic as the crew scales the volcanoes of Hawaii, becomes involved in a bloody war with Fijian natives, and struggles merely to stay alive while at the same time not killing Wilkes. Philbrick's compelling narrative and meticulous research provide a vivid picture of the triumphs and hardships of the exploration age. --John Moe [via]
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The Search for the Perfect Languageby Umberto Eco, James Fentress, Jacques Le GoffISBN 0631205101 (0-631-20510-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Search for the Perfect Language'Book summary:The idea that there once existed a language which perfectly and unambiguously expressed the essence of all possible things and concepts has occupied the minds of philosophers, theologians, mystics and others for at least two millennia. This is an investigation into the history of that idea and of its profound influence on European thought, culture and history.
From the early Dark Ages to the Renaissance it was widely believed that the language spoken in the Garden of Eden was just such a language, and that all current languages were its decadent descendants from the catastrophe of the Fall and at Babel. The recovery of that language would, for theologians, express the nature of divinity, for cabbalists allow access to hidden knowledge and power, and for philosophers reveal the nature of truth. Versions of these ideas remained current in the Enlightenment, and have recently received fresh impetus in attempts to create a natural language for artificial intelligence.
The story that Umberto Eco tells ranges widely from the writings of Augustine, Dante, Descartes and Rousseau, arcane treatises on cabbalism and magic, to the history of the study of language and its origins. He demonstrates the initimate relation between language and identity and describes, for example, how and why the Irish, English, Germans and Swedes - one of whom presented God talking in Swedish to Adam, who replied in Danish, while the serpent tempted Eve in French - have variously claimed their language as closest to the original. He also shows how the late eighteenth-century discovery of a proto-language (Indo-European) for the Aryan peoples was perverted to support notions of racial superiority.
To this subtle exposition of a history of extraordinary complexity, Umberto Eco links the associated history of the manner in which the sounds of language and concepts have been written and symbolized. Lucidly and wittily written, the book is, in sum, a tour de force of scholarly detection and cultural interpretation, providing a series of original perspectives on two thousand years of European History.
The paperback edition of this book is not available through Blackwell outside of North America. [via]
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The Seat of the Soulby Gary ZukavISBN 067169507X (0-671-69507-X)
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Zukav questions the Western model of the soul, alleging that the human species is in the midst of a great transformation, evolving from a species that pursues power based upon the perceptions of the five senses--"external power"--to one that pursues power based upon perceptions of the soul--"authentic power." He believes that humans are immortal souls first, physical beings second, and that once we become conscious of this transformation--once we align our personalities with our soul--we will stimulate our spiritual growth and become better people in the process. This insightful, lucid synthesis of modern psychology and new-age principles has been described as the "physics of the soul." Who better to explain such heady concepts than Gary Zukav? [via]
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The Serpent and the Rainbowby Wade DavisISBN 0671502476 (0-671-50247-6)
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A Short Guide To Writing About Artby Sylvan BarnetISBN 0673522938 (0-673-52293-8)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Short Guide To Writing About Art'Book summary:Key Benefit: A Short Guide to Writing About Art, Eighth Edition, the best-selling book of its kind, equips students to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and prepares them with the tools they need to present their ideas in effective writing. Key Topics:This concise yet thorough guide to "seeing and saying" addresses a wealth of fundamental matters, such as distinguishing between description and analysis, writing a comparison, using peer review, documenting sources, and editing the final essay. Market: This book is a perfect complement to any art course where writing is involved [via]
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Songs of Innocence and Experienceby William BlakeISBN 0670657492 (0-670-65749-2)
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Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dreamby Hunter S. ThompsonISBN 0671743260 (0-671-74326-0)
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Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream Gonzo Papersby Hunter S. ThompsonISBN 0671420186 (0-671-42018-6)
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The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Towards Perfectionby Michael RuhlmanISBN 067089155X (0-670-89155-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Towards Perfection'Book summary:A fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the restaurant world and the men and women who live to create perfection.
In 1997, journalist and cook Michael Ruhlman observed incognito the certified Master Chef examination at the Culinary Institute of America, one of the most grueling competitions in the gastronomic world. In his critically acclaimed The Making of a Chef, which Peter Kamisky of The New York Times hailed as "well-reported and heartfelt," Ruhlman offered a vivid and unique portrait of this extraordinary world.
The Soul of a Chef combines Ruhlman's masterful storytelling with his immense love of food to reveal the men and women whose main goal is to serve food of perfection. Through working and talking with three of the most talented young chefs in the business, Ruhlman takes the reader on a journey past the dark heart of the profession toward the soul of a chef--a journey that takes him into the kitchens of the finest restaurants from the Napa Valley to the Hudson Valley. Here he reveals the collective experience of these men as they all strive to achieve their own level of perfection.
The Soul of a Chef is a satisfying and fascinating immersion into the hearts and minds of those who undertake the grueling, but richly rewarding pledge to serve only the best. It is a must for gastronomes, prospective chefs, and all lovers of great food. [via]More editions of The Soul of a Chef: The Journey Towards Perfection:
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Spycatcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officerby Peter WrightISBN 0670820555 (0-670-82055-5)
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Star Trek, the Next Generationby Michael Okuda, Rick SternbachISBN 0671704273 (0-671-70427-3)
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Stephen Hawking: A Life in Scienceby Michael White, John R. GribbinISBN 0670840130 (0-670-84013-0)
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The Structure of Evolutionary Theoryby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 0674006135 (0-674-00613-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Structure of Evolutionary Theory'Book summary:The theory of evolution is regarded as one of the greatest glimmerings of understanding humans have ever had. It is an idea of science, not of belief, and therefore undergoes constant scrutiny and testing by argumentative evolutionary biologists. But while Darwinists may disagree on a great many things, they all operate within a (thus far) successful framework of thought first set down in The Origin of Species in 1859.
In The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, a monumental labor of academic love, Stephen Jay Gould attempts to define and revise that framework. Using the clear metaphors and personable style he is so well known for, Gould outlines the foundation of the theory and attempts to use it to show that modern evolutionary biology has lost its way. He then offers his own system for reconciling Darwin's "basic logical commitments" with the critiques of modern scientists.
Gould's massive opus begs a new look at natural selection with the full weight of history behind it. His opponents will find much to criticize, and orthodox, reductionist Darwinists might feel that Gould has given them short shrift. But as an opening monologue for the new century's biological debates, The Structure of Evolutionary Theory sets a mountainous precedent in exhaustive scholarship, careful logic, and sheer reading pleasure. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Thieves in High Places: They'Ve Stolen Our Country--And Its Time to Take It Backby Jim HightowerISBN 0670031410 (0-670-03141-0)
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Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, And Joy Inside the Mind of a Managerby Buzz BissingerISBN 0618710531 (0-618-71053-1)
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The Tibetan Book of the Deadby Graham Coleman, Padmasambhava, Thupten Jinpa, Karma-Glin-Pa, Dalai Lama XIVISBN 0670858862 (0-670-85886-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tibetan Book of the Dead'Book summary:One of the greatest works created by any culture and overwhelmingly the most significant of all Tibetan Buddhist texts in the West, The Tibetan Book of the Dead has had a number of distinguished translations, but none encompassed the work in its entirety. Now, in one of the year's most important publishing events, the entire text has not only been made available in English but in a translation of quite remarkable clarity and beauty.[via]With an introductory commentary by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, who calls this translation "an extraordinary accomplishment undertaken with great care over many years" this complete edition faithfully presents the insights and intentions of the original work. It includes one of the most detailed and compelling descriptions of the after-death state in world literature, exquisitely written practices that can transform our experience of daily life, guidance on helping those who are dying, and an inspirational perspective on coping with bereavement. Translated with the close support of leading contemporary masters, including HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and learned scholars such as Khamtrul Rinpoche and Zenkar Rinpoche, His Holiness the Dalai Lama says, "I hope that the profound insights contained in this work will be a source of inspiration and support to many interested people around the world."
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Tristes Tropiquesby Claude Levi-StraussISBN 0671458507 (0-671-45850-7)
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Wiredby Bob WoodwardISBN 0671640771 (0-671-64077-1)
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