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The Anatomy of Motive: The Fbi's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminalsby John E. Douglas, Mark OlshakerISBN 0684845989 (0-684-84598-9)
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In this eagerly anticipated new book from the international bestselling authors of Mindhunter, Journey into Darkness, and Obsession, legendary crime fighter John Douglas explores the root of all crime -- motive.
Every crime is a mystery story with a motive at its heart. Understand the motive and you can solve the mystery. The Anatomy of Motive offers a dramatic, insightful look at the development and evolution of the criminal mind. The famed former chief of the FBI's Investigative Support Unit, Douglas was the pioneer of modern behavioral profiling of serial criminals. Working again with acclaimed novelist, journalist, and filmmaker Mark Olshaker, the collaborator on his previous three bestsellers, and using cases from his own fabled career as examples, Douglas takes us further than ever before into the dark corners of the minds of arsonists, hijackers, bombers, poisoners, serial and spree killers, and mass murderers.
From seemingly ordinary men who suddenly kill their families or go on a rampage in the workplace to dedicated murderers who embark on the kind of spree that resulted in the death of fashion designer Gianni Versace, John Douglas helps us understand what causes violent sociopathic behavior. In chapters such as "Playing with Fire," "Name Your Poison," and "Guys Who Snap," he shows how criminals use and react to the media and how the motives behind hijacking and terrorism have evolved through recent history.
For the first time, Douglas identifies the common building blocks contributing to the violently antisocial personality, showing the surprising similarities and equally surprising differences between various types of offenders. Douglas profiles notorious assassins, examining that particular personality and how it applies to other types of crimes. Drawing on cases from today's headlines, he looks at recent sniper incidents at schools and other public places to penetrate the minds and motivations of mass killers. As Douglas tracks the progressive escalation of these criminals' sociopathic behavior, he also shows the common elements in many of their pasts that link them together.
Through riveting profiles and a narrative that reads like the best mystery fiction, The Anatomy of Motive analyzes such diverse killers as Lee Harvey Oswald, Theodore Kaczynski, and Timothy McVeigh, and helps us learn how to anticipate potential violent behavior before it's too late. [via]
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The Annapolis Book of Seamanshipby John Rousmaniere, Mark SmithISBN 0684854201 (0-684-85420-1)
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The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalismby Ben Yagoda, Kevin KerraneISBN 0684846306 (0-684-84630-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism'Book summary:Kevin Kerrane and Ben Yagoda, journalists and journalism teachers, saw a need for a textbook that celebrated and organized outstanding examples of literary journalism. In this compendious volume spanning 372 years, the editors focus on the evolution of New Journalism, a term which, we learn, "was originally coined by Matthew Arnold in 1887 to describe the style of Stead's Pall Mall Gazette: brash, vivid, personal, reform-minded, and--occasionally, from Arnold's conservative viewpoint--'featherbrained.'"
The editors position Daniel Defoe's The True and Genuine Account of the Life and Actions of the Late Jonathan Wild (1725) as the prototype for the true-crime narrative. The collection's first section, entitled "Pioneers," includes such staples as Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, Walt Whitman's Specimen Days, and Jack London's daring 1902 exposé of life among the city of London's impoverished East Enders. Brief introductions to each selection set the historical context and explain innovative aspects of the piece. The second section compares two distinctly contemporary journalistic points of view: the "I Am a Camera" school and the unabashedly subjective approach exemplified by Norman Mailer and Hunter S. Thompson, among others. "Style as Substance" makes up the lively and often moving third section.
Many rich voices describe all angles of the human experience in this impressive volume. Through author Piers Paul Read we crash-land with a Uruguayan rugby team in the Andes; Lillian Ross gives us a notoriously devastating portrait of Ernest Hemingway; Ted Conover assimilates into illegal Mexican culture and smuggles us back and forth across the border. The only anthology of its kind, The Art of Fact almost doubles as a travel book. [via]
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Autobiographiesby W. B. Yeats, William H. O'Donnell, Douglas N. ArchibaldISBN 0684853388 (0-684-85338-8)
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A Backward Glanceby Edith WhartonISBN 0684847558 (0-684-84755-8)
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The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Homeby George Howe ColtISBN 0684845172 (0-684-84517-2)
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Blonde Like Me: The Roots of the Blonde Myth in Our Cultureby Natalia IlyinISBN 0684852144 (0-684-85214-4)
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The Blood and the Shroud: New Evidence That the World's Most Sacred Relic Is Realby Ian WilsonISBN 0684855291 (0-684-85529-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Blood and the Shroud: New Evidence That the World's Most Sacred Relic Is Real'Book summary:The Shroud of Turin remains one of the enduring mysteries of our age. No convincing explanation has yet been given for the "negative" image of a crucified man transferred to a length of cloth and preserved in Turin for the last four centuries. Although radiocarbon dating of the fabric in 1988 indicated it to be medieval, synchronous with the Shroud's first recorded appearance in the 1350s, there is still no satisfactory explanation for the image itself. Was it painted? If so, by whom? How could the artist have understood perspective before this technique was "discovered" in the Renaissance? How could he have painted an image in negative with no means to see and check it?
With so many questions about the Shroud as inexplicably unresolved as ever; with the radiocarbon dating findings only deepening the riddle, not solving it; and with the Shroud about to be shown again, in 1998 and 2000; an overview and an up-to-date consideration of the evidence is overdue. Here, Ian Wilson returns to the subject of his international bestseller, "The Shroud of Turin", to reveal such startling findings as the discovery of human blood and DNA on the Shroud; the uncovering of historical evidence that something very like the Shroud existed at the time Jesus lived; the discovery of a "bioplastic coating" of living microorganisms which, if it had been carbondated in 1988, would have indicated that the Shroud was some one thousand years older than it was thought to be; and the new analysis of the photographic-negative-like image on the Shroud.
Wilson's landmark book on this subject, "The Shroud of Turin", was published in 1978. In the intervening twenty years, in addition to the radiocarbon dating, much additional research has been done on the Shroud, and the dating process itself scrutinized. Ian Wilson's pursuit of every discipline related to the Shroud, including art history, physiology, chemistry, microbiology, photography, and archaeology, has equipped him to give the most authoritative answer yet to the question: Did the Shroud wrap the body of Christ? His enthralling text, with its objective but persuasive answers, tells us as much as it is currently possible to know. It also makes it possible for us to believe. [via]
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Borders Up! : Eastern Europe Through the Bottom of a Glassby Vitaliaei Vital'evISBN 0684851806 (0-684-85180-6)
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Captured by Aliens: The Search for Life and Truth in a Very Large Universeby Joel AchenbachISBN 0684848562 (0-684-84856-2)
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The Cases That Haunt Us : From Jack the Ripper to JonBenet Ramsey, the FBI's Legendary Mindhunter Sheds Light on the Mysteries That Won't Go Awayby John E. Douglas, Mark OlshakerISBN 0684846004 (0-684-84600-4)
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Cocina De LA Familia: More Than 200 Authentic Recipes from Mexican-American Home Kitchensby Marilyn Tausend, Miguel RavagoISBN 0684855259 (0-684-85525-9)
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Of the 13 million Americans who think of themselves as Mexican Americans, what, Tausend wondered, are they cooking at home today? And what she discovered as she crisscrossed the U.S. was that their roots run deep; these families stick together and trace their heritage back to the regions of Mexico from which they sprang, and the food tells the story. Mind you, a little Coca-Cola might get mixed in with a dish today, and canola oil might well be used instead of lard; after all, times change, and people change with them. But some elements, Tausend discovered, stay basically the same: a strong sense of family and a delight in bringing a big family together to eat. Crack open this book, use the recipes, and fill your house full of the love that comes from serving--and eating--real food. Let Marilyn Tausend show you how; you couldn't be in better hands. [via]
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The Color Code : A New Way to See Yourself, Your Relationships and Lifeby Taylor HartmanISBN 0684848228 (0-684-84822-8)
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Come Hither: A Commonsense Guide to Kinky Sexby Gloria G. BrameISBN 0684854627 (0-684-85462-7)
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The Commanding Heights Pt. 1: The Battle for the World Economyby Daniel Yergin, Joseph StanislawISBN 0684848112 (0-684-84811-2)
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The Creation of Dr. B: A Biography of Bruno Bettlheimby Richard PollakISBN 0684846403 (0-684-84640-3)
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Crime and Human Natureby James Q. WilsonISBN 0684852667 (0-684-85266-7)
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The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy Is As Necessary As Love and Sexby David M. BussISBN 0684850818 (0-684-85081-8)
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Day of Deceit: The Truth about FDR and Pearl Harborby Robert B. StinnettISBN 0684853396 (0-684-85339-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Day of Deceit: The Truth about FDR and Pearl Harbor'Book summary:It was not long after the first Japanese bombs fell on the American naval ships at Pearl Harbor that conspiracy theories began to circulate, charging that Franklin Roosevelt and his chief military advisors knew of the impending attack well in advance. Robert Stinnett, who served in the U.S. Navy with distinction during World War II, examines recently declassified American documents and concludes that, far more than merely knowing of the Japanese plan to bomb Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt deliberately steered Japan into war with America.
Stinnett's argument draws on both circumstantial evidence--the fact, for example, that in September 1940 Roosevelt signed into law a measure providing for a two-ocean navy that would number 100 aircraft carriers--and, more importantly, on American governmental documents that offer apparently incontrovertible proof that Roosevelt knowingly sacrificed American lives in order to enter the war on the side of England. Although obviously troubled by his discovery of a systematic plan of deception on the part of the American government, Stinnett does not take deep issue with its outcome. Roosevelt, he writes, faced powerful opposition from isolationist forces, and, against them, the Pearl Harbor attack was "something that had to be endured in order to stop a greater evil--the Nazi invaders in Europe who had begun the Holocaust and were poised to invade England." Sure to excite discussion, Stinnett's book offers what may be the final word on the terrible matter of Pearl Harbor. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Diana: Portrait of a Princessby Judy Wade, Jayne FincherISBN 0684853922 (0-684-85392-2)
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Different Drumby M. Scott PeckISBN 0684848589 (0-684-84858-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Different Drum'Book summary:'The overall purpose of human communication is - or should be - reconciliation. It should ultimately serve to lower or remove the walls of misunderstanding which unduly separate us human beings, one from another. . ' Although we have developed the technology to make communication more efficent and to bring people closer together, we have failed to use it to build a true global community. Dr M. Scott Peck believes that if we are to prevent civilization destroying itself, we must urgently rebuild on all levels, local, national and international and that is the first step to spiritual survival. In this radical and challenging book he describes how the communities work, how group action can be developed on the principles of tolerance and love, and how we can start to transform world society into a true community. [via]
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Down by the River : Drugs, Money, Murder, and Familyby Charles BowdenISBN 0684853434 (0-684-85343-4)
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Earl Mindell's Food As Medicineby Earl MindellISBN 0684849070 (0-684-84907-0)
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Earl Mindell's Soy Miracleby Earl MindellISBN 0684849089 (0-684-84908-9)
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Earl Mindell's Supplement Bibleby Earl MindellISBN 0684844761 (0-684-84476-1)
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Edward the Caresser : The Playboy Prince Who Became Edward VIIby Stanley WeintraubISBN 0684853183 (0-684-85318-3)
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Empty Without You: The Intimate Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickokby Eleanor Roosevelt, Rodger Streitmatter, Lorena A. HickokISBN 0684849283 (0-684-84928-3)
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Failure to Connect: How Computers Affect Our Children's Minds-And What Can We Do About Itby Jane M. HealyISBN 0684855399 (0-684-85539-9)
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Faith in the Valley : Lessons for Women on the Journey to Peaceby Iyanla VanzantISBN 0684850486 (0-684-85048-6)
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Finding the Boyfriend Within : A Practical Guide for Tapping into Your Own Scource of Love, Happiness and Respectby Brad GoochISBN 0684850400 (0-684-85040-0)
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The Five Ages of the Universe: Inside the Physics of Eternityby Fred Adams, Greg LaughlinISBN 0684854228 (0-684-85422-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Five Ages of the Universe: Inside the Physics of Eternity'Book summary:There's a reason "astronomically large" means "larger than the scale of ordinary life": normal scales of time and space for astronomers involve millions of years and anywhere from thousands to quadrillions of kilometers. Even for astronomers, University of Michigan professor Fred Adams and his former student Greg Laughlin think big--really, really big--and their planning is really, really long-term.
In The Five Ages of the Universe, Adams and Laughlin present their vision of the history of the universe, from the big bang on. They've had to come up with a new unit of measure to make this timescape intellectually tractable: the "cosmological decade." When the universe is 10 to the n years old, it is in the nth cosmological decade; we are now in the 10th, for instance. Each decade is thus 10 times as long as the one before.
All the stars will have stopped shining in the 14th cosmological decade, about 100 trillion years from now--which is a mind-bendingly long period of time by most standards. But Adams and Laughlin are just getting their speculations warmed up. They go on to fold, spindle, and mutilate your time sense as they discuss the Degenerate Era (out to decade 39), the Black Hole Era (to decade 100), and the possible creation of new universes in the Dark Era (after decade 101 or so). It's the most fascinating, mind-expanding trip inside eternity you can read. --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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For the Cause of Liberty: A Thousand Years of Irelands Heroesby Terry GolwayISBN 0684855569 (0-684-85556-9)
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Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children: And Other Streets of New Orleansby John Churchill ChaseISBN 0684845709 (0-684-84570-9)
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Golf My Way: The Instructional Classicby Jack Nicklaus, Ken BowdenISBN 068485211X (0-684-85211-X)
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The Grand Idea : George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the Westby Joel AchenbachISBN 0684848570 (0-684-84857-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Grand Idea : George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the West'Book summary:The war had been won. Now what? This was the pressing political question for the United States in 1784, and a consuming one for George Washington. He had laid down his sword and returned home to Mount Vernon after eight and a half years as commander of the Continental Army. He vowed that he had retired forever, that he would be a farmer on the bank of the Potomac River, under his own "vine and fig tree." But history was not done with him, and he was not done with history.
Within a year, as Joel Achenbach relates in this stunning narrative, Washington saddled up and rode away on one of the most daring journeys of his rich and adventurous life: a trek across the Appalachian mountains to the frontier, where he would inspect his long-neglected western property and try to collect rent.
The Grand Idea is the story of Washington's ambitions for the brand-new republic that he had fought so hard to create. His western journey culminates in a breathtaking scheme: Washington, with the help of Thomas Jefferson, will transform the Potomac River into a commercial artery that will link the new West to the old East. Worried that the newborn country was so fragmented that it might literally split into two separate and rival nations, he uses the skills he learned as a young backwoods surveyor to come up with his river plan. The future of the Union, Washington believes, depends on the Potomac route to the West, which will bind the country to one enterprise.
Achenbach's sympathetic and wry portrait of General Washington is not the stiff figure of official portraits, but that of a bold man who plunges into uncharted forest and sleeps in a downpour with only his cloak for shelter. He is an inventor, entrepreneur, and land speculator. He loves the West. This Washington is someone who understands that the fledgling republic clinging to the Atlantic seaboard will become a great and booming nation.
Achenbach tracks Washington's river plan from the choosing of the site for the national capital, which led to his being elected as the first president, to its link, decades after his death, to various grandiose plans for a canal that would run hundreds of miles. Ultimately the dream of a Potomac route to the West is abandoned. The nation splits not East and West but North and South, and the river becomes a boundary between warring sides in the Civil War.
Like such classics as Undaunted Courage and Founding Brothers, Achenbach's The Grand Idea is a large narrative of a great man and his grand plan that captures the uncertainties and conflicts of the new country, the passions of an ambitious people, and the seemingly endless beauty of the American landscape. [via]
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Hamlet's Dresser: A Memoirby Bob SmithISBN 0684852705 (0-684-85270-5)
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Handbook of Theological Termsby Van A. HarveyISBN 0684846446 (0-684-84644-6)
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Hypochondriac's Guide to Life: A Slightly Hysterical Guide to Life and Deathby Gene Weingarten, Dave BarryISBN 0684852802 (0-684-85280-2)
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Illuminated Prayersby Marianne Williamson, Claudia Karabaic SargentISBN 0684844834 (0-684-84483-4)
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Imperfect Control: Our Lifelong Struggles With Power and Surrenderby Judith ViorstISBN 0684848147 (0-684-84814-7)
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In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Wantby Iyanla VanzantISBN 0684848066 (0-684-84806-6)
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Jonathan Livingston Seagullby Richard BachISBN 0684846845 (0-684-84684-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull'Book summary:"Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight--how to get from shore to food and back again," writes author Richard Bach in this allegory about a unique bird named Jonathan Livingston Seagull. "For most gulls it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight." Flight is indeed the metaphor that makes the story soar. Ultimately this is a fable about the importance of seeking a higher purpose in life, even if your flock, tribe, or neighborhood finds your ambition threatening. (At one point our beloved gull is even banished from his flock.) By not compromising his higher vision, Jonathan gets the ultimate payoff: transcendence. Ultimately, he learns the meaning of love and kindness. The dreamy seagull photographs by Russell Munson provide just the right illustrations--although the overall packaging does seem a bit dated (keep in mind that it was first published in 1970). Nonetheless, this is a spirituality classic, and an especially engaging parable for adolescents. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Journey Beyond Selene: Remarkable Expeditions Past Our Moon and to the Ends of the Solar Systemby Jeffrey KlugerISBN 0684847655 (0-684-84765-5)
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The Libertarian Reader: Classic and Contemporary Writings from Lao-Tzu to Milton Friedmanby David BoazISBN 0684847671 (0-684-84767-1)
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Listen to Your Body : A Gynecologist Answers Women's Most Intimate Questionsby Niels H. Lauersen, Eileen StukaneISBN 0684854112 (0-684-85411-2)
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Magnificent Universeby Ken CroswellISBN 0684845946 (0-684-84594-6)
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Making the Corpsby Thomas E. RicksISBN 0684848171 (0-684-84817-1)
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Merde!: The Real French You Were Never Taught at Schoolby GenevieveISBN 0684854279 (0-684-85427-9)
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The Million Dollar Mermaidby Esther Williams, Digby DiehlISBN 0684852845 (0-684-85284-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Million Dollar Mermaid'Book summary:Not since David Niven wrote the bestselling The Moon's a Balloon and its sequel Bring on the Empty Horses has one of Hollywood's great stars written with such genuine wit and candor about
* what it was like to work in the movie factories where actors were pampered and coddled, yet expected to work without complaint for long, hard hours
* what it was like to be young and sexy and to be turned into an object of desire for millions of moviegoers
* what it was like to live in a world of almost total unreality, yet be expected to go about the business of finding a mate and raising a family, and avoiding personal scandal at all costs.
Now, for the hundreds of thousands of people who read and loved both of Niven's books, comes Esther Williams's wonderfully witty, fresh, and frank autobiography, all about an eighteen-year-old girl who reluctantly answers the siren call of MGM -- at the time, the most powerful and prestigious movie studio in the world -- and who soon finds herself launched on a career that will last more than twenty years, during which time she will help to create a genre of film that seems almost unimaginable today, yet which still holds all its original freshness and fascination, and who becomes during those years one of the world's top box office stars.
Williams calls MGM her "university," and the education she got there was one in how to project glamour and femininity, how to make yourself desirable while always, always playing the lady. No one who were through that university has ever written before with such absolute candor about what it was really like -- the affairs, the gossip, the tricks of the trade, the competition, the deals, the fights, and the methods the studios had for keeping their stars in line.
With a sharp mind and a rapier wit, Esther Williams brings to life those times and those bigger-than-life people, telling her stories with respect, yet with clear-eyed candor. Filled with behind-the-scenes gossip and tales of real life in a fantasy world, The Million Dollar Mermaid is the book legions of film fans have been waiting for.
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Molecules of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You Feelby Candace B. PertISBN 0684846349 (0-684-84634-9)
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The Mysterious Case of Nancy Drew & the Hardy Boysby Carole Kismaric, Marvin HeifermanISBN 0684846896 (0-684-84689-6)
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The New War: The Web of Crime That Threatens America's Securityby John KerryISBN 0684846144 (0-684-84614-4)
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New World Coming : The 1920's and the Making of Modern Americaby Nathan MillerISBN 0684852950 (0-684-85295-0)
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Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comfortsby Burkhard BilgerISBN 0684850117 (0-684-85011-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Noodling for Flatheads: Moonshine, Monster Catfish, and Other Southern Comforts'Book summary:There are some preconceptions about southern traditions that need to be clarified. Moonshining is no longer the pastime of grizzled Deliverance yahoos, but a multimillion-dollar business laced with SWAT-style raids; squirrel brains probably aren't responsible for neurological disorders; and in Louisiana, a good cockfight is fun for the whole family. These are some of the enlightened reports delivered by Burkhard Bilger as he explores the stereotypical, eclectic habits of southerners from West Virginia to Oklahoma. Despite Bilger's journalistic pedigree (he is an editor with The Sciences and Discover, and has credits in The Atlantic and Harper's, where his cockfighting piece, "Enter the Chicken" previously appeared), he slips into nostalgia just enough to romanticize a squirrel hunt, or raise a game of backwoods marbles into an Olympic march of glory.
Bilger kicks off the tour from his hometown in Oklahoma, where he "noodles"--thrashes a limb around in catfish-thick waters--hoping to land a fabled 80-pound monster with his bare hands. In Louisiana he challenges the misgivings any nonenthusiast might have about cockfighting. Even though it's illegal in most of the country, the bloodsport is thriving in the Bayou State, replete with trade magazines, well-produced venues, and American Kennel Club-worthy breeding strategies. The same passion for efficiency goes into the moonshining business, where Bilger is taken under the wing of one of the few shiners willing to lead him through his sourmash operation. A few nights later, however, Bilger is on the other side, on a raid with the local sheriff. Squirrel-brain consumption is still popular in hamlets throughout Kentucky, even after a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine blamed a neurological disease on the dish. Frog legs, one Georgia entrepreneur claims, will soon replace chicken, and southern cooking--the kind that features chitlins, pigs feet, and collards--has become haute cuisine in Atlanta. Back in Oklahoma, Bilger connects with a coonhound trainer during a long night's raccoon chase, and he follows the success of a backwoods marble team who shaped their shooters in the granite-strewn streams of Tennessee. Bilger treats each eccentric character with a distant respect and hints at the melancholy of losing tradition, no matter how bizarre. --Lolly Merrell [via]
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Obsession: The FBI's Legendary Profiler Probes the Psyches of Killers, Rapists, and Stalkers and Their Victims and Tells How to Fight Backby John E. Douglas, Mark OlshakerISBN 0684845601 (0-684-84560-1)
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Written with Mark Olshaker, the coauthor of Douglas's previous books and an acclaimed novelist, journalist, and filmmaker, "Obsession" is vital reading for anyone seeking to understand and prevent violent crime. In "Obsession", Douglas once again takes us fascinatingly behind the scenes, focusing his expertise on predatory crimes, primarily against women. With a deep sense of compassion for the victims and an uncanny understanding of the perpetrators, Douglas looks at the obsessions that lead to rape, stalking, and sexual murder through such cases as Ronnie Shelton, the serial rapist who terrorized Cleveland; Joseph Thompson, New Zealand's South Auckland rapist; the stalking and killing of television star Rebecca Schaeffer; and New York's notorious "Preppie Murder". He plumbs the minds and motives of those who commit these terrifying and seemingly inexplicable offenses, using as examples his study of Ed Gein, Gary Heidnick, and Ted Bundy, the three obsessional killers who made up the composite character of "Buffalo Bill" in The Silence of the Lambs. (Douglas himself was the model for Special Agent Jack Crawford.)
But Douglas also looks at obsession on the other side of the moral spectrum: his own career-long obsession with hunting these predators; the obsession of the directors of a model police department's victim's program in Virginia that has literally saved the lives of survivors; and the obsession of a brilliant young lawyer who has established an innovative school in Harlem to combat crime, drugs, and despair. Finally, there's the poignant and moving story of Gene and Peggy Schmidt and their daughter, Jennifer, whose sister, Stephanie, was viciously murdered by a paroled rapist in Kansas, and who channeled their grief and anguish into fighting for a milestone Supreme Court ruling. Douglas analyzes the critical lessons of the Stephanie Schmidt case, which demonstrates the new empowerment galvanizing the victim's rights movement.
In a final section that serves as a call to action, Douglas shows us how we can all fight back and protect ourselves, our families, and loved ones against the scourge of the violent predators in our midst. But the first step is insight and understanding, and no one is better qualified to penetrate obsession than John Douglas. [via]
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The Official Book of Figure Skatingby U. S. Figure Skating Association Staff, Peggy FlemingISBN 068484673X (0-684-84673-X)
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The Play Goes on: A Memoirby Neil SimonISBN 0684846918 (0-684-84691-8)
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The Politics of Bad Faith: The Radical Assault on America's Futureby David HorowitzISBN 0684850230 (0-684-85023-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Politics of Bad Faith: The Radical Assault on America's Future'Book summary:The author of Radical Son returns with a vigorous polemic against the American Left. Showing that liberals and conservatives have sharply contrasting views on the ideas of freedom and equality--and defining these differences in forceful prose--Horowitz goes on to blame the Left for many of what he believes to be America's ills, including multiculturalism, feminism, and economic socialism. "We speak reflexively of leftists as 'progressives,' even though their doctrines are rooted in nineteenth-century prejudice and have been refuted by a historical record of unprecedented bloodshed and oppression," writes Horowitz, an ex-Marxist who is now a staunch right-winger. In an especially controversial chapter, he charges gay-rights activists with creating a political environment that made it almost impossible for the public health community to react effectively to the AIDS crisis. Like the man himself, this book will attract lovers and loathers, depending on their political creed. For conservative readers, he performs the helpful task of clarifying their own convictions; for left-of-center ones, he provides a penetrating glimpse into the conservative mindset. --John J. Miller [via]
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Potatoes Not Prozac : A Natural Seven Step Dietary Plan to Stabilize the Level of Sugar in Your Bloodby Kathleen DesMaisonsISBN 0684849534 (0-684-84953-4)
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Potatoes Not Prozac: A Natural Seven-Step Dietary Plan to Control Your Cravings and Lose Weight, Recognize How Foods Affect the Way You Feel, and Stabilize the Level of suby Kathleen DesmaisonsISBN 0684850141 (0-684-85014-1)
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The Prisoner's Wife: A Memoirby Asha BandeleISBN 0684850737 (0-684-85073-7)
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Ready For Revolution: The Life And Struggles Of Stokely Carmichael (kwame Ture)by Ekwueme Michael ThelwellISBN 0684850044 (0-684-85004-4)
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Ready for Revolution : The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)by Stokely Carmichael, Ekwueme Michael Thelwell, John Edgar Widerman, Kwame TureISBN 0684850036 (0-684-85003-6)
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Carmichael was born in Trinidad, but his life as an activist began with his immersion in the Civil Rights movement at the Bronx High School of Science and then Howard University in the 1950s and 60s. At Howard he joined the Nonviolent Action Group (NAG) and later, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), through which he drove voter registration efforts in Mississippi and Alabama. Later, as chairman of the SNCC he moved beyond the teachings of nonviolent resistance and forged the Black Power movement, authoring one of its key documents, "Toward Black Liberation" with Thelwell. He became a nationally recognized figure, reviled by leaders on both the left and the right for his apparent abandonment of integration. Yet his vision for black self-determinism would empower a generation of African-American artists, scholars, and leaders to embrace a new vision of African and African-American identity that is still transforming black culture. Eventually, Carmichael settled in Guinea, where he became a member of the ruling party and spent his later years promulgating his vision for Pan-African revolution.
In the introduction to Ready for Revolution, Thelwell admits that, in keeping the story faithful to the recordings, he left it essentially a "first draft" of Carmichael's vision. Thelwell's intrusions in the text, whether his own points or thoughts of others whom he interviewed are bracketed--while this formal approach honors Carmichael's words, the passages are often distracting and would have been better left as endnotes. Further, Thelwell seems to let Carmichael's original text stand where some pruning would have been beneficial, notably in Carmichael's overly detailed recounting of his school days. That said, Thelwell has done a great service to African-American studies by shepherding Carmichael's controversial, quirky, and uncompromising autobiography into print. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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The Real Estate Game: The Intelligent Guide to Decision-Making and Investmentby Jeffrey L. Cruikshank, William J. PoorvuISBN 068485550X (0-684-85550-X)
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Reality 101by Frances KatzanekISBN 0684846527 (0-684-84652-7)
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Reporting Liveby Lesley StahlISBN 068485371X (0-684-85371-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reporting Live'Book summary:No TV news blond has more steel than 60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl, whose Reporting Live is one impressively substantive celebrity memoir. As a rookie in the CBS Washington, D.C., bureau in 1972, she got an assignment too grubby and unpromising for the big reporters: Watergate. She didn't just date Bob Woodward, she vied with him for scoops. For a quarter century, workaholic Stahl saw more of presidents and fellow bulldog newshound Sam Donaldson than her own daughter and husband, Urban Cowboy writer Aaron Latham.
Stahl's book belongs on any political-history shelf. Besides a briskly readable account of epochal events witnessed up close, she offers canny insights into what broke Nixon, backs up Tom Shales's opinion of Carter as "a combination Mr. Rogers and John the Baptist," assesses Reagan's mysteriously fogbank-like mind, and paints a startlingly warm portrait of George Bush (though not Barbara). Not only can Stahl fire fierce questions at world leaders against hair-raising deadlines, she can analyze trends with cool detachment, sometimes busting her profession or herself as guilty parties. She laments the "moral McCarthyism" of our times and compares her profession to a pack of wild dogs she'd encountered on an African safari.
What did it mean to be a woman in a man's world? Menachem Begin sexually harassed her, but her experience with teenage girls proved useful in understanding Reagan's bitchy, backstabbing male staff. Stahl sketches her personal life (and Latham's near-fatal depression), but her stuff on media and politics is the real news here. --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Riverkeepers: Two Activists Fight to Reclaim Our Environment As a Basic Human Rightby John Cronin, Robert Francis KennedyISBN 068484625X (0-684-84625-X)
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The Roaring 2000s: Building the Wealth and Lifestyle You Desire in the Greatest Boom in Historyby Harry S. DentISBN 0684853108 (0-684-85310-8)
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Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leaderby Dinesh D'SouzaISBN 0684848236 (0-684-84823-6)
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Sailing Fundamentalsby Gary JobsonISBN 0684849941 (0-684-84994-1)
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Sexy at Any Size: A Real Woman's Guide to Dating and Romanceby Jacqueline Shannon, Katie AronsISBN 0684854155 (0-684-85415-5)
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Shadowby Bob WoodwardISBN 0684852632 (0-684-85263-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shadow'Book summary:There are two ways to look at this bestseller by Watergate scoopmeister Woodward. First, it's an original take on Clinton's sex scandal, framing it as the latest consequence of Nixon's assault on the U.S. political system. Woodward sketches each president's tussles with scandal managing after Watergate permanently turned up the press heat on the White House. Ford lies about a meeting concerning a potential deal to pardon Nixon, but remains convinced he did nothing wrong. Carter's pious advocacy of truth telling backfires when he's confronted with conundrums involving his pal Bert Lance, the fallout from CIA-provided hookers, and cash for King Hussein. Reagan's men try to make him understand the lies and shocking wrongness of the Iran-Contra debacle, but he simply, stubbornly doesn't get it. And by the time prosecutors interview Reagan in 1992, he's so ill he can't remember his own oldest friends and advisers.
All provocative stuff, some of it new. But most readers will flip to the book's second half, a fly-on-the-wall account of the backroom mud-wrestling in both the Clinton and Starr camps in the Monicagate morass. It's a trove of racy facts (mostly from anonymous sources). We read that Clinton called Nixon a "war criminal," yet tried to minimize Watergate in his Nixon eulogy, that he disgusted Ford and Jack Nicklaus by cheating while golfing with them, and that he kept falsely assuring aides, "I'm retired! [as an adulterer]." We hear Hillary's alleged words of agony and see the pain on Bill's face after Chelsea reads The Starr Report on the Internet. Starr comes off like RoboCop without the human side. Woodward calls him "pathetic and unwise" in rejecting his staff's urgent demand not to send the lurid details of presidential sex to Congress. "I love the narrative!" Starr weirdly exulted, according to Woodward's new Deep Throat (or Throats). Since Monica was interrogated at Starr's mother-in-law's apartment, which he called "Grandma's place," ethics expert Sam Dash suggested they call it "Operation Red Riding Hood." What sharp teeth everyone in this book has!
To tell the truth, Woodward doesn't really knit together 25 years' worth of scandals into a single strong narrative. But the Clinton part is the closest thing yet to what we all crave: a tale of Monicagate with some of the flavor of a John Grisham thriller. --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campusesby Alan Charles Kors, Harvey SilverglateISBN 0684853213 (0-684-85321-3)
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The Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Animals: A Visual Who's Who of the World's Creaturesby Simon and Schuster, Inc, Philip WhitfieldISBN 0684852373 (0-684-85237-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Animals: A Visual Who's Who of the World's Creatures'Book summary:Dr. Philip Whitfield, lecturer in Zoology at King's College, London, has compiled this weighty, authoritative, and beautiful volume about the five classes of vertebrates: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes. An overview of each class serves as an introduction to its members and includes descriptions of the class's distinguishing features, history, and major families, plus cladograms showing the possible phylogenic relationships within the class. Because most readers are more comfortable with the traditional classifications of kingdom, phylum, order, etc., within the chapters themselves the families are arranged in accordance with that system. The section on each family, in turn, begins with a brief overview of the family, followed by representative examples of family members. Each included species is then described separately. The entry includes a full-color painting of the animal, the animal's common and scientific name, its size, breeding patterns, feeding habits, geographic range, and more. Relevant controversies of classification are also mentioned; for example, Whitfield notes that zoologists have recently decided to move the Lagomorpha (rabbits, hares, and pikas) out of the rodent order and grant them status as an order unto themselves. If you haven't been keeping track of who is related to whom, a detailed index with both common and scientific names alphabetized together can help you find the animals you seek. With its more than 2,000 beautiful illustrations and informative text on everything from Aardvark to Zosterops japonicus (a.k.a. the Japanese White-eye, a small green bird), The Encyclopedia of Animals is an excellent reference tool--and a browser's delight. --C.B. Delaney [via]
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The Soul of Battle : From Ancient Times to the Present Day, Three Great Liberators Who Vanquished Tyrannyby Victor Davis HansonISBN 0684845024 (0-684-84502-4)
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Spin Cycle: Inside the Clinton Propaganda Machineby Howard KurtzISBN 0684852314 (0-684-85231-4)
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Taking Charge: The Johnson White House Tapes, 1963-1964by Michael R. BeschlossISBN 0684847922 (0-684-84792-2)
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The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroomby James W. Stigler, James HiebertISBN 0684852748 (0-684-85274-8)
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Under the Knife: How a Wealthy Negro Surgeon Wielded Power in the Jim Crow Southby Hugh PearsonISBN 0684846519 (0-684-84651-9)
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A Useful Woman: The Early Life of Jane Addamsby Gioia DilibertoISBN 0684853655 (0-684-85365-5)
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The Vanishing American Jew: In Search of Jewish Identity for the Next Centuryby Alan M. DershowitzISBN 0684848988 (0-684-84898-8)
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Dershowitz writes powerfully about his fear that, with nothing to struggle against and no powerful motivation to maintain traditions, American secular Jews will, within a few generations, lose their Jewishness. The author writes from a privileged position: raised an Orthodox Jew, he embraced secular Judaism in his young adulthood and thus comes equipped with an intimate understanding of what he has chosen to reject and accept. Though Dershowitz has no definitive answers for the problem of The Vanishing American Jew, the questions he raises may be the first step in discovering a solution. [via]
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Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen: Reflections at Sixty and Beyondby Larry McMurtryISBN 0684854961 (0-684-85496-1)
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Where They Ain't : The Fabled Life and Untimely Death of the Original Baltimore Orioles, the Team That Gave Birth to Modern Baseballby Burt SolomonISBN 0684854511 (0-684-85451-1)
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Why We Buy: The Science of Shoppingby Paco UnderhillISBN 0684849143 (0-684-84914-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping'Book summary:In an effort to determine why people buy, Paco Underhill and his detailed-oriented band of retail researchers have camped out in stores over the course of 20 years, dedicating their lives to the "science of shopping." Armed with an array of video equipment, store maps, and customer-profile sheets, Underhill and his consulting firm, Envirosell, have observed over 900 aspects of interaction between shopper and store. They've discovered that men who take jeans into fitting rooms are more likely to buy than females (65 percent vs. 25 percent). They've learned how the "butt-brush factor" (bumped from behind, shoppers become irritated and move elsewhere) makes women avoid narrow aisles. They've quantified the importance of shopping baskets; contact between employees and shoppers; the "transition zone" (the area just inside the store's entrance); and "circulation patterns" (how shoppers move throughout a store). And they've explored the relationship between a customer's amenability and profitability, learning how good stores capitalize on a shopper's unspoken inclinations and desires.
Underhill, whose clients include McDonald's, Starbucks, Estée Lauder, and Blockbuster, stocks Why We Buy with a wealth of retail insights, showing how men are beginning to shop like women, and how women have changed the way supermarkets are laid out. He also looks to the future, projecting massive retail opportunities with an aging baby-boom population and predicting how online retailing will affect shopping malls. This lighthearted look at shopping is highly recommended to anyone who buys or sells. --Rob McDonald [via]
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Wide As the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspiredby Benson BobrickISBN 0684847477 (0-684-84747-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wide As the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspired'Book summary:Benson Bobrick's Wide as the Waters: The Story of the English Bible and the Revolution It Inspired is a brisk and gripping work of history, religion, and literary criticism. Translation of the King James Bible took centuries to complete, and Bobrick provides colorful descriptions of the distinctive contributions of various translators who took part in the project, particularly John Wyclif in the 15th century and William Tyndale in the 16th century. (Tyndale, he points out, is the second most widely quoted writer, after Shakespeare, in the English language ["eat, drink, and be merry," is Tyndale's phrase; so is "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"].) Wide as the Waters interprets each translator's work according to its contemporary political context in England. The book's most dramatic passages are found in its account of Henry VIII's showdown with Rome, which resulted in (among other things) Tyndale's execution. Although Bobrick may overstate the singularity of the Bible's influence on the English Revolution (he asserts that the concepts of liberty and free will that guided revolutionaries who overthrew Charles I were primarily derived from the King James Bible), his argument is, at the very least, an effective and engaging reminder of Scripture's liberating power. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen: Classic Family Recipes for Celebration and Healingby Grace Young, Alan RichardsonISBN 0684847396 (0-684-84739-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen: Classic Family Recipes for Celebration and Healing'Book summary:Grace Young is a culinary sister to novelist Amy Tan. In The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen, along with sharing recipes from her family, Young immerses the reader in Chinese culture and the Chinese American experience of San Francisco's Chinatown, where she grew up. This personal book began with Young's wish to preserve the Cantonese dishes prepared by her parents and extended family. Since they cooked by instinct, the only way to record their recipes was by observing her mother, father, and aunties while they cooked, and by asking endless questions. These kitchen conversations also became a way to elicit untold family history from her deeply traditional and reticent parents.
Each chapter opens with an essay intertwining biographical stories with information about Chinese food and healing. The blending of culinary information and cultural observations is powerfully realized, perhaps because Young shows old-fashioned respect along with a contemporary perspective. The result is both affectionate and enthralling. You can vividly picture the meticulous choreography as her parents make dinner in their tiny kitchen, reaching over steaming pots and rushing the steaming food to the table.
Young delves into the hows and whys of Cantonese home cooking, with particular attention to technique and ingredients: Chinese broccoli with flowers should be avoided because the bright yellow blossoms indicate the stalks are too old. Steaming is valued because it draws out the intense flavors near the bone in chicken, fish, and meat, leaving them tender and moist.
Many dishes are elementally simple. Hot-and-Sour Soup is fired solely by aromatic white pepper. White Chicken is perfumed just with ginger and garlic. Some choices are quick and easy, as in stir-fried Bean Sprouts, while others require long and elaborate preparation, like savory Rice Tamales stuffed with pork, Chinese sausage, and duck egg yolks and wrapped in bamboo leaves. Anyone who enjoys eating Chinese food or has experienced the generational differences in immigrant families will get lost in The Wisdom of the Chinese Kitchen. --Dana Jacobi [via]
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The Woven Figure: Conservatism and America's Fabric, 1994-1997by George F. WillISBN 0684848201 (0-684-84820-1)
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Write It Down, Make It Happen : A Practical and Inspirational Guide to Identifying What You Want and Getting It!by Henriette A. KlauserISBN 068485001X (0-684-85001-X)
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Using case studies and writing exercises, Dr Klauser illustrates how people's lives can change just by being able to identify what they want, and where they want to be in the future. In one of her early examples she cites Jim "The Grinch" Carrey, who as an impoverished actor wrote a cheque to himself for 10 million dollars and carried it around with him for years. Now an A-list Hollywood movie star, Carrey commands circa 20 million dollars per film: his dream has come true.
Not all of Klauser's case studies are in the fairy-tale realm. She also cites day-to-day stories--men and women whose lives improved after they started to write down/identify what their goals were--to move house, change career or go travelling. This is the crux of Dr Klauser's book; it is about working out what you want and structuring your life to make those goals attainable or as close to attainable as possible.
Write It Down, Make It Happen is a very American book, and if you can work past some of the Oprah-type case studies, Klauser's message is clear: be proactive--take control of your life, and dreams can come true. --Aruna Vasudevan [via]
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The Writing of Fictionby Edith WhartonISBN 0684845318 (0-684-84531-8)
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You Want Me to Do What?: When, Where, and How to Draw the Line at Workby Nan DemarsISBN 068485046X (0-684-85046-X)
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You're Too Kind : A Brief History of Flatteryby Richard StengelISBN 0684854910 (0-684-85491-0)
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Zen Computerby Phillip Toshido SudoISBN 0684854104 (0-684-85410-4)
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Zen Computer : Mindfulness and the Machineby Philip Toshio SudoISBN 0684854090 (0-684-85409-0)
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