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The 30-Minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cookingby Nigel SlaterISBN 0718137523 (0-7181-3752-3)
Hardcover, New Community Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 30-Minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking'Book summary:Let Nigel Slater give new meaning to the phrase "fast food" with The 30-Minute Cook. In previous books such as Real Fast Food and Real Fast Desserts, he blazed a trail for quick preparation of European cuisine; in this third volume, he tackles the rest of the world, still in 30 minutes or less. Consider dining tonight on Indian Spiced Lentils, Camembert Baked in Pastry, or Persian Lamb Kebabs--and still have time to read the kids a bedtime story or work on that novel you've been meaning to finish. Slater's basic premise is that everybody has to eat, and there's no reason why we can't all eat well in the same amount of time it would take to heat up a TV dinner or order a pizza. So if you've got a hankering for Moroccan Chicken or Grilled Prawns in Yogurt and Lime, let The 30-Minute Cook help you get dinner on the table with plenty of time to spare. [via]
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7 Habits Of Highly Effective People 15th Anniversary Editionby Stephen CoveyISBN 0743269519 (0-7432-6951-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: '7 Habits Of Highly Effective People 15th Anniversary Edition'Book summary:Amazon.co.uk Review According to Steven R. Covey, to live with security and wisdom, and to have the power to take advantages of the opportunities that change creates, we need fairness, integrity, honesty and human dignity. Quite a tall order when you consider that most of us live our lives in a permanent state of flux, questioning our ideals and values and fighting a daily battle with the lack of self-confidence that stops us from taking risks of any kind. But, in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey manages to make it sound as if changing the way we look at ourselves and the world around us so that we can become more successful both personally and professionally an absolute doddle. He defines the "habits" as "the intersection of knowledge, skill and desire" and states that the "Seven Habits" of the title are not mutually exclusive, but rather when developed together help to form a well-rounded, sensitive, confident and effective human being. As with many self-help books, much of what you read here is based on basic common sense and can at times be irritatingly obvious. However, what Covey manages to do so successfully is to break down the barriers which prevent all of us from taking a long hard look at ourselves, and then gradually introduces new rules which allow us to move first from dependence to independence and then towards the ultimate goal of interdependence. But of course, the only real way to test the value of The Habits--be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think "win/win", seek first to understand and then to be understood, synergise, sharpen the saw-- is to work on them. This book is as good as any place to start on the road to self-awareness and self-improvement in the workplace and in the home without becoming too irritatingly smug and self-satisfied. --Susan Harrison [via]
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Changeby Stephen R. CoveyISBN 0743272455 (0-7432-7245-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change'Book summary:Amazon.co.uk Review According to Steven R. Covey, to live with security and wisdom, and to have the power to take advantages of the opportunities that change creates, we need fairness, integrity, honesty and human dignity. Quite a tall order when you consider that most of us live our lives in a permanent state of flux, questioning our ideals and values and fighting a daily battle with the lack of self-confidence that stops us from taking risks of any kind. But, in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Covey manages to make it sound as if changing the way we look at ourselves and the world around us so that we can become more successful both personally and professionally an absolute doddle. He defines the "habits" as "the intersection of knowledge, skill and desire" and states that the "Seven Habits" of the title are not mutually exclusive, but rather when developed together help to form a well-rounded, sensitive, confident and effective human being. As with many self-help books, much of what you read here is based on basic common sense and can at times be irritatingly obvious. However, what Covey manages to do so successfully is to break down the barriers which prevent all of us from taking a long hard look at ourselves, and then gradually introduces new rules which allow us to move first from dependence to independence and then towards the ultimate goal of interdependence. But of course, the only real way to test the value of The Habits--be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think "win/win", seek first to understand and then to be understood, synergise, sharpen the saw-- is to work on them. This book is as good as any place to start on the road to self-awareness and self-improvement in the workplace and in the home without becoming too irritatingly smug and self-satisfied. --Susan Harrison [via]
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Anyone You Want Me to Be: A True Story of Sex and Death on the Internetby John Douglas, Stephen SingularISBN 0743448804 (0-7434-4880-4)
Softcover, Pocket Star
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anyone You Want Me to Be: A True Story of Sex and Death on the Internet'Book summary:The Internet has made many enterprises easier since its rise to popularity in the mid-90s: book sales, personal correspondence, and, in the case of John Robinson, serial murder. Even before he ever went online, Robinson had forged a life consistent with a killer's profile. Despite being fired and arrested numerous times for fraud and theft, he wriggled out of serious trouble thanks to a smooth charm and cunning intelligence. For decades, Robinson's more sinister activities escaped the notice of nearly everyone, including law enforcement and, incredibly, his own wife. But what makes Robinson's story, as told here by John Douglas and Stephen Singular, uniquely disturbing is the presence of the World Wide Web and the ease with which a murderer can use it. Online, Robinson frequented chat rooms and sites dedicated to the lurid underground world of bondage and sadomasochism. In this anonymous space, he was free to assume honey-tongued new identities that he used to lure women, especially those in vulnerable situations, to Kansas with promises of employment, protection, or sex. Their subsequent disappearances were explained away with letters that appeared to be written by the victims but were actually typed by the killer on pieces of paper the women had previously signed. Ultimately, dogged law enforcement officials were able to catch up with Robinson and put him on trial after finding gruesome evidence of his deeds. While they are skilled true-crime writers, Douglas and Singular occasionally stray into hyperbole, which is far from necessary given the elements already present in Robinsons horrifying story. It is likely that any reader will walk a little more warily by their computer after reading this book and getting an idea of who might be hiding behind a given nickname. --John Moe [via]
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The Apologia Pro Vita Sua of John Henry Cardinal Newman ; with an Introd by Maisie Wardby John Henry NewmanISBN 0722073089 (0-7220-7308-9)
Hardcover, Sheed and Ward
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Apricots on the Nile: A Memoir With Recipesby Colette RossantISBN 0743475615 (0-7434-7561-5)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklinby Benjamin Franklin, Lewis LearyISBN 0743255062 (0-7432-5506-2)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin'Book summary:"The first book to belong permanently to literature. It created a man."
-- From the Introduction
Few men could compare to Benjamin Franklin. Virtually self-taught, he excelled as an athlete, a man of letters, a printer, a scientist, a wit, an inventor, an editor, and a writer, and he was probably the most successful diplomat in American history. David Hume hailed him as the first great philosopher and great man of letters in the New World.
Written initially to guide his son, Franklin's autobiography is a lively, spellbinding account of his unique and eventful life. Stylistically his best work, it has become a classic in world literature, one to inspire and delight readers everywhere. [via]
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Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirthby Jenny McCarthyISBN 0738210072 (0-7382-1007-2)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Homeby George Howe ColtISBN 074324964X (0-7432-4964-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Book of Massage: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide to Eastern and Western Techniquesby Lucinda LidellISBN 0743203909 (0-7432-0390-9)
Softcover, Fireside
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The Causes of the English Revolution, 1529-1642by Lawrence StoneISBN 0744800455 (0-7448-0045-5)
Hardcover, Ark Paperbacks
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The Circle Within: Creating a Wiccan Spiritual Traditionby Dianne SylvanISBN 0738703486 (0-7387-0348-6)
Softcover, Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd
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The Colonyby John TaymanISBN 0743233018 (0-7432-3301-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Colony : The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokaiby John TaymanISBN 074323300X (0-7432-3300-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Cruden's Complete Concordance to the Holy Bibleby Alexander CrudenISBN 0718823400 (0-7188-2340-0)
Softcover, Ingram Pub Services
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Cruden's Complete Concordance to the Old and New Testamentsby Alexander CrudenISBN 0718802047 (0-7188-0204-7)
Hardcover, Lutterworth Press, The
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The Da Vinci Codeby Dan BrownISBN 0739326740 (0-7393-2674-0)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Da Vinci Code'Book summary:With The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown masterfully concocts an intelligent and lucid thriller that marries the gusto of an international murder mystery with a collection of fascinating esoterica culled from 2,000 years of Western history. A murder in the silent after-hours halls of the Louvre museum reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has been protected by a clandestine society since the days of Christ. The victim is a high-ranking agent of this ancient society who, in the moments before his death, manages to leave gruesome clues at the scene that only his granddaughter, noted cryptographer Sophie Neveu, and Robert Langdon, a famed symbologist, can untangle.
The duo become both suspects and detectives searching not only for Neveu's grandfather's murderer, but also the stunning secret of the ages he was charged to protect. Mere steps ahead of the authorities and the deadly competition, the mystery leads Neveu and Langdon on a breathless flight through France, England and history itself. Brown has created a page-turning thriller that also provides an amazing interpretation of Western history. Brown's hero and heroine embark on a lofty and intriguing exploration of some of Western culture's greatest mysteries--from the nature of the Mona Lisa's smile to the secret of the Holy Grail. Though some will quibble with the veracity of Brown's conjectures, therein lies the fun. The Da Vinci Code is an enthralling read that provides rich food for thought. --Jeremy Pugh, Amazon.com [via]
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Daliby Kirsten BradburyISBN 0752555162 (0-7525-5516-2)
Hardcover, Parragon Inc
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Darwin Among the Machines: The Evolution of Global Intelligenceby George DysonISBN 0738200301 (0-7382-0030-1)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darwin Among the Machines: The Evolution of Global Intelligence'Book summary:Here's a mesmerizing account of the evolution of machines and thoughts about machines, woven into a story about the evolution of intelligence. Darwin Among the Machines is not so much about how today's intelligence came to be, but about how it may further develop as humanity and computer grow closer together. George Dyson tells the story largely through stories--both historical and legendary--from the lives of scientists and philosophers who paved the way for today's cybernetics revolution, starting with the 17th-century insights of Thomas Hobbes. This book challenges the assumption that nature and machine are opposing forces. Dyson believes them to be allies. [via]
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Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolutionby Michael J. BeheISBN 0743290313 (0-7432-9031-3)
Softcover, Free Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution'Book summary:Michael J. Behe, a biochemist at Lehigh University, presents here a scientific argument for the existence of God. Examining the evolutionary theory of the origins of life, he can go part of the way with Darwin--he accepts the idea that species have been differentiated by the mechanism of natural selection from a common ancestor. But he thinks that the essential randomness of this process can explain evolutionary development only at the macro level, not at the micro level of his expertise. Within the biochemistry of living cells, he argues, life is "irreducibly complex." This is the last black box to be opened, the end of the road for science. Faced with complexity at this level, Behe suggests that it can only be the product of "intelligent design." [via]
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The Devil's Details: A History of Footnotesby Chuck ZerbyISBN 0743241754 (0-7432-4175-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Disneywarby James B. StewartISBN 0743267095 (0-7432-6709-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Dorothy Dunnett Companionby Elspeth MorrisonISBN 0718145461 (0-7181-4546-1)
Hardcover, Michael Joseph
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Elizabeth I, Queen of Englandby Neville WilliamsISBN 0722191537 (0-7221-9153-7)
Hardcover, Sphere
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Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murderby Ann RuleISBN 0743439740 (0-7434-3974-0)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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The Faerie's Oracleby Brian Froud, Jessica MacbethISBN 0743201116 (0-7432-0111-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Faerie's Oracle'Book summary:In The Faerie's Oracle author and illustrator Brian Froud offers believers a chance to consult with the magical wee folks. Using a deck of 66 "oracle cards" believers conduct readings as if interpreting Tarot cards. Each of the cards feature Froud's signature faery pictures. Some of the cards have specific faeries, such as the naked leaping "Spirit Lancer"--a feminine card that represents "self-expression, freedom and exploration", according to the accompanying text written by Jessica Macbeth. Others are more abstract, such as the "Guardian of the Gate" a blue tinted card with splaying silver-white streaks that look like tendrils of faery hair.
This fascinating deck will keep Froud fans delighted for hours. Once seekers are ready to actually start communicating with faeries they will also be delighted with Macbeth's whimsical, yet highly informative guidebook. She is quick to sympathise with the self-consciousness that comes with talking to faeries, yet she also has the ability to jolly people out of their embarrassment. Macbeth is at her wisest when discussing how to ask for guidance and interpret specific layouts of oracle cards. But if you find yourself succumbing to giggles in the midst of all this faery woo-woo, take heart. Writes Macbeth, "Giggles are the grace notes of faery music." --Gail Hudson, Amazon.com [via]
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Faithful: Two Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Seasonby Stewart O'Nan, Stephen KingISBN 0743267532 (0-7432-6753-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Seasonby Stewart O'Nan, Stephen KingISBN 0743267524 (0-7432-6752-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakotaby Chuck KlostermanISBN 0743406567 (0-7434-0656-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota'Book summary:Powered by a sharp and wholly original voice, Chuck Klosterman delivers a real-life High Fidelity in this savvy, deliriously funny memoir of growing up a shameless heavy-metal devotee in 1980s North Dakota. The year is 1983, and Chuck Klosterman just wants to rock. But he's got problems. For one, he's in the fifth grade. For another, he's mired in rural North Dakota. Worst of all, his parents aren't exactly down with the long hairstyle which said rocking requires. Luckily, his brother saves the day when he brings home a bit of manna from metal heaven, Shout at the Devil, Motley Crue's seminal paean to hair-band excess. And so Klosterman's twisted odyssey begins, a journey spent worshipping at the heavy metal altar of Krokus, Ratt and Poison, and a journey from which, clearly, he has never fully recovered. In the hilarious, young man growing up with a soundtrack tradition, Fargo Rock City chronicles Klosterman's formative years through the lens of heavy metal, the irony-deficient genre that, for better or worse, dominated the pop charts throughout the 1980s. For readers of Dave Eggers, Lester Bangs, and Nick Hornby, Klosterman delivers all the goods: from his first dance (with a girl) and his eye-opening trip to Mandan, N.D., with the debate team; to his list of 'essential' albums; and his thoughtful analysis of the similarities between Guns 'n' Roses' 'Lies' and the gospels of the New Testament. [via]
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Found II: More of the Best Lost, Tossed, And Forgotten Items from Around the Worldby Davy RothbartISBN 0743273079 (0-7432-7307-9)
Softcover, Fireside
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Gray's Anatomyby Klaus Wolff, Henry Gray, Richard WinkelmanISBN 0721691285 (0-7216-9128-5)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science Health Science div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gray's Anatomy'Book summary:The leg bone's connected to the hip bone, and so on. For many of us, anatomy can seem intimidating and unrewarding, but the right teacher can clear such feelings away in a heartbeat. Our fascination with our bodies is a powerful force, and once we start looking, we find that beauty is much more than skin-deep.
It so happens that the right teacher can take the form of a book. Gray's Anatomy is one of those few titles that practically everybody has heard of, and with good reason--it is a scientific and artistic triumph. Not just a dry index of parts and names, Gray's lets the natural beauty and grace of the body's interconnected systems and structures shine forth from the page. Using sumptuous illustrations and clear, matter-of-fact descriptions, Dr. Gray unleashed a classic on the world more than 100 years ago. Its clarity and usefulness keep it in print today. Whether you want to understand yourself or others, knowledge of our physical parts and how they fit together is essential. Gray's Anatomy provides that information in a simple, timeless format that cleanly dissects a body of knowledge grown over centuries. This book will not only fill the needs of people in the medical profession, but will please artists and naturalists as well. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Grub on a Grantby ClarkeISBN 0747235600 (0-7472-3560-0)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Holy War, Inc: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Ladenby Peter L. BergenISBN 0743234952 (0-7432-3495-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama Bin Laden'Book summary:On September 11, 2001, the world in which we live was changed forever. The twin towers of the World Trade Center came crashing down, one side of the Pentagon burst into flame, and more than six thousand men, women, and children lost their lives in the most deadly terrorist attack on American soil. As shocking as it was, it had been long in the making: The assault was the most sophisticated and horrifying in a series of operations masterminded by Osama bin Laden and his Jihad group -- an organization that CNN's terrorism analyst Peter Bergen calls Holy War, Inc. One of only a handful of Western journalists to have interviewed the world's most wanted man face to face, Peter Bergen has produced the definitive book on the Jihadist network that operates globally and in secrecy. In the course of four years of investigative reporting, he has interviewed scores of insiders -- from bin Laden associates and family members to Taliban leaders to CIA officials -- and traveled to Afghanistan, Yemen, Egypt, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom to learn the truth about bin Laden's al Queda organization and his mission. Immense in scope and unnerving in its findings, "Holy War, Inc." reveals: How bin Laden lives, travels, and communicates with his "cells." How his role in the crushing defeat of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan made him a hero to Muslims all over the world -- and equipped him to endure a long and bloody siege. How the CIA ended up funding -- to the tune of three billion dollars -- radical, anti-American Afghan groups allied to bin Laden. How the attacks that foreshadowed the destruction of the World Trade Center -- among them the bombings of the American embassies in Africaand the warship USS "Cole" in Yemen -- were planned and executed. The dimensions of bin Laden's personal fortune, and why freezing his assets is both futile and nearly impossible. [via]
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House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynastiesby Craig UngerISBN 0743253396 (0-7432-5339-6)
Softcover, Scribner
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How to Read and Whyby Harold BloomISBN 074320428X (0-7432-0428-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Read and Why'Book summary:Harold Bloom's urgency in How to Read and Why may have much to do with his age. He brackets his combative, inspiring manual with the news that he is nearing 70 and hasn't time for the mediocre. (One doubts that he ever did.) Nor will he countenance such fashionable notions as the death of the author or abide "the vagaries of our current counter-Puritanism" let alone "ideological cheerleading." Successively exploring the short story, poetry, the novel, and drama, Bloom illuminates both the how and why of his title and points us in all the right directions: toward the Romantics because they "startle us out of our sleep-of-death into a more capacious sense of life"; toward Austen, James, Proust; toward Thomas Mann, Toni Morrison, and Cormac McCarthy; toward Cervantes and Shakespeare (but of course!), Ibsen and Oscar Wilde.
How should we read? Slowly, with love, openness, and with our inner ear cocked. Then we should reread, reread, reread, and do so aloud as often as possible. "As a boy of eight," he tells us, "I would walk about chanting Housman's and William Blake's lyrics to myself, and I still do, less frequently yet with undiminished fervor." And why should we engage in this apparently solitary activity? To increase our wit and imagination, our sense of intimacy--in short, our entire consciousness--and also to heal our pain. "Until you become yourself," Bloom avers, "what benefit can you be to others." So much for reading as an escape from the self!
Still, many of this volume's pleasures may indeed be selfish. The author is at his best when he is thinking aloud and anew, and his material offers him--and therefore us--endless opportunities for discovery. Bloom cherishes poetry because it is "a prophetic mode" and fiction for its wisdom. Intriguingly, he fears more for the fate of the latter: "Novels require more readers than poems do, a statement so odd that it puzzles me, even as I agree with it." We must, he adjures, crusade against its possible extinction and read novels "in the coming years of the third millennium, as they were read in the eighteenth and nineteenth century: for aesthetic pleasure and for spiritual insight."
Bloom is never heavy, since his vision quest contains a healthy love of irony--Jedediah Purdy, take note: "Strip irony away from reading, and it loses at once all discipline and all surprise." And this supreme critic makes us want to equal his reading prowess because he writes as well as he reads; his epigrams are equal to his opinions. He is also a master allusionist and quoter. His section on Hedda Gabler is preceded by three extraordinary statements, two from Ibsen, who insists, "There must be a troll in what I write." Who would not want to proceed? Of course, Bloom can also accomplish his goal by sheer obstinacy. As far as he is concerned, Don Quixote may have been the first novel but it remains to this day the best one. Is he perhaps tweaking us into reading this gigantic masterwork by such bald overstatement? Bloom knows full well that a prophet should stop at nothing to get his belief and love across, and throughout How to Read and Why he is as unstinting as the visionary company he adores. --Kerry Fried [via]
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How to Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Dog-Human Communicationby Stanley CorenISBN 074320297X (0-7432-0297-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Speak Dog: Mastering the Art of Dog-Human Communication'Book summary:An invaluable language manual for people who need to communicate with dogs, How to Speak Dog is far more than a simple training guide. Author Stanley Coren discusses at length the evolution of language in many species, and focuses as much on body language as he does on verbal communication. This is a man with his own theories on language development--when disagreeing with Chomsky or Darwin, he backs up his arguments with plenty of thorough, firsthand experience.
Separate chapters devoted exclusively to interpreting the movement of tails, ears, and bodies are fascinating, and can often provide surprisingly quick insight into canine behavior. There's a tremendous difference between showing affection and showing dominance, and humans have a strong tendency to misread our dogs' behavior and reward them in exactly the right way to ensure the continuation of frustrating behavior. Coren maintains that dogs can often learn far more words than we give them credit for--certainly, we've all seen pooches go bananas at the words walk and cookie, but he also suggests we watch for learned behaviors from certain words. Perhaps office gets your spaniel waiting by the door, or baby results in your terrier checking in on your child's location--you may just think it's cute, but actually, it's a sign of your dog's linguistic ability.
Whether you own a dog or two or work in the field of animal care, this manual will be a most informative read and is sure to have a positive effect on the relationship between you and man's best friend. --Jill Lightner [via]
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IgNobel Prizes: The Annals of Improbable Researchby Marc AbrahamsISBN 0752851500 (0-7528-5150-0)
Hardcover, Orion
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› Find signed collectible books: 'IgNobel Prizes: The Annals of Improbable Research'Book summary:For 10 years the august scientists of Harvard University have scoured the world's research establishments for the most bizarre and weird real-life scientific research. WHAT: The Ig Nobel Prize honours individuals whose achievements in science cannot or should not be reproduced. 10 prizes are given to people who have done remarkably bizarre things in science over the previous year. The Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony is held in October. Prizes are awarded by genuine Nobel laureates. WHY: The 'Igs' are intended to celebrate the unusual, honour the imaginative and shine a grubby spotlight onto the weird corners of laboratories around the world. PAST WINNERS: Peter Fong's experiment in which he fed Prozac to clams (Ig Nobel Biology Prize, 1998) on the basis that if they chilled out more they'd taste better. Harold Hillman's report on 'The Possible Pain Experienced during Execution by Different Methods' (Ig Nobel Peace Prize, 1997) Jerald Bain and Kerry Siminoski's examination of The Relationship among Height, Penile Length, and Foot Size (Ig Nobel Statistics Prize, 1998). Masumi Wakita (Ig Nobel Psychology Prize, 1995) and their achievement in training pigeons to discriminate between the paintings of Picasso and those of Monet Richard Seed (Ig Nobel Economics Prize, 1997) and his plan to clone himself and other human beings. Ida Sabelis (Ig Nobel Biology 2000) for Magnetic resonance Imaging of Male and Female Genitals During Coitus and Female Sexual Arousal The book will look behind the scenes of these landmark researchers and feature the weirdest research from a hundred years of science. [via]
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Inside C#by Tom ArcherISBN 0735612889 (0-7356-1288-9)
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Isaac Newton: The Last Sorcererby Michael WhiteISBN 073820143X (0-7382-0143-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Jack the Ripper: The Final Chapterby Paul H. FeldmanISBN 0753502720 (0-7535-0272-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jack the Ripper: The Final Chapter'Book summary:Since October 1992 the "Diary of Jack the Ripper", which purported to be written by James Maybrick, was believed to have been a hoax. However, not one person has attempted to explain how it was forged or by whom. This book claims that this is because the diary is genuine. Feldman suggests that James Maybrick was the notorious Whitechapel Murderer, and that the largest and most detailed investigation on the subject ever to be undertaken led the author through the smokescreen of an official cover-up, via the royals and the masons, to the true provenance of the diary, Jack the Ripper's watch, and, ultimately, his identity. As well as suggesting a solution to one of the most enduring mysteries in the history of crime, this is also the story of the man possibly at its centre, James Maybrick: how he died, how his wife was falsely imprisoned for his murder, and who the real murderer of Jack the Ripper was. This story also draws in two people who are still alive today - one illegitimately descended from James Maybrick, the other from his wife, Florence. [via]
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Jamie's Italyby Jamie Oliver, David Loftus, Chris TerryISBN 0718147707 (0-7181-4770-7)
Hardcover, Michael Joseph
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Jesusby Michael GrantISBN 0722139950 (0-7221-3995-0)
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M16 : Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Serviceby Stephen DorrilISBN 0743203798 (0-7432-0379-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazonby Robert WhitakerISBN 0738208086 (0-7382-0808-6)
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Mi6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Serviceby Stephen DorrilISBN 0743217780 (0-7432-1778-0)
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The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-Millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britainby Julian CopeISBN 0722535996 (0-7225-3599-6)
Hardcover, Thorsons Element
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Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Rooseveltby David Willis McCulloughISBN 0743217381 (0-7432-1738-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt'Book summary:Winner of the 1982 National Book Award for Biography, Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as a masterpiece by Newsday, it also won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography. Now with a new introduction by the author, Mornings on Horseback is reprinted as a Simon & Schuster Classic Edition.
Mornings on Horseback is about the world of the young Theodore Roosevelt. It is the story of a remarkable little boy, seriously handicapped by recurrent and nearly fatal attacks of asthma, and his struggle to manhood: an amazing metamorphosis seen in the context of the very uncommon household (and rarefied social world) in which he was raised.
His father is the first Theodore Roosevelt, "Greatheart," a figure of unbounded energy, enormously attractive and selfless, a god in the eyes of his small, frail namesake. His mother, Mittie Bulloch Roosevelt, is a Southerner and celebrated beauty, but also considerably more, which the book makes clear as never before. There are sisters Anna and Corinne, brother Elliott (who becomes the father of Eleanor Roosevelt), and the lovely, tragic Alice Lee, Teddy Roosevelt's first love. And while such disparate figures as Abraham Lincoln, Mrs. John Jacob Astor, and Senator Roscoe Conkling play a part, it is this diverse and intensely human assemblage of Roosevelts, all brought to vivid life, which gives the book its remarkable power.
The book spans seventeen years -- from 1869 when little "Teedie" is ten, to 1886 when, as a hardened "real life cowboy," he returns from the West to pick up the pieces of a shattered life and begin anew, a grown man, whole in body and spirit. The story does for Teddy Roosevelt what Sunrise at Campobello did for FDR -- reveals the inner man through his battle against dreadful odds.
Like David McCullough's The Great Bridge, also set in New York, this is at once an enthralling story, with all the elements of a great novel, and a penetrating character study. It is brilliant social history and a work of important scholarship, which does away with several old myths and breaks entirely new ground. For the first time, for example, Roosevelt's asthma is examined closely, drawing on information gleaned from private Roosevelt family papers and in light of present-day knowledge of the disease and its psychosomatic aspects.
At heart it is a book about life intensely lived...about family love and family loyalty...about courtship and childbirth and death, fathers and sons...about winter on the Nile in the grand manner and Harvard College...about gutter politics in washrooms and the tumultuous Republican Convention of 1884...about grizzly bears, grief and courage, and "blessed" mornings on horseback at Oyster Bay or beneath the limitless skies of the Badlands. "Black care rarely sits behind a rider whose pace is fast enough," Roosevelt once wrote. It is the key to his life and to much that is so memorable in this magnificent book. [via]
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Motion Studies: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild Westby Rebecca SolnitISBN 0747562202 (0-7475-6220-2)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Motion Studies: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West'Book summary:In 1872, an Englishman photographed a running horse in California and succeeded for the first time in capturing an image of high-speed motion - the crucial breakthrough that eventually made movies possible. His patron, the philanthropist tycoon Leland Stanford, wanted to know if his trotter Occident ever lifted all four hooves at once - never suspecting what innovations Muybridge's experiments would unleash. From Muybridge's invention came Hollywood and from his patron Stanford's sponsorship of technological research came Silicon Valley - two industries that have most powerfully shaped the modern world. The story of Muybridge's own life while he was making his motion studies is equally riveting. He became an internationally renowned inventor and photographer whose pictures of the war against the Modoc Indians and the monumental landscape of the American West have now become classics - and in a blaze of publicity, stood trial for the murder of his wife's lover. Gripping and erudite, this is a fascinating biography of a true pioneer and the larger story of how time and space were revolutionised in the nineteenth century. [via]
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Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandyby Max HastingsISBN 0718123263 (0-7181-2326-3)
Hardcover, M. Joseph
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Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From The Beaten Track: The Letters Of Richard P. Feynmanby Richard P Feynman, Michelle Feynman, Timothy FerrisISBN 0738206369 (0-7382-0636-9)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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Even while working on top secret physics, Feynman was an enthusiastic correspondent, jumping eagerly at the chance to encourage a young scientist, correct a public misperception, or tell a goofy joke to his family. Self-effacing, charmingly down to earth, and occasionally cranky, these letters cover Feynman's entire career, although in the fits and starts one would expect from a collection such as this. His own words to students, spouses, daughters, and fellow scientists reveal Feynman's brilliance far more effectively than any biographical lens ever could. --Therese Littleton [via]
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The Power of a Praying Wifeby Stormie OmartianISBN 0736919244 (0-7369-1924-4)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Power of a Praying Wife'Book summary:The trials and pressures of modern life can make the prospect of a fulfilled, meaningful marriage seem impossible. In The Power of a Praying Wife, popular Christian author and speaker Stormie Omartian pinpoints common marital struggles and reveals the miraculous way that disciplined prayer can alleviate heartache and sustain unity. According to Omartian, a marriage's success depends upon "laying down all claim to power in and of yourself, and relying on God's power to transform you, your husband, your circumstances, and your marriage." Omartian attributes the success of her own 25-year marriage to dedicated prayer for every area--however specific--of her husband's life; from his finances and his work to his integrity and his temptations. Each chapter offers insight into areas that are especially important to men, followed by "power tools" (inspiring, topical Scripture) to guide one's prayer life and transform a woman's mind with regard to her husband. This practical read will encourage women to trust God to change their spouse, and undoubtedly refocus one's perspective on God's power rather than one's own personal predicament. --Jill Heatherly [via]
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The Power of a Praying Wife: Book of Prayersby Stormie OmartianISBN 0736914072 (0-7369-1407-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Power of a Praying Wife: Book of Prayers'Book summary:Bestselling author Stormie Omartian presents her mostloved prayers in four petite editions. Small enough to keep in purse or pocket for quick conversations with God, lovely enough to give as a special gift to encourage and draw the hearts of friends and loved ones to the Lord in prayer, these books will help unlock the power of prayer in readers lives.
Insightful, honest, and lifechanging prayers from The Power of a Praying® Wife will encourage a womans heart as she prays for Gods purposes and plans to come about abundantly in her husbands life.
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The Power of a Praying Wife Prayer and Study Guide: Prayer and Study Guideby Stormie OmartianISBN 0736903178 (0-7369-0317-8)
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Drawing on her own deeply personal experience of praying for her husband at a difficult time in their marriage, author Stormie Omartian guides each woman through insightful, revealing questions that get below the surface of her own heart so that her prayers can be specific and unhindered. For individual or group use.
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The Power of a Praying Wife: Prayer Journalby Stormie OmartianISBN 0736909168 (0-7369-0916-8)
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Priceless: The Vanishing Beauty of a Fragile Planetby Mitsuaki Iwago, Bradley Trevor GreiveISBN 0740726951 (0-7407-2695-1)
Softcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman Aged 55 3/4by Sue TownsendISBN 0718145380 (0-7181-4538-0)
Hardcover, Michael Joseph
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Punished by Rewards: The Trouble With Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, As, Praise, and Other Bribesby Alfie KohnISBN 0735101388 (0-7351-0138-8)
Hardcover, Xlibris Corp
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Queer as Folk : The Bookby Paul RuditisISBN 0743476360 (0-7434-7636-0)
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Real Cookingby Nigel Slater, Georgia Glynn SmithISBN 0718140907 (0-7181-4090-7)
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Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrasesby Peter Mark RogetISBN 074750105X (0-7475-0105-X)
Hardcover, Gale / Cengage Learning
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Royal Blood: Richard III and the Mystery of the Princesby Bertram FieldsISBN 0750925450 (0-7509-2545-0)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Coletteby Judith ThurmanISBN 0747548439 (0-7475-4843-9)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette'Book summary:The same keen yet affectionate gaze Judith Thurman trained on Isak Dinesen in her 1983 National Book Award winner, The Life of a Storyteller, distinguishes her robust portrait of the great French writer Colette. In Secrets of the Flesh, Thurman shrewdly disentangles fact from legend during the course of the writer's long and turbulent life (1873-1954), yet she doesn't question Colette's right to mythologize herself. The fictions Colette created about herself were part of a lifelong attempt to make sense, not just of her own experience, but of the "secrets of the flesh" (André Gide's phrase in an admiring letter), the bonds that link women to men, parents to children, in an eternal search for love that is also a struggle for dominance. Chronicling Colette's scandalous life--male and female lovers, a stint in vaudeville, an affair with her stepson, a final happy marriage to a younger man--Thurman makes it clear that the writer's adored yet dominating mother and exploitative first husband made it difficult for her to conceive of amorous equality. Yet she nonetheless created a satisfying, creative existence, firmly rooted in the senses and filled with artistic achievement, from the bestselling Claudine novels to the mature insights of The Vagabond and Chéri. Thurman assesses with equal acuity the bleakness of Colette's world-view and a zest for life that it never seemed to dampen. --Wendy Smith [via]
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Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdomby Rachel PollackISBN 0722535724 (0-7225-3572-4)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Sex and the City : Kiss and Tellby Amy SohnISBN 0743457307 (0-7434-5730-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster, Limited
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifestoby Chuck KlostermanISBN 0743236017 (0-7432-3601-7)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto'Book summary:There's quite a bit of intelligent analysis and thought-provoking insight packed into the pages of Chuck Klosterman's Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, which is a little surprising considering how darn stupid most of Klosterman's subject matter actually is. Klosterman, one of the few members of the so-called "Generation X" to proudly embrace that label and the stereotypical image of disaffected slackers that often accompanies it, takes the reader on a witty and highly entertaining tour through portions of pop culture not usually subjected to analysis and presents his thoughts on Saved by the Bell, Billy Joel, amateur porn, MTV's The Real World, and much more. It would be easy in dealing with such subject matter to simply pile on some undergraduate level deconstruction, make a few jokes, and have yourself a clever little book. But Klosterman goes deeper than that, often employing his own life spent as a member of the lowbrow target demographic to measure the cultural impact of his subjects. While the book never quite lives up to the use of the word "manifesto" in the title (it's really more of a survey mixed with elements of memoir), there is much here to entertain and illuminate, particularly passages on the psychoses and motivations of breakfast cereal mascots, the difference between Celtic fans and Laker fans, and The Empire Strikes Back. Sections on a Guns n' Roses tribute band, The Sims, and soccer feel more like magazine pieces included to fill space than part of a cohesive whole. But when you're talking about a book based on a section of cultural history so reliant on a lack of attention span, even the incongruities feel somehow appropriate. --John Moe [via]
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Shakespeare's Kings: The Great Plays and the History of England in the Middle Ages 1337-1485by John Julius NorwichISBN 0743200314 (0-7432-0031-4)
Softcover, Scribner
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The Star Trek the Next Generation Companionby Larry NemecekISBN 0743457986 (0-7434-5798-6)
Softcover, Star Trek
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Star Trek the Next Generation Companion'Book summary:First published in 1992 and last revised in 1995, this is a fitting record of a show that changed the rules by which television was made. The first adventure drama series ever to run to seven seasons and more than 170 episodes, Star Trek: The Next Generation broke audience records wherever it was shown and remains the most widely viewed and consistently popular of all the Star Trek series. This new edition of the series companion has been brought bang up to date to include not only all seven years of the TV series but also all four films which have featured the Next Generation crew. In addition to Generations (1994), we now have full details of First Contact (1997), Insurrection (1998) and the very latest incarnation, Nemesis (2002). A positive feast of information, the Companion includes complete plot summaries and credits for each invidiual episode and film. There are fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpses into how each one was made, and in-depth analysis really brings The Next Generation universe to life. Illustrated throughout with more than 150 black and white photographs, this is a truly invaluable reference guide. [via]
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Teslaby Margaret CheneyISBN 0743215362 (0-7432-1536-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Thirty Seconds over Tokyoby Ted Lawson, Bob ConsidineISBN 0743474333 (0-7434-7433-3)
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To succeed, the "Tokyo Raiders" would have to launch sixteen fully loaded B-25 twin-engine medium bombers off the deck of the aircraft carrier Hornet -- something never done before -- and land at airfields in China. Through courage and luck, the raid itself went flawlessly. But bad weather, lack of fuel, and darkness worked against many of the pilots -- and for many, escaping China proved even more perilous than the mission....
This gripping eyewitness account -- hailed as "the most stirring story of individual heroism that [the war] has so far produced" (The New York Times) -- is one of the most daring missions in military aviation history: the legendary Doolittle Raid.
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To America: Personal Reflections of an Historianby Stephen AmbroseISBN 0743252128 (0-7432-5212-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian'Book summary:"I am a storyteller by training and inclination," writes the late Stephen Ambrose in To America, his final book. And what a storyteller. One of the most respected and popular historians of his era, Ambrose had a passion for making the events of the past both relevant and entertaining. In these pages, he touches on many of the subjects that he devoted his career to, including presidents Eisenhower and Nixon, the journey of Lewis and Clark, the building of the transcontinental railroad, and the citizen soldiers of World War II. He also writes about his own personal story and his role as a historian. In detailing a family camping trip to Wounded Knee (an outing which directly led to his dual biography of Crazy Horse and George Armstrong Custer) or offering tips on vivid historical writing (keep your narration in chronological order; keep the reader guessing; and never use the passive voice), he shares what it is like to reflect upon the triumphs and mistakes of the past and why it is so important to pass those stories on to the next generation.
In this brief yet satisfying book, Ambrose moves seamlessly from one topic to the next with contagious enthusiasm and unapologetic optimism. Along the way he points out the inherent absurdity of political correctness, and even takes himself to task for past biases and for sometimes failing to consider his subjects within the context of their own times and not his own. He does not shy away from writing about America's sins, both past and present, but Ambrose's undying faith in his country and his fellow citizens is inspiring. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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The Ultimate Weight Solution: 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedomby Phillip C. McGrawISBN 074325774X (0-7432-5774-X)
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The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys To Weight Loss Freedomby Phil McGrawISBN 0743236742 (0-7432-3674-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-english, English-spanishby Carlos CastilloISBN 0743492528 (0-7434-9252-8)
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Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981-1987by Bob WoodwardISBN 0743274032 (0-7432-7403-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Vets Might Flyby James HerriotISBN 0718115120 (0-7181-1512-0)
Hardcover, Joseph
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Vive La Revolutionby Mark SteelISBN 0743208056 (0-7432-0805-6)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vive La Revolution'Book summary:If real life can be funny, history should be doubly so. For Mark Steel, the French Revolution was one of the most inspirational moments in human history - a moment when ordinary people changed the world and became extraordinary. Here he strips away the layers of prejudice and preconception to be found in some historians' portraits of the revolutionaries - like Robespierre, Danton, de Sade, Tom Paine, Marat - to get to the people behind the stereotypes and the events behind the myths. This is a humorous and deadly serious account of the French Revolution: what happened, why, and how it could have happened to you. It's a book for anyone who's ever wanted to know what happened behind the storming of the Bastille and the guillotine, when a nation decided that things could only get better. [via]
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Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boyby Carlos M.N. EireISBN 0743246411 (0-7432-4641-1)
Softcover, Free Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy'Book summary:A childhood in a privileged household in 1950s Havana was joyous and cruel, like any other - but with certain differences. The neighbour's monkey was liable to escape and run across your roof. Surfing was conducted by driving cars across the breakwater. Lizards and firecrackers made frequent contact. Carlos Eire's childhood was a little different from most. His father was convinced he had been Louis XVI in a past life. At school, classmates with fathers in the Batista government were attended by chauffeurs and bodyguards. At a home crammed with artifacts and paintings, portraits of Jesus spoke to him in dreams and nightmares. Then, in January 1959, the world changes: Batista is suddenly gone, a cigar-smoking guerrilla has taken his place, and Christmas is cancelled. The echo of firing squads is everywhere. And, one by one, the author's schoolmates begin to disappear - spirited away to the United States. Carlos will end up there himself, without his parents, never to see his father again. Narrated with the urgency of a confession, WAITING FOR SNOW IN HAVANA is both an ode to a paradise lost and an exorcism. More than that, it captures the terrible beauty of those times in our lives when we are certain we have died - and then are somehow, miraculously, reborn. [via]
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War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generalsby David HalberstamISBN 0743223233 (0-7432-2323-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals'Book summary:A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of 17 books, David Halberstam has a gift for bringing current events alive and putting them into historical perspective in an engaging way. In many respects, War in a Time of Peace serves as a sequel to his classic The Best and the Brightest in its examination of how the lessons of Vietnam have influenced American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. Beginning with the Persian Gulf War, Halberstam discusses the political shift in emphasis from foreign to domestic issues that ushered in the first Clinton administration. Despite the fact that Clinton, along with much of the country, preferred to focus on the home front, the U.S. nonetheless found itself drawn into conflicts in Haiti, Somalia, and the Balkans--events that reflected American discomfort with the use of its military forces abroad while at the same time acknowledging that much of the world is dependent upon the U.S. for both guidance and support. The book also highlights the many nonpolitical factors that have influenced these political changes, including a generational shift in national leadership, the modern media's emphasis on entertainment over foreign news, a leap in military technology, and American economic prosperity that has rendered foreign policy largely irrelevant to many citizens.
Halberstam is a master at presenting well-rounded portraits and telling anecdotes of the personalities that have created U.S. policy, casting new light on well-known figures such as Clinton, Colin Powell, and George H.W. Bush, as well as supporting players such as Anthony Lake, Richard Holbrooke, James Baker, Madeleine Albright, General Wesley Clark, Al Gore, and many other influential American leaders of the past decade. Having covered many aspects of American history and foreign policy since the early 1960s, Halberstam is uniquely qualified to report on an era in which the U.S., and the world, has changed so dramatically. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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Wars of the Rosesby Anthony GoodmanISBN 0752417843 (0-7524-1784-3)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Wars of the Roses: The Soldiers' Experienceby Anthony GoodmanISBN 0752437313 (0-7524-3731-3)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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What Remains : A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Loveby Carole RadziwillISBN 0743276949 (0-7432-7694-9)
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Why the Jews?: The Reason for Antisemitismby Dennis Prager, Joseph TelushkinISBN 0743246209 (0-7432-4620-9)
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Wicca: The Old Religion in the New Ageby Vivianne CrowleyISBN 0722532717 (0-7225-3271-7)
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Worth More Dead: And Other True Casesby Ann RuleISBN 074344874X (0-7434-4874-X)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Campeones Mundiales Al Fin!: Como los Medias Rojas lograron ganar la serie del 2004by Stewart O'Nan, Stephen KingISBN 0743280792 (0-7432-8079-2)
Softcover, Fireside
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