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1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongueby Captain GroseISBN 1419100076 (1-4191-0007-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: '1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue'Book summary:The knees. To bring any one down on his marrow bones; to make him beg pardon on his knees: some derive this from Mary's bones, i.e. the bones bent in honor of the Virgin Mary; but this seems rather far- fetched. Marrow bones and cleavers; principal instruments in the band of rough music: these are generally performed on by butchers, on marriages, elections, riding skimmington, and other public or joyous occasions. [via]
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America's Constitution: A Biographyby Akhil Reed AmarISBN 1400062624 (1-4000-6262-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'America's Constitution: A Biography'Book summary:In Americas Constitution, one of this eras most accomplished constitutional law scholars, Akhil Reed Amar, gives the first comprehensive account of one of the worlds great political texts. Incisive, entertaining, and occasionally controversial, this biography of Americas framing document explains not only what the Constitution says but also why the Constitution says it.
We all know this much: the Constitution is neither immutable nor perfect. Amar shows us how the story of this one relatively compact document reflects the story of America more generally. (For example, much of the Constitution, including the glorious-sounding We the People, was lifted from existing American legal texts, including early state constitutions.) In short, the Constitution was as much a product of its environment as it was a product of its individual creators inspired genius.
Despite the Constitutions flaws, its role in guiding our republic has been nothing short of amazing. Skillfully placing the document in the context of late-eighteenth-century American politics, Americas Constitution explains, for instance, whether there is anything in the Constitution that is unamendable; the reason America adopted an electoral college; why a president must be at least thirty-five years old; and whyfor now, at leastonly those citizens who were born under the American flag can become president.
From his unique perspective, Amar also gives us unconventional wisdom about the Constitution and its significance throughout the nations history. For one thing, we see that the Constitution has been far more democratic than is conventionally understood. Even though the document was drafted by white landholders, a remarkably large number of citizens (by the standards of 1787) were allowed to vote up or down on it, and the documents later amendments eventually extended the vote to virtually all Americans.
We also learn that the Founders Constitution was far more slavocratic than many would acknowledge: the three fifths clause gave the South extra political clout for every slave it owned or acquired. As a result, slaveholding Virginians held the presidency all but four of the Republics first thirty-six years, and proslavery forces eventually came to dominate much of the federal government prior to Lincolns election.
Ambitious, even-handed, eminently accessible, and often surprising, Americas Constitution is an indispensable work, bound to become a standard reference for any student of history and all citizens of the United States. [via]More editions of America's Constitution: A Biography:
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American Gospel : God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nationby Jon MeachamISBN 1400065550 (1-4000-6555-0)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Gospel : God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation'Book summary:The American Gospelliterally, the good news about Americais that religion shapes our public life without controlling it. In this vivid book, New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham tells the human story of how the Founding Fathers viewed faith, and how they ultimately created a nation in which belief in God is a matter of choice.
At a time when our country seems divided by extremism, American Gospel draws on the past to offer a new perspective. Meacham re-creates the fascinating history of a nation grappling with religion and politicsfrom John Winthrops city on a hill sermon to Thomas Jeffersons Declaration of Independence; from the Revolution to the Civil War; from a proposed nineteenth-century Christian Amendment to the Constitution to Martin Luther King, Jr.s call for civil rights; from George Washington to Ronald Reagan.
Debates about religion and politics are often more divisive than illuminating. Secularists point to a wall of separation between church and state, while many conservatives act as though the Founding Fathers were apostles in knee britches. As Meacham shows in this brisk narrative, neither extreme has it right. At the heart of the American experiment lies the God of what Benjamin Franklin called public religion, a God who invests all human beings with inalienable rights while protecting private religion from government interference. It is a great American balancing act, and it has served us well.
Meacham has written and spoken extensively about religion and politics, and he brings historical authority and a sense of hope to the issue. American Gospel makes it compellingly clear that the nations best chance of summoning what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature lies in recovering the spirit and sense of the Founding. In looking back, we may find the light to lead us forward.
In his American Gospel, Jon Meacham provides a refreshingly clear, balanced, and wise historical portrait of religion and American politics at exactly the moment when such fairness and understanding are much needed. Anyone who doubts the relevance of history to our own time has only to read this exceptional book. David McCullough, author of 1776
Jon Meacham has given us an insightful and eloquent account of the spiritual foundation of the early days of the American republic. It is especially instructive reading at a time when the nation is at once engaged in and deeply divided on the question of religion and its place in public life. Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation
An absorbing narrative full of vivid characters and fresh thinking, American Gospel tells how the Founding Fathersand their successorsstruggled with their own religious and political convictions to work out the basic structure for freedom of religion. For me this book was nonstop reading. Elaine Pagels, professor of religion, Princeton University, author of Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
Jon Meacham is one of our countrys most brilliant thinkers about religions impact on American society. In this scintillating and provocative book, Meacham reveals the often-hidden influence of religious belief on the Founding Fathers and on later generations of American citizens and leaders up to our own. Today, as we argue more strenuously than ever about the proper place of religion in our politics and the rest of American life, Meachams important book should serve as the touchstone of the debate.
Michael Beschloss, author of The Conquerors
At a time when faith and freedom seem increasingly polarized, American Gospel recovers our vital centerthe middle ground where, historically, religion and public life strike a delicate balance. Well researched, well written, inspiring, and persuasive, this is a welcome addition to the literature. Jonathan D. Sarna, Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University, author of American Judaism: A History [via]More editions of American Gospel : God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation:
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The Amityville Horrorby Jay AnsonISBN 1416507698 (1-4165-0769-8)
Softcover, Pocket Star
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Amityville Horror'Book summary:In December 1975, the Lutz family moved into their new home on suburban Long Island. George and Kathleen Lutz knew that, one year earlier, Ronald DeFeo had murdered his parents, brothers, and sisters in that house. But the property complete with boathouse and swimming pool and the price were too good to pass up. Twenty-eight days later, the entire Lutz family fled in terror. This is the spellbinding, best-selling true story that gripped the nation, the story of a house possessed by evil spirits, haunted by psychic phenomena almost too terrible to describe. [via]
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The Anatomy of Fascismby Robert O. PaxtonISBN 1400033918 (1-4000-3391-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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What is fascism? Many authors have proposed succinct but abstract definitions. Robert O. Paxton prefers to start with concrete historical experience. He focuses more on what fascists did than on what they said. Their first uniformed bands beat up enemies of the nation, such as communists and foreign immigrants, during the tense days after 1918 when the liberal democracies of Europe were struggling with the aftershocks of World War I. Fascist parties could not approach power, however, without the complicity of conservatives willing to sacrifice the rule of law for security.
Paxton makes clear the sequence of steps by which fascists and conservatives together formed regimes in Italy and Germany, and why fascists remained out of power elsewhere. Fascist regimes were strained alliances. While fascist parties had broad political leeway, conservatives preserved many social and economic privileges. Goals of forced national unity, purity, and expansion, accompanied by propaganda-driven public excitement, held the mixture together. War opened opportunities for fascist extremists to pursue these goals to the point of genocide. Paxton shows how these opportunities manifested themselves differently in France, in Britain, in the Low Countries, and in Eastern Europeand yet failed to achieve supreme power. He goes on to examine whether fascism can exist outside the specific early-twentieth-century European setting in which it emerged, and whether it can reappear today. This groundbreaking book, based on a lifetime of research, will have a lasting impact on our understanding of twentieth-century history. [via] 
Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian Americaby Linda Hunt, Sue ArmitageISBN 1400079934 (1-4000-7993-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Bomb the Suburbsby William Upski WimsattISBN 0964385503 (0-9643855-0-3)
Softcover, Atlantic Books, Limited
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The Book of the Swordby Richard F. BurtonISBN 142549448X (1-4254-9448-X)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Book of Were-wolvesby Sabine Baring-GouldISBN 1406510688 (1-4065-1068-8)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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Chicken Soup for the Pet Lovers Soul: Stories About Pets As Teachers,Healers,Heroes and Friendsby Jack CanfieldISBN 1558745718 (1-55874-571-8)
Softcover, Hci
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The Collector's Edition of the Lost Erotic Novelsby Anais Et Al NinISBN 0975533177 (0-9755331-7-7)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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The Confessions of Saint Augustineby AugustineISBN 1421824515 (1-4218-2451-5)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions of Saint Augustine'Book summary:Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and Thy wisdom infinite. And Thee would man raise; man, but a particle of Thy creation; man, that bears about him his mortality, the witness of his sin, the witness that Thou resistest [via]
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The Confessions Of Saint Augustineby E. B. Pusey, AugustineISBN 140680603X (1-4068-0603-X)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions of Saint Augustine'Book summary:But woe is thee, thou torrent of human custom! Who shall stand against thee? how long shalt thou not be dried up? how long roll the sons of Eve into that huge and hideous ocean, which even they scarcely overpass who climb the cross? Did not I read in thee of Jove the thunderer and the adulterer? both, doubtless, he could not be; but so the feigned thunder might countenance and pander to real adultery. [via]
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Crazy English: The Ultimate Joy Ride Through Our Languageby Richard LedererISBN 1417616989 (1-4176-1698-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crazy English: The Ultimate Joy Ride Through Our Language'Book summary:One of the most unforgettable moments of my youth was learning the word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. I was in third grade. So what if Richard Lederer has come up with a chemical compound that consists of 1,913 letters? Owning a word like pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is empowering at any age. If you have ever been completely wowed by the power you can have over language, or its power over you, Richard Lederer is your patron saint. His oft-reprinted introduction to Crazy English, which was originally published in 1989, claims that English is "the most loopy and wiggy of all tongues." And then he demonstrates: "In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway? ... Why do they call them apartments when they're all together?" And so on. Lederer's pace is frenetic. He alights on oxymorons ("pretty ugly," "computer jock"), redundancies, confusing words (are you sure you know the meaning of enormity?), phobias, contronyms, heteronyms, retroactive terms (acoustic guitar, rotary phone), and a host of other linguistic delights.
Though English may be one of the crazier languages--Lederer claims that about 80 percent of our words are not spelled phonetically--they are all, he says, a little crazy. "That's because language is invented ... by boys and girls and men and women, not computers. As such, language reflects the creative and fearful asymmetry of the human race, which, of course, isn't really a race at all." --Jane Steinberg [via]
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Culpeper's Color Herbalby David Potterton, Michael Stringer, E. J. ShellardISBN 1402744943 (1-4027-4494-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Dancing on My Graveby Gelsey Kirkland, Greg LawrenceISBN 1555043259 (1-55504-325-9)
Hardcover, Chivers North Amer
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Dao De Jing: A New-Millennium Translationby David H. Li, LaoziISBN 0971169004 (0-9711690-0-4)
Softcover, Premier Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dao De Jing: A New-Millennium Translation'Book summary:This new-millennium translation of Lao Tzu's Dao De Jing (also known as Tao Te Ching) has many features, some unique, as follows:
1 - Interlinear Presentation. A short passage of two or three lines in Chinese is immediately translated into English before moving onto another short passsage in Chinese. In this way, a Chinese-literate reader can easily assess the level of the translator's competence, the appropriateness of his rendition, and the extent of his fidelity to the original -- whether it is an entire passage, a full sentence, a short phrase, or a single word. (A unique feature)
2 - Rhymed Passages. Lao Tzu uses rhymed expression for emphasis. Of the essay's 364 passages, at least 59 passages are rhymed -- these 59 passages are all rhymed in this translation. Since one can learn a great deal by reading just these rhymed passages, they are also collected as Appendix C at the back of this volume. (Another unique feature)
3 - Reference-Specific Annotations. This volume has 500+ foonotes.
4 - Comparison With Confucius's Analects. Dao De Jing was written to challenge Confucius and his school of thought. This volume culls 71 direct quotations from the Analects (as translated by the translator in an earlier work) for comparison. These quotations, along with other comments, are collected as Appendix E. (A unique feature)
5 - Comparison With Sun Tzu's Art of War. Dao De Jing is also regarded as a treatise on war. This volume culls 46 directo quotations from Sun Tzu's Art of War (as translated by the translator from another of his earlier works) for comparison. These quotations, along with other comments, are collected as Appendix F. (A unique feature)
6 - Lao Tzu's year-by-year chronology. Appendix A, on five pages. (A unique feature)
7 - List of Dao De Jing in English translation. Appendix H, on 14 pages, listing 124 unduplicated work.
8 - Key-word index. Appendix I, on 20 pages. [via]
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religionby David HumeISBN 1420927043 (1-4209-2704-3)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
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Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Healthby L. Ron HubbardISBN 1403105464 (1-4031-0546-4)
Softcover, Bridge Pubns
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The Education of a Coachby David HalberstamISBN 1401308791 (1-4013-0879-1)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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Emperor of Scentby Chandler BurrISBN 1417634480 (1-4176-3448-0)
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Essays: First Seriesby Ralph Waldo EmersonISBN 1404350020 (1-4043-5002-0)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Essays: First Series'Book summary:This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. [via]
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The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Doby Samantha EttusISBN 1400052564 (1-4000-5256-4)
Hardcover, Clarkson Potter
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do'Book summary:The simplest things are the hardest to master. From brewing your morning cup of coffee and reading the newspaper to apologizing or remembering names, its the small stuff that makes up day-to-day life. The Experts Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do provides unparalleled insights into how to do them bettermore resourcefully, more effectively, and more efficientlyin 100 brief how-to essays by 100 of the worlds leading experts, including:
" Interpersonal skills like how to Tell a Story by Ira Glass and Listen by Larry King
" Etiquette essentials like how to Shake Hands by Letitia Baldrige, Set a Formal Table by Peggy Post, and Give and Receive a Compliment by Ms. Demeanor, Mary Mitchell
" Home pointers such as how to Paint a Room by Bob Vila, Remove a Stain by Linda Cobb, the Queen of Clean, and Do Laundry by Heloise
" Beauty basics that include how to Apply Lipstick by Bobbi Brown and Wash Your Hair by Frederic Fekkai
" Cooking tips such as how to Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies by Mrs. Fields, Barbecue by Bobby Flay, and Make Eggs by Jean-Georges Vongerichten
" Health hints like how to Breathe by Bikram Choudhury and Do Push-ups and Sit-ups by Kathy Smith
" Athletic advice including how to Hit a Tennis Ball by Jennifer Capriati, Swing a Golf Club by Jim McLean, and Swim by Summer Sanders
Some of these experts are household names, others are industry leadersall are at the very top of their professions. From Holiday Inns housekeeper of the year (Make a Bed), the head groundskeeper of Fenway Park (Mow a Lawn), and the mayor of Buffalo (Shovel Snow) to the CEOs of Harry Winston (Buy a Diamond) and Thomas Pink (Tie a Windsor Knot), they are the authorities on their subjects. The Experts Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do brings together the best of the best, offering the worlds most valuable advice. With this book in hand, life will indeed be better. [via]More editions of The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do:
Father Joe : The Man Who Saved My Soulby Tony HendraISBN 1400061849 (1-4000-6184-9)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Forever Summerby Nigella Lawson, Petrina TinslayISBN 1401300162 (1-4013-0016-2)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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Genderqueer: Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binaryby Joan Nestle, Riki Anne Wilchins, Clare HowellISBN 1555837301 (1-55583-730-1)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Genderqueer: Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary'Book summary:[via]Perhaps more than any other issue, gender identity has galvanized the queer community in recent years. The questions go beyond the nature of male/female to a yet-to-be-traversed region that lies somewhere between and beyond biologically determined gender. In this groundbreaking anthology, three experts in gender studies and politics navigate around rigid, societally imposed concepts of two genders to discover and illuminate the limitless possibilities of identity. Thirty first-person accounts of gender construction, exploration, and questioning provide a groundwork for cultural discussion, political action, and even greater possibilities of autonomous gender choices. Noted scholar Joan Nestle is joined by internationally prominent gender warrior Riki Anne Wilchins and historian Clare Howell to provide a societal, cultural, and political exploration of gender identity.
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Media campaign hilighting authors Nestle and WilchinsJoan Nestle is the cofounder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives in New York and the writer and editor of six books including the groundbreaking Women on Women series. Riki Anne Wilchins is the executive director of GenderPAC, the national gender advocacy group, and the cofounder of the Gender Identity Project of New York City's Lesbian and Gay Center. She is the author of Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender. Clare Howell is a senior librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library.
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Grimms' Fairy TalesISBN 1404305378 (1-4043-0537-8)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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Grimms' Fairy Talesby Brothers GrimmISBN 1406821411 (1-4068-2141-1)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Growing up Bradyby Chris Kreski, Barry WilliamsISBN 0967378508 (0-9673785-0-8)
Softcover, Good Guy Entertainment
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A Guide to Old Englishby Bruce Mitchell, Fred C. RobinsonISBN 1405146907 (1-4051-4690-7)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Guide to Old English'Book summary:The seventh edition of this popular introduction to Old English language and literature retains the general structure and style of previous editions, but has been updated, and includes two new, much-requested texts: the Cotton Gnomes and Wulfstans Sermo Lupia ad Anglos and two new appendices: A List of Linguistic Terms Used in This Book and The Moods of Old English.
- Provides a range of helpful pedagogical tools: a map of Anglo-Saxon England, notes, a glossary, indexes to Part I, and a general introduction to Anglo-Saxon studies.
- Contains a special "How to Use this Guide" section, to aid both self-study and classroom use.
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- Provides a range of helpful pedagogical tools: a map of Anglo-Saxon England, notes, a glossary, indexes to Part I, and a general introduction to Anglo-Saxon studies.
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History of Witchcraftby Montague SummersISBN 1555218067 (1-55521-806-7)
Hardcover, Book Sales, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of Witchcraft'Book summary:Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social sciences, and during a period of decisive historical discovery. The aim of the general editor, C.K. Ogden, was to summarize the most up-to-date findings and theories of historians, anthropologists, archaeologists and sociologists. This reprinted material is available as a set or in the following groupings or as individual volumes:
* Prehistory and Historical Ethnography
Set of 12: 0-415-15611-4: £800.00
* Greek Civilization
Set of 7: 0-415-15612-2: £450.00
* Roman Civilization
Set of 6: 0-415-15613-0: £400.00
* Eastern Civilizations
Set of 10: 0-415-15614-9: £650.00
* Judaeo-Christian Civilization
Set of 4: 0-415-15615-7: £250.00
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I and Thouby Martin BuberISBN 140672730X (1-4067-2730-X)
Softcover, Hesperides Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I and Thou'Book summary:I and Thou, Martin Buber's classic philosophical work, is among the 20th century's foundational documents of religious ethics. "The close association of the relation to God with the relation to one's fellow-men ... is my most essential concern," Buber explains in the Afterword. Before discussing that relationship, in the book's final chapter, Buber explains at length the range and ramifications of the ways people treat one another, and the ways they bear themselves in the natural world. "One should beware altogether of understanding the conversation with God ... as something that occurs merely apart from or above the everyday," Buber explains. "God's address to man penetrates the events in all our lives and all the events in the world around us, everything biographical and everything historical, and turns it into instruction, into demands for you and me." Throughout I and Thou, Buber argues for an ethic that does not use other people (or books, or trees, or God), and does not consider them objects of one's own personal experience. Instead, Buber writes, we must learn to consider everything around us as "You" speaking to "me," and requiring a response. Buber's dense arguments can be rough going at times, but Walter Kaufmann's definitive 1970 translation contains hundreds of helpful footnotes providing Buber's own explanations of the book's most difficult passages. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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In His Stepsby Charles M. SheldonISBN 1557483469 (1-55748-346-9)
Softcover, Barbour Publishing, Incorporated
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In His Stepsby Charles Monroe SheldonISBN 1557480931 (1-55748-093-1)
Softcover, Barbour Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In His Steps'Book summary:Charles Sheldon's classic Christian novel, updated and abridged. Find out what happens when an entire church congregation pledges to ask "What would Jesus do?" before making any decision, however large or small. [via]
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In Praise of Follyby Desiderius Erasmus, Horace BridgesISBN 1417908998 (1-4179-0899-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Praise of Folly'Book summary:1925. Also the pictures of Holbein etched in the author's time, to which are added Mr. Angarola's conception of the period and drawings by way of contemporary comment by Gene Markey. The Praise of Folly is the best known work of the greatest of the renaissance humanists, Erasmus of Rotterdam. Originally meant for private circulation, it scourges the abuses and follies of the various classes of society, especially of the Church. It is a deliberate attempt to discredit the Church and its satire and stinging comment on ecclesiastical conditions are not intended as a healing medicine but a deadly blow. It ends with a straightforward and touching statement of the Christian ideals which Erasmus shared notably with his English friends, John Colet and Thomas More. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. [via]
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An Introduction to Sociolinguisticsby Ronald WardhaughISBN 140513559X (1-4051-3559-X)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Introduction to Sociolinguistics'Book summary:This fully revised textbook is a new edition of Ronald Wardhaughs popular and accessible An Introduction to Sociolinguistics.
- Provides an accessible, comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics that reflects new developments in the field.
- Fully revised, with 130 new and updated references to bring the book completely up-to-date.
- Includes suggested readings, discussion sections, and exercises.
- Features increased emphasis on issues of identity, solidarity, and power
- Discusses topics such as language dialects, pidgins and creoles, codes, bilingualism, speech communities, variation, words and culture, ethnographies, solidarity and politeness, talk and action, gender, disadvantage, and planning.
- Designed for introductory and post-introductory students, and ideal for courses including introduction to sociolinguistics, aspects of sociolinguistics, and language and society.
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The Jungleby Upton Beall SinclairISBN 1417934417 (1-4179-3441-7)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle'Book summary:1905. Sinclair, American novelist, essayist, playwright, and short story writer, whose works were reflective of his socialistic views. The Jungle is Upton Sinclair's vivid portrait of life and death in a turn-of-the-century American meatpacking factory. A grim indictment that led to government regulations of the food industry, The Jungle is Sinclair's extraordinary contribution to literature and social reform. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. [via]
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The Jungleby Upton SinclairISBN 1404311572 (1-4043-1157-2)
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The Kingdom of the Cultsby Walter Martin, Hank HanegraaffISBN 1556617143 (1-55661-714-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Kingdom of the Cults'Book summary:The Leading Cult Reference Tool Now Completely Updated!
Major cults & religions covered: Jehovahs Witnesses, Mormonism, New Age Cults, The Unification Church, Rajneeshism, Bahai Faith, ISKCON, Hinduism, Transcendental Meditation, Buddhism, World Faith movement, The Theosophical Society, Apocalyptic Cults, Islam, Christian Science, and Unitarian-Universalism.
In an era of rapid cult growth worldwide, Christians today more than ever need the trustworthy information contained in The Kingdom of the Cults. This comprehensive new edition equips readers from every walk of life to use biblical truth to counter the efforts of cults to masquerade as mainstream Christians.
Included is all the authoritative data of previous editions as well as an analysis of the latest ideological and organizational developments of cults old and new. Updated statistics and references detail the alarming spread of the cults, particularly on the mission fields of the world. This edition also recounts the startling yet welcome embrace of orthodox Christian faith by the Worldwide Church of God. Readable and reliable to a wide cross-section of Christiansfrom teachers and pastors to lay believers trying to understand and witness to their neighbors, The Kingdom of the Cults is certain to set the standard for cult reference texts. [via]
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The Kingdom of the Cults/Limitedby Walter MartinISBN 1556612648 (1-55661-264-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Kingdom of the Cults/Limited'Book summary:Readable and reliable, this book sets the standard for reference books on cults.
The Kingdom of the Cults has been the authoritative reference work on major cult systems for more than forty years. In an era of rapid cult growth worldwide, Christians today need the information in this book more than ever. It will equip readers from every walk of life to use biblical truth to counter the efforts of cults to masquerade as mainstream Christians.
Working closely together, Ravi Zacharias and managing editors Jill and Kevin Rische have updated and augmented the work with new material. This book will continue as a crucial tool in countercult ministry and in evangelism for years to come. Among cults and religions included are Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, New Age cults, the Unification Church, Baha'i Faith, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. [via]More editions of The Kingdom of the Cults/Limited:
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Leaves of Grassby Walt WhitmanISBN 1416523715 (1-4165-2371-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leaves of Grass'Book summary:ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A collection of quintessentially American poems, the seminal work of one of the most influential writers of the nineteenth century. THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives readers important background information A chronology of the author's life and work A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations Detailed explanatory notes Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world s finest books to their full potential. SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON [via]
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Letters on Englandby VoltaireISBN 1404313451 (1-4043-1345-1)
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The Life and Times of Richard IIIby Anthony Cheetham, Antonia FraserISBN 1558594477 (1-55859-447-7)
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Dieby Chip Heath, Dan HeathISBN 1400064287 (1-4000-6428-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die'Book summary:Mark Twain once observed, A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on. His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideasbusiness people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and othersstruggle to make their ideas stick.
Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas? In Made to Stick, accomplished educators and idea collectors Chip and Dan Heath tackle head-on these vexing questions. Inside, the brothers Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps.
In this indispensable guide, we discover that sticky messages of all kindsfrom the infamous kidney theft ring hoax to a coachs lessons on sportsmanship to a vision for a new product at Sonydraw their power from the same six traits.
Made to Stick is a book that will transform the way you communicate ideas. Its a fast-paced tour of success stories (and failures)the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who drank a glass of bacteria to prove a point about stomach ulcers; the charities who make use of the Mother Teresa Effect ; the elementary-school teacher whose simulation actually prevented racial prejudice. Provocative, eye-opening, and often surprisingly funny, Made to Stick shows us the vital principles of winning ideasand tells us how we can apply these rules to making our own messages stick. [via]More editions of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die:
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Metaphysicsby Aristotle, W.D. RossISBN 1420927493 (1-4209-2749-3)
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My Utmost for His Highestby Oswald ChambersISBN 1557480591 (1-55748-059-1)
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My Utmost for His Highest/Bonded Leatherby Oswald ChambersISBN 1557481970 (1-55748-197-0)
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The New American Bible: Burgundy, Translated from the Original Languages With Critical Use of All the Ancient Sourcesby Nab FiresideISBN 1556654200 (1-55665-420-0)
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Nothing's Sacredby Lewis Black, Hank GalloISBN 1416914811 (1-4169-1481-1)
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The Odysseyby HomerISBN 1416500367 (1-4165-0036-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:Odyssey which in Greek literally means "the tale of Odysseus," has becomes synonymous with a great journey. "The Odyssey" follows Homer's "The Iliad" where we find all the surviving warriors of the great Trojan War have returned home except for Odysseus, who has been detained by the nymph Calypso for her sexual pleasure. Odysseus however wishes to return to his family and loved ones who await his return at home. The Gods send the fleet-footed Hermes to order Calypso to free him and in doing so Odysseus begins his journey. Along the way Odysseus must overcome many obstacles and battle mythical creatures. Contained in this volume is the prose translation of Samuel Butcher and Andrew Lang. [via]
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The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines And the Secret Mission of 1805by Richard ZacksISBN 140130849X (1-4013-0849-X)
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In an attempt to stop the legendary Barbary Pirates of North Africa from hijacking American ships, William Eaton set out on a secret mission to overthrow the government of Tripoli. The operation was sanctioned by President Thomas Jefferson, who at the last moment grew wary of "intermeddling" in a foreign government and sent Eaton off without proper national support. Short on supplies, given very little money and only a few men, Eaton and his mission seemed doomed from the start. He triumphed against all odds, recruited a band of European mercenaries in Alexandria, and led them on a march across the Libyan Desert. Once in Tripoli, the ragtag army defeated the local troops and successfully captured Derne, laying the groundwork for the demise of the Barbary Pirates. Now, Richard Zacks brings this important story of America's first overseas covert op to life.
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Plunkitt of Tammany Hallby William L. RiordonISBN 1419141813 (1-4191-4181-3)
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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenmentby Eckhart TolleISBN 0968236405 (0-9682364-0-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment'Book summary:Ekhart Tolle's message is simple: living in the now is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment. And while this message may not seem stunningly original or fresh, Tolle's clear writing, supportive voice, and enthusiasm make this an excellent manual for anyone who's ever wondered what exactly "living in the now" means. Foremost, Tolle is a world-class teacher, able to explain complicated concepts in concrete language. More importantly, within a chapter of reading this book, readers are already holding the world in a different container--more conscious of how thoughts and emotions get in the way of their ability to live in genuine peace and happiness.
Tolle packs a lot of information and inspirational ideas into The Power of Now. (Topics include the source of Chi, enlightened relationships, creative use of the mind, impermanence, and the cycle of life.) Thankfully, he's added markers that symbolize "break time." This is when readers should close the book and mull over what they just read. As a result, The Power of Now reads like the highly acclaimed A Course in Miracles--a spiritual guidebook that has the potential to inspire just as many study groups and change just as many lives for the better. --Gail Hudson [via]
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The Praise of Follyby Desiderius ErasmusISBN 1421911752 (1-4219-1175-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Praise of Folly'Book summary:The Praise of Folly, sometimes translated as In Praise of More, is an essay written in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in 1511.
It starts off with a satirical learned encomium after the manner of the Greek satirist Lucian, whose work Erasmus and Sir Thomas More had recently translated into Latin, a piece of virtuoso foolery; it then takes a darker tone in a series of orations, as Folly praises self-deception and madness and moves to a satirical examination of pious but superstitious abuses of Catholic doctrine and corrupt practices in parts of the Roman Catholic Churchto which Erasmus was ever faithfuland the folly of pedants (including Erasmus himself). Erasmus had recently returned disappointed from Rome, where he had turned down offers of advancement in the curia, and Folly increasingly takes on Erasmus' own chastising voice. The essay ends with a straightforward statement of Christian ideals.
The essay is filled with classical allusions delivered in a style typical of the learned humanists of the Renaissance. Folly parades as one of the gods, offspring of Plutos and Freshness and nursed by Inebriation and Ignorance, whose faithful companions include Philautia (self-love), Kolakia (flattery), Lethe (oblivion), Misoponia (laziness), Hedone (pleasure), Anoia (madness), Tryphe (wantonness), Komos (intemperance) and Eegretos Hypnos (dead sleep).
THE PRAISE OF FOLLY
An oration, of feigned matter,
spoken by Folly in her own person
At what rate soever the world talks of me (for I am not ignorant what an
ill report Folly has got, even among the most foolish), yet that I am
that she, that only she, whose deity recreates both gods and men, even
this is a sufficient argument, that I no sooner stepped up to speak to
this full assembly than all your faces put on a kind of new and unwonted
pleasantness. So suddenly have you cleared your brows, and with so frolic
and hearty a laughter given me your applause, that in truth as many of
you as I behold on every side of me seem to me no less than Homer's gods
drunk with nectar and nepenthe; whereas before, you sat as lumpish and
pensive as if you had come from consulting an oracle. And as it usually
happens when the sun begins to show his beams, or when after a sharp
winter the spring breathes afresh on the earth, all things immediately
get a new face, new color, and recover as it were a certain kind of youth
again: in like manner, by but beholding me you have in an instant gotten
another kind of countenance; and so what the otherwise great rhetoricians
with their tedious and long-studied orations can hardly effect, to wit,
to remove the trouble of the mind, I have done it at once with my
single look.
But if you ask me why I appear before you in this strange dress, be
pleased to lend me your ears, and I'll tell you; not those ears, I mean,
you carry to church, but abroad with you, such as you are wont to prick
up to jugglers, fools, and buffoons, and such as our friend Midas once
gave to Pan. For I am disposed awhile to play the sophist with you; not
of their sort who nowadays boozle young men's heads with certain empty
notions and curious trifles, yet teach them nothing but a more than
womanish obstinacy of scolding: but I'll imitate those ancients who, that
they might the better avoid that infamous appellation of _sophi_ or
_wise_, chose rather to be called sophists. Their business was to
celebrate the praises of the gods and valiant men. And the like encomium
shall you hear from me, but neither of Hercules nor Solon, but my own
dear self, that is to say, Folly. Nor do I esteem a rush that call it a
foolish and insolent thing to praise one's self. Be it as foolish as they
would make it, so they confess it proper: and what can be more than that
Folly be her own trumpet? For who can set me out better than myself,
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The Princeby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 142181174X (1-4218-1174-X)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prince'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Nicolo Machiavelli was born at Florence on 3rd May 1469. He was the second son of Bernardo di Nicolo Machiavelli, a lawyer of some repute, and of Bartolo-mmea di Stefano Nelli, his wife. Both parents were members of the old Florentine nobility. His life falls naturally into three periods, each of which singularly enough constitutes a distinct and important era in the history of Florence. His youth was concurrent with the greatness of Florence as an Italian power under the guidance of Lorenzo de' Medici, Il Magnifico. The downfall of the Medici in Florence occurred in 1494, in which year Machiavelli entered the public service. During his official career Florence was free under the government of a Republic, which lasted until 1512, when the Medici returned to power, and Machiavelli lost his office. The Medici again ruled Florence from 1512 until 1527, when they were once more driven out. This was the period of Machiavelli's literary activity and increasing influence; but he died, within a few weeks of the expulsion of the Medici, on 22nd June 1527, in his fifty-eighth year, without having regained office. [via]
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Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guideby David Thomas, Andrew Hunt, Chad FowlerISBN 0974514055 (0-9745140-5-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide'Book summary:[via]Ruby is an increasingly popular, fully object-oriented dynamic programming language, hailed by many practitioners as the finest and most useful language available today. When Ruby first burst onto the scene in the Western world, the Pragmatic Programmers were there with the definitive reference manual, Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide.
Now in its second edition, author Dave Thomas has expanded the famous Pickaxe book with over 200 pages of new content, covering all the improved language features of Ruby 1.8 and standard library modules. The Pickaxe contains four major sections:- An acclaimed tutorial on using Ruby.
- The definitive reference to the language.
- Complete documentation on all built-in classes, modules, and methods
- Complete descriptions of all 98 standard libraries.
If you enjoyed the First Edition, you'll appreciate the expanded content, including enhanced coverage of installation, packaging, documenting Ruby source code, threading and synchronization, and enhancing Ruby's capabilities using C-language extensions. Programming for the World Wide Web is easy in Ruby, with new chapters on XML/RPC, SOAP, distributed Ruby, templating systems, and other web services. There's even a new chapter on unit testing.
This is the definitive reference manual for Ruby, including a description of all the standard library modules, a complete reference to all built-in classes and modules (including more than 250 significant changes since the First Edition). Coverage of other features has grown tremendously, including details on how to harness the sophisticated capabilities of irb, so you can dynamically examine and experiment with your running code. "Ruby is a wonderfully powerful and useful language, and whenever I'm working with it this book is at my side" --Martin Fowler, Chief Scientist, ThoughtWorksMore editions of Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide:
Queen Victoriaby Lytton StracheyISBN 1406831220 (1-4068-3122-0)
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Re/Search #12: Modern Primitivesby V. ValeISBN 0965046931 (0-9650469-3-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Re/Search #12: Modern Primitives'Book summary:Modern Primitives is the Bible of Body Modification, including tattoo, piercing, and scarification. An amazing 30-page interview with Fakir Musafar, as well as in-depth interviews with Ed Hardy, Lyle Tuttle, Leo Zulueta, Bill Salmon, Vyvyn Lazonga and other tattoo giants is featured. This book describes non-tribal people who felt and responded to strong "primitive" urges. A classic; this is the first book to chart out all the basic ways to creatively express one's individuality using the body as a canvas, especially emphasizing the need to find something rooted in one's own personal experiences and mythology. Inspiring and wide-ranging, Modern Primitives provides a vast anthropological context for implementing a truly unique body-decoration expression. An illuminating section of quotations rounds out this volume.[via]More editions of Re/Search #12: Modern Primitives:
Romance 101by Gregory J. P. GodekISBN 0962980382 (0-9629803-8-2)
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A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romanceby Jane JuskaISBN 1400060117 (1-4000-6011-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance'Book summary:Round-heeled is an old-fashioned label for a woman who is promiscuoussomeone who nowadays might be called easy. Its a surprising way for a cultured English teacher with a passion for the novels of Anthony Trollope to describe herself, but then thats just the first of many surprises to be found in this poignant, funny, utterly unique memoir. Jane Juska is a smart, energetic divorcée who decided shed been celibate too long, and placed the following personal ad in her favorite newspaper, The New York Review of Books:
Before I turn 67next MarchI would like to have a lot of sex with a man I like. If you want to talk first, Trollope works for me.
This closing reference was a nod to her favorite author, of course. The response was overwhelming, and Juska took a sabbatical from teaching to meet some of the men who had replied. And since her ad made it clear that she wasnt expecting just hand-holding, her dates zipped from first base to home plate in record time.
Juska is a totally engaging, perceptive writer, funny and frank about her exploits. Its high time someone revealed the fact that older single people are as eager for sex and intimacy as their younger counterparts. Jane Juskas brave, honest memoir will probably raise eyebrows and blood pressure, but it will undoubtedly appeal to the very large audience of grown-up readers who will be fascinated and inspired by her daring adventure. [via]More editions of A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance:
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Sailing Alone Around the Worldby Joshua SlocumISBN 1419145800 (1-4191-4580-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sailing Alone Around the World'Book summary:In the fair land of Nova Scotia, a maritime province, there is a ridge called North Mountain, overlooking the Bay of Fundy on one side and the fertile Annapolis valley on the other. On the northern slope of the range grows the hardy spruce-tree, well adapted for ship-timbers, of which many vessels of all classes have been built. [via]
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Simple Crochetby Erika Knight, John HeseltineISBN 1400050790 (1-4000-5079-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Simple Crochet'Book summary:Simple Crochet brings a modern twist to a traditional craft. Using a stunning range of natural materialssome unexpectedErika Knight shows how to produce 20 elegant pieces for the home, ranging from cushions, throws and slippers, to boxes and baskets. What is more, you need no previous experience! Simple Crochet uses only a couple of basic stitches and step-by-step instructions give you all the know-how you need to master them. The appealing and original designs are worked in a contemporary color palette based on neutrals with touches of vibrant color, and will fit easily into modern interiors as well as more traditional ones. Simple Crochet is a must for anyone who wants to use their creativity to make simple but beautiful textiles for their home. [via]
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Sisterhood of Spies: The Women of the OSSby Elizabeth P. McIntoshISBN 1557505985 (1-55750-598-5)
Hardcover, Airlife Publishing Limited
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Something to Declare: Essays on France and French Cultureby Julian BarnesISBN 1400030870 (1-4000-3087-0)
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The Subjection of Womenby John Stuart MillISBN 1406502545 (1-4065-0254-5)
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The Tao Te Ching: A New Translation With Commentaryby Ellen M. ChenISBN 1557782385 (1-55778-238-5)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Tao Te Chingby James Legge, Lao TzuISBN 1406509981 (1-4065-0998-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tao Te Ching'Book summary:The Tao Te Ching, roughly translated as The Book of the Way and its Virtue, is an ancient Chinese scripture. Tradition has it that the book was written around 600 BC by a sage called Lao Tzu ("Old Master", also transliterated as Laozi, Lao Tse, Laotze, and in other ways) a record-keeper in the Emperor's Court of the Zhou Dynasty. The short work is one of the most important in Chinese philosophy and religion, especially in Taoism, but also in Buddhism. Many Chinese artists, including poets, painters, calligraphers and even gardeners have used the book as a source of inspiration. Its influence has also spread widely outside the Far East, aided by many different translations of the text into western languages. The book covers large areas of philosophy from individual spirituality and inter-personal dynamics to political techniques. The Tao Te Ching is said to contain 'hidden' instructions for Taoist adepts (often in the form of metaphors) relating to Taoist meditation and breathing. [via]
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Tao Te Chingby Lao-TseISBN 1419184873 (1-4191-8487-3)
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Turning Life into Fictionby Robin HemleyISBN 1555974449 (1-55597-444-9)
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Twenty Years at Hull-Houseby Jane AddamsISBN 1406504920 (1-4065-0492-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twenty Years at Hull-House'Book summary:While on a trip to East London in 1883, Jane Addams witnessed a distressing scene late one night: masses of poor people were bidding on rotten vegetables that were unsalable anywhere else.
Their pale faces were dominated by that most unlovely of human expressions, the cunning and shrewdness of the bargain-hunter who starves if he cannot make a successful trade, and yet the final impression was not of ragged, tawdry clothing nor of pinched and sallow faces, but of myriads of hands, empty, pathetic, nerveless, and workworn, showing white in the uncertain light of the street, and clutching forward for food which was already unfit to eat.
This scene haunted Addams for the next two years as she traveled through Europe, and she hoped to find a way to ease such suffering. Five years later, she visited Toynbee Hall, a London settlement house, and resolved to replicate the experiment in the U.S. On September 18, 1889, Jane Addams and her friend Ellen Starr moved into the second floor of a rundown mansion in Chicago's West Side. From the outset, they imagined Hull-House as a "center for a higher civic and social life" in the industrial districts of the city. Addams, Starr, and several like-minded individuals lived and worked among the poor, establishing (among other things) art classes, discussion groups, cooperatives, a kindergarten, a coffee house, a lending library, and a gymnasium. In a time when many well-to-do Americans were beginning to feel threatened by immigrants, Hull-House embraced them, showed them the true meaning of democracy, and served as a center for philanthropic efforts throughout Chicago.
Hull-House also provided an outlet for the energies of the first generation of female college graduates, who were educated for work yet prevented from doing it. In some respects, however, Addams's impressive work, often hailed by historians as "revolutionary," was nothing of the sort. She embraced the sexual stereotypes of her day, and, though she was clearly an independent woman, soothed public fears by acting primarily in the traditional roles of nurturer and caregiver. Hull-House was a rousing success, and it inspired others to follow in Addams's footsteps.
Though Twenty Years at Hull-House is meant to be an autobiography, it is Hull-House itself that stands in the spotlight. Addams devotes the first third of the book to her upbringing and influences, but the remainder focuses on the organization she built--and the benefits accruing to those who work with the poor as well as to the poor themselves. At times Addams's prose is difficult to follow, but her ideals and her actions are truly inspiring. A classic work of history--and a model for today's would-be philanthropists. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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Two Treatises of Governmentby John LockeISBN 1419191543 (1-4191-9154-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Two Treatises of Government'Book summary:Sec. 40. Nor is it so strange, as perhaps before consideration it may appear, that the property of labour should be able to over-balance the community of land: for it is labour indeed that puts the difference of value on every thing; and let any one consider what the difference is between an acre of land planted with tobacco or sugar, sown with wheat or barley, and an acre of the same land lying in common, without any husbandry upon it, and he will find, that the improvement of labour makes the far greater part of the value. [via]
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Unaccompanied Women: Late-Life Adventures in Love, Sex, and Real Estateby Jane JuskaISBN 1400063191 (1-4000-6319-1)
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Up from Slavery: An Autobiographyby Booker T. WashingtonISBN 1406509841 (1-4065-0984-1)
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Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grassby Walt WhitmanISBN 141917665X (1-4191-7665-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass'Book summary:1897. Volume Three of Three. Whitman is considered by many to be the greatest of all American poets. In his work, he celebrates the freedom and dignity of the individual and sings the praises of democracy and the brotherhood of man. Leaves of Grass is unconventional in both content and technique and is probably the most influential volume of poems in the history of American literature. Other volumes in this set are ISBN(s): 0766194353, 141917665X. [via]
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The Writer's Handbook 2005by Barry TurnerISBN 1405041536 (1-4050-4153-6)
Softcover, Trans-Atlantic Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Writer's Handbook 2005'Book summary:In the 17 years since its first appearance The Writer's Handbook has developed into a highly useful reference book for writers, journalists, publishers, editors, agents, screen writers and broadcasters. Every writer, established or aspiring, needs a contacts book and this--with its 700-plus pages of names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, websites and advisory essays--is an excellent starting point.
Editor Barry Turner's damning but compelling indictment of the standard of English teaching in Britain forms the introduction to this new edition. From the 1960s onwards "teachers were encouraged to set standards by the lowest common denominator", he argues, and "the impact on English was catastrophic". Brian MacArthur, veteran journalist on and associate editor of The Times has contributed an interesting "insider" piece about book serialisations, new for the 2004 edition.
If you want to approach, say, Scottish Field, an Edinburgh-published magazine, or to access a photograph of an item in the Royal Collection, everything you need to know is here. So are the contact details for European publishers such as Standaard Uitgeverij in Antwerp and the annual Margate Poetry Festival. It's pretty eclectic and exhaustive stuff.
The Writer's Handbook is more narrowly focused than its older rival the Writers' and Artists' Yearbook because it doesn't try to cater for artists as well as writers. Perhaps that's why the handbook is more clearly laid out and somehow handier to use than the yearbook, although if you're serious about getting your work published you probably need both. --Susan Elkin [via]
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The Writer's Handbook 2006by Barry TurnerISBN 1405041544 (1-4050-4154-4)
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Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do Itby Geoff DyerISBN 1400031672 (1-4000-3167-2)
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