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Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Riskby Peter L. BernsteinISBN 0471295639 (0-471-29563-9)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk'Book summary:With the stock market breaking records almost daily, leaving longtime market analysts shaking their heads and revising their forecasts, a study of the concept of risk seems quite timely. Peter Bernstein has written a comprehensive history of man's efforts to understand risk and probability, beginning with early gamblers in ancient Greece, continuing through the 17th-century French mathematicians Pascal and Fermat and up to modern chaos theory. Along the way he demonstrates that understanding risk underlies everything from game theory to bridge-building to winemaking. [via]
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The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theologyby Thomas Paine, Moncure Daniel ConwayISBN 0486433935 (0-486-43393-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicleby G.N. GarmonswayISBN 0460106244 (0-460-10624-4)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicleby Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. EnglishISBN 0415921295 (0-415-92129-5)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Anglo-Saxon Chroniclesby Christopher Pick, Anne SavageISBN 0434982105 (0-434-98210-5)
Hardcover, Phoebe Phillips
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Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in Cby Bruce SchneierISBN 0471117099 (0-471-11709-9)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C'Book summary:After a brief account of the history of cryptography, the latest data on encryption protocols and techniques are explained. Describes present-day applications ranging from electronic cash to anonymous messaging and current security concerns. The second section assumes fairly sophisticated knowledge of the C programming language and features numerous source code fragments. Practical implementations of the code are listed throughout the book's second half. [via]
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- Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C: ISBN 0471597562 (0-471-59756-2)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc - Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C: ISBN 0471128457 (0-471-12845-7)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc - Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C: ISBN 0471117099 (0-471-11709-9)
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- Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C: ISBN 0471597562 (0-471-59756-2)
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The Book of the Courtierby Castiglione, Baldassare, Conte, Leonard Eckstein OpdyckeISBN 0486427021 (0-486-42702-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of the Courtier'Book summary:For centuries, Catiglione's perfect courtier provided a model for the educated classes of Europe; but its colorful dialogues explore vital ethical issues: Should the courtier consciously use "image-management" or rely on natural talents to gain attention? Should he obey the orders of an immoral prince? Sexual equality, modesty and the province of wit are contemplated by nineteen men and four women in this work which influenced Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, and later Yeats. [via]
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The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900by Diana PrestonISBN 0425180840 (0-425-18084-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic Story of China's War on Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900'Book summary:During the 19th century, rapacious colonial powers squeezed China mercilessly, seizing territory and extorting profits while missionaries sought souls. In the late 1890s, a virulently resentful peasant movement spread across northern China; foreigners nicknamed its adherents "Boxers" for the martial-arts exercises they practiced en masse. When the movement erupted into open violence in 1900, the imperial government supported attacks on foreigners that escalated into a siege of the foreign embassies in Peking. Diana Preston's The Boxer Rebellion is an account of the 55-day confrontation that alarmed the world. When Western and Japanese troops eventually routed the Boxers, soldiers and civilians looted the capital (to the benefit of Western museums) and extracted yet more concessions from China. The events of 1900 showed both sides at their colorful worst, and the author spares neither Chinese cruelty nor colonial pomposity and racism. Though this narrative history is told almost entirely from a Western viewpoint--of the 200 titles in the bibliography, not one is in Chinese--the many diaries and letters that Preston consulted ensure a lively portrayal of personalities and evocation of the times. She enjoys racy rumors, whether substantiated or not, and is so enamored of the charlatan Backhouse's salacious claims that he had an affair with the Dowager Empress that she details them twice. With little analysis but all the pace and immediacy of a popular novel, The Boxer Rebellion makes for absorbing reading. --John Stevenson [via]
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Complete Illustrated Shakespeareby John GilbertISBN 0405124104 (0-405-12410-4)
Hardcover, Ayer Co Pub
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Dave Barry Slept Hereby Dave BarryISBN 0449904628 (0-449-90462-8)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dave Barry Slept Here'Book summary:Dave runs American history through the wringer, and comes up with some wonderfully warped formulations. (The Vikings, for example, "were extremely rugged individuals whose idea of a fun time was to sail over and set fire to England, which in those days was fairly easy to ignite because it had a very high level of thatch, this being the kind of roof favored by the local tribespeople...") Covering pre-Columbian days through the dawn of the Bush administration, Dave Barry Slept Here is the funniest thing to hit this great nation since the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930. [via]
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Dave Barry's Greatest Hitsby Dave BarryISBN 0449904067 (0-449-90406-7)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schoolsby Jonathan KozolISBN 0452262925 (0-452-26292-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools'Book summary:In this National Book Award-winning book, Kozol unflinchingly exposes the disturbing "destruction of hearts and minds in the Boston public school." A new Epilogue assesses the last 20 years of the educational system.[via]More editions of Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools:
- Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools: ISBN 0452257697 (0-452-25769-7)
Softcover, New American Library - Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools: ISBN 0452262925 (0-452-26292-5)
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- Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools: ISBN 0452257697 (0-452-25769-7)
The Duchess of Bloomsbury Streetby Helene HanffISBN 0397009763 (0-397-00976-3)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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Earth in the Balance : Ecology and the Human Spiritby Al GoreISBN 0452269350 (0-452-26935-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Earth in the Balance : Ecology and the Human Spirit'Book summary:What's most inspiring about Earth in the Balance is who wrote it. It's a big deal, after all, that a sitting senator was willing to write, "We must make the rescue of the environment the central organizing principle for civilization." And that's not all. In his 1992 book, Al Gore also wrote:
I have become very impatient with my own tendency to put a finger to the political winds and proceed cautiously.... [E]very time I pause to consider whether I have gone too far out on a limb, I look at the new facts [on the environment crisis] that continue to pour in from around the world and conclude that I have not gone far enough.... [T]he time has long since come to take more political risks--and endure more political criticism--by proposing tougher, more effective solutions and fighting hard for their enactments.
And the buzz on the street is that Gore actually wrote those words himself.
When Earth in the Balance first came out, it caused quite a stir--and for good reason. It convincingly makes the case that a crisis of epidemic proportions is nearly upon us and that if the world doesn't get its act together soon and agree to some kind of "Global Marshall Plan" to protect the environment, we're all up a polluted creek without a paddle. Myriad plagues are upon us, but the worst include the loss of biodiversity, the depletion of the ozone layer, the slash-and-burn destruction of rainforests, and the onset of global warming. None of this is new, of course, nor was it new in 1992. But most environmentalists will still get a giddy feeling reading such a call to action as written by a prominent politician.
The book is arranged into three sections: the first describes the plagues; the second looks at how we got ourselves into this mess; and the final chapters present ways out. Gore gets his points across in a serviceable way, though he could have benefited from a firmer editor's hand; at times the analogies are arcane and the pacing is odd--kind of like a Gore speech that climaxes at weird points and then sinks just as the audience is about to clap. Still, at the end you understand what's been said. Gore believes that if we apply some American ingenuity, the twin engines of democracy and capitalism can be rigged to help us stabilize world population growth, spread social justice, boost education levels, create environmentally appropriate technologies, and negotiate international agreements to bring us back from the brink. For example, a worldwide shift to clean, renewable energy sources would create huge economic opportunities for companies large and small to design, build, and maintain solar panels, wind turbines, fuel cells, and other ecofriendly innovations.
Gore doesn't mince words when describing just how hard it will be to get out of this jam. Real hope is contingent on a swelling up of concern among the public--and fast. A year into the vice presidency, in an interview with writer Bill McKibben, Gore paraphrased a key passage in his book, "The minimum that is scientifically necessary far exceeds the maximum that is politically feasible." Ah, a political out. Some readers will ask of Gore: what has he done since publishing his book to advance the political feasibility of decisive environmental action? --Chip Giller [via]
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandingby David HumeISBN 0486434443 (0-486-43444-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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An Essay Concerning Human Understandingby John LockeISBN 0486205304 (0-486-20530-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Softcover, Penguin USA - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: ISBN 0460113321 (0-460-11332-1)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: ISBN 0460873555 (0-460-87355-5)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: ISBN 0486205312 (0-486-20531-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: ISBN 0486205304 (0-486-20530-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: ISBN 0460103326 (0-460-10332-6)
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Essays Concerning Human Understandingby LockeISBN 0460003321 (0-460-00332-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Essential Rousseauby Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Lowell Blair, Lowell BairISBN 0452010314 (0-452-01031-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyondby Gene KranzISBN 0425179877 (0-425-17987-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Failure Is Not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond'Book summary:In 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik and the ensuing space race. Three years later, Gene Kranz left his aircraft testing job to join NASA and champion the American cause. What he found was an embryonic department run by whiz kids (such as himself), sharp engineers and technicians who had to create the Mercury mission rules and procedure from the ground up. As he says, "Since there were no books written on the actual methodology of space flight, we had to write them as we went along."
Kranz was part of the mission control team that, in January 1961, launched a chimpanzee into space and successfully retrieved him, and made Alan Shepard the first American in space in May 1961. Just two months later they launched Gus Grissom for a space orbit, John Glenn orbited Earth three times in February 1962, and in May of 1963 Gordon Cooper completed the final Project Mercury launch with 22 Earth orbits. And through them all, and the many Apollo missions that followed, Gene Kranz was one of the integral inside men--one of those who bore the responsibility for the Apollo 1 tragedy, and the leader of the "tiger team" that saved the Apollo 13 astronauts.
Moviegoers know Gene Kranz through Ed Harris's Oscar-nominated portrayal of him in Apollo 13, but Kranz provides a more detailed insider's perspective in his book Failure Is Not an Option. You see NASA through his eyes, from its primitive days when he first joined up, through the 1993 shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, his last mission control project. His memoir, however, is not high literature. Kranz has many accomplishments and honors to his credit, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, but this is his first book, and he's not a polished author. There are, perhaps, more behind-the-scenes details and more paragraphs devoted to what Cape Canaveral looked like than the general public demands. If, however, you have a long-standing fascination with aeronautics, if you watched Apollo 13 and wanted more, Failure Is Not an Option will fill the bill. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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Food in Historyby Reay TannahillISBN 0413273407 (0-413-27340-7)
Hardcover, Eyre Methuen
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From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68by H.H. ScullardISBN 0415025273 (0-415-02527-3)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68'Book summary:Scullard's clear and comprehensive narrative covers the period from 133 BC to 69 AD, exploring the decline and fall of the Republic, and the establishment of the Pax Romana under the early Principate. More than forty years after its first publication this masterful survey remains the standard textbook on the central period of Roman history. [via]
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Hardcover, Methuen - From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68: ISBN 0416561004 (0-416-56100-4)
Hardcover, Methuen - From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68: ISBN 0415025273 (0-415-02527-3)
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Great Cat Massacreby Robert DarntonISBN 0465015565 (0-465-01556-5)
Softcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Cat Massacre'Book summary:In this dazzling series of essays, Robert Darnton exhumes the strange and wonderful world views of the ordinary and extraordinary people inhabiting the cities, towns, and countryside of France in what we like to call The Age of Enlightenment.[via]More editions of Great Cat Massacre:
The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural Historyby Robert DarntonISBN 0465027008 (0-465-02700-8)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacificby Paul TherouxISBN 0449908585 (0-449-90858-5)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific'Book summary:The author of The Mosquito Coast recounts his journey to the islands of the Pacific, describing the people, landscape, and wildlife he encounters in New Zealand, Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Fiji. 100,000 first printing. $90,000 ad/promo. [via]
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How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New Yorkby Jacob A. RiisISBN 0486220125 (0-486-22012-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York'Book summary:This famous journalistic record of the filth and degradation of New York's slums at the turn of the century is a classic in social thought and a monument of early American photography. Captured on film by photographer, journalist, and reformer Jacob Riis, more than 100 grim scenes reveal man's struggle to survive. [via]
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The Human Zooby Desmond MorrisISBN 0440339138 (0-440-33913-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing Up Groovy and Cluelessby Susan Jane GilmanISBN 0446679496 (0-446-67949-6)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing Up Groovy and Clueless'Book summary:From the author of "Kiss My Tiara" comes a funny and poignant collection of true stories about women coming of age that for once isn't about finding a date. [via]
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I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influenceby Amy SedarisISBN 0446578843 (0-446-57884-3)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence'Book summary:Are you lacking direction in how to whip up a swanky soiree for lumberjacks? A dinner party for white-collar workers? A festive gathering for the grieving? Don't despair. Take a cue from entertaining expert Amy Sedaris and host an unforgettable fete that will have your guests raving. No matter the style or size of the gathering-from the straightforward to the bizarre-I LIKE YOU provides jackpot recipes and solid advice laced with Amy's blisteringly funny take on entertaining, plus four-color photos and enlightening sidebars on everything it takes to pull off a party with extraordinary flair. You don't even need to be a host or hostess to benefit-Amy offers tips for guests, too! (Number one: don't be fifteen minutes early.) Readers will discover unique dishes to serve alcoholics (Broiled Frozen Chicken Wings with Applesauce), the secret to a successful children's party (a half-hour time limit, games included), plus a whole appendix chock-full of arts and crafts ideas (from a mini-pantyhose plant-hanger to a do-it-yourself calf stretcher), and much, much more! [via]
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In Search of the Trojan Warby Michael WoodISBN 0452263646 (0-452-26364-6)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Search of the Trojan War'Book summary:For thousands of years the tale of Troy has captivated the western imagination. Hector and Achilles, Odysseus and the beautiful Helen are among the most enduring figures in art and literature. But did Troy really exist, and did the Trojan war really take place? In this study Michael Wood takes the reader back to the Greek Age of Heroes. In the Aegean, Turkey and ancient Egypt, he follows the footsteps of the travellers and adventurers who tried to locate the lost cities of legend. The book takes a fresh look at some of the most famous and exciting discoveries in archaeology: particularly those of Heinrich Schliemann at Troy and Arthur Evans at Knossos in Crete. This new edition has been revised to take account of new developments in the search for Troy, including the rediscovery of the so-called Jewels of Helen, which vanished during the fall of Berlin in 1945. The book also gives an account of the re-excavation of the site of Troy which began in 1988, and which is already yielding new evidence about the historical city which lay behind the intriguing story. [via]
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Journal of the Plague Yearby Daniel DefoeISBN 0486419193 (0-486-41919-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Journal of the Plague Year'Book summary:General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1920 Original Publisher: J.M. Dent [via]
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The Last Three Minutes: Conjectures About the Ultimate Fate of the Universeby P. C. W. DaviesISBN 0465038514 (0-465-03851-4)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Lenny Bruce: An Autobiography How to Talk Dirty and Influence Peopleby Lenny BruceISBN 0404199275 (0-404-19927-5)
Hardcover, Ams Pr Inc
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Maybe, Maybe Notby Robert FulghumISBN 0449000974 (0-449-00097-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maybe, Maybe Not'Book summary:Bestselling author Fulghum believes that "truth is stranger than fiction" and proves it in this new collection of wise and witty inspirational essays--now available in large print.
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Medieval Peopleby Eileen PowerISBN 0486414353 (0-486-41435-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Medieval People'Book summary:Classic study recreates the lives of 6 ordinary people who lived between the 9th and 16th centuries: a peasant on a country estate in Charlemagne's time, a Venetian traveler of the 13th century; a prioress and a Parisian housewife of the 14th century, and a merchant and a cloth maker from the days of Henry VII.[via]More editions of Medieval People:
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Men In Loveby N. FrideayISBN 0440159032 (0-440-15903-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Men In Love'Book summary:An extraordinary, explicitly masculine journey, Men In Love develops a startlingly honest portrayal of what it means to be a man in contemporary America. Here are the unexpurgated dreams, fantasies and fetishes that excite and obsess men today. In creating this historic study, Nancy Friday listened -- without disapproval, apology or censorship -- to the candid responses of thousands of men aged fourteen through sixty. She gave them a legitimate arena where they could share their "secret gardens" -- the hidden and forbidden but nonetheless real and true. Much more than a litany of erotica, this unique volume doesn't tell us how men should love. It tells us how men do love -- a stunning insight into the desires that dwell within men's psyches... and their hearts. [via]
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Men in Love: Men's Sexual Fantasies The Triumph of Love over Rageby Nancy FridayISBN 0440052645 (0-440-05264-5)
Hardcover, Delacorte Press
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New World Thesaurusby Charleton Grant LiardISBN 0446384127 (0-446-38412-7)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'New World Thesaurus'Book summary:A revised edition provides synonyms, general words, and antonyms, as well as slang terms, colloquial expressions, technical terms, and the most recent scientific and medical terminology. Reprint. [via]
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Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Sonby James BaldwinISBN 0440364353 (0-440-36435-3)
Hardcover, Dell Pub Co
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October 1964by David HalberstamISBN 0449983676 (0-449-98367-6)
Softcover, Fawcett Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'October 1964'Book summary:Heroes have a habit of growing larger over time, as do the arenas in which they excelled. The 1964 World Series between the Yankees and Cardinals was coated in myth from the get-go. The Yankees represented the establishment: white, powerful, and seemingly invincible. The victorious Cards, on the other hand, were baseball's rebellious future: angry and defiant, black, and challenging. Their seven-game barnburner, played out against a backdrop of an America emerging from the Kennedy assassination, escalating the war in Vietnam, and struggling with civil rights, marked a turning point--neither the nation, nor baseball, would ever be quite so innocent again. Halberstam, one of the great reporters of the '60s, looks back in this marvelous and spirited elegy to the era, the game, and players such as Mantle, Maris, Ford, Gibson, Brock, and Flood with a clear eye in search of the truth that time has blurred into legend. His confident prose, diligent reporting, and deft analysis make it clear how much more interesting--and forceful--the truth can be. [via]
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On Death And Dyingby Eli Kubler-rossISBN 0415040159 (0-415-04015-9)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Death And Dying'Book summary:Although most areas of human experience are nowadays discussed freely and openly, the subject of death is still surrounded by conventional attitudes and reticence that offer only fragile comfort because they evade the real issues. The dying may thus be denied the opportunity of sharing their feelings and discussing their needs with family, friends, or hospital staff. Although receiving devoted medical care, a dying patient is often socially isolated and avoided, since professional staff and students can find contact painful and embarrasing.
Aware of the strains imposed on all sides by this situation, Dr Kubler-Ross established a seminar at the University of Chicago to consider the implications of terminal illness for patients and for those involved in their care. Patients invited to talk about their experience often found great relief in expressing their fear and anger and were able to move towards a state of acceptance and peace. The seminar, initially composed of students of medicine, sociology, psychology, and theology, but later joined by hospital staff and relatives of patients, enabled many members to come to terms with their own feelings and to respond constructi to what the patients had to teach them.
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The Outline of Historyby H. G. WellsISBN 040303082X (0-403-03082-X)
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The Pictorial Key To The Tarotby Arthur E. WaiteISBN 0486442551 (0-486-44255-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pictorial Key To The Tarot'Book summary:This essential reference by the designer of the most widely known Tarot deck contains a detailed description of each card in the popular 78-card Rider-Waite deck. Rich in symbolism and detail, this handy guide also discusses regular and reversed meanings and features 78 black-and-white illustrations of the cards.[via]More editions of The Pictorial Key To The Tarot:
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The Portable Curmudgeonby Jon WinokurISBN 0452266688 (0-452-26668-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journeyby Phillip Berman, Jane GoodallISBN 0446676136 (0-446-67613-6)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey'Book summary:As a young woman, Jane Goodall was best known for her groundbreaking fieldwork with the chimpanzees of Gombe, Africa. Goodall's work has always been controversial, mostly because she broke the mold of research scientist by developing meaningful relationships with her "specimens" and honoring their lives as she would other humans.
Now at the age of 60, she continues to break the mold of scientist by revealing how her research and worldwide conservation institutes spring from her childhood callings and adult spiritual convictions. Reason for Hope is a smoothly written memoir that does not shy away from facing the realities of environmental destruction, animal abuse, and genocide. But Goodall shares her antidote to the poison of despair with specific examples of why she has not lost faith. For instance, she shares her spiritual epiphany during a visit to Auschwitz; her bravery in the face of chimpanzee imprisonment in medical laboratories; and devotes a whole chapter to individuals, corporations, and countries that are doing the right thing. But most of all Goodall provides a beautifully written plea for why everyone can and must find a reason for hope. --Gail Hudson [via]
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The Republican War on Scienceby Chris MooneyISBN 0465046762 (0-465-04676-2)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Republican War on Science'Book summary:Science has never been more crucial to deciding the political issues facing the country. Yet science and scientists have less influence with the federal government than at any time since the Eisenhower administration. In the White House and Congress today, findings are reported in a politicized manner; spun or distorted to fit the speaker's agenda; or, when they're too inconvenient, ignored entirely. On a broad array of issues-stem cell research, climate change, missile defense, abstinence education, product safety, environmental regulation, and many others-the Bush administration's positions fly in the face of overwhelming scientific consensus. Federal science agencies, once fiercely independent under both Republican and Democratic presidents, are increasingly staffed by political appointees and fringe theorists who know industry lobbyists and evangelical activists far better than they know the science. This is not unique to the Bush administration, but it is largely a Republican phenomenon, born of a conservative dislike of environmental, health, and safety regulation, and at the extremes, of evolution and legalized abortion. In The Republican War on Science, Chris Mooney ties together the disparate strands of the attack on science into a compelling and frightening account of our government's increasing unwillingness to distinguish between legitimate research and ideologically driven pseudoscience.[via]More editions of The Republican War on Science:
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The Riverside Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, G. Blakemore Evans, J. M. M. TobinISBN 0395858224 (0-395-85822-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Riverside Shakespeare'Book summary:After more than a generation and despite its many imitators, The Riverside Shakespeare remains the Shakespeare of choice for scholars and general readers alike. Recently revised to reflect the last quarter century of literary scholarship, it is now available in a deluxe edition - two volumes, bound in full cloth, in a handsome, four-color slipcase. The new, revised version of The Riverside Shakespeare retains all the features that made the first edition so popular - the invaluable notes, the wide-ranging introduction, and the brilliant critical prefaces to the individual works. Additions include the history play Edward IIIand the poem "A Funeral Elegy," both recently claimed for Shakespeare by computer-aided textual analysis. The original appendices have been updated and expanded and are joined by two new essays, "Twentieth-Century Shakespeare Criticism" and "Shakespeare's Plays in Performance: From 1970," the latter accompanied by eight pages of full-color photographs. [via]
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Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked Worldby Bruce SchneierISBN 0471453803 (0-471-45380-3)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World'Book summary:At the moment, it seems that hardly a day passes without fresh news of some glaring Internet security breach; online banks, of all things, seem to be particularly vulnerable at the moment. All of which will come as no great surprise to network security cum cryptography guru, Bruce Schnier. His latest book, Secrets and Lies, paints a very gloomy overview of the true state of network security. Schnier, founder of Counterpane Internet Security, has some harsh words to say about the state of network security, though, to be fair, his criticisms are directed far and wide; not one scapegoat, (not even Microsoft) is singled out for special attention. Depressingly, the words "fundamentally flawed" crop up time and time again in this absorbing book.
Secrets and Lies is a thorough backgrounder in all aspects of network security, an extremely wide remit that stretches from passwords to encryption, passing through authentication and attack trees along the way. The book is divided in to three broad categories, The Landscape, which covers attacks, adversaries and the need for security; Technologies, which discusses cryptography, authentication, network security, secure hardware and security tricks; and concludes with Strategies, which looks at vulnerabilities, risk assessment, security policies and the future of security. Mercifully there's a dim light at the end of this tunnel and Schnier ultimately remains upbeat about maintaining computer security and details a way forward in his conclusion.
Although working in a necessarily techie environment, Schnier's book is surprisingly jargon-free and easy to understand, even if you're not au fait with the inner workings of TCP/IP--it's common-sense, practical style makes a potentially dense and arcane subject accessible by just about anybody. It's also bang up to date, which makes for a pleasant change. Secrets and Lies is never less than thought-provoking and should be essential reading for every network administrator in the land. Be afraid, be very afraid! --Roger Gann [via]
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The Social Contract and Discoursesby Jean-Jacques Rousseau, G.D.H. ColeISBN 0460873571 (0-460-87357-1)
Softcover, Everyman
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Social Contract and Discourses'Book summary:Published in 1762, Rousseau's thinking is still relevant in these modern times. He believed that all citizens of a state fundamentally have a natural power of equality. This is the 'social contract' between the citizens of a state. Rousseau writes about liberty and law, freedom and justice. A declaration of democratic principles. A Collector's Edition. [via]
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Social Contract and Discoursesby J. RoussearISBN 0460016601 (0-460-01660-1)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Social Contract and Discourses'Book summary:Published in 1762, Rousseau's thinking is still relevant in these modern times. He believed that all citizens of a state fundamentally have a natural power of equality. This is the 'social contract' between the citizens of a state. Rousseau writes about liberty and law, freedom and justice. A declaration of democratic principles. A Collector's Edition. [via]
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Three Weeks With My Brotherby Nicholas Sparks, Micah SparksISBN 0446694851 (0-446-69485-1)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Three Weeks With My Brother'Book summary:In January 2003, Nicholas Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three-week trip around the world. It was to mark a milestone in their lives, for at 37 and 38 respectively, they were now the only surviving members of their family. As Nicholas and Micah travel the globe, the intimate story of their family unfolds in the details of the untimely deaths of their parents and only sister. Against the backdrop of the wonders of the world, the Sparks brothers band together to heal, to remember, and to learn to live life to the fullest. [via]
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Varieties of Religious Experienceby William JamesISBN 0486421643 (0-486-42164-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Varieties of Religious Experience'Book summary:"I am neither a theologian, nor a scholar learned in the history of religions, nor an anthropologist. Psychology is the only branch of learning in which I am particularly versed. To the psychologist the religious propensities of man must be at least as interesting as any other of the facts pertaining to his mental constitution. It would seem, therefore, as a psychologist, the natural thing for me would be to invite you to a descriptive survey of those religious propensities."
When William James went to the University of Edinburgh in 1901 to deliver a series of lectures on "natural religion," he defined religion as "the feelings, acts, and experiences of individual men in their solitude, so far as they apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatever they may consider the divine." Considering religion, then, not as it is defined by--or takes place in--the churches, but as it is felt in everyday life, he undertook a project that, upon completion, stands not only as one of the most important texts on psychology ever written, not only as a vitally serious contemplation of spirituality, but for many critics one of the best works of nonfiction written in the 20th century. Reading The Varieties of Religious Experience, it is easy to see why. Applying his analytic clarity to religious accounts from a variety of sources, James elaborates a pluralistic framework in which "the divine can mean no single quality, it must mean a group of qualities, by being champions of which in alternation, different men may all find worthy missions." It's an intellectual call for serious religious tolerance--indeed, respect--the vitality of which has not diminished through the subsequent decades. [via]
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A Walk Across Americaby Peter JenkinsISBN 0449204553 (0-449-20455-3)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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With his own feelings echoing the disillusionment of his whole generation, Peter Jenkins set out with his dog Cooper to walk across America and find out what his country was really about. Along the way, Jenkins' faith and pride in his country -- and himself -- were tested and ultimately restored. Yours will be too as you read his amazing story. [via]More editions of A Walk Across America:
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Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons (Opinions)by Kurt VonnegutISBN 0440087171 (0-440-08717-1)
Hardcover, Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons (Opinions)'Book summary:The bestselling author of Hocus Pocus offers a rare glimpse into his magic world, as he presents this indignant, outrageous, always witty, and deeply-felt collection of his reviews, essays, and speeches. "Vonnegut at his unnerving best."--Providence Bulletin. Reissue. [via]
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Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloonsby Kurt VonnegutISBN 0440185335 (0-440-18533-5)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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Webster's New World ThesaurusISBN 0446360279 (0-446-36027-9)
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Webster's New World Thesaurusby Charlton LairdISBN 0446370533 (0-446-37053-3)
Softcover, Warner Books Inc
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The Weekend Novelistby Robert J. Ray, Jack RemickISBN 0440505941 (0-440-50594-1)
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What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Beenby James Bradley, Robert CowleyISBN 042518613X (0-425-18613-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been'Book summary:Many armchair historians have spent hours daydreaming of what might have been if some turning point in history had gone another way. The appeal of the What If? books is that editor Robert Cowley gets professional historians to concentrate on these imaginative questions. The first volume focused entirely on military matters; What If? 2 leans heavily but not exclusively in that direction. Victor Davis Hanson wonders about the consequences for Western philosophy if Socrates had died in battle, Thomas Fleming ponders a Napoleonic invasion of North America, and Caleb Carr argues the Second World War lasted longer than it should have because George Patton's superiors restrained their energetic general. More than two dozen contributors offer bold speculation: If the Chinese had committed themselves to ocean exploration, asks Theodore F. Cook Jr., might they have discovered the New World and even prevented "the worst horrors of the Atlantic Slave Trade [by halting] Portuguese expansion along the African coast at this early date?" Other times they are pleasantly modest: In one of the book's best sections, John Lukacs describes the fantasy of Teddy Roosevelt defeating Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 election--and decides the long- term effects would not have been great. Like its predecessor, What If? 2 is delicious mind candy for readers willing to believe there's nothing inevitable about what has come before us. --John Miller [via]
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What If? : Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Beenby Robert CowleyISBN 0399147950 (0-399-14795-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Womanly Art of Breastfeedingby LA Leche League International, Gwen GotschISBN 0452285801 (0-452-28580-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding'Book summary:Here's the 35th-anniversary edition of the big book on breastfeeding, written by the experts at La Leche League International. The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding is a comprehensive resource guide providing just about everything you need to know about how--and why--to breastfeed your baby. Latch on to this book for step-by-step guides to early months, common concerns, problems, and weaning. Additional sections on general nutrition, sleep issues, going back to work, discipline, and fathering are useful for all breastfeeding mothers. Unfortunately the black-and-white photos are not always as clear as they should be, and the informative line-drawings are too scarce. [via]
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The Womanly Art of Breastfeedingby Niles NewtonISBN 0453004539 (0-453-00453-9)
Hardcover, New Amer Library
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The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding: 35th Anniversary Editionby LA Leche League InternationalISBN 0452266238 (0-452-26623-8)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding: 35th Anniversary Edition'Book summary:This special edition coincides with La Leche League's 35th anniversary. Today, with more than 50 percent of new mothers choosing to breastfeed their babies, the need for a practical, confidence-building guide is greater than ever. In addition to being an authoritative text on breastfeeding, this guide offers advice on planning and caring for infants. 80 black-and-white photos.Line draw ings throughout. [via]
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Works: William Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, William G. Clark, William Aldis WrightISBN 0404059503 (0-404-05950-3)
Hardcover, Ams Pr Inc
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