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The Art of the Steal: How to Protect Yourself and Your Business from Fraud, America's #1 Crimeby Frank W. AbagnaleISBN 0767906845 (0-7679-0684-5)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of the Steal: How to Protect Yourself and Your Business from Fraud, America's #1 Crime'Book summary:Author Frank W. Abagnale knows something about fraud--he once committed it for a living. "Through my various hustles, I passed something like $2.5 million worth of checks, a blizzard of paper that I scattered in earnest throughout all fifty states and twenty-six countries, all before I was legally allowed to drink," he writes. "I was proficient enough at cashing fraudulent checks that I earned the distinction of becoming one of the most hunted criminals by the FBI." Abagnale was ultimately caught, and he served prison sentences in France, Sweden, and the United States. In the 25 years since his release, Abagnale (who also wrote Catch Me If You Can) has become a leading consultant on fraud prevention.
"I'm still a con artist. I'm just putting down a positive con these days, as opposed to the negative con I used in the past," he explains. "I've applied the same relentless attention to working on stopping fraud that I once applied to perpetrating fraud." His expertise comes in handy: businesses lose an estimated $400 billion each year to fraud. The stories Abagnale tells in The Art of the Steal provide fascinating glimpses of a criminal underworld. He describes "shoulder surfers" who rip off bank customers at ATMs by videotaping their fingers as they enter PIN numbers, retrieving receipts from wastebaskets, and then creating fake credit cards--all rather inexpensively. Whole sections of the book almost read like a how-to manual for aspiring thieves, though Abagnale has other motives. Throughout, he offers sensible advice on how to foil the con artists. Much of this is common sense (cut up credit cards when they expire), but some of his suggestions aren't so obvious. He warns readers not to write checks to the "IRS," for instance: "Envelopes to the IRS are common targets because of where they're going." Instead, checks should be made out to the "Internal Revenue Service," because criminals can turn the "I" of "IRS" into an "M," and turn a tax payment into a gift for "MRS." Smith. The chapter on the emerging problem of identity theft--with its tips on how to keep Social Security numbers private--is especially helpful. In all, The Art of the Steal is captivating and useful. --John Miller [via]
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The Art of the Steal : How to Recognize and Prevent Fraud - America's #1 Crimeby Frank W. AbagnaleISBN 0767906837 (0-7679-0683-7)
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Bella Tuscanyby Frances MayesISBN 076790284X (0-7679-0284-X)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bella Tuscany'Book summary:Following up on her bestselling novel, Under the Tuscan Sun, Frances Mayes returns to her beloved villa in the small hill town of Cortona, Italy. Welcomed back like an old friend, she is soon puttering in the garden, and as Mayes devotees might expect, busy in the kitchen as well. As Mayes rediscovers her taste for la dolce vita, she embarks on a journey of cultural awakening and embraces a newfound romance with the Italian language and people. "I came to Italy expecting adventure," reads Mayes. "What I never anticipated is the absolute sweet joy of everyday life."
Mayes is as generous a cook as she is a writer, flavoring her story with tasty descriptions of local gustatory delights--many of which are included in a small recipe book. She also serves as narrator, and the beguiling simplicity of her voice makes listening as enjoyable as spending an afternoon with a well-traveled favorite aunt. (Running time: 9 hours, 6 cassettes) --George Laney [via]
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Bella Tuscany : The Sweet Life in Italyby Frances Mayes, Janet PedersenISBN 0767902831 (0-7679-0283-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bella Tuscany : The Sweet Life in Italy'Book summary:Work's still not completely finished on Bramasole, the Tuscan house that California-based poet and bestselling author Frances Mayes bought a decade ago and has been fixing up every summer since. Nevertheless, in Bella Tuscany, she goes out--in search of Italy and Italian life. The sequel to Under the Tuscan Sun is awash with sensual discovery, from Sicilian markets with "rainbows of shining fish on ice" to the aqueous dream of Venice "shimmering in the diluted sunlight." Wherever she is, Mayes celebrates everyday rituals, such as picking wild asparagus, "dark spears poking out of the dirt ... stalks as thin as yarn" and driving through country rains, as "the green landscape smears across the windshield" for buffalo mozzarella and demijohns of sfuso--bulk wine kept fresh with a slick of olive oil on top. Mayes also ventures into the world of the locals, some "bent as a comma" and others throwing six-hour communion feasts where half a dozen cooks in a barn continually send out heaping platters of pasta with wild boar sauce, roasted lamb, and even the thigh of a giant cow--wrapping up the festivities with honeyed vin santo, grappa, and dancing to the accordion. Capturing the details that enrich the commonplace, in Bella Tuscany Mayes appears less like a visitor and more like someone discovering in Tuscany a real home and a real life. --Melissa Rossi [via]
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The Best a Man Can Get: A Novelby John O'FarrellISBN 0767907140 (0-7679-0714-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best a Man Can Get: A Novel'Book summary:Some men are born fathers, while others have fatherhood thrust upon them. The protagonist of John O'Farrell's The Best a Man Can Get belongs indisputably in the latter category. When his first daughter is born, Michael Adams imagines her as the warden of a prison that will permanently deprive him of his youth and freedom. Terrified by his new responsibilities, he regularly escapes to a bachelor pad across the Thames, pretending to be at work. Another child arrives--and with still another on the way, it is only a matter of time until Michael's wife discovers his double life. At that point, he must make a choice between his family and his hedonistic haven.
By turns hilarious and touching, O'Farrell's book delves deeply into the anxieties of modern parenting. Yet the novel is not without empathy for the 21st-century father. After all, it's easy to imagine the lure of a child-proof hideaway, insulated from sleepless nights and dirty diapers. At the same time, Adams often wonders whether "just being tucked up warm and cosy" is really "the best a man can get". With its charming prose and its truant protagonist, this first novel is sure to win over even the most reluctant parent. --Greg Bensinger [via]
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The Best a Man Can Get: A Novel of Fatherhood and Its Discontentsby John O'FarrellISBN 0767907132 (0-7679-0713-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best a Man Can Get: A Novel of Fatherhood and Its Discontents'Book summary:Some men are born fathers, while others have fatherhood thrust upon them. The protagonist of John O'Farrell's The Best a Man Can Get belongs indisputably in the latter category. When his first daughter is born, Michael Adams imagines her as the warden of a prison that will permanently deprive him of his youth and freedom. Terrified by his new responsibilities, he regularly escapes to a bachelor pad across the Thames, pretending to be at work. Another child arrives--and with still another on the way, it is only a matter of time before Michael's wife discovers his double life. At that point, he must make a choice between his family and his hedonistic haven.
By turns hilarious and touching, O'Farrell's book delves deeply into the anxieties of modern parenting. Yet the novel is not without empathy for the 21st-century father. After all, it's easy to imagine the lure of a child-proof hideaway, insulated from sleepless nights and dirty diapers. At the same time, Adams often wonders whether "just being tucked up warm and cosy" is really "the best a man can get." With its charming prose and truant protagonist, this first novel is sure to win over even the most reluctant parent. --Greg Bensinger [via]
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Black Dog of Fate: A Memoirby Peter BalakianISBN 0767902548 (0-7679-0254-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Dog of Fate: A Memoir'Book summary:The author of four volumes of verse, Peter Balakian writes with the precision of a poet and the lyricism of a privileged suburban child in 1950s New Jersey. He is shadowed by his relatives' carefully guarded memories of past trauma: the brutal Turkish extermination in 1915 of more than a million Armenians, including most of his maternal grandmother's family. Balakian seamlessly interweaves personal and historical material to depict one young man's reclamation of his heritage and to scathingly indict the political forces that conspired to sweep under the rug the 20th century's first genocide. [via]
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The Boat Who Wouldn't Floatby Farley MowatISBN 0770423094 (0-7704-2309-4)
Softcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd
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Borderlinesby Caroline KrausISBN 0767914287 (0-7679-1428-7)
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The Broken Hearth: Reversing the Moral Collapse of the American Familyby William J. BennettISBN 076790513X (0-7679-0513-X)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Cat Who'll Live Forever: The Final Adventures of Norton, the Perfect Cat, and His Imperfect Humanby Peter GethersISBN 0767909038 (0-7679-0903-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Chanting : Discovering Spirit in Soundby Kathleen A. Brehony, Don Campbell, Robert H. GassISBN 0767903226 (0-7679-0322-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chanting : Discovering Spirit in Sound'Book summary:The ancient art of chanting has long been embraced by the world's great religious traditions as a path to healing and enlightenment, but only recently has Western science begun to recognize its therapeutic effects on the body and mind. Chanting provides a fascinating introduction to this powerful and increasingly popular practice and shows you how to use chant in your own life as a powerful tool for relaxation, body-mind healing, and spiritual self-discovery. Drawing on Robert Gass's own experience as one of the world's best-known leaders of contemporary chant, as well as the wisdom of sound healers from around the world, Chanting explores the science of how sound affects both our bodies and our consciousness and takes us on an engaging tour of chant as it is used in Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, Islamic, African, Shamanic, Goddess, and Native American traditions. Chanting provides simple exercises and more than twenty musical scores to help you develop a personalized chanting practice that can fuel everyday activities with purpose and meaning.
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Crossworld: One Man's Journey into America's Crossword Obsessionby Marc RomanoISBN 0767917588 (0-7679-1758-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Cuba Diaries: An American Housewife in Havanaby Isadora TattlinISBN 0767914848 (0-7679-1484-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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A Dangerous Profession: A Book About the Writing Lifeby Frederick BuschISBN 0767903986 (0-7679-0398-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Day Lincoln Was Shotby Douglas M. RifeISBN 0768202213 (0-7682-0221-3)
Softcover, School Specialty Pub
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Dean & Me: A Love Storyby James Kaplan, Jerry LewisISBN 0767920872 (0-7679-2087-2)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dean And Me: A Love Story'Book summary:They were the unlikeliest of pairsa handsome crooner and a skinny monkey, an Italian from Steubenville, Ohio, and a Jew from Newark, N.J.. Before they teamed up, Dean Martin seemed destined for a mediocre career as a nightclub singer, and Jerry Lewis was dressing up as Carmen Miranda and miming records on stage. But the moment they got together, something clickedsomething miraculousand audiences saw it at once.
Before long, they were as big as Elvis or the Beatles would be after them, creating hysteria wherever they went and grabbing an unprecedented hold over every entertainment outlet of the era: radio, television, movies, stage shows, and nightclubs. Martin and Lewis were a national craze, an American institution. The millions (and the women) flowed in, seemingly without endand then, on July 24, 1956, ten years from the day when the two men joined forces, it all ended.
After that traumatic day, the two wouldnt speak again for twenty years. And while both went on to forge triumphant individual careersMartin as a movie and television star, recording artist, and nightclub luminary (and charter member of the Rat Pack); Lewis as the groundbreaking writer, producer, director, and star of a series of hugely successful movie comediestheir parting left a hole in the national psyche, as well as in each mans heart.
In a memoir by turns moving, tragic, and hilarious, Jerry Lewis recounts with crystal clarity every step of a fifty-year friendship, from the springtime, 1945 afternoon when the two vibrant young performers destined to conquer the world together met on Broadway and Fifty-fourth Street, to their tragic final encounter in the 1990s, when Lewis and his wife ran into Dean Martin, a broken and haunted old man.
In Dean & Me, Jerry Lewis makes a convincing case for Dean Martin as one of the greatand most underratedcomic talents of our era. But what comes across most powerfully in this definitive memoir is the depth of love Lewis felt, and still feels, for his partner, and which his partner felt for him: truly a love to last for all time. [via]More editions of Dean & Me: A Love Story:
Destruction Earthby Katharine KenahISBN 0769631851 (0-7696-3185-1)
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Destruction Earth/destruccion En La Tierra: Spaby Katherine KenahISBN 0769638104 (0-7696-3810-4)
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The Dig Tree : A True Story of Bravery, Insanity, and the Race to Discover Australia's Wild Frontierby Sarah MurgatroydISBN 0767908287 (0-7679-0828-7)
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Dissecting Death: Secrets of a Medical Examinerby David L. Carroll, Zugibe, Frederick, M.dISBN 0767918800 (0-7679-1880-0)
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Dissecting Death: Secrets of a Medical Examinerby Frederick Zugibe, David L. CarrollISBN 0767918797 (0-7679-1879-7)
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Don't Try This at Home : How to Win a Sumo Match, Catch a Great White Shark, Start an Independent Nation and Other Extraordinary Feats (for Ordinary People)by Hunter S. FulghumISBN 0767911598 (0-7679-1159-8)
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The Dreams of Adaby Robert MayerISBN 0767926897 (0-7679-2689-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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An Embarrassment Of Mangoes: A Caribbean Interludeby Ann VanderhoofISBN 0767914279 (0-7679-1427-9)
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Every Second Countsby Lance Armstrong, Sally JenkinsISBN 0767914481 (0-7679-1448-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Every Second Counts'Book summary:In the opening of Lance Armstrong's memoir, Every Second Counts (co-authored by Sally Jenkins), he reflects: "Generally, one of the hardest things in the world to do is something twice." While he is talking here about his preparation for what would prove to be his second consecutive Tour de France victory in 2000, the sentiment could equally be applied to the book itself. And just as Armstrong managed to repeat his incredible 1999 tour victory, Every Second Counts repeats--and, in some ways exceedsthe success of his bestselling first memoir, It's Not About the Bike.
Every Second Counts confronts the challenge of moving beyond his cancer experience, his first Tour victory, and his celebrity status. Few of Armstrong's readers will ever compete in the Tour de France (though cyclists will relish Armstrong's detailed recounting of his 2000-2003 tour victories), but all will relate to his discussions of loss and disappointment in his personal and professional life since 1999. They will relate to his battles with petty bureaucracies, like the French court system during the doping scandal that almost halted his career. And they will especially relate to constant struggles with work/life balance.
In the face of September 11--which arrives halfway through the narrative (just before the fifth anniversary of his diagnosis)--Armstrong draws from his experiences to show that suffering, fear, and death are the essential human condition. In so openly using his own life to illustrate how to face this reality, he proves that he truly is a hero--and not just because of the bike. In Every Second Counts he is to be admired as a human being, a man who sees every day as a challenge to live richly and well, no matter what hardships may come. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy, a Lost Generation Love Storyby Gerald Murphy, Amanda Vaill, Sara MurphyISBN 0767903706 (0-7679-0370-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy, a Lost Generation Love Story'Book summary:Gerald and Sara Murphy were the golden couple of the Lost Generation. Born to wealth and privilege, they fled the stuffy confines of upper-class America to reinvent themselves in France as legendary party givers and enthusiastic participants in the modernist revolution of the 1920s. He became an important painter; she made everyday life a work of art. Their friends F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and John Dos Passos all based fictional characters on the Murphys; Picasso painted them; and Calvin Tomkins rekindled their glamour for a younger generation in his affectionate 1971 portrait, Living Well Is the Best Revenge. Amanda Vaill's vivid new biography builds on Tomkins's work to provide a full-length account of the Murphys' remarkable life together.
As well as good times, that life included suffering endured with great courage. The Murphys' teenage sons died within two years of each other in the mid-1930s--one suddenly, one after a long battle with tuberculosis--and the Depression forced Gerald to resume the uncongenial work of managing his family's business. Vaill's sensitive rendering reveals the moral substance that enabled this stylish couple to survive heartbreak. But it's her marvelous evocation of those magical expatriate years that lingers in the memory. The wit and imaginative panache with which the Murphys lived sparkles again, recapturing a splendid historical moment. As Sara later said, "It was like a great fair, and everybody was so young." --Wendy Smith [via]
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Extraordinary Sex Now: A Couple's Guide to Intimacyby Sandra R. ScantlingISBN 0767905911 (0-7679-0591-1)
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Extreme God Chasersby Tommy TenneyISBN 0768450012 (0-7684-5001-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Extreme God Chasers'Book summary:An extreme God chaser is a dreamer who has been captured by the hope of being caught by the Uncatchable One. He craves the pursuit like a child who chases a loving parent until, suddenly, the strong arms of the father enfold the chaser. The pursuer becomes the pursued. Paul put it this way: "I chase after that I may catch that which apprehended me" [via]
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Falling Leavesby Adeline Yen Mah, Suzanne OaksISBN 0767903579 (0-7679-0357-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Falling Leaves'Book summary:Born in 1937 in a port city a thousand miles north of Shanghai, Adeline Yen Mah was the youngest child of an affluent Chinese family who enjoyed rare privileges during a time of political and cultural upheaval. But wealth and position could not shield Adeline from a childhood of appalling emotional abuse at the hands of a cruel and manipulative Eurasian stepmother. Determined to survive through her enduring faith in family unity, Adeline struggled for independence as she moved from Hong Kong to England and eventually to the United States to become a physician and writer.
A compelling, painful, and ultimately triumphant story of a girl's journey into adulthood, Adeline's story is a testament to the most basic of human needs: acceptance, love, and understanding. With a powerful voice that speaks of the harsh realities of growing up female in a family and society that kept girls in emotional chains, Falling Leaves is a work of heartfelt intimacy and a rare authentic portrait of twentieth-century China. [via]More editions of Falling Leaves:
The Friar And the Cipher: Roger Bacon And the Unsolved Mystery of the Most Unusual Manuscript in the Worldby Nancy Goldstone, Lawrence GoldstoneISBN 0767914724 (0-7679-1472-4)
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The Friar and the Cipher: The Unsolved Mystery of the Most Unusual Manuscript in the Worldby Nancy Goldstone, Lawrence GoldstoneISBN 0767914732 (0-7679-1473-2)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Going on Being: Buddhism and the Way of Changeby Mark EpsteinISBN 0767904613 (0-7679-0461-3)
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Going on Being : Buddhism and the Way of Change: A Positive Psychology for the Westby Mark EpsteinISBN 0767904605 (0-7679-0460-5)
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The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Numberby Mario LivioISBN 0767908163 (0-7679-0816-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number'Book summary:Throughout history, thinkers from mathematicians to theologians have pondered the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. In this fascinating book, Mario Livio tells the tale of a number at the heart of that mystery: phi, or 1.6180339887...This curious mathematical relationship, widely known as "The Golden Ratio," was discovered by Euclid more than two thousand years ago because of its crucial role in the construction of the pentagram, to which magical properties had been attributed. Since then it has shown a propensity to appear in the most astonishing variety of places, from mollusk shells, sunflower florets, and rose petals to the shape of the galaxy. Psychological studies have investigated whether the Golden Ratio is the most aesthetically pleasing proportion extant, and it has been asserted that the creators of the Pyramids and the Parthenon employed it. It is believed to feature in works of art from Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa to Salvador Dali's The Sacrament of the Last Supper, and poets and composers have used it in their works. It has even been found to be connected to the behavior of the stock market!
The Golden Ratio is a captivating journey through art and architecture, botany and biology, physics and mathematics. It tells the human story of numerous phi-fixated individuals, including the followers of Pythagoras who believed that this proportion revealed the hand of God; astronomer Johannes Kepler, who saw phi as the greatest treasure of geometry; such Renaissance thinkers as mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci of Pisa; and such masters of the modern world as Goethe, Cezanne, Bartok, and physicist Roger Penrose. Wherever his quest for the meaning of phi takes him, Mario Livio reveals the world as a place where order, beauty, and eternal mystery will always coexist. [via]More editions of The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World's Most Astonishing Number:
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The Good, the Bad & the Difference: How to Tell the Right from Wrong in Everyday Situationsby Randy CohenISBN 0767908139 (0-7679-0813-9)
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The Great Mutual Fund Trap: An Investment Recovery Planby Gary Gensler, Gregory BaerISBN 0767910710 (0-7679-1071-0)
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The Great Mutual Fund Trap: An Investment Recovery Planby Gregory Baer, Gary GenslerISBN 0767910729 (0-7679-1072-9)
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Growing Up Catholic: An Infinitely Funny Guide for the Faithful, the Fallen, and Everyone In-Betweenby Mary Jane Frances Cavolina, Maureen Anne Teresa Kelly, Richard Glen Michael Davis, Jeffrey Allen Joseph Stone, Bob Jones, Bob KileyISBN 0767905970 (0-7679-0597-0)
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High Tech High Touch : Technology and Our Search for Meaningby John Naisbitt, Nana Naisbitt, Douglas PhilipsISBN 0767903838 (0-7679-0383-8)
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We all know what high tech is--these are the technologies that "make us available 24 hours a day, like a convenience store," Naisbitt writes. He says we live in a "technologically intoxicated zone," the symptoms of which include a continual search for quick fixes and lives that are "distanced and distracted." High touch, on the other hand, is the stuff we give up when we're tuned in to the technological world: hope and fear and longing, love and forgiveness, nature and spirituality. To discover where the twain shall meet, Naisbitt takes us on a journey that includes Celebration, Florida, the Disney-created community that was fully wired from the get-go; Martha Stewart, who shows people with complicated lives how to enjoy simple tasks like gardening; extreme sports and adventure travel, in which ordinary people expose themselves to the full fury of nature and gravity. And that's all just the first quarter of the book; Naisbitt goes on to look at how video games desensitize children to violence; the challenges the human genome project presents to religion and spirituality; and, finally, "specimen art," in which artists create disturbing images of life, death and human sexuality.
There's no conclusion, in the traditional sense, only a look at what's happening in our world. But the reader will probably take some sort of action after finishing High Tech/High Touch: switching off the cell phone for a few hours a day; permanently locking away the children's violent Nintendo games; maybe even booking a vacation at the most remote location possible. Anything to get away from the constant buzz of a wired world. --Lou Schuler [via]
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The Imperfect Mom: Candid Confessions of Mothers Living in the Real Worldby Therese J. BorchardISBN 0767922662 (0-7679-2266-2)
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Inside the Animal Mind : A Groundbreaking Exploration of Animal Intelligenceby George PageISBN 0767905598 (0-7679-0559-8)
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La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mindby Beppe SevergniniISBN 0767914406 (0-7679-1440-6)
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You wont need luggage for this hypothetical and hilarious trip into the hearts and minds of Beppe Severgninis fellow Italians. In fact, Beppe would prefer if you left behind the baggage his crafty and elegant countrymen have smuggled into your subconscious. To get to his Italia, youll need to forget about your idealized notions of Italy. Although La Bella Figura will take you to legendary cities and scenic regions, your real destinations are the places where Italians are at their best, worst, and most authentic:
The highway: in America, a red light has only one possible interpretationStop! An Italian red light doesnt warn or order you as much as provide an invitation for reflection.
The airport: where Italians prove that one of their virtues (an appreciation for beauty) is really a vice. Who cares if the beautiful girls hawking cell phones in airport kiosks stick you with an outdated model? Thats the price of gazing upon perfection.
The small town: which demonstrates the Italian genius for pleasant living: a congenial barber . . . a well-stocked newsstand . . . professionally made coffee and a proper pizza; bell towers we can recognize in the distance, and people with a kind word and a smile for everyone.
The chaos of the roads, the anarchy of the office, the theatrical spirit of the hypermarkets, and garrulous train journeys; the sensory reassurance of a church and the importance of the beach; the solitude of the soccer stadium and the crowded Italian bedroom; the vertical fixations of the apartment building and the horizontal democracy of the eat-in kitchen. As you venture to these and many other locations rooted in the Italian psyche, you realize that Beppe has become your Dante and shown you a country that has too much style to be hell but is too disorderly to be heaven.
Ten days, thirty places. From north to south. From food to politics. From saintliness to sexuality. This ironic, methodical, and sentimental examination will help you understand why Italyas Beppe says can have you fuming and then purring in the space of a hundred meters or ten minutes. [via]More editions of La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind:
The Last Duel: A True Story Of Crime, Scandal, And Trial By Combat In Medieval Franceby Eric JagerISBN 0767914171 (0-7679-1417-1)
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The gripping, atmospheric true story of the duel to end all duels in medieval France: a trial by combat pitting a knight against a squire accused of violating the knights beautiful young wife
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In 1386, a few days after Christmas, a huge crowd gathers at a Paris monastery to watch the two men fight a duel to the death meant to prove which mans cause is right in Gods sight. The dramatic true story of the knight, the squire, and the lady unfolds during the devastating Hundred Years War between France and England, as enemy troops pillage the land, madness haunts the French court, the Great Schism splits the Church, Muslim armies threaten Christendom, and rebellion, treachery, and plague turn the lives of all into toys of Fortune.
At the heart of the tale is Jean de Carrouges, a Norman knight who returns from combat in Scotland to find his wife, Marguerite, accusing Jacques LeGris, her husbands old friend and fellow courtier, of brutally raping her. The knight takes his cause before the teenage King Charles VI, the highest judge in France. Amid LeGriss vociferous claims of innocence and doubts about the now pregnant Marguerites charges (and about the paternity of her child), the deadlocked court decrees a trial by combat that leaves her fate, too, in the balance. For if her husband and champion loses the duel, she will be put to death as a false accuser.
Carrouges and LeGris, in full armor, eventually meet on a walled field in Paris before a massive crowd that includes the king and many nobles of the realm. A fierce fight on horseback and then on foot ensues during which both combatants suffer woundsbut only one fatal. The violent and tragic episode was notorious in its own time because of the nature of the alleged crime, the legal impasse it provoked, and the resulting trial by combat, an ancient but increasingly suspect institution that was thereafter abolished.
Based on extensive research in Normandy and Paris, The Last Duel brings to life a colorful, turbulent age and three unforgettable characters caught in a fatal triangle of crime, scandal, and revenge. It is at once a moving human drama, a captivating detective story, and an engrossing work of historical intrigue.More editions of The Last Duel: A True Story Of Crime, Scandal, And Trial By Combat In Medieval France:
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Led Zeppelin CompleteISBN 0769207057 (0-7692-0705-7)
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Lemon Zest: More Than 175 Recipes with a Twistby Lori LongbothamISBN 0767906179 (0-7679-0617-9)
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Lemon Zest also brims with juicy tidbits of lemon lore, as well as household hints for making the most of this all-natural cleanser throughout the home. Complete information on using every part of the lemon, along with advice for selecting and storingand even growing them!--is included, too. Lemon Zest is a burst of brilliant flavors sure to please every palate. [via]More editions of Lemon Zest: More Than 175 Recipes with a Twist:
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The Life and Times of The Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoirby Bill BrysonISBN 0767919378 (0-7679-1937-8)
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Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century1951in the middle of the United StatesDes Moines, Iowain the middle of the largest generation in American historythe baby boomers. As one of the best and funniest writers alive, he is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24-carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generational peers, Bill Bryson grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero. In his case, he ran around his house and neighborhood with an old football jersey with a thunderbolt on it and a towel about his neck that served as his cape, leaping tall buildings in a single bound and vanquishing awful evildoers (and morons)in his headas "The Thunderbolt Kid."
Using this persona as a springboard, Bill Bryson re-creates the life of his family and his native city in the 1950s in all its transcendent normalitya life at once completely familiar to us all and as far away and unreachable as another galaxy. It was, he reminds us, a happy time, when automobiles and televisions and appliances (not to mention nuclear weapons) grew larger and more numerous with each passing year, and DDT, cigarettes, and the fallout from atmospheric testing were considered harmless or even good for you. He brings us into the life of his loving but eccentric family, including affectionate portraits of his father, a gifted sportswriter for the local paper and dedicated practitioner of isometric exercises, and OF his mother, whose job as the home furnishing editor for the same paper left her little time for practicing the domestic arts at home. The many readers of Bill Brysons earlier classic, A Walk in the Woods, will greet the reappearance in these pages of the immortal Stephen Katz, seen hijacking literally boxcar loads of beer. He is joined in the Bryson gallery of immortal characters by the demonically clever Willoughby brothers, who apply their scientific skills and can-do attitude to gleefully destructive ends.
Warm and laugh-out-loud funny, and full of his inimitable, pitch-perfect observations, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is as wondrous a book as Bill Bryson has ever written. It will enchant anyone who has ever been young.More editions of The Life and Times of The Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir:
Make a Name for Yourselfby Doris Ober, Robin Fisher RofferISBN 0767904923 (0-7679-0492-3)
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Managing Martiansby Donna Shirley, Danelle MortonISBN 0767902416 (0-7679-0241-6)
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My Life As a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love, and Laughing Out Loudby Kevin Clash, Gary Brozek, Louis Henry MitchellISBN 0767923758 (0-7679-2375-8)
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Nerveby Rufus Griscom, Genevieve FieldISBN 0767902572 (0-7679-0257-2)
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On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguelby Tony CohanISBN 0767903196 (0-7679-0319-6)
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Out of the Flames : The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the Worldby Lawrence Goldstone, Nancy Bazelon GoldstoneISBN 0767908368 (0-7679-0836-8)
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Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the Worldby Nancy Goldstone, Lawrence GoldstoneISBN 0767908376 (0-7679-0837-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World'Book summary:Michael Servetus is one of those hidden figureheads of history who is remembered not for his name, but for the revolutionary deeds that stand in his place. Both a scientist and a freethinking theologian, Servetus is credited with the discovery of pulmonary circulation in the human body as well as the authorship of a polemical masterpiece that cost him his life. The Chrisitianismi Restituto, a heretical work of biblical scholarship, written in 1553, aimed to refute the orthodox Christianity that Servetus' old colleague, John Calvin, supported. After the book spread through the ranks of Protestant hierarchy, Servetus was tried and agonizingly burned at the stake, the last known copy of the Restitutio chained to his leg.
Servetus's execution is significant because it marked a turning point in the quest for freedom of expression, due largely to the development of the printing press and the proliferation of books in Renaissance Europe. Three copies of the Restitutio managed to survive the burning, despite every effort on the part of his enemies to destroy them. As a result, the book became almost a surrogate for its author, going into hiding and relying on covert distribution until it could be read freely, centuries later. Out of the Flames tracks the history of this special work, examining Servetus's life and times and the politics of the first information during the sixteenth century. Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone follow the clandestine journey of the three copies through the subsequent centuries and explore its author's legacy and influence over the thinkers that shared his spirit and genius, such as Leibniz, Voltaire, Rousseau, Jefferson, Clarence Dorrow, and William Osler.
Out of the Flames is an extraordinary story providing testament to the power of ideas, the enduring legacy of books, and the triumph of individual courage.
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The Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People With Too Many Passions to Pick Just Oneby Margaret LobenstineISBN 0767920880 (0-7679-2088-0)
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Royal Babylon: The Alarming History of European Royaltyby Karl ShawISBN 0767907558 (0-7679-0755-8)
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The Science of God: The Convergence of Scientific and Biblical Wisdomby Gerald SchroederISBN 076790303X (0-7679-0303-X)
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The Seasoning of a Chef : My Journey from Diner to Ducasse and Beyondby Doug Psaltis, Michael PsaltisISBN 0767919688 (0-7679-1968-8)
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The Serpent's Coilby Farley MowatISBN 0770423132 (0-7704-2313-2)
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Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork and the Myth of Total Efficiencyby Tom DemarcoISBN 0767907698 (0-7679-0769-8)
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Smart Couples Finish Rich: 9 Steps to Creating a Rich Future for You and Your Partnerby David BachISBN 0767904842 (0-7679-0484-2)
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So What! : The Good, the Mad, and the Uglyby Metallica, Steffan ChiraziISBN 0767918819 (0-7679-1881-9)
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Space Mysteriesby Katharine KenahISBN 0769631878 (0-7696-3187-8)
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Space Mysteries/misterios Del Espacioby Katherine KenahISBN 0769638120 (0-7696-3812-0)
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Straight from the Fridge, Dad: A Dictionary of Hipster Slangby Max DecharneISBN 0767908406 (0-7679-0840-6)
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The Triumph of Narrative: Storytelling in the Age of Mass Cultureby Robert FulfordISBN 076790656X (0-7679-0656-X)
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The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nationby David KampISBN 0767915798 (0-7679-1579-8)
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Vanity Fair writer David Kamp chronicles this amazing transformation, from the overcooked vegetables and scary gelatin salads of yore to our current heyday of free-range chickens, extra-virgin olive oil, Iron Chef, Whole Foods, Starbucks, and that breed of human known as the foodie. In deft fashion, Kamp conjures up vivid images of the Big Three, the lodestars who led us out of this culinary wilderness: James Beard, the hulking, bald, flamboyant Oregonian who made the case for American cookery; Julia Child, the towering, warbling giantess who demystified French cuisine for Americans; and Craig Claiborne, the melancholy, sexually confused Mississippian who all but invented food journalism at the New York Times. The story continues onward with candid, provocative commentary from the food figures who prospered in the Big Threes wake: Alice Waters and Jeremiah Tower of Berkeleys Chez Panisse, Wolfgang Puck and his L.A. acolytes, the visionary chefs we know by one name (Emeril, Daniel, Mario, Jean-Georges), the Williams in Williams-Sonoma, the Niman in Niman Ranch, both Dean and DeLuca, and many others.
A rich, frequently uproarious stew of culinary innovation, flavor revelations, balsamic pretensions, taste-making luminaries, food politics, and kitchen confidences, The United States of Arugula is the remarkable history of the cultural success story of our era. [via]More editions of The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation:
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The United States of Arugula: The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food Revolutionby David KampISBN 0767915801 (0-7679-1580-1)
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Amazingly enough, just twenty years ago eating sushi was a daring novelty and many Americans had never even heard of salsa. Today, we don't bat an eye at a construction worker dipping a croissant into robust specialty coffee, city dwellers buying just-picked farmstand produce, or suburbanites stocking up on artisanal cheeses and extra virgin oils at supermarkets. The United States of Arugula is a rollicking, revealing stew of culinary innovation, food politics, and kitchen confidences chronicling how gourmet eating in America went from obscure to pervasiveand became the cultural success story of our era.More editions of The United States of Arugula: The Sun Dried, Cold Pressed, Dark Roasted, Extra Virgin Story of the American Food Revolution:
Vimyby Pierre BertonISBN 0771013396 (0-7710-1339-6)
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A Whale for the Killingby Farley MowatISBN 0770423310 (0-7704-2331-0)
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When an 80-ton Fin Whale became trapped in a Newfoundland lagoon, conservationist Farley Mowat rejoiced: here was the first chance to study at close range one of the most magnificent animals in creation. Some local villagers thought otherwise. They blasted the whale with rifle fire and hacked open her back with a motorboat propeller. Mowat appealed desperately to the police, to marine biologists, finally to the Canadian press. But it was too late. Ravaged by an infection resulting from her massive wounds, the whale died.
World-renowned for his passionate tales of survival, Farley Mowat wrote his new book to symbolize the plight of all whales preyed on by man for commercial profit. A Whale for the Killing is an urgent, eloquent plea to stop the massacre now...before the entire species is doomed to extinction. [via]More editions of A Whale for the Killing:
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Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes: The Ultimate Guide to the Opposite Sexby Allan Pease, Barbara PeaseISBN 0767916107 (0-7679-1610-7)
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Why Men Dont Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes takes a look at some of the issues that have confused men and women for centuries. Using new findings on the brain, studies of social changes, evolutionary biology, and psychology, the Peases teach you how to make the most of your relationshipsor at least begin to understand where your partner is coming from.
They help women understand why men avoid commitment, what drives them to lie, and how to decode male speech to find out what they are really saying. They explain to men why women nag, how they use emotional blackmail, and how to understand (and take advantage of!) the top-secret scoring system all women apply. They also dish about the top turn-ons--and turn-offs--for both sexes. Laced with their trademark humor, Why Men Dont Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes addresses a host of nitty-gritty battlegrounds as well, from channel surfing and toilet seats to shopping and communication.
Already a #1 bestseller in the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Holland, Spain, Brazil, Portugal, Belgium, Ireland, France, Czech Republic, India, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia, Why Men Dont Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes is the answer to understanding the opposite sex. [via]More editions of Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes: The Ultimate Guide to the Opposite Sex:
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Wild Weather: Beginning Reader Level 1by Katherine KenathISBN 0769631789 (0-7696-3178-9)
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Dare to read the extreme! The Wild Weather Extreme Reader introduces fascinating facts about some of the fiercest weather conditions on earth including, storm cloud, lightning, rain, flood, drought, dust storm, fog, rainbow, hail, snow, ice storm, tornado, hurricane, and the weather service. This unique level 1 nonfiction reader for preschool to kindergarten learners will help them explore reading on their own. Dramatic photographs, graphic illustrations, and an amazing Extreme Facts list will keep them turning the page. The fact-based approach also makes this book a valuable resource. Children will love to learn to read when given this Extreme Reader! The best-selling Extreme Readers is an exciting series for early readers to explore reading on their own. These unique leveled nonfiction readers feature over 30 titles for preschool to grade 2, covering high-interest topics that will grab childrens attention from the very first page. With the current educational emphasis on reading in content areas and reading comprehension, the Extreme Readers will be a welcome addition at school and at home! Check out our other titles! [via]More editions of Wild Weather: Beginning Reader Level 1:
Wild Weather/ Tiempo Salvajeby Katherine KenahISBN 0769638147 (0-7696-3814-7)
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Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasureby Don KladstrupISBN 0767904486 (0-7679-0448-6)
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Witch Crafting: A Spiritual Guide to Making Magicby Phyllis CurottISBN 0767908457 (0-7679-0845-7)
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Woman, Thou Art Loosed!by T. D. JakesISBN 0768422892 (0-7684-2289-2)
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Woman, Thou Art Loosed: Healing the Wounds of the Pastby T. D. JakesISBN 0768430402 (0-7684-3040-2)
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Word Spy: The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Cultureby Paul McFedriesISBN 076791466X (0-7679-1466-X)
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