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100 Simple Secrets of Happy Peopleby David NivenISBN 0060000910 (0-06-000091-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: '100 Simple Secrets of Happy People'Book summary:Scientists and academics have spent entire careers investigating what makes people happy. But hidden in obscure scholarly journals and reports their research is all too often inaccessible to ordinary people. At last, social scientist and psychologist David Niven distils the scientific gobbledygook of over a thousand of the most compelling and important studies on happiness into easy-to-digest nuggets of advice. Each of the hundred practices, attitudes and habits for creating happiness is illustrated with a clear example and illuminated by a straightforward explanation of the science behind it to show you how to transform a ho-hum existence into a full and happy life.Believe In Yourself: Across all ages and all groups, a solid belief in one's own abilities increases satisfaction by about 40 per cent, and makes us happier both in our home lives and our work lives. Turn Off The TV: Watching too much TV can triple our hunger for more possessions, while reducing our personal contentment by about 5 per cent for every hour a day we watch. Don't Forget To Have Fun: Having fun is one of the five central factors in leading a satisfied life. Individuals who spend time just having fun are 20 per cent more likely to feel happy on a daily basis and 36 per cent more likely to feel comfortable with their age and stage in life. [via]
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The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding: How to Build a Product or Service into a World-Class Brandby Al Ries, Laura RiesISBN 0060007737 (0-06-000773-7)
Softcover, Harperbusiness
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding: How to Build a Product or Service into a World-Class Brand'Book summary:When you call a book The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding, you're pretty much ruling out Oprah's Book Club as potential buyers. (Not that Oprah herself isn't a terrific brand.) This is an audiobook for a narrow demographic: entrepreneurs, top managers, and public-relations directors. Coauthor Al Ries comes off like the eccentric genius that most of these managers keep in a basement office, only listening to when necessary. When he says, "The power of a brand is inversely proportional to its scope," and hectors managers with the idea that "customers want brands that are narrow in scope," you know he's right (he backs himself up with dozens of examples), and you know it's the last thing powerful, expansion-minded businesspeople want to hear. Coauthor Laura Ries, his daughter and marketing-firm partner, also reads sections. (Running time: 1.5 hours, one cassette) --Lou Schuler [via]
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Access Montreal & Quebec Cityby AccessISBN 0060014202 (0-06-001420-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Access Montreal & Quebec City'Book summary:With Access Montreal & Quebec City, you'll discover old-world charm and modern-day pleasures in Canada's most fiercely independent and popular city destinations.
Montreal & Quebec City have been divided and organized by neighborhoods, so you know where you are and where you're headed.
Unique color-coded and numbered entries allow you to discover the best: hotels, restaurants, attractions, shopping sites, parks and outdoor spaces.
Large, easy-to-read maps show where each of these numbered listings is located -- ensuring that you will instantly find what you must not miss.
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The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurtureby Matt RidleyISBN 006000679X (0-06-000679-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture'Book summary:In the follow-up to his bestseller, Genome, Matt Ridley takes on a centuries-old question: is it nature or nurture that makes us who we are? Ridley asserts that the question itself is a "false dichotomy." Using copious examples from human and animal behavior, he presents the notion that our environment affects the way our genes express themselves.
Ridley writes that the switches controlling our 30,000 or so genes not only form the structures of our brains but do so in such a way as to cue off the outside environment in a tidy feedback loop of body and behavior. In fact, it seems clear that we have genetic "thermostats" that are turned up and down by environmental factors. He challenges both scientific and folk concepts, from assumptions of what's malleable in a person to sociobiological theories based solely on the "selfish gene."
Ridley's proof is in the pudding for such touchy subjects as monogamy, aggression, and parenting, which we now understand have some genetic controls. Nevertheless, "the more we understand both our genes and our instincts, the less inevitable they seem." A consummate popularizer of science, Ridley once again provides a perfect mix of history, genetics, and sociology for readers hungry to understand the implications of the human genome sequence. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Animal Liberationby Peter SingerISBN 0060011572 (0-06-001157-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animal Liberation'Book summary:The Book That Started A Revolution Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work has awakened millions of concerned men and women to the shocking abuse of animals everywhere -- inspiring a worldwide movement to eliminate much of the cruel and unnecessary laboratory animal experimentation of years past.
In this newly revised and expanded edition, author Peter Singer exposes the chilling realities of today's "factory forms" and product-testing procedures -- offering sound, humane solutions to what has become a profound environmental and social as well as moral issue. An important and persuasive appeal to conscience, fairness, decency and justice, Animal Liberation is essential reading for the supporter and the skeptic alike.
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Behind the Forbidden Door: Travels in Chinaby Tiziano TerzaniISBN 0049510258 (0-04-951025-8)
Hardcover, Allen & Unwin
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Blindsided: Lifting A Life Above Illness A Reluctant Memoirby Richard M. CohenISBN 0060014105 (0-06-001410-5)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blindsided: Lifting A Life Above Illness A Reluctant Memoir'Book summary:In this moving and engrossing memoir, veteran television news producer Richard Cohen relates a life spent dealing with multiple sclerosis, first diagnosed when he was 25 years old and just getting started in the competitive world of broadcast journalism. As his career progressed, he struggled not only with the disease but the touchy question of how much of the truth about himself to share with colleagues and potential employers. Cohen spent much of his life running from the onset of the disease's symptoms from which his father and grandmother also suffered. Defiantly, he took challenging, sometimes extremely dangerous assignments in Lebanon, Poland, and on the domestic political campaign trail, even as his body deteriorated. But over the course of Blindsided, it becomes apparent that illness had actually built Cohen up even as it ripped him apart. Without the physical and mental toughness required to navigate a journalist's life while fighting back loss of eyesight and poor equilibrium, it's doubtful that the flaky kid we meet early in the book would transform into the award-winning professional Cohen eventually becomes. His marriage to journalist Meredith Vieira, every bit his equal as both newshound and deadpan cynical comic, gave Cohen the stable family life and children he needed when MS made it impossible to continue in a traditional news job. But two bouts with colon cancer in the late 1990s tested his resolve and his family's patience. While Cohen is both courageous and inspirational, Blindsided is not the overly sentimental clichéd tale that stories about fighting illness often become. He refuses to paint himself as the hero (except when making fun of his own failure to be heroic) and recounts in detail the strain that he put on his marriage and children. Stories such as this often end with the memoirist arriving at a state of peace and mental clarity but again Cohen remains more compelling and credible by offering no such pat answers. As with most people fighting to preserve their families, their lives, and their bodies, Richard Cohen's is an ongoing struggle. --John Moe [via]
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Bradbury, an Illustrated Life: A Journey to Far Metaphorby Jerry Weist, Ray Bradbury, Donn AlbrightISBN 0060011823 (0-06-001182-3)
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Charmed Lives: A Family Romanceby Michael KordaISBN 0060085568 (0-06-008556-8)
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Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogunby Rhoda BlumbergISBN 0060086254 (0-06-008625-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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The Cook's Canon : 101 Classic Recipes Everyone Should Knowby Raymond A. SokolovISBN 0060083905 (0-06-008390-5)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisinesby Anthony BourdainISBN 0060012781 (0-06-001278-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines'Book summary:A Cook's Tour is the written record of Anthony Bourdain's travels around the world in his search for the perfect meal. All too conscious of the state of his 44-year-old knees after a working life standing at restaurant stoves, but with the unlooked-for jackpot of Kitchen Confidential as collateral, Mr. Bourdain evidently concluded he needed a bit more wind under his wings.
The idea of "perfect meal" in this context is to be taken to mean not necessarily the most upscale, chi-chi, three-star dining experience, but the ideal combination of food, atmosphere, and company. This would take in fishing villages in Vietnam, bars in Cambodia, and Tuareg camps in Morocco (roasted sheep's testicle, as it happens); it would stretch to smoked fish and sauna in the frozen Russian countryside and the French Laundry in California's Napa Valley. It would mean exquisitely refined kaiseki rituals in Japan after yakitori with drunken salarymen. Deep-fried Mars Bars in Glasgow and Gordon Ramsay in London. The still-beating heart of a cobra in Saigon. Drink. Danger. Guns. All with a TV crew in tow for the accompanying series--22 episodes of video gold, we are assured, featuring many don't-try-this-at-home shots of the author in gastric distress or crawling into yet another storm drain at four in the morning.
You are unlikely to lay your hands on a more hectically, strenuously entertaining book for some time. Our hero eats and swashbuckles round the globe with perfect-pitch attitude and liberal use of judiciously placed profanities. Bourdain can write. His timing is great. He is very funny and is under no illusions whatsoever about himself or anyone else. But most of all, he is a chef who got himself out of his kitchen and found, all over the world, people who understand that eating well is the foundation of harmonious living. --Robin Davidson, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Cruelty and Civilization:the Roman Games: The Roman Gamesby Roland AuguetISBN 0049370030 (0-04-937003-0)
Hardcover, Allen and Unwin
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Daily Life in Japan at the Time of the Samurai, 1185-1603;by Louis-FredericISBN 0049520067 (0-04-952006-7)
Hardcover, Allen and Unwin
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Daily Life in Spain in the Golden Ageby Marcelin DefourneauxISBN 004946003X (0-04-946003-X)
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Dharma Punx: A Memoirby Noah LevineISBN 0060008954 (0-06-000895-4)
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The Difference Between God and Larry Ellisonby Mike WilsonISBN 0060008768 (0-06-000876-8)
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A Different Drummer: My Thirty Years with Ronald Reaganby Michael Deavor, Nancy ReaganISBN 0060012323 (0-06-001232-3)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Different Drummer: My Thirty Years with Ronald Reagan'Book summary:Michael Deaver, a longtime political advisor who served as deputy chief of staff in the Reagan White House, offers an approving, affectionate, and well-written portrait of the former president--but one that, for an insider's account, is surprisingly short on news.
The Ronald Reagan who emerges from Deaver's pages is far different from the popularly held view, fueled by the media, of the president as an amiable but limited man who napped, golfed, and left the business of running the government to his lieutenants. Far from it, Deaver insists: Reagan read widely, kept up with the issues, and "firmly believed that it was his job to set the priorities of his administrations and to make the big decisions." Thoughtful and utterly courteous, if sometimes distant, Deaver's Reagan is a man of unbending conservative principle; careful to cross party lines to secure support for his policy and to judge his opponents by character, not doctrine; stalwart in his devotion to country; and certain, in Deaver's words, "that he was the right guy at the right time." This Reagan can do no wrong, and when controversy arises in Deaver's account it is almost always because someone else has flubbed the play. Unlike Alexander Haig, David Stockman, and other former administration officials who have written about their time in the Reagan White House, Deaver is quick to fall on the sword whenever he must. He takes responsibility, for instance, for the president's controversial decision to lay a wreath at a German cemetery that contained the graves of fallen SS soldiers, and for Reagan's difficulties in convincing voters of the wisdom of an expensive military buildup in the closing years of the cold war. About the Iran-Contra affair, which blackened Reagan's second term, Deaver has little to say, and about his own departure from the administration and subsequent investigation by federal prosecutors he is even more close-mouthed.
Those seeking to learn more about Ronald Reagan as president may come away from Deaver's book disappointed. His admirers, however, will enjoy the anecdotes about "the traits that made him so successful as a leader and so peculiar--and wonderful--as a person." --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Dot.Con: How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Eraby John CassidyISBN 0060008814 (0-06-000881-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dot.Con: How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Era'Book summary:The Internet stock bubble wasn't just about goggle-eyed day traderstrying to get rich on the Nasdaq and goateed twenty-five-year-olds playing wannabe Bill Gates. It was also about an America that believed it had discovered the secret of eternal prosperity: it said something about all of us, and what we thought about ourselves, as the twenty-first century dawned. John Cassidy's Dot.con brings this tumultuous episode to life. Moving from the Cold War Pentagon to Silicon Valley to Wall Street and into the homes of millions of Americans, Cassidy tells the story of the great boom and bust in an authoritative and entertaining narrative. Featuring all the iconic figures of the Internet era -- Marc Andreessen, Jeff Bezos, Steve Case, Alan Greenspan, and many others -- and with a new Afterword on the aftermath of the bust, Dot.con is a panoramic and stirring account of human greed and gullibility.
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Dot.con: The Greatest Story Ever Soldby John CassidyISBN 0060008806 (0-06-000880-6)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolutionby Robert C. AtkinsISBN 006001203X (0-06-001203-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution: Revised and Improved'Book summary:Designed to catapult your body into a state of fat meltdown, Dr. Atkins's diet has taken America by storm. It targets insulin, the hormone that regulates blood sugar levels. The bodies of most overeaters are continually in a state of hyperinsulinism; their bodies are so adept at releasing insulin to help convert excess carbohydrates to fat that there's always too much of the hormone circulating through the body. This puts the body into a bind; it always wants to store fat. Even when people with hyperinsulinism try to lose weight--especially when they cut fat but increase carbohydrate consumption--their efforts will fail. This is why Dr. Atkins refers to insulin as "the fat-producing hormone."
Dr. Atkins's diet is extremely low in carbohydrates, which helps to regulate insulin production and decrease circulating insulin; less insulin soon results in less fat storage and fewer food cravings. The diet is far from torturous, though--those who've tried it attest that hunger is not a part of this plan. Ninety percent of Dr. Atkins's patients--more than 25,000 of them--have experienced dramatic weight loss. The book includes recipes for such luscious, low-carb dishes as lobster soup, zabaglione, sea bass, and blueberry ice cream, and even includes a carbohydrate gram counter and menus. [via]
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European Armies and the Conduct of Warby Hew StrachanISBN 0049400703 (0-04-940070-3)
Softcover, Allen & Unwin
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The Eve of Destruction: The Untold Story of the Yom Kippur Warby Howard BlumISBN 0060014008 (0-06-001400-8)
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Finding Fish: A Memoirby Mim Eichler Rivas, Antwone Q. FisherISBN 0060007788 (0-06-000778-8)
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Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahloby Hayden HerreraISBN 0060085894 (0-06-008589-4)
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From Kaiserreich to the Third Reich: Elements of Continuity in German History 1871 1945by Fritz FischerISBN 0049430432 (0-04-943043-2)
Hardcover, Allen & Unwin
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General Patton: A Soldier's Lifeby Stanley P. HirshsonISBN 0060009837 (0-06-000983-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'General Patton: A Soldier's Life'Book summary:General George S. Patton Jr, an inspirational leader and outstanding tactician, has intrigued and confounded his biographers. Utilising untapped archival materials in both the USA and UK, government documents, family papers, and oral histories, Hirshson creates the most balanced portrait of Patton ever written. It reveals Patton as a complex soldier capable of brilliant military manoeuvres but also of inspiring his troops with fiery speeches that resulted in horrendous acts, such as the massacres of Italian civilians. It explains Patton2s belief in a soldier2s Valhalla, connects the family2s wealth to one of America2s bitterest labour strikes, and disputes the usual interpretation of Patton2s relief from command of the Third Army. In investigating this complex man, Hirshson has uncovered surprising material about a series of civilian massacres in Sicily, about the two slapping incidents, about attempts to exploit Patton2s diary after his death, and about Patton2s relations with top Allied generals. Patton emerges as a soldier of great imagination and courage, and his military campaigns make for edge-of-the-seat reading. All the drama of Patton2s life comes alive in this meticulously documented volume.
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The German Social Democratic Party, 1875-1933: From Ghetto to Governmentby W. L. GuttsmanISBN 0049430246 (0-04-943024-6)
Hardcover, Allen & Unwin
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Going Postalby Terry PratchettISBN 0060013133 (0-06-001313-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Going Postal'Book summary:Arch-swindler Moist Van Lipwig never believed his confidence crimes were hanging offenses -- until he found himself with a noose tightly around his neck, dropping through a trapdoor, and falling into ... a government job?
By all rights, Moist should have met his maker. Instead, it's Lord Vetinari, supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork, who promptly offers him a job as Postmaster. Since his only other option is a nonliving one, Moist accepts the position -- and the hulking golem watchdog who comes along with it, just in case Moist was considering abandoning his responsibilities prematurely.
Getting the moribund Postal Service up and running again, however, may be a near-impossible task, what with literally mountains of decades-old undelivered mail clogging every nook and cranny of the broken-down post office building; and with only a few creaky old postmen and one rather unstable, pin-obsessed youth available to deliver it. Worse still, Moist could swear the mail is talking to him. Worst of all, it means taking on the gargantuan, money-hungry Grand Trunk clacks communication monopoly and its bloodthirsty piratical head, Mr. Reacher Gilt.
But it says on the building neither rain nor snow nor glo m of ni t ... Inspiring words (admittedly, some of the bronze letters have been stolen), and for once in his wretched life Moist is going to fight. And if the bold and impossible are what's called for, he'll do it -- in order to move the mail, continue breathing, get the girl, and specially deliver that invaluable commodity that every human being (not to mention troll, dwarf, and, yes, even golem) requires: hope.
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The Great Powers and the End of the Ottoman Empireby Marian KentISBN 0049560131 (0-04-956013-1)
Hardcover, Unwin Hyman
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The Greatest Story Ever Told: The Timeless Story of the Life of Jesus Christby Fulton OurslerISBN 0051717867 (0-05-171786-7)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Heroes Without a Country: America's Betrayal of Joe Louis and Jesse Owensby Donald McRaeISBN 006000228X (0-06-000228-X)
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His Brother's Keeper: One Family's Journey To The Edge Of Medicineby Jonathan WeinerISBN 0060010088 (0-06-001008-8)
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How to Talk to Your Catby Jean Craighead George, Paul MeiselISBN 0060006226 (0-06-000622-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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How to Talk to Your Dogby Jean Craighead George, Sue TruesdellISBN 0060006234 (0-06-000623-4)
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If My Career's on the Fast Track, Where Do I Get a Road Map?: Surviving and Thriving in the Real World of Workby Anne FisherISBN 0060007966 (0-06-000796-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'If My Career's on the Fast Track, Where Do I Get a Road Map?: Surviving and Thriving in the Real World of Work'Book summary:Wondering how to navigate the new economy? Ask Anne Fisher for the latest directions to a challenging, rewarding career. Every month, hundreds of thousands of Fortune magazine readers turn to Anne Fisher's "Ask Annie" column for up-to-the-minute career advice. Now she can help you -- whether you're new to the job search or on your way to the top of the ladder.
Sassy, engaging, and witty, Fisher has first-rate tips on:- What to do after graduation
- How to move your career ahead
- Dealing with toxic colleagues
- Failing or being fired -- and how to bounce back
- And more!
No matter where you are in your career now, Fisher's astute advice and fresh, often surprising insights can help get you where you want to go. [via]More editions of If My Career's on the Fast Track, Where Do I Get a Road Map?: Surviving and Thriving in the Real World of Work:
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In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Madeby Norman CantorISBN 0060014342 (0-06-001434-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made'Book summary:One-third of Western Europe's population died between 1348 and 1350, victims of the Black Death. Noted medievalist Norman Cantor tells the story of the pandemic and its widespread effects in In the Wake of the Plague.
After giving an overview, Cantor describes various theories about the medical crisis, from contemporary fears of a Jewish conspiracy to poison the water (and the resulting atrocities against European Jews) to a growing belief among modern historians that both bubonic plague and anthrax caused the spiraling death rates. Cantor also details ways in which the Black Death changed history, at both the personal level (family lines dying out) and the political (the Plantagenet kings may well have been able to hold onto France had their resources not been so diminished).
Cantor veers from topic to topic, from dynastic worries to the Dance of Death, and from peasants' rights to Perpendicular Gothic. This makes for amusing reading, though those seeking an orderly narrative may be frustrated. He also seems overly concerned with rumors of homosexual behavior, and his attempt to link the savage method of Edward II's murder to a cooling in global weather is a bit farfetched.
Cantor wears his considerable scholarship lightly, but includes a very useful critical biography for further reading. While not an entry-level text on the Black Death, In the Wake of the Plague will interest readers looking for a broader interpretation of its consequences. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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The Joy of Gay Sexby Charles Silverstein, Felice Picano, Joseph PhillipsISBN 0060012749 (0-06-001274-9)
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Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murdersby Dick LehrISBN 0060008458 (0-06-000845-8)
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On a cold night in January 2001, the idyllic community of Dartmouth College was shattered by the discovery that two of its most beloved professors had been hacked to death in their own home. Investigators searched helplessly for clues linking the victims, Half and Susanne Zantop, to their murderer or murderers. A few weeks later, across the river, in the town of Chelsea, Vermont, police cars were spotted in front of the house of high school senior Robert Tulloch. The police had come to question Tulloch and his best friend, Jim Parker. Soon , the town discovered the incomprehensible reality that Tulloch and Parker, two of Chelsea's brightest and most popular sons, were now fugitives, wanted for the murders of Half and Susanne Zantop.
Authors Mitchell Zuckoff and Dick Lehr provide a vivid explication of a murder that captivated the nation, as well as dramatic revelations about the forces that turned two popular teenagers into killers. Judgement Ridge conveys a deep appreciation for the lives (and the devastating loss) of Half and Susanne Zantop, while also providing a clear portrait of the killers, their families, and their community and, perhaps, a warning to any parent about what evil may lurk in the hearts of boys.
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Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murdersby Mitchell ZuckoffISBN 006000844X (0-06-000844-X)
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The Killing Ground: The British Army, the Western Front, and the Emergence of Modern Warfare, 1900-1918by Tim TraversISBN 0049422057 (0-04-942205-7)
Hardcover, Allen & Unwin
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The Last Alchemist: COUNT CALGLIOSTRO, MASTER OF MAGIC IN THE AGE OF REASONby Iain McCalmanISBN 0060006919 (0-06-000691-9)
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Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Deadby Christine WickerISBN 006008667X (0-06-008667-X)
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The Little House on the Prairieby Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth WilliamsISBN 0060000465 (0-06-000046-5)
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Living on the Fault Line: Managing for Shareholder Value in Any Economyby Geoffrey A. MooreISBN 0060086769 (0-06-008676-9)
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The Lost Son: A Life in Pursuit of Justiceby Bernard B. KerikISBN 0060009012 (0-06-000901-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lost Son: A Life in Pursuit of Justice'Book summary:An astonishing story of bravery and honour: One man's quest-against incredible odds-to make a stand against crime...and to uncover the painful truths of his own background. From the sagging row houses of Paterson, New Jersey to the cocaine fields of Colombia, from the razor wire of Rikers Island to the streets of New York City, Bernard Kerik has dedicated his life to a single goal: to fight the injustice he sees around him. A jail warden with a black belt and a background in international security and anti-terrorism, he took a substantial pay cut to become a beat cop on the streets of Times Square in 1986. A fearless narcotics detective, he went undercover to buy drugs in Harlem, seized millions of dollars of cocaine from the druglords of the life of a fellow officer. In the 1990s, as the city's Commissioner of Correction, Cali cartel, and was awarded the Police Department's Medal of Valor for saving he ended the hellish violence at Rikers Island and transformed it into a model of its kind. Today, as Kerik directs the largest municipal police force in the world of 55,000, his battles continue. And yet Bernard Kerik's greatest battle was not pitched on tough city streets, but within himself. For, even as he was driven to seek justice in every corner of the world, this extraordinary man never looked back until he reached the top. And when he did, he faced the greatest unsolved case of his life-the tragic mystery of his own mother, who abandoned her young son forty-one years ago. [via]
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Mama: Latina Daughters Celebrate Their Mothersby Maria Perez-Brown, Julie BidwellISBN 0060083875 (0-06-008387-5)
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Meet the Beatles: A Cultural History of the Band That Shook Youth, Gender, And the Worldby Steven D. StarkISBN 0060008938 (0-06-000893-8)
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Mere Christianity/Screwtapeby Lewis C.S.ISBN 0060086130 (0-06-008613-0)
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The Myth of the Great War: A New Military History of World War Iby John MosierISBN 0060084332 (0-06-008433-2)
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Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Humanby Matt RidleyISBN 0060006781 (0-06-000678-1)
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The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature: The Collected Writings of Neal Pollackby Neal PollackISBN 0060004533 (0-06-000453-3)
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No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World's First Supermodelby Janice DickinsonISBN 0060009462 (0-06-000946-2)
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The Parables of Peanutsby Robert L. Short, Charles M. SchulzISBN 0060011610 (0-06-001161-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Parables of Peanuts'Book summary:Maybe you thought Snoopy was a beagle. Turns out he's actually a Christ symbol, according to Robert L. Short's ingenious book, Parables of Peanuts. Cartoonist Charles Schulz, a devout Christian, once asked, "If we are all members of the priesthood, why cannot a cartoonist preach in the same manner as a minister, or anyone else?" This book explains that many of Schulz's cartoon strips, like Jesus' parables, combine "the proclamation of God's love for the world, and [depiction of] the world as it really is." Parables reproduces many classic Peanuts strips, including some rare early Red Baron strips. The illustrations are accompanied by some fairly heavy interpretations, laying out the basics of a conservative Reformed Protestant view of the gospel, with extensive references to theologians such as Karl Barth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Soren Kierkegaard. Although entertaining and engaging, Parables of Peanuts is not kids' stuff. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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The Paradox Of Choice: Why More Is Lessby Barry SchwartzISBN 0060005696 (0-06-000569-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Paradox Of Choice: Why More Is Less'Book summary:In the spirit of Alvin Tofflers Future Shock, a social critique of our obsession with choice, and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret. This paperback includes a new P.S. section with author interviews, insights, features, suggested readings, and more.
Whether were buying a pair of jeans, ordering a cup of coffee, selecting a long-distance carrier, applying to college, choosing a doctor, or setting up a 401(k), everyday decisions--both big and small--have become increasingly complex due to the overwhelming abundance of choice with which we are presented.
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We assume that more choice means better options and greater satisfaction. But beware of excessive choice: choice overload can make you question the decisions you make before you even make them, it can set you up for unrealistically high expectations, and it can make you blame yourself for any and all failures. In the long run, this can lead to decision-making paralysis, anxiety, and perpetual stress. And, in a culture that tells us that there is no excuse for falling short of perfection when your options are limitless, too much choice can lead to clinical depression.
In The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explains at what point choice--the hallmark of individual freedom and self-determination that we so cherish--becomes detrimental to our psychological and emotional well-being. In accessible, engaging, and anecdotal prose, Schwartz shows how the dramatic explosion in choice--from the mundane to the profound challenges of balancing career, family, and individual needs--has paradoxically become a problem instead of a solution. Schwartz also shows how our obsession with choice encourages us to seek that which makes us feel worse.
By synthesizing current research in the social sciences, Schwartz makes the counterintuitive case that eliminating choices can greatly reduce the stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives. He offers eleven practical steps on how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the discipline to focus on the important ones and ignore the rest, and ultimately derive greater satisfaction from the choices you have to make.More editions of The Paradox Of Choice: Why More Is Less:
Peasants and Lords in Modern Germany: Recent Studies in Agricultural Historyby Robert G. MoellerISBN 0049430378 (0-04-943037-8)
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Play Poker Like the Prosby Phil HellmuthISBN 0060005726 (0-06-000572-6)
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Praying Like Jesus: The Lord's Prayer in a Culture of Prosperityby James MulhollandISBN 0060011564 (0-06-001156-4)
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The Realage Diet: Make Yourself Younger With What You Eatby John LA Puma, Michael F. RoizenISBN 0060086122 (0-06-008612-2)
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Ridin' High, Livin' Free: Hell-Raising Motorcycle Storiesby Keith Zimmerman, Kent Zimmerman, Ralph BargerISBN 0060006021 (0-06-000602-1)
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The Right Questions : Ten Essential Questions to Guide You to an Extraordinary Lifeby Debbie FordISBN 0060086270 (0-06-008627-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Right Questions : Ten Essential Questions to Guide You to an Extraordinary Life'Book summary:The realities of the life we live today are a result of the choices we made yesterday, three months ago and three years ago. But we don't wind up $50,000 dollars in debt because of one extravagant purchase. Nor do we put on thirty unwanted pounds as a result of a couple of decadent meals. And our relationships certainly don't fall apart overnight because of one decision. We are where we are because of repeated unconscious choices made day after day. If we want to understand why and how we created our present day reality all we need to do is look at the choices we made in the past.
Ford cuts right through our denial with the ten questions that immediately reveal the true motivations behind our thoughts and actions. But more than that, by rigorously and honestly asking and answering these ten vital questions we regain control and have the power necessary to create the life we always wanted.
Clear, accessible, engaging and ultimately life changing, these questions act as both a spiritual questionnaire and as a navigation tool for living in accordance with the best part of our selves. [via]
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Rise of the Anglo-German Antagonism: 1860-1914by Paul KennedyISBN 0049400649 (0-04-940064-9)
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Scotland: The Later Middle Agesby Ranald NicholsonISBN 0050020382 (0-05-002038-2)
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Shattered Love : A Memoirby Richard ChamberlainISBN 0060087439 (0-06-008743-9)
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Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIIIby David StarkeyISBN 0060005505 (0-06-000550-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII'Book summary:What makes a man marry six times? Was Henry VIII a voracious philanderer? On the contrary, says Dr David Starkey, the King was seeking happiness -- as well as hoping for a son. The first of his wives was Catherine of Aragon, the pious Catholic princess who suffered years of miscarriages and still births and yet failed to produce a male heir. As Henry VIII's interest shifted from her powerful Hapsburg relations and drifted towards France, so began his obsession with the pretty Lutheran Anne Boleyn. Jane Seymour's submissiveness was in contrast to Anne's vampish style -- and Henry married her on the day of Anne's execution. Jane died soon after giving birth to the longed-for son. There followed a farcical 'beauty contest' which ended in the short marriage of the now grossly overweight Henry to 'the mare of Flanders', Anne of Cleves. The final part of Six Wives contrasts the two Catherines -- Catherine Howard, the flirty child whose adulteries made a fool of the ageing King, and Catherine Parr, the shrewd, religiously radical bluestocking. [via]
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The Soviet Unionby R. W. Davies, Denis J. B. ShawISBN 0049470221 (0-04-947022-1)
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The Story of the Trapp Family Singersby Maria Augusta TrappISBN 0060005777 (0-06-000577-7)
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The Stranger and the Statesman: James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the Making of America's Greatest Museum The Smithsonianby Nina BurleighISBN 0060002425 (0-06-000242-5)
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It was one of the nineteenth century's greatest philanthropic gifts -- and one of its most puzzling mysteries. In 1829, a wealthy English naturalist named James Smithson left his library, mineral collection, and entire fortune to the "United States of America, to found ... an establishment for the increase & diffusion of Knowledge among men" -- even though he had never visited the United States or known any Americans. In this fascinating book, Burleigh pieces together the reclusive benefactor's life, beginning with his origins in the splendidly dissipated eighteenth-century aristocracy as the Paris-born bastard son of the first Duke of Northumberland and a wild adventuress who preserved for her son a fortune through gall and determination.
The book follows Smithson through his university years and his passionate study of minerals across the European continent during the chaos of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Detailed are his imprisonment -- simply for being an Englishman in the wrong place, his experiences in the gambling dens of France, and his lonely and painstaking scientific pursuits.
After Smithson's death, nineteenth-century American politicians were given the task of securing his half-million dollars -- the equivalent today of fifty million -- and then trying to determine how to increase and diffuse knowledge from the muddy, brawling new city of Washington. Burleigh discloses how Smithson's bequest was nearly lost due to fierce battles among many clashing Americans -- Southern slavers, state's rights advocates, nation-builders, corrupt frontiersmen, and Anglophobes who argued over whether a gift from an Englishman should even be accepted. She also reveals the efforts of the unsung heroes, mainly former president John Quincy Adams, whose tireless efforts finally saw Smithson's curious notion realized in 1846, with a castle housing the United States' first and greatest cultural and scientific establishment.
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A Thousand Pieces of Gold: A Memoir of China's Character in Its Proverbsby Adeline Yen MahISBN 0060006390 (0-06-000639-0)
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A Thousand Pieces of Gold: My Discovery of China's Character in Its Proverbsby Adeline Yen MahISBN 0060006412 (0-06-000641-2)
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Thyroid Power: Ten Steps to Total Healthby Karilee Halo Shames, Richard L. ShamesISBN 0060082224 (0-06-008222-4)
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The Treasure of Montsegur: A Novelby Sophy BurnhamISBN 0060000805 (0-06-000080-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Treasure of Montsegur: A Novel'Book summary:The year is 1209: A baby girl, dressed in a white silk dress strewn with pearls, is found in a meadow outside the smoking city of Béziers, where 20,000 people have just been massacred. Adopted by Lady Esclarmonde, the fiery Jeanne is educated in the ways of the Cathars -- the "pure ones," pacifist, vegetarian, chaste followers of Christ. But war is raging, and the Inquisition is charged with exterminating the Church of Love. It is a time of terror, with neighbor pitted against neighbor, and religious passions running high; a time of suspicion, burnings, and systematic genocide. Against this turbulent background, Jeanne of Béziers finds herself embroiled in the resistance, fighting for freedom alongside William, the man whom she loves -- and who is married to her best friend.
Trapped with William and more than 200 Cathars at the fortress of Montségur, Jeanne is asked to sacrifice her convictions for the security of the Cathar legacy. As the only person who can save the legendary Cathar treasure, Jeanne is propelled on a journey through the dark days of the Inquisition, eventually to a place where she discovers the true treasure of Montségur and her own destiny in keeping it alive.This stunning novel of the Cathars, populated with real historical figures and accurate in its historical details, tells Jeanne's story of sexual passion, intrigue, mystery, and the search for love and God. This extraordinary woman will linger with you long after the novel's haunting conclusion. [via]More editions of The Treasure of Montsegur: A Novel:
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Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depressionby Nell CaseyISBN 0060007826 (0-06-000782-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression'Book summary:"A reader on melancholy," the editor calls this book: a collection of 22 modern essays about depression by writers (several well known) who know their subject intimately. Some face depression as a sudden interruption of a previously gratifying life; others have never known life without it. Their words wrestle to express their vision, their gloom, their attempts to cope, their interactions, their isolation, and, often, their reactions to medications. Some attempt to analyze their depression; others just want you to know what it's like. Besides the essays by writers who have experienced depression firsthand, editor Nell Casey (also a writer of one of the chapters) includes a few essays by their spouses and siblings about what it was like to live with a person suffering from depression.
The writers' descriptions of "dwelling in depression's dark wood" (William Styron) are disturbing and haunting, laden with vivid imagery. "My heart pumped dread," writes Lesley Dormen. David Karp describes his depression as sometimes a "grief knot" in his throat, sometimes chest pain like a heart attack, sometimes "an awful heaviness" in his eyes and head. From her teenage years, Darcey Steinke would wrap herself in an old comforter and lie in a fetal position on top of her shoes in the closet (her brother called this her "poodle bed"). Nancy Mairs describes being institutionalized: "Lock [a woman] into a drab and dirty space with dozens of other wayward souls, make sure that she is never alone, feed her oatmeal and bananas until her bowels are starched solid, drug her to the eyeballs so that she can scarcely read or speak, and threaten to shoot bolts of electricity through her brain." If you want to know depression from the inside, from thoroughly gifted writers, you'll find it here. --Joan Price [via]
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What We Ache For: Creativity and the Unfolding of Your soulby Oriah Mountain DreamerISBN 0060011963 (0-06-001196-3)
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When I Was Cool: My Life At The Jack Kerouac Schoolby Sam KashnerISBN 006000567X (0-06-000567-X)
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World Affairs, 1900 to the Present Dayby Sydney Herbert WoodISBN 005002065X (0-05-002065-X)
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Writings on an Ethical Lifeby Peter SingerISBN 0060007443 (0-06-000744-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writings on an Ethical Life'Book summary:Peter Singer's arguments have penetrating moral accountability that can be quite unnerving to the reader who is expecting an afternoon on the couch with a cup of coffee and a book. In fact, words like influential, controversial, and much less flattering adjectives are invariably appended to his name. There is no doubt that the first two titles apply, but whether he is deserving of the less flattering adjectives remains for readers of this book to decide. Writings on an Ethical Life collects his thoughts on practical ethics over the last 30 years into a single volume. Singer begins from the premise that "the whole point of ethical judgments is to guide practice," which may not seem very remarkable nowadays, but in its day was virtually anathema to academic ethicists, who preferred abstract theorizing to practical moral reasoning.
Singer first gained eminence for his profoundly important early work on animal rights, arguing convincingly for vegetarianism and against the commonplace cruel treatment of animals by large commercial interests. However, he has probably attracted the most notoriety for his much-maligned writings in defense of abortion rights and certain forms of euthanasia. Singer is frequently misunderstood, misquoted, and demonized. Ironically, the ferocity of his detractors--particularly during his appointment as DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University--has generated nearly unheard-of exposure for an academic philosopher. While a small portion of Singer's work has been catapulted into the limelight, lay audiences have often overlooked other equally important ideas--unfortunate, because he is a wonderfully plainspoken and powerful writer: "Where so many are in such great need, indulgence in luxury is not morally neutral, and the fact that we have not killed anyone is not enough to make us morally decent citizens of the world." It is no wonder Singer is so controversial and influential. --Eric de Place [via]
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Collins Spanish-English English-Spanish Dictionary: Indexed College Editionby Diarmuid BradleyISBN 0060082410 (0-06-008241-0)
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It's a tough proposition, but Harper Collins is more than up to the task. With 355,000 entries and translations, the Harper Collins Spanish College Dictionary covers the basic building blocks of the two languages, plus thousands of contemporary technical, political, and business terms--such as karaoke, telemarketing, male menopause, and aromatherapy, downsize, spellchecker, carphone, and junk TV. While some words are translated simply and briefly with one-word or two-word definitions, such as "odioso/a" for "hateful," more complex words, such as "have," merit a full column of idioms, examples, and grammatical constructs. The entry for "head" (cabeza), for example, includes everything from "my head aches" (me duele la cabeza) to "laugh one's head off" (reirse a carcajadas) to "have a head for business" (ser bueno para los negocios).
In addition, a Language Building Supplement contains 85 pages of translation tips, sentence-builder templates, Spanish verbs, and correspondence models, plus numbers, times and dates, weights and measures, and vocabulary for the telephone. This 1,100-page tome provides the tools that can enable you to read, write, and speak correct, up-to-date Spanish. For the money, it would be hard to find a dictionary better suited to the needs of a serious student of Spanish. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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