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13 Books of Euclids Elementsby Thomas L. HeathISBN 0486600904 (0-486-60090-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorusby John EmsleyISBN 047144149X (0-471-44149-X)
Softcover, Chemical Heritage Foundation
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus'Book summary:The incredible "glowing" history of the "Devil's element "phosphorus
Discovered by alchemists, prescribed by apothecaries, exploited by ninth-century industrialists, and abused by twentieth-century combatants, the chemical element phosphorus has fascinated us for more than three centuries. It may even be the cause of will-o'-the wisps and spontaneous human combustion! Now John Emsley has written an enthralling account of this eerily luminescent element. Shining with wonderful nuggets-from murders-by-phosphorus to a match factory strike; from the firebombing of Hamburg to the deadly compounds derived from phosphorus today-The 13th Element weaves together a rich tableau of brilliant and oddball characters, social upheavals, and bizarre events. [via]More editions of The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus:
1791, Mozart's Last Yearby H. C. Robbins LandonISBN 0500281076 (0-500-28107-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Across the Wide Missouriby Bernard Augustine De Voto, Alfred Jacob MillerISBN 0517102668 (0-517-10266-8)
Hardcover, American Legacy Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Across the Wide Missouri'Book summary:Like many U.S. historians, cultural critic Bernard DeVoto believed that the American character was rooted in the experience of westward expansion. Unlike those who championed the civilizing graces of the agrarian frontier, however, DeVoto drew inspiration from the mercenary, imperial designs of the fur trade. Originally published in 1947, Across the Wide Missouriis arguably the best known of his studies in American history, examining the rise and fall of the U.S. fur dynasties in the 1830s. The book chronicles the competition between John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company and the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, an "opposition" group of trappers (including Jim Bridger and Kit Carson) descended from the earlier entrepreneurial activities of General William H. Ashley. Devoto specifically narrates the major expeditions and the daily experiences of the Western divisions of these companies, which scoured the northernmost regions of the Rocky Mountains for beaver. He contends that, by exploring the recently charted Northern plateau, fighting off interlopers, and setting up trade networks, the loose confederation of trappers, traders, and Native Americans shaped the materialism that typifies modern American society. In his densely detailed description of the company "rendezvous," DeVoto shows how the activities of trading, partying, and resource pooling created a shared experience for competing cultural and economic parties on the frontier. While the centrality of the fur trade in the development of the American character may strike some readers as overemphasized, DeVoto's thesis still carries much relevance for modern American studies. --John M. Anderson [via]
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The Aeneidby Virgil, Charles James BillsonISBN 0486287491 (0-486-28749-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Apologia Pro Vita Suaby John Henry NewmanISBN 0486442136 (0-486-44213-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Books Ii--ivby Aristotle, D. P. ChaseISBN 0486400964 (0-486-40096-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Books Ii--iv'Book summary:This enduringly profound treatise was first used by the students of Aristotle's famous Athenian school, the Lyceum; since then it has exercised a lasting effect on Western philosophy and continues to resonate for modern readers. Aristotle identifies the goal of life as happiness and discusses its attainment through the contemplation of philosophic truth.[via]More editions of Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Books Ii--iv:
The Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing and Ropeworkby Hervey Garrett SmithISBN 0486264408 (0-486-26440-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklinby Benjamin FranklinISBN 0486290735 (0-486-29073-5)
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Bhagavadgitaby Bhagavadgita, Edwin ArnoldISBN 0486277828 (0-486-27782-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Birth of Tragedyby Friedrich NietzscheISBN 0486285154 (0-486-28515-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Birth of Tragedy'Book summary:[via]Philosopher's classic study declares that Greek tragedy achieved greatness through a fusion of elements of Apollonian restraint and control with Dionysian components of passion and the irrational. "A work of profound imaginative insight, which left the scholarship of a generation toiling in the rear." British classicist F. M. Cornford.More editions of The Birth of Tragedy:
Boy Scouts Handbook: 1911by The Boy Scouts of AmericaISBN 0486439917 (0-486-43991-7)
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Brush up Your Shakespeare!by Michael MacroneISBN 0517189356 (0-517-18935-6)
Softcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Capoteby Gerald ClarkeISBN 0517055414 (0-517-05541-4)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Carl Sagan: A Lifeby Keay DavidsonISBN 0471395366 (0-471-39536-6)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Carl Sagan: A Life'Book summary:Carl Sagan may have been one of the greatest scientists who ever lived. Then again, he may have been a relentless self-promoter who convinced everyone he was one of the greatest scientists who ever lived. Keay Davidson, science writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, aims to explain this complicated man in his biography. One thing is clear: Sagan was an extremely difficult man to love, a scientist whose passion for astronomy and biology was unparalleled, but who had little ability to express basic emotions to his wives and children. Davidson looks for reasons for this emotional distance in Sagan's childhood, when his relationship with his mother was intense and sometimes difficult. She encouraged her bright young son to be an "intellectual omnivore," to be passionate about knowledge, but she didn't give him the tools to relate to humans as individuals.
As his stellar science career developed, Sagan built a reputation as a leftist who believed that "science could serve liberal ideals," and as an arrogant man with an unshakable confidence in his own brain. Davidson writes that Sagan developed his famous skepticism as an undergraduate. Sagan suffered from a "troubling mix of intense emotion and stark rationalism," writes Davidson. He succeeded (mostly) in balancing passion with reason, a balance that made him a perfect popularizer of science, a trustworthy authority who preached that an open mind was the most valuable scientific tool. Davidson was influenced personally by Sagan's writings, and he sometimes works a little too hard at puncturing the myths surrounding Sagan, but this biography is one that deserves to be read by Sagan's fans and detractors alike. It's a compelling, very real assessment of an all-too-human god of science. --Therese Littleton [via]
The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Science Solved 100 of the World's Most Baffling Crimesby Colin EvansISBN 047128369X (0-471-28369-X)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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The Celtsby Frank DelaneyISBN 0517019825 (0-517-01982-5)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Compleat Anglerby Izaak Walton, Andrew LangISBN 0486431878 (0-486-43187-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Compleat Angler'Book summary:For a book to stay in print for nearly 350 years, its merits must continually entice and satisfy. The Compleat Angler qualifies on both counts. On the most obvious level, it remains as good a primer on fishing as any angler would want. But its most enduring distinction is hinted at in the subtitle--"the Contemplative Man's Recreation." Izaak Walton's sometimes convoluted 17th-century grammar can still reel in our imaginations with his graceful evocations of a life free from hurly-burly in the company of friends intent on physical and moral sustenance. "He that hopes to be a good Angler must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit," suggests the master, "but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience.... Doubt not but Angling will prove to be so pleasant, that it will prove to be like a virtue, a reward to itself." Just like Walton's magnificent literary catch. --Jeff Silverman [via]
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The Compleat Anglerby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517177838 (0-517-17783-8)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Compleat Angler'Book summary:ca. 1975 (no date listed) 2nd printing Weathervane Books hardcover with dust jacket. Flying Fishing classic with beautiful color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Tight spine, clear crisp pages, no writing, no tears, unused bookplate inside front cover, smokefree. Jacket has light edgewear in new archival jacket cover. [via]
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The Complete Temples of Ancient Egyptby Richard H. WilkinsonISBN 0500051003 (0-500-05100-3)
Hardcover, Thames & Hudson
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The Complete Tutankhamun: The King, the Tomb, the Royal Treasureby Nicholas ReevesISBN 0500278105 (0-500-27810-5)
Softcover, Thames & Hudson
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Concepts of Modern Artby Nikos StangosISBN 0500202680 (0-500-20268-0)
Softcover, Thames & Hudson
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A Concise History of Irelandby Conor Cruise O'Brien, Maire O'BrienISBN 0500450110 (0-500-45011-0)
Hardcover, Thames and Hudson
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Cruden's Concordanceby Alexander CrudenISBN 0515067415 (0-515-06741-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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A Dictionary of Symbolsby Juan Eduardo Cirlot, Herbert Read, Jack SageISBN 0486425231 (0-486-42523-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Dictionary of Symbols'Book summary:[via]A valuable reference, this informative and entertaining volume presents a key to elucidating the symbolic worlds encountered in both the arts and the history of ideas. Alphabetical entries clarify essential meanings of each symbol, as drawn from religion, astrology, alchemy, numerology, other sources. 32 black-and-white illustrations.More editions of A Dictionary of Symbols:
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The Druidsby Stuart PiggottISBN 0500273634 (0-500-27363-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Eccentricsby David Weeks, Jamie WeeksISBN 0517195062 (0-517-19506-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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The Egyptiansby Cyril AldredISBN 0500280363 (0-500-28036-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Engineering Mechanicsby J. L. Meriam, L.G. KraigeISBN 0471804223 (0-471-80422-3)
Hardcover, Wiley
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Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, Si Versionby J. L. MeriamISBN 047126606X (0-471-26606-X)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, Si Version'Book summary:A modern text for use in today's classroom!
The revision of this classic text continues to provide the same high quality material seen in previous editions. In addition, the fifth edition provides extensively rewritten, updated prose for content clarity, superb new problems, outstanding instruction on drawing free body diagrams, and new electronic supplements to assist learning and instruction.
If you think you have seen Meriam & Kraige before, take another look: it's not what you remember it to be...it's better! [via]More editions of Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics, Si Version:
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Engineering Mechanics: Staticsby William J. Palm, J. L. Meriam, L.G. KraigeISBN 0471406465 (0-471-40646-5)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamicsby James Lathrop MeriamISBN 0471241644 (0-471-24164-4)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamics'Book summary:This 4th Edition, SI Version, retains the style and presentation of all previous editions. As ever, theory is reinforced through application to a wealth of engineering problems. These problems are varied and relevant to the real world, and have been extensively revised: 50 per cent of them are new for this edition. The emphasis is very much on the practice of engineering design, making many problems open-ended. The problem sets have been graded into introductory and representative, with more challenging problems located at the end of the problem sets. Computer-orientated problems, involving the finding of a condition of design or criticality, are also given, as are example problems complete with hints and suggestions. [via]
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Engineering Mechanics: Statics & Dynamicsby L.G. Kraige, James Lathrop MeriamISBN 047180424X (0-471-80424-X)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countriesby W. Y. Evans-WentzISBN 0486425223 (0-486-42522-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries'Book summary:Collection of firsthand reports of elfin creatures in Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and Brittany, classified by country and introduced by leading authorities on anthropology and folklore. Also, recorded traditions of Celtic literature and mythology, variety of theories and their religious aspects, and a remarkably rational case for the reality of fairy life.[via]More editions of The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries:
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Following The Equatorby Mark TwainISBN 0486261131 (0-486-26113-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Following The Equator'Book summary:Great writer's 1897 account of circumnavigating the globe by steamship. Brimming with ironic, tongue-in-cheek humor, the book describes shark fishing in Australia, riding the rails in India, tiger hunting, diamond mining in South Africa, much more; also peoples, climate, flora and fauna, customs, religion, politics, food, etc. 197 illustrations.[via]More editions of Following The Equator:
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Fundamental Principles Of The Metaphysics Of Moralsby Immanuel Kant, Thomas Kingsmill AbbottISBN 0486443094 (0-486-44309-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fundamental Principles Of The Metaphysics Of Morals'Book summary:What is morally permissible, and what is morally obligatory? These questions form the core of a vast amount of philosophical reasoning. In this landmark work, Kant proposes the concept of Categorical Imperative, which functions as a guide to appropriate action under a given set of circumstances.[via]More editions of Fundamental Principles Of The Metaphysics Of Morals:
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God & the Stateby M. BakuninISBN 048622483X (0-486-22483-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'God & the State'Book summary:A founder of modern philosophical anarchism presents a clear introduction to anarchist thought and a manifesto of atheism. Bakunin offers a mind-opening experience for even the most skeptical readers. This influential work denounces religion as a weapon of the state that must be smashed in the pursuit of the right to self-determination.[via]More editions of God & the State:
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Gray's Anatomyby Henry GrayISBN 0517209047 (0-517-20904-7)
Softcover, Random House Value Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gray's Anatomy'Book summary:This is a landmark edition of one of the greatest texts of our time. Gray's Anatomy has been an international bestseller for 100 years; its appeal is not only to physicians and students, but to artists and the medically curious. As the new Introduction by Dr. Crocco states: "Every living physician today has been exposed to Gray's Anatomy and nearly everyone has used it. It was Gray's Anatomy that occupied most of the embryonic physician's waking hours, whether at home or at the side of his cadaver.
"There have been many imitations, but few real competitors. There have been dissection manuals and pictorial atlases brilliantly illustrated with exquisite photographs. There have been synopses of anatomy and there have been monographs on various regions of the body. However, there is only one Gray's Anatomy.
"This stellar book represents the acme of anatomical description over the last century and will probably still be the premier text in anatomy over the next one hundred years. This commemorative edition is a very fitting tribute to Dr. Henry Gray, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, whose colossal work will be remembered by medical historians past and future and by twentieth-century physicians and surgeons as the anatomy text of our age." [via]More editions of Gray's Anatomy:
Great Speechesby Abraham LincolnISBN 0486268721 (0-486-26872-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Greek Artby John BoardmanISBN 0500202923 (0-500-20292-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Hand Bookbinding: A Manual of Instructionby Aldren WatsonISBN 048629157X (0-486-29157-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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History of the Peloponnesian Warby Thucydides, Richard CrawleyISBN 0486437620 (0-486-43762-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of the Peloponnesian War'Book summary:One of the world's great history books and the first true historical narrative of Western literature, Thucydides' chronicle of the disastrous 27-year conflict between Athens and Sparta resonates with tales of heroism and villainy, deeds of courage and desperation, and the eternal folly of human conflict. Scrupulously impartial and accurate. 5 maps. [via]
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The Human Past: World Prehistory & The Development Of Human Societiesby Chris ScarreISBN 0500285314 (0-500-28531-4)
Softcover, Thames & Hudson
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Human Past: World Prehistory & The Development Of Human Societies'Book summary:In The Human Past, a team of leading archaeologists, all well-known specialists in their fields, provides a seamless yet uniquely authoritative account of human prehistory on a global scale. It highlights the enormous diversity of human experience and the ways in which archaeologists are able to learn about it. This includes the deep prehistory of human evolution, the more recent prehistory of postglacial foragers and farmers, and the literate civilizations of Egypt, the Mediterranean world, South and East Asia, and Central and South America. It provides an introductory account that takes the student through the human past using a regional and chronological framework, focusing as much on the archaeology of the everyday as on the spectacular and unusual. The text is accompanied by hundreds of specially commissioned diagrams and photographs, many in full colour, that illustrate key sites, artifacts and regions, as well as clear timelines, boxes on key sites, methods, discoveries and controversies, and maps. [via]
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Icon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Businessby William L. Simon, Jeffrey S. YoungISBN 0471787841 (0-471-78784-1)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Icon: Steve Jobs, The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business'Book summary:iCon takes a look at the most astounding figure in a business era noted for its mavericks, oddballs, and iconoclasts. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Jeffrey Young and William Simon provide new perspectives on the legendary creation of Apple, detail Jobss meteoric rise, and the devastating plunge that left him not only out of Apple, but out of the computer-making business entirely. This unflinching and completely unauthorized portrait reveals both sides of Jobss role in the remarkable rise of the Pixar animation studio, also re-creates the acrimony between Jobs and Disneys Michael Eisner, and examines Jobss dramatic his rise from the ashes with his recapture of Apple. The authors examine the takeover and Jobss reinvention of the company with the popular iMac and his transformation of the industry with the revolutionary iPod. iCon is must reading for anyone who wants to understand how the modern digital age has been formed, shaped, and refined by the most influential figure of the agea master of three industries: movies, music, and computers. [via]
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The Illiad: Homerby HomerISBN 0486408833 (0-486-40883-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology, and Mythby J. P. MalloryISBN 0500276161 (0-500-27616-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Ireland: A Concise Historyby Maire MacEntee O'BrienISBN 0500273790 (0-500-27379-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Japanese Artby Joan Stanley-BakerISBN 0500203261 (0-500-20326-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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La Rochefoucauld: Maximsby Francois LA Rochefoucauld, John HeardISBN 0486451453 (0-486-45145-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Rochefoucauld: Maxims'Book summary:Often poetic, occasionally ironic, and frequently humorous, Maxims first published in 1665 can also be blunt and brutally candid: "Everyone blames his memory, no one his judgment." Bursting with philosophical musings that make for enlightened reading, this collection features more than 500 thought-provoking revelations.[via]More editions of La Rochefoucauld: Maxims:
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LA Vita Nuovaby Dante Alighieri, Dante Gabriel RossettiISBN 0486419150 (0-486-41915-0)
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Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountainsby Isabella L. BirdISBN 0486428036 (0-486-42803-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Language and Mythby Ernst CassirerISBN 0486200515 (0-486-20051-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Last Chance to Seeby Douglas Adams, Mark CarwardineISBN 051710976X (0-517-10976-X)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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The Magical Maze: Seeing the World Through Mathematical Eyesby Ian StewartISBN 0471350656 (0-471-35065-6)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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The Medieval Cookbookby Maggie BlackISBN 0500015481 (0-500-01548-1)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Medieval Cookbook'Book summary:A selection of fifty tested recipes taken from medieval manuscripts and adapted, with imperial and metric measurements, for the modern cook.
This cookbook offers a selection of recipes drawn from medieval manuscripts which have been adapted for the modern cook. Illustrated with scenes from medieval life, the dishes reflect the food eaten by many branches of society. The book ends with a section on herbs and medicines. Color illustrations throughout [via]More editions of The Medieval Cookbook:
A Modern Herbalby Maud GrieveISBN 0486227987 (0-486-22798-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Night Lives On: The Untold Stories and Secrets Behind the Sinking of the "Unsinkable" Ship - Titanic!by Walter LordISBN 0515092509 (0-515-09250-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Philosophy of Historyby George Hegel, J. SibreeISBN 0486437558 (0-486-43755-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Philosophy of History'Book summary:One of the great classics of Western thought develops concept that history is not chance but a rational process, operating according to the laws of evolution, and embodying the spirit of freedom. Translated by J. Sibree. Introduction by Carl Friedrich. [via]
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Poems and Songsby Robert BurnsISBN 0486268632 (0-486-26863-2)
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The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsessionby Peter L. BernsteinISBN 0471252107 (0-471-25210-7)
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Relativity: The Special and General Theoryby Albert EinsteinISBN 0517029618 (0-517-02961-8)
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Relativity: The Special and General Theoryby Robert W. Lawson, Albert EinsteinISBN 048641714X (0-486-41714-X)
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The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetryby Walter PaterISBN 0486440257 (0-486-44025-7)
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Rights of Manby Thomas PaineISBN 0486408930 (0-486-40893-0)
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germanyby William L. Shirer, Reader's DigestISBN 0517102943 (0-517-10294-3)
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Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrasesby Peter Mark RogetISBN 0517035529 (0-517-03552-9)
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Rogets Thesaurus Libraryby Roget StaffISBN 0517209853 (0-517-20985-3)
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Selected Essaysby Michel De MontaigneISBN 048629109X (0-486-29109-X)
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The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World: The Great Monuments and How They Were Builtby Christopher ScarreISBN 0500050961 (0-500-05096-1)
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Story of the Irish Raceby Seumas MacManusISBN 0517064081 (0-517-06408-1)
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Supernatural Horror in Literatureby Howard Phillips LovecraftISBN 0486201058 (0-486-20105-8)
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Thinking: Psychological Perspectives on Reasoning, Judgment, and Decision Makingby David Hardman, Laura MacchiISBN 0471494577 (0-471-49457-7)
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The book brings three of the important topics of thinking together - reasoning, judgment and decision making ??? and discusses key issues in each area. The studies described range from those that are purely laboratory based to those that involve experts making real world judgments, in areas such as medical and legal decision making and political and economic forecasting.
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Thirteen Books of Euclids Elementsby Gail Kay HainesISBN 0486600890 (0-486-60089-0)
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Thirteen Books of Euclids Elementsby Thomas L. HeathISBN 0486600882 (0-486-60088-2)
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The Tolkien Companionby J. E. A. TylerISBN 0517146487 (0-517-14648-7)
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A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledgeby George Berkeley, Thomas J. McCormackISBN 048643253X (0-486-43253-X)
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Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computerby David Bellos, Georges Ifrah, E. F. Harding, Ian Monk, Sophie WoodISBN 0471375683 (0-471-37568-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer'Book summary:The title doesn't lie. Mathematician Georges Ifrah's masterpiece, The Universal History of Numbers, is a wonderfully comprehensive overview of numbers and counting spanning all the inhabited continents as far back in time as records will allow us to look. Beyond the ancient Babylonians, Sumerians, and Indians, Ifrah takes us farther south into Africa to examine an early decimal counting system and into ancient Mexico to reconstruct what we can of the Mayan calendar and numerical system. The 27 chapters are chiefly organized by culture, though there are some cross-cultural overviews of topics like letters and numbers.
The author's aim was grand: "to provide in simple and accessible terms the full and complete answer to all and any questions ... about the history of numbers and counting, from prehistory to the age of computers." This led him to wander the world for 10 years, studying and learning; this scholastic pilgrim has returned with amazing stories to tell. Toward the end of the book, Ifrah makes the book truly universal by refuting alien-intervention theories of cultural origins--surely our benefactors would have given us an efficient decimal counting system, zero and all, before helping us build pyramids and such. Such charming ideas, combined with such rigorously researched facts, make The Universal History of Numbers a uniquely important and fascinating volume. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computerby Georges IfrahISBN 0471393401 (0-471-39340-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer'Book summary:For those of you who have read Georges Ifrah's first book, The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer, this is the third of a two-volume set! Just to clarify this, the first volume is being split into two and, together with this new third volume, republished as a trilogy. For those of you who have not read the first book, volume III begins with what could have been a very useful "Chronological Summary" and a "Recapitulation" of the ideas expressed in the first book. Unfortunately, without a preface or introduction, the unwary reader is immediately confronted with a very condensed version of the first book. Indeed, Ifrah's detailed study of number systems, when reduced to a series of illustrated plates, gives the impression that the history of numbers is little more than a history of typography. Yet another "Chronological Summary" from Calculation to Calculus follows, thereby reinforcing the feeling that the book is a collection of notes waiting to be crafted into a strong narrative. The translator, the unsung hero in many publications, has done sterling work in adding copious notes and helpful cross-references. The initial feeling remains, however, that this is a collection of jewels without a crown.
Having said that, the scope of the book is enormous, tracing the history of calculators and computers, from mechanical to electronic devices through both analogue and digital incarnations. There are some familiar faces, such as Pascal, Babbage, von Neumann and Turing, as well as many others who have so far escaped the spotlight. As a reference work it has a good index and an extensive bibliography. The author acknowledges regret at the lack of illustrations but gives references to such sources. In the search for universality and completeness it has, however, forsaken a strong guiding theme. The most engaging sections are where the mathematics, history and technology come together, bound by personal ambitions, whether intellectual or financial. In such sections Ifrah pauses from being a cataloguer to indulge in some story telling. It is here that the nuts and bolts of technology come to life. For teachers, students and researchers, this will prove to be a very useful starting point into a fascinating area of human innovation. But one would venture that this is a work destined for the library shelves rather than the bedside table. --Richard Mankiewicz [via]
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Vampire in Europeby Montague SummersISBN 0517149893 (0-517-14989-3)
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0486424723 (0-486-42472-3)
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Walden; Or, Life in the Woodsby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0486284956 (0-486-28495-6)
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Why Nations Go To Warby John G. StoessingerISBN 0495097071 (0-495-09707-1)
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