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The 50 Greatest Love Letters of All Timeby David H. LowenherzISBN 0517223333 (0-517-22333-3)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Aeneid of Virgilby Virgil, Allen MandelbaumISBN 0520016203 (0-520-01620-3)
Hardcover, University of California Press
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The Aeneid of Virgilby Allen MandlebaumISBN 0520045505 (0-520-04550-5)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aeneid of Virgil'Book summary:This deluxe edition of Virgil's epic poems, recounting the wanderings of Aeneas and his companions after the fall of Troy, contains a new preface by Allen Mandelbaum and fourteen powerful renderings created by Barry Moser to illustrate this volume.[via]More editions of The Aeneid of Virgil:
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Alexander of Macedon 356-323 B. C.: A Historical Biographyby Peter GreenISBN 0520071662 (0-520-07166-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alexander of Macedon 356-323 B. C.: A Historical Biography'Book summary:There's no shortage of biographies available on Alexander the Great, but Peter Green's Alexander of Macedon is one of the finest. The prose is crisp and clear, and within a few pages readers become absorbed in the world that made Alexander, and then the story of how Alexander remade it. Green writes, "Alexander's true genius was as a field-commander: perhaps, taken all in all, the most incomparable general the world has ever seen. His gift for speed, improvisation, variety of strategy; his cool-headedness in a crisis; his ability to extract himself from the most impossible situations; his mastery of terrain; his psychological ability to penetrate the enemy's intentions--all these qualities place him at the very head of the Great Captains of history." [via]
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The Annotated Walden: Walden or Life in the Woodsby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0517224232 (0-517-22423-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annotated Walden: Walden or Life in the Woods'Book summary:Walden; Or, Life in the Woods written by legendary author Henry David Thoreau is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. This great classic on self reliance will surely attract a whole new generation of Henry David Thoreau readers. For many, Walden; Or, Life in the Woods is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, this gem by Henry David Thoreau is highly recommended. Published by Classic Books America and beautifully produced, Walden; Or, Life in the Woods would make an ideal gift and it should be a part of everyone's personal library. [via]
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Arab Historians of the Crusadesby Francesco GabrieliISBN 0520052242 (0-520-05224-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arab Historians of the Crusades'Book summary:The recapture of Jerusalem, the siege of the Acre, the fall of Tripoli, the effect in Baghdad of events in Syria; these and other happening were faithfully recorded by Arab historians during the two centuries of the Crusades. For the first time contemporary accounts of the fighting between Muslim and Christian have been translated into English, and the Western reader can learn 'the other side' of the Holy War.[via]
Seventeen authors are represented in the extracts in this work, which have been drawn from various types of historical writings. The excerpts are taken firstly from the general histories of the Muslim world, then from chronicles of cities, regions and their dynasties, and finally from biographies or records of the deeds of certain persons. The Arab histories of the Crusades compare favorably with their Christian counterparts in their rich accumulation of material and chronological information. Another of their merits is their faithful characterization, which they practiced in the brief but illuminating sketches of enemy leaders: Baldwin II's shrewdness, Richard Coeur de Lion's prowess in war, the indomitable energy of Conrad of Motferrat, Frederick II's diplomacy. The chronicles are generous, naturally, with their praises of the great champions of the Muslim resistance, especially of Saladin, who towers above all the other leaders in heroic stature. Although, this book gives a sweeping and stimulating view of the Crusades seen through Arab eyes.More editions of Arab Historians of the Crusades:
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Archaeology and Language: The Puzzle of Indo-european Originsby Colin RenfrewISBN 0521386756 (0-521-38675-6)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Bacon's Essaysby Francis BaconISBN 0518100359 (0-518-10035-9)
Hardcover, Ayer Co Pub
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Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politicsby Cynthia EnloeISBN 0520229126 (0-520-22912-6)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics'Book summary:This radical new analysis of international politics reveals the crucial role of women in implementing governmental foreign policies, be it Soviet Glasnost, Britain's dealings in the EEC, or the NATO alliance. Cynthia Enloe pulls back the curtain on the familiar scenes--governments restricting imported goods, bankers negotiating foreign loans, soldiers serving overseas--and shows that the real landscape is less exclusively male.[via]
Bananas, Beaches and Bases shows how thousands of women tailor their marriages to fit the demands of state secrecy; how foreign policy would grind to a halt without secretaries to handle money transfers or arms shipments; and how women are working in hotels and factories around the world in order to service their governments' debts.
Enloe also challenges common assumptions about what constitutes "international politics." She explains, for example, how turning tacos and sushi into bland fast foods affects relations between affluent and developing countries, and why a multinational banana company needs the brothel outside its gates. And she argues that shopping at Benneton, wearing Levis, working as a nanny (or employing one) or planning a vacation are all examples of foreign policy in action.
Bananas, Beaches and Bases does not ignore our curiosity about arms dealers, the President's men or official secrets. But it shows why these conventional clues are not sufficient for understanding how the international political system works. In exposing policymakers' reliance on false notions of "feminity" and "masculinity," Enloe dismantles a seemingly overwhelming world system, exposing it to be much more fragile and open to change than we are usually led to believe.More editions of Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics:
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The Book Of Five Ringsby Miyamoto Musashi, Victor HarrisISBN 0517415283 (0-517-41528-3)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book Of Five Rings'Book summary:To learn a Japanese martial art is to learn Zen, and although you can't do so simply by reading a book, it sure does help--especially if that book is The Book of Five Rings. One of Japan's great samurai sword masters penned in decisive, unfaltering terms this certain path to victory, and like Sun Tzu's The Art of War it is applicable not only on the battlefield but also in all forms of competition. Always observant, creating confusion, striking at vulnerabilities--these are some of the basic principles. Going deeper, we find suki, the interval of vulnerability, of indecisiveness, of rest, the briefest but most vital moment to strike. In succinct detail, Miyamoto records ideal postures, blows, and psychological tactics to put the enemy off guard and open the way for attack. Most important of all is Miyamoto's concept of rhythm, how all things are in harmony, and that by working with the rhythm of a situation we can turn it to our advantage with little effort. But like Zen, this requires one task above all else, putting the book down and going out to practice. --Brian Bruya [via]
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The Cambridge Illustrated History of Roman Art: Romulus to Constantineby Nancy H. Ramage, Andrew RamageISBN 0521402972 (0-521-40297-2)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central Americaby Jonathan Marshall, Peter Dale ScottISBN 0520214498 (0-520-21449-8)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Computability and Logicby Richard C. Jeffrey, George BoolosISBN 0521299675 (0-521-29967-5)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Computability and Logic'Book summary:A text for a second course in logic for graduate and advanced undergraduate students. This third edition has been corrected and contains thoroughly revised versions of the chapters on Ramsey and provability, with new exercises provided for three other chapters. There are also two new chapters dealing with undecidable sentences and on the non-existence of non-standard recursive models of Z. [via]
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Computability and Logicby George S. Boolos, Richard C. Jeffrey, John P. BurgessISBN 0521007585 (0-521-00758-5)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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Dave Barry in Cyberspaceby Dave BarryISBN 0517595753 (0-517-59575-3)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Dave Barry Is Not Making This Upby Dave BarryISBN 0517595745 (0-517-59574-5)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward Gibbon, D. M. LowISBN 0517467887 (0-517-46788-7)
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Emergencyby Mark BrownISBN 0517307448 (0-517-30744-8)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Europe and the People Without Historyby Eric R. WolfISBN 0520048989 (0-520-04898-9)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and Peopleby Joan RoughgardenISBN 0520246799 (0-520-24679-9)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, And Sexuality in Nature And People'Book summary:In this innovative celebration of diversity and affirmation of individuality in animals and humans, Joan Roughgarden challenges accepted wisdom about gender identity and sexual orientation. A distinguished evolutionary biologist, Roughgarden takes on the medical establishment, the Bible, social science--and even Darwin himself. She leads the reader through a fascinating discussion of diversity in gender and sexuality among fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals, including primates. Evolution's Rainbow explains how this diversity develops from the action of genes and hormones and how people come to differ from each other in all aspects of body and behavior. Roughgarden reconstructs primary science in light of feminist, gay, and transgender criticism and redefines our understanding of sex, gender, and sexuality. Witty, playful, and daring, this book will revolutionize our understanding of sexuality.[via]
Roughgarden argues that principal elements of Darwinian sexual selection theory are false and suggests a new theory that emphasizes social inclusion and control of access to resources and mating opportunity. She disputes a range of scientific and medical concepts, including Wilson's genetic determinism of behavior, evolutionary psychology, the existence of a gay gene, the role of parenting in determining gender identity, and Dawkins's "selfish gene" as the driver of natural selection. She dares social science to respect the agency and rationality of diverse people; shows that many cultures across the world and throughout history accommodate people we label today as lesbian, gay, and transgendered; and calls on the Christian religion to acknowledge the Bible's many passages endorsing diversity in gender and sexuality. Evolution's Rainbow concludes with bold recommendations for improving education in biology, psychology, and medicine; for democratizing genetic engineering and medical practice; and for building a public monument to affirm diversity as one of our nation's defining principles.More editions of Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People:
Finding the Walls of Troy: Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlikby Susan Heuck AllenISBN 0520208684 (0-520-20868-4)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Healthby Marion NestleISBN 0520240677 (0-520-24067-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health'Book summary:In the U.S., we're bombarded with nutritional advice--the work, we assume, of reliable authorities with our best interests at heart. Far from it, says Marion Nestle, whose Food Politics absorbingly details how the food industry--through lobbying, advertising, and the co-opting of experts--influences our dietary choices to our detriment. Central to her argument is the American "paradox of plenty," the recognition that our food abundance (we've enough calories to meet every citizen's needs twice over) leads profit-fixated food producers to do everything possible to broaden their market portion, thus swaying us to eat more when we should do the opposite. The result is compromised health: epidemic obesity to start, and increased vulnerability to heart and lung disease, cancer, and stroke--reversible if the constantly suppressed "eat less, move more" message that most nutritionists shout could be heard.
Nestle, nutrition chair at New York University and editor of the 1988 Surgeon General Report, has served her time in the dietary trenches and is ideally suited to revealing how government nutritional advice is watered down when a message might threaten industry sales. (Her report on byzantine nutritional food-pyramid rewordings to avoid "eat less" recommendations is both predictable and astonishing.) She has other "war stories," too, that involve marketing to children in school (in the form of soft-drink "pouring rights" agreements, hallway advertising, and fast-food coupon giveaways), and diet-supplement dramas in which manufacturers and the government enter regulation frays, with the industry championing "free choice" even as that position counters consumer protection. Is there hope? "If we want to encourage people to eat better diets," says Nestle, "we need to target societal means to counter food industry lobbying and marketing practices as well as the education of individuals." It's a telling conclusion in an engrossing and masterfully panoramic exposé. --Arthur Boehm [via]
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Giovanni and Lusanna: Love and Marriage in Renaissance Franceby Gene A. BruckerISBN 0520244958 (0-520-24495-8)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Good Hair: For Colored Girls Who'Ve Considered Weaves When the Chemicals Became Too Ruffby Lonnice Brittenum BonnerISBN 0517881519 (0-517-88151-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Gray's Anatomyby Henry GrayISBN 0517652935 (0-517-65293-5)
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Gray's Anatomy Descriptive and Surgicalby Henry Gray, T. Pickering Pick, Robert HowdenISBN 0517223651 (0-517-22365-1)
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Gray's Anatomy: The Classic Collector's Editionby Henry GrayISBN 051753035X (0-517-53035-X)
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Habits of the Heartby Robert N. Bellah, Richard Madsen, William M. Sullivan, Ann Swidler, Steven M. TiptonISBN 0520053885 (0-520-05388-5)
Hardcover, University of California Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Habits of the Heart'Book summary:Habits of the Heart is required reading for anyone who wants to understand how religion contributes to and detracts from America's common good. An instant classic upon publication in 1985, it was reissued in 1996 with a new introduction describing the book's continuing relevance for a time when the country's racial and class divisions are being continually healed and ripped open again by religious people. Habits of the Heart describes the social significance of faiths ranging from "Sheilaism" (practiced by a California nurse named Sheila) to conservative Christianity. It's thoroughly readable, theologically respectful, and academically irreproachable. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Lifeby Robert N. Bellah, William M. Sullivan, Richard Madsen, Ann Swidler, Steven M. TiptonISBN 0520205685 (0-520-20568-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life'Book summary:Habits of the Heart is required reading for anyone who wants to understand how religion contributes to and detracts from America's common good. An instant classic upon publication in 1985, it was reissued in 1996 with a new introduction describing the book's continuing relevance for a time when the country's racial and class divisions are being continually healed and ripped open again by religious people. Habits of the Heart describes the social significance of faiths ranging from "Sheilaism" (practiced by a California nurse named Sheila) to conservative Christianity. It's thoroughly readable, theologically respectful, and academically irreproachable. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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A History of the Hapsburg Empire, 1526-1918by Robert A. KannISBN 0520042069 (0-520-04206-9)
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Holy Feast and Holy Fast: The Religious Significance of Food to Medieval Womenby Caroline Walker BynumISBN 0520063295 (0-520-06329-5)
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How to Write a Romance and Get It Publishedby Kathryn FalkISBN 0517549441 (0-517-54944-1)
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Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North Americaby Theodora Kroeber, Karl KroeberISBN 0520229401 (0-520-22940-1)
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The life story of Ishi, the Yahi Indian, lone survivor of a doomed tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology. For more than forty years, Theodora Kroeber's biography has been sharing this tragic and absorbing drama with readers all over the world.
Ishi stumbled into the twentieth century on the morning of August 29, 1911, when, desperate with hunger and with terror of the white murderers of his family, he was found in the corral of a slaughter house near Oroville, California. Finally identified as an Indian by an anthropologist, Ishi was brought to San Francisco by Professor T. T. Waterman and lived there the rest of his life under the care and protection of Alfred Kroeber and the staff of the University of California's Museum of Anthropology.More editions of Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America:
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J. M. Barrie & the Lost Boys: The Love Story That Gave Birth to Peter Panby Andrew BirkinISBN 0517538733 (0-517-53873-3)
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The Japanese Experience: A Short History of Japanby W.G. BeasleyISBN 0520225600 (0-520-22560-0)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Joan of Arcby Marina WarnerISBN 0520224647 (0-520-22464-7)
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Katharine Hepburnby Barbara LeamingISBN 0517592843 (0-517-59284-3)
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Last Chance to Seeby Douglas Adams, Mark CarwardineISBN 0517582155 (0-517-58215-5)
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Lectures on the Philosophy of World Historyby Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, H.B. Nisbet, Duncan ForbesISBN 0521205662 (0-521-20566-2)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lectures on the Philosophy of World History'Book summary:An English translation of Hegel's introduction to his lectures on the philosophy of history, based directly on the standard German edition by Johannes Hoffmeister, first published in 1955. The previous English translation, by J. Sibree, first appeared in 1857 and was based on the defective German edition of Karl Hegel, to which Hoffmeister's edition added a large amount of new material previously unknown to English readers, derived from earlier editors. In the introduction to his lectures, Hegel lays down the principles and aims which underlie his philosophy of history, and provides an outline of the philosophy of history itself. The comprehensive and voluminous survey of world history which followed the introduction in the original lectures is of less interest to students of Hegel's thought than the introduction, and is therefore not included in this volume. [via]
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The Lion in the North: One Thousand Years of Scotland's Historyby John PrebbleISBN 0517422468 (0-517-42246-8)
Hardcover, Crescent Books
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The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip IIby Fernand Braudel, Sian ReynoldsISBN 0520203089 (0-520-20308-9)
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Nations and Nationalism Since 1780: Programme, Myth, Realityby E. J. HobsbawmISBN 0521335078 (0-521-33507-8)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The New Joy of Sex : The Gourmet Guide to Lovemaking in the '90sby Alex ComfortISBN 0517599104 (0-517-59910-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The New York Times 60-Minute Gourmetby Pierre FraneyISBN 0517669889 (0-517-66988-9)
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On Libertyby John Stuart Mill, Stefan ColliniISBN 0521379172 (0-521-37917-2)
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On Liberty With the Subjection of Women and Chapters on Socialismby John Stuart Mill, Stefan ColliniISBN 0521370159 (0-521-37015-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Liberty With the Subjection of Women and Chapters on Socialism'Book summary:John Stuart Mill is one of the few indisputably classic authors in the history of political thought. On Liberty, first published in 1851, has become celebrated as the most powerful defense of the freedom of the individual and it is now widely regarded as the most important theoretical foundation for Liberalism as a political creed. Similarly, his The Subjection of Women, a powerful indictment of the political, social, and economic position of women, has become one of the cardinal documents of modern feminism. This edition brings together these two classic texts, plus Mill's posthumous Chapters on Socialism, his somewhat neglected examination of the strengths and weaknesses of various forms of Socialism. The Editor's substantial Introduction places these three works in the context both of Mill's life and of nineteenth-century intellectual and political history, and assesses their continuing relevance. [via]
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Ordinary Resurrections : Children in the Years of Hopeby Jonathan Kozol, Doug PepperISBN 051770000X (0-517-70000-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ordinary Resurrections : Children in the Years of Hope'Book summary:Stepping back from his 30-year attack on the inequalities of education, Jonathan Kozol allows the children to speak for themselves in Ordinary Resurrections. These are the schoolchildren of South Bronx's most dismal neighborhood, Mott Haven, where social struggles with poverty and imprisoned fathers rate just under AIDS and asthma as the greatest threats to young lives. Yet, Kozol marvels, despair and bitterness don't come to mind when you meet 10-year-olds like Ariel, who "skips through life" and displays a healing tenderness to others at the church afterschool program that has become a living laboratory of sorts for Kozol since he wrote Savage Inequalities in 1996. This is "not the land of bad statistics but the land of licorice sticks and long division, candy bars and pencil sets," he writes. In recording conversations between these kids and each other, their teachers, caretakers, parents, and even himself, Kozol manages to move the adults to the periphery in order to let the children teach. There is no government data, no research conclusions, only a sense of hope and wonder at the resiliency of the young.
Kozol readily admits that he's due for a reflective moment. In his 60s, living alone, his parents seriously ill, he seeks safety in surrounding himself with children. He confesses that he's not a religious man, yet he finds himself overcoming his awkwardness with prayer, even bowing his head with the children at times. His writing in this moving account is among his most eloquent, as when he describes the gentle way in which a teacher tugs for the attention of a dreamy first-grader as if carefully unwrapping a small package that may be breakable. He captures the rhythm of the exchanges between teacher and student in a way that practically whispers to the reader. Ultimately, this is a book about healing that reveals more about the lives of children in poor neighborhoods--and Kozol--than any of his prizewinning books to date. --Jodi Mailander Farrell [via]
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The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World Viewby Richard TarnasISBN 0517577909 (0-517-57790-9)
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Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life With Wordsby Susan WooldridgeISBN 051770370X (0-517-70370-X)
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Poplollies and Bellibonesby Susan Kelz SperlingISBN 0517530791 (0-517-53079-1)
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Relativity: The Special and General Theoryby Albert EinsteinISBN 0517884410 (0-517-88441-0)
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The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetryby Walter PaterISBN 0520036646 (0-520-03664-6)
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Richard IIIby Charles RossISBN 0520050754 (0-520-05075-4)
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Roget's Thesaurusby Samuel R. RogetISBN 0517269341 (0-517-26934-1)
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Rogets Thesaurus P Cha Riv *nr*by Samuel Romill RogetISBN 0517436248 (0-517-43624-8)
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The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the Worldby Bjrn LomborgISBN 0521010683 (0-521-01068-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World'Book summary:Bjørn Lomborg, a former member of Greenpeace, challenges widely held beliefs that the world environmental situation is getting worse and worse in his new book, The Skeptical Environmentalist. Using statistical information from internationally recognized research institutes, Lomborg systematically examines a range of major environmental issues that feature prominently in headline news around the world, including pollution, biodiversity, fear of chemicals, and the greenhouse effect, and documents that the world has actually improved. He supports his arguments with over 2500 footnotes, allowing readers to check his sources. Lomborg criticizes the way many environmental organizations make selective and misleading use of scientific evidence and argues that we are making decisions about the use of our limited resources based on inaccurate or incomplete information. Concluding that there are more reasons for optimism than pessimism, he stresses the need for clear-headed prioritization of resources to tackle real, not imagined, problems. The Skeptical Environmentalist offers readers a non-partisan evaluation that serves as a useful corrective to the more alarmist accounts favored by campaign groups and the media. Bjørn Lomborg is an associate professor of statistics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Aarhus. When he started to investigate the statistics behind the current gloomy view of the environment, he was genuinely surprised. He published four lengthy articles in the leading Danish newspaper, including statistics documenting an ever-improving world, and unleashed the biggest post-war debate with more than 400 articles in all the major papers. Since then, Lomborg has been a frequent participant in the European debate on environmentalism on television, radio, and in newspapers. [via]
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The Spirit of Lawsby Anne M. Cohler, C. De MontisquieuISBN 0521369746 (0-521-36974-6)
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The Spirit of Laws: A Compendium of the First English Editionby Charles Louis De Secondat MontesquieuISBN 0520034554 (0-520-03455-4)
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The Structures of Everyday Life: The Limits of the Possibleby Fernand BraudelISBN 0520081145 (0-520-08114-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Structures of Everyday Life: The Limits of the Possible'Book summary:By examining in detail the material life of pre-industrial peoples around the world, Fernand Braudel significantly changed the way historians view their subject. Volume I describes food and drink, dress and housing, demography and family structure, energy and technology, money and credit, and the growth of towns.[via]More editions of The Structures of Everyday Life: The Limits of the Possible:
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The Study of Languageby George YuleISBN 0521318777 (0-521-31877-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Study of Language'Book summary:This textbook provides a straightforward and comprehensive survey of the basic issues and topics involved in the study of language. Its twenty chapters range over speculations about the origin of language, the relationship between language and animal communication, the principal concepts involved in linguistic analysis, the new fields of discourse analysis and computer understander systems, sign language, current views on how children acquire language and how adults learn new languages, how languages change over time and how language is affected by various social, cultural and regional factors. Written in a clear and lively style, with frequent examples from English and other languages, this textbook is designed to introduce the non-specialist reader to issues that fascinate and sometimes frustrate professional linguists. Students taking an introductory course on the nature of human language will find the carefully selected study questions, discussion topics and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter particularly useful. Both as a coursebook and as a book for the general reader, The Study of Language is an exciting way to explore how language works and the role it plays in human life. [via]
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The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledgeby Carlos CastanedaISBN 0520217578 (0-520-21757-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Teachings of Don Juan - A Yaqui Way of Knowledge'Book summary:Thirty years ago the University of California Press published an unusual manuscript by an anthropology student named Carlos Castaneda. The Teachings of Don Juan initiated a generation of seekers dissatisfied with the limitations of the Western worldview. Castaneda's now classic book remains controversial for the alternative way of seeing that it presents and the revolution in cognition it demands.[via]
In a series of fascinating dialogues, Castaneda sets forth his partial initiation with don Juan Matus, a Yaqui Indian shaman from the state of Sonora, Mexico. He describes don Juan's perception and mastery of the "non-ordinary reality" and how peyote along with other plants sacred to the Mexican Indians were used as gateways to the mysteries of "dread," "clarity," and "power." The Teachings of Don Juan is the story of a remarkable journey that has left an indelible impression on the life of more than a million readers around the world.
"For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel, looking, looking breathlessly."--Don Juan
"Carlos Castaneda, under the tutelage of don Juan, takes us through the moment of twilight, through the crack in the universe between daylight and dark into a world not merely other than our own, but of an entirely different order of reality."--Walter Goldschmidt, from the ForewordMore editions of The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge:
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TechGnosis : Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Information Ageby Erik DavisISBN 0517704153 (0-517-70415-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'TechGnosis : Myth, Magic, and Mysticism in the Information Age'Book summary:The gap between the technological mentality and the mystical outlook may not be as great as it seems. Erik Davis looks at modern information technology--and much previous technology--to reveal how much of it has roots in spiritual attitudes. Furthermore, he explores how those who embrace each new technological advance often do so with designs and expectations stemming from religious sensibilities. In doing so, Davis both compares and contrasts the scientific attitude that we can know reality technologically and the Gnostic idea of developing ultimate understanding. Although organized into reasonable chapters, there's a strong stream-of-consciousness component to Davis's writing. His expositions may run, for example, from information theory to the nebulous nature of Gnosticism to the philosophical problem of evil-all in just a few pages. It's as if there are so many connections to make that Davis's prose has to run back and forth across time and space drawing the lines. But the result, rather than being chaotic, is a lively interplay of wide-ranging ideas. His style is equally lively and generally engaging--if sometimes straying into the hip. In the end, he succeeds in showing the spiritual side of what some may see as cold, technological thought. --Elizabeth Lewis [via]
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The Tolkien Companionby J. R. R. Tolkien, J. E. A. Tyler, S. A. TylerISBN 0517279142 (0-517-27914-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tolkien Companion'Book summary:Between 1932 and 1953, Professor John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, of Oxford, England, translated four volumes compiled by the renowned Hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, written during the Third Age of Middle Earth, far longer ago than the Celtic, Germanic and Icelandic manuscripts Professor Tolkien was used to deciphering. The result was
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In 1954, seventeen years after The Hobbit first appeared, its sequel, The Lord of the Rings was published, and it became the centerpiece of Tolkien's work. The Ring Epic covers approximately ten thousand years, and contains a vast amount of information as well as a huge variety of words and names which Tolkien translated from the Elvish and Mannish tongues. THE TOLKIEN COMPANION is an impressive endeavor to guide one through the world of Middle Earth, compiling every fact, name, word, and date from all the works into one comprehensive and accessible volume.
Here, in one source, is the High History of the Elven peoples. The origins of Morgoth the Enemy is clarified, as is his Fall, and the subsequent rise to power of Sauron the Great, Lord of the Rings. The heroic epic of how the Free Peoples--Elves, Men, Ents, Dwarves, and Hobbits--survived against the Peril of the Ancient World is meticulously detailed. And a guide to the various Elvish writing systems, together with explanatory maps, charts, even genealogical tables, bring the remarkable genius of Tolkien and the unforgettable world and wonder of Middle Earth to life with focus and accuracy. Presented in alphabetical order for quick and easy reference, THE TOLKIEN COMPANION is an indispensable accompaniment for anyone who embarks on the reading journey of a lifetime. [via]More editions of The Tolkien Companion:
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A Treasury of American Poetryby Allen Mandelbaum, Robert D. RichardsonISBN 0517221535 (0-517-22153-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Treasury of American Poetry'Book summary:A comprehensive overview of America's vast poetic heritage, Three Centuries of American Poetry features the work of some 150 of our nation's finest writers. It includes selections from Anne Bradstreet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, e. e. cummings, Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, and Gertrude Stein, as well as significant works of lesser-known American poets.
From the Revolutionary and Civil Wars to the Romantic Era and the Gilded and Modern Ages, this unrivaled anthology also presents a memorable array of rare ballads, songs, hymns, spirituals, and carols that echo through our nation's history. Highlights include Native American poems, African American writings, and the works of Quakers, colonists, Huguenots, transcendentalists, scholars, slaves, politicians, journalists, and clergymen.
These discerning selections demonstrate that the American canon of poetry is as diverse as the nation itself, and constantly evolving as we pass through time. Most important, this collection strongly reflects the peerless stylings that mark the American poetic experience as unique. Here, in one distinguished volume, are the many voices of the New World. [via]More editions of A Treasury of American Poetry:
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The Vanished Libraryby Luciano Canfora, Martin RyleISBN 0520072553 (0-520-07255-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Vanished Library'Book summary:The Library of Alexandria, one of the wonders of the Ancient World, has haunted Western culture for over 2,000 years. The Ptolemaic kings of Egypt--successors of Alexander the Great--had a staggering ambition: to house all of the books ever written under one roof, and the story of the universal library and its destruction still has the power to move us.[via]
But what was the library, and where was it? Did it exist at all? Contemporary descriptions are vague and contradictory. The fate of the precious books themselves is a subject of endless speculation.
Canfora resolves these puzzles in one of the most unusual books of classical history ever written. He recreates the world of Egypt and the Greeks in brief chapters that marry the craft of the novelist and the discipline of the historian. Anecdotes, conversations, and reconstructions give The Vanished Library the compulsion of an exotic tale, yet Canfora bases all of them on historical and literary sources, which he discusses with great panache. As the chilling conclusion to this elegant piece of historical detective work he establishes who burned the books.
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The Vanished Library: A Wonder of the Ancient Worldby Luciano Canfora, Martin RyleISBN 0520073045 (0-520-07304-5)
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But what was the library, and where was it? Did it exist at all? Contemporary descriptions are vague and contradictory. The fate of the precious books themselves is a subject of endless speculation.
Canfora resolves these puzzles in one of the most unusual books of classical history ever written. He recreates the world of Egypt and the Greeks in brief chapters that marry the craft of the novelist and the discipline of the historian. Anecdotes, conversations, and reconstructions give The Vanished Library the compulsion of an exotic tale, yet Canfora bases all of them on historical and literary sources, which he discusses with great panache. As the chilling conclusion to this elegant piece of historical detective work he establishes who burned the books.
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0517606070 (0-517-60607-0)
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The Wheels of Commerceby Fernand BraudelISBN 0520081153 (0-520-08115-3)
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Lectures on the Philosophy of World Historyby Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Duncan Forbes, Hugh Barr NisbetISBN 0521281458 (0-521-28145-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lectures on the Philosophy of World History'Book summary:An English translation of Hegel's introduction to his lectures on the philosophy of history, based directly on the standard German edition by Johannes Hoffmeister, first published in 1955. The previous English translation, by J. Sibree, first appeared in 1857 and was based on the defective German edition of Karl Hegel, to which Hoffmeister's edition added a large amount of new material previously unknown to English readers, derived from earlier editors. In the introduction to his lectures, Hegel lays down the principles and aims which underlie his philosophy of history, and provides an outline of the philosophy of history itself. The comprehensive and voluminous survey of world history which followed the introduction in the original lectures is of less interest to students of Hegel's thought than the introduction, and is therefore not included in this volume. [via]
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