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Athens : A Portrait of the City in Its Golden Ageby Christian Meier, Robert Kimber, Rita KimberISBN 0805048405 (0-8050-4840-5)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Athens : A Portrait of the City in Its Golden Age'Book summary:Ancient Athens is remembered today as the cradle of a civilization that stands as an ideal of the reasoned life, as the source of radical transformations of thought that remain with us today in ideas of citizenship, freedom, political organization, and social obligation. Christian Meier gently reminds us, however, that in this context, Athens was a collective of landed citizens numbering fewer than 150,000 individuals spanning four generations in the 6th and 5th centuries B.C.
Meier's sweeping narrative begins with the decisive Athenian victory at the battle of Salamis, when a hastily assembled fleet held off the much mightier navy of the Persian emperor, Xerxes. It was in war, Meier suggests, that Athens first came to see itself as a place unlike any other. When they were not battling Persians, Athenians often fought neighboring city-states over, say, who would have the right to host a round of Olympic games or control shipping lanes. (The Athenians, quipped Thucydides, "were born into the world to take no rest themselves and to give none to others.") The Athenian penchant for fighting with their neighbors--and, when neighbors were otherwise occupied, amongst themselves--led to the city-state's decline at the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 B.C., when Meier's saga draws to a close.
Meier brings a flair for storytelling to his thoroughgoing portrait of Athens's shining moment, with a cast of characters strong on well-known figures like Solon, Alcibiades, Euripides, and Socrates. Meier also writes with self-effacing modesty, noting that his is but one interpretation among many and that history that, as his does, "obeys the law of narrative sequence [is] the most time-honored perspective for curtailing understanding." Yet Athens does nothing of the sort, offering instead a fine overview of the complexities of Athenian life from which every reader of classical history will profit. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Balsamic Dreams : A Short but Self-Important History of the Baby Boomer Generationby Joe QueenanISBN 0805067205 (0-8050-6720-5)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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The Big Bangby Joseph SilkISBN 080507256X (0-8050-7256-X)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Big Bang'Book summary:Our universe was born billions of years ago in a hot, violent explosion of elementary particles and radiationæthe big bang. What do we know about this ultimate moment of creation, and how do we know it?[via]
Drawing upon the latest theories and technology, the new edition of The Big Bang, is a sweeping, lucid account of the event that set the universe in motion. Award-winning astronomer and physicist Joseph Silk begins his story with the first microseconds of the big bang, on through the evolution of stars, galaxies, clusters of galaxies, quasars, and into the distant future of our universe. He also explores the fascinating evidence for the big bang model and recounts the history of cosmological speculation. Revised and updated, the new edition features all the most recent astronomical advances, including:
" Photos and measurements from the Hubble Space Telescope, Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (COBE), and Infrared Space Observatory
" The latest estimates of the age of the universe
" New ideas in string and superstring theory
" Recent experiments on neutrino detection
" New theories about the presence of dark matter in galaxies
" New developments in the theory of the formation and evolution of galaxies
" The latest ideas about black holes, worm holes, quantum foam, and multiple universes
A marvelous introduction to scientific cosmology, The Big Bang takes readers on a spectacular journey spanning time and space.More editions of The Big Bang:
The Blood of Strangers: Stories from Emergency Medicineby Frank HuylerISBN 0805065970 (0-8050-6597-0)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of Warby Barbara EhrenreichISBN 0805057870 (0-8050-5787-0)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War'Book summary:In this ambitious work, Barbara Ehrenreich offers a daring explanation for humans' propensity to wage war. Rather than approach the subject from a physiological perspective, pinpointing instinct or innate aggressiveness as the violent culprit, she reaches back to primitive man's fear of predators and the anxieties associated with life in the food chain. To deal with the reality of living as prey, she argues that blood rites were created to dramatize and validate the life-and-death struggle. Jumping ahead to the modern age, Ehrenreich brands nationalism a more sophisticated form of blood ritual, a phenomenon that conjures similar fears of predation, whether in the form of lost territory or the more extreme ethnic cleansing. Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War may not offer a cure for human aggression, but the author does present a convincing argument for the difficulties associated with achieving peace. [via]
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The Boys: The Story of 732 Young Concentration Camp Survivorsby Martin GilbertISBN 0805044035 (0-8050-4403-5)
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Celebration, U.S.A: Living in Disney's Brave New Townby Douglas Frantz, Catherine CollinsISBN 0805055614 (0-8050-5561-4)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Charlotte : Being a True Account of an Actress's Flamboyant Adventures in Eighteenth-Century London's Wild and Wicked Theatrical Worldby Kathryn ShevelowISBN 0805073140 (0-8050-7314-0)
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Crafty Screenwriting: Writing Movies That Get Madeby Alex EpsteinISBN 0805069925 (0-8050-6992-5)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Crossing Over : A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trailby Ruben Martinez, Joseph RodriguezISBN 0805049088 (0-8050-4908-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crossing Over : A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail'Book summary:Not since Ted Conover's Coyotes has a book revealed the underground culture of illegal immigration from Mexico as well as Crossing Over by Rubén Martínez. This up-and-coming author writes of what he calls "a Mexican Manifest Destiny" that continually pierces the southern borderline of the United States--a "line [that] is still more an idea than a reality." Martínez begins with the awful story of the three Chávez brothers, all killed when a truck carrying them and some two dozen other illegal aliens tried to outrace border patrol agents and flipped. Martínez learns of their fate and travels to their peasant hometown in southern Mexico to distil the motives of migrants. Then he follows the rest of the family north as they fan into the United States. Crossing Over is written in the first person and is highly anecdotal, but Martínez constantly makes observations that break free from these narrow confines. "Mexicans have always had an uncanny instinct for finding the soft spots of the American labor economy," he notes at one point, explaining how it is that millions of poor people who barely speak English can thrive, in their way, north of the border. Crossing Over is an outstanding book, and required reading for anyone interested in Hispanics and the new America. --John Miller [via]
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A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissionsby Peter RobbISBN 0805076417 (0-8050-7641-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions'Book summary:Combining travel, history, culture, and his own memories of twenty years of Brazilian life, the author of Midnight in Sicily delves into the past and present of a country that affects our imagination like few other places on earth[via]
From his own near murder in Rio at the hands of an intruder twenty years ago and continuing through the recent slaying of a former president's bagman who looted the country of more than a billion dollars, violent death poses a steady threat in Peter Robb's brilliant travelogue through modern-day Brazil. It's not death, however, that leaves a lasting impression but the exuberant life force that emanates from the country and its people.
Seeking to understand how extreme danger and passion can coexist in a nation for centuries, Robb travels from the cobalt blue shores of southern Brazil to the arid mountains of the northeast recounting four centuries of Brazilian history from the days of slavery to the recent election of the country's first working-class president. Much more than a journey through history, Robb renders in vivid detail the intoxicating pleasures of the food, music, and climate of the country and references the work of Brazil's greatest writers to depict a culture unlike any other.
With a stunning prose style and an endlessly inquisitive intellect, Robb builds layer upon layer of history, culture, and personal reminiscence into a deeply personal, impressionistic portrait of a nation. The reader emerges from A Death in Brazil not just with more knowledge about the country but with a sense of having experienced it and with a deep understanding of its turbulent soul.More editions of A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions:
Every Creeping Thing : True Tales of Faintly Repulsive Wildlifeby Richard Conniff, Sally J. BensusenISBN 0805056971 (0-8050-5697-1)
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Every Man Will Do His Duty : An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelsonby Dean King, John B. HattendorfISBN 0805046097 (0-8050-4609-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Every Man Will Do His Duty : An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelson - 1793-1815'Book summary:The phenomenal success of Patrick O'Brian's seafaring novels has spawned a great hunger for more reading material on the Royal Navy and the Napoleonic Wars. Dean King has combed through mountains of primary-source material and has selected the most riveting, informative, and entertaining accounts from the great age of sail. His explorations have, in the words of Douglas Day, C. W. Barrett Professor of English at the University of Virginia, "yielded a collection of narratives that are just as exciting as the marvelous Aubrey--Maturin novels of Patrick O'Brian."[via]
Told by actual participants, the eyewitness stories range from slices of life at sea to events of great historical significance, including epic battles such as those of Cape St. Vincent and Trafalgar, and the death of Nelson. Every Man Will Do His Duty is sure to delight legions of seafaring adventure fans.More editions of Every Man Will Do His Duty : An Anthology of Firsthand Accounts from the Age of Nelson:
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The Evidence of Things Not Seenby James BaldwinISBN 0805039392 (0-8050-3939-2)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Evil: Inside Human Violence and Crueltyby Roy F. BaumeisterISBN 0805071652 (0-8050-7165-2)
Softcover, W H Freeman & Co
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Baumeister casts new light on these issues as he examines the gap between the victim's viewpoint and that of the perpetrator, and also the roots of evil behavior, from egotism and revenge to idealism and sadism. A fascinating study of one of humankind's oldest problems, Evil has profound implications for the way we conduct our lives and govern our society.More editions of Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty:
A Galaxy Not So Far Away : Writers and Artists on Twenty-Five Years of Star Warsby Glenn KennyISBN 0805070745 (0-8050-7074-5)
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Galileo's Commandment: 2,500 Years of Great Science Writingby Edmund Blair BollesISBN 0805073493 (0-8050-7349-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Galileo's Commandment: 2,500 Years of Great Science Writing'Book summary:"Science only knows one commandment: contribute to science." This line, spoken by the title character in Bertolt Brecht's The Life of Galileo, inspired the title of this collection of science writing by 59 diverse authors. Most of the pieces collected by editor Edmund Blair Bolles are excerpted from texts by working scientists or natural philosophers, including George Smoot of NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer to Lucretius. Marie Curie's joy on seeing the lovely, glowing bottles of impure radium in her workroom at night is just one of the vivid images to be extracted from this volume, though with far less effort than the radium cost the Curies. [via]
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Gay Marriage : Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for Americaby Jonathan RauchISBN 0805076336 (0-8050-7633-6)
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The Gay Men's Wellness Guide: The National Lesbian and Gay Health Association's Complete Book of Physical, Emotional, and Mental Health and Well-Being for Every Gay Maleby Robert E. PennISBN 0805047727 (0-8050-4772-7)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Gellhorn: A Twentieth-Century Lifeby Caroline MooreheadISBN 0805065539 (0-8050-6553-9)
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Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economyby Barbara Ehrenreich, Arlie Russell HochschildISBN 0805075097 (0-8050-7509-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Global Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy'Book summary:The single most important and astonishing statistic in Global Woman is that half the world's 120 million legal and illegal migrants are now believed to be women. Globalisation has its female underside and it involves a process whereby women in rich countries, often those who have succeeded in a tough "male world", find career success only by turning over the care of their children, elderly parents and homes to women from the developing world. The flipside of this is that millions of poor women leave their own children and families and migrate north to serve as nannies, maids and sometimes sex workers. In short there has been a global transfer of the services associated with a wife's traditional role--child care, homemaking and sex--from poor countries to rich ones. The authors think of this transfer in terms of a "care deficit"
The 15 detailed and well-researched essays collected here range from personal recollections to broad economic analysis spanning the globe from Taiwan to Mexico and from Thailand to the Dominican Republic. They cover such topics as the transfer of emotional resources, the pressures global capitalism puts on women and their families and the ways that women's migration has modified relationships between men and women--both through marriage and through the global sex trade. Most importantly, the contributors have brought the personal stories of those the authors call "the world's most invisible women" into the light. This is essential and disturbing reading for all those interested in the effects of global capitalism, along with Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed--Undercover in Low-wage America. --Larry Brown [via]
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Greenback : The Almighty Dollar and the Invention of Americaby Jason GoodwinISBN 0805064079 (0-8050-6407-9)
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Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wildernessby Doug PeacockISBN 0805045430 (0-8050-4543-0)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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The Home Office and Small Business Answer Bookby Janet AttardISBN 0805064508 (0-8050-6450-8)
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Hope in a Jar: The Making of America's Beauty Cultureby Kathy PeissISBN 0805055517 (0-8050-5551-7)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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How to Survive and Prosper As an Artist: Selling Yourself Without Selling Your Soulby Caroll MichelsISBN 0805068007 (0-8050-6800-7)
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Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugeesby Caroline MooreheadISBN 0805074430 (0-8050-7443-0)
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Iwo Jimaby Richard F. Newcomb, Harry SchmidtISBN 0805070710 (0-8050-7071-0)
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Richard F. Newcomb is one of the true masters of military storytelling. In researching Iwo Jima he interviewed hundreds of Iwo veterans, both American and Japanese; read the diaries and letters of fighting men; and combed through masses of official navy and marine records to write the full story of one of the most famous battles in U.S. history. With exceptional depth, intelligence, and emotional power, Newcomb recounts the events of February 19, 1945, in which common men were thrust into impossible circumstances, demonstrating valor and even humor amid the horror and chaos of war.More editions of Iwo Jima:
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James Madisonby Garry WillsISBN 0805069054 (0-8050-6905-4)
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Renowned historian and social commentator Garry Wills takes a fresh look at the life of James Madison, from his rise to prominence in the colonies through his role in the creation of the Articles of Confederation and the first Constitutional Congress.
Madison oversaw the first foreign war under the constitution, and was forced to adjust some expectations he had formed while drafting that document. Not temperamentally suited to be a wartime President, Madison nonetheless confronted issues such as public morale, internal security, relations with Congress, and the independence of the military. Wills traces Madison's later life during which, like many recent Presidents, he enjoyed greater popularity than while in office.More editions of James Madison:
The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazarethby Thomas JeffersonISBN 0805038531 (0-8050-3853-1)
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John Quincy Adams: The American Presidentsby Robert V. Remini, Arthur Meier SchlesingerISBN 0805069399 (0-8050-6939-9)
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Jumbo's Hide, Elvis's Ride, and the Tooth of Buddha: More Marvelous Tales of Historical Artifactsby Harvey RachlinISBN 080505684X (0-8050-5684-X)
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Last Gang in Townby Marcus GrayISBN 0805046410 (0-8050-4641-0)
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The Long Gray Lineby Rick AtkinsonISBN 0805062912 (0-8050-6291-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Long Gray Line'Book summary:The first trade paperback edition of the New York Times best-seller about West Point's Class of 1966, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Atkinson.[via]
This is the story of the twenty-five-year adventure of the generation of officers who fought in Vietnam. With novelistic detail, Atkinson tells the story of West Point's Class of 1966 primarily through the experiences of three classmates and the women they loved--from the boisterous cadet years and youthful romances to the fires of Vietnam, where dozens of their classmates died and hundreds more grew disillusioned, to the hard peace and family adjustments that followed. The rich cast of characters includes Douglas MacArthur, William Westmoreland, and a score of other memorable figures. The West Point Class of 1966 straddled a fault line in American history, and Rick Atkinson's masterly book speaks for a generation of American men and women about innocence, patriotism, and the price we pay for our dreams.More editions of The Long Gray Line:
Mao: A Lifeby Philip ShortISBN 0805066381 (0-8050-6638-1)
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Mapping America's Past : A Historical Atlasby Mark C. Carnes, John A. Garraty, Patrick WilliamsISBN 0805049274 (0-8050-4927-4)
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The Mathematical Tourist : New and Updated Snapshots of Modern Mathematicsby Ivars PetersonISBN 0805071598 (0-8050-7159-8)
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Mathematics : The Science of Patternsby Kevin Devlin, Keith DevlinISBN 0805073442 (0-8050-7344-2)
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May the Lord in His Mercy Be Kind to Belfastby Tony ParkerISBN 080503806X (0-8050-3806-X)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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The Mind of Egypt : History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohsby Jan Assmann, Andrew JenkinsISBN 0805054626 (0-8050-5462-6)
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The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracleby Eric LaxISBN 0805067906 (0-8050-6790-6)
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Natural Beauty at Home: More Than 250 Easy-To-Use Recipes for Body, Bath, and Hairby Janice CoxISBN 0805070222 (0-8050-7022-2)
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Natural Beauty for All Seasons: More Thean 250 Simple Recipes and Gift-Giving Ideas for Year-Round Beautyby Janice Cox, Dorothy ReinbardtISBN 0805046550 (0-8050-4655-0)
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Night Draws Near: Iraq's People In The Shadow Of America's Warby Anthony ShadidISBN 0805076026 (0-8050-7602-6)
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The Number Devilby Michael Henry Heim, Hans Mangus Enzensberger, Rotraut Susanne BernerISBN 0805062998 (0-8050-6299-8)
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The Number Devil : A Mathematical Adventureby Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Rotraut Susanne Berner, Michael Henry HeimISBN 0805057706 (0-8050-5770-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Number Devil : A Mathematical Adventure'Book summary:Young Robert's dreams have taken a decided turn for the weird. Instead of falling down holes and such, he's visiting a bizarre magical land of number tricks with the number devil as his host. Starting at one and adding zero and all the rest of the numbers, Robert and the number devil use giant furry calculators, piles of coconuts, and endlessly scrolling paper to introduce basic concepts of numeracy, from interesting number sequences to exponents to matrices. Author Hans Magnus Enzensberger's dry humor and sense of wonder will keep you and your kids entranced while you learn (shhh!) mathematical principles. Who could resist the little red guy who calls prime numbers "prima donnas," irrational numbers "unreasonable," and roots "rutabagas"? Not that the number devil is without his devilish qualities. He loses his temper when Robert looks for the easy way out of a number puzzle or dismisses math as boring and useless. "What do you expect?" he asks. "I'm the number devil, not Santa Claus." (Ages 10 to adult) --Therese Littleton [via]
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Passionate Marriage: Love, Sex, and Intimacy in Emotionally Committed Relationshipsby David SchnarchISBN 0805058265 (0-8050-5826-5)
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Patrick O'Brian : A Lifeby Dean KingISBN 0805059776 (0-8050-5977-6)
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Patrick O'Brian: A Life Revealedby Dean KingISBN 0805059768 (0-8050-5976-8)
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Photomosaicsby Robert Silvers, Michael HawleyISBN 0805051708 (0-8050-5170-8)
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Portraits: The Collected Portraits of Grief from the New York Timesby New York Times Staff, Howell Raines, Janny ScottISBN 0805073604 (0-8050-7360-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Portraits: The Collected Portraits of Grief from the New York Times'Book summary:A new edition that now includes the complete New York Times profiles of those who died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001[via]
Few aspects of The New York Timess coverage of September 11 and of all that has followed have attracted as much comment as Portraits of Grief. The series profiled the lives lost in the attacks on the World Trade Center and was a story in itself, becoming required reading for many the world over.
Beginning on September 14, 2001, a half-dozen Times reporters began working from a stack of one hundred missing persons fliers collected from points around the World Trade Center. They wrote profiles containing short but signature details of the lives they strove to present. These portraits transcend race, class, age, and gender while capturing the poignancy of the victims similarities: life cut short in an American tragedy. This new edition includes the complete Portraits of Grief series with approximately four hundred additional portraits published since February 3, 2002. The profiles have become a source of connection and consolation, a focus for the sorrow of readers both reeling from disbelief and searching for support.More editions of Portraits: The Collected Portraits of Grief from the New York Times:
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The Predictorsby Thomas A. BassISBN 0805057579 (0-8050-5757-9)
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The Predictors : How a Band of Maverick Physicists Used Chaos Theory to Trade Their Way to a Fortune on Wall Streetby Thomas A. BassISBN 0805057560 (0-8050-5756-0)
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The Primary Colorsby Alexander TherouxISBN 0805047018 (0-8050-4701-8)
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Queenan Country: A Reluctant Anglophile's Pilgrimage to the Mother Countryby Joe QueenanISBN 0805069801 (0-8050-6980-1)
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The Race to Fashodaby David Levering LewisISBN 0805071199 (0-8050-7119-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Race to Fashoda'Book summary:David Levering Lewis is the Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of History at Rutgers University and was recently awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 received the Bancroft, Parkman, and Pulitzer Prizes, and was a finalist for the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award. [via]
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Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixtiesby Ian MacdonaldISBN 0805042458 (0-8050-4245-8)
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The River at the Center of the World : A Journey up the Yangtze and Back in Chinese Timeby Simon WinchesterISBN 0805055088 (0-8050-5508-8)
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A Rumor of Warby Philip CaputoISBN 080504695X (0-8050-4695-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Rumor of War'Book summary:The classic Vietnam memoir, as relevant today as it was almost thirty years ago.
In March of 1965, Marine Lieutenent Philip J. Caputo landed at Da Nang with the first ground combat unit deployed to Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars, he returned home--physically whole but emotionally wasted, his youthful idealism forever gone.
A Rumor of War is more than one soldier's story. Upon its publication in 1977, it shattered America's indifference to the fate of the men sent to fight in the jungles of Vietnam. In the years since then, it has become not only a basic text on the Vietnam War but also a renowned classic in the literature of wars throughout history and, as Caputo explains, of "the things men do in war and the things war does to men."
"A singular and marvelous work." --The New York Times
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Sacred Geography: A Tale of Murder and Archeology in the Holy Landby Edward FoxISBN 0805071881 (0-8050-7188-1)
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Sacred Journeysby Jennifer WestwoodISBN 0805048456 (0-8050-4845-6)
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Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary Warby Richard M. KetchumISBN 0805061231 (0-8050-6123-1)
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A Sea of Wordsby Dean King, John B. Hattendorf, J. Worth EstesISBN 0805066152 (0-8050-6615-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Sea of Words'Book summary:A companion reference for fans of the popular historical fiction series includes more than two thousand cross-referenced terms, diagrams, maps, and accompanying short essays. Original. 25,000 first printing. [via]
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Somewhere in the Night : Film Noir and the American Cityby Nicholas ChristopherISBN 0805056998 (0-8050-5699-8)
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Speak You Also: A Survivor's Reckoningby Paul Steinberg, Linda Coverdale, Bill FordISBN 0805060642 (0-8050-6064-2)
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Tecumseh: A Lifeby John SugdenISBN 0805061215 (0-8050-6121-5)
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Too Late to Die Young : Nearly True Tales from a Lifeby Harriet McBryde JohnsonISBN 0805075941 (0-8050-7594-1)
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Ulysses S. Grantby Bunting, Josiah, III, Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.ISBN 0805069496 (0-8050-6949-6)
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W.E.B. Dubois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963by David Levering LewisISBN 0805068139 (0-8050-6813-9)
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Waste and Want: A Social History of Trashby Susan StrasserISBN 0805065121 (0-8050-6512-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Waste and Want: A Social History of Trash'Book summary:An unprecedented look at that most commonplace act of everyday life-throwing things out-and how it has transformed American society.
Susan Strasser's pathbreaking histories of housework and the rise of the mass market have become classics in the literature of consumer culture. Here she turns to an essential but neglected part of that culture-the trash it produces-and finds in it an unexpected wealth of meaning. Before the twentieth century, streets and bodies stank, but trash was nearly nonexistent. With goods and money scarce, almost everything was reused. Strasser paints a vivid picture of an America where scavenger pigs roamed the streets, swill children collected kitchen garbage, and itinerant peddlers traded manufactured goods for rags and bones. Over the last hundred years, however, Americans have become hooked on convenience, disposability, fashion, and constant technological change-the rise of mass consumption has led to waste on a previously unimaginable scale.
Lively and colorful, Waste and Want recaptures a hidden part of our social history, vividly illustrating that what counts as trash depends on who's counting, and that what we throw away defines us as much as what we keep. [via]
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What's the Matter with Kansas? : How Conservatives Won the Heart of Americaby Thomas FrankISBN 0805073396 (0-8050-7339-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What's the Matter with Kansas? : How Conservatives Won the Heart of America'Book summary:The largely blue collar citizens of Kansas can be counted upon to be a "red" state in any election, voting solidly Republican and possessing a deep animosity toward the left. This, according to author Thomas Frank, is a pretty self-defeating phenomenon, given that the policies of the Republican Party benefit the wealthy and powerful at the great expense of the average worker. According to Frank, the conservative establishment has tricked Kansans, playing up the emotional touchstones of conservatism and perpetuating a sense of a vast liberal empire out to crush traditional values while barely ever discussing the Republicans' actual economic policies and what they mean to the working class. Thus the pro-life Kansas factory worker who listens to Rush Limbaugh will repeatedly vote for the party that is less likely to protect his safety, less likely to protect his job, and less likely to benefit him economically. To much of America, Kansas is an abstract, "where Dorothy wants to return. Where Superman grew up." But Frank, a native Kansan, separates reality from myth in What's the Matter with Kansas and tells the state's socio-political history from its early days as a hotbed of leftist activism to a state so entrenched in conservatism that the only political division remaining is between the moderate and more-extreme right wings of the same party. Frank, the founding editor of The Baffler and a contributor to Harper's and The Nation, knows the state and its people. He even includes his own history as a young conservative idealist turned disenchanted college Republican, and his first-hand experience, combined with a sharp wit and thorough reasoning, makes his book more credible than the elites of either the left and right who claim to understand Kansas. --John Moe [via]
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Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Timeby Michael ShermerISBN 0805070893 (0-8050-7089-3)
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Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from the New York Timesby John DarntonISBN 0805070850 (0-8050-7085-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from the New York Times'Book summary:After 30 years as a journalist, John Darnton decided to try his hand at writing a novel. If he wrote 1,000 words a day, he discovered, he'd have a book in a matter of months. But wouldn't it be nice to learn a few tricks of the trade from other writers as well? Thus was born The New York Times's Monday-morning Writers on Writing series. In embarking on the series, says Darnton, he learned that the writers he most wanted to hear from were not necessarily the same ones who most wanted to hear from him. But there couldn't have been too many who turned him down. The 46 columns collected in Writers on Writing are by the likes of Saul Bellow, Mary Gordon, David Mamet, Annie Proulx, Carol Shields, and Paul West. Though many of them have not much more than the occupation "writer" in common, Darnton says that in one way he found them all to be alike: "They wanted to hear, right away, what you thought of their work."
Here, Richard Ford explains why he finds not writing to be a terrific thing. Alice Hoffman describes the effect illness (her own and that of others) has had on her work. Barbara Kingsolver grapples with writing an "unchaste" novel. Louise Erdrich explores the effect a second language, Ojibwe in her case, can have on one's involvement with the first. And Russell Banks learns the hard way that "when you meet a witness to your distant past, your memory tends to improve." The most hilarious piece is Carolyn Chute's "How Can You Create Fiction When Reality Comes to Call?" In it, she describes one day, in which "X-rated stuff happens," the cuckoo clock goes off incessantly, dirty dishes beckon, political cohorts come calling, a dog has a couple of seizures, laundry needs doing, and guests constantly arrive. Once Chute finally does get down to writing, the "n" breaks off the daisy wheel. But at least the phone doesn't ring. "Its bell is broken. It never rings. Thank heavens." --Jane Steinberg [via]
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Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from the New York Timesby New York Times Staff, John DarntonISBN 0805067418 (0-8050-6741-8)
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Here, Richard Ford explains why he finds not writing to be a terrific thing. Alice Hoffman describes the effect illness (her own and that of others) has had on her work. Barbara Kingsolver grapples with writing an "unchaste" novel. Louise Erdrich explores the effect a second language, Ojibwe in her case, can have on one's involvement with the first. And Russell Banks learns the hard way that "when you meet a witness to your distant past, your memory tends to improve." The most hilarious piece is Carolyn Chute's "How Can You Create Fiction When Reality Comes to Call?" In it, she describes one day, in which "X-rated stuff happens," the cuckoo clock goes off incessantly, dirty dishes beckon, political cohorts come calling, a dog has a couple of seizures, laundry needs doing, and guests constantly arrive. Once Chute finally does get down to writing, the "n" breaks off the daisy wheel. But at least the phone doesn't ring. "Its bell is broken. It never rings. Thank heavens." --Jane Steinberg [via]
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Writers on Writing Vol. II: More Collected Essays from the New York Timesby New York Times Staff, Jane SmileyISBN 0805073612 (0-8050-7361-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writers on Writing Vol. II: More Collected Essays from the New York Times'Book summary:Todays most celebrated writers explore the literary life in a second collection of inspiring and eye-opening essays[via]
In a second volume of original essays drawn from the long-running New York Times column, Writers on Writing brings together another group of contemporary literatures finest voices to muse on the challenges and gifts of language and creativity.
The pieces ranges from taciturn, hilarious advice for aspiring writers to thoughtful, soul-wrenching reflections on writing in the midst of national tragedy. William Kennedy talks about the intersecting lives of real and imagined Albany politics; Susan Isaacs reveals her nostalgia for a long-retired protaganist; and Elmore Leonard offers pithy rules for letting the writing, and not the writer, take charge. Writers on Writing offers an uncommon and revealing view of the writers world.
Contributors include Diane Ackerman, Margaret Atwood, Ann Beattie, Geraldine Brooks, Frank Conroy, Chitra Divakaruni, Allegra Goodman, Kathryn Harrison, Mary Karr, Patrick McGrath, Arthur Miller, P. J. ORourke, Anna Quinlan, Amy Tan, and Edmund White.More editions of Writers on Writing Vol. II: More Collected Essays from the New York Times:
Writing Treatments That Sell: How to Create and Market Your Story Ideas to the Motion Picture and TV Industryby Kenneth Atchity, Chi-Li WongISBN 0805072780 (0-8050-7278-0)
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Yukon Alone: The World's Toughest Adventure Raceby John BalzarISBN 0805059504 (0-8050-5950-4)
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