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Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healingby Caroline MyssISBN 0609800140 (0-609-80014-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Bell Jarby Sylvia Plath, Frances McCulloughISBN 0553260081 (0-553-26008-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bell Jar'Book summary:Plath was an excellent poet but is known to many for this largely autobiographical novel. The Bell Jar tells the story of a gifted young woman's mental breakdown beginning during a summer internship as a junior editor at a magazine in New York City in the early 1950s. The real Plath committed suicide in 1963 and left behind this scathingly sad, honest and perfectly-written book, which remains one of the best-told tales of a woman's descent into insanity. [via]
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Catwatchingby Desmond MorrisISBN 0517880539 (0-517-88053-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Catwatching'Book summary:A cat book unlike any other: a fresh, fact-filled look at their affections, their aggressions, and their life cycles. Morris explains your cat's most curious habits. Companion volume to Dogwatching. Line art throughout. [via]
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Chariots of the Godsby Erich Von DanikenISBN 0425074811 (0-425-07481-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chariots of the Gods'Book summary:Erich von Dä niken's "Chariots of the Gods" is a work of monumental importance--the first book to introduce the shocking theory that ancient Earth had been visited by aliens. This world-famous bestseller has withstood the test of time, inspiring countless books and films, including the author's own popular sequel, "The Eyes of the Sphinx." But here is where it all began--von Dä niken's startling theories of our earliest encounters with alien worlds, based upon his lifelong studies of ancient ruins, lost cities, potential spaceports, and a myriad of hard scientific facts that point to extraterrestrial intervention in human history. Most incredible of all, however, is von Dä niken's theory that we ourselves are the descendants of these galactic pioneers--and the archeological discoveries that prove it...
* An alien astronaut preserved in a pyramid
* Thousand-year-old spaceflight navigation charts
* Computer astronomy from Incan and Egyptian ruins
* A map of the land beneath the ice cap of Antarctica
* A giant spaceport discovered in the Andes
Includes remarkable photos that document mankind's first contact with aliens at the dawn of civilization. [via]More editions of Chariots of the Gods:
Chariots of the Gods: Unsolved Mysteries of the Pastby Erich Von DanikenISBN 0425166805 (0-425-16680-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Closing the Ringby Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillISBN 0395410592 (0-395-41059-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspaceby Lawrence LessigISBN 0465039138 (0-465-03913-8)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace'Book summary:"We, the Net People, in order to form a more perfect Transfer Protocol..." might be recited in future fifth-grade history classes, says attorney Lawrence Lessig. He turns the now-traditional view of the Internet as an uncontrollable, organic entity on its head, and explores the architecture and social systems that are changing every day and taming the frontier. Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace is his well-reasoned, undeniably cogent series of arguments for guiding the still-evolving regulatory processes, to ensure that we don't find ourselves stuck with a system that we find objectionable. As the former Communist-bloc countries found, a constitution is still one of our best guarantees against the dark side of chaos; and Lessig promotes a kind of document that accepts the inevitable regulatory authority of both government and commerce, while constraining them within values that we hold by consensus.
Lessig holds that those who shriek the loudest at the thought of interference in cyberdoings, especially at the hands of the government, are blind to the ever-increasing regulation of the Net (admittedly, without badges or guns) by businesses that find little opposition to their schemes from consumers, competitors, or cops. The Internet will be regulated, he says, and our window of opportunity to influence the design of those regulations narrows each day. How will we make the decisions that the Framers of our paper-and-ink Constitution couldn't foresee, much less resolve? Lessig proclaims that many of us will have to wake up fast and get to work before we lose the chance to draft a networked Bill of Rights. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Coming into the Countryby John A. McPheeISBN 0553255274 (0-553-25527-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys: A Fairly Short Bookby Dave Barry, Joelle DelbourgoISBN 0449910261 (0-449-91026-1)
Softcover, Fawcett Books
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Existentialism and Humanismby Jean Paul SartreISBN 041331300X (0-413-31300-X)
Hardcover, Eyre Methuen
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Fire with Fire: The New Female Power and How to Use Itby Naomi WolfISBN 0449909514 (0-449-90951-4)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Fun Home: Una Familia Tragicomicaby Alison BechdelISBN 0618871713 (0-618-87171-3)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fun Home: Una Familia Tragicomica'Book summary:A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books.[via]
This breakout book by Alison Bechdel is a darkly funny family tale, pitch-perfectly illustrated with Bechdel's sweetly gothic drawings. Like Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, it's a story exhilaratingly suited to graphic memoir form.
Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian home, a third-generation funeral home director, a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with his male students and a family babysitter. Through narrative that is alternately heartbreaking and fiercely funny, we are drawn into a daughter's complex yearning for her father. And yet, apart from assigned stints dusting caskets at the family-owned "fun home," as Alison and her brothers call it, the relationship achieves its most intimate expression through the shared code of books. When Alison comes out as homosexual herself in late adolescense, the denouement is swift, graphic -- and redemptive.More editions of Fun Home: Una Familia Tragicomica:
Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80sby Hunter S. ThompsonISBN 0517075040 (0-517-07504-0)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Gods, Graves and Scholarsby C.W. CeramISBN 0553227890 (0-553-22789-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Heart of a Womanby Maya AngelouISBN 0553246895 (0-553-24689-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Heart of a Woman'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, May 1997: Maya Angelou has had more lives than the proverbial cat, and in The Heart of a Woman she continues the account of her remarkable life begun in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In the first book of her bestselling autobiographical series, she describes her traumatic childhood in the small, segregated town of Stamps, Arkansas, during the 1930s. Gather Together in My Name picks up the story in the postwar years, when Maya, a single teenager with an infant son becomes, in short order, a cook, a madam, a dancer, and a prostitute. Next comes Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, an account of her twenties and her unsuccessful first marriage to a white man. The Heart of a Woman, the fourth in the series, takes us through one of the most exciting and formative periods of Angelou's amazing life: her beginnings as a writer and an activist in New York.
Angelou has a happy knack of attracting the best and the brightest into her orbit, and The Heart of a Woman offers a veritable cornucopia of black luminaries in its pages. Singer Billie Holiday, writers John Ellins and Paule Marshall, jazz musicians Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln, and actors Godfrey Cambridge and James Earl Jones--Maya meets and learns from them all. Political activism soon follows as Ms. Angelou first organizes a theatrical benefit for the Reverend Martin Luther King and then becomes the director of the New York Southern Christian Leadership Conference office. Her involvement in the civil rights movement eventually brings her into contact with African freedom fighters Oliver Tambo and the charming Vusumzi Make, whom she marries and follows to Africa.
The Heart of a Woman is as honest, painful, funny, outraged, and outrageous as Angelou herself. From her debut at the Apollo Theatre to her meeting with Malcolm X, Maya Angelou gives us something to cheer about and plenty to ponder as well. [via]
Hinge of Fate: The Second World Warby Winston S. ChurchillISBN 0553132741 (0-553-13274-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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History of Pagan Europeby Prudence Jones, Nigel PennickISBN 0415158044 (0-415-15804-4)
Softcover, Routledge
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History of Western Philosophyby Bertrand RussellISBN 0415325056 (0-415-32505-6)
Softcover, Routledge
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History of Western Philosophy: And Its Connection With Political & Social Circumstancesby Bertrand RussellISBN 0415078547 (0-415-07854-7)
Softcover, Routledge
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How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Foodby Mark Bittman, Alan WitschonkeISBN 0471789186 (0-471-78918-6)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food'Book summary:Mark Bittman, award-winning author of such fundamental books as Fish and Leafy Greens and food columnist for the New York Times ("The Minimalist"), has turned in what has to be the weightiest tome of the year. There are more than 900 pages in this sucker--over 1,500 recipes! This isn't just the big top of cookbooks: it's the entire three-ring circus. This isn't just how to cook everything: it's how to cook everything you have ever wanted to have in your mouth. And then some.
Bittman starts with Roasted Buttered Nuts and Real Buttered Popcorn, and moves right along, section by section, from the likes of Black Bean Soup (eight different ways), to Beet and Fennel Salad, to Mussels (Portuguese-style over Pasta), to Cream Scones--and he hasn't even reached seafood, poultry, meat, or vegetables yet, let alone desserts. There are 23 sections in this cookbook (!) that reflect directly on the how-to of cooking, be that equipment, technique, or recipe.
Every inch of the way the reader finds Bittman's calm, helpful, encouraging voice. "Anyone can cook," he says at the beginning, "and most everyone should." More than a few college kids are going to head off to their first apartments with Bittman's book under arm. More than a few marriages will benefit with this book on the shelf. And anyone who loves cooking and the sound of a great food voice is going to enjoy letting this book fall open where it may. No matter what the page, it's bound to be a tasty and rewarding experience. --Schuyler Ingle [via]
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Hoyle's Rules of Games : Descriptions of Indoor Games of Skill and Chance with Advice on Skillful Playby Albert H. Morehead, Geoffrey Mott-SmithISBN 0452264162 (0-452-26416-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Hoyle's Rules of Games: Descriptions of Indoor Games of Skill and Chance, with Advice on Skillful Play Based on the Foundations Laid down by Edmond Hoyle, 1672-1769by Geoffrey Mott-Smith, Albert H. Morehead, Philip Morehead, Edmond HoyleISBN 0451204840 (0-451-20484-0)
Softcover, Signet
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More than 250 years later, Hoyle is still the definitive name when it comes to the rules of games, from bridge to backgammon, Scrabble to blackjack. This handy reference guide has now been updated and expanded and includes rules, strategies, and playing odds for more than 250 games.
Readers will learn how to play, hone their strategies, and settle disputes with this newest edition of the classic reference guide.More editions of Hoyle's Rules of Games: Descriptions of Indoor Games of Skill and Chance, with Advice on Skillful Play Based on the Foundations Laid down by Edmond Hoyle, 1672-1769:
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Hoyle's Rules of Games: Descriptions of Indoor Games of Skill and Chance, With Advice on Skillful Play Based on the Foundations Laid Down by Edmond Hoyle, 1672-1769by Albert H. MoreheadISBN 0451163095 (0-451-16309-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Hoyle's Rules of Games: Descriptions of Indoor Games of Skill and Chance, with Advice on Skillful Play Based on the Foundations Laid down by Edmond Hoyle, 1672-1769by Philip D. Morehead, Geoffrey Mott-Smith, Albert H. Morehead, Edmond HoyleISBN 0452283132 (0-452-28313-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hoyle's Rules of Games: Descriptions of Indoor Games of Skill and Chance, with Advice on Skillful Play Based on the Foundations Laid down by Edmond Hoyle, 1672-1769'Book summary:In 1742, Edmond Hoyle published the definitive book on whist, the most popular card game of his day.[via]
More than 250 years later, Hoyle is still the definitive name when it comes to the rules of games, from bridge to backgammon, Scrabble to blackjack. This handy reference guide has now been updated and expanded and includes rules, strategies, and playing odds for more than 250 games.
Readers will learn how to play, hone their strategies, and settle disputes with this newest edition of the classic reference guide.More editions of Hoyle's Rules of Games: Descriptions of Indoor Games of Skill and Chance, with Advice on Skillful Play Based on the Foundations Laid down by Edmond Hoyle, 1672-1769:
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I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural Historyby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 0609601431 (0-609-60143-1)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural History'Book summary:Here is bestselling scientist Stephen Jay Goulds tenth and final collection based on his remarkable series for Natural History magazineexactly 300 consecutive essays, with never a month missed, published from 1974 to 2001. Both an intellectually thrilling journey into the nature of scientific discovery and the most personal book he has ever published, I Have Landed marks the end of a significant chapter in the career of one of the most acclaimed and widely read scientists of our time.
Gould writes about the themes that have defined his career, which his readers have come to expect and celebrate, casting new light upon them and conveying the ideas that science professionals exchange among themselves (minus the technical jargon). Here, of course, is Charles Darwin, from his centrality to any sound scientific education to little-known facts about his life. Gould touches on subjects as far-reaching and disparate as feathered dinosaurs, the scourge of syphilis and the frustration of the man who identified it, and Freuds evolutionary fantasy. He writes brilliantly of Nabokovs delicately crafted drawings of butterflies and the true meaning of biological diversity. And in the poignant title essay, he details his grandfathers journey from Hungary to America, where he arrived on September 11, 1901. It is from his grandfathers journal entry of that day, stating simply I have landed, that the books title was drawn. This landing occurred 100 years to the day before our greatest recent tragedy, also explored, but with optimism, in the concluding section of the book.
Presented in eight parts, I Have Landed begins with a remembrance of a moment of wonder from childhood. In Part II, Gould explains that humanistic disciplines are not antithetical to theoretical or applied sciences. Rather, they often share a commonality of method and motivation, with great potential to enhance the achievements of each other, an assertion perfectly supported by essays on such notables as Nabokov and Frederic Church.
Part III contains what no Gould collection would be complete without: his always compelling mini intellectual biographies, which render each subject and his work deserving of reevaluation and renewed significance. In this collection of figures compelling and strange, Gould exercises one of his greatest strengths, the ability to reveal a significant scientific concept through a finely crafted and sympathetic portrait of the person behind the science. Turning his pen to three key figuresSigmund Freud, Isabelle Duncan, and E. Ray Lankester, the latter an unlikely attendee of the funeral of Karl Marxhe highlights the effect of the Darwinian revolution and its resonance on their lives and work.
Part IV encourages the readerthrough what Gould calls intellectual paleontology to consider scientific theories of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in a new light and to recognize the limitations our own place in history may impose on our understanding of those ideas. Part V explores the op-ed genre and includes two essays with differing linguistic formats, which address the continual tug-of-war between the study of evolution and creationism.
In subsequent essays, in true Gould fashion, we are treated to moments of good humor, especially when he leads us to topics that bring him obvious delight, such as Dorothy Sayers novels and his enduring love of baseball and all its dramas. There is an ardent admiration of the topsy-turvy world of Gilbert and Sullivan (wonderfully demonstrated in the jacket illustration), who are not above inclusion in all things evolutionary.
This is truly Goulds most personal work to date. How fitting that this final collection should be his most revealing and, in content, the one that reflects most clearly the complexity, breadth of knowledge, and optimism that characterize Gould himself. I Have Landed succeeds in reinforcing Goulds underlying and constant theme from the series commencement thirty years agothe study of our own scientific, intellectual, and emotional evolutionbringing reader and author alike to what can only be described as a brilliantly written and very natural conclusion. [via]More editions of I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural History:
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The Illustrated Origin of Speciesby Richard E. Leakey, Charles Robert DarwinISBN 0571114776 (0-571-11477-6)
Hardcover, Faber and Faber
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In Search of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampiresby Raymond T. McNally, Radu FlorescuISBN 0395657830 (0-395-65783-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Search of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires'Book summary:"Little did the coauthors realize at the time they embarked upon this project over a glass of plum brandy in Bucharest more than twenty-five years ago, that their work would result in the discovery of the authentic, bloodthirsty prototype for Bram Stoker's famous novel Dracula." This pioneering study, first published in 1972, became a collector's item, so this fully updated edition is welcome indeed. The authors' pursuit of the notion that Vlad the Impaler (1431-76) was the original Dracula--through treks both antiquarian (in old libraries and museums) and geographic (in areas of Romania that were once Transylvania and Walachia)--has the thrill of an adventure story. In Search of Dracula is also an entertaining introduction to vampire lore and to people's obsession with Dracula. It has a delightful cover by Edward Gorey and numerous illustrations, including antique woodcuts of Vlad's impaled victims and photos from the authors' trips to Romania. [via]
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Information Architecture for the World Wide Webby Louis Rosenfeld, Peter MorvilleISBN 0596000359 (0-596-00035-9)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Information Architecture for the World Wide Web'Book summary:[via]The post-Ajaxian Web 2.0 world of wikis, folksonomies, and mashups makes well-planned information architecture even more essential. How do you present large volumes of information to people who need to find what they're looking for quickly? This classic primer shows information architects, designers, and web site developers how to build large-scale and maintainable web sites that are appealing and easy to navigate.
The new edition is thoroughly updated to address emerging technologies -- with recent examples, new scenarios, and information on best practices -- while maintaining its focus on fundamentals. With topics that range from aesthetics to mechanics, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web explains how to create interfaces that users can understand right away. Inside, you'll find:
- An overview of information architecture for both newcomers and experienced practitioners
- The fundamental components of an architecture, illustrating the interconnected nature of these systems. Updated, with updates for tagging, folksonomies, social classification, and guided navigation
- Tools, techniques, and methods that take you from research to strategy and design to implementation. This edition discusses blueprints, wireframes and the role of diagrams in the design phase
- A series of short essays that provide practical tips and philosophical advice for those who work on information architecture
- The business context of practicing and promoting information architecture, including recent lessons on how to handle enterprise architecture
- Case studies on the evolution of two large and very different information architectures, illustrating best practices along the way
How do you document the rich interfaces of web applications? How do you design for multiple platforms and mobile devices? With emphasis on goals and approaches over tactics or technologies, this enormously popular book gives you knowledge about information architecture with a framework that allows you to learn new approaches -- and unlearn outmoded ones.
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The Innocents Abroadby Mark TwainISBN 048642832X (0-486-42832-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Innocents Abroad or the New Pilgrims Progressby Mark TwainISBN 0451525027 (0-451-52502-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Innocents Abroad or the New Pilgrims Progress'Book summary:Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1906. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXXII. WE were at sea now, for a very long voyage -- we were to pass through the entire length of the Levant; through the entire length of the Mediterranean proper, also, and then cross the full width of the Atlantic -- a voyage of several weeks. We naturally settled down into a very slow, stay-at-home manner of life, and resolved to be quiet, exemplary people, and roam no more for twenty or thirty days. No more, at least, than from stem to stern of the ship. It was a very comfortable prospect, though, for we were tired and needed a long rest. We were all lazy and satisfied, now, as the meager entries in my note-book (that sure index, to me, of my condition) prove. What a stupid thing a notebook gets to be at sea, any way. Please observe the style: '" Sunday--Services, as usual, at four bells. Services at night, also. No cards. "Monday--Beautiful day, but rained hard. The cattle purchased at Alexandria for beef ought to be shingled. Or else fattened. The water stands in deep puddles in the depressions forward of their after shoulders. Also here and there all over their backs. It is well they are not cows-- it would soak in and ruin the milk. The poor devil eagle* from Syria * Afterwards presented to the Central Park. looks miserable and droopy in the rain perched on the forward capstan. He appears to have his own opinion of a sea voyage, and if it were put into language and the language solidified, it would probably essentially dam the widest river in the world. "Tuesday--Somewhere in the neighborhood of the island of Malta. Can not stop there. Cholera. Weather very stormy. Many passengers seasick and invisible. "Wednesday--Weather still very savage. Storm blew two land birds to sea, and they came on board. A hawk was blown off, also. He circled round and round the shi... [via]
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Istanbul: A Life And A Cityby Orhan PamukISBN 0571218326 (0-571-21832-6)
Hardcover, Faber & Faber Ltd
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J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Centuryby T. A. ShippeyISBN 0618257594 (0-618-25759-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century'Book summary:Recent polls have consistently declared that J.R.R. Tolkien is "the most influential author of the century," and The Lord of the Rings is "the book of the century." In support of these claims, the prominent medievalist and scholar of fantasy Professor Tom Shippey now presents us with a fascinating companion to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, focusing in particular on The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.[via]
The core of the book examines The Lord of the Rings as a linguistic and cultural map and as a response to the meaning of myth. It presents a unique argument to explain the nature of evil and also gives the reader a compelling insight into the unparalleled level of skill necessary to construct such a rich and complex story. Shippey also examines The Hobbit, explaining the hobbits' anachronistic relationship to the heroic world of Middle-earth, and shows the fundamental importance of The Silmarillion to the canon of Tolkien's work. He offers as well an illuminating look at other, lesser-known works in their connection to Tolkien's life.More editions of J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century:
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The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fictionby Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan WoodISBN 0399123253 (0-399-12325-3)
Softcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Lives of a Cell : Notes of a Biology Watcherby Lewis ThomasISBN 0553275801 (0-553-27580-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Lives Of The Kings & Queens Of Englandby Antonia FraserISBN 0520224604 (0-520-22460-4)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lives Of The Kings & Queens Of England'Book summary:This essential reference is a concise, accessible guide to the great dynasties of English royalty. A collection of biographical sketches that encompasses the period from the establishment of monarchical power by the early Norman kings through the reign of Elizabeth II, The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England tells the stories of many monarchs and their colorful lives--some merry, some cruel, some heroic, others sinister. Antonia Fraser and a collection of distinguished contributors bring the people and events to life in this lavishly illustrated volume that is both engrossing history and an excellent reference tool.[via]
This updated edition includes a new essay describing the recently tumultuous reign of the Windsors. Included are details of the weddings of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, and of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson; the acrimonious collapse of the marriages; the effect the media have had on the royal family's image; and the fire at Windsor Castle. Such recent events as Diana's tragic death, the decommissioning of the Royal Yacht Britannia, and the launching of Queen Elizabeth's own website are also discussed.
Accompanying the text are 175 contemporary illustrations and drawings of the royal coats of arms, with their significance explained by J.P. Brooke-Little, Richmond Herald of Arms. This is a dazzling story of a thousand years of English history, as told through the lives and deeds of the nation's sovereigns.More editions of The Lives Of The Kings & Queens Of England:
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Londonby Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517161745 (0-517-16174-5)
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The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogyby Brian SibleyISBN 0618260226 (0-618-26022-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy'Book summary:The official inside story on the making of the award-winning movie trilogy[via]
The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy is a lavishly illustrated, behind-the-scenes, definitive account of the creation of an epic film experience. Hailed by critics worldwide, part one of the movie trilogy was a box-office smash, one of the most successful films of the decade. Peter Jackson's "fierce, imaginative movie takes high-flying risks and inspires with its power and scale," wrote Newsweek. "In every way this is moviemaking on a grand scale," wrote the San Francisco Chronicle, while Time proclaimed the "grandeur, moral heft and emotional depth" of the film, which received thirteen Academy Award(R) nominations. Including more than 300 photographs from all three films, most unique to this book, and exclusive interviews with all the cast and crew, Brian Sibley's fascinating book takes every fan inside the process of adapting J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork for the screen. For the first time in history, three major movies were made at the same time, a triumphant and monumental undertaking that took the world by storm. Here can be found details about the hundreds of dedicated artists, craftspeople and cast and crew members who labored for years -- adding authenticity at every stage -- to bring one of the greatest stories ever told to an eager film audience. Sibley takes us inside the process of filmmaking to show us how the magic is made -- from the director, writers and actors to wardrobe, makeup, miniatures, music and digital special effects, it's all here.
"It was tiring, physically and mentally, but never dull. Three movies, one big story, and so much variety: one day shooting scenes of intimate heart-wrenching drama, the next, vast battle scenes involving hundreds of extras. Every day brought an opportunity to create something new on this enormous canvas that is The Lord of the Rings." -- Peter JacksonMore editions of The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy:
The Masks of God: Creative Mythologyby Joseph CampbellISBN 0670461113 (0-670-46111-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Master of Middle-Earth: The Achievement of J. R. R. Tolkienby Paul H. KocherISBN 0500010951 (0-500-01095-1)
Hardcover, Thames and Hudson
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As is the case with all great works of art, J. R. R. Tolkiens masterpieces generously repay close attention and study. In this thoroughly entertaining and perceptive volume, winner of the prestigious Mythopoeic Society Scholarship Award, Professor Kocher examines the sources that Tolkien drew upon in fashioning Middle-earth and its inhabitantsand provides valuable insights into the authors aims and methods. Ranging from The Hobbit to The Lord of the Rings to The Silmarillion and beyond, Master of Middle-earth opens the door to a deeper and richer appreciation of Tolkiens magnificent achievement. Inside you will discover
" Why Aragorn is the most misunderstood character in The Lord of the Rings . . . and its true hero.
" The origin of Sauronand the nature of evil in Tolkiens universe.
" The opposing forces of destiny and free will in Frodos quest.
" The Cosmology of Middle-earthis it our world at an earlier time, or does it exist in a fantastic Elsewhere?
" How Tolkiens ideas of morality, religion, and social order underlie every aspect of his lifes work.
Plus a fascinating look at such lesser-known works of Tolkiens as Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major, and many others! [via]More editions of Master of Middle-Earth: The Achievement of J. R. R. Tolkien:
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Maus: A Survivor's Tale, My Father Bleeds Historyby Art SpiegelmanISBN 0606241817 (0-606-24181-7)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maus: A Survivor's Tale, My Father Bleeds History'Book summary:Some historical events simply beggar any attempt at description--the Holocaust is one of these. Therefore, as it recedes and the people able to bear witness die, it becomes more and more essential that novel, vigorous methods are used to describe the indescribable. Examined in these terms, Art Spiegelman's Maus is a tremendous achievement, from a historical perspective as well as an artistic one.
Spiegelman, a stalwart of the underground comics scene of the 1960s and '70s, interviewed his father, Vladek, a Holocaust survivor living outside New York City, about his experiences. The artist then deftly translated that story into a graphic novel. By portraying a true story of the Holocaust in comic form--the Jews are mice, the Germans cats, the Poles pigs, the French frogs, and the Americans dogs--Spiegelman compels the reader to imagine the action, to fill in the blanks that are so often shied away from. Reading Maus, you are forced to examine the Holocaust anew.
This is neither easy nor pleasant. However, Vladek Spiegelman and his wife Anna are resourceful heroes, and enough acts of kindness and decency appear in the tale to spur the reader onward (we also know that the protagonists survive, else reading would be too painful). This first volume introduces Vladek as a happy young man on the make in pre-war Poland. With outside events growing ever more ominous, we watch his marriage to Anna, his enlistment in the Polish army after the outbreak of hostilities, his and Anna's life in the ghetto, and then their flight into hiding as the Final Solution is put into effect. The ending is stark and terrible, but the worst is yet to come--in the second volume of this Pulitzer Prize-winning set. --Michael Gerber [via]
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Medieval Europe: A Short Historyby C. Warren HollisterISBN 0471406988 (0-471-40698-8)
Softcover, Wiley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Medieval Europe: A Short History'Book summary:Marked by C. Warren Hollister's clear historical vision and engaging teaching style, this classic text has been judiciously revised by Judith Bennett; the tenth edition includes greater coverage of Byzantium and Islam, a revised map program, a new essay program on medieval myths, and more. In his preface to the eighth edition, Professor Hollister wrote of his realization, while in college, that our world today "is a product of the medieval past." Medieval Europe introduces today's students to the medieval roots of our own society. [via]
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The Origin of Species: Library Editionby Charles Robert Darwin, Julian HuxleyISBN 0451529065 (0-451-52906-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Origin of Species: Library Edition'Book summary:It's hard to talk about The Origin of Species without making statements that seem overwrought and fulsome. But it's true: this is indeed one of the most important and influential books ever written, and it is one of the very few groundbreaking works of science that is truly readable.
To a certain extent it suffers from the Hamlet problem--it's full of clichés! Or what are now clichés, but which Darwin was the first to pen. Natural selection, variation, the struggle for existence, survival of the fittest: it's all in here.
Darwin's friend and "bulldog" T.H. Huxley said upon reading the Origin, "How extremely stupid of me not to have thought of that." Alfred Russel Wallace had thought of the same theory of evolution Darwin did, but it was Darwin who gathered the mass of supporting evidence--on domestic animals and plants, on variability, on sexual selection, on dispersal--that swept most scientists before it. It's hardly necessary to mention that the book is still controversial: Darwin's remark in his conclusion that "Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history" is surely the pinnacle of British understatement. --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Lifeby Charles DarwinISBN 0486450066 (0-486-45006-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On the Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection or The Preservation of FAvoured RAces in the Struggle for Life'Book summary:According to Wikipedia: "Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 - 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist. After becoming eminent among scientists for his field work and inquiries into geology, he proposed and provided scientific evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from one or a few common ancestors through the process of natural selection. The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and the general public in his lifetime, while his theory of natural selection came to be widely seen as the primary explanation of the process of evolution in the 1930s, and now forms the basis of modern evolutionary theory. In modified form, Darwin?s scientific discovery remains the foundation of biology, as it provides a unifying logical explanation for the diversity of life." [via]
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Orthodoxyby G. K. ChestertonISBN 0486437019 (0-486-43701-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Orthodoxy'Book summary:If G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy: The Romance of Faith is, as he called it, a "slovenly autobiography," then we need more slobs in the world. This quirky, slender book describes how Chesterton came to view orthodox Catholic Christianity as the way to satisfy his personal emotional needs, in a way that would also allow him to live happily in society. Chesterton argues that people in western society need a life of "practical romance, the combination of something that is strange with something that is secure. We need so to view the world as to combine an idea of wonder and an idea of welcome." Drawing on such figures as Fra Angelico, George Bernard Shaw, and St. Paul to make his points, Chesterton argues that submission to ecclesiastical authority is the way to achieve a good and balanced life. The whole book is written in a style that is as majestic and down-to-earth as C.S. Lewis at his best. The final chapter, called "Authority and the Adventurer," is especially persuasive. It's hard to imagine a reader who will not close the book believing, at least for the moment, that the Church will make you free. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Pathways to the Godsby Erich Von DanikenISBN 0425056368 (0-425-05636-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Lifeby Thich Nhat HahnISBN 0553351397 (0-553-35139-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life'Book summary:Thich Nhat Hanh's writing is deceptive in its subtlety. He'll go on and on with stories about tree-hugging or metaphors involving raw potatoes; he'll tell you how to eat mindfully, even how to breathe and walk; he'll suggest looking closely at a flower and to see the sun as your heart. As the Zen teacher Richard Baker commented, however, Nhat Hanh is "a cross between a cloud, a snail, and piece of heavy machinery." Sooner or later, it begins to sink in that Nhat Hanh is conveying a depth of psychology and a world outlook that require nothing less than a complete paradigm shift. Through his cute stories and compassionate admonitions, he gradually builds up to his philosophy of interbeing, the notion that none of us is separately, but rather that we inter-are. The ramifications are explosive. How can we mindlessly and selfishly pursue our individual ends, when we are inextricably bound up with everyone and everything else? We see an enemy not as focus of anger but as a human with a complex history, who could be us if we had the same history. Suffice it to say, that after reading Peace Is Every Step, you'll never look at a plastic bag the same way again, and you may even develop a penchant for hugging trees. --Brian Bruya [via]
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Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through Chinaby Paul TherouxISBN 0618658971 (0-618-65897-1)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China'Book summary:Paul Theroux invites you to join him on the journey of a lifetime, in the grand romanttic tradition, by train across Euope, through the vast underbelly of Asia and in the heart of Russia, and then up to China. Here is China by rail, as seen and heard through the eyes and ears of one of the most intrepid and insightful travel writers of our time. [via]
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The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Lifeby Richard L. FloridaISBN 0465024777 (0-465-02477-7)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life'Book summary:Many writers have commented on the massive social changes of the past few decades, but most of them have treated these shifts as something imposed on us, by technology or the marketplace. This is wrong, says Richard Florida: we've chosen to alter our values, work, and lifestyle, and for good economic reasons. Why have we done this?Florida finds the answer in the rise of a new social class. Like other classes, its basis is economic. Just as the feudal aristocracy derived its identity and values from its hereditary control of land and people, and the bourgeoisie derived its identity and values from its role as merchants of goods, the Creative Class derives its identity and values from its role as purveyors of creativity. When we see ourselves as "creative," our self-image affects the choices we make in every area of our lives.Based on a massive body of research, The Rise of the Creative Class chronicles the ongoing sea-change in people's choices and attitudes, and shows not only what's happening but also how it stems from a fundamental economic change. The Creative Class now comprises nearly forty million Americans, or more than 25% of all employed people. The choices these people make have already had a huge economic impact, and in the future they will determine how the workplace is organized, what companies will prosper or go bankrupt, and even which cities will thrive or wither.[via]More editions of The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life:
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The Second Treatise of Government and a Letter Concerning Tolerationby John LockeISBN 0486424642 (0-486-42464-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Second Treatise of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration'Book summary:[via]The first of these two highly influential documents refutes the concept of monarchy's divine right. The second argues for a broad acceptance of alternative religious convictions. The basis of social and political philosophy for generations, these books laid the foundation of the modern democratic state in England and abroad.More editions of The Second Treatise of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration:
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Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guideby Sean CoveyISBN 0613237641 (0-613-23764-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide'Book summary:Based on his father's bestselling The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Sean Covey applies the same principles to teens, using a vivacious, entertaining style. To keep it fun, Covey writes, he "stuffed it full of cartoons, clever ideas, great quotes, and incredible stories about real teens from all over the world... along with a few other surprises." Did he ever! Flip open to any page and become instantly absorbed in real-life stories of teens who have overcome obstacles to succeed, and step-by-step guides to shifting paradigms, building equity in "relationship bank accounts," creating action plans, and much more.
As a self-acknowledged guinea pig for many of his dad's theories, Sean Covey is a living example of someone who has taken each of the seven habits to heart: be proactive; begin with the end in mind; put first things first; think win-win; seek first to understand, then to be understood; synergize; and sharpen the saw. He includes a comical section titled "The 7 Habits of Highly Defective Teens," which includes some, shall we say, counterproductive practices: put first things last; don't cooperate; seek first to talk, then pretend to listen; wear yourself out... Covey's humorous and up-front style is just light enough to be acceptable to wary teenagers, and down-and-dirty enough to really make a difference. (Ages 13 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmasby Maya AngelouISBN 0553251996 (0-553-25199-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas'Book summary:Here Maya Angelou, dazzling entertainer, casts the spotlight on her show business career -- a pageant of international scope. Maya, the woman, shares her sad, failed marriage to a white man, her early motherhood and achingly sensitive relationship with her young son, and her bone-deep, painful suspicion of the white world that welcomes her talent so dramatically ... [via]
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Soul on Iceby Eldridge CleaverISBN 044021128X (0-440-21128-X)
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South: The Endurance Expeditionby Ernest ShackletonISBN 0451198808 (0-451-19880-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'South: The Endurance Expedition'Book summary:In 1914, as the shadow of war falls across Europe, a party led by veteran explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton sets out to become the first to traverse the Antarctic continent. Their initial optimism is short-lived, however, as the ice field slowly thickens, encasing the ship Endurance in a death-grip, crushing their craft, and marooning 28 men on a ploar ice floe.[via]In an epic struggle of man versus the elements, Shackleton leads his team on a harrowing quest for survival over some of the most unforgiving terrain in the world. Icy, tempestuous seas full of gargantuan waves, mountainous glaciers and icebergs, unending brutal cold, and ever-looming starvation are their mortal foes as Shackleton and his men struggle to stay alive.
What happened to those brave men forever stands as a testament to their strength of will and the power of human endurance.
This is their story, as told by the man who led them.
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The Stranger Beside Meby Ann RuleISBN 0451203267 (0-451-20326-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stranger Beside Me'Book summary:Not long ago, true crime writer Ann Rule recalls lying on an operating table. The anesthesiologist leaned over before putting her to sleep. "Ann," the anesthesiologist said softly, "tell me, what was Ted Bundy really like?" Despite meeting Florida's electric chair in 1989, the subject of Rule's bestselling book continues to haunt her. Rule and Bundy were friends. They met in 1971 at a Seattle crisis clinic, where they shared the late shift answering a suicide hotline. Their subsequent conversations, meetings, and letters spanned the rest of Bundy's life as he evolved into one of the century's most notorious serial killers. It's been 20 years since Rule first penned this chilling account. But the story--and her 2000 update--will still have readers reaching for their Xanax. No gratuitous gore here; just the basic, bone-chilling evidence. In fact, like a protective mother shielding us from horrors too awful to mention, Rule seems to avoid delving too deeply into crime scene descriptions. She devotes one paragraph in her new afterword to her discovery that Bundy engaged in necrophilia and returned to the scenes of his crimes to "line dead lips and eyes with garish makeup and to put blush on pale cheeks." She tells readers that John Hinckley, who shot Ronald Reagan, and David Berkowitz, the Son of Sam Killer, traded prison correspondences with Bundy. And she hints that Bundy's insatiable killer instincts may have started when he was a 14-year-old paperboy. (Ann Marie Burr, an 8-year-old girl on his route, mysteriously disappeared in the middle of the night and has never been found.) The skimpy update is over too soon, leaving readers wanting more and offering further proof of the public's never-ending fascination with serial killers. --Jodi Mailander Farrell [via]
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Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warshipby Tom ClancyISBN 0425183009 (0-425-18300-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship'Book summary:Never before seen by the general public: a rare glimpse inside a Los Angeles-class (SSN-688) nuclear submarine ... with Tom Clancy as your guide. Only the author of The Hunt for Red October could capture the reality of life aboard a nuclear submarine. Only a writer of Mr. Clancy's magnitude could obtain security clearance for information, diagrams, and photographs never before available to the public. Now, for the first time, every civilian can enter this top secret world and experience the drama and excitement of this stunning technological achievement.... the weapons, the procedures, the people themselves... the startling facts behind the fiction that made Tom Clancy a #1 bestseller.
Submarine includes:
- Exclusive photographs, illustration, and diagrams
- Mock war scenarios and weapons launch procedures
- An inside look at life on board, from captain to crew, from training exercises to operations
- The fascinating history and evolution of submarines
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Sweets: A History of Temptationby Tim RichardsonISBN 0593049543 (0-593-04954-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Press
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Vietnam: A Historyby Stanley KarnowISBN 0670746045 (0-670-74604-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Walking on Waterby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0553236199 (0-553-23619-9)
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The Way Things Workby David MacaulayISBN 0395428572 (0-395-42857-2)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Way Things Work'Book summary:David Macaulay has made it his business to demystify science and technology for children (and certainly one or two surreptitious adults) with his worldwide bestseller, The New Way Things Work. Packed with information on the inner workings of everything from the World Wide Web to windmills, the remarkable and humorous book guides readers through the fundamental principles of machines. And now Macaulay and his trusty mammoth sidekick are back, ready to make science even more fun and comprehensible. The Way Things Work Kit is a hands-on, fully interactive kit, equipped with everything needed to perform over 50 activities, including the construction of 12 working models. A handy cardboard carrying case opens to reveal a guidebook, a CD-ROM with instructions on how to build your own pinball games, activity cards, and more than 100 basic components that fit together to make models from a balloon-powered car to a robot arm to a fairground ride. Children will be absorbed for hours as they learn about levers and hydraulics, winches and friction, inertia and pneumatics. Future engineers--not to mention just regular humans--couldn't have a better introduction to the way things work. (Ages 8 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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What Am I Doing Hereby Bruce ChatwinISBN 0670825085 (0-670-82508-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Yeager: An Autobiographyby Chuck YeagerISBN 0553256742 (0-553-25674-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Yeager: An Autobiography'Book summary:General Chuck Yeager, the greatest test pilot of them all -- the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound . . .the World War II flying ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven P-51 Mustang . . .the hero who defined a certain quality that all hotshot fly-boys of the postwar era aimed to achieve: the right stuff.
Now Chuck Yeager tells his whole incredible life story with the same "wide-open, full throttle" approach that has marked his astonishing career. What it was really like enaging in do-or-die dogfights over Nazi Europe. How after being shot over occupied France, Yeager somehow managed to escape. The amazing behind-the-scenes story of smashing the sound barrier despite cracked ribs from a riding accident days before.
The entire story is here, in Yeager's own words, and in wondeful insights from his wife and those friends and colleagues who have known him best. It is the personal and public story of a man who settled for nothing less than excellence, a one-of-a-kind portrait of a true American hero. [via]More editions of Yeager: An Autobiography:
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Yeager: An Autobiographyby Leo Janos, Chuck YeagerISBN 0553050931 (0-553-05093-1)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Yeager: An Autobiography'Book summary:General Chuck Yeager, the greatest test pilot of them all -- the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound . . .the World War II flying ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven P-51 Mustang . . .the hero who defined a certain quality that all hotshot fly-boys of the postwar era aimed to achieve: the right stuff.
Now Chuck Yeager tells his whole incredible life story with the same "wide-open, full throttle" approach that has marked his astonishing career. What it was really like enaging in do-or-die dogfights over Nazi Europe. How after being shot over occupied France, Yeager somehow managed to escape. The amazing behind-the-scenes story of smashing the sound barrier despite cracked ribs from a riding accident days before.
The entire story is here, in Yeager's own words, and in wondeful insights from his wife and those friends and colleagues who have known him best. It is the personal and public story of a man who settled for nothing less than excellence, a one-of-a-kind portrait of a true American hero.
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