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1688: A Global Historyby John E. WillsISBN 0393322785 (0-393-32278-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Adopting A Dog: The Indispensable Guide For Your Newest Family Memberby John Ross, Barbara McKinneyISBN 0393326500 (0-393-32650-0)
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After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Cultureby Joseph J. EllisISBN 0393322335 (0-393-32233-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Culture'Book summary:Through portraits of four figuresCharles Willson Peale, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, William Dunlap, and Noah WebsterJoseph Ellis provides a unique perspective on the role of culture in post-Revolutionary America, both its high expectations and its frustrations.
Each life is fascinating in its own right, and each is used to brightly illuminate the historical context. [via]More editions of After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Culture:
Alfred C. Kinsey: A Lifeby James H. JonesISBN 0393327248 (0-393-32724-8)
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All Deliberate Speed: Reflections On The First Half-century Of Brown V. Board Of Educationby Charles J. OgletreeISBN 0393326861 (0-393-32686-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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America's Musical Life: A Historyby Richard CrawfordISBN 0393327264 (0-393-32726-4)
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American Dreamer: The Life of Henry A. Wallaceby John Hyde, John C. CulverISBN 0393322289 (0-393-32228-9)
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The Bad & the Beautiful: Hollywood in the Fiftiesby Sam Kashner, Jennifer MacnairISBN 0393324362 (0-393-32436-2)
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Base Instincts: What Makes Killers Kill?by Jonathan H. PincusISBN 0393323234 (0-393-32323-4)
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The Battle That Stopped Rome: Emperor Augustus, Arminius, and the Slaughter of the Legions in the Teutoburg Forestby Peter S. WellsISBN 0393326438 (0-393-32643-8)
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Beethoven: The Music and the Lifeby Lewis LockwoodISBN 0393326381 (0-393-32638-1)
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Bernard Shaw: The One-volume Definitive Editionby Michael HolroydISBN 0393327183 (0-393-32718-3)
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Better Than Well : American Medicine Meets the American Dreamby Elliott, Carl, Sr.ISBN 0393325652 (0-393-32565-2)
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Americans have always been the world's most anxiously enthusiastic consumers of "enhancement technologies." Prozac, Viagra, and Botox injections are only the latest manifestations of a familiar pattern: enthusiastic adoption, public hand-wringing, an occasional congressional hearing, and calls for self-reliance.
In a brilliant diagnosis of our reactions to self-improvement technologies, Carl Elliott asks questions that illuminate deep currents in the American character: Why do we feel uneasy about these drugs, procedures, and therapies even while we embrace them? Where do we draw the line between self and society? Why do we seek self-realization in ways so heavily influenced by cultural conformity? [via]More editions of Better Than Well : American Medicine Meets the American Dream:
The Big Bento Box Of Unuseless Japanese Inventions: The Art of Chindoguby Kenji Kawakami, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Dan PapiaISBN 0393326764 (0-393-32676-4)
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Birds at Your Feeder: A Guide to Feeding Habits, Behavior, Distribution and Abundanceby Erica H. Dunn, Diane L. Tessaglia-Hymes, Cornell University Laboratory of OrnithologyISBN 0393322319 (0-393-32231-9)
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Blackbird Singing: Poems and Lyrics, 1965-2001by Paul McCartney, Adrian MitchellISBN 0393324095 (0-393-32409-5)
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The collection is fondly edited by populist poet and fellow Liverpudlian Adrian Mitchell who pleads that readers clean out their heads, "wash out the name and the fame" and read what's here. "Dinner Tickets", a poem written about childhood and being caught with a sexy drawing of a female nude in his pocket allows McCartney's deeper vulnerability to slip through. "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" shows off the wordplay McCartney favours--clever, simple and effective: "Sunday's on the phone to Monday,/ Tuesday's on the phone to me." The later poems reveal a more mature, sincere voice, distant from the quirky catching rhymes of "Ob-la-di Ob-la-da". "Standing Stone" unravels a strong, gutsy fable about a man using the power of imagination to fend off the enemy: He erects a standing stone, "a weathered finger to the sky" and learns to be "at peace with peace", watching a "blue sky laced with tight white webs;/ fields of high rye tickled skylarks,/ levitating stars." "Irish Language" boasts a rare streak of irony as the narrator admires the way "those Irish chappies" swill the language round their mouths and dribble it through their fingers, ending with the beautifully timed punch line: "The Beatles were a bunch of Micks". The book closes with poems dedicated to his late wife which are tender, sparse and reach for a startling honesty:
"clenched inside a glove
--Cherry Smyth [via]
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Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicineby Roy PorterISBN 0393325695 (0-393-32569-5)
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An eminently readable, entertaining romp through the history of our vain and valiant efforts to heal ourselves. Mankind's battle to stay alive and healthy for as long as possible is our oldest, most universal struggle. With his characteristic wit and vastly informed historical scope, Roy Porter examines the war fought between disease and doctors on the battleground of the flesh from ancient times to the present. He explores the many ingenious ways in which we have attempted to overcome disease through the ages: the changing role of doctors, from ancient healers, apothecaries, and blood-letters to today's professionals; the array of drugs, from Ayurvedic remedies to the launch of Viagra; the advances in surgery, from amputations performed by barbers without anesthetic to today's sophisticated transplants; and the transformation of hospitals from Christian places of convalescence to modern medical powerhouses. Cleverly illustrated with historic line drawings, the chronic ailments of humanity provide vivid anecdotes for Porter's enlightening story of medicine's efforts to prevail over a formidable and ever-changing adversary. [via]More editions of Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine:
Blue Guide Florenceby Alta MacAdamISBN 0393327310 (0-393-32731-0)
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Blue Guide Florence: City Guideby Alta MacAdamISBN 0393322025 (0-393-32202-5)
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Blue Guide Romeby Alta MacAdamISBN 0393324737 (0-393-32473-7)
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Boob Jubilee: The Cultural Politics of the New Economyby Thomas Frank, Tom Frank, David MulcaheyISBN 0393324303 (0-393-32430-3)
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For a magazine dedicated to debunking the nation's business culture, the final years of the twentieth century overflowed with bounty. "It was the most spectacular outbreak of mass delirium that we are likely to see in our lifetimes," wrote the editors of The Baffler. What was for others the dawn of a "New Economy" was for The Baffler a cornucopia of absurdity the costliest political and financial hustle in living memory. Reporting from places far from the white-hot centers of the libertarian revolution, Baffler writers were the people of whom it was fashionable to say they just don't get it. While New Democrats turned somersaults for Wall Street and economic commentary became puffery, these bold, talented, and very funny writers observed the crescendo of folly with which the century turned. Here their best writings are selected, updated, and reaffirmed, to sharpen our wits and inoculate us against follies yet to come. [via]More editions of Boob Jubilee: The Cultural Politics of the New Economy:
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A Brief History of the Human Raceby M. A. CookISBN 0393326454 (0-393-32645-4)
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Why has human history been crowded into the last few thousand years? Why has it happened at all? Could it have happened in a radically different way? What should we make of the disproportionate role of the West in shaping the world we currently live in? This witty, intelligent hopscotch through human history addresses these questions and more. Michael Cook sifts the human career on earth for the most telling nuggets and then uses them to elucidate the whole. From the calendars of Mesoamerica and the temple courtesans of medieval India to the intricacies of marriage among an aboriginal Australian tribe, Cook explains the sometimes eccentric variety in human cultural expression. He guides us from the prehistoric origins of human history across the globe through the increasing unification of the world, first by Muslims and then by European Christians in the modern period, illuminating the contingencies that have governed broad historical change. "A smart, literate survey of human life from paleolithic times until 9/11."Edward Rothstein, The New York Times 11 maps, 28 illustrations [via]More editions of A Brief History of the Human Race:
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The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Townby Helmut Walser SmithISBN 0393325059 (0-393-32505-9)
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In 1900, in a small Prussian town, a young boy was found murdered, his body dismembered, the blood drained from his limbs. The Christians of the town quickly rose up in violent riots to accuse the Jews of ritual murderthe infamous blood-libel charge that has haunted Jews for centuries. In an absorbing narrative, Helmut Walser Smith reconstructs the murder and the ensuing storm of anti-Semitism that engulfed this otherwise peaceful town. Offering an instructive examination of hatred, bigotry, and mass hysteria, The Butcher's Tale is a modern parable that will be a classic for years to come. Winner of the Fraenkel Award. A Los Angeles Times Best Book of 2002. 4 pages of illustrations [via]More editions of The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town:
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Buzzed: The Straight Facts About the Most Used and Abused Drugs from Alcohol to Ecstasyby Jeremy Foster, Cynthia Kuhn, Scott Swartzwelder, Wilkie Wilson, Leigh Heather WilsonISBN 0393324931 (0-393-32493-1)
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Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographsby Eric Newton, Cyma RubinISBN 0393322823 (0-393-32282-3)
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The Cartoon History of the Universe III: From the Rise of Arabia to the Renaissanceby Larry GonickISBN 0393324036 (0-393-32403-6)
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Larry Gonick's celebrated series The Cartoon History of the Universe is a unique fusion of world history and the comics medium, a work of serious scholarship and a masterpiece of popular literature. Praised by Jonathan Spence in the New York Times Book Review as "a curious hybrid, at once flippant and scholarly, witty and politically correct, zany and traditionalist," Gonick's clever illustrations deliver important information with a deceptively light tone, teaching us about the people and events that have shaped our world. This long-awaited new volume covers the Middle Ages around the globe, including the multicultural Middle East, West Africa and the cross-Saharan trade, Central Asia and the Byzantine Empire, the European Dark Ages and the Crusades, the Mongol conquests, the Black Death, the Ottoman Empire, the Italian Renaissance, and the rise of Spain, leading up to Columbus's departure for the new world. Gonick offers an historical survey that is at once multicultural, humanistic, skeptical, and laugh-out-loud funny. [via]More editions of The Cartoon History of the Universe III: From the Rise of Arabia to the Renaissance:
Catholicism And American Freedom: A Historyby John T. McGreevyISBN 039332608X (0-393-32608-X)
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Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foodsby Gary Paul NabhanISBN 0393323749 (0-393-32374-9)
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A Court Divided: The Rehnquist Court And the Future of Constitutional Lawby Mark TushnetISBN 0393327574 (0-393-32757-4)
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Darwin and the Barnacle: The Story of One Tiny Creature and History's Most Spectacular Scientific Breakthroughby Rebecca StottISBN 0393325717 (0-393-32571-7)
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A scientific detective story that illuminates the remarkable saga of Darwin's greatest achievement. Pairing Charles Darwin and a rare species of barnacle as her unlikely protagonists, Rebecca Stott has written an absorbing work of history that guides readers through the treacherous shoals of nineteenth-century biology. Beginning her scientific detective story in the 1820s, even before Darwin's Beagle voyage, Stott examines the mystery of why Darwin waited over two decades between formulating his pivotal theory of natural selection and publishing it. Lavishly illustrated, filled with riddles and concepts that challenge our notion of Victorian science, Darwin and the Barnacle is a thrilling account of how genius proceeds through indirectionand how one small item of curiosity contributed to history's most spectacular scientific breakthrough.
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Dear Americaby Bernard EdelmanISBN 0393323048 (0-393-32304-8)
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The Dragons of Expectation: Reality And Delusion in the Course of Historyby Robert ConquestISBN 0393327590 (0-393-32759-0)
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Drawn to the Rhythm: A Passionate Life Reclaimedby Sara HallISBN 0393324540 (0-393-32454-0)
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Engines of Logic: Mathematicians and the Origin of the Computerby Martin DavisISBN 0393322297 (0-393-32229-7)
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The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Changeby Stephen R. PalumbiISBN 0393323382 (0-393-32338-2)
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Extreme Weather : A Guide and Record Bookby Christopher C. Burt, Mark StroudISBN 0393326586 (0-393-32658-6)
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Favorite African Folktalesby Nelson MandelaISBN 0393326241 (0-393-32624-1)
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Giants, Monsters, and Dragonsby Carol RoseISBN 0393322114 (0-393-32211-4)
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The Great Pretenders: The True Stories Behind Famous Historical Mysteriesby Jan BondesonISBN 0393326446 (0-393-32644-6)
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Jan Bondeson, M.D., focuses his medical expertise and insightful wit on the great unsolved mysteries of disputed identity of the last two hundred years. Did the son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette really die in the Temple Tower, or did the Lost Dauphin reappear among the throngs of pretenders to the throne? And what does DNA testing reveal about the Dauphin's mummified heart? Who was Kaspar Hauser: an abused child, the crown prince of Baden, or a pathological liar? In this highly entertaining work covering the most famous cases of disputed identity, Jan Bondeson uncovers all the evidence, then applies his medical knowledge and logical thinking to ascertain the true stories behind these fascinating histories. "Bondeson examines hitherto neglected documents and adds his valuable medical knowledge....Entertaining studies of classic imposters and a public inclined to be gullible even before the age of TV."Kirkus Reviews 36 illustrations [via]More editions of The Great Pretenders: The True Stories Behind Famous Historical Mysteries:
The Healthy Family Cookbookby Hope Ricciotti, Vincent ConnellyISBN 0393324192 (0-393-32419-2)
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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murdersby Curt Gentry, Vincent BugliosiISBN 0393322238 (0-393-32223-8)
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Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya And the End of Empireby David AndersonISBN 039332754X (0-393-32754-X)
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Hitler: 1936-1945 Nemesisby Ian KershawISBN 0393322521 (0-393-32252-1)
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Holocaust: A Historyby Deborah Dwork, Robert Jan Van PeltISBN 0393325245 (0-393-32524-5)
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The Holocaust on Trialby D. D. GuttenplanISBN 0393322920 (0-393-32292-0)
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Howard Hughes: His Life & Madnessby James Steele, Donald L. BarlettISBN 0393326020 (0-393-32602-0)
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In Fact: The Best Of Creative Nonfictionby Lee Gutkind, Annie DillardISBN 0393326659 (0-393-32665-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Fact: The Best Of Creative Nonfiction'Book summary:Twenty-five arresting selections from the groundbreaking journal that defined a genre.Creative nonfiction, also known as narrative nonfiction, liberated journalism by inviting writers to dramatize, interpret, speculate, and even re-create their subjects. Lee Gutkind collects twenty-five essays that flourished on this new ground, all originally published in the journal he founded, Creative Nonfiction, now celebrating its tenth anniversary. Lauren Slater is a therapist in the institution where she was once a patient. John Edgar Wideman reacts passionately to the unjust murder of Emmett Till. Charles Simic tells of wild nights with Uncle Boris. John McPhee creates a rare, personal, album quilt. Terry Tempest Williams speaks on the decline of the prairie dog. Madison Smartt Bell invades Haiti. Many of the writers are crossing genres-from poetry and fiction to nonfiction-symbolic of Creative Nonfiction's scope and popularity. A cross section of the famous and those bound to become so, this collection is a riveting experience highlighting the expanding importance of this dramatic and exciting new genre. [via]
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Inside the Halo and Beyond: The Anatomy of a Recoveryby Maxine KuminISBN 0393322610 (0-393-32261-0)
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Iris: The Life of Iris Murdochby Peter J. ConradiISBN 039332401X (0-393-32401-X)
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musicianby Christoph WolffISBN 0393322564 (0-393-32256-4)
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Khrushchev: The Man and His Eraby William TaubmanISBN 0393324842 (0-393-32484-2)
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The definitive biography of the mercurial Soviet leader who succeeded and denounced Stalin. Nikita Khrushchev was one of the most complex and important political figures of the twentieth century. Ruler of the Soviet Union during the first decade after Stalin's death, Khrushchev left a contradictory stamp on his country and on the world. His life and career mirror the Soviet experience: revolution, civil war, famine, collectivization, industrialization, terror, world war, cold war, Stalinism, post-Stalinism. Complicit in terrible Stalinist crimes, Khrushchev nevertheless retained his humanity: his daring attempt to reform communism prepared the ground for its eventual collapse; and his awkward efforts to ease the cold war triggered its most dangerous crises.
This is the first comprehensive biography of Khrushchev and the first of any Soviet leader to reflect the full range of sources that have become available since the USSR collapsed. Combining a page-turning historical narrative with penetrating political and psychological analysis, this book brims with the life and excitement of a man whose story personified his era.
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Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern Historyby Bruce CumingsISBN 0393327027 (0-393-32702-7)
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Logic Made Easy: How To Know When Language Deceives Youby Deborah J. BennettISBN 0393326926 (0-393-32692-6)
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"Professor Bennett entertains as she instructs," writes Publishers Weekly about the penetrating yet practical Logic Made Easy. This brilliantly clear and gratifyingly concise treatment of the ancient Greek discipline identifies the illogical in everything from street signs to tax forms. Complete with puzzles you can try yourself, Logic Made Easy invites readers to identify and ultimately remedy logical slips in everyday life. Designed with dozens of visual examples, the book guides you through those hair-raising times when logic is at odds with our language and common sense. Logic Made Easy is indeed one of those rare books that will actually make you a more logical human being. 36 illustrations. [via]More editions of Logic Made Easy: How To Know When Language Deceives You:
Losing America: Confronting A Reckless And Arrogant Presidencyby Robert C. ByrdISBN 0393327019 (0-393-32701-9)
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Love on Trial: An American Scandal in Black and Whiteby Earl Lewis, Heidi ArdizzoneISBN 0393323099 (0-393-32309-9)
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Lytton Stracheyby Michael HolroydISBN 0393327191 (0-393-32719-1)
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Mad Mary Lamb: Lunacy And Murder in Literary Londonby Susan Tyler HitchcockISBN 0393327531 (0-393-32753-1)
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The Metamorphosesby Ovid, Charles MartinISBN 039332642X (0-393-32642-X)
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Ovid's epic poemwhose theme of change has resonated throughout the agesis one of the most important texts of Western imagination, an inspiration from Dante's times to the present day, when writers such as Salman Rushdie and Italo Calvino have found a living source in Ovid's work. Charles Martin combines a close fidelity to Ovid's text with verse that catches the speed and liveliness of the original. Martin's Metamorphoses will be the translation of choice for contemporary readers in English. This volume also includes endnotes and a glossary of people, places, and personifications. "Martin's complete text is clearly something to look forward to with high expectations."Bernard Knox, The New York Review of Books "A reader who wants to understand Ovid's poem as a whole, as well as to learn its many famous stories, will find Mr. Martin's clarity and tact invaluable."The New York Sun "Smoothly readable, accurate, charming, subtle yet clear....A lucidly fluent version of this most flowing of poems."Richard Wilbur [via]More editions of The Metamorphoses:
Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalismby Walter LafeberISBN 0393323692 (0-393-32369-2)
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Militant Islam Reaches Americaby Daniel PipesISBN 0393325318 (0-393-32531-8)
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The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace With America's Militaryby Dana PriestISBN 0393325504 (0-393-32550-4)
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Monster Of God: The Man Eating Predator In The Jungles Of History And The Mindby David QuammenISBN 0393326098 (0-393-32609-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Monster Of God: The Man Eating Predator In The Jungles Of History And The Mind'Book summary:As the subtitle of David Quammen's Monster of God: The Man-Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind suggests, his fascination centers on those animals that raise human "awareness of being meat," and he likens the historic impact of these predators to modern-day car accidents: sudden, unexpected, life-changing. While his research is extraordinary--encompassing extensive field work and diverse reading on the science and lore surrounding predatory animals--Quammen's peripatetic mind jumps from history to psychology to ecology and from Africa to Russia to Australia, sometimes leaving his readers without a base camp to recuperate during the breath-taking journey.
His research on the lions of Gir forest in India, on the crocodiles of Northern Australia, on the bears of the Carpathian Mountains in Romania, and on the Siberian tigers of Far East Russia finds animals held in constant tension, encircled by every-expanding human populations. But Quammen doesn't oversimplify the conflicts. Often, in fact, Quammen has so much to say about competing interests that he makes several false starts before finding his true theme. Recalling his reading in the l970s literature on crocodiles in Africa, for example, Quammen abruptly jumps to a failed farming and reintroduction project begun in India before finally settling into the investigation of Northern Australia's Crocodylus Park.
These changes in geography, time, and perspective can be disorienting in a book that is already complicated by its several competing approaches. Adding to the abundance, Quammen explores human population growth projections, images of the Leviathan in the Bible, keystone species theory, the Muskrat hypothesis (the idea that the "wastage parts" of an animal species are the ones most likely to suffer predation), and the 1994 discovery of the Chauvet cave paintings. Yet Quammen, author of The Soing of the Dodo moves with such ease through this wilderness of ideas that even the most difficult material becomes palatable. --Patrick OKelley [via]
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Moral Freedom: The Search for Virtue in a World of Choiceby Alan WolfeISBN 0393323021 (0-393-32302-1)
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What is the difference between right and wrong? What does it mean to lead a good life? How binding is the marriage vow? What are your obligations to an employer? To your friends? To yourself? Is it always immoral to tell a lie? "[A]n alert and knowledgeable social critic," Alan Wolfe asked Americans around the country such questions in "his intriguing exploration of our collective character, testing prevailing notions of the culture war" (New York Times Book Review). Focusing on the traditional virtues of loyalty, honesty, self-restraint, and forgiveness, Wolfe "strips away ulterior agendas to give us a look at the raw material of the American conscience" (New York Observer) and discovers that "Americans...have not so much left traditional morality behind as they have redefined it in ways that suit their individual tastes, purposes, and situations" (Washington Post). "Wolfe is right that [the search for moral freedom] is a revolution...a very American revolution."Newsweek [via]More editions of Moral Freedom: The Search for Virtue in a World of Choice:
Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Realityby Randall Packer, Ken JordanISBN 0393323757 (0-393-32375-7)
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A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trialby Suzanne LebsockISBN 0393326063 (0-393-32606-3)
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It's 1895 in Virginia, and a white woman lies in her farmyard, murdered with an ax. Suspicion soon falls on a young black sawmill hand, who tries to flee the county. Captured, he implicates three women, accusing them of plotting the murder and wielding the ax. In vivid courtroom scenes, Bancroft Prize-winning historian Suzanne Lebsock recounts their dramatic trials and brings us close to women we would never otherwise know: a devout (and pregnant) mother of nine; another hard-working mother (also of nine); and her plucky, quick-tempered daughter. All claim to be innocent. With the danger of lynching high, can they get justice?
Lebsock takes us deep into this contentious, often surprising world, where blacks struggle to hold on to their post-Civil War gains against a rising tide of white privilege. A sensation in its own time, this case offers the modern reader a riveting encounter with a South in the throes of change. 27 b/w illustrations [via]More editions of A Murder in Virginia: Southern Justice on Trial:
My Sister's Keeper: Learning to Cope With a Sibling's Mental Illnessby Margaret MoormanISBN 0393324044 (0-393-32404-4)
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Napoleon's Womenby Christopher HibbertISBN 0393324990 (0-393-32499-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Napoleon's Women'Book summary:As a soldier and an emperor, Napoleon was ruthless and determined; as a lover, he showed the same single-minded ferocity.
Hailed by Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana, as "one of England's greatest living historical writers," Christopher Hibbert introduces us to the many intriguing women behind the legendary soldierfrom his strong-willed mother and three sisters to his varied wives and mistresses. This lively historical account reveals Napoleon's often neglected private life and passionate relationships, in which he wildly worshiped certain women as often as he disdained others.
Vividly evoking the political and social upheavals of post-Revolutionary France, Hibbert captures the vibrant characters who made history, not only on the battlefield but also in the bedroom, including Josephine, the charming Creole from Martinique; the plain and pliant Marie-Louise of Austria; and Marie Walewska, the sumptuous young Polish countess who, despite initial reluctance, was persuaded by her elderly husband to fall in love with Napoleon. Praised by A. N. Wilson as an "outstanding popular historian," Hibbert dramatically brings to life the most intimate influences on Napoleon's turbulent career and character. Originally published in cloth under the title Napoleon: His Wives and Women. 24 pages of illustrations [via]More editions of Napoleon's Women:
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The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guideby Richard ConniffISBN 0393324885 (0-393-32488-5)
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Journalist Richard Conniff probes the age-old question "Are the rich different from you and me?" and finds that they are indeed a completely different animal. He observes with great humor and finesse this socially unique species, revealing their strategies for ensuring dominance and submission, their flourishes of display behavior, the intricate dynamics of their pecking order, as well as their unorthodox mating practices. Through comparisons to other equally exotic animals, Conniff uncovers surprising commonalities.
" How did Bill Gates achieve his single greatest act of social dominance by being nice? " How does the flattery of the rich resemble the grooming behavior of baboons? " What made the British aristocracy the single most successful animal dominance hierarchy in the history of the planet? " How does Old Money's disdain for the nouveaux riches resemble the pig-grunting of mountain gorillas?
This marvelously entertaining field guide captures in vivid detail the behaviors and habitats of the world's most captivating yet elusive animal. 29 photographs. [via]More editions of The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide:
Nixon's Shadow: The History Of An Imageby David GreenbergISBN 0393326160 (0-393-32616-0)
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Nothing Makes You Freeby Melvin Jules BukietISBN 0393324257 (0-393-32425-7)
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Nymphomania: A Historyby Carol GronemanISBN 0393322424 (0-393-32242-4)
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Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curieby Barbara GoldsmithISBN 0393327485 (0-393-32748-5)
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One Love: Living With Bob Marley & the Wailersby Roger Steffens, Lee Jaffe, Geoff GansISBN 0393323684 (0-393-32368-4)
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Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolutionby Donald Goldsmith, Neil De Grasse TysonISBN 0393327582 (0-393-32758-2)
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Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and Civilization in Troubleby Lester R. BrownISBN 0393325237 (0-393-32523-7)
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The Poster in Historyby Charles Flowers, Max Gallo, Arturo Carlo QuintavalleISBN 0393322378 (0-393-32237-8)
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The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcoticsby Richard Davenport-HinesISBN 0393325458 (0-393-32545-8)
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Quantum Evolution: How Physics' Weirdest Theory Explains Life's Biggest Mysteryby Johnjoe McFaddenISBN 0393323102 (0-393-32310-2)
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The Random Walk Guide To Investing: Ten Rules For Financial Successby Burton Gordon MalkielISBN 039332639X (0-393-32639-X)
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Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyesby Christopher HibbertISBN 0393322939 (0-393-32293-9)
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The story of this war has usually been told in terms of a conflict between blundering British generals and their rigidly disciplined red-coated troops on the one side and heroic American patriots in their homespun shirts and coonskin caps on the other. In this fresh, compelling narrative, Christopher Hibbert portrays the realities of a war that raged the length of an entire continenta war that thousands of George Washington's fellow countrymen condemned and that he came close to losing. Based on a wide variety of sources and alive with astute character sketches and eyewitness accounts, Redcoats and Rebels presents a vivid and convincing picture of the "cruel, accursed" war that changed the world forever. 16 pages of illustrations. "Hibbert combines impeccable scholarship with a liveliness of style that lures the reader from page to page."Sunday Telegraph 16 pages of illustrations. [via]More editions of Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes:
Remarkable Reads: 34 Writers and Their Adventures in Readingby J. Peder ZaneISBN 0393325407 (0-393-32540-7)
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Report From A Parisian Paradise: Essays From France, 1925v1939by Joseph Roth, Michael HofmannISBN 0393327167 (0-393-32716-7)
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Respect in a World of Inequalityby Richard SennettISBN 0393325377 (0-393-32537-7)
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Servants of the Mapby Andrea BarrettISBN 0393323579 (0-393-32357-9)
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Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Ageby Duncan J. WattsISBN 0393325423 (0-393-32542-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age'Book summary:You may be only six degrees away from Kevin Bacon, but would he let you borrow his car? It depends on the structures within the network that links you. When the power goes out, when we find that a stranger knows someone we know, when dot-com stocks soar in price, networks are evident. In Six Degrees, sociologist Duncan Watts examines networks like these: what they are, how they're being studied, and what we can use them for. To illustrate the often complicated mathematics that describe such structures, Watts uses plenty of examples from life, without which this book would quickly move beyond a general science readership. Small chapters make each thought-provoking conclusion easy to swallow, though some are hard to digest. For instance, in a short bit on "coercive externalities," Watts sums up sociological research showing that:
"Conversations concerning politics displayed a consistent pattern .... On election day, the strongest predictor of electoral success was not which party an individual privately supported but which party he or she expected would win."
Six Degrees attempts to help readers understand the new and exciting field of networks and complexity. While considerably more demanding than a general book like The Tipping Point, it offers readers a snapshot of a riveting moment in science, when understanding things like disease epidemics and the stock market seems almost within our reach. --Therese Littleton [via]More editions of Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age:
State of the World 2002 : The Worldwatch Institute Reportby Worldwatch Institute StaffISBN 0393322793 (0-393-32279-3)
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State of the World 2004: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Societyby Michael Renner, Christopher Flavin, Sandra Postel, Gary Gardner, Hilary French, Amy Vickers, Worldwatch Institute, Lisa Mastny, Erik Assadourian, Danielle Nierenberg, Radhika Sarin, Janet Sawin, Linda StarkeISBN 0393325393 (0-393-32539-3)
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As always, State of the World 2004 provides government officials, journalists, professors, students, and concerned citizens with a comprehensive analysis of the global environmental problems we face along with detailed descriptions of practical, innovative solutions like charting the most environmentally sound path to a hydrogen-fueled economy, or accelerating the rapidly growing conversion of farmers worldwide to organic farming and sustainable agriculture. Written in clear and concise language, with easy-to-read charts and tables, State of the World 2004 presents a view of our changing world that we, and our leaders, cannot afford to ignore. [via]More editions of State of the World 2004: A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable Society:
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The Story Of My Lifeby Helen Keller, Shattuck, Roger (AFT), Herrmann, Dorothy (AFT), Roger ShattuckISBN 0393325687 (0-393-32568-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story Of My Life'Book summary:Helen Keller would not be bound by conditions. Rendered deaf and blind at 19 months by scarlet fever, she learned to read (in several languages) and even speak, eventually graduating with honors from Radcliffe College in 1904, where as a student she wrote The Story of My Life. That she accomplished all of this in an age when few women attended college and the disabled were often relegated to the background, spoken of only in hushed tones, is remarkable. But Keller's many other achievements are impressive by any standard: she authored 13 books, wrote countless articles, and devoted her life to social reform. An active and effective suffragist, pacifist, and socialist (the latter association earned her an FBI file), she lectured on behalf of disabled people everywhere. She also helped start several foundations that continue to improve the lives of the deaf and blind around the world.
As a young girl Keller was obstinate, prone to fits of violence, and seething with rage at her inability to express herself. But at the age of 7 this wild child was transformed when, at the urging of Alexander Graham Bell, Anne Sullivan became her teacher, an event she declares "the most important day I remember in all my life." (Sullivan herself had once been blind, but partially recovered her sight after a series of operations.) In a memorable passage, Keller writes of the day "Teacher" led her to a stream and repeatedly spelled out the letters w-a-t-e-r on one of her hands while pouring water over the other. This method proved a revelation: "That living world awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free! There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away." And, indeed, most of them were.
In her lovingly crafted and deeply perceptive autobiography, Keller's joyous spirit is most vividly expressed in her connection to nature:
Indeed, everything that could hum, or buzz, or sing, or bloom, had a part in my education.... Few know what joy it is to feel the roses pressing softly into the hand, or the beautiful motion of the lilies as they sway in the morning breeze. Sometimes I caught an insect in the flower I was plucking, and I felt the faint noise of a pair of wings rubbed together in a sudden terror....
The idea of feeling rather than hearing a sound, or of admiring a flower's motion rather than its color, evokes a strong visceral sensation in the reader, giving The Story of My Life a subtle power and beauty. Keller's celebration of discovery becomes our own. In the end, this blind and deaf woman succeeds in sharpening our eyes and ears to the beauty of the world. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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Terror and Liberalismby Paul BermanISBN 0393325555 (0-393-32555-5)
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The Tragedy of Great Power Politicsby John J. MearsheimerISBN 039332396X (0-393-32396-X)
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Virginia Woolf: A Writer's Lifeby Lyndall GordonISBN 039332205X (0-393-32205-X)
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Where the Money Is: True Tales from the Bank Robbery Capital of the Worldby William J. Rehder, Gordon DillowISBN 039332575X (0-393-32575-X)
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Wings: A History Of Aviation From Kites To The Space Ageby Tom D. CrouchISBN 0393326209 (0-393-32620-9)
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The World: Travels 1950-2000by Jan MorrisISBN 0393326489 (0-393-32648-9)
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