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Adults Learningby Jenny RogersISBN 0140802436 (0-14-080243-6)
Hardcover, Penguin
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All About Youby Laurence Anholt, Catherine AnholtISBN 0140553193 (0-14-055319-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Ann the Word: The Story of Ann Lee, Female Messiah, Mother of the Shakers, the Woman Clothed With the Sunby Richard FrancisISBN 0142002437 (0-14-200243-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Another Shot: How I Relived My Life in Less Than a Yearby Joe KitaISBN 0142000612 (0-14-200061-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Are You Ready for the Country?: Elvis, Dylan, Parsons and the Roots of Country Rockby Peter DoggettISBN 0142000167 (0-14-200016-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egyptby William Kelly Simpson, William Stevenson SmithISBN 0140561145 (0-14-056114-5)
Softcover, Penguin Books
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The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Lifeby Benjamin Zander, Rosamund Stone ZanderISBN 0142001104 (0-14-200110-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life'Book summary:The lure of this book's promise starts with the assumption in its title: The Art of Possibility. Possibility--that big, all-encompassing, wide-open-door concept--is an art? Well, who doesn't want to be a skilled artist, whether in the director's chair, the boardroom, on the factory floor, or even just in dealing with life's everyday situations? Becoming an artist, however, requires practice, and what the authors of The Art of Possibility offer is a set of practices designed to "initiate a new approach to current conditions, based on uncommon assumptions about the nature of the world".
If that sounds a little too airy-fairy for you, don't be put off; this is no mere self-improvement book, with a wimpy mandate to simply transform its readers into "nicer" people. Instead, it's a collection of illustrations and advice that suggest a way to change your entire outlook on life and, in the process, open up a new realm of possibility. Consider, for example, the practice of "Giving an A", whether to yourself or to others. Not intended as a way to measure someone's performance against standards, this practice instead recognises that "the player who looks least engaged may be the most committed member of the group", and speaks to their passion rather than their cynicism. It creates possibility in an interaction, and does away with power disparities to unite a team in its efforts to produce an outcome. Or consider "Being the Board," where instead of defining yourself as a playing piece, or even as the strategist, you see yourself as the framework for the entire game. In this scenario, assigning blame or gaining control becomes futile, while seeking to become an instrument for effective partnerships becomes possible.
Packed with such examples of personal and professional interactions, the book presents complex ideas on perception and recognition in a readable, useable style. The authors' combined, eclectic experience in music and painting (as well as family therapy and executive workshops) infuses their examples with vibrant colour and sound. The relevance to corporate situations and relationships is well developed, and they don't rely on dry case studies to do it. Indeed, this book assumes the readers' emotional intelligence and desire to engage, promising access to the rewards of that door-opening notion--possibility--in return. --S. Ketchum [via]
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The Battle for New York: The City at the Heart of the American Revolutionby Barnet SchecterISBN 0142003336 (0-14-200333-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969by William MannISBN 0142001147 (0-14-200114-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Breaking Faith: Can the Catholic Church Save Itself?by John CornwellISBN 0142196088 (0-14-219608-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Coal: A Human Historyby Barbara FreeseISBN 0142000981 (0-14-200098-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Coffee, Tea or Me: The Uninhibited Memoirs of Two Airline Stewardessesby Donald Bain, Rachel Jones, Trudy Baker, Bill WenzelISBN 0142003514 (0-14-200351-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Cookoffby Amy SutherlandISBN 014200474X (0-14-200474-X)
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Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor DostoevskyISBN 0140621806 (0-14-062180-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Domesday Book: A Complete Translationby Geoffrey MartinISBN 0141439947 (0-14-143994-7)
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Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empireby Richard B. FrankISBN 0141001461 (0-14-100146-1)
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Dragon Hunter : Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditionsby Charles Gallenkamp, Michael J. NovacekISBN 0142000760 (0-14-200076-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Dream Machine: J. C. R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made Computing Personalby Mitchell M. WaldropISBN 014200135X (0-14-200135-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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"Lick," as his students and colleagues called him, was deeply involved in guiding the evolution of personal and networked computing from the 1950s through the 1980s after leaving a career in cognitive psychology. Waldrop captures his spirit vividly--contrary to our stereotypical view of computer scientists, Licklider was profoundly interested in his fellow humans, and this interest helped him lead the design of technology adapted to human needs.
Waldrop interviewed dozens of contemporaries and examined reams of notes and primary sources to compose this massive biography of influence that stretches from MIT to the Pentagon to Xerox PARC and far beyond. If it sometimes seems that Licklider was a little too well-beloved, especially in comparison to some of the more colourful figures in computing's recent history, it is worth remembering that his patience and humility were the very qualities that helped deliver the home computing revolution we take for granted today. If we had to choose just one 20th-century computer pioneer that we couldn't do without, it would have to be the man behind The Dream Machine. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Einstein in Loveby Dennis OverbyeISBN 0141002212 (0-14-100221-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Everything You Pretend to Know and Are Afraid Someone Will Askby Lynette PadwaISBN 0140513221 (0-14-051322-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Fighter Boys: The Battle of Britain, 1940by Patrick BishopISBN 0142004669 (0-14-200466-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhoodby Elspeth Joscelin Grant HuxleyISBN 0141183780 (0-14-118378-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Flights of Passageby Samuel HynesISBN 0142002909 (0-14-200290-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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For Your Eye Alone: The Letters of Robertson Daviesby Robertson Davies, Judith Skelton GrantISBN 0142000299 (0-14-200029-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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From Hardtack to Home Fries: An Uncommon History of American Cooks and Meatsby Barbara HaberISBN 0142002976 (0-14-200297-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Hardtack to Home Fries: An Uncommon History of American Cooks and Meats'Book summary:Barbara Haber's fascinating From Hardtack to Home Fries bills itself as "An Uncommon History of American Cooks and Meals." More exactly, it locates the recurrent intersection of American women's history and culinary practice and shows how one shaped the other. In lively chapters like "Pretty Much of a Muchness: Civil War Nurses and Diet Kitchens" and "The Harvey Girls: Good Women and Good Food Civilize the American West," Haber focuses on the untold female contribution to 19th- and 20th-century food culture, an engrossing story. Readers not only encounter great anecdotes--Civil War nurses guarding barrels of whiskey from thieves, for example, or pioneer chain-restaurateur Fred Harvey's female service corps in action--but discover a hidden American history.
The vividness of the narratives results, largely, from Haber's excerpts of contemporary diaries and memoirs, like that of World War II POW Sarah Vaughan, who was held by the Japanese in Manila. ("There is a great rush for spinach juice," Vaughan reported, "on the days this is served.") In addition, Haber supplies pertinent recipes, like Ella Kellog's Savory Nut Loaf, a chilling example of 19th-century food-reformist fare, and Baked Fudge, the formula of Cleora Butler, whose unsung cookbooks first explored African American food in the Southwest. These documents tell truths as no others can. Haber's final and most personal chapter, "Growing Up with Cookbooks," explores the importance of cookbooks more explicitly, revealing their "intimate power to make connections between people"--to make culture itself. The authors of most of these recipes are women, a fact not lost on Haber, as the delightful Hardtack shows. --Arthur Boehm [via]
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Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens, Charlotte MitchellISBN 0141439564 (0-14-143956-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:The orphan Pip's terrifying encounter with an escaped convict on the Kent marshes, and his mysterious summons to the house of Miss Havisham and her cold, beautiful ward Estella, form the prelude to his "great expectations." How Pip comes into a fortune, what he does with it, and what he discovers through his secret benefactor are the ingredients of his struggle for moral redemption. @piMp The walk was a bad idea. I met a prisoner who demanded bread and a file. He looks like a pederast. And a murderer. Amber alert? From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less [via]
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Her Husband: Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath--A Marriageby Diane MiddlebrookISBN 0142004871 (0-14-200487-1)
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Horse Sense for People: Using the Gentle Wisdom of the Join-Up Technique to Enrich Our Relationships at Home and at Workby Monty RobertsISBN 0142000973 (0-14-200097-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Horse Sense for People: Using the Gentle Wisdom of the Join-Up Technique to Enrich Our Relationships at Home and at Work'Book summary:This is Monty Roberts's long-awaited sequel to The Man Who Listens to Horses. In this fascinating book, Monty Roberts shows us how to use the "Join-Up" technique-his amazing method for persuading a wild horse to accept a saddle, bridle, and rider-as the model for how best to strengthen human relationships. Full of memorable encounters with horses and humans, Horse Sense for People has at its core a belief in the power of gentleness, positive action, nonviolence, and trust. Roberts provides thought-provoking guidelines for improving the quality of our communication with one another, for learning to "read" each other effectively, and for creating fear-free environments. With demonstrations of the Join-Up technique selling out arenas all over the world, Monty Roberts continues to inspire enthusiasts and convert skeptics. Sure to draw many new readers, Horse Sense for People is the book Monty Roberts's fans-be they horse enthusiasts, business managers, or book lovers-have been waiting for.[via]More editions of Horse Sense for People: Using the Gentle Wisdom of the Join-Up Technique to Enrich Our Relationships at Home and at Work:
Human Natures: Genes, Cultures, and the Human Prospectby Paul R. EhrlichISBN 0142000531 (0-14-200053-1)
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The Illustrated Jane Eyreby Charlotte Bronte, DarcyISBN 0142005142 (0-14-200514-2)
Softcover, Studio
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A devoted readership will recognize Dame Darcy as the creator of highly original and off-kilter comic books. Here she uses her lavishly detailed illustrations to bring the best-loved Victorian novel Jane Eyre back into the spotlight. Darkly elegant illustrations draw back the novels curtain, revealing the depths of human depravity, despair, and ultimate redemption. Sure to impress traditional fans and newcomers alike, The Illustrated Jane Eyre updates the classic for a new era.
@ToEyreIsHuman Romance, romance, this poppa Rochester wants to get in my pants!
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Imperial Spain 1469-1716by J.H. ElliottISBN 0141007036 (0-14-100703-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Imperial Spain 1469-1716'Book summary:[via]Since its first publication, J. H. Elliott's classic chronicle has become established as the most comprehensive, balanced, and accessible account of the dramatic rise and fall of imperial Spain. Now with a new preface by the author, this brilliant study unveils how a barren, impoverished, and isolated country became the greatest power on earthand just as quickly fell into decline.
At its greatest Spain was a master of Europe: its government was respected, its armies were feared, and its conquistadores carved out a vast empire. Yet this splendid power was rapidly to lose its impetus and creative dynamism. How did this happen in such a short space of time? Taking in rebellions, religious conflict and financial disaster, Elliott's masterly social and economic analysis studies the various factors that precipitated the end of an empire.
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte Bronte, Stevie DaviesISBN 0141441143 (0-14-144114-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:"Jane Eyre," Charlotte Brontë's most beloved novel, describes the passionate love between the courageous orphan Jane Eyre and the brilliant, brooding, and domineering Rochester. The loneliness and cruelty of Jane Eyre's childhood strengthens her natural independence and spirit, which prove invaluable when she takes a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall. But after she falls in love with her sardonic employer, her discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a heart-wrenching choice. Ever since its publication in 1847, "Jane Eyre" has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic. "Jane Eyre" lives as one of the great triumphs of storytelling and as a moving and unforgettable portrayal of a woman's quest for self-respect. "At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the indignation of Charlotte Brontë." -Virginia Woolf [via]
Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asiaby Ahmed RashidISBN 0142002607 (0-14-200260-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Magical Worlds of Narnia: A Treasury of Myths and Legendsby David ColbertISBN 0141319941 (0-14-131994-1)
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Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceilingby Ross KingISBN 0142003697 (0-14-200369-7)
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare, Russ McDonaldISBN 0140714553 (0-14-071455-3)
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More Than Enough: The 10 Keys to Changing Your Financial Destinyby David RamseyISBN 0142000477 (0-14-200047-7)
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Motorworldby Jeremy ClarksonISBN 0141017872 (0-14-101787-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Myth of Sanity: Divided Consciousness and the Promise of Awarenessby Martha StoutISBN 0142000558 (0-14-200055-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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A New Age Now Begins: A People's History of the American Revolutionby Page SmithISBN 014095354X (0-14-095354-X)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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The New Penguin Opera Guideby Amanda HoldenISBN 0140514759 (0-14-051475-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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On Teaching and Writing Fictionby Wallace Stegner, Lynn StegnerISBN 0142001473 (0-14-200147-3)
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Outcast London: A Study in the Relationship Between Classes in Victorian Societyby Gareth Stedman JonesISBN 0140551034 (0-14-055103-4)
Hardcover, Penguin
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Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered From All Sidesby Christian A. AppyISBN 0142004499 (0-14-200449-9)
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The Peloponnesian Warby Donald KaganISBN 0142004375 (0-14-200437-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Peloponnesian War'Book summary:[via]For three decades in the fifth century b.c. the ancient world was torn apart bya conflict that was as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the world wars of the twentieth century: the Peloponnesian War. Donald Kagan, one of the worlds most respected classical, political, and military historians, here presents a new account of this vicious war of Greek against Greek, Athenian against Spartan. The Peloponnesian War is a magisterial work of history written for general readers, offering a fresh examination of a pivotal moment in Western civilization. With a lively, readable narrative that conveys a richly
detailed portrait of a vanished world while honoring its timeless relevance, The Peloponnesian War is a chronicle of the rise and fall of a great empire and of a dark time whose lessons still resonate today.More editions of The Peloponnesian War:
The Penguin Atlas of African Historyby Colin McEvedyISBN 0140513213 (0-14-051321-3)
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The Penguin Atlas of War and Peaceby Dan SmithISBN 0142002941 (0-14-200294-1)
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The Penguin Book of First World War Poetryby Jon SilkinISBN 0141180099 (0-14-118009-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Penguin Concise Dictionary of Art Historyby Nancy FrazierISBN 0140514201 (0-14-051420-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Penguin Concise Dictionary of Art History has more than 1500 entries on artists and architects from ancient times to the present, setting works, movements, and styles into their cultural contexts. With entries on leading artists, from Alberti to Ingres to Wyeth; on period techniques and terms, from Action Painting to Mezzotint to X-radiography; on significant artistic influences and events, from the Armory Show to Marxism, to the cleaning of the Sistine Chapel, this is the ideal reference for high school and college students, as well as anyone interested in art. [via]More editions of The Penguin Concise Dictionary of Art History:
The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theoryby David Macey, M. David MaceyISBN 0140513698 (0-14-051369-8)
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The Penguin Dictionary of English Grammarby R. L. TraskISBN 0140514643 (0-14-051464-3)
Softcover, Penguin
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The Penguin Dictionary of Philosophyby Thomas MautnerISBN 0141018402 (0-14-101840-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Penguin Dictionary of Saintsby Donald Attwater, Catherine Rachel JohnISBN 0140513124 (0-14-051312-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Penguin Dictionary of Saints'Book summary:[via]An invaluable work of reference, this Penguin dictionary gives an account of the lives and legends of the major saints, many of whom have played important roles in history, as well as those who are less well-known.
" Provides information on men and women ranging from the Biblical saints to the recently canonized
" Offers wide coverage of the saints of Great Britain and Ireland
" Aims to be as historically informative as possible with entries including details of the saints' work and life stories, dates of birth, death, canonization and feast days, as well as emblems and special patronage
" Stresses the saints' remarkable variety of human activity, social origin and personal history
" Contains an informative introduction, explanatory notes and a list of further readingRevealing a host of fascinating individuals, this Penguin original is a mine of information. For anyone wanting to check a reference or seeking inspiration, this dictionary will prove to be an indispensable source.
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The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egyptby Bill ManleyISBN 0140513310 (0-14-051331-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt'Book summary:From its humble origins as a cluster of rival chiefdoms along the banks of the Nile, ancient Egypt rose to become one of the most advanced civilizations of its time. This atlas traces its turbulent history and remarkable cultural development, from the founding of Memphis around 5000 BC, through the territorial expansion and flourishing trade of the "age of empire," to Greek domination and ultimate collapse. Political rivalries are charted through the successive dynasties, from the strife of the intermediate periods to the golden ages of prosperity and artistic glory under Akhenaten, Tutankhamun and Ramesses II. The latest archaeological evidence is used to cast new light on the vast architectural legacy of the world's first great nation state.[via]- Over 60 full color maps
- Innovative, informative, up-to-date and visually exciting
- Special features and timelines
- Over 70 illustrations in color and black and white
- Indispensable one-volume handbook for students and interested lay readers alike
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The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greeceby Robert MorkotISBN 0140513353 (0-14-051335-3)
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The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikingsby John HaywoodISBN 0140513280 (0-14-051328-0)
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Penguin Opera Guideby Amanda Holden, Colin Davis, Nicholas Kenyon, Stephen WalshISBN 014051385X (0-14-051385-X)
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The Plug-in Drugby Marie WinnISBN 0142001082 (0-14-200108-2)
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The Portable Sixties Readerby Ann ChartersISBN 0142001945 (0-14-200194-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Portable Sixties Reader'Book summary:[via]From civil rights to free love, JFK to LSD, Woodstock to the Moonwalk, the Sixties was a time of change, political unrest, and radical experiments in the arts, sexuality, and personal identity. In this anthology of more than one hundred selections of essays, poetry, and fiction by some of Americas most gifted writers, Ann Charters sketches the unfolding of this most turbulent decade.
The Portable Sixties Reader is organized into thematic chapters, from the Civil Rights movement to the Anti-Vietnam movement, the Free Speech movement, the Counterculture movement, drugs and the movement into Inner Space, the Beats and other fringe literary movements, the Black Arts movement, the Womens movement, and the Environmental movement. The concluding chapter, Elegies for the Sixties, offers tributes to ten figures whose livesand deathscaptured the spirit of the decade.
Contributors include:
Edward Abbey, Sherman Alexie, James Baldwin, Richard Brautigan, Lenny Bruce, Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, Jim Carroll, Rachel Carson, Carlos Castenada, Bob Dylan, Betty Friedan, Nikki Giovanni, Michael Herr, Abbie Hoffman, Robert Hunter, Ken Kesey, Martin Luther King, Jr., Timothy Leary, Denise Levertov, Norman Mailer, Malcolm X, Country Joe McDonald, Kate Millet, Tim OBrien, Sylvia Plath, Susan Sontag, Gloria Steinem, Hunter S. Thompson, Calvin Trillin, Alice Walker, Eudora Welty and more.
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The Prize of All the Oceans: Commodore Anson's Daring Voyage and Triumphant Capture of the Spanish Treasure Galleonby Glyn WilliamsISBN 0141002263 (0-14-100226-3)
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Pygmalionby George Bernard Shaw, Dan H. LaurenceISBN 0141439505 (0-14-143950-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pygmalion'Book summary:Shaw wrote the part of Eliza Doolittle-'an east-end dona with an apron and three orange and red ostrich feathers'-for Mrs Patrick Campbell, with whom he had a passionate but unconsummated affair. From the outset the play was a sensational success, although Shaw, irritated by its popularity at the expense of his artistic intentions, dismissed it as a potboiler. The Pygmalion of legend falls in love with his perfect female statue and persuades Venus to bring her to life so that he can marry her. But Shaw radically reworks Ovid's tale to give it a feminist slant: while Higgins teaches Eliza to speak and act like a duchess, she also asserts her independence, adamantly refusing to be his creation. A brilliantly witty exposure of the British class system, it is, as Nicholas Grene comments in his Introduction, 'the wonderful inventiveness of its comedy, the force of what it still has to say to us, and the light playfulness of tone with which it is said', that ensures that Pygmalion continues to entertain us. [via]
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Real Boys' Voicesby William S. Pollack, Todd ShusterISBN 0141002948 (0-14-100294-8)
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Revenge of the Whaleby Nat PhilbrickISBN 0142400688 (0-14-240068-8)
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Roger Casementby Brian InglisISBN 0141391278 (0-14-139127-8)
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyamby Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzgeraldISBN 0140586067 (0-14-058606-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'Book summary:A reissue of Edward Fitzgerald's Victorian translation of this Persian classic. The introduction concerns itself as much with Edward Fitzgerald and the Victorian reception of his translation as with the poem itself. [via]
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Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infectionsby Madeline DrexlerISBN 0142002615 (0-14-200261-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections'Book summary:The world's worst bioterrorist isn't the murderer who put anthrax spores into mail in the fall of 2001; it's Mother Nature, writes Madeline Drexler in this survey of infectious diseases. They're all here, described in detail from historical, scientific, and public-health perspectives: AIDS, influenza, the West Nile virus, and so on. Secret Agents is a good primer on each. The best chapter--and the scariest--may be the last one, which covers bioterrorism of the human variety (i.e., not Mother Nature). "If bioterrorists released smallpox virus, it would ... become a global calamity within six weeks," she writes. That's not even the scariest possibility: "Researchers estimate that as little as one gram of aerosolized botox could kill more than 1.5 million people." And there are no easy preventive measures. "Of the 50 top bioweapon pathogens, only 13 have vaccines or treatments." Because of this, Drexler calls for a massive increase in public-health funding. Without that, our doctors and hospitals will be unprepared for a disaster they may be able to anticipate right now. --John Miller [via]
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The Secret Voyage of Sir Francis Drake: 1557-1580by Samuel BawlfISBN 0142004596 (0-14-200459-6)
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Shakespeare's Wordsby David Crystal, Ben CrystalISBN 0141007370 (0-14-100737-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare's Words'Book summary:This book is for people who love Shakespeare, or love language, or both. David Crystal, one of the world's foremost authorities on the English language, with his actor son, Ben, have taken a fresh look at the vocabulary of Shakespeare's poems and plays and compiled a glossary of nearly 14,000 words and meanings. They have included every word which presents the reader with a difficulty arising out of the differences between Elizabethan and Modern English. This collaboration of linguist and actor is unique, enabling the author to add fascinating nuances to our understanding of Shakespeare's language. The book departs from the usual type of glossary in several ways. Meanings are brought into sharp focus through the use of multiple glosses; and each entry is supported by at least one illustrative quotation. A scene-setting caption puts the quotation in its dramatic context and helps to clarify the meaning. Cross-references to further uses of a word are made to other plays. Additional features are introduced which give the book the character of a language companion. For those at the beginning of their encounter with Shakespeare, there is a handy basic list of frequently encountered words. For the more advanced reader, there are panels on intriguing areas of his language such as archaisms, greetings and swear-words. A series of appendices collates the way characters are named, the names of the people and places they talk about, and the foreign languages that some of them use. There are complete listings of all the French, Latin, Spanish and Italian words, as well as information about the way Welsh, Scottish and Irish dialects are handled. An especially fascinating feature of the book is the way the plays are presented to the reader both in written and diagrammatic form. Each play has a conventional plot synopsis and list of dramatis personae, but the authors additionally provide a specially devised Shakespearean Circle. The Circles are informative illustrations representing the way the characters of each play interact with each other, and they thereby show the reader at a glance who belongs in which circle of influence. In "Richard II", which characters follow Richard and which follow Bolingbroke? The relevant page will immediately tell you. The Circles are ideal for theatre-goers, actors and students, and are uniquely useful as a visual aid. The combination of these features with the authority of a language expert and the dramtaic instincts of an actor make "Shakespeare's Words" ideal for aficionados and amateurs alike, either as a quick reference or as a basis for in-depth research. It is a valuable aid in the study and understanding of Shakespeare. [via]
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The Shark Net : Memories and Murderby Robert DreweISBN 0141001968 (0-14-100196-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Shark Net : Memories and Murder'Book summary:Written with the same lyrical intensity and spellbinding prose that has won Robert Drewe's fiction international acclaim, The Shark Net is set in the 1950s in a city haunted by the menace of an elusive serial killer. Drewe's youth in the middle-class seaside suburb of Perth, Australia-often described as the most isolated city in the world-takes a sinister turn when a social outcast (who turns out to be an employee of Drewe's father) embarks on a five-year murder spree. This unusual memoir brilliantly evokes the confluence of adolescent innocence and sexual awakening while a hare-lipped killer who eventually murders eight people, including one of Drewe's friends, lurks in the shadows. [via]
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Shelley: The Pursuitby Richard HolmesISBN 0140580379 (0-14-058037-9)
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A Short History of the Worldby H. G. Wells, Michael Sherborne, Norman StoneISBN 0141441828 (0-14-144182-8)
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The State of War and Peace Atlasby Dan SmithISBN 0140513736 (0-14-051373-6)
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Suffolkby Nikolaus PevsnerISBN 0140710205 (0-14-071020-5)
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Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Areby Joseph LedouxISBN 0142001783 (0-14-200178-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are'Book summary:A middle-aged neuroscientist walking down Bourbon Street spots a T-shirt that reads, "I don't know, so maybe I'm not." This stimulus zooms from eyes to brain, neuron by neuron, via tiny junctions called synapses. The results? An immediate chuckle and (sometime later) a groundbreaking book titled The Synaptic Self. To Joseph LeDoux, the simple question, "What makes us who we are?" represents the driving force behind his 20-plus years of research into the cognitive, emotional, and motivational functions of the brain.
LeDoux believes the answer rests in the synapses, key players in the brain's intricately designed communication system. In other words, the pathways by which a person's "hardwired" responses (nature) mesh with his or her unique life experiences (nurture) determine that person's individuality. Here, LeDoux nimbly compresses centuries of philosophy, psychology, and biology into an amazingly clear picture of humanity's journey toward understanding the self.
Equally readable is his comprehensive science lesson, where detailed circuit speak reads like an absorbing--yet often humorous--mystery novel. Skillfully presenting research studies and findings alongside their various implications, LeDoux makes a solid case for accepting a synaptic explanation of existence and provides to the reader generous helpings of knowledge, amusement, and awe along the way. --Liane Thomas [via]
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The Tempestby William Shakespeare, Peter HollandISBN 0140714855 (0-14-071485-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tempest'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most famous but also enigmatic plays, for many years the story of Prospero's exile from his native Milan, and life with his daughter Miranda on an unnamed island in the Mediterranean, was seen as an autobiographical dramatisation of Shakespeare's departure from the London stage. The Epilogue, spoken by Prospero, claims that "now my charms are all o'erthrown", appeared to reflect Shakespeare's own renunciation of his magical dramatic powers as he retired to Stratford. But The Tempest is far more than this, as recent commentators have pointed out. The dramatic action observes the classical unities of time, place and action, as Prospero uses his "rough magic" to lure his wicked usurping brother, Antonio, and King Alonso of Naples to his island retreat to torment them before engineering his return to Milan.
However, the play is full of extraordinary anomalies and fantastic interludes, including Gonzalo's fantasy of a utopian commonwealth, Prospero's magical servant Ariel, and the "poisonous slave" Caliban. The creation of Caliban has particularly fascinated critics, who have noticed in his creation a colonial dimension to the play. In this respect Caliban can be seen as an American Indian or African slave, who articulates a particularly powerful strain of anti-colonial sentiment, telling Prospero that "this island's mine, by Sycorax my mother,/ Which thou tak'st from me". This has led to an intense reassessment of the play from a post-colonial perspective, as critics and historians have debated the extent to which the play endorses or criticises early English colonial expansion. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Tennyson Poemsby W. E. Williams, Alfred Tennyson TennysonISBN 0140585028 (0-14-058502-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tennyson Poems'Book summary:Alfred, Lord Tennyson is among the most beloved English poets of all time. This edition of his selected poems includes classics like:
- " The Lady of Shalott"
- " Charge of the Light Brigade"
- " Maud"
- " Morte d'Arthur"
- " Ulysses"
- " The Lotus Eaters"
Elegantly packaged with a ribbon marker, this volume is the perfect addition to any poetry library. [via]More editions of Tennyson Poems:
A Thief in the Night: The Mysterious Death of Pope John Paul Iby John CornwellISBN 0141001836 (0-14-100183-6)
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Time Out: Cheap Eats Londonby Time OutISBN 0141013370 (0-14-101337-0)
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To Be a Slaveby Julius Lester, Tom FeelingsISBN 0141310014 (0-14-131001-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To Be a Slave'Book summary:To be a slave. To be owned by another person, as a car, house, or a table is owned. To live as a piece of property that could be sold...
This book is about how it felt. The words of black men and women who had themselves been slaves are here, accompanied by Julius Lester's historical commentary and Tom Feelings's powerful and muted paintings, To Be a Slave has been a touchstone in children's literature for over thirty years.
"It is rare to find a book that enables children to identify as compellingly with slaves as this one does." -Publishers Weekly
"From history-and for our time-there's nothing better than To Be a Slave." -The New York Times Book Review
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A 1969 Newbery Honor Book
An ALA Notable Book
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
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Travels With Charleyby John SteinbeckISBN 0142000701 (0-14-200070-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Travels With Charley'Book summary:In September 1960, John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, embarked on a journey across America. A picaresque tale, this chronicle of their trip meanders through scenic backroads and speeds along anonymous superhighways, moving from small towns to growing cities to glorious wilderness oases. Travels with Charley in Search of America is animated by Steinbeck's attention to the specific details of the natural world and his sense of how the lives of people are intimately connected to the rhythms of nature-to weather, geography, the cycle of the seasons. His keen ear for the transactions among people is evident, too, as he records the interests and obsessions that preoccupy the Americans he encounters along the way. Travels with Charley in Search of America, originally published in 1962, provides an intimate and personal look at one of America's most beloved writers in the later years of his life-a self-portrait of a man who never wrote an explicit autobiography. It was written during a time of upheaval and racial tension in the South-which Steinbeck witnessed firsthand-and is a stunning evocation of America on the eve of a tumultuous decade. [via]
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A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others Who Let Freedom Swingby Michael FarquharISBN 0142001929 (0-14-200192-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others Who Let Freedom Swing'Book summary:[via]Following on the heels of his national bestseller A Treasury of Royal Scandals, Michael Farquhar turns his attention to matters a little closer to home with A Treasury of Great American Scandals. From the unhappy family relationships of prominent Americans to the feuds, smear campaigns, duels, and infamous sex scandals that have punctuated our history, we see our founding fathers and other American heroes in the course of their all-too-human events. Ineffectual presidents, lazy generals, traitors; treacherous fathers, nagging mothers, ungrateful children, embarrassing siblings; and stories about insanity, death, and disturbing postmortems are all here, as are disagreeable marriages, vile habits, and, of course, sex: good sex, bad sex, and good-bad sex too. We can take comfort in the fact that we are no worse and no better than our forebears. But we do have better media coverage. Bonus educational material:
- A brief history of the United States, including scandals!
- The American Hall of Shame!
- A complete listing of presidential administrations!
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Twelfth Nightby William Shakespeare, Jonathan CreweISBN 0140714898 (0-14-071489-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's finest comedies, Twelfth Night, was written at the same time as Hamlet and Troilus and Cressida, and while it shares their fascination with sex, death and confused identities, its exuberant comedy and linguistic inventiveness rises above the introspection of these plays. Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are separated in a storm that washes them both up at different points on the shores of Illyria. Believing each other to be dead, both attempt to survive by using their wits. Viola cross-dresses and enters the service of the lovesick Orsino, in love with Olivia, an heiress in mourning for the loss of her brother. Orsino's saucy young page Cesario (Viola) soon falls in love with "his" master, who tells "him", "all is semblative a woman's part". Unfortunately, while Viola falls in love with Orsino, Olivia falls in love with her alter ego, Cesario, while also being pursued at the same time by her pompous servant Malvolio. Olivia's house is also turned upside down by the antics of her drunker uncle, Sir Toby Belch, and the whole crazy situation reaches boiling point when Sebastian reappears.
Despite the madcap plot, Twelfth Night remains one of Shakespeare's most complex and inventive comedies, fascinated with questions of cross-dressing, gender confusion, language and inversion, as well as retaining a darker edge to some of its laughter. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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A Vindication of the Rights of Womanby Mary Wollstonecraft, Miriam BrodyISBN 0141441259 (0-14-144125-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman'Book summary:Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity and instead laid out the principles of emancipation: an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and the call for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner. Mary Wollstonecraft's work was received with a mixture of admiration and outrage. Walpole called her "a hyena in petticoats," yet it established her as the mother of modern feminism.[via]
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The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poemsby T. S. Eliot, Frank KermodeISBN 0141180722 (0-14-118072-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems'Book summary:After sitting through T.S. Eliot's reading of "The Waste Land," listeners may be inclined to hang up the earphones for a spell. There are no flaws to Eliot's steady-toned interpretation; in fact, his delivery is quite remarkable in its ability to match the poem's constant, somber mood. It's just that 25-plus minutes of Eliot's desolate landscapes--rendered even more real by the author's incessant tones--can wear on the emotions.
In addition to the full-length version of "The Waste Land," this recording includes Eliot's stirring narration of "The Hollow Men," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and "Macavity the Mystery Cat." Listen to Eliot read from "The Waste Land." Visit our audio help page for more information. (Running time: 47 minutes, 1 cassette) --Rob McDonald [via]
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The Wee Book of Calvin: Air-kissing in the North-eastby Bill DuncanISBN 0141019727 (0-14-101972-7)
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What's So Great About Americaby Dinesh D'SouzaISBN 0142003018 (0-14-200301-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What's So Great About America'Book summary:Look again at the title of this book: it's not a question, but a statement. "America is the greatest, freest, and most decent society in existence," writes Dinesh D'Souza. "American life as it is lived today [is] the best life that our world has to offer." There are those who hate it, or at least essential elements of it, from radical Islamists to the likes of Patrick Buchanan (on the right) and Jesse Jackson (on the left). But they are wrong to hate it, and D'Souza grapples with all of them in this engaging and compelling volume. D'Souza is the author of provocative books such as Illiberal Education and The End of Racism, plus the appreciative Ronald Reagan. This may be his most personal book, with parts written in the first person as the India-born D'Souza describes his encounter with the United States, first as an immigrant and now as a citizen. Foreign authors such as Alexis de Tocqueville and Gunnar Myrdal have offered some of the most penetrating assessments of America, and D'Souza clearly shares in this noble tradition. "I am constantly surprised by how much I hear racism talked about and how little I actually see it," he writes. What's So Great About America is also vintage D'Souza, full of feisty arguments and sharp humor. He is perhaps better at explaining why America's critics are wrong than explaining why America's celebrants are right, but he's very good at both. Written in the months following the September 11 terrorist strikes, this book should find a large and receptive audience. --John Miller [via]
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Witchcraft and Sorcery: Selected Readingsby Max MarwickISBN 0140801553 (0-14-080155-3)
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The Woman Who Laughed at God: The Untold History of Jewish Peopleby Johnathon KirschISBN 0142196118 (0-14-219611-8)
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Youthby J. M. CoetzeeISBN 0142002003 (0-14-200200-3)
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