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The 1928 Book of Common Prayer: Burgundy, Bonded Leatherby Not AvailableISBN 0195285255 (0-19-528525-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Streetby Jonathan KneeISBN 0195307925 (0-19-530792-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Advice And Consent: The Politics of Appointing Federal Judgesby Lee Epstein, Jeffrey Allan SegalISBN 0195300211 (0-19-530021-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Advice and Consent: The Politics of Judicial Appointmentsby Lee Epstein, Jeffrey Allan SegalISBN 0195315839 (0-19-531583-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960sby Maurice Isserman, Michael KazinISBN 0195319850 (0-19-531985-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Analysis of Tonal Music: A Schenkerian Approachby Allen Cadwallader, David GagneISBN 0195301765 (0-19-530176-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens & Romeby Peter Connolly, Hazel DodgeISBN 0195215826 (0-19-521582-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Ancient Egyptby David P. SilvermanISBN 019521952X (0-19-521952-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ancient Egypt'Book summary:The ancient Egyptians created some of the world's most beautiful art and architecture. To this day, this ancient civilization--which produced the great pyramids, the riddle of the Sphinx, and the riches of Tutankhamun--exerts a strong hold on our imaginations.
Now, in Ancient Egypt, eminent Egyptologist David P. Silverman and a team of leading scholars explore the cultural wealth of this civilization in a series of intriguing and authoritative essays based on the latest theories and discoveries. Illustrated with more than 200 superb color photographs, maps, and charts, this book illuminates the vivid and powerful symbolic images of this fascinating culture--from pyramids and temples to priests and rituals; from hieroglyphic writing to daily life by the Nile; and from temple carvings to the cult of the dead. Correcting the popular misconception of the Egyptians as a death-obsessed people, the book uses the most recent historical research and archaeological finds to illuminate the routines of daily life in royal, elite, priestly circles, as well as at lower levels of society. We learn, for example, that despite the monochromatic appearance of most temple ruins today, in ancient times they would have been colorful, even gleaming structures; that the title "Pharaoh" derives from the Egyptian phrase per aa, which means "great house" and was originally a reference to the royal palace; that temples employed all manner of part-time and full-time personnel, from farmers and carpenters to scribes, jewelers, and keepers of livestock; and that Egyptian law viewed women as equal to men, and they could, in some cases, wield considerable influence. [via]More editions of Ancient Egypt:
Anne of Green Gables Cookbookby Kate MacDonaldISBN 0195404963 (0-19-540496-3)
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Astronomy Encyclopediaby Patrick Moore, Leif J. RobinsonISBN 0195218337 (0-19-521833-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Astronomy Encyclopedia'Book summary:The universe beyond our own has been an object of scientific inquiry and a preoccupation of avid stargazers from antiquity up to the present day, and this preoccupation has evolved into a complex field in which mysteries are unlocked and discoveries are made on a constant basis. The Astronomy Encyclopedia covers the full width and breadth of the discipline and includes the latest and most important advances.
In more than 3,000 alphabetically organized articles accompanied by 500 stunning color and black and white photographs, star maps, and diagrams, The Astronomy Encyclopedia covers everything both the researcher and general enthusiast wants to knowfrom adaptive optics and cold dark matter to Islamic astronomy and the principle of equivalence. It includes a host of major articles on the cornerstones of astronomical investigation, such as the Milky Way, the sun and planets, optical and radio telescopes, stars, black holes, astrophysics, observatories, astronomical photography, space programs, the constellations and famous astronomers. Also featured are tables which display relevant data such as the brightest stars in the major constellations, annual meteor showers, major variable stars, dwarf stars, and energy production processes in the sun.
More than 100 astronomers from leading universities and observatories, each an expert in a specialized area of the field, wrote and reviewed the entries to ensure their authority. Patrick Moore, distinguished astronomer and longtime host of the popular BBC television program The Sky at Night, serves as the general editor for this most up-to-date and reliable reference work.
A glimpse into humanity's last great frontier, the Astronomy Encyclopedia is both accessible and comprehensive enough for both the serious stargazer and the professional astronomer. [via]More editions of Astronomy Encyclopedia:
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Atlas of the WorldISBN 0195219198 (0-19-521919-8)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:The sixteenth edition of the Oxford Atlas of the World is chock-full of page-turning information, including new census data, dozens of city maps, updated country profiles, the latest statistics on climate change, gorgeous satellite images of Earth, and an instructive 48-page Introduction to World Geography--beautifully illustrated with tables and graphs. Providing the finest global coverage available, the Oxford Atlas of the World is not only the best-selling volume of its size and price, but also the benchmark by which all other atlases are measured.
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The Solar System was formed about 5 billion years ago, when a spinning cloud of gas, mostly hydrogen but seeded with other heavier elements, condensed enough to ignite a nuclear reaction and create a star.
Sometimes called The Crescent City, New Orleans is situated between the south bank of Lake Ponchartrain (the largest in this view) and the Mississippi River.
This image shows glaciers flowing from the snow covered Himalayas on the northern Bhutan border.
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Atlas of the Worldby George Philip & SonISBN 0195216849 (0-19-521684-9)
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Atlas of World Historyby Patrick K. O'BrienISBN 0195215672 (0-19-521567-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Atlas of World History'Book summary:Synthesizing exceptional cartography and impeccable scholarship, the Atlas of World History traces 12,000 years of history with 450 full-color maps and over 200,000 words of text. Its outstanding features include:
* More than 200 illustrations and tables
* Longer essays on worldwide trends, political developments, and military conflicts, highlighting the most significant socioeconomic, cultural, and religious themes for five pivotal historical periods
* Devotion to the rich past of Africa, Asia, and the Americas
* Cross-references and an 8,000-entry index with alternative name forms permitting movement through regions and time periods with the utmost of ease
The Atlas of World History is sure to appeal to a wide audience of history and geography buffs and scholars, as well as students. [via]More editions of Atlas of World History:
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Bachby Malcolm BoydISBN 0195307712 (0-19-530771-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bach'Book summary:Though he begins by bemoaning "the difficulty of writing anything on Bach remotely worthy of its subject," Malcolm Boyd goes on to do exactly that. This volume from the Master Musicians Series (which also includes Julian Budden on Verdi and Michael Kennedy on Richard Strauss) intermingles chapters on Bach's life with chapters on his music (also roughly chronological) in a delightfully clearheaded way. Boyd is perfectly willing to say whether he finds a piece of music to be substandard and freely takes issue with the scholarship of earlier analysts. Taking nothing for granted, Boyd disproves common assumptions about relative dates of compositions. The section on cantatas begins with brief notes on the genre, a few antecedents, and the subtypes of secular and sacred. Boyd then briskly reviews the surviving works, dwelling on a few for some enlightening and representative details. In "Canons and Counterpoint," he sorts out the Musical Offering in a remarkable few paragraphs before having a go at The Art of the Fugue. Boyd's charts are very easy to follow (appropriate for a composer whose music is often compared to architecture), and his musical examples--especially in the chapter titled "Orchestral, Instrumental, and Keyboard Music"--are spectacularly well chosen. There is room for a few choice incidental observations (e.g., cantatas for the winter months were shorter, sparing the choirboys time in the unheated organ lofts). A 22-page work list (revised in 1997), a life calendar, and a brief chapter on numerology round out a highly rewarding volume. --William R. Braun [via]
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Body & Soul: Notebooks of an Apprentice Boxerby Loic WacquantISBN 0195305620 (0-19-530562-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Book of Common Prayer: And Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the ChurchISBN 0195285077 (0-19-528507-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:A treasured resource for traditional Anglicans and other people who appreciate the majesty of King James-style language. It features a Presentation section containing certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Black bonded leather binding; gold page edges, 3 ribbon markers, gold roll in inner cover, round corners, gift box. [via]
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Carry Me Back: The Domestic Slave Trade in American Lifeby Steven DeyleISBN 0195310195 (0-19-531019-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Catholic Bible: New American Bible, No 4200by Donald SeniorISBN 0195283899 (0-19-528389-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Catholic Study BibleISBN 0195283945 (0-19-528394-5)
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A Concise History of Canadian Paintingby Dennis ReidISBN 0195402065 (0-19-540206-5)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Concise History of Canadian Painting'Book summary:First published in 1973, this book quickly became an indispensable short history of Canadian painting. This new edition has been extensively revised and expanded to reflect new information and new interpretations. The first edition studied Canadian painting through 1965, masterfully combining visual description, anecdotes, and aesthetic evaluation with full accounts of the careers of most of the leading Canadian painters, beginning in the French colonial period. The second edition covers events through 1980, with a new long chapter covering the crucial intervening fifteen years that saw developing in Canada a tremendous interest in other art forms, and an apparent waning of interest in painting. Reid contends that this was not so, and traces the contributions of established artists who produced steadily in the period as well as new arrivals on the scene who have since joined the ranks of leading Canadian artists. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 200 illustrations, 36 of them in color, this edition is simply the most wide-ranging and authoritative handbook on its subject available and will be of interest to anyone involved in art and art history. [via]
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The Course of Mexican Historyby Michael C. Meyer, William L. Sherman, Susan M. Deeds, William Kelleher StoreyISBN 0195220307 (0-19-522030-7)
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The Cradle of Thought: Exploring the Origins of Thinkingby Peter HobsonISBN 0195219546 (0-19-521954-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Django: The Life And Music Of A Gypsy Legendby Michael DregniISBN 0195304489 (0-19-530448-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Django: The Life And Music Of A Gypsy Legend'Book summary:Django Reinhardt was arguably the greatest guitarist who ever lived, an important influence on Les Paul, Charlie Christian, B.B. King, Jerry Garcia, Chet Atkins, and many others. Yet there is no major biography of Reinhardt.
Now, in Django, Michael Dregni offers a definitive portrait of this great guitarist. Handsome, charismatic, childlike, and unpredictable, Reinhardt was a character out of a picaresque novel. Born in a gypsy caravan at a crossroads in Belgium, he was almost killed in a freak fire that burned half of his body and left his left hand twisted into a claw. But with this maimed left hand flying over the frets and his right hand plucking at dizzying speed, Django became Europe's most famous jazz musician, commanding exorbitant fees--and spending the money as fast as he made it. Dregni not only chronicles this remarkably colorful life--including a fascinating account of gypsy culture--but he also sheds much light on Django's musicianship. He examines his long musical partnership with violinist Stéphane Grappelli--the one suave and smooth, the other sharper and more dissonant--and he traces the evolution of their novel string jazz ensemble, Quintette du Hot Club de France. Indeed, the author spotlights Django's amazing musical diversity, describing his swing-styled Nouveau Quintette, his big band Django's Music, and his later bebop ensemble, as well as his many compositions, including symphonic pieces influenced by Ravel and Debussy and his unfinished organ mass inspired by Bach. And along the way, the author offers vivid snapshots of the jazz scene in Paris--colorful portraits of Josephine Baker, Bricktop, Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, and countless others--and of Django's vagabond wanderings around France, Europe, and the United States, where he toured with Duke Ellington.
Capturing the extraordinary life and times of one of the great musicians of the twentieth century, Django is a must-read portrait of a true original. [via]More editions of Django: The Life And Music Of A Gypsy Legend:
Einstein's Heroes: Imagining the World Through the Language of Mathematicsby Robyn ArianrhodISBN 0195308905 (0-19-530890-5)
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Emily Carr: A Biography.by Maria TippettISBN 0195403142 (0-19-540314-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Encyclopedia of Ireland: An A-Z Guide to Its People, Places, History, and Cultureby Ciaran BradyISBN 0195216857 (0-19-521685-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Envy: The Seven Deadly Sinsby Joseph EpsteinISBN 019531204X (0-19-531204-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Episcopal Book of Common Prayer: BurgundyISBN 0195285085 (0-19-528508-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:A treasured resource for traditional Anglicans and other people who appreciate the majesty of King James-style language. It features a Presentation section containing certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Burgundy genuine leather binding; gold page edges, 3 ribbon markers, gold roll in inner cover, round corners, gift box. [via]
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The Essential Evangelical Parallel Bible: New King James Version, English Standard Version, New Living Translation, The MessageISBN 0195281780 (0-19-528178-0)
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The Faiths of the Founding Fathersby David L. HolmesISBN 0195300920 (0-19-530092-0)
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Flightby Philip WilkinsonISBN 0195219961 (0-19-521996-1)
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* Age of the birdmen
* Floating through the air
* Airplane pioneers
* Streamlined speed
* Shrinking the world
* Whirling blades
* Aircraft for all
* War in the air
* Glossary
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From Zero to Ten: The Story of Numbersby Vivian French, Ross CollinsISBN 0195219252 (0-19-521925-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Zero to Ten: The Story of Numbers'Book summary:The whimsical toucans, chickens, owl, and penguin from Write Around the World return, bumbling and tumbling around the world and through time, discovering where numbers came from. From the first counting machine (fingers), pebble markers (or calculus in Latin), and Incan knot-tying to the development of our modern counting system originating in India in 776 C.E. (which took suspicious Europeans 500 years to adopt!), From Zero to Ten is an entertaining and easy-to-understand introduction to the only truly universal language in the world -- numbers -- and related concepts such as trade, money, measurement, time, and even lucky numbers. [via]
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Fundamentalism And American Cultureby George M. MarsdenISBN 0195300475 (0-19-530047-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fundamentalism And American Culture'Book summary:Many American's today are taking note of the surprisingly strong political force that is the religious right. Controversial decisions by the government are met with hundreds of lobbyists, millions of dollars of advertising spending, and a powerful grassroots response. How has the fundamentalist movement managed to resist the pressures of the scientific community and the draw of modern popular culture to hold on to their ultra-conservative Christian views? Understanding the movement's history is key to answering this question. Fundamentalism and American Culture has long been considered a classic in religious history, and to this day remains unsurpassed. Now available in a new edition, this highly regarded analysis takes us through the full history of the origin and direction of one of America's most influential religious movements.
For Marsden, fundamentalists are not just religious conservatives; they are conservatives who are willing to take a stand and to fight. In Marsden's words (borrowed by Jerry Falwell), "a fundamentalist is an evangelical who is angry about something." In the late nineteenth century American Protestantism was gradually dividing between liberals who were accepting new scientific and higher critical views that contradicted the Bible and defenders of the more traditional evangelicalism. By the 1920s a full-fledged "fundamentalist" movement had developed in protest against theological changes in the churches and changing mores in the culture. Building on networks of evangelists, Bible conferences, Bible institutes, and missions agencies, fundamentalists coalesced into a major protest movement that proved to have remarkable staying power.
For this new edition, a major new chapter compares fundamentalism since the 1970s to the fundamentalism of the 1920s, looking particularly at the extraordinary growth in political emphasis and power of the more recent movement. Never has it been more important to understand the history of fundamentalism in our rapidly polarizing nation. Marsen's carefully researched and engrossing work remains the best way to do just that. [via]More editions of Fundamentalism And American Culture:
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Fundamentalism and American Culture: The Shaping of Twentieth-Century Evangelicalism, 1870-1925by George M. MarsdenISBN 0195300513 (0-19-530051-3)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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For Marsden, fundamentalists are not just religious conservatives; they are conservatives who are willing to take a stand and to fight. In Marsden's words (borrowed by Jerry Falwell), "a fundamentalist is an evangelical who is angry about something." In the late nineteenth century American Protestantism was gradually dividing between liberals who were accepting new scientific and higher critical views that contradicted the Bible and defenders of the more traditional evangelicalism. By the 1920s a full-fledged "fundamentalist" movement had developed in protest against theological changes in the churches and changing mores in the culture. Building on networks of evangelists, Bible conferences, Bible institutes, and missions agencies, fundamentalists coalesced into a major protest movement that proved to have remarkable staying power.
For this new edition, a major new chapter compares fundamentalism since the 1970s to the fundamentalism of the 1920s, looking particularly at the extraordinary growth in political emphasis and power of the more recent movement. Never has it been more important to understand the history of fundamentalism in our rapidly polarizing nation. Marsen's carefully researched and engrossing work remains the best way to do just that. [via]More editions of Fundamentalism and American Culture: The Shaping of Twentieth-Century Evangelicalism, 1870-1925:
Gluttony: The Seven Deadly Sinsby Francine ProseISBN 0195312058 (0-19-531205-8)
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God, the Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theoryby Niall Shanks, Richard DawkinsISBN 0195322371 (0-19-532237-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'God, the Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory'Book summary:In the last fifteen years a controversial new theory of the origins of biological complexity and the nature of the universe has been fomenting bitter debates in education and science policy across North America, Europe, and Australia. Backed by intellectuals at respectable universities, Intelligent Design Theory (ID) proposes an alternative to accepted accounts of evolutionary theory: that life is so complex, and that the universe is so fine-tuned for the appearance of life, that the only plausible explanation is the existence of an intelligent designer. For many ID theorists, the designer is taken to be the god of Christianity.
Niall Shanks has written the first accessible introduction to, and critique of, this controversial new intellectual movement. Shanks locates the growth of ID in the last two decades of the twentieth century in the growing influence of the American religious right. But as he shows, its roots go back beyond Aquinas to Ancient Greece. After looking at the historical roots of ID, Shanks takes a hard look at its intellectual underpinnings, discussing modern understandings of thermodynamics, and how self-organizing processes lead to complex physical, chemical, and biological systems. He considers cosmological arguments for ID rooted in so-called "anthropic coincidences" and also tackles new biochemical arguments for ID based on "irreducible biological complexity." Throughout he shows how arguments for ID lack cohesion, rest on errors and unfounded suppositions, and generally are grossly inferior to evolutionary explanations.
While ID has been proposed as a scientific alternative to evolutionary biology, Shanks argues that ID is in fact "old creationist wine in new designer label bottles" and moreover is a serious threat to the scientific and democratic values that are our cultural and intellectual inheritance from the Enlightenment. [via]More editions of God, the Devil, and Darwin: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory:
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Greed: The Seven Deadly Sinsby Phyllis A. TickleISBN 0195312066 (0-19-531206-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Greed: The Seven Deadly Sins'Book summary:Grasping. Avarice. Covetousness. Miserliness. Insatiable cupidity. Overreaching ambition. Desire spun out of control. The deadly sin of Greed goes by many names, appears in many guises, and wreaks havoc on individuals and nations alike.
In this lively and generous book, Phyllis A. Tickle argues that Greed is "the Matriarch of the Deadly Clan," the ultimate source of Pride, Envy, Sloth, Gluttony, Lust, and Anger. She shows that the major faiths, from Hinduism and Taoism to Buddhism and Christianity regard Greed as the greatest calamity humans can indulge in, engendering further sins and eviscerating all virtues. As the Sikh holy book Adi Granth asks: "Where there is greed, what love can there be?" Tickle takes a long view of Greed, from St. Paul to the present, focusing particularly on changing imaginative representations of Greed in Western literature and art. Looking at such works as the Psychomachia, or "Soul Battle" of the fifth-century poet Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, the paintings of Peter Bruegel and Hieronymous Bosch, the 1987 film Wall Street, and the contemporary Italian artist Mario Donizetti, Tickle shows how our perceptions have evolved from the medieval understanding of Greed as a spiritual enemy to a nineteenth-century sociological construct to an early twentieth-century psychological deficiency, and finally to a new view, powerfully articulated in Donizetti's mystical paintings, of Greed as both tragic and beautiful.
Engaging, witty, brilliantly insightful, Greed explores the full range of this deadly sin's subtle, chameleon-like qualities, and the enormous destructive power it wields, evidenced all too clearly in the world today. [via]More editions of Greed: The Seven Deadly Sins:
The Grove Book of Operasby Stanley Sadie, Laura Williams MacyISBN 0195309073 (0-19-530907-3)
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Heirs of the Fisherman: Behind the Scenes of Papal Death And Successionby John-Peter PhamISBN 0195305612 (0-19-530561-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heirs of the Fisherman: Behind the Scenes of Papal Death And Succession'Book summary:The death of Pope John Paul II and consequent election of Pope Benedict XVI has shed light on a political process that the world has not been privy to for almost twenty-six years. People from around the world gathered in St. Peter's Square, wondering who the next Vatican leader would be and how the election process really worked, while everyone from international news correspondents to local priests added their own opinions to the debate.
In Heirs of the Fisherman, former Vatican insider John-Peter Pham presents a candid portrait of the modern Vatican, the only account to reveal the striking changes to papal succession procedures made by John Paul II. Blending political and ecclesiastical history, Pham goes beyond a mere description of the complex rituals to offer rare insight into the dramatic shifts inside the College of Cardinals, whose 100 members now hail from 50 nations around the globe. He takes us into the secret conclave, where the electors were kept under lock and key, until they had selected a new pope. He also includes a chapter devoted to the intrigues of the 20th century where the first conclave had an emperor's veto and the last was won by the first non-Italian in four centuries becauase the Italians were bitterly divided.
With a new Preface, Afterword, and appendices that include an English translation of the last will and testament of Pope John Paul II, Heirs of the Fisherman is an illuminating history and must-have guide to this vitally important world event. It will continue to be an indispensable reference to observers of future Catholic Church politics. [via]More editions of Heirs of the Fisherman: Behind the Scenes of Papal Death And Succession:
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Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version, Black, Genuine Leather, With Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Booksby Nrsv Bible Translation CommitteeISBN 0195288319 (0-19-528831-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments With the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books Revised Standard Version Anglicized Editionby Bruce M. MetzgerISBN 0195288157 (0-19-528815-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Illustrated Guide to World Religionsby Michael David CooganISBN 019521997X (0-19-521997-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Images, Stone, B.C.: Thirty Centuries of Northwest Coast Indian Sculptureby Wilson Duff, B.C. VictoriaISBN 0195402391 (0-19-540239-1)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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In Churchill's Shadow: Confronting the Past in Modern Britainby David CannadineISBN 0195219260 (0-19-521926-0)
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Jane Austenby Deirdre Le FayeISBN 0195216547 (0-19-521654-7)
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The Journals of Susanna Moodieby Margaret Eleanor AtwoodISBN 0195401697 (0-19-540169-7)
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The Life of Langston Hughesby Arnold RampersandISBN 0195219368 (0-19-521936-8)
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Lust: The Seven Deadly Sinsby Simon BlackburnISBN 0195312074 (0-19-531207-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lust: The Seven Deadly Sins'Book summary:Lust, says Simon Blackburn, is furtive, headlong, always sizing up opportunities. It is a trail of clothing in the hallway, the trashy cousin of love. But be that as it may, the aim of this delightful book is to rescue lust "from the denunciations of old men of the deserts, to deliver it from the pallid and envious confessor and the stocks and pillories of the Puritans, to drag it from the category of sin to that of virtue." Blackburn, author of such popular philosophy books as Think and Being Good, here offers a sharp-edged probe into the heart of lust, blending together insight from some of the world's greatest thinkers on sex, human nature, and our common cultural foibles. Blackburn takes a wide ranging, historical approach, discussing lust as viewed by Aristophanes and Plato, lust in the light of the Stoic mistrust of emotion, and the Christian fear of the flesh that catapulted lust to the level of deadly sin. He describes how philosophical pessimists like Schopenhauer and Sartre contributed to our thinking about lust and explores the false starts in understanding lust represented by Freud, Kinsey, and modern "evolutionary psychology." But most important, Blackburn reminds us that lust is also life-affirming, invigorating, fun. He points to the work of David Hume (Blackburn's favourite philosopher) who saw lust not only as a sensual delight but also "a joy of the mind." Written by one of the most eminent living philosophers, attractively illustrated and colorfully packaged, Lust is a book that anyone would lust over. [via]
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Memoirs of Montparnasseby John GlasscoISBN 0195402022 (0-19-540202-2)
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Memoranda During the Warby Walt Whitman, Peter CovielloISBN 0195307186 (0-19-530718-6)
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New Revised Standard Version With ApocryphaISBN 0195283309 (0-19-528330-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Churches and homes across America overwhelmingly choose the NRSV for its easy-to-understand translation and its sensitivity to inclusive language. A multi-denominational committee of scholars from around the world based their revision on the original Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic texts. The Oxford NRSV also includes the most complete collection of Aprocryphal and Deuterocanonical books.
The Oxford NRSV follows in Oxford University Press's long tradition of publishing elegant bibles under the best biblical scholarship available in the world, offering the highest quality bibles for reasonable values. Choose from an array of attractive bindings and colors - cloth, fine leather, and economical paperback editions - to suit your needs. Whether for gift-giving, individual study, or for church distribution, this durable yet elegant bible is perfect for any occasion.
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The New American Bible, Reader's Edition: Black/blue Leather, Pacific Duvelle Indexby Not AvailableISBN 0195289005 (0-19-528900-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced By Warby Andrew BacevichISBN 0195311981 (0-19-531198-1)
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The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global Southby Philip JenkinsISBN 0195300653 (0-19-530065-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The New Grove Guide to Wagner And His Operasby Barry MillingtonISBN 0195305884 (0-19-530588-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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New Religions: A Guide New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualitiesby Christopher H. PartridgeISBN 0195220420 (0-19-522042-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'New Religions: A Guide New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities'Book summary:From Christian Science and the Jehovah's Witnesses to Soka Gakkai, Wicca, and Falun Gong, the last century and a half has seen an unprecedented growth of new religious movements, sects, and alternative spiritualities.
New Religions offers an authoritative and lavishly illustrated guide to more than two hundred of these wildly varied groups and movements. The volume is organized according to an entirely new method of classification, which associates movements, sects, and spiritualities with the religious traditions from which they arose. Rastafarianism, for example, is shown to have its roots in Christianity, while Bahai is an offshoot of Islam. Included are both long-established groups like the Seventh-Day Adventists and the Hutterites and more recent movements like Santeria, the Unification Church, and ISKCON (the "Hare Krishnas"). In addition to Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Zoroastrianism, Indian Religions, and the Religions of East Asia, sections are devoted to movements and groups inspired by Indigenous and Pagan Traditions, and by Western Esoteric and New Age Traditions. Particularly fascinating is the discussion of the religious offspring of Modern Western Culture, including Scientology, UFO-based groups (such as the Raelians), and even the worship of celebrities like Elvis and Princess Diana. Each entry clearly and concisely explains the history, beliefs and practices, and status in the world today of the movement or group in question. Special entries highlight broad topics such as New Religions in China as well as intriguing subjects such as Cargo Cults, Martial Arts, Astrology, and Feng Shui.
Written by specialists, New Religions is a fascinating and colorful guide to the bewildering array of religious and spiritual options available to the modern seeker. [via]More editions of New Religions: A Guide New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities:
New Scofield Reference Bibleby C. I. ScofieldISBN 019527802X (0-19-527802-X)
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Not a Suicide Pact: The Constitution in a Time of National Emergencyby Richard A. PosnerISBN 0195304276 (0-19-530427-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Old Scofield Study Bible: King James Version, Black Genuine Leather, Standard Editionby Not AvailableISBN 0195274326 (0-19-527432-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Old Scofield Study Bible: King James Version, Standard Editionby Not AvailableISBN 0195274679 (0-19-527467-9)
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Oxford 1st Book of Animalsby Barbara TaylorISBN 0195216873 (0-19-521687-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oxford 1st Book of Animals'Book summary:The latest in the Oxford First Books series, this title is a wonderful introduction to the world of animals--a perennially popular subject with young children. The book takes a thematic approach by exploring different aspects of animal life including feeding, movement, animal senses, and hunting. A chapter charmingly titled "Eggs, Babies, and Growing up" explains reproduction. Barbara Taylor, an award-winning author of children's books on natural history, looks at animal classes--mammals, fishes, amphibians, molluscs, birds and reptiles--and covers a variety of habitats: grasslands, forests, oceans, deserts. A chapter is dedicated exclusively to endangered species. Stunning wildlife photography combines with dozens of lifelike drawings of animals to illustrate a captivating narrative. A two-page index makes finding the information you want quick and easy. An interactive animal detective quiz concludes this informative, accessible introduction to the animal world. [via]
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Oxford 1st Book of Artby Gillian WolfeISBN 0195215567 (0-19-521556-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Oxford Latin Courseby James Morwood, M. G. BalmeISBN 0195215516 (0-19-521551-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oxford Latin Course'Book summary:Designed for North American students, this special version of the Oxford Latin Course combines the best features of both modern and traditional methods of Latin teaching, providing an exciting, stimulating introduction and approach to Latin based on the reading of original texts.
In this four-volume North American edition, the order of declensions corresponds to customary U.S. usage, and the spelling has been Americanized. In addition, it offers full-color illustrations and photographs throughout Parts I and II and an expanded Teacher's Book with translations for each part. Parts I-III (now available in hardcover editions) are built around a narrative detailing the life of Horace, now based more closely on historical sources, which helps students to get to know real Romans--with their daily activities, concerns, and habits--and to develop an understanding of Roman civilization during the time of Cicero and Augustus. Part IV (paperback) is a reader consisting of extracts from Caesar, Cicero, Catullus, Virgil, Livy, and Ovid.
The second edition of the Oxford Latin Course has been carefully designed to maximize student interest, understanding, and competence. It features a clearer presentation of grammar, revised narrative passages, new background sections, more emphasis on daily life and on the role of women, a greater number and variety of exercises, and review chapters and tests. Each chapter opens with a set of cartoons with Latin captions that illustrate new grammar points. A Latin reading follows, with new vocabulary highlighted in the margins and follow-up exercises that focus on reading comprehension and grammatical analysis. A background essay in English concludes each chapter. Covering a variety of topics--from history to food, from slavery to travel, these engaging essays present a well-rounded picture of Augustan Rome.
The Oxford Latin Course, Second Edition offers today's students and teachers an exceptionally engaging and attractive introduction to the language, literature, and culture of Rome--one that builds skills effectively and is exciting to use. [via]More editions of Oxford Latin Course:
Polio: An American Storyby David M. OshinskyISBN 0195307143 (0-19-530714-3)
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The Pope's Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice della Rovereby Caroline P. MurphyISBN 0195312015 (0-19-531201-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Goreby James T. PattersonISBN 0195305221 (0-19-530522-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore'Book summary:In Restless Giant, acclaimed historical author James Patterson provides a crisp, concise assessment of the twenty-seven years between the resignation of Richard Nixon and the election of George W. Bush in a sweeping narrative that seamlessly weaves together social, cultural, political, economic, and international developments. We meet the era's many memorable figures and explore the "culture wars" between liberals and conservatives that appeared to split the country in two.
Patterson describes how America began facing bewildering developments in places such as Panama, Somalia, Bosnia, and Iraq, and discovered that it was far from easy to direct the outcome of global events, and at times even harder for political parties to reach a consensus over what attempts should be made. At the same time, domestic issues such as the persistence of racial tensions, high divorce rates, alarm over crime, and urban decay led many in the media to portray the era as one of decline. Patterson offers a more positive perspective, arguing that, despite our often unmet expectations, we were in many ways better off than we thought. By 2000, most Americans lived more comfortably than they had in the 1970s, and though bigotry and discrimination were far from extinct, a powerful rights consciousness insured that these were less pervasive in American life than at any time in the past.
With insightful analyses and engaging prose, Restless Giant captures this period of American history in a way that no other book has, illuminating the road that the United States traveled from the dismal days of the mid-1970s through the hotly contested election of 2000.
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The Richard Rodgers Readerby Bkicjm GeiffretISBN 0195313437 (0-19-531343-7)
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The Roots of Southern Populism: Yeoman Farmers And the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850-1890by Steven HahnISBN 0195306708 (0-19-530670-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship: Sources and Methods for the Study of Early Liturgyby Paul F. BradshawISBN 0195217322 (0-19-521732-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History Since 1900by David EdgertonISBN 0195322835 (0-19-532283-5)
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Spaceby Philip WilkinsonISBN 0195219953 (0-19-521995-3)
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Speed: Science Museumby Philip WilkinsonISBN 0195219937 (0-19-521993-7)
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A Strange Likeness: Becoming Red And White in Eighteenth-century North Americaby Nancy ShoemakerISBN 0195307100 (0-19-530710-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Showby Rachel ShteirISBN 0195300769 (0-19-530076-9)
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Television: The Critical Viewby Horace NewcombISBN 0195301161 (0-19-530116-1)
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A Theory of Freedom: From the Psychology to the Politics of Agencyby Philip PettitISBN 0195218329 (0-19-521832-9)
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Thinking about Crime: Sense and Sensibility in American Penal Cultureby Michael TonryISBN 019530490X (0-19-530490-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Timeby Philip WilkinsonISBN 0195219945 (0-19-521994-5)
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Tornado Alley: Monster Storms of the Great Plainsby Howard B. BluesteinISBN 0195307119 (0-19-530711-9)
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The Unfinished Journey /A HISTORY OF OUR TIME: America Since World War 2/ Readings On Postwar Americaby William H. Chafe, Beth Bailey, Harvard SitkoffISBN 0195220080 (0-19-522008-0)
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The Unfinished Journey: America Since World War IIby William H. ChafeISBN 0195315375 (0-19-531537-5)
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What's It All About?: Philosophy And The Meaning Of Lifeby Julian BagginiISBN 0195315790 (0-19-531579-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What's It All About?: Philosophy And the Meaning of Life'Book summary:What is the meaning of life? It is a question that has intrigued the great philosophers--and has been hilariously lampooned by Monty Python. Indeed, the whole idea strikes many of us as vaguely pompous, a little absurd. Is there one profound and mysterious meaning to life, a single ultimate purpose behind human existence?
In What's It All About?, Julian Baggini says no, there is no single meaning. Instead, Baggini argues meaning can be found in a variety of ways, in this life. He succinctly breaks down six answers people commonly suggest when considering what life is all about--helping others, serving humanity, being happy, becoming successful, enjoying each day as if it were your last, and "freeing your mind." By reducing the vague, mysterious question of meaning to a series of more specific (if thoroughly unmysterious) questions about what gives life purpose and value, he shows that the quest for meaning can be personal, empowering, and uplifting. If the meaning of life is not a mystery, if leading meaningful lives is within the power of us all, then we can look around us and see the many ways in which life can have purpose. We can see the value of happiness while accepting it is not everything. We can see the value of success, without interpreting that too narrowly. We can see the value of seizing the day as well as helping others lead meaningful lives. We can recognize the value of love, as perhaps the most powerful motivator of all.
Illustrating his argument with the thoughts of many of the great philosophers and examples drawn from everyday life, Baggini convincingly shows that the search for meaning is personal and within the power of each of us to find.
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The World Encyclopediaby Oxford University Press, Frances Adlington, Chris Humphries, Rachel LawrenceISBN 0195218183 (0-19-521818-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The World Encyclopedia'Book summary:Including more than 13,000 alphabetically arranged entries and more than 35,000 cross-references, Oxford's World Encyclopedia offers a bounty of information on science and technology, the arts, modern and ancient history, religion, medicine, geography, current affairs, politics, sports, and popular culture.
Here is an authoritative, stimulating, and up-to-date reference work, with 1,500 eye-catching illustrations, most of which are in full color. In addition to the thousands of informative entries, the Encyclopedia also includes a stunning History of the World in timelines--a specially commissioned chronology that details more than 5,000 significant historical events from 15,000 BC to the present, providing an instant cross-section of events across the globe at any given moment in recorded time. There is also a 32-page atlas of the world, featuring digitized mapping created by Europe's most renowned cartographer. And throughout the volume are informative sidebars on the 200 most important nations around the globe. Each nation's boxed entry includes a locator map and flag, descriptive and historical text, and demographic, economic, and political statistics. And there are 150 feature boxes which explain some of the most interesting aspects of the world around us, such as how the Channel Tunnel between England and France was built and why DNA fingerprinting is so precise.
Whether you need information on komodo lizards or the State of Texas or Tiger Woods, The World Encyclopedia is an essential resource for schools, libraries, and home--for any place where curious minds need quick, accurate answers they can trust. [via]More editions of The World Encyclopedia:
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