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The 1928 Book of Common Prayerby Not AvailableISBN 0195285115 (0-19-528511-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 1928 Book of Common Prayer'Book summary:A treasured resource for traditional Anglicans and other people who appreciate the majesty of King James-style language. It features a Presentation section containing certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Black hardcover binding, gold cross. [via]
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The 1979 Book of Common Prayer + Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version Bible With the Apocryphaby Not AvailableISBN 0195283007 (0-19-528300-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 1979 Book of Common Prayer + Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version Bible With the Apocrypha'Book summary:This unique resource combines the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and the NRSV Bible with the Apocrypha in a single, convenient volume. Includes a Presentation Page section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Red hardcover, gold cross, white page edges, 2 ribbon markers. [via]
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The 1979 Book of Common Prayer: Deluxe Vivella Burgundyby NISBN 019528772X (0-19-528772-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 1979 Book of Common Prayer: Deluxe Vivella Burgundy'Book summary:A special occasion merits a memorable gift, and this prayer book is just right for marking such an event. The Deluxe Gift Edition's bindings combine two types of soft-to-the-touch Vivella: one pattern wraps around the book's spine and back cover, while a contrasting pattern is on the front. The result is a stylish package that is sure to be treasured by its recipient. Includes a ribbon marker, Family Record section and attractive gift box. [via]
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The 1979 Book of Common Prayer, Economy Editionby Not AvailableISBN 0195287134 (0-19-528713-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 1979 Book of Common Prayer, Economy Edition'Book summary:The Economy Edition is perfect for people who value a well constructed, reasonably priced prayer book. It is also suitable for mass distribution in schools and for use as a pew prayer book. Wine red hardcover binding, gold cross, Presentation Page, square corners. [via]
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The 1979 Book of Common Prayer, Personal Editionby Not AvailableISBN 019528724X (0-19-528724-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 1979 Book of Common Prayer, Personal Edition'Book summary:The perfect style for a wide variety of uses, such pew book or special gift, the Personal Edition includes a Family Record section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. [via]
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Adams Vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800by John FerlingISBN 019518906X (0-19-518906-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adams Vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800'Book summary:It was a contest of titans: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two heroes of the Revolutionary era, once intimate friends, now icy antagonists locked in a fierce battle for the future of the United States. The election of 1800 was a thunderous clash of a campaign that climaxed in a deadlock in the Electoral College and led to a crisis in which the young republic teetered on the edge of collapse.
Adams vs. Jefferson is a gripping account of a true turning point in American history, a dramatic struggle between two parties with profoundly different visions of how the nation should be governed. Adams led the Federalists, conservatives who favored a strong central government, and Jefferson led the Republicans, egalitarians who felt the Federalists had betrayed the Revolution of 1776 and were backsliding toward monarchy. The campaign itself was a barroom brawl every bit as ruthless as any modern contest, with mud-slinging--Federalists called Jefferson "a howling atheist"--scare tactics, and backstabbing. The low point came when Alexander Hamilton printed a devastating attack on Adams, the head of his own party, in "fifty-four pages of unremitting vilification." The election ended in a stalemate in the Electoral College that dragged on for days and nights and through dozens of ballots. Tensions ran so high that the Republicans threatened civil war if the Federalists denied Jefferson the presidency. Finally a secret deal that changed a single vote gave Jefferson the White House. A devastated Adams left Washington before dawn on Inauguration Day, too embittered even to shake his rival's hand.
Jefferson's election, John Ferling concludes, consummated the American Revolution, assuring the democratization of the United States and its true separation from Britain. With magisterial command, Ferling brings to life both the outsize personalities and the hotly contested political questions at stake. He shows not just why this moment was a milestone in U.S. history, but how strongly the issues--and the passions--of 1800 resonate with our own time. [via]More editions of Adams Vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800:
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The Ancient Celtsby Barry CunliffeISBN 0198150105 (0-19-815010-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ancient Celts'Book summary:Fierce warriors and skilled craftsmen, the Celts were famous throughout the ancient Mediterranean world, the archetypal barbarians from the north, feared by both Greeks and Romans. And though this ancient thousand-year-old civilization was crushed by the military campaigns of Julius Caesar, the Celts remain an object of fascination to this day. Now, in The Ancient Celts , Barry Cunliffe, one of the world's leading authorities on European prehistory, explores the true nature of the Celtic identity and presents the first thorough and up-to-date account of a people whose origins still provoke heated debate. Drawing on a wealth of recent archaeological findings, Cunliffe reveals how this loose band of nomads evolved from migratory barbarians into adroit traders and artists, inhabiting virtually every corner of Europe north of the Po. Beginning in the Hungarian plains of 1300 B.C., where the first hints of Celtic culture can be traced, the book shows how this fierce people slowly grew into one of Europe's most feared powers, constantly raiding and threatening the empires of both Greece and the Rome. Cunliffe demonstrates how the unprecedented Celtic diaspora gave way to the development of a number of mature, urban societies scattered throughout the continent. The book pays ample tribute to Celtic economic prowess, revealing how the civilization shrewdly took advantage of Europes tin, cooper, and gold resources to become both a respected trading partner with Rome and a nation of skilled artisans who forged some of the greatest weaponry of pre-antiquity. The book also describes the Celtss pantheistic religious traditions, with detailed accounts of weapon burials, human sacrifices, and the meditative powers of the Druids, and it concludes with a look at the influences of the Celtic mystique on the modern world, revealing how the concept of the Celt has been used many times by nations in search for an identity. From the Victorians glorification of Boudicca, to linguisti [via]
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Anglo-Saxon Englandby F. M. StentonISBN 0198217161 (0-19-821716-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Apologia Pro Vita Suaby John Henry Newman, Martin J. SvaglicISBN 0198118406 (0-19-811840-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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At Home in the Universe: The Search for Laws of Self-Organization and Complexityby Stuart KauffmanISBN 0195111303 (0-19-511130-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At Home in the Universe: The Search for Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity'Book summary:The best treatment I have yet encountered about how order emerges naturally -- and possibly even necessarily -- out of chaos. Profoundly important, and considerably more informed than better-known pop-science treatments of chaos theory. Very highly recommended. [via]
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Atlas of World Historyby Patrick K. O'BrienISBN 0195215672 (0-19-521567-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Atlas of World History'Book summary:Synthesizing exceptional cartography and impeccable scholarship, the Atlas of World History traces 12,000 years of history with 450 full-color maps and over 200,000 words of text. Its outstanding features include:
* More than 200 illustrations and tables
* Longer essays on worldwide trends, political developments, and military conflicts, highlighting the most significant socioeconomic, cultural, and religious themes for five pivotal historical periods
* Devotion to the rich past of Africa, Asia, and the Americas
* Cross-references and an 8,000-entry index with alternative name forms permitting movement through regions and time periods with the utmost of ease
The Atlas of World History is sure to appeal to a wide audience of history and geography buffs and scholars, as well as students. [via]More editions of Atlas of World History:
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Book of Common Prayerby Joan DidionISBN 0195287665 (0-19-528766-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book of Common Prayer'Book summary:The handsome Reader's Edition features a large, easy-to-read typeface that is perfect for use in public worship settings or for people with vision difficulties. Makes a great pew prayer book. Burgundy genuine leather, gold cross, gold page edges, 2 ribbon markers, gift box. [via]
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The Book of Common Prayer 1979: Red, Bonded LeatherISBN 0195287150 (0-19-528715-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:The luxuriously bound Personal Gift Edition is just right for Confirmation or other special occasions. Includes a Family Record section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Wine red deluxe imitation leather, cross blind-stamped on front, colored page edges, 1 ribbon marker. [via]
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Book of Common Prayer: And Administration of the Sacraments And Other Rites And Ceremonies of the ChurchISBN 0195285077 (0-19-528507-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:Our most popular prayer book style, this edition makes an excellent pew book or economical gift. Includes a Family Record section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Blue hardcover, gold cross, gold page edges, 2 ribbon markers. [via]
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The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church: According to the Use of the Episcopal CISBN 0195287037 (0-19-528703-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:Our most popular prayer book style, this edition makes an excellent pew book or economical gift. Includes a Family Record section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Black hardcover, gold cross, gold page edges, 2 ribbon markers. [via]
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The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsenseby Michael ShermerISBN 0195157982 (0-19-515798-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense'Book summary:As author of the bestselling Why People Believe Weird Things and How We Believe, and Editor-in-Chief of Skeptic magazine, Michael Shermer has emerged as the nation's number one scourge of superstition and bad science. Now, in The Borderlands of Science, he takes us to the place where real science (such as the big bang theory), borderland science (superstring theory), and just plain nonsense (Big Foot) collide with one another.
Shermer argues that science is the best lens through which to view the world, but he recognizes that it's often difficult for most of us to tell where valid science leaves off and borderland science begins. To help us, Shermer looks at a range of topics that put the boundary line in high relief. For instance, he discusses the many "theories of everything" that try to reduce the complexity of the world to a single principle, and shows how most fall into the category of pseudoscience. He examines the work of Darwin and Freud, explaining why one is among the great scientists in history, while the other has become nothing more than a historical curiosity. He also shows how Carl Sagan's life exemplified the struggle we all face to find a balance between being open-minded enough to recognize radical new ideas but not so open-minded that our brains fall out. And finally, he reveals how scientists themselves can be led astray, as seen in the infamous Piltdown Hoax.
Michael Shermer's enlightening volume will be a valuable aid to anyone bewildered by the many scientific theories swirling about. It will help us stay grounded in common sense as we try to evaluate everything from SETI and acupuncture to hypnosis and cloning. [via]More editions of The Borderlands of Science: Where Sense Meets Nonsense:
Canadian Oxford Dictionaryby Katherine BarberISBN 0195418166 (0-19-541816-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Canadian Oxford Dictionary'Book summary:Never before has Canadian English been so accurately and comprehensively described as in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary.
Here are 130,000 definitions, including over 2,000 distinctly Canadian words and meanings, covering every region of the country. Each of these entries is exceptionally reliable, the result of thorough research into databases of over 20 million words from more than 8,000 Canadian sources, plus an additional 20 million words from other English sources. Oxford's thorough research has ensured that new words that have recently appeared are well represented. An added feature of this dictionary is its encyclopedic element. It includes short biographies of over 800 Canadians, such as Elvis Stojko, Celine Dion and Lester B. Pearson, as well as entries on 5,000 individuals and mythical figures, and almost 6,000 place names, more than 1,200 of them Canadian. Their entries not only explain the origin of the place name, but also include the population based on the 1996 census.
With the publication of The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Oxford University Press adds another work to its highly respected range of dictionaries, and Canadians finally have a dictionary that truly reflects their nation. [via]More editions of Canadian Oxford Dictionary:
- Canadian Oxford Dictionary: ISBN 019541120X (0-19-541120-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Canadian Oxford Dictionary: The Foremost Authority on Current Canadian English: ISBN 0195417313 (0-19-541731-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Canadian Oxford Dictionary: ISBN 0195418166 (0-19-541816-6)
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Catherine the Great: Life and Legendby John T. AlexanderISBN 0195061624 (0-19-506162-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Languageby Walter William SkeatISBN 0198631057 (0-19-863105-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotationsby Elizabeth KnowlesISBN 0198607520 (0-19-860752-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United Statesby Kenneth T. JacksonISBN 0195132874 (0-19-513287-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States'Book summary:This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how "the good life" in America came to be equated with the a home of one's own surrounded by a grassy yard and located far from the urban workplace. Integrating social history with economic and architectural analysis, and taking into account such factors as the availability of cheap land, inexpensive building methods, and rapid transportation, Kenneth Jackson chronicles the phenomenal growth of the American suburb from the middle of the 19th century to the present day. He treats communities in every section of the U.S. and compares American residential patterns with those of Japan and Europe. In conclusion, Jackson offers a controversial prediction: that the future of residential deconcentration will be very different from its past in both the U.S. and Europe.
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Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Filmby Erik BarnouwISBN 0195078985 (0-19-507898-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Elbow Room: The Varieties of Free Will Worth Wantingby Daniel Clement DennettISBN 0198247907 (0-19-824790-7)
Softcover, Clarendon Press
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The English Languageby Robert W. BurchfieldISBN 0198604033 (0-19-860403-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New Englandby John P. DemosISBN 0195174836 (0-19-517483-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England'Book summary:In the first edition of the Bancroft Prize-winning Entertaining Satan, John Putnam Demos presented an entirely new perspective on American witchcraft. By investigating the surviving historical documents of over a hundred actual witchcraft cases, he vividly recreated the world of New England during the witchcraft trials and brought to light fascinating information on the role of witchcraft in early American culture. Now Demos has revisited his original work and updated it to illustrate why these early Americans' strange views on witchcraft still matter to us today. He provides a new preface that puts forth a broader overview of witchcraft and looks at its place around the world--from ancient times right up to the present. [via]
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Entertaining Satan : Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New Englandby John Putnam DemosISBN 0195031318 (0-19-503131-8)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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The Episcopal Book of Common Prayer : Personal Size 1979 Ed., Redby Oxford StaffISBN 0195287029 (0-19-528702-9)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Episcopal Book of Common Prayer : Personal Size 1979 Ed., Red'Book summary:Our most popular prayer book style, this edition makes an excellent pew book or economical gift. Includes a Family Record section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Red hardcover, gold cross, gold page edges, 2 ribbon markers. [via]
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Ethica Nicomacheaby Ingram BywaterISBN 019814511X (0-19-814511-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbariansby Peter HeatherISBN 0195325419 (0-19-532541-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians'Book summary:The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Rome generated its own nemesis. Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors it called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling the Empire that had dominated their lives for so long.
Heather is a leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the barbarians. In The Fall of the Roman Empire, he explores the extraordinary success story that was the Roman Empire and uses a new understanding of its continued strength and enduring limitations to show how Europe's barbarians, transformed by centuries of contact with Rome on every possible level, eventually pulled it apart. He shows first how the Huns overturned the existing strategic balance of power on Rome's European frontiers, to force the Goths and others to seek refuge inside the Empire. This prompted two generations of struggle, during which new barbarian coalitions, formed in response to Roman hostility, brought the Roman west to its knees. The Goths first destroyed a Roman army at the battle of Hadrianople in 378, and went on to sack Rome in 410. The Vandals spread devastation in Gaul and Spain, before conquering North Africa, the breadbasket of the Western Empire, in 439. We then meet Attila the Hun, whose reign of terror swept from Constantinople to Paris, but whose death in 453 ironically precipitated a final desperate phase of Roman collapse culminating in the Vandals' defeat of the massive Byzantine Armada: the west's last chance for survival.
Peter Heather convincingly argues that the Roman Empire was not on the brink of social or moral collapse. What brought it to an end were the barbarians. [via]More editions of The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians:
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution 1763-1789by Robert MiddlekauffISBN 019531588X (0-19-531588-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789'Book summary:Many histories of the American Revolution are written as if on stained glass, with George Washington's forces of good battling King George III's redcoat devils. The actual events were, of course, far more complex than that, and Robert Middlekauff undertakes the difficult task of separating the real from the mythic with great success. From him we learn that England taxed the colonials so heavily in an attempt to retire the massive debt incurred in defending those very colonials against other powers, notably France; that the writing of the Constitution was delayed for two years while states argued among themselves in the face of massive military losses; and that demographic shifts during the Revolution did much to increase America's ethic diversity at an early and decisive time. Vividly told, this is a superb account of the nation's founding. [via]
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Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750by Laurel Thatcher UlrichISBN 0195033604 (0-19-503360-4)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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The History of Jazzby Ted GioiaISBN 019512653X (0-19-512653-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of Jazz'Book summary:Jazz is the most colorful and varied art form in the world and it was born in one of the most colorful and varied cities, New Orleans. From the seed first planted by slave dances held in Congo Square and nurtured by early ensembles led by Buddy Belden and Joe "King" Oliver, jazz began its long winding odyssey across America and around the world, giving flower to a thousand different forms--swing, bebop, cool jazz, jazz-rock fusion--and a thousand great musicians. Now, in The History of Jazz, Ted Gioia tells the story of this music as it has never been told before, in a book that brilliantly portrays the legendary jazz players, the breakthrough styles, and the world in which it evolved.
Here are the giants of jazz and the great moments of jazz history--Jelly Roll Morton ("the world's greatest hot tune writer"), Louis Armstrong (whose O-keh recordings of the mid-1920s still stand as the most significant body of work that jazz has produced), Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club, cool jazz greats such as Gerry Mulligan, Stan Getz, and Lester Young, Charlie Parker's surgical precision of attack, Miles Davis's 1955 performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, Ornette Coleman's experiments with atonality, Pat Metheny's visionary extension of jazz-rock fusion, the contemporary sounds of Wynton Marsalis, and the post-modernists of the Knitting Factory. Gioia provides the reader with lively portraits of these and many other great musicians, intertwined with vibrant commentary on the music they created. Gioia also evokes the many worlds of jazz, taking the reader to the swamp lands of the Mississippi Delta, the bawdy houses of New Orleans, the rent parties of Harlem, the speakeasies of Chicago during the Jazz Age, the after hours spots of corrupt Kansas city, the Cotton Club, the Savoy, and the other locales where the history of jazz was made. And as he traces the spread of this protean form, Gioia provides much insight into the social context in which the music was born. He shows for instance how the development of technology helped promote the growth of jazz--how ragtime blossomed hand-in-hand with the spread of parlor and player pianos, and how jazz rode the growing popularity of the record industry in the 1920s. We also discover how bebop grew out of the racial unrest of the 1940s and '50s, when black players, no longer content with being "entertainers," wanted to be recognized as practitioners of a serious musical form.
Jazz is a chameleon art, delighting us with the ease and rapidity with which it changes colors. Now, in Ted Gioia's The History of Jazz, we have at last a book that captures all these colors on one glorious palate. Knowledgeable, vibrant, and comprehensive, it is among the small group of books that can truly be called classics of jazz literature. [via]More editions of The History of Jazz:
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Iliad of Homerby Ennis Rees, HomerISBN 0195068262 (0-19-506826-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Introduction to Old Norseby Eric V. GordonISBN 0198111843 (0-19-811184-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Introduction to the Lectures on the History of Philosophyby Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, T.M. KnoxISBN 0198249918 (0-19-824991-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Introduction to the Lectures on the History of Philosophy'Book summary:This new translation of the first volume of Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy includes material not available to Haldane and Simson when they made their translation nearly 100 years ago. Indispensable for the student of Hegel, it can also serve as an introduction to Hegel's conception of philosophy for the general reader. [via]
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Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Societyby Raymond WilliamsISBN 0195204697 (0-19-520469-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society'Book summary:Now revised to include new words and updated essays, Keywords focuses on the sociology of language, demonstrating how the key words we use to understand our society take on new meanings and how these changes reflect the political bent and values of society. [via]
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Lost Christianities: The Battle for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knewby Bart D. EhrmanISBN 0195182499 (0-19-518249-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost Christianities: The Battles For Scripture And The Faiths We Never Knew'Book summary:The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed that there was not one God but two or twelve or thirty. Some believed that the world had not been created by God but by a lesser, ignorant deity. Certain sects maintained that Jesus was human but not divine, while others said he was divine but not human.
In Lost Christianities, Bart D. Ehrman offers a fascinating look at these early forms of Christianity and shows how they came to be suppressed, reformed, or forgotten. All of these groups insisted that they upheld the teachings of Jesus and his apostles, and they all possessed writings that bore out their claims, books reputedly produced by Jesus's own followers. Modern archaeological work has recovered a number of key texts, and as Ehrman shows, these spectacular discoveries reveal religious diversity that says much about the ways in which history gets written by the winners. Ehrman's discussion ranges from considerations of various "lost scriptures"--including forged gospels supposedly written by Simon Peter, Jesus's closest disciple, and Judas Thomas, Jesus's alleged twin brother--to the disparate beliefs of such groups as the Jewish-Christian Ebionites, the anti-Jewish Marcionites, and various "Gnostic" sects. Ehrman examines in depth the battles that raged between "proto-orthodox Christians"--those who eventually compiled the canonical books of the New Testament and standardized Christian belief--and the groups they denounced as heretics and ultimately overcame.
Scrupulously researched and lucidly written, Lost Christianities is an eye-opening account of politics, power, and the clash of ideas among Christians in the decades before one group came to see its views prevail. [via]More editions of Lost Christianities: The Battle for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew:
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Lost Christianities/ Lost Scripturesby Bart D. EhrmanISBN 0195222296 (0-19-522229-6)
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The Market Revolution: Jacksonian America 1815-1846by Charles Grier SellersISBN 0195089200 (0-19-508920-0)
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The Market Revolution : Jacksonian America, 1815-1846by Charles C. SellersISBN 0195038894 (0-19-503889-4)
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The Movement and the Sixtiesby Terry H. AndersonISBN 0195104579 (0-19-510457-9)
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The Movement and the Sixties/Protest in America from Greensboro to Wounded Kneeby Terry H. AndersonISBN 0195074092 (0-19-507409-2)
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The Oxford Classical Dictionaryby Simon Hornblower, Antony SpawforthISBN 0198606419 (0-19-860641-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Classical Dictionary'Book summary:For almost half a century, the Oxford Classical Dictionary has been the unrivaled one-volume reference work on the Greco-Roman world. Whether one is interested in literature or art, philosophy or law, mythology or science, intimate details of daily life or broad cultural and historical trends, the OCD is the first place to turn for clear, authoritative information on ancient culture.
This newly revised and completely up-to-date third edition of this historic reference adequately reflects the recent expansion in the scholarship and scope of classical studies. Here, in over six thousand entries ranging from long articles to brief identifications, readers can find information on virtually any topic of interestathletics, bee-keeping, botany, magic, Roman law, religious rites, postal service, slavery, navigation, and the reckoning of time. The Dictionary profiles every major figure of Greece and Rome-and lesser known figures not found in other references-from Homer and Virgil, to Plato and Aristotle, to Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great. Readers will find entries on mythological and legendary figures, on major cities, famous buildings, and important geographical landmarks, and on legal, rhetorical, literary, and political terms and concepts, as well as extensive thematic articles that offer superb coverage of topics of interest to both scholars and general readers, exploring everything from medicine and mathematics to music, law, and marriage.
With contributions and guidance from some of the finest classical scholars in the world, the Oxford Classical Dictionary has no equal in any language. It is the definitive summation of classical scholarship as it stands today.
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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literatureby Paul H. Harvey, M. C. HowatsonISBN 019860081X (0-19-860081-X)
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The Oxford Companion to the Bibleby Bruce M. Metzger, Michael D. CooganISBN 0195046455 (0-19-504645-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to the Bible'Book summary:The Bible has had an immeasurable influence on Western culture, touching on virtually every aspect of our lives. It is one of the great wellsprings of Western religious, ethical, and philosophical traditions. It has been an endless source of inspiration to artists, from classic works such as Michaelangelo's Last Judgment, Handel's Messiah, or Milton's Paradise Lost, to modern works such as Thomas Mann's Joseph and His Brothers or Martin Scorsese's controversial Last Temptation of Christ. For countless generations, it has been a comfort in suffering, a place to reflect on the mysteries of birth, death, and immortality. Its stories and characters are an integral part of the repertoire of every educated adult, forming an enduring bond that spans thousands of years and embraces a vast community of believers and nonbelievers.
The Oxford Companion to the Bible provides an authoritative one-volume reference to the people, places, events, books, institutions, religious belief, and secular influence of the Bible. Written by more than 250 scholars from some 20 nations and embracing a wide variety of perspectives, the Companion offers over seven hundred entries, ranging from brief identifications--who is Dives? where is Pisgah?--to extensive interpretive essays on topics such as the influence of the Bible on music or law.
Ranging far beyond the scope of a traditional Bible dictionary, the Companion features, in addition to its many informative, factual entries, an abundance of interpretive essays. Here are extended entries on religious concepts from immortality, sin, and grace, to baptism, ethics, and the Holy Spirit. The contributors also explore biblical views of modern issues such as homosexuality, marriage, and anti-Semitism, and the impact of the Bible on the secular world (including a four-part article on the Bible's influence on literature).
Of course, the Companion can also serve as a handy reference, the first place to turn to find factual information on the Bible. Readers will find fascinating, informative articles on all the books of the Bible--including the Apocrypha and many other ancient texts, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, Pseudepigrapha, and the Mishrah. Virtually every figure who walked across the biblical stage is identified here, ranging from Rebekah, Rachel, and Mary, to Joseph, Barabbas, and Jesus. The Companion also offers entries that shed light on daily life in ancient Israel and the earliest Christian communities, with fascinating articles on feasts and festivals, clothing, medicine, units of time, houses, and furniture. Finally, there are twenty-eight pages of full-color maps, providing an accurate, detailed portrait of the biblical world.
A vast compendium of information related to scriptures, here is an ideal complement to the Bible, an essential volume for every home and library, the first place to turn for information on the central book of Western culture. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to the Bible:
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The Oxford Companion to the Bible: Windows Versionby Bruce M. Metzger, Michael D. CooganISBN 0195112660 (0-19-511266-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to the Bible: Windows Version'Book summary:****THS IS PRINT ED. COPY - SEE SHORT COPY FOR ELEC. ED.**** The Bible has had an immeasurable influence on Western culture, touching on virtually every aspect of our lives. It is one of the great wellsprings of Western religious, ethical, and philosophical traditions. It has been an endless source of inspiration to artists, from classic works such as Michaelangelo's Last Judgment, Handel's Messiah, or Milton's Paradise Lost, to modern works such as Thomas Mann's Joseph and His Brothers or Martin Scorsese's controversial Last Temptation of Christ. For countless generations, it has been a comfort in suffering, a place to reflect on the mysteries of birth, death, and immortality. Its stories and characters are an integral part of the repertoire of every educated adult, forming an enduring bond that spans thousands of years and embraces a vast community of believers and nonbelievers.
The Oxford Companion to the Bible provides an authoritative one-volume reference to the people, places, events, books, institutions, religious belief, and secular influence of the Bible. Written by more than 250 scholars from some 20 nations and embracing a wide variety of perspectives, the Companion offers over seven hundred entries, ranging from brief identifications--who is Dives? where is Pisgah?--to extensive interpretive essays on topics such as the influence of the Bible on music or law.
Ranging far beyond the scope of a traditional Bible dictionary, the Companion features, in addition to its many informative, factual entries, an abundance of interpretive essays. Here are extended entries on religious concepts from immortality, sin, and grace, to baptism, ethics, and the Holy Spirit. The contributors also explore biblical views of modern issues such as homosexuality, marriage, and anti-Semitism, and the impact of the Bible on the secular world (including a four-part article on the Bible's influence on literature).
Of course, the Companion can also serve as a handy reference, the first place to turn to find factual information on the Bible. Readers will find fascinating, informative articles on all the books of the Bible--including the Apocrypha and many other ancient texts, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, Pseudepigrapha, and the Mishrah. Virtually every figure who walked across the biblical stage is identified here, ranging from Rebekah, Rachel, and Mary, to Joseph, Barabbas, and Jesus. The Companion also offers entries that shed light on daily life in ancient Israel and the earliest Christian communities, with fascinating articles on feasts and festivals, clothing, medicine, units of time, houses, and furniture. Finally, there are twenty-eight pages of full-color maps, providing an accurate, detailed portrait of the biblical world.
A vast compendium of information related to scriptures, here is an ideal complement to the Bible, an essential volume for every home and library, the first place to turn for information on the central book of Western culture. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to the Bible: Windows Version:
The Oxford History of the French Revolutionby William DoyleISBN 0198227817 (0-19-822781-7)
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The Oxford History of World Cinemaby Geoffrey Nowell-SmithISBN 0198112572 (0-19-811257-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford History of World Cinema'Book summary:Most histories of the international cinema focus on the careers of prominent directors. But the authors of The Oxford History of World Cinema set cinematic genres, trends, and national themes at the fore, composing a history of the cinema that is equally a history of our multifarious world culture. Still, in deference to the older historical style, the text of this hefty book is dotted with hundreds of minibiographies on individual filmmakers. The result of this hybrid approach is one of the most comprehensive film histories ever, allowing insight into its complex subject from a number of different perspectives. [via]
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianityby John McMannersISBN 0198229283 (0-19-822928-3)
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Irelandby R. F. FosterISBN 0198229704 (0-19-822970-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland'Book summary:Few countries in the world have such a compelling, individual, and stirring history as Ireland. This new volume, the latest in the widely acclaimed Oxford Illustrated Histories series, offers the most authoritative account of Irish history yet published for the general reader. Written by an expert team of scholars--all of whom are native to Ireland--this richly illustrated work takes us from the very earliest prehistoric communities and first Christian settlements, through centuries of turbulent change and creativity, to the present day.
Unlike earlier one-volume histories, which have tended toward oversimplification, this book emphasizes the paradoxes and ambiguities of Irish history, presenting a much more realistic picture. Why, for instance, are there such intense variations in agriculture, prosperity, and political affiliation in an island that compasses such a small area? And why do Victorian norms prevail in certain areas of 20th-century Irish life? In each chapter, the author marks new paths, redefining the preoccupations of the Irish and casting a cold eye on their ruling pieties. Overall unifying themes do, of course, emerge--and provide the familiar ground of Irish historiography: the shifting patterns of settlement and colonization, the recurrent religious strife, the establishment of new political entities.
The predominance of language in Irish life has led to the creation of a literature that is, in a way, a record of Irish history. A special feature of this book is a chapter that explores the interaction of Irish history and literature, what some have called "a bloody crossroads." The conflicts, settlements, discontinuities, and unities of Irish history are illustrated with a broad range of visuals covering the landscape, artefacts, architecture, and an enormous variety of contemporary material. There are over 200 photographs, including 24 full-color plates, and the volume is completed with reference material, maps, a chronology, lists of further reading, and a full index.
Wide-ranging, challenging, and highly readable, this vivid view of Irish history will instruct and entertain students, scholars, and general readers alike. [via]More editions of The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland:
The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Englandby Nigel SaulISBN 0198205023 (0-19-820502-3)
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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Styleby Michael BaxandallISBN 0198173210 (0-19-817321-0)
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This new second edition includes an appendix that lists the original Latin and Italian texts referred to throughout the book, providing the reader with all the relevant, authentic sources. It also contains an updated bibliography and a new reproduction of a recently restored painting which replaces the original. [via]More editions of Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style:
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The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionaryby James MorwoodISBN 0198602839 (0-19-860283-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary'Book summary:In fields from law to history, from classics to botany, Latin continues to play a role in modern studies--indeed, it lies at the heart of Western culture. The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary provides a convenient guide to this essential language, specially designed to assist today's reader. The foremost lexicon of its size, The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary features more than 60,000 entries, with over 120,000 translations, full grammatical information on each word, and complete guidance to meaning, style, and context in cases of ambiguity. The dictionary also includes liturgical and botanical Latin terms, classical Latin pronunciation guidance, appendices on historical personalities and mythological characters, listings of geograhical names with English explanations of their locations and significance. For any student, scholar, or professional tired of lugging a weighty tome whenever a Latin reference is required, The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary provides the answer: an authoritative, succinct lexicon of this seminal ancient language. [via]
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The Power Eliteby Charles Wright MillsISBN 0195133544 (0-19-513354-4)
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The Promise of the New South: Life after Reconstructionby Edward L. AyersISBN 0195085485 (0-19-508548-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Promise of the New South : Life after Reconstruction'Book summary:At a public picnic in the South in the 1890s, a young man paid five cents for his first chance to hear the revolutionary Edison talking machine. He eagerly listened as the soundman placed the needle down, only to find that through the tubes he held to his ears came the chilling sounds of a lynching. In this story, with its blend of new technology and old hatreds, genteel picnic and mob violence, Edward Ayers captures the history of the South in the years between Reconstruction and the turn of the century--a combination of progress and reaction that defined the contradictory promise of the New South.
Ranging from the Georgia coast to the Tennessee mountains, from the power brokers to tenant farmers, Ayers depicts a land of startling contrasts--a time of progress and repression, of new industries and old ways. Ayers takes us from remote Southern towns, revolutionized by the spread of the railroads, to the statehouses where Democratic "Redeemers" swept away the legacy of Reconstruction; from the small farmers, trapped into growing nothing but cotton, to the new industries of Birmingham; from abuse and intimacy in the family to tumultuous public meetings of the prohibitionists. He explores every aspect of society, politics, and the economy, detailing the importance of each in the emerging New South. Here is the local Baptist congregation, the country store, the tobacco-stained second-class railroad car, the rise of Populism: the teeming, nineteenth-century South comes to life in these pages. And central to the entire story is the role of race relations, from alliances and friendships between blacks and whites to the spread of Jim Crow laws and disenfranchisement. Ayers weaves all these details into the contradictory story of the New South, showing how the region developed the patterns it was to follow for the next fifty years.
When Edward Ayers published Vengeance and Justice, a landmark study of crime and punishment in the nineteenth-century South, he received wide acclaim. Now he provides an unforgettable account of the New South--a land with one foot in the future and the other in the past. [via]More editions of The Promise of the New South: Life after Reconstruction:
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The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil Warby Michael F. HoltISBN 0195161041 (0-19-516104-1)
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The nature of these disagreements amongst party leaders (most notably Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and future presidents such as John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Millard Fillmore) take up the majority of space in Holt's 1,200-page account. Instead of relating how general sentiment on major issues (such as territorial expansion and the Compromise of 1850) determined the Whigs' fate, Holt shows how local and statewide political caucuses, party "kingmakers," federal patronage, and special interests created competing factions within the party even before sectionalism fractured cooperation between Northern and Southern wings in 1854. Amidst the diffused levels of power that defined the Federalism of the post-Jacksonian era, Holt concludes that the more popular leaders (such as Taylor and Fillmore) tried to balance competition amongst party factions instead of imposing an ideological "hard line" on sectional issues, a move that alienated many of the party's key ideological supporters. Written in an engaging narrative style with a minimal engagement of abstract theory, The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party meticulously reconstructs the byzantine world of 19th-century American politics. --John M. Anderson [via]
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Robert Burton's the Anatomy of Melancholy: Commentary Up to Part. 1, Sect. 2, Memb. 3, Subs. 15, 'Misery of Schollers'by Martin Dodsworth, J. B. Bamborough, Robert BurtonISBN 0198123329 (0-19-812332-9)
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Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousnessby Roger PenroseISBN 0195106466 (0-19-510646-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness'Book summary:A New York Times bestseller when it appeared in 1989, Roger Penrose's The Emperor's New Mind was universally hailed as a marvelous survey of modern physics as well as a brilliant reflection on the human mind, offering a new perspective on the scientific landscape and a visionary glimpse of the possible future of science. Now, in Shadows of the Mind, Penrose offers another exhilarating look at modern science as he mounts an even more powerful attack on artificial intelligence. But perhaps more important, in this volume he points the way to a new science, one that may eventually explain the physical basis of the human mind.
Penrose contends that some aspects of the human mind lie beyond computation. This is not a religious argument (that the mind is something other than physical) nor is it based on the brain's vast complexity (the weather is immensely complex, says Penrose, but it is still a computable thing, at least in theory). Instead, he provides powerful arguments to support his conclusion that there is something in the conscious activity of the brain that transcends computation--and will find no explanation in terms of present-day science. To illuminate what he believes this "something" might be, and to suggest where a new physics must proceed so that we may understand it, Penrose cuts a wide swathe through modern science, providing penetrating looks at everything from Turing machines (computers programmed from artificial intelligence) to the implications of Godel's theorem maintaining that conscious thinking must indeed involve ingredients that cannot adequately be stimulated by mere computation. Of particular interest is Penrose's extensive examination of quantum mechanics, which introduces some new ideas that differ markedly from those advanced in The Emperor's New Mind, especially concerning the mysterious interface where classical and quantum physics meet. But perhaps the most interesting wrinkle in Shadows of the Mind is Penrose's excursion into microbiology, where he examines cytoskeletons and microtubules, minute substructures lying deep within the brain's neurons. (He argues that microtubules--not neurons--may indeed be the basic units of the brain, which, if nothing else, would dramatically increase the brain's computational power.) Furthermore, he contends that in consciousness some kind of global quantum state must take place across large areas of the brain, and that it within microtubules that these collective quantum effects are most likely to reside.
For physics to accommodate something that is as foreign to our current physical picture as is the phenomenon of consciousness, we must expect a profound change--one that alters the very underpinnings of our philosophical viewpoint as to the nature of reality. Shadows of the Mind provides an illuminating look at where these profound changes may take place and what our future understanding of the world may be. [via]More editions of Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness:
A Shakespeare Glossaryby Robert D. Eagleson, C. T. OnionsISBN 0198125216 (0-19-812521-6)
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Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principlesby Lesley Brown, William R. Trumble, Angus Stevenson, Judith SiefringISBN 0198604572 (0-19-860457-2)
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The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum Southby John W. BlassingameISBN 0195025636 (0-19-502563-6)
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Time: A Traveler's Guideby Clifford A. PickoverISBN 0195130960 (0-19-513096-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Time: A Traveller's Guide'Book summary:The thought that humans might one day be able to harness time, traveling freely from one age to another, has been a fixture of science fiction for years. Science fact is beginning to catch up to the long-held dream: in this entertaining survey, researcher-writer Clifford Pickover observes that current theories of physics support--or at least do not rule out--the possibilities of time travel.
In chapters that mix whimsical science-fiction scenarios with brief essays on matters of fact, Pickover takes a leisurely stroll through various chrono-cosmological theories and discusses their attendant virtues, flaws, and inherent paradoxes. One modern notion, Kurt Gödel's addendum to Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, posits a rotating universe in which it is possible for a traveler to move between states of time and return to the present (assuming, of course, that there is such a thing as the present); the theory depends on a universe that rotates slowly, which seems not to be the case, but, as Pickover points out, it nevertheless provides a mathematical basis for time travel--which, he suggests, is a fine and worthy start. Pickover peppers his well-illustrated text with learned asides on such matters as light-cone diagrams, rocket clocks, string theory, parallel universes, and other topics real and speculative. What he turns up in the course of his narrative is fascinating--and fuel for anyone who entertains dreams of interdimensional wandering. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433by Louis LevathesISBN 0195112075 (0-19-511207-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433'Book summary:A hundred years before Columbus and his fellow Europeans began making their way to the New World, fleets of giant Chinese junks commanded by the eunuch admiral Zheng He and filled with the empire's finest porcelains, lacquerware, and silk ventured to the edge of the world's "four corners." It was a time of exploration and conquest, but it ended in a retrenchment so complete that less than a century later, it was a crime to go to sea in a multimasted ship. In When China Ruled the Seas, Louise Levathes takes a fascinating and unprecedented look at this dynamic period in China's enigmatic history, focusing on China's rise as a naval power that literally could have ruled the world and at its precipitious plunge into isolation when a new emperor ascended the Dragon Throne.
During the brief period from 1405 to 1433, seven epic expeditions brought China's "treasure ships" across the China Seas and the Indian Ocean, from Taiwan to the spice islands of Indonesia and the Malabar coast of India, on to the rich ports of the Persian Gulf and down the African coast, China's "El Dorado," and perhaps even to Australia, three hundred years before Captain Cook was credited with its discovery. With over 300 ships--some measuring as much as 400 feet long and 160 feet wide, with upwards of nine masts and twelve sails, and combined crews sometimes numbering over 28,000 men--the emperor Zhu Di's fantastic fleet was a virtual floating city, a naval expression of his Forbidden City in Beijing. The largest wooden boats ever built, these extraordinary ships were the most technically superior vessels in the world with innovations such as balanced rudders and bulwarked compartments that predated European ships by centuries. For thirty years foreign goods, medicines, geographic knowledge, and cultural insights flowed into China at an extraordinary rate, and China extended its sphere of political power and influence throughout the Indian Ocean. Half the world was in China's grasp, and the rest could easily have been, had the emperor so wished. But instead, China turned inward, as suceeding emperors forbade overseas travel and stopped all building and repair of oceangoing junks. Disobedient merchants and seamen were killed, and within a hundred years the greatest navy the world had ever known willed itself into extinction. The period of China's greatest outward expansion was followed by the period of its greatest isolation.
Drawing on eye-witness accounts, official Ming histories, and African, Arab, and Indian sources, many translated for the first time, Levathes brings readers inside China's most illustrious scientific and technological era. She sheds new light on the historical and cultural context in which this great civilization thrived, as well as the perception of other cultures toward this little understood empire at the time. Beautifully illustrated and engagingly written, When China Ruled the Seas is the fullest picture yet of the early Ming Dynasty--the last flowering of Chinese culture before the Manchu invasions. [via]More editions of When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405-1433:
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Women's America: Refocusing the Pastby Jane Sherron De Hart, Linda K. KerberISBN 0195029836 (0-19-502983-6)
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Softcover, Oxford University Press - Women's America: Refocusing the Past: ISBN 0195029836 (0-19-502983-6)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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Women's America: Refocusing the Pastby Linda K. Kerber, Jane Sherron De HartISBN 0195159829 (0-19-515982-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Women's America: Refocusing the Past'Book summary:Featuring a mix of primary source documents, articles, and illustrations, Women's America: Refocusing the Past has long been an invaluable resource. Now in its sixth edition, the book has been extensively revised and updated to cover recent events in American women's history. It provides many new selections from leading theorists and historians and restores several readings that were cut from the fifth edition. Successfully classroom-tested, these new essays offer more material on the impact of ethnicity in American culture, the roles that women have played in the creation of male-dominated structures, and the international dimensions of women's lives. The book covers such diverse groups as Christian Indian women in colonial America, African-American women in post-Civil War Atlanta, young Jewish labor organizers in turn-of-the-century New York, new arrivals to San Francisco's Chinatown, Japanese-American women during World War II, and Chicana feminists. The introductory essay has been revised and the bibliography has been updated to take into account the growing body of contemporary literature in the field. Women's America is an essential text for courses in women's history and an ideal supplement for more general survey courses on American history. [via]
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Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionaryby Not AvailableISBN 019861005X (0-19-861005-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary'Book summary:This new edition of the Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary offers essential coverage of Latin words and grammar, as well as extra information on Roman history and culture. It has been updated to take into account the latest research into Latin, and is designed specifically to fit the needs of today's student. It covers over 46,000 words and phrases, including additions from the writings of Plautus and Terence, and from the study of Silver Latin. Common irregular verb parts are now given as headwords for greater clarity, and boxed notes provide help with language usage, and with difficult words and constructions. Existing appendices on historical, mythological, and geographical names have been expanded to give greater detail, and there are new appendices on money, weights and measures, dates, and times, as well as sections on poetic meter, and medieval Latin. With pronunciation help and a guide to Latin grammar, this compact and affordable dictionary is a necessity for learners of Latin. [via]
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