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After the Plague : And Other Storiesby T. C. BoyleISBN 0670030058 (0-670-03005-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideasby Isaiah BerlinISBN 0670109444 (0-670-10944-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas'Book summary:Berlin's main theme in these essays is the importance in the history of ideas of dissenters whose thinking still challenges conventional wisdom - among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation, he brings to life original minds that swam against the current of their times, and in the process offers a powerful defence of variety in our visions of life. Roger Hausheer's introduction surveys Berlin's whole oeuvre, and the full bibliography of his pubication has been updated for this Pimlico edition. [via]
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Alex: The Life of a Childby Frank DefordISBN 0670111953 (0-670-11195-3)
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Alexandriaby E. M. ForsterISBN 0670112321 (0-670-11232-1)
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Algenyby Jeremy RifkinISBN 0670108855 (0-670-10885-5)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, Arthur RackhamISBN 0670112771 (0-670-11277-1)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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American Heritage: Dictionary of American Quotationsby Hugh Rawson, Margaret MinerISBN 0670100021 (0-670-10002-1)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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An American Melodrama: The Presidential Campaign of 1968by Bruce Page, Godfrey Hodgson, Lewis ChesterISBN 0670119911 (0-670-11991-1)
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The Ancestral Mind: Reclaim the Powerby Gregg D. JacobsISBN 0670032174 (0-670-03217-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideologyby M.I. FinleyISBN 0670122777 (0-670-12277-7)
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And I Worked at the Writer's Trade: Chapters of Literary History, 1918-1978by Malcolm CowleyISBN 0670122912 (0-670-12291-2)
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The Animals among Us: Wildlife in the Cityby John C. McLoughlinISBN 0670127590 (0-670-12759-0)
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Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophreniaby Felix Guattari, Gilles DeleuzeISBN 0670129410 (0-670-12941-0)
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Archosauria: A New Look at the Old Dinosaurby John C. McLoughlinISBN 0670132209 (0-670-13220-9)
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Ayodhya: 6 December 1992by P. V. Narasimha RaoISBN 0670058580 (0-670-05858-0)
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Basilica: The Splendor And the Scandal building St. Peter'sby Rita ScottiISBN 0670037761 (0-670-03776-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Basilica: The Splendor And the Scandal building St. Peter's'Book summary:Out of the clash of genius and the caprice of popes came the most glorious monument of the Renaissance
It was the splendorand the scandalof the age. In 1506, the ferociously ambitious Renaissance Pope Julius II tore down the most sacred shrine in Europethe millenniumold St. Peters Basilica built by the Emperor Constantine over the apostles graveto build a better basilica. Construction of the new St. Peters spanned two centuries, embroiled twenty-seven popes, and consumed the genius of the greatest artists of the ageMichelangelo, Bramante, Raphael, and Bernini. As the basilica rose, modern Rome rose with it as glorious as the city of the Caesars. But the cost was unimaginable. The new basilica provoked the Protestant Reformation, dividing the Christian world for all time.
In this swift, colorful narrative, R. A. Scotti brings to life the artists and the popes, the politics and the passions behind this audacious enterprise. Gothic cathedrals reach up to heaven, but the basilica brings heaven to earth, and the new St. Peters was the defining event of the high Renaissance.
In the tradition of Brunelleschis Dome, Scotti turns sacred architecture into a spellbinding human epic of enormous daring, petty jealousy, and staggering genius. [via]
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Believers: A Journey into Evangelical Americaby Jeffery ShelerISBN 0670038024 (0-670-03802-4)
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Bible Code II : The Countdownby Michael DrosninISBN 0670032107 (0-670-03210-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bible Code II : The Countdown'Book summary:Bible Code II: The Countdown starts with 9/11 and counts down to Armageddon. For 3000 years a code in the Bible remained hidden. Now it has been unlocked by computer, and it reveals events that happened thousands of years after the Bible was written. Often world-shaking events are predicted in advance -- and then happen exactly as foretold. Do we really have only years to survive? Or can the Bible code help save our world? Can we use it to change our future? This is the thrilling sequel to the #1 bestseller that shook the world. [via]
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Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being, and Why No One Saw It Comingby Paul HawkenISBN 0670038520 (0-670-03852-0)
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Blessed Unrest tells the story of a worldwide movement that is largely unseen by politicians or the media. Hawken, an environmentalist and author, has spent more than a decade researching organizations dedicated to restoring the environment and fostering social justice. From billion-dollar nonprofits to single-person causes, these organizations collectively comprise the largest movement on earth. This is a movement that has no name, leader, or location, but is in every city, town, and culture. It is organizing from the bottom up and is emerging as an extraordinary and creative expression of peoples needs worldwide.
Blessed Unrest explores the diversity of this movement, its brilliant ideas, innovative strategies, and centuries-old history. The culmination of Hawkens many years of leadership in these fields, it will inspire, surprise, and delight anyone who is worried about the direction the modern world is headed. Blessed Unrest is a description of humanitys collective genius and the unstoppable movement to re-imagine our relationship to the environment and one another. Like Hawkens previous books, Blessed Unrest will become a classic in its field a touchstone for anyone concerned about our future. [via]More editions of Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being, and Why No One Saw It Coming:
Catch & Release: Trout Fishing and the Meaning of Lifeby Mark KingwellISBN 0670044334 (0-670-04433-4)
Hardcover, Viking Canada
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Chances Are: Adventures in Probabilityby Michael Kaplan, Ellen KaplanISBN 0670034878 (0-670-03487-8)
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Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Women Can and Must Help Run the Worldby Marie C. WilsonISBN 0670032743 (0-670-03274-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Women Can and Must Help Run the World'Book summary:Ms. Foundation President Marie Wilson is looking for some good women and men to become "post heroic" leaders. In Closing the Leadership Gap, Wilson focuses on the virtues of sharing power by skewering culture bound male leadership styles and celebrating the arguable premise that women use a similar "recipe" of leadership values such as inclusion and cooperation.
As co-founder of the White House project on women's leadership, Wilson is passionate in her belief that women's voices at the table offer an opportunity to shape policy around the marginalized issues of violence, education and healthcare. Making room for women at the top also gives men permission to bring their soft side to work." As she explains, "Both men and women must be in power to moderate the influence of masculinity in all of us." Such polemic does not prevent Wilson from making a persuasive case for role expansion rather than role reversal. Her practical approach to developing women as leaders is two pronged. First, individual women must confront four "Scarlett A's"(authority, ambition, ability, authenticity) that create barriers to leadership. Then, she describes the cultural and institutional changes that would involve men and women in sharing domestic leadership.
Her examples are fascinating and eclectic--including anecdotes about A-list leaders such as Hilary Clinton and Paramount Chair Sherry Lansing; research about hairstyles, husbands, and hemlines of female candidates; and tales from her election to the Des Moines City Council. Wilson puts on gender glasses to examine the "celluloid ceiling" in Hollywood. In all of her examples, the goal is nothing less than changing expectations of both sexes. Even those readers who may not agree that women share similar--even superior--leadership values, will applaud her goal: The opportunity for women and men to integrate the satisfactions of leadership and family life. --Barbara Mackoff [via]
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The Complete Film Dictionaryby Ira KonigsbergISBN 0670100099 (0-670-10009-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Devils On The Deep Blue Sea: The Dreams, Schemes, And Showdowns That Built America's Cruise-ship Empiresby KRISTOFFER A. GARINISBN 0670034185 (0-670-03418-5)
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In this terrifically entertaining history, Kristoffer A. Garin chronicles the industrys rise from humble and comic beginnings in the early sixties through waterfront corruption and the incalculably huge impact of the hit television series The Love Boat in the seventies and eighties to the recent consolidation wars. Entrepreneurial genius and bareknuckle capitalism mate with cultural kitsch as the cruise lines dodge U.S. tax, labor, and environmental laws to make unimaginable profits while bringing the world a new form of leisure. Few businesses in America today are as colorful, lucrative, and innovative as cruise shipping, and Devils on the Deep Blue Sea is the first book to give readers a compelling behind-the-scenes look into these floating empires and the modern-day robber barons who shaped them. [via]
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The Essential Dalai Lama: His Important Teachingsby Dalai LamaISBN 0670034444 (0-670-03444-4)
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The Essential Dalai Lama: His Important Teachingsby Rajiv Mehrotra, Dalai Lama XIVISBN 0670058254 (0-670-05825-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Dalai Lama: His Important Teachings'Book summary:An inspiration to millions of people worldwide, the Dalai Lama has long wanted one book that he could recommend as a basic sourcebook for his essential ideas. Now, for the first time, The Essential Dalai Lama brings together the best of the Dalai Lamas writings on all aspects of life from work to meditation. Divided into four sectionsThe Vision, Buddhist Perspectives, Practice, A World in HarmonyThe Essential Dalai Lama contains eloquent applications of the principles of ancient Buddhist thought to contemporary issues, all expressed in the Dalai Lamas uniquely compelling voice. Covering topics such as the quest for human happiness, foundations of Buddhism, Karma, focusing the mind, ethics and society, the Buddhist perspective on the teachings of Jesus, and much more, The Essential Dalai Lama will be the perfect gift for anyone who wishes to have one source for the Dalai Lamas teachings or who seeks an introduction to the philosophy and practice of Buddhism. [via]
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Faith And Politics: How the Moral Values Debate Divides America And How to Move Forward Togetherby John DanforthISBN 0670037877 (0-670-03787-7)
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Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Timeby Susan ScottISBN 0670031240 (0-670-03124-0)
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Fighter Boys: The Battle of Britain, 1940by Patrick BishopISBN 0670032301 (0-670-03230-1)
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Financial Peace: Revisitedby Dave Ramsey, Sharon RamseyISBN 0670032085 (0-670-03208-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Financial Peace: Revisited'Book summary:[via]Dave Ramsey knows what it's like to have it all. By age twenty-six, he had established a four-million-dollar real estate portfolio, only to lose it by age thirty. He has since rebuilt his financial life and, through his workshops and his New York Times business bestsellers Financial Peace and More than Enough, he has helped hundreds of thousands of people to understand the forces behind their financial distress and how to set things right-financially, emotionally, and spiritually.
In this new edition of Financial Peace, Ramsey has updated his tactics and philosophy to show even more readers:
- how to get out of debt and stay out
- the KISS rule of investing"Keep It Simple, Stupid"
- how to use the principle of contentment to guide financial decision making
- how the flow of money can revolutionize relationships
With practical and easy to follow methods and personal anecdotes, Financial Peace is the road map to personal control, financial security, a new, vital family dynamic, and lifetime peace.
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The First World Warby Hew StrachanISBN 0670032956 (0-670-03295-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The First World War'Book summary:Ninety years have passed since the outbreak of World War I, yet as military historian Hew Strachan argues in this brilliant and authoritative new book, the legacy of the "war to end all wars" is with us still. The First World War was a truly global conflict from the start, with many of the most decisive battles fought in or directly affecting the Balkans, Africa, and the Ottoman Empire. Even more than World War II, the First World War continues to shape the politics and international relations of our world, especially in hot spots like the Middle East and the Balkans.
Strachan has done a masterful job of reexamining the causes, the major campaigns, and the consequences of the First World War, compressing a lifetime of knowledge into a single definitive volume tailored for the general reader. Written in crisp, compelling prose and enlivened with extraordinarily vivid photographs and detailed maps, The First World War re-creates this world-altering conflict both on and off the battlefieldthe clash of ideologies between the colonial powers at the center of the war, the social and economic unrest that swept Europe both before and after, the military strategies employed with stunning success and tragic failure in the various theaters of war, the terms of peace and why it didnt last.
Drawing on material culled from many countries, Strachan offers a fresh, clear-sighted perspective on how the war not only redrew the map of the world but also set in motion the most dangerous conflicts of today. Deeply learned and powerfully written, The First World War will stand as a landmark of contemporary history. [via]
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The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier Collegeby Jacques SteinbergISBN 0670031356 (0-670-03135-6)
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George Herbert Walker Bushby Tom WickerISBN 0670033030 (0-670-03303-0)
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Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the Worldby Linda HirshmanISBN 0670038121 (0-670-03812-1)
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Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionageby Stephen BudianskyISBN 0670034266 (0-670-03426-6)
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Though he cut an incongruous figure in Elizabeths worldly court, Walsingham managed to win the trust of key players like William Cecil and the Earl of Leceister before launching his own secret campaign against the queens enemies. Covert operations were Walsinghams genius; he pioneered techniques for exploiting double agents, spreading disinformation, and deciphering codes with the latest code-breaking science that remain staples of international espionage.
In the taut narrative of a spy novel, Budiansky recounts how this legendary spymaster invented the art and science of modern espionageand in the process set Elizabethan England on the path to empire. [via]
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Hiding in the Mirror: The Mysterious Allure of Extra Dimensions, From Plato To String Theory And Beyondby Lawrence M. KraussISBN 0670033952 (0-670-03395-2)
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Homegrown Democratby Garrison KeillorISBN 0670033650 (0-670-03365-0)
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Honor Killing: How the Infamous "Massie Affair" Transformed Hawai'iby David StannardISBN 0670033995 (0-670-03399-5)
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The Humboldt Current: Nineteenth-century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalismby Aaron SachsISBN 0670037753 (0-670-03775-3)
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I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsbergby Bill MorganISBN 0670037966 (0-670-03796-6)
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In Search of Lake Wobegonby Garrison Keillor, Richard OlseniusISBN 0670030376 (0-670-03037-6)
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The Invisible Century: Einstein, Freud and the Search for Hidden Universesby Richard PanekISBN 0670030740 (0-670-03074-0)
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Is There a Nutmeg in the House?: Essays on Practical Cooking with More Than 150 Recipesby Elizabeth David, Jill NormanISBN 0670030333 (0-670-03033-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Is There a Nutmeg in the House?: Essays on Practical Cooking with More Than 150 Recipes'Book summary:If you care about food, you must read Elizabeth David. Author of nine definitive books, including Italian Food and French Provincial Cooking, her writings famously helped reawaken the postwar British palate while educating, through authentic recipes and compelling investigation, a generation of cooks about food and its joys. Is There a Nutmeg in the House?--a second posthumous anthology (David died in 1992)--contains previously uncollected essays, journalism, and correspondence, plus 150 recipes, all of which reveal the author at her wonderfully informative best. Readers will delight in her opinionated yet embracing sensibility, her unerring sense of what makes food not only good but genuine--true to itself and the people who make it.
The book is divided into course-based chapters that net David's wide-ranging essays and recipes. The essays explore, among other topics, the story of bouillon cubes; the virtues of nutmeg; the uselessness of garlic presses; the nature of the ideal kitchen (keep refrigerators far away from stoves, she advises); and the best way to poach an egg (David quotes an historical source on the subject, with whom she agrees that if the eggs aren't fresh, "it is not in the power of the best cook in the Kingdom to poach [them] handsome"). The recipes run the gamut from a brilliant pizza quartet (Roman, Provençal, Armenian, and Genovese variations) to Beans in the Tuscan Bean Jar (a flasklike container that ensures even cooking) to ice creams and other tempting desserts like the Victorian Lemon and Brown Sugar Cake. With woodcuts and other illustration, the book is a treasure. --Arthur Boehm [via]
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It Was Food Vs. Me...and I Wonby Nancy GoodmanISBN 067003312X (0-670-03312-X)
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Jan Karon's Mitford Cookbook and Kitchen Readerby Jan Karon, Martha McIntoshISBN 0670032395 (0-670-03239-5)
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The Jasons: The Secret History Of Science's Postwar Eliteby Ann FinkbeinerISBN 0670034894 (0-670-03489-4)
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John Fowles: A Life in Two Worldsby Eileen WarburtonISBN 0670032832 (0-670-03283-2)
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John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain, 1937-1946by Royall Tyler, Robert SkidelskyISBN 0670030228 (0-670-03022-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Britain, 1937-1946'Book summary:The first two volumes of Robert Skidelsky's definitive and consummate biography of John Maynard Keynes were hailed as publishing events on both sides of the Atlantic. Already published to acclaim in Britain, this third and final volume covers Keynes's later years from 1937 to his death in 1946. During this period, Keynes's outstanding contribution to the financing of Britain's war effort, to the building of the postwar economic order, and his role in Britain's struggle to preserve its independence within the Atlantic alliance solidified the economist's lasting importance in twentieth-century history. Skidelsky lucidly explains Keynes's economic theories and masterfully evokes the complexities of his personality. The book abounds in lively anecdotes and memorable portraits, notably that of his devoted wife, Lydia Lopokova, whose eccentric but utterly logical post-Keynesian existence is charted in a delightful epilogue. Insightful and intelligent, this is a work that tells the story of a passionate and determined visionary and provides an invaluable overview of issues that remain at the center of international political and economic debate. [via]
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The Journey Of Crazy Horse: A Lakota Historyby Joseph MarshallISBN 0670033553 (0-670-03355-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Journey Of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History'Book summary:Most of the world remembers Crazy Horse as a peerless warrior who brought the U.S. Army to its knees at the Battle of Little Bighorn. But to his fellow Lakota Indians, he was a dutiful son and humble fighting man whowith valor, spirit, respect, and unparalleled leadershipfought for his peoples land, livelihood, and honor. In this fascinating biography, Joseph Marshall, himself a Lakota Indian, creates a vibrant portrait of the man, his times, and his legacy.
Drawing on firsthand research and his cultures rich oral tradition (rarely shared outside the Native American community), Marshall reveals many aspects of Crazy Horses life, including details of the powerful vision that convinced him of his duty to help preserve the Lakota homelanda vision that changed the course of Crazy Horses life and spurred him confidently into battle time and time again.
The Journey of Crazy Horse is the true story of how one mans fight for his peoples survival roused his true genius as a strategist, commander, and trusted leader. And it is an unforgettable portrayal of a revered human being and a profound celebration of a culture, a community, and an enduring way of life. [via]
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Kansas Charley: The Story of a 19Th-Century Boy Murdererby Joan Jacobs BrumbergISBN 067003228X (0-670-03228-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kansas Charley: The Story of a 19Th-Century Boy Murderer'Book summary:These stories will deepen your Christian faith by helping you practice Christian values in your daily life: at home, at work and in the community. This collection will open your heart to the experience and expression of more love in your life and will remind you that you are never alone or without hope, no matter how challenging and painful your circumstances may be.
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Let's Stop Beating Around The Bush: Political Subversion from Jim Hightowerby Jim HightowerISBN 0670033545 (0-670-03354-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Let's Stop Beating Around The Bush: Political Subversion from Jim Hightower'Book summary:Author Jim Hightower is not, as the title of his recent book about the George W. Bush administration indicates, a fan of equivocation. "The Bushites are--let me put this politely as I can--NUTS!" he writes, "They're insane. They're zealots totally dedicated to implementing their plutocratic, autocratic, militaristic, and imperialistic vision of America." The chapters in Hightower's book are prefaced by a series of reasons Bush fans may give for supporting the President followed by blistering and often highly entertaining refutations of those reasons. However, Hightower phrases the pro-Bush reasons to sound as boneheaded as possible, thus giving himself an easier time shooting them down. Meanwhile his down-home humor and polemical wackiness can be tiresome, occasionally getting in the way of efforts to clearly make a point. But don't be fooled by the wackiness: Hightower has done his homework and presents disturbing evidence of the dangers of Bush policy, particularly in the areas of food safety, personal privacy, and the environment. Unlike many on the left, he largely avoids the war in Iraq and the reasons given by the Bush administration for fighting it but that focus on domestic life helps Hightower avoid the pitfall of attacking everything Bush has ever done and being left to spend only a limited amount of time on each. Let's Stop Beating Around the Bush was published in July of 2004 just as the presidential election was heating up and it is very much a book of the moment, featuring references to the need to win the election and attempting to give those who oppose Bush some talking points for when they talk to those who support him. Neither those talking points nor this book are likely to change any minds but Jim Hightower's humor and energy provide are welcome in an election season. --John Moe [via]
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The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontierby Colin WoodwardISBN 0670033243 (0-670-03324-3)
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A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Albumby Ashley KahnISBN 0670031364 (0-670-03136-4)
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Making It Upby Penelope LivelyISBN 0670034479 (0-670-03447-9)
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Mao's Last Dancerby Cunxin LiISBN 067004024X (0-670-04024-X)
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Martin Luther: A Penguin Lifeby Marty E. MartinISBN 0670032727 (0-670-03272-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Martin Luther: A Penguin Life'Book summary:Martin Martyprofessor, author, pastor, historian, and journalistis, in Bill Moyerss words, "the most influential interpreter of American religion." In Martin Luther this man of unswerving faith, rooted in his own Lutheran tradition yet deeply committed to helping enrich a pluralist society, brings to powerful life the devout Reformation figure whose despair for a perilous world, felt anew in our own times, drove him to a ceaseless search for assurance of Gods love. It was one that led him steadily to a fresh interpretation of human interaction with Godas born solely from Gods grace and not the Churchs mediationand to the famous theses he posted at Wittenberg in 1517.
Luthers persistence in this belief, and in his long battle with Church leadersembellished by rich historical backgroundmake Martys biography riveting reading. Luthers obdurate yet receptive stance, so different from the travestied image of "fundamentalism" we currently face, restored the balance between religion and the individual. Martin Luther is at once a fascinating history, a story of immense spiritual passion and amazing grace, and a superb intellectual biography. [via]
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Missing Men: A Memoirby Joyce JohnsonISBN 0670033103 (0-670-03310-3)
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Namath: A Biographyby Mark KriegelISBN 0670033294 (0-670-03329-4)
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The Old Iron Road: An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go Westby David Haward BainISBN 0670033081 (0-670-03308-1)
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The Original Canadian City Dweller's Almanac: Facts, Rants, Anecdotes and Unsupported Assertions for Urban Residentsby Hal Niedzviecki, Darren S. Wershler-HenryISBN 0670043389 (0-670-04338-9)
Hardcover, Viking Canada
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Original Canadian City Dweller's Almanac: Facts, Rants, Anecdotes and Unsupported Assertions for Urban Residents'Book summary:Hal Niedzviecki, editor of the zine culture mag Broken Pencil, puts his trendy, super-slacker persona to good use with this hipster almanac. He and poet Darren Wershler-Henry have produced an urban manual that's part Canadian history, part cool primer, and part useful city guide. Included are lists of Canadian Seinfeld references, cool writers and bands, and "Great Moments of Urban Canadian Sexual Liberation." There's also a primer on ethnic food; diatribes on landlords, condos, and Starbucks; and a chapter called "Denizens" that helpfully identifies the various types of downtown lifeforms. The Almanac is at its best when it acts as a survival manual. The section on how to escape a poetry reading, complete with coach's diagrams, is hilarious. Other survival tips include instructions on how to choose a bar ("Look for Seediness, Regulars. Avoid Chains"), and a reprint from Moving Picture Views showing how to eat for free on movie sets. A calendar insert contains a wealth of Canadian history and celebrity birthdays, including obscure ones like Robbie Bachman, Randy's underrated brother, and Quebec sex bomb Mitsou.
Niedzviecki and Wershler-Henry allow plenty of space for their zine buddies to contribute sidebars and expert opinions and info. Candace from Maggott Zine lists her "Top Fredericton Hangout Spots of All Time," and Dottie and Rosie from the Winnipeg arts and culture periodical, Tart, offer a lesson on how to shop in dumpsters. Rural or suburban wannabes with hopes to blend seamlessly into their new urban environment are in luck. A reading of Niedzviecki and Wershler-Henry's Almanac will have even the most clueless neophyte eating Chinese food, buying records, and reading comics with Canada's ultra-hip scenesters. --Moe Berg [via]
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Parasites Like Usby Lisa Berger, Adam JohnsonISBN 0670032409 (0-670-03240-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Parasites Like Us'Book summary:In this groundbreaking and important book, Dr. Barry Gordon, one of the world's leading authorities on memory, and Lisa Berger offer a bold new synthesis of the two essential components of the human mind: intelligence and memory. Gordon and Berger argue that "intelligent memory" is the key to our ability to solve problems, learn from experience, associate, and innovate. As critical to the creation of works of genius as it is to navigating the complexities of daily life, intelligent memory is not an innate gift but a skill that we can learn, hone, and actually improve with age-no matter how old or absentminded we might be.
Gordon and Berger provide a concise, compelling overview of how intelligent memory functions in the brain as the "engine" for dynamic thought, enabling us to focus our attention, make connections, and store and retrieve information. Combining cutting-edge science with practical hands-on guidance and featuring daily exercises and self-administered tests, Intelligent Memory is an essential volume for readers of any age who want to sharpen and expand their intellectual powers. [via]More editions of Parasites Like Us:
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Paris: Biography of a Cityby Colin JonesISBN 0670033936 (0-670-03393-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paris: Biography of a City'Book summary:Paris has been the center of French culture and politics, the great stage of kings, poets, and revolutionaries, the inspiration of artists, and the prize of armies since the Middle Ages. More distinguished than London, more central to world events than Rome, Paris has long been the worlds capital of art, beauty, and ideas. British historian Colin Jones unfolds the entire history of Paris in a single splendid volume that is simultaneously exuberant and erudite.
Fluent in cultural as well as political history and keenly attuned to the ongoing drama of the citys evolution, Jones brings to life the people, ideas, social movements, and architectural upheavals that have made and remade Paris. Beginning with the late-Stone Age settlement on the banks of a muddy river, Joness brisk, authoritative narrative moves through every epochfrom the Roman town loved by the Emperor Julian to the early Christian capital of Clovis and Clotilda, from the plague-infested alleys of the Middle Ages to the brilliant salons of the Enlightenment, and from the bloody epicenter of the revolution to the brilliant backdrop of Impressionism.
Caesar and Colette, Saint Louis and Gertrude Stein, Napoleon and Jacques Chirac take their places, along with hundreds of others, in this dazzling history of the worlds most glorious city. [via]
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Patches of Godlight: Father Tim's Favorite Quotesby Jan KaronISBN 0670030066 (0-670-03006-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Patches of Godlight: Father Tim's Favorite Quotes'Book summary:Throughout his years as Mitford's beloved Episcopal priest, Father Tim Kavanagh has been reading and also pondering two crucial questions: How can he guide and encourage his flock? How can he deepen and encourage his own spirit? The result is a wonderful collection of his favorite quotes from thinkers, theologians, poets, and philosophersfrom Mark Twain and C. S. Lewis to St. Paul and Wordsworth.
Patches of Godlight is a stunning two-color facsimile of Father Tim's own leather-bound notebook with his name gold stamped on the cover. Every quote is in his own handwriting, and scattered throughout the margins are his scribbled notes and doodles, even the occasional ink blot or coffee stain. Just as it has for Father Tim, this handsome, "must-have" quote book will provide wisdom and inspiration for millions of Mitford fans. [via]More editions of Patches of Godlight: Father Tim's Favorite Quotes:
The Perfect $100,000 House: A Trip Across America and Back in Pursuit of a Place to Call Homeby Karrie Jacobs, Gary PanterISBN 0670037613 (0-670-03761-3)
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Post-Soul Nation: The Explosive, Contradictory, Triumphant, and Tragic 1980s As Experienced by African Americans (Previously Known As Blacks and Before That Negroesby Nelson GeorgeISBN 0670032751 (0-670-03275-1)
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Prayer Bead Boxby Manuela Dunn-Mascetti, Priya HemenwayISBN 0670030104 (0-670-03010-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prayer Bead Box'Book summary:Beadsround like the Earthhave been a mystical link to the spiritual world in all cultures. For the many who are discovering them as a way to slow down and regain focus, The Prayer Bead Box is an enticing and affordable way to explore this ancient practice. This strikingly designed gift from the packagers of the bestselling Buddha in a Box consists of a full-color keepsake box, a string of 108 fragrant sandalwood beads in a velvet sachet, and a beautiful four-color hardcover book that traces the history and uses of prayer beads in both Eastern and Western traditionsfrom Buddhism to Catholicism to Judaism. Suggested prayers and meditations help readers create prayer bead rituals of their own.
As an everyday aid to serenity or an adjunct to a spiritual journey, The Prayer Bead Box makes an inspiring gift for spiritual seekers of many faiths. [via]More editions of Prayer Bead Box:
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Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movementby Lauren SandlerISBN 0670037915 (0-670-03791-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement'Book summary:There's a new youth movement afoot in this country. It's a counterculture fusion of politics and pop, and it's taking over a high school near you. Like the waves that came before it, it's got passion, music, and anti-authority posturing, but more than anything else, this one has God. So what does it mean when today's youth counterculture has a mindset more akin to Jerry Falwell's than Abbie Hoffman's?
In RIGHTEOUS: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement, Lauren Sandler, a dynamic young journalist, reports from this junction of Evangelicalism and youth culture, traveling across the country to investigate the alternative Christian explosion. Using the grassroots modus operandi of the 1960s, these religious kids - part of the "Disciple Generation" as Sandler calls it - turn an antiauthoritarian sneer toward liberalism, feminism, pacifism, and every other hallmark of that era's counterculture. And they're engaging their peers with startling success, fusing pop culture, politics, and religion as they preach from the pulpit of the skate park, bar, and rock concert. Secular, liberal, and practically the embodiment of everything Evangelicalism deems unholy, Sandler travels with skateboard missionaries, hangs out with the tattooed members of a postpunk Seattle megachurch that has evolved into a self-sufficient community, camps out with a rock'n'roll antiabortion group, and gets to know the rap preachers who are merging hip-hop's love of money with old-fashioned bible-beating fundamentalism. Much more than a mere observer, she connects with these young people on an intimate level, and the candor with which they reveal themselves to her is truly astonishing.
Illuminating, often troubling, and unapologetically frank, RIGHTEOUS introduces a bold new voice into the ongoing debate over religion in American life. And it is the first in-depth front-line exploration of the country's new moral majority - dressed up in punk-rock garb - and what its influence could mean for the future of America. [via]
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Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinetby James MannISBN 0670032999 (0-670-03299-9)
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Rising '44: The Battle for Warsawby Norman DaviesISBN 0670032840 (0-670-03284-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw'Book summary:In August 1944, Warsaw presented the last major obstacle to the Red Armys triumphant march from Moscow to Berlin. When the Wehrmacht was pushed back to the Vistula River, the Polish Resistance poured forty thousand fighters into the streets to drive out the hated Germans. But Stalin halted the Russian offensive, allowing the Wehrmacht to regroup and destroy the city. For sixty-three days Soviet troops and other Allied forces watched from the sidelines as tens of thousands of Poles were slaughtered and Warsaw was reduced to rubble.
Like Antony Beevors bestselling The Fall of Berlin, Rising 44 is a brilliant narrative of one of the most dramatic episodes in twentieth-century history. [via]
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Roald Dahl'S: Even More Revolting Recipesby Roald Dahl, Quentin BlakeISBN 0670035157 (0-670-03515-7)
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Robert E. Lee: A Penguin Lifeby Roy BlountISBN 0670032204 (0-670-03220-4)
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Rory and Itaby Roddy DoyleISBN 0670032042 (0-670-03204-2)
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The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer: And The Birth Of The Modern Arms Raceby Priscilla Johnson McMillanISBN 0670034223 (0-670-03422-3)
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Saint Therese of Lisieuxby Kathryn HarrisonISBN 0670031488 (0-670-03148-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Saint Therese of Lisieux'Book summary:Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, largely unknown when she died in a Carmelite convent at the age of twenty-four, became-through her posthumously published autobiography-one of the world's most influential religious figures. In Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, bestselling novelist and memoirist Kathryn Harrison, whose depictions of women have been called "powerful" (The New York Times Book Review) and "luminously intelligent" (The Boston Sunday Globe), brings to the saint's life her storytelling gift and deep insight as she reveals the hopes and fears of the young girl behind the religious icon.
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux shows us the pampered daughter of successful and deeply religious tradespeople who-through a personal appeal to the pope-entered a convent at the early age of fifteen. There, Thérèse embraced sacrifice and self-renunciation in a single-minded pursuit of the "nothingness" she felt would bring her closer to God. With feeling, Harrison shows us the sensitive four-year-old whose mother's death haunted her forever and contributed to the ascetic spirituality that strengthened her to embrace even the deadly throes of tuberculosis. Tellingly placed in the context of late-nineteenth-century French social and religious practices, this is a powerful story of a life lived with enormous passion and a searing, triumphant voyage of the spirit. [via]More editions of Saint Therese of Lisieux:
The Second Assistant: Tales from the Bottom of the Hollywood Ladderby Clare Naylor, Mimi HareISBN 0670033073 (0-670-03307-3)
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The Secret Language of Destiny: A Personology Guide to Finding Your Life Purposeby Joost Elffers, Gary GoldschneiderISBN 0670032638 (0-670-03263-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret Language of Destiny: A Personology Guide to Finding Your Life Purpose'Book summary:Why push a rock uphill when you can discover your particular karmic path and follow it straight to the top? Knowing which way to turn just became easier with The Secret Language of Destiny, cosmologist Gary Goldschneider's latest addition to the Secret Language series (The Secret Language of Birthdays, The Secret Language of Relationships). This weighty compendium of wisdom delights with its handsome design by Joost Elffers, and provides hours of entertainment as you peruse the 1,300 photos and birthdays of VIPs. A database of 7,500 famous folks was analyzed to produce the karmic path descriptions, and gifts, goals, and lessons for each of the 48 paths are clearly illuminated, as are the pitfalls to avoid. Up front are 52 astrological descriptions of personality characteristics for the week of birth. The Secret Language of Destiny is immensely useful and fun for the whole family. --P. Randall Cohan [via]
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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Allianceby Larry MillettISBN 0670030155 (0-670-03015-5)
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Speaking Freely: Trials Of The First Admendmentby Floyd AbramsISBN 0670033758 (0-670-03375-8)
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The State of War and Peace Atlasby Dan SmithISBN 0670100072 (0-670-10007-2)
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The State of Women in the World Atlasby Joni SeagerISBN 0670100080 (0-670-10008-0)
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Stieglitz and the Photo Secession, 1902by Catherine Johnson, William Innes HomerISBN 0670030384 (0-670-03038-4)
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The Tale Of Genjiby Royall Tyler, Murasaki ShikibuISBN 0670030201 (0-670-03020-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tale Of Genji'Book summary:In the tradition of Robert Fagles's translation of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Viking presents a stunning translation of Lady Murasaki's exquisite portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan. Written in the eleventh century, The Tale of Genji is widely celebrated as the world's first novel, but as Donald Keene has observed, it is also "one of its greatest." Genji the Shining Prince, the son of an emperor, is a passionate character whose tempestuous nature, family circumstances, love affairs, alliances, and shifting political fortunes form the core of this magnificent epic. Throughout, The Tale of Genji offers a lively and well-rounded glimpse of golden age Japan with a cast of characters as richly conceived and nuanced as those of Proust. Royall Tyler's superb translation, detailed and poetic, is scrupulously true to the Japanese original but appeals immediately to the modern reader as well. Tyler includes detailed notes, glossaries, character lists, and chronologies to help the reader navigate the multigenerational narrative and its references. Magnificently packaged in a two-volume set with a slipcase, this is a literary event comparable to Seamus Heaney's bestselling translation of Beowulf. It will spark interest in this masterpiece of world literature and serve as the standard edition for many years to come.
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Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56by Rafe EsquithISBN 0670038156 (0-670-03815-6)
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Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, And the Birth of Modern Nationsby Craig NelsonISBN 0670037885 (0-670-03788-5)
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Thura's Diary: My Life in Wartime Iraqby Robin Bray, Thura Al-WindawiISBN 0670058866 (0-670-05886-6)
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Tony Blair: The Making of a World Leaderby Philip StephensISBN 0670033006 (0-670-03300-6)
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Understanding The Holy Land: Answering Questions About The Israeli-palestinian Conflictby Mitch FrankISBN 0670060321 (0-670-06032-1)
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The Unknown American Revolutionby Gary B. NashISBN 0670034207 (0-670-03420-7)
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Unsettled: An Anthropology of the Jewsby Melvin KonnerISBN 0670032441 (0-670-03244-1)
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Walk on Water: Inside an Elite Pediatric Surgical Unitby Michael RuhlmanISBN 0670032018 (0-670-03201-8)
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Walk to New York: A Journey Out of the Wilds of Canadaby Charles WilkinsISBN 0670044504 (0-670-04450-4)
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War And Peaceby Leo Tolstoy, Anthony Briggs, Figes, Orlando (AFT)ISBN 067003469X (0-670-03469-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'War And Peace'Book summary:[via]Widely considered the greatest novel ever written in any language, War and Peace has as its backdrop Napoleons invasion of Russia and at its heart three of the most memorable characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, a quixotic young man in search of spiritual joy; Prince Andrey Bolkonsky, a cynical intellectual transformed by the suffering of war; and the bewitching and impulsive Natasha Rostov, daughter of a count. As they seek fulfillment, fall in love, make mistakes, and become scarred by battle in different ways, these characters and their stories interweave with those of a huge cast, from aristocrats to peasants, from soldiers to Napoleon himself.
In this first English translation in more than forty years, Anthony Briggs faithfully reveals Tolstoys art in stirring prose, clearing up ambiguities that have plagued many modern translations. This volume also includes an afterword by eminent historian Orlando Figes, a list of characters, descriptions of the three main battles, chapter summaries, and notes. Both epic and intimate, a compassionate portrait of humanity and an engrossing read, this is the War and Peace of choice for a whole new generation.
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War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging War on the American Dream and How to Fight Backby Lou DobbsISBN 0670037923 (0-670-03792-3)
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Wedgwood: The First Tycoonby Brian DolanISBN 0670033464 (0-670-03346-4)
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What Makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt?by Richard MuhlbergerISBN 0670035726 (0-670-03572-6)
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Where There's A Willby John Clifford MortimerISBN 0670034096 (0-670-03409-6)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954by Jack Kerouac, Douglas BrinkleyISBN 0670033413 (0-670-03341-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Wizard and Glassby Stephen King, Dave McKeanISBN 0670032573 (0-670-03257-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wizard and Glass'Book summary:Frank Muller, the recognized virtuoso of audiobook narration (The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption), takes on Stephen King's Goliath tale of sorcerers, time travelers, and sci-fi love. Totaling more than 27 hours and spanning 18 cassettes, Wizard and Glass requires the listener to love Muller's Hannibal Lecter-like voice--either that or suffer in audio hell for the equivalent of three full working days. While some might find his breathy staccatos irritating at best, others will find his voice the perfect accompaniment to King's creepy characters and nightmarish plots. (Running time: 27 hours, 18 cassettes) [via]
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Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life IIby J. M. CoetzeeISBN 067003102X (0-670-03102-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II'Book summary:After the brooding, dark menace of his Booker Prize-winning novel Disgrace, J.M. Coetzee's Youth is a slighter, more restrained work. Written in succinct, almost cold prose, it's a painfully maudlin bildsrungsroman that explores the dreary follies of youth rather than its more celebrated joys. The unprepossessing protagonist John is a South African mathematics graduate with literary aspirations, a dreamer who constantly yearns to meet a girl who will serve as his lover and muse. Having abandoned Cape Town after Sharpeville he finds Swinging '60s London grey, damp, and uninviting. Reluctantly he finds employment as a computer programmer. In between trundling from his grimy Archway bedsit to his soulless job, this autodidactic Pooter dabbles on a study of Ford Maddox Ford, composes an Ezra Pound-inspired poem (ostentatiously entitled "The Portuguese Rock-Lobster Fisherman"), and embarks on "one humiliating affair after another." Despite his artistic and romantic endeavors, John seems only able to cultivate "dull, honest, misery" and, broken by London, flees to a new programming job in Berkshire. Here he practically renounces literature and, for a while at least, concentrates on chess problems and feeding primitive computers magnetic tape. His creative and sexual drives appear to have gone, leaving him to consider the possibility that he might actually have grown up.
Like the halting, self-interrogating consciousness of John's computers, Coetzee renders his character's inner life through a series of rhetorical questions. These lend the book a curiously existentialist air but also contribute to its slightly dilatory gait. (It feels far longer than its 170-odd pages.) Coetzee's tone is so laconic it's hard, on occasions, to be entirely certain if John's poetic ambitions should be pitied or simply laughed at. However, this novel does offer an unflinchingly acute dissection of the adolescent male psyche. --Travis Elborough, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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