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Absent-Minded Professor's Memory Bookby Michele B. SlungISBN 0345317777 (0-345-31777-7)
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The Ancient Engineersby L. Sprague de CampISBN 0345320298 (0-345-32029-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ancient Engineers'Book summary:A reasonably scholarly but nonetheless accessible history of the great engineering feats of the human race up to the Renaissance, including a great chapter on Oriental architecture, a topic often neglected by such surveys. [via]
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Ancient Mysteriesby Rupert FurneauxISBN 0345345282 (0-345-34528-2)
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Animals as Teachers and Healersby Susan Chernak McElroyISBN 0345409906 (0-345-40990-6)
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Animals As Teachers and Healers: True Stories and Reflectionsby Susan Chernak McElroyISBN 0345421175 (0-345-42117-5)
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Another City, Not My Ownby Dominick DunneISBN 0345430514 (0-345-43051-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Another City, Not My Own'Book summary:Dominick Dunne was a ringside witness to the O.J. Simpson criminal trial, about which he wrote extensively for Vanity Fair magazine. In Another City, Not My Own, he revisits the case, this time in fictional form. In this "novel in the form of a memoir," Dunne's fiction skates perilously close to fact in most instances. O.J., Marcia Clark, Johnnie Cochran, and a whole host of celebrity characters keep their own names while the life story of protagonist Gus Bailey closely follows Dunne's own. Like Dunne, Bailey--who has appeared in previous works by the author--is a journalist, the father of a murdered child and thus a keen chronicler of the American justice system. The O.J. Simpson trial is a natural magnet for such a man.
Throughout the novel, Bailey spends his days in the courtroom and his evenings at celebrity-studded soirees; names such as Heidi Fleiss, Elizabeth Taylor, and Kirk Douglas punctuate the narrative as Dunne comments on the case, the sensibilities of both the accused and his accusers, and the roles of race, fame, and guilt in America today. But shocking as the Simpson case was, Dunne's denouement to his fictional memoir is so bizarre that it may well eclipse the verdict entirely. [via]
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The Argument Culture: Stopping America's War of Wordsby Deborah TannenISBN 0345407512 (0-345-40751-2)
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The Art of Star Wars Episode I : The Phantom Menaceby Jonathan BresmanISBN 0345431081 (0-345-43108-1)
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The Art of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi/Episode VIby George Lucas, Lawrence KasdanISBN 0345392043 (0-345-39204-3)
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The Art of the Return of the Jediby Lawrence KasdanISBN 0345312546 (0-345-31254-6)
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Best Little Boy in the Worldby John ReidISBN 0345381769 (0-345-38176-9)
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The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Upby John Reid, Andrew TobiasISBN 0345423798 (0-345-42379-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up'Book summary:In 1973 Andrew Tobias published The Best Little Boy in the World under the pseudonym John Reid in order to avoid telling people (including his parents) that he was gay. Since then, he's gone on to become a bestselling finance writer (The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need) and columnist for Worth magazine. "Much of my life," writes Tobias, "the context of this book notwithstanding, has had little to do with being gay...." This may seem like an odd statement to find in the sequel to one of the major gay memoirs of the late 20th century. Yet it's also perhaps the point: as Tobias has "grown up" and fully accepted his sexuality, it has become so natural to him that were it not for other people's attitudes there would be almost no reason to call attention to it.
In this memoir, Tobias avoids discussing his sexuality in detail, and apologizes for even the occasional indirect remarks he makes to get around talking about sex. Instead, he covers his emotional relationships and the significant advances for gays and lesbians in American society that he has both witnessed and experienced since 1973. He writes in a charming, conversational style, frequently following digressions and then forcing himself back on track. Tobias is lavish in his praise of those he admires, including Bill and Hillary Clinton (who have "done more than anyone in the history of the world for gay and lesbian people"), and tries to see the good in those with whom he profoundly disagrees. The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up is a thoughtful, self-assured memoir that shows that one way to start making the world a better place is to become at peace with oneself. --Ron Hogan [via]
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Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfourby Barbara Wertheim TuchmanISBN 0345314271 (0-345-31427-1)
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"Barbara Tuchman is a wise and witty writer, a shrewd observer with a lively command of high drama."
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Bloodsby Wallace TerryISBN 0345376668 (0-345-37666-8)
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The Boys on the Busby Timothy CrouseISBN 0345340159 (0-345-34015-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Boys on the Bus'Book summary:Political spin-doctoring has become something of an art form in the last few decades. It was less artful in the early years of the information age, and Crouse's entertaining look at the attempts of both the Nixon and McGovern '72 campaign staffs to control the media seems almost comical, so poor were they at the image-and-sound bite manipulation that now defines our politics. Crouse is a serious-minded journalist, however, and his firsthand report on how political news is made and shaped remains important reading. Check out Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 for a more madcap view of the same matters. [via]
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Brave Dames and Wimpettesby Susan IsaacsISBN 0345422813 (0-345-42281-3)
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Burnt Bread & Chutney: Growing Up Between Cultures - A Memoir of an Indian Jewish Girlby Carmit DelmanISBN 0345445945 (0-345-44594-5)
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The Celebration Chronicles: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Property Value in Disney's New Townby Andrew RossISBN 0345417526 (0-345-41752-6)
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Charlie Companyby Peter Goldman, Tony FullerISBN 0345314964 (0-345-31496-4)
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The Christian's Secret Of A Happy Lifeby Hannah Whitall SmithISBN 0345335864 (0-345-33586-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Christian's Secret Of A Happy Life'Book summary:More than a century after its first publication, this small treasure is an uplifting guide to the true meaning of the Bible's message:
We have all been endowed by our Creator with the strength and spirit to move beyond life's difficulties and attain the shining happiness that is Christianity's promise. [via]More editions of The Christian's Secret Of A Happy Life:
Churchill's Black Dog, Kafka's Mice, and Other Phenomena of the Human Mindby Anthony StorrISBN 034536547X (0-345-36547-X)
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The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomattox Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan and Their Brothersby John C. WaughISBN 034543403X (0-345-43403-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomattox Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan and Their Brothers'Book summary:No single group of men at West Point--or possibly any academy--has been so indelibly written into history as the class of 1846. The names are legendary: Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, George B. McClellan, Ambrose Powell Hill, Darius Nash Couch, George Edward Pickett, Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, and George Stoneman. The class fought in three wars, produced twenty generals, and left the nation a lasting legacy of bravery, brilliance, and bloodshed.
This fascinating, remarkably intimate chronicle traces the lives of these unforgettable men--their training, their personalities, and the events in which they made their names and met their fates. Drawing on letters, diaries, and personal accounts, John C. Waugh has written a collective biography of masterful proportions, as vivid and engrossing as fiction in its re-creation of these brilliant figures and their pivotal roles in American history. [via]More editions of The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomattox Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan and Their Brothers:
The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Presentby Tim Brooks, Earle MarshISBN 0345397363 (0-345-39736-3)
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Conversations With Anne Riceby Anne Rice, Michael RileyISBN 0345396367 (0-345-39636-7)
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The Dictionary of Clichesby James RogersISBN 0345338146 (0-345-33814-6)
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Don Coyote: The Good Times and the Bad Times of a Maligned American Originalby Dayton O. HydeISBN 0345347048 (0-345-34704-8)
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Dreamers, Discoverers, and Dynamos: How to Help the Child Who Is Bright, Bored, and Having Problems in Schoolby Lucy Jo PalladinoISBN 0345405730 (0-345-40573-0)
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Expressions of the Catholic Faith: A Guide to the Teachings and Practices of the Catholic Churchby Kevin Orlin JohnsonISBN 0345381165 (0-345-38116-5)
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Feel This Book: An Essential Guide to Self-Empowerment, Spiritual Supremacy, and Sexual Satisfactionby Ben Stiller, Janeane GarofaloISBN 0345412931 (0-345-41293-1)
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Finite and Infinite Gamesby James P. CarseISBN 0345341848 (0-345-34184-8)
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Gallipoliby Alan MooreheadISBN 0345330889 (0-345-33088-9)
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God's Funeral: A Biography of Faith and Doubt in Western Civilizationby A. N. WilsonISBN 0345439597 (0-345-43959-7)
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Great Books for Girlsby Kathleen OdeanISBN 034540484X (0-345-40484-X)
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Hell's Angelsby Hunter S. ThompsonISBN 0345410084 (0-345-41008-4)
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A History of the Breastby Marilyn YalomISBN 0345388941 (0-345-38894-1)
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Hope : Adventures of a Diamondby Marian FowlerISBN 0345444868 (0-345-44486-8)
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I'm the One That I Wantby Margaret ChoISBN 0345440145 (0-345-44014-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I'm the One That I Want'Book summary:Don't come to this bitter, engrossing memoir for a quick and easy laugh. The material that Margaret Cho has turned to such riotous ends in her stand-up act has a very different flavor on the page. An unpopular child (okay, hated and reviled), Cho made friends with the drag queens who worked in her father's bookstore, soon becoming a fag hag, and finding this mutual attraction "both nurturing and powerful, sweet and sour, retail and wholesale." "Drag queens are strong because they have so much to fight against," writes Cho, "homophobia, sexism, pink eye." To support herself at the beginning of her comedy career, Cho worked at FAO Schwarz, sometimes moonlighting in phone sex. Occasionally the jobs would overlap, and she would find herself doing phone sex dressed as Raggedy Ann. There isn't much here about Cho's early success, but she does delve at length into her disastrous sitcom, and devotes many pages to her battles with her weight, with drugs, and with alcohol, and her hopeless relationships with men (none of the bisexual material from her stage act is included here). Cho's message is about self-esteem in the face of consistent opposition from her family, the network that aired a "Margaret Cho" sitcom but permitted her no creative control, and a society that rewards women for thinness, whiteness, meekness, and a shut mouth. --Regina Marler [via]
Industrial Light & Magic: Into the Digital Realmby Mark Cotta Vaz, Patricia Rose DuignanISBN 0345381521 (0-345-38152-1)
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Intrudersby Budd HopkinsISBN 0345346335 (0-345-34633-5)
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Iron Pots and Wooden Spoons: Africa's Gifts to New World Cookingby Jessica B. HarrisISBN 034536418X (0-345-36418-X)
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Julia Child and Companyby Julia Child, E. S. YntemaISBN 0345314492 (0-345-31449-2)
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Killer Angelsby Michael ShaaraISBN 0345348109 (0-345-34810-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Killer Angels'Book summary:"My favorite historical novel . . . a superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about, and what it meant."-James M. McPherson In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty were also the casualties of war. Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece is unique, sweeping, unforgettable-the dramatic story of the battleground for America's destiny. [via]
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The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bullby Robert M. UtleyISBN 0345389387 (0-345-38938-7)
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Reviled by the United States government as a troublemaker and a coward, revered by his people as a great warrior chief, Sitting Bull has long been one of the most fascinating and misunderstood figures in American history. Now, distinguished historian Robert M. Utley has forged a compelling new portrait of Sitting Bull, viewing the man from the Lakota perspective for the very first time to render the most unbiased and historically accurate biography of Sitting Buil to date.
WINNER OF THE SPUR AWARD FOR BEST WESTERN NONFICTION
HISTORICAL BOOK OF 1993
A MAIN SELECTIN OF THE HISTORY BOOK CLUB
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The Life of Elizabeth Iby Alison WeirISBN 0345425502 (0-345-42550-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life of Elizabeth I'Book summary:The long life and powerful personality of England's beloved Virgin Queen have eternal appeal, and popular historian Alison Weir depicts both with panache. She's especially good at evoking the physical texture of Tudor England: the elaborate royal gowns (actually an intricate assembly of separate fabric panels buttoned together over linen shifts), the luxurious but unhygienic palaces (Elizabeth got the only "close stool"; most members of her retinue relieved themselves in the courtyards), the huge meals heavily seasoned to disguise the taste of spoiled meat. Against this earthy backdrop, Elizabeth's intelligence and formidable political skills stand in vivid relief. She may have been autocratic, devious, even deceptive, but these traits were required to perform a 45-year tightrope walk between the two great powers of Europe, France and Spain. Both countries were eager to bring small, weak England under their sway and to safely marry off its inconveniently independent queen. Weir emphasizes Elizabeth's precarious position as a ruling woman in a man's world, suggesting plausibly that the single life was personally appealing as well as politically expedient for someone who had seen many ambitious ladies--including her own mother--ruined and even executed for just the appearance of sexual indiscretions. The author's evaluations of such key figures in Elizabeth's reign as the Earl of Leicester (arguably the only man she ever loved) and William Cecil (her most trusted adviser) are equally cogent and respectful of psychological complexity. Weir does a fine job of retelling this always-popular story for a new generation. --Wendy Smith [via]
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The Making of Star Wars Revenge of the Sithby JONATHAN RINZLERISBN 0345431391 (0-345-43139-1)
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The Memory Bookby Harry Lorayne, Jerry LucasISBN 0345337581 (0-345-33758-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Memory Book'Book summary:Unleash the hidden power of your mind through Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas's simple, fail-safe memory system, and you can become more effective, more imaginative, and more powerful, at work, at school, in sports and play. Discover how easy it is to: file phone numbers, data, figures, and appointments right in your head; learn foreign words and phrases with ease; read with speed--and greater understanding; shine in the classroom--and shorten study hours; dominate social situations, and more.
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Mister God, This Is Annaby Fynn, PapasISBN 0345327225 (0-345-32722-5)
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Anna was only four years old when Fynn found her on London's fog-shrouded docks. He took her back to his mother's home, and from that first moment, their times together were filled with delight and discovery. Anna had an astonishing ability to ask--and to answer--life's largest questions. Her total openness and honesty amazed all who knew her. She seemed to understand with uncanny certainty the purpose of being, the essence of feeling, the beauty of love. You see, Anna had a very special friendship with Mister God. . . . [via]More editions of Mister God, This Is Anna:
A Museum of Early American Toolsby Eric SloaneISBN 0345326113 (0-345-32611-3)
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New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Timeby Gail Sheehy, Joelle DelbourgoISBN 0345404459 (0-345-40445-9)
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Pass the Polenta: And Other Writings from the Kitchenby Teresa LustISBN 0345435656 (0-345-43565-6)
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Positive Disciplineby Jane NelsenISBN 0345348567 (0-345-34856-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Positive Discipline'Book summary:For twenty-five years, Positive Discipline has been the gold standard reference for grown-ups working with children. Now Jane Nelsen, distinguished psychologist, educator, and mother of seven, has written a revised and expanded edition. The key to positive discipline is not punishment, she tells us, but mutual respect. Nelsen coaches parents and teachers to be both firm and kind, so that any childfrom a three-year-old toddler to a rebellious teenagercan learn creative cooperation and self-discipline with no loss of dignity. Inside youll discover how to
" bridge communication gaps
" defuse power struggles
" avoid the dangers of praise
" enforce your message of love
" build on strengths, not weaknesses
" hold children accountable with their self-respect intact
" teach children not what to think but how to think
" win cooperation at home and at school
" meet the special challenge of teen misbehavior
It is not easy to improve a classic book, but Jane Nelson has done so in this revised edition. Packed with updated examples that are clear and specific, Positive Discipline shows parents exactly how to focus on solutions while being kind and firm. If you want to enrich your relationship with your children, this is the book for you.
Sal Severe, author of How to Behave So Your Children Will, Too!
Millions of children have already benefited from the counsel in this wise and warmhearted book, which features dozens of true stories of positive discipline in action. Give your child the tools he or she needs for a well-adjusted life with this proven treasure trove of practical advice. [via] 
The Professor and the Prostitute: And Other True Tales of Murder and Madnessby Linda WolfeISBN 0345343670 (0-345-34367-0)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Project Blue Bookby Brad SteigerISBN 0345345258 (0-345-34525-8)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Project Blue Book'Book summary:While the United States Air Force was offering the American people pat denials that UFOs were "serious business," it was conducting intensive, highly secret inquiries into all UFO reports.
These inquiries were carried out by responsible Air Force personnel and respected civilian scientists.
When their conclusions did not support the official position, the findings were suppressed.
Now, the secret findings of Project Sign, Project Grudge, Special Report #14, and Project Blue Book are revealed in this explosive and significant document!
Examine It And Decide For Yourself
...But you may not be able to dismiss the riveting testimony of scientists, the military, pilots, and citizens all over the country who have witnessed [via]
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The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman 1955-1967by Douglas Brinkley, Hunter S. ThompsonISBN 0345377966 (0-345-37796-6)
Softcover, Del Rey
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The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War 1890-1914by Barbara Wertheim TuchmanISBN 0345405013 (0-345-40501-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War 1890-1914'Book summary:"The diplomatic origins, so-called, of the War are only the fever chart of the patient; they do not tell us what caused the fever. To probe for underlying causes and deeper forces one must operate within the framework of a whole society and try to discover what moved the people in it."
--Barbara W. Tuchman
The fateful quarter-century leading up to the World War I was a time when the world of Privilege still existed in Olympian luxury and the world of Protest was heaving in its pain, its power, and its hate. The age was the climax of a century of the most accelerated rate of change in history, a cataclysmic shaping of destiny.
In The Proud Tower, Barbara Tuchman concentrates on society rather than the state. With an artist's selectivity, Tuchman bings to vivid life the people, places, and events that shaped the years leading up to the Great War: the Edwardian aristocracy and the end of their reign; the Anarchists of Europe and America, who voiced the protest of the oppressed; Germany, as portrayed through the figure of the self-depicted Hero, Richard Strauss; the sudden gorgeous blaze of Diaghilev's Russian Ballet and Stravinsky's music; the Dreyfus Affair; the two Peace Conferences at the Hague; and, finally, the youth, ideals, enthusiasm, and tragedy of Socialism, epitomized in the moment when the heroic Jean Jaurès was shot to death on the night the War began and an epoch ended.
"Tuchman [was] a distinguished historian who [wrote] her books with a rare combination of impeccable scholarship and literary polish. . . . It would be impossible to read The Proud Tower without pleasure and admiration."
--The New York Times
"Tuchman proved in The Guns of August that she could write better military history than most men. In this sequel, she tells her story with cool wit and warm understanding, eschewing both the sweeping generalizations of a Toynbee and the minute-by-minute simplicisms of a Walter Lord."
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Random House Basic Dictionary: French-English English-Frenchby Francesca L. V. LangbaumISBN 0345337123 (0-345-33712-3)
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The Random House Basic Dictionary Spanish-English, English-Spanishby Donald SolaISBN 0345337115 (0-345-33711-5)
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Reverence for Woodby Eric SloaneISBN 0345319915 (0-345-31991-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reverence for Wood'Book summary:The special knowledge of which wood is suited to which task, the ready identification of native trees, the reverence for wood, the instinctive knowledge that wood can warm the soul as well as the body -- these virtues of a bygone age are revived in Eric Sloane's remarkable work. Heavily illustrated, with a section on identification of nearly sixty native trees, A REVERENCE FOR WOOD provides an illuminating view of the resource that made possible so much of the early settlement of North America. [via]
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The Rivan Codexby David Eddings, Leigh EddingsISBN 0345435869 (0-345-43586-9)
Softcover, Del Rey
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rivan Codex'Book summary:So you want to write a multivolume, bestselling epic fantasy? Here's the book to help you. The Rivan Codex was published to answer the many letters David and Leigh Eddings have received from students, teachers, and aspiring writers. It's a companion to the 12-book fantasy series comprised of The Belgariad (five books), The Malloreon (five books), Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress. In David Eddings's words, The Rivan Codex "may give the student of our genre some insights into the creative process--something on the order of 'connect wire A to wire B. Warning! Do not connect wire A to wire C, because that will cause the whole thing to blow up in your face." This is a collection of the groundwork David and Leigh Eddings laid for the Belgariad and Malloreon series. On this firm foundation they imagined and built their world in book after book.
There's a fascinating introduction, a personal history of Belgarath the sorcerer, Holy Books, Gospels, Histories, King Anheg's diary, and an afterword. Footnotes tell how the authors used and changed these materials in writing the books. And of course, there are plenty of maps (the starting point for all epic fantasies). --Nona Vero [via]
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The Rivan Codex : Ancient Texts of the Belgariad and the Malloreonby David Eddings, Geoff Taylor, Leigh EddingsISBN 0345424026 (0-345-42402-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rivan Codex : Ancient Texts of the Belgariad and the Malloreon'Book summary:So you want to write a multivolume, bestselling epic fantasy? Here's the book to help you. The Rivan Codex was published to answer the many letters David and Leigh Eddings have received from students, teachers, and aspiring writers. It's a companion to the 12-book fantasy series comprised of The Belgariad (five books), The Malloreon (five books), Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress. In David Eddings's words, The Rivan Codex "may give the student of our genre some insights into the creative process--something on the order of 'connect wire A to wire B. Warning! Do not connect wire A to wire C, because that will cause the whole thing to blow up in your face." This is a collection of the groundwork David and Leigh Eddings laid for the Belgariad and Malloreon series. On this firm foundation they imagined and built their world in book after book.
There's a fascinating introduction, a personal history of Belgarath the sorcerer, Holy Books, Gospels, Histories, King Anheg's diary, and an afterword. Footnotes tell how the authors used and changed these materials in writing the books. And of course, there are plenty of maps (the starting point for all epic fantasies). --Nona Vero [via]
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A Rumor of Warby Philip CaputoISBN 0345331222 (0-345-33122-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Rumor of War'Book summary:The extraordinary betseller that provides a close-up look unlike any other, at the American experience in Vietnam. Powerful, vivid, compassionate, and heartbreaking, here is a very personal and yet universal grunt's-eye-view of the hopeless brutality and the ultimate, and seemingly endless horror where men and governments sacrificed their morality and the souls of their nation. [via]
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Safe Place: The True Story of a Father,a Son,a Murderby Lorenzo CarcaterraISBN 0345383486 (0-345-38348-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Safe Place: The True Story of a Father,a Son,a Murder'Book summary:"Dramatic, graphic and wrenching...The reader is left to wonder--at the devastation of Carcaterra's youth, at his survival to adulthood, and at the grace that allowed him to craft this piercing memoir."
THE WASHINGTON POST
Lorenza Carcaterra grew up in Hell's Kitchen, New York in the 1950s and '60s in a confusing world of love and fear of his paradoxically violent and affectionate father. Then Lorenzo learned that his father had murdered his first wife. And he wondered how he could love his father again. Did he possess the same murderous fury; would he someday suddenly lash out at those he loved? As his father's physical abuse escalated, Lorenzo sought frantically for a safe place...a place where he could find hope and reconciliation and peace, where his father's terrible shadow no longer lingered. Now, decades later, Lorenzo has finally come to terms with the awful truth about his father. A SAFE PLACE is the brilliant result. [via]More editions of Safe Place: The True Story of a Father,a Son,a Murder:
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Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Childrenby Jonathan KellermanISBN 0345429397 (0-345-42939-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children'Book summary:Jonathan Kellerman is best known as the author of a series of bestselling suspense novels starring psychologist sleuth Dr. Alex Delaware, but his nonliterary background is as a children's clinical psychologist. In Savage Spawn, inspired by the schoolyard shootings that took place in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Springfield, Oregon, in 1998, he brings his training to bear on the question of how children can become cold-blooded killers. Kellerman has as much--perhaps more--to say about the broader issue of the nature of psychopathy, however, than he does about youth violence, though he does occasionally bring the two themes together. But Savage Spawn is essentially a hundred-page-plus op-ed piece rooted in Kellerman's belief that there are fundamentally bad people in the world and that the response to the perpetrators of violent acts such as the shooting at Jonesboro should be to "lock them up till they die." (Although published shortly after the multiple-death shooting in Littleton, Colorado, in 1999, the book was clearly written before this incident took place.) Readers may ultimately prefer more detailed considerations such as William Pollack's Real Boys or Lost Boys, by James Garbarino. [via]
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The Search for Meaning: Americans Talk About What They Believe and Whyby Phillip L. BermanISBN 034537777X (0-345-37777-X)
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The Seasons of a Man's Lifeby Daniel J. LevinsonISBN 0345339010 (0-345-33901-0)
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Secrets Of The Baby Whisperer: How To Calm, Connect, And Communicate With Your Babyby Melinda Blau, Tracy HoggISBN 0345440900 (0-345-44090-0)
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Star Warsby Kevin J. Anderson, Daniel WallaceISBN 0345434390 (0-345-43439-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Star Wars'Book summary:"After the fall of the Empire, many archives were opened and hidden information came to the attention of scholars across the galaxy. We are at a crux point in history . . . Citizens of the New Republic must know their history--a rich and glorious tradition, [with] many dark mistakes. We must learn from both."--New Republic Historical CouncilThe story is one that began many thousands of years before the birth of Luke Skywalker . . . or Anakin Skywalker . . . or even Obi-Wan Kenobi. It spans galaxies, encompasses kingdoms and powerful dynasties, chronicles wars, and charts the rise and fall of individuals who changed the course of their times. Now, at last, the many strands of this extraordinary saga are drawn together--from the original movies, from the novels, from every verifiable source--and tied together in one, comprehensive volume.- Learn about the Great Hyperspace War that divided the ancient Jedi Knights - Discover the colorful adventures of the rogue heroes Han Solo and Lando Calrissian- Experience the overthrow of the Empire, the birth of the New Republic, the founding of Skywalker's Jedi academy, the marriage of Han Solo and Princess Leia Organa, and much more!Relive the legendary events. Catch up with the action you missed. Explore the saga of Star Wars from the very beginning--in one, authoritative essential guide! [via]
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Star Wars Episode I : The Making of the Phantom Menaceby Laurent Bouzereau, Jody DuncanISBN 0345431111 (0-345-43111-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Star Wars Episode I : The Making of the Phantom Menace'Book summary:An Imperial Star Destroyer plus a doughnut equals a Neimoidian battleship. So reveals Phantom Menace design director Doug Chiang, as he's discussing how the previous Star Wars films influenced the conceptual planning of Episode I. Fans of Star Wars, of course, love to get this kind of skinny, and The Making of Episode I doesn't disappoint. In this comprehensive account of Phantom Menace's origins, packed with page after page of behind-the-scenes sketches and set photos, you also learn about the many hairdos of the Jedi, how Huttese is based on the Incan language Catua, and what a huge influence Young Indiana Jones had on Episode I's seat-of-the-pants, guerrilla-style production.
All the films in the Star Wars saga share unusual origins, but Phantom Menace may take the prize with its ground-breaking technology, nonlinear digital production process, strenuous casting demands, and, of course, the idiosyncratic style of Lucas himself, with his focus on editing and collaboration with actors and designers. The veterans of quite a few "making of" books and documentaries, Laurent Bouzereau (Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays) and Jody Duncan (Cinefex magazine) don't miss a trick, combining exclusive Lucas interviews with blow-by-blow recountings of every stage in the process, from initial script development and casting to storyboarding, costume design, and set-building through to shooting, editing, and scoring. --Paul Hughes [via]
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Star Wars : Technical Journalby Shane Johnson, George Lucas, Lucasfilm Ltd. StaffISBN 0345401824 (0-345-40182-4)
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Star Wars : The Art of the Phantom Menaceby Ballantine Books Staff, Jonathan Bresman, George LucasISBN 034543109X (0-345-43109-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Star Wars : The Art of the Phantom Menace'Book summary:Star Wars owes a lot to its details. George Lucas made his world so believable and compelling by getting all the little things right, whether it was a chip in Vader's helmet or the sand on a Stormtrooper's boots. Of course, this feat was no accident--extensive conceptual planning and design went into all the Star Wars movies, perhaps most so for Episode I: The Phantom Menace. This excellent "insider story" art book by Phantom Menace researcher Jonathan Bresman pulls together a wealth of these preliminary paintings, sketches, and computer animatics. Starting in early 1995, the Episode I art team sweated out nearly four years in a renovated attic at Skywalker Ranch, and Bresman's book gives an eye-popping account of their efforts, a sweeping survey of the movie's "evolutionary record," what Bresman calls "the unseen art that serves as the foundation for the film."
Divided into sections covering each of the movie's major locales (e.g., Theed, Coruscant, Otoh Gunga), The Art of Phantom Menace gives detailed illustrations of many of the creatures, structures, and vessels that made the final cut to film. But even more interesting are those that never left the sketchbook or hard drive--what fan wouldn't want to see a bulky, bipedal droideka or Padmé's horned, reptilian "swamp horse"? Call-outs alongside the art reveal the untold story behind many characters, like how Jedi Council member Yaddle really did begin as a sketch of a young Yoda, and how Jar Jar at one point had a wacky "dog" sidekick named Blarf. (Lucas and crew thankfully dodged that bullet.) --Paul Hughes [via]
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Star Wars : The Essential Guide to Weapons and Technologyby Bill Smith, David Nakabayashi, Troy VigilISBN 0345414136 (0-345-41413-6)
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Star Wars the Making of Episode 1: The Phantom Menaceby Jody Duncan, Laurent BouzereauISBN 0345431197 (0-345-43119-7)
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Steps to an Ecology of Mindby Gregory BatesonISBN 0345332911 (0-345-33291-1)
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The Thyroid Solution: A Mind-Body Program for Beating Depression and Regaining Your Emotional and Physical Healthby Ridha AremISBN 0345429206 (0-345-42920-6)
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Twentieth Century: An Almanacby Robert H. Ferrell, John S. BowmanISBN 0345317084 (0-345-31708-4)
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Unfinished Talesby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0345357116 (0-345-35711-6)
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Walking to Canterbury: A Modern Journey Through Chaucer's Medieval Englandby Jerry EllisISBN 0345447069 (0-345-44706-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walking to Canterbury: A Modern Journey Through Chaucer's Medieval England'Book summary:A decade ago, Jerry Ellis followed the long Trail of Tears to explore his Cherokee lineage, a journey he recounted in his well-crafted memoir Walking the Trail. Now, honoring the English side of his heritage, he offers this lively sequel: an account of a short but adventure-filled hike from London to Canterbury.
Canterbury, of course, is the site of a great cathedral, and the place where St. Thomas à Becket was murdered in 1170. Throughout the Middle Ages, pilgrims made their way there from all over Europe to seek the miraculous powers of his blood and spirit, as Geoffrey Chaucer recounts in The Canterbury Tales. But it is also a resolutely modern and all too worldly place of cell phones, fast-food restaurants, and freeways. For every present-day traveler and artifact he encounters along his path, Ellis finds just the right counterpart from the past. His engaging narrative shifts between eras and continents, joining personal and universal history while commenting on forgotten times and customs.
Ellis's altogether enjoyable memoir deserves a place alongside the writings of Bill Bryson, Paul Theroux, and other intrepid walkers--and it is a welcome treat for fans of Chaucer, too. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Whole Brain Thinking : Working from Both Sides of the Brain to Achieve Peak Job Performanceby Jacquelyn Wonder, Priscilla DonovanISBN 0345322045 (0-345-32204-5)
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Why Do Catholics Do That?: A Guide to the Teachings and Practices of the Catholic Churchby Kevin Orlin JohnsonISBN 0345397266 (0-345-39726-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why Do Catholics Do That?: A Guide to the Teachings and Practices of the Catholic Church'Book summary:Why Do Catholics Do That? by Kevin Orlin Johnson assumes nothing and tells all. As such, it's not only an ideal catechism companion but also a source of infinite wisdom for students of art history, politics, literature, philosophy, and pretty much any other subject connected with Catholic history. In a voice refreshingly free of condescension (and full of humor, witnessed in chapter titles such as "Saints: How You Get To Be One"), Johnson defines and expatiates upon hundreds of topics, including the Mass, the rosary, the cross, the eucharist, and the pope. Why Do Catholics Do That? is destined for the all-time top 20 list of indispensable desk references. Whether your interest in Catholicism is devoutly religious or defiantly secular, you'll be glad Kevin Orlin Johnson has fulfilled his vocation so faithfully. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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A World of Ideas: A Dictionary of Important Theories, Concepts, Beliefs, and Thinkersby Chris RohmannISBN 0345437063 (0-345-43706-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A World of Ideas: A Dictionary of Important Theories, Concepts, Beliefs, and Thinkers'Book summary:Sure, you can throw around words like deconstruction and solipsism in conversation, and pick up what you need to know about them from context, but wouldn't it be great if there were a dictionary of concepts important to thinkers? That's what writer Chris Rohmann thought, so he researched and put together A World of Ideas, with 444 entries covering 333 ideas and 111 individuals who influenced the history of thought. You'll find everything from the ancients to the present day, with a deliberate widening of the scope to include women and non-Western thinkers, though, as Rohmann says, "the ideas that are our cultural currency are still predominantly those of 'western civilization'." Covering science, politics, and philosophy, A World of Ideas has "relativism" next to "relativity," with concise definitions and explorations of their histories and effects on modern thought. It's great to find a volume that acknowledges and even embraces the cross-currents between science and the humanities, and while there's no room for exhaustive detail--only 111 thinkers from all of history!--the superior quality of the entries and the extensive cross-indexing still make this both useful and unique. Whether you're pursuing graduate studies or just want to get the skinny on the "mind/body problem," you'll find your answer somewhere in A World of Ideas. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Zimmermann Telegramby Barbara TuchmanISBN 0345324250 (0-345-32425-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Zimmermann Telegram'Book summary:In the dark winter of 1917, as World War I was deadlocked, Britain knew that Europe could be saved only if the United States joined the war. But President Wilson remained unshakable in his neutrality. Then, with a single stroke, the tool to propel America into the war came into a quiet British office. One of countless messages intercepted by the crack team of British decoders, the Zimmermann telegram was a top-secret message from Berlin inviting Mexico to join Japan in an invasion of the United States: Mexico would recover her lost American territories while keeping the U.S. occupied on her side of the Atlantic. How Britain managed to inform America of Germany's plan without revealing that the German codes had been broken makes for an incredible, true story of espionage, intrigue, and international politics as only Barbara W. Tuchman could tell it. [via]
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