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10,000 Garden Questions Answered by 20 Expertsby Marjorie J. Dietz, F. F. RockwellISBN 0385004796 (0-385-00479-6)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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Acts of the Apostlesby Johannes MunckISBN 0385009143 (0-385-00914-3)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Acts of the Apostles'Book summary:The Acts of the Apostles is volume 31 in the Anchor Bible series of new book-by-book translations of the Old and New Testaments and Apocrypha, each by a preeminent scholar. The late Johannes Munck was Professor of New Testament Exegesis at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Dr. Munck, who was in the United States in 1964-1965 as Visiting Professor in New Testament Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary, died shortly after his retum to Denmark. The Danish text had been put into English before he died, The manuscript was carefully revised by W E Albright, the co-General Editor of the Anchor Bible series before his death, and Dr. C. S. Mann, the author of the Anchor Bible commentary on Mark. Professor Abram Spiro of Wayne State University and Dr. Leona Running of Andrews University have also been of great assistance.
Dr. Spiro's discovery that Acts VII is a tract written by a Samaritan convert has been of crucial importance for our understanding of the beginnings of Christianity. We now know that the roots of the primitive Church struck deep into the subsoil of Jewish sectarian life, including especially the Pharisees, Essenes, followers of John the Baptist and Samaritans.
This volume presents rich new evidence for the historical continuity of Judaism and Christianity as well as for the early date and reliability of Acts, which has been systematically down-graded by twentieth-century historians and theologians. [via]More editions of Acts of the Apostles:
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America Afireby Bernard A. WeisbergerISBN 038097763X (0-380-97763-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'America Afire'Book summary:That John Adams was a great American revolutionary patriot, there is no doubt. That he remained great once the revolution was won is a matter of considerable debate, in Adams's own time as well as ours. Even a sometime ally portrayed him as a "petty-minded egoist fussing about his own dignity," an aspirant to leadership who urged that the man who held his office be addressed as "His Highness, the President of the United States of America and Protector of Their Liberties."
Still, Adams, that hard-minded New Englander, was a shrewd leader with a clear agenda: he labored to extend national power over the sometimes ragtag, sometimes rebellious individual states, and eventually to forge an empire led by a sort of "republican sovereign" just short of a king. These goals put him squarely at odds with his fellow revolutionary Thomas Jefferson, an often self-contradictory champion of states' rights, against whom Adams won the presidency in 1796--and to whom he lost that office after an astonishingly acrimonious campaign in the election of 1800.
Bernard Weisberger provides a highly engaging, thoroughly well-written account of the Adams-Jefferson rivalry, which traded on both personality and ideology--and, indeed, on markedly different visions of human nature. His book is timely, for many of the issues Adams and Jefferson argued over remain with Americans today and are the subject of constant controversy. Which is, Weisberger says, just as it should be; it means that "the revolution is still at work." --Gregory McNamee [via]
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American Fried; Adventures of a Happy Eaterby Calvin TrillinISBN 0385004400 (0-385-00440-0)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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An Aquinas Readerby Mary T. Clark, ThomasISBN 038502505X (0-385-02505-X)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Asimov on Physicsby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385009585 (0-385-00958-5)
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The Best Loved Poems of the American Peopleby Hazel FellemanISBN 0385000197 (0-385-00019-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Birds of Americaby Gilbert T. PearsonISBN 0385000243 (0-385-00024-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Bob Vila's Complete Guide to Remodeling Your Home: Everything You Need to Know About Home Renovation from the 1 Home Improvement Expertby Bob Vila, Hugh HowardISBN 0380976730 (0-380-97673-0)
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Bodyby Steve Fiffer, Sharon Sloan FifferISBN 0380977133 (0-380-97713-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Body'Book summary:The Body: the sum of many diverse parts, each with its own distinct functions, purpose, characteristics, and personality. In toto--in a corporal sense--it is who and what we are; what we cherish, protect, and admire; what we fear, detest, and resent. It is the "you" others immediately recognize, both comfortably familiar and maddeningly inscrutable to the "I" who inhabits it--at once a vessel, a dear friend, a stern judge, and a treacherous betrayer.
In Body, eighteen great contemporary American writers explore the singular components of this extraordinary whole, in short literary observations and appreciations that range from the visceral to the whimsical to the sinful and metaphysical. In "Eyes," Michael Knight explores the biological evolution of sight an unexpectedly discovers a hidden truth...about human love. Leah Hager Cohen examines the dichotomies of "Breasts"--a source of life...or poison. Jacki Lyden considers the thought processes and questionable memories of her mother--and their funny and heartbreaking familial repercussions--in "The Brain." Richard McCann offers a powerful, startling, and darkly humorous personal look at organ transplantation in "The Resurrectionist." And Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley's riveting "Belly, Dancing, Belly, Aching, Belly, Beasts" celebrates the female abdomen in its many incarnations: swollen and destended with life; flat with sexuality; ripened with age.
A strong and worthy literary companion to the critically acclaimed collections Home and Family, Body is, by turns, passionate and serene, sensuous, urgent, tender, and tragic--illuminated by dazzling wit and incandescent beauty--and it will enthrall anyone and everyone who lives and breathes and delights in the written word. [via]
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The Book of Virtues for Young People: A Treasury of Great Moral Storiesby William J. BennettISBN 0382249232 (0-382-24923-2)
Hardcover, Silver Burdett Pr
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Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Yearby David Ewing DuncanISBN 0380975289 (0-380-97528-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year'Book summary:In his latest book, David Ewing Duncan traces the development of our modern-day calendar and describes how people's experiences are shaped by their conception of time. Duncan postulates that all this concern with time started when a Cro-Magnon man decided to mark off the days of the lunar cycle on an eagle bone. After recounting the slow evolution of the calendar through the centuries, the author laments how time oriented our society has become: "There are moments when I am hopelessly late, or cannot possibly fit anything else into my schedule, when I sigh and wish that Cro-Magnon man 13,000 years ago in the Dordogne Valley had set aside his eagle bone and gone to bed."
The book is organized in chronological order and focuses mainly on the centuries leading up to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar (our modern calendar) by the Catholic Church in 1582. Along the way, Duncan describes the ancient calendars of many cultures all over the globe, from India to Egypt to the Mayan empire. During the Middle Ages, Christian churches discouraged scientific inquiry on the theory that it was wrong to question the nature of God's creation. This severely hampered the refinement of the calendar and the advancement of many academic pursuits. By the 16th century, Europe's calendars were 11 days out of sync with the solar year, which meant Easter was being celebrated on the wrong day. An infusion of knowledge from India and the Middle East helped Europeans get back on track. Duncan profiles the many mathematicians, philosophers, and monks who made organizing time their life's work. This book honors the efforts of those scholars and examines the way politics and religion influenced societal perceptions of time through the ages. --Jill Marquis [via]
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Canterbury Talesby Geoffrey ChaucerISBN 0385000286 (0-385-00028-6)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Chess Made Simpleby Milton L. HanauerISBN 0385012152 (0-385-01215-2)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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City of Godby St. AugustineISBN 0385029101 (0-385-02910-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'City of God'Book summary:Augustine's City of God, a monumental work of religious lore, philosophy, and history, was written as a kind of literary tombstone for Roman culture. After the sack of Rome, Augustine wrote this book to anatomize the corruption of Romans' pursuit of earthly pleasures: "grasping for praise, open-handed with their money; honest in the pursuit of wealth, they wanted to hoard glory." Augustine contrasts his condemnation of Rome with an exaltation of Christian culture. The glory that Rome failed to attain will only be realized by citizens of the City of God, the Heavenly Jerusalem foreseen in Revelation. Because City of God was written for men of classical learning--custodians of the culture Augustine sought to condemn--it is thick with Ciceronian circumlocutions, and makes many stark contrasts between "Your Virgil" and "Our Scriptures." Even if Augustine's prose strikes modern ears as a bit bombastic, and if his polarized Christian/pagan world is more binary than the one we live in today, his arguments against utopianism and his defense of the richness of Christian culture remain useful and strong. City of God is, as its final words proclaim itself to be, "a giant of a book." --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac, 1861-1869by Everette B. LongISBN 0385012640 (0-385-01264-0)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Cloud of Unknowing and the Book of Privy Counselingby William Johnston, Huston SmithISBN 0385030975 (0-385-03097-5)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cloud of Unknowing and the Book of Privy Counseling'Book summary:"God can be loved but he cannot be thought. He can be grasped by love but never by concepts. So less thinking and more loving."
This is William Johnston's summary of the message of The Cloud of Unknowing. Nobody knows who wrote the book, or exactly where he lived, or whether he was a member of a religious order, or even, really, whether he was part of any church at all. The text first appeared in Middle English in the 14th century, and it has inspired generations of mystical searchers (from St. John of the Cross to Teilhard de Chardin). The mysterious conditions of its composition, however, focus the reader's attention squarely on the book's message--an almost Zen rendering of Christianity, which has a great deal to teach our querulous, doctrine-obsessed churches: "And so I urge you," the author writes, "go after experience rather than knowledge. On account of pride, knowledge may often deceive you, but this gentle, loving affection will not deceive you. Knowledge tends to breed conceit, but love builds. Knowledge is full of labor, but love, full of rest." --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Complete Works of William Shakespeareby William ShakespeareISBN 0385000499 (0-385-00049-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Country Women: A Handbook for the New Farmerby Sherry ThomasISBN 0385030622 (0-385-03062-2)
Softcover, Bookthrift Co
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Dark Night of the Soulby St. John of the Cross, E. Allison Peers, SilverioISBN 0385029306 (0-385-02930-6)
Softcover, Doubleday
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dark Night of the Soul'Book summary:As a Carmelite monk, the 16th-century Spanish mystic St. John of the Cross was well trained in the systematic theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. In Dark Night of the Soul, St. John's sharply organized mind gives clean shape to his mystical belief in a loving Being somewhere outside the realm of feeling, thought, or imagination, who can only be known through love. Dark Night of the Soul describes the process of purgation, first of senses, and then of spirit, that precedes the soul's loving Union with God. To quote from this book would detract from the coiled power of its tightly focused picture of the soul's progress; suffice it to say that there has never been a better book for discouraged Christians. When you cannot understand what or why you believe, but you find yourself unable to abandon faith, look to St. John for help. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Dictionary of Spoken Spanish Words, Phrases, Sentencesby U. S. Armed ForcesISBN 0385009763 (0-385-00976-3)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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Dreaming Out Loud: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, and the Changing Face of Nashvilleby Bruce S. FeilerISBN 0380975785 (0-380-97578-5)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Duty : A Father, His Son, and the Man Who Won the Warby Bob GreeneISBN 0380978490 (0-380-97849-0)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Egypt, Kush, Aksum : Northeast Africaby Kenny MannISBN 038239657X (0-382-39657-X)
Softcover, Silver Burdett Press
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Electricity Made Simpleby H. JacobwitzISBN 0385004362 (0-385-00436-2)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Epistles of James, Peter, and Judeby Bo Ivar ReickeISBN 0385013744 (0-385-01374-4)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Evolution and Human Behavior: An Introduction to Darwinian Anthropologyby Alexander AllandISBN 0385016662 (0-385-01666-2)
Hardcover, Anchor Press
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Except to Walk Free: Documents and Notes in the History of American Laborby Albert FriedISBN 0385029470 (0-385-02947-0)
Hardcover, Anchor Press
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Exploration into Africaby Isimeme IbazemoISBN 0382247329 (0-382-24732-9)
Softcover, Silver Burdett Press
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Faint Echoes, Distant Stars: the Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earthby Ben BovaISBN 038097519X (0-380-97519-X)
Hardcover, William Morrow & Co
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The Famous Miss Burney: The Diaries and Letters of Fanny Burneyby Fanny Burney, Barbara G. Schrank, David J. SupinoISBN 0381982858 (0-381-98285-8)
Hardcover, John Day
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From Oedipus to Moses: Freud's Jewish Identityby Marthe RobertISBN 0385000642 (0-385-00064-2)
Hardcover, Anchor Books
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Goethe's Faustby Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheISBN 0385031149 (0-385-03114-9)
Softcover, Doubleday
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Goethe's Faust'Book summary:The best translation of Faust available, this volume provides the original German text and its English counterpart on facing pages. Walter Kaufmann's translation conveys the poetic beauty and rhythm as well as the complex depth of Goethe's language. Includes Part One and selections from Part Two. [via]
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The Gospel According to John : Chapters I-XIIby Raymond E. BrownISBN 0385015178 (0-385-01517-8)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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A Grain of Mustard Seed: The Awakening of the Brazilian Revolutionby Marcio Moreira AlvesISBN 0385003951 (0-385-00395-1)
Hardcover, Doubleday Anchor Press
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Guests of the Sheik: An Ethnography of an Iraqi Villageby Elizabeth Warnock FerneaISBN 0385014856 (0-385-01485-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Gunner's Bible: The Complete Guide to Sporting Firearms Rifles, Shotguns, Handguns, and Their Accessoriesby Bill RiviereISBN 0385024231 (0-385-02423-1)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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Harmensz. Van Rijn Rembrandtby Ernest Lloyd RaboffISBN 0385024029 (0-385-02402-9)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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He Leadeth Meby Walter J. Ciszek, Daniel L. FlahertyISBN 0385028059 (0-385-02805-9)
Softcover, Doubleday Publishing
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History of Philosophyby Frederick J. CoplestonISBN 038501631X (0-385-01631-X)
Softcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of Philosophy'Book summary:Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit and specialist in the history of philosophy, first created his history as an introduction for Catholic ecclesiastical seminaries. However, since its first publication (the last volume appearing in the mid-1970s) the series has become the classic account for all philosophy scholars and students. The 11-volume series gives an accessible account of each philosopher's work, but also explains their relationship to the work of other philosophers. [via]
History of Philosophyby Copleston FISBN 0385016379 (0-385-01637-9)
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History of Philosophy Vol. 6,Pt. 2: Greece and Romeby Frederick J. CoplestonISBN 0385002114 (0-385-00211-4)
Softcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Houstonby Peifer, Charles, Jr.ISBN 0382247876 (0-382-24787-6)
Softcover, Silver Burdett Press
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How to Talk With Practically Anybody About Practically Anythingby Barbara WaltersISBN 038500057X (0-385-00057-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Introduction to the Devout Lifeby St. Francis De SalesISBN 0385030096 (0-385-03009-6)
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John Chancellor Makes Me Cryby Anne Rivers SiddonsISBN 0385001126 (0-385-00112-6)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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Kids Gardening: A First Indoor Gardening Book for Childrenby Aileen Paul, Arthur HawkinsISBN 0385024924 (0-385-02492-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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King of Foxesby Raymond E. FeistISBN 0380977095 (0-380-97709-5)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Krondor the Betrayalby Raymond E. FeistISBN 038097715X (0-380-97715-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Krondor the Betrayal'Book summary:The video game industry has always drawn upon works of fiction for inspiration--sooner or later, the process had to reverse itself. Krondor the Betrayal began its life as the bestselling role-playing video game of all time, written by Raymond E. Feist for Dynamix Inc. Feist, whose Serpentwar Saga has sold millions of copies and established him as one of the most popular fantasy authors of modern times, also wrote this novelization which places the action of the game in the context of his fully-realized fantasy setting, Midkemia.
Feist's fans are legion. Longtime readers will be delighted at the return of popular characters Pug the Wizard, Squire Locklear, and others, as they face the menace of a marauding elf war-chieftain and a mysterious cabal of wizards. But first-time Feist readers may find Krondor the Betrayal baffling and tiresome--without the momentum of the larger series, much of the story's effect is diminished. The video game influence in this book is unmistakable--as evidenced by an encumbrance of sword fights, multilevel conspiracy, and two-dimensional characters. Anyone who enjoys reading about Midkemia will be thrilled to play the demonstration version of the CD-ROM game (included with the book). --Brendan J. LaSalle [via]
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Lift Off!by R. Mike Mullane, Mike WimmerISBN 0382246640 (0-382-24664-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin School
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Lovecraft; A Biography,by Lyon Sprague De CampISBN 0385005784 (0-385-00578-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lovecraft; A Biography,'Book summary:Few writers have had more ironic, paradoxical lives that Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937), the great horror-fantasy writer of Providence, Rhode Island. Never having a book of his stories published in his lifetime, he became a best seller after his death. Dying in poverty and obscurity, convinced of his own utter failure, he has been hailed not only as the equal of Poe but even as once of the greatest writers of all time. A self-proclaimed misanthrope, he collected a circle of devoted friends, who remember him as one of the kindest, most delightful and most lovable persons they had known. The son of parents both of whom died insane, Lovecraft became a powerful philosophical thinker. A scientific materialist, he embraced pseudo-scientific racial theories, only to abandon them in his last years. A poseur who liked to fancy himself as an eighteenth century English gentleman, he condemned poses and affectations in others. A political ultra-conservative, he became a Socialist and New Dealer. A man who prided himself on aristocratic reticence, he poured out his inmost thoughts in at least 100,000 letters, making him one of the greatest letter writers of all time. Here is the tale of his weird upbringing; his bizarre habits, preferences, his tragi-comic literary and marital careers; his key role in the origin of science-fiction fandom; and how he worked his nightmares and neuroses into the stories that became a legend after his death. [via]
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Main Currents in Sociological Thought Vol. 2: Durkhelm, Pareto and Weberby Raymond AronISBN 0385019769 (0-385-01976-9)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Metternich and the Duchessby Dorothy Gies McGuiganISBN 038502827X (0-385-02827-X)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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Michelangelo Buonarrotiby Ernest RaboffISBN 038501998X (0-385-01998-X)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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Middle Eastby Maureen S. AbdallahISBN 0382064178 (0-382-06417-8)
Hardcover, Silver Burdett Pr
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Modern Movements in Architectureby Charles JencksISBN 0385025548 (0-385-02554-8)
Softcover, Anchor Press
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The Mozart Effect: Tapping the Power of Music to Heal the Body, Strengthen the Mind, and Unlock the Creative Spiritby Don CampbellISBN 0380974185 (0-380-97418-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mozart Effect: Tapping the Power of Music to Heal the Body, Strengthen the Mind, and Unlock the Creative Spirit'Book summary:With a subtitle of Tapping the Power of Music to Heal the Body, Strengthen the Mind, and Unlock the Creative Spirit, the casual reader might jokingly ask if the book could also improve chances for world peace, bring free and open elections to third world countries, and give your wash whiter whites and brighter brights. Don Campbell's premise is, however, reasonably straightforward: he asserts that the kind of noise to which one is exposed can have important effects on mental and bodily health. As a trial, try protecting your hearing for a few days from the continuous barrage of noise in a typical urban environment; it really does seem to improve one's attitude and fatigue levels.
Where Campbell's ideas become more provocative is in the realm of music. Supported by much anecdotal evidence, he proposes that Classical music with a big "C" (the music of Mozart's period) can reach out to those who are mentally isolated from their fellows, like the autistic, and can help infants react and think better. (Will prenatal music classes be the next big trend for yuppie babies?) In addition, the music of Mozart contributes to the improved functioning of the higher cerebellar functions, including the ability to deal with logical and mathematical concepts, while contemporary rock actually decreases mental acuity. [via]
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Mr. Dooley's Chicagoby Barbara C. SchaafISBN 0385020236 (0-385-02023-6)
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Mysterious Britainby Colin BordISBN 038502648X (0-385-02648-X)
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The New Dictionary of Thoughts: A Cyclopedia of Quotationsby Tryon EdwardsISBN 0385001274 (0-385-00127-4)
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The New Mathematicsby Irving AdlerISBN 0381980022 (0-381-98002-2)
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No More Masks! an Anthology of Poems by Womenby Florence HoweISBN 038502553X (0-385-02553-X)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Of Matters Great and Smallby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385022255 (0-385-02225-5)
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One Man's San Franciscoby Herb CaenISBN 0385014279 (0-385-01427-9)
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Operation Rhinoby John Gordon DavisISBN 0385004109 (0-385-00410-9)
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Outdoor Cook's Bibleby J.D. BatesISBN 0385021070 (0-385-02107-0)
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Partner in Crimeby J. A. JanceISBN 0380977303 (0-380-97730-3)
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Plantation Cookbookby Junior League of New Orleans StaffISBN 0385011571 (0-385-01157-1)
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The Religions of the World Made Simpleby John LewisISBN 038502276X (0-385-02276-X)
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Remaking Eden: Cloning and Beyond in a Brave New Worldby Lee M. SilverISBN 0380974940 (0-380-97494-0)
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A Renaissance in Harlem: Lost Voices of an American Communityby Lionel C. BascomISBN 0380976641 (0-380-97664-1)
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In this illuminating document, we are introduced to a West Indian conjure man known for his infallible charms and herbal remedies; a dancer at the Apollo Theater who mourns the untimely death of the entertainer who inspired her; a domestic worker determined to fight for fair wages and better treatment. And we meet Matt Henson at his retirement from his government job, still denied official recognition for his status as the first American to plant the United States flag on the North Pole.
Enter the bars, the nightclubs, the beauty shops, the street markets, the employment offices and homes. Visit with fish vendors, war veterans, Pullman porters, prostitutes, and countless others. Come listen to the memorable sounds of swing music, the singing and shouting of church choirs, and the lonely plea of a mournful spiritual.
A Renaissance In Harlem is an essential addition to the historical record of the African-American experience, a startling re-creation of a lost era in the life of New York City, and a valuable look at the early writings of two masters of American literature. Filled with humor, compassion, outrage and hope, it is an uplifting celebration of a place and people integral to the American story. [via]
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The Rule of St. Benedictby M. L. Del Mastro, Benedictus, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Anthony C. MeiselISBN 0385009488 (0-385-00948-8)
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This acclaimed edition of The Rule of St. Benedict is a highly accessible modern translation that conveys the spirit and logic of the original text. It contains an invaluable in-depth Introduction that explores the development and spread of Christian monasticism; a biographical sketch of St. Benedict; a discussion of the structure and implementation of his Rule; its value and impact on religious orders from the Middle Ages down through history; its tremendous influence on Western culture and civilization; and, finally, various texts of the Rule.More editions of The Rule of St. Benedict:
Seattleby Nard JonesISBN 0385018754 (0-385-01875-4)
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Sex Differences: Social and Biological Perspectivesby Michael S. TeitelbaumISBN 0385008260 (0-385-00826-0)
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Silver Burdett Biologyby AlexanderISBN 0382130766 (0-382-13076-6)
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Snailby Jens OlesenISBN 0382240197 (0-382-24019-7)
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Sometimes God Has a Kid's Faceby Bruce RitterISBN 0384242146 (0-384-24214-6)
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Songsby Bruce SpringsteenISBN 0380976196 (0-380-97619-6)
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Spain, the Land and Its Peopleby John Howard, Carmen IrizarryISBN 0382094778 (0-382-09477-8)
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St. Francis of Assisiby G. K. ChestertonISBN 0385029004 (0-385-02900-4)
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however wild and romantic his gyrations might appear to many, [Francis] always hung on to reason by one invisible and indestructible hair ... The great saint was sane ... He was not a mere eccentric because he was always turning towards the center and heart of the maze; he took the queerest and most zigzag short cuts through the wood, but he was always going home.
As one editor of Chesterton's puts it, "of St. Francis he might have said what he said about Blake: 'We always feel that he is saying something very plain and emphatic even when we have not the wildest notion of what it is'". --Doug Thorpe [via]More editions of St. Francis of Assisi:
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The Story of the Trapp Family Singersby Maria A. TrappISBN 0385028962 (0-385-02896-2)
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Street in Marrakechby Elizabeth Warnock FerneaISBN 0385000960 (0-385-00096-0)
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Summa Theologiae Pt 1 Qst 1-13 V001by Thomas GilbyISBN 0385027680 (0-385-02768-0)
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Talon of the Silver Hawkby Raymond E. FeistISBN 0380977087 (0-380-97708-7)
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This Must Be the Place: The Adventures of Talking Heads in the Twentieth Centuryby David BowmanISBN 0380978466 (0-380-97846-6)
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Times to Rememberby Rose Fitzgerald KennedyISBN 0385016255 (0-385-01625-5)
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To the Hebrewsby George W. BuchananISBN 0385029950 (0-385-02995-0)
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To the Summit: A Woman's Journey into the Mountains to Find Her Soulby Margo Chisholm, Ray BruceISBN 0380973596 (0-380-97359-6)
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The Traveling Man: The Story of the American Traveling Salesmanby Truman E. MooreISBN 0385013515 (0-385-01351-5)
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Twentynine Palms: A True Story of Murder, Marines, and the Mojaveby Deanne StillmanISBN 0380975602 (0-380-97560-2)
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Viva La Raza!: The Struggle of the Mexican-American Peopleby Elizabeth Sutherland Martinez, Enriqueta Longeaux y VasquezISBN 0385007124 (0-385-00712-4)
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Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Mosesby Bruce S. FeilerISBN 0380977753 (0-380-97775-3)
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Abraham was not originally the man he became. He was not an Israelite, he was not a Jew. He was not even a believer in God--at least initially. He was a traveler, called by some voice not entirely clear that said: Go, head to this land, walk along this route, and trust what you will find.
Feiler, a fifth-generation American Jew from the South, had felt no particular attachment to the Holy Land. Yet during his journey, Feiler's previously abstract faith grew more grounded. ("I began to feel a certain pull from the landscape.... It was a feeling of gravity. A feeling that I wanted to take off all my clothes and lie facedown in the soil.") Feiler's attentiveness, intelligence, and adventurousness enliven every page of this book. And the lessons he learned about the relationship between place and the spirit will be useful for readers of every religious tradition that finds its origins in the Bible. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Where the Wasteland Ends: Politics and Transcendence in Postindustrial Societyby Theodore RoszakISBN 0385027281 (0-385-02728-1)
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Who Owns Death: Capital Punishment, the American Conscience and the End of Executionsby Robert J. Lifton, Greg MitchellISBN 0380974983 (0-380-97498-3)
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Lifton and Mitchell begin by examining how three states--California, Massachusetts, and Missouri--handle the death penalty. In succeeding chapters, they provide a history of state-sponsored execution in the United States and describe the various ways the killing is done, from lethal injection (the most common form of execution) to hanging (yes, hanging--that's how Delaware, New Hampshire, and Washington put people to death) and firing squads (in Idaho, Oklahoma, and Utah). They also provide an in-depth look at the people involved in executions, from the criminals themselves to the families of murder victims to the folks in the criminal-justice system: prosecutors, judges, wardens, chaplains, and so on. The opponents of capital punishment often make the mistake of appearing to champion evildoers, either by denying their guilt or minimizing the harm they have done. Who Owns Death? avoids this fatal flaw (it is dedicated, in part, "to the families of murder victims"). Open-minded readers who want to explore what the death penalty really is--and Lifton and Mitchell think there are many more of these people than is commonly assumed--may walk away from it rethinking their own beliefs. --John J. Miller [via]
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A Woman Like That: Lesbian and Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Storiesby Joan LarkinISBN 0380976986 (0-380-97698-6)
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