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10 Stupid Things Men Do to Mess Up Their Livesby Laura SchlessingerISBN 0060173084 (0-06-017308-4)
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100 Simple Secrets of Happy Peopleby David NivenISBN 0060000910 (0-06-000091-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: '100 Simple Secrets of Happy People'Book summary:Scientists and academics have spent entire careers investigating what makes people happy. But hidden in obscure scholarly journals and reports their research is all too often inaccessible to ordinary people. At last, social scientist and psychologist David Niven distils the scientific gobbledygook of over a thousand of the most compelling and important studies on happiness into easy-to-digest nuggets of advice. Each of the hundred practices, attitudes and habits for creating happiness is illustrated with a clear example and illuminated by a straightforward explanation of the science behind it to show you how to transform a ho-hum existence into a full and happy life.Believe In Yourself: Across all ages and all groups, a solid belief in one's own abilities increases satisfaction by about 40 per cent, and makes us happier both in our home lives and our work lives. Turn Off The TV: Watching too much TV can triple our hunger for more possessions, while reducing our personal contentment by about 5 per cent for every hour a day we watch. Don't Forget To Have Fun: Having fun is one of the five central factors in leading a satisfied life. Individuals who spend time just having fun are 20 per cent more likely to feel happy on a daily basis and 36 per cent more likely to feel comfortable with their age and stage in life. [via]
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1939: The Lost World of the Fairby David GelernterISBN 0028740025 (0-02-874002-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningradby Harrison Evans SalisburyISBN 0060137320 (0-06-013732-0)
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The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nationby Diane RavitchISBN 0060164808 (0-06-016480-8)
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American Taboo: A Murder In The Peace Corpsby Philip WeissISBN 006009687X (0-06-009687-X)
Softcover, Perennial
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Antiquity: The Civilization of the Ancient Worldby Norman CantorISBN 0060174099 (0-06-017409-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Antiquity: The Civilization of the Ancient World'Book summary:Norman Cantor delivers this compact but magisterial survey of the ancient world, from the birth of Sumerian civilization around 3500B.C. in the Tigris-Euphrates valley (what is now present-day Iraq) to the fall of the Roman Empirein A.D. 453. In Antiquity, Cantor covers such subjects as Classical Greece, Judaism, the founding of Christianity, and the triumph and decline of Rome.
In this fascinating and comprehensive analysis, the author explores social and cultural history, as well as the political and economic aspects of hisnarrative. He explains leading themes in religionand philosophy and discusses the environment, population, and public health. With his signature authority and insight, Cantor highlights the great books and ideas of antiquity that continue to influence culture today.
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Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of Rjr Nabiscoby John Helyar, Bryan BurroughISBN 0060161728 (0-06-016172-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of Rjr Nabisco'Book summary:A book that stormed both the bestseller list and the public imagination, a book that created a genre of its own, and a book that gets at the heart of Wall Street and the '80s culture it helped define, Barbarians at the Gate has emerged twenty years after the tumultuous deal it so brilliantly recounts as a modern classic-a masterpiece of investigatory journalism and a rollicking book of corporate derring-do and financial swordsmanship.
The fight to control RJR Nabisco during October and November of 1988 was more than just the largest takeover in Wall Street history. Marked by brazen displays of ego not seen in American business for decades, it became the high point of a new gilded age and its repercussions are still being felt. The tale remains the ultimate story of greed and glory-a story and a cast of characters that determined the course of global business and redefined how deals would be done and fortunes made in the decades to come.
Barbarians at the Gate is the gripping account of these two frenzied months, of deal makers and publicity flaks, of an old-line industrial powerhouse (home of such familiar products a Oreos and Camels) that became the victim of the ruthless and rapacious style of finance in the 1980s. As reporters for The Wall Street Journal, Burrough and Helyar had extensive access to all the characters in this drama. They take the reader behind the scenes at strategy meetings and society dinners, into boardrooms and bedrooms, providing an unprecedentedly detailed look at how financial operations at the highest levels are conducted but also a richly textured social history of wealth at the twilight of the Reagan era.
At the center of the huge power struggle is RJR Nabisco's president, the high-living Ross Johnson. [via]
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Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920sby Otto FriedrichISBN 0060113723 (0-06-011372-3)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Lifeby Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles MurrayISBN 0029146739 (0-02-914673-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830by Paul JohnsonISBN 006016574X (0-06-016574-X)
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Blindsided: Lifting A Life Above Illness A Reluctant Memoirby Richard M. CohenISBN 0060014105 (0-06-001410-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blindsided: Lifting A Life Above Illness A Reluctant Memoir'Book summary:In this moving and engrossing memoir, veteran television news producer Richard Cohen relates a life spent dealing with multiple sclerosis, first diagnosed when he was 25 years old and just getting started in the competitive world of broadcast journalism. As his career progressed, he struggled not only with the disease but the touchy question of how much of the truth about himself to share with colleagues and potential employers. Cohen spent much of his life running from the onset of the disease's symptoms from which his father and grandmother also suffered. Defiantly, he took challenging, sometimes extremely dangerous assignments in Lebanon, Poland, and on the domestic political campaign trail, even as his body deteriorated. But over the course of Blindsided, it becomes apparent that illness had actually built Cohen up even as it ripped him apart. Without the physical and mental toughness required to navigate a journalist's life while fighting back loss of eyesight and poor equilibrium, it's doubtful that the flaky kid we meet early in the book would transform into the award-winning professional Cohen eventually becomes. His marriage to journalist Meredith Vieira, every bit his equal as both newshound and deadpan cynical comic, gave Cohen the stable family life and children he needed when MS made it impossible to continue in a traditional news job. But two bouts with colon cancer in the late 1990s tested his resolve and his family's patience. While Cohen is both courageous and inspirational, Blindsided is not the overly sentimental clichéd tale that stories about fighting illness often become. He refuses to paint himself as the hero (except when making fun of his own failure to be heroic) and recounts in detail the strain that he put on his marriage and children. Stories such as this often end with the memoirist arriving at a state of peace and mental clarity but again Cohen remains more compelling and credible by offering no such pat answers. As with most people fighting to preserve their families, their lives, and their bodies, Richard Cohen's is an ongoing struggle. --John Moe [via]
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Collins German-English English-German Dictionaryby Peter TerrellISBN 0060178019 (0-06-017801-9)
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Computer Sciencesby Roger R. FlynnISBN 0028655680 (0-02-865568-0)
Hardcover, Gale Group
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Computer Sciences for Studentsby Roger R. FlynnISBN 0028655672 (0-02-865567-2)
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The Country Diary of an Edwardian Ladyby Edith HoldenISBN 0030595746 (0-03-059574-6)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady'Book summary:A naturalist's delight, and a record-breaking gift book, back in print! in 1906, edith holden recorded in words and images the flora and fauna of the british countryside through the changing seasons. for 70 years, her enchanting journal lay undiscovered--until 1977, when it was first published with great success (as any bookseller will recall). Now, it is back in print, ours to treasure once again. all the charm and beauty of the original remains intact in this facsimile, with holden's carefully handwritten entries: favorite poems, personal thoughts, observations of the wildlife she saw in her native warwickshire; and remarks on her travels throughout england and scotland. on every page, her exquisitely rendered paintings--executed with a naturalist's eye for detail and an artist's sensitivity and skill--capture birds perched on branches, their mouths open in song; a tiny shrew mouse, sniffing the air; delicate butterflies and slithering snakes; fluttering leaves; and an array of flowers, from pink foxgloves and trailing roses to yellow water lilies. And, each spellbinding picture reflects her deep love of nature. Surely a beloved classic for a new generation of book buyers [via]
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The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, 1906: A Facsimile Reproduction of a Naturalist's Diaryby Edith HoldenISBN 0030210267 (0-03-021026-7)
Hardcover, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Inventionby Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiISBN 0060171332 (0-06-017133-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Denial of Deathby Ernest BeckerISBN 0029023807 (0-02-902380-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Disturbing the Universeby Freeman J. DysonISBN 0060111089 (0-06-011108-9)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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The Division of Labor in Societyby Emile DurkheimISBN 0029079608 (0-02-907960-8)
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Doveby Robin Lee GrahamISBN 006011603X (0-06-011603-X)
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The Earth Path: Grounding Your Spirit In The Rhythms Of Natureby StarhawkISBN 0060000937 (0-06-000093-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Earth Path: Grounding Your Spirit In The Rhythms Of Nature'Book summary:From time immemorial, artists and poets, prophets, and shamans have drawn strength and inspiration from walking the earth. In The Earth Path, bestselling author Starhawk takes the reader on a journey into the heart of the natural world, showing how we can have a more intimate connection with the world that surrounds us.
Institutionalized religions have sacred texts -- messages written in holy books that are the inspiration for their beliefs and rituals. But the sacred texts for Wicca, like other ancient native or indigenous traditions, are written in nature -- in the magic circle of the elements: air, fire, water, and earth. With The Earth Path, Starhawk, an activist, ecofeminist, and leader in the womens spirituality movement, places you in the center of that magical circle. As you become attuned to the rhythms of the earth, your thinking will shift from focusing on isolated objects to marveling at the multitude of interconnecting patterns and relationships in nature. These patterns and connections can hold the key to your own spiritual renewal and restore your sense of responsibility for preserving this world that nurtures and sustains us.
Filled with awareness exercises, inspiring meditations, and magical rituals, The Earth Path not only teaches the reader to respect the ecology of our natural world, but shows how to spiritually connect with and channel the powers inherent in nature. [via]
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Eat More, Weigh Less: Dr. Dean Ornish's Life Choice Program for Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantlyby Dean OrnishISBN 0060168382 (0-06-016838-2)
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The Encyclopedia of Bad Tasteby Michael Stern, Jane SternISBN 0060164700 (0-06-016470-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste'Book summary:America's premiere scholars of popular culture present a hilarious tribute to the all-time highs of lowbrow taste. The Sterns offer the definitive sourcebook of the world's favorite cultural extremes and faux pas. 350 photos, 50 in full-color. [via]
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Encyclopedia Of Russian HistoryISBN 0028656938 (0-02-865693-8)
Hardcover, Macmillan Library Reference
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Family Sex and Marriage: England 1500-1800by Laurence StoneISBN 0060141425 (0-06-014142-5)
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Finding Darwin's God : A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolutionby Kenneth R. MillerISBN 0060175931 (0-06-017593-1)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Finding Darwin's God : A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution'Book summary:In this lively, engaging book, Brown University professor Kenneth R. Miller offers a thoughtful, cutting-edge analysis of the debate between evolutionism and creationism. After refuting the claims of evolution's most vocal critics, he shows how Darwin's great insights continue to be valid and claims that evolution neither invalidates spiritual world views nor precludes a belief in God. Professor Miller argues that, properly understood, evolution actually adds more depth and meaning to the spiritual world. Brilliant, fast-paced, and thoughtful, this resolution of the issues that seem to divide God from evolution will serve as a guide to anyone interested in the classic questions of ultimate meaning and human origins. [via]
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Finding Fish: A Memoirby Mim Eichler Rivas, Antwone Q. FisherISBN 0060007788 (0-06-000778-8)
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Finite and Infinite Gamesby James P. CarseISBN 0029059801 (0-02-905980-1)
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Freud for Beginnersby Richard Appignanesi, Oscar ZarateISBN 0049210335 (0-04-921033-5)
Hardcover, Writers & Readers in association with Unwin Paperbacks
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Geneticsby Richard RobinsonISBN 0028656075 (0-02-865607-5)
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Glorious Koranby Marmaduke PickthallISBN 0042970369 (0-04-297036-9)
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The Great Hungerby Cecil Blanche Woodham SmithISBN 0060147407 (0-06-014740-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Hunger'Book summary:The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. It may not have been the result of deliberate government policy, yet British 'obtuseness, short-sightedness and ignorance' - and stubborn commitment to laissez-faire 'solutions' - largely caused the disaster and prevented any serious efforts to relieve suffering. The continuing impact on Anglo-Irish relations was incalculable, the immediate human cost almost inconceivable. In this vivid and disturbing book, Cecil Woodham-Smith provides the definitive account. 'A moving and terrible book. It combines great literary power with great learning. It explains much in modern Ireland - and in modern America' - D.W. Brogan. [via]
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How to Talk to Your Catby Jean Craighead George, Paul MeiselISBN 0060006226 (0-06-000622-6)
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Intellectualsby Paul JohnsonISBN 0060160500 (0-06-016050-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Intellectuals'Book summary:Conservative historian Paul Johnson wears his ideology proudly on his sleeve in this often ruthless dissection of the thinkers and artists who (in his view) have shaped modern Western culture, having replaced some 200 years ago "the old clerisy as the guides and mentors of mankind." Taking on the likes of Karl Marx, Bertrand Russell, Lillian Hellman, and Noam Chomsky in turn, Johnson examines one idol after another and finds them all to have feet of clay. In his account, for instance, Ernest Hemingway emerges as an artistic hero who labored endlessly to forge a literary style unmistakably his own, but also as a deeply flawed man whose concern for the perfect phrase did not carry over to a concern for the women who loved him. Gossipy and sharply opinionated, Johnson's essay in cultural history spares no one.
Does it really matter that Henrik Ibsen was vain and arrogant, that Jean-Paul Sartre was incontinent? In Johnson's view, it does: these all-too-human foibles disqualify them, and other thinkers, from presuming to criticize the shortcomings of society. "Beware intellectuals," he concludes (though, given the subjects of his book, it seems he means intellectuals only of the left). "Not only should they be kept well away from the levers of power, they should also be objects of particular suspicion when they seek to offer collective advice." Whether one agrees or not, Johnson's profiles are frequently amusing and illuminating, as when he suggests that the only proletarian Karl Marx ever knew in person was the poor maid who worked for him for decades and was never paid, except in room and board, for her labors. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Intelligence of Dogs : Canine Consciousness and Capabilitiesby Stanley CorenISBN 0029066832 (0-02-906683-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Familyby James J. PonzettiISBN 0028656733 (0-02-865673-3)
Hardcover, Gale Group
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Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in Americaby John D'Emilio, Estelle B. FreedmanISBN 0060158557 (0-06-015855-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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"The book John D'Emilio co-wrote with Estelle B. Freedman, Intimate Matters, was cited by Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy when, writing for a majority of court on July 26, he and his colleagues struck down a Texas law criminalizing sodomy. The decision was widely hailed as a victory for gay rights--and it derived in part, according to Kennedy's written comments, from the information he gleaned from D'Emilio's book, which traces the history of American perspectives on sexual relationships from the nation's founding through the present day. The justice mentioned Intimate Matters specifically in the court's decision."--Julia Keller, Chicago Tribune
"Fascinating. . . . [D'Emilio and Freedman] marshall their material to chart a gradual but decisive shift in the way Americans have understood sex and its meaning in their lives." --Barbara Ehrenreich, New York Times Book Review
"[With] comprehensiveness and care . . . D'Emilio and Freedman have surveyed the sexual patters for an entire nation across four centuries." --Martin Bauml Duberman, Nation
"Intimate Matters is comprehensive, meticulous and intelligent." --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World
"This book is remarkable. . . . [Intimate Matters] is bound to become the definitive survey of American sexual history for years to come." --Roy Porter, Journal of the History of the Behavioral SciencesMore editions of Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America:
Introduction to Logicby Irving M. CopiISBN 0029461006 (0-02-946100-6)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murdersby Dick LehrISBN 0060008458 (0-06-000845-8)
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On a cold night in January 2001, the idyllic community of Dartmouth College was shattered by the discovery that two of its most beloved professors had been hacked to death in their own home. Investigators searched helplessly for clues linking the victims, Half and Susanne Zantop, to their murderer or murderers. A few weeks later, across the river, in the town of Chelsea, Vermont, police cars were spotted in front of the house of high school senior Robert Tulloch. The police had come to question Tulloch and his best friend, Jim Parker. Soon , the town discovered the incomprehensible reality that Tulloch and Parker, two of Chelsea's brightest and most popular sons, were now fugitives, wanted for the murders of Half and Susanne Zantop.
Authors Mitchell Zuckoff and Dick Lehr provide a vivid explication of a murder that captivated the nation, as well as dramatic revelations about the forces that turned two popular teenagers into killers. Judgement Ridge conveys a deep appreciation for the lives (and the devastating loss) of Half and Susanne Zantop, while also providing a clear portrait of the killers, their families, and their community and, perhaps, a warning to any parent about what evil may lurk in the hearts of boys.
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Judgment Ridge: The True Story Behind the Dartmouth Murdersby Mitchell ZuckoffISBN 006000844X (0-06-000844-X)
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Laws of Formby G. Spencer-BrownISBN 0045100284 (0-04-510028-4)
Hardcover, Allen & Unwin
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Legends, Lies and Cherished Myths of World Historyby Richard Shenkman, George J. McKeonISBN 006016803X (0-06-016803-X)
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The Life and Times of Charles Dickensby Peter AckroydISBN 0060166029 (0-06-016602-9)
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Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Deadby Christine WickerISBN 006008667X (0-06-008667-X)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Instead, spirits flit among the elms and stroll along the streets, sometimes dressed in garb more common 120 years ago, when Lily Dale was founded and suffragette Susan B. Anthony was a frequent guest.
According to Spiritualists who have ruled this Victorian hamlet for five generations, the dead don't go away and they stay anything but quiet. Every summer twenty thousand guests come to consult the town's mediums, who can hang out a shingle only after passing a test that confirms their connection to the spirit world.
On the hot June day when reporter Christine Wicker comes to the world's oldest and largest Spiritualist community, she is determined to understand the secret forces -- human or otherwise -- that keep Lily Dale alive. She follows three visitors: a newly bereaved widow; a mother whose son killed himself; and a beautiful, happily married wife whose first visit to Lily Dale brings an ominous warning.
Are the mediums cold-hearted charlatans, as Sinclair Lewis wrote of them? Or are they conduits for a hidden world that longs to bring peace and healing to the living, as psychologist William James and muckraker Upton Sinclair once hoped to prove?
Investigating a movement that attracted millions of Americans in the 1800s and now barely survives, Wicker moves beyond the mediums' front parlors and into the lives that tourists never see. She follows the mediums to a place where what we know and how we know it is the greatest mystery of all.
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Lonely Hearts of the Cosmos: The Scientific Quest for the Secret of the Universeby Dennis OverbyeISBN 0060159642 (0-06-015964-2)
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Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practicesby Peter Ferdinand DruckerISBN 0060110929 (0-06-011092-9)
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Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Practices and Principlesby Peter F. DruckerISBN 0060165073 (0-06-016507-3)
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Mathematicsby Barry Mas BrandenbergerISBN 002865563X (0-02-865563-X)
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A Medieval Home Companion: Housekeeping in the Fourteenth Centuryby Tania BayardISBN 0060166541 (0-06-016654-1)
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The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip IIby Fernand BraudelISBN 006010452X (0-06-010452-X)
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The Mermaid and the Minotaur: Sexual Arrangements and Human Malaiseby Dorothy DinnersteinISBN 0060110473 (0-06-011047-3)
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Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures With Wolf-Birdsby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0060174471 (0-06-017447-1)
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Heinrich spends hundreds of loving hours feeding roadkill fragments to endlessly hungry raven chicks, and cold days in blinds watching wild ravens squabble and frolic. He is a passionate fan of his "wolf-birds," a name he gave them when he made the central discovery of the book: that ravens in Yellowstone National Park are dependent on wolves to kill for them. Mind of the Raven offers inspiring insight into both the lives of ravens and the mind of a truly gifted scientist. --Therese Littleton [via]
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The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essaysby J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 0048090190 (0-04-809019-0)
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The Naked Civil Servantby Quentin CrispISBN 0030224519 (0-03-022451-9)
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Napoleon Bonaparte: A Lifeby Alan SchomISBN 0060172142 (0-06-017214-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Napoleon Bonaparte: A Life'Book summary:Filling a remarkable gap, Alan Schom, an acclaimed historian, scholar, and author, offers the most complete picture ever of Napoleon Bonaparte, "the scourge of Europe" and France's greatest hero. Based on more than ten years of exhaustive research, Schom illuminates Napoleon's important economic and social reforms, his reorganization of the French government, and his tempestuous personal life and its effect on his political decisions.Remarkably ambitious and compulsively readable, Napoleon Bonaparte covers every aspect of l'Empereur's life and career, from his childhood on Corsica to his dramatic rise to the throne of France, his campaigns of conquest to his final crushing defeat at Waterloo and death in exile on St. Helena. A lively and accessible text, Schom's book is generously illustrated with halftones and maps and features startling new insights about Napoleon's key aides, ministers, and generals. Schom portrays Napoleon with candor, exalting his ambition and undeniable genius, but also addressing his dark side -- his ego, his failures and frailties, and the misery caused by his years of warfare across Europe. Powerful, dramatic, colorful, and impossible to put down, Napoleon Bonaparte is a biography as complex, challenging, and fascinating as the legend himself. [via]
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Nature Notes of the Country Diary of an Edwardian Ladyby Edith HoldenISBN 0060152265 (0-06-015226-5)
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The Obsession: Reflections on the Tyranny of Slendernessby Kim CherninISBN 0060148845 (0-06-014884-5)
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Our Kind: Who We Are, Where We Came From, Where Are We Goingby Marvin HarrisISBN 0060157763 (0-06-015776-3)
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The Power of Beautyby Nancy FridayISBN 0060171405 (0-06-017140-5)
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Report on Planet Three and Other Speculationsby Arthur C. ClarkeISBN 0060107936 (0-06-010793-6)
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Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbageby Cullen Murphy, William RathjeISBN 0060166037 (0-06-016603-7)
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Soul Matesby Thomas MooreISBN 0060169281 (0-06-016928-1)
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The Spanish Civil Warby Hugh ThomasISBN 0060142782 (0-06-014278-2)
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The Story of the Trapp Family Singersby Maria Augusta TrappISBN 0060005777 (0-06-000577-7)
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The Sun Kingby Nancy MitfordISBN 0060129840 (0-06-012984-0)
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Tenured Radicals: How Politics Has Corrupted Higher Educationby Roger KimballISBN 0060161906 (0-06-016190-6)
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Testaments Betrayedby Milan Kundera, Linda AsherISBN 0060171456 (0-06-017145-6)
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The Trees in My Forestby Bernd HeinrichISBN 0060174463 (0-06-017446-3)
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Wellingtonby Elizabeth LongfordISBN 0060126698 (0-06-012669-8)
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What If the Moon Didn't Exist?: Voyages to Earths That Might Have Beenby Neil F. CominsISBN 0060168641 (0-06-016864-1)
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Writings from the New Yorker: 1927-1976by E. B. White, Rebecca M. DaleISBN 0060165170 (0-06-016517-0)
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Writings on an Ethical Lifeby Peter SingerISBN 0060007443 (0-06-000744-3)
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Singer first gained eminence for his profoundly important early work on animal rights, arguing convincingly for vegetarianism and against the commonplace cruel treatment of animals by large commercial interests. However, he has probably attracted the most notoriety for his much-maligned writings in defense of abortion rights and certain forms of euthanasia. Singer is frequently misunderstood, misquoted, and demonized. Ironically, the ferocity of his detractors--particularly during his appointment as DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University--has generated nearly unheard-of exposure for an academic philosopher. While a small portion of Singer's work has been catapulted into the limelight, lay audiences have often overlooked other equally important ideas--unfortunate, because he is a wonderfully plainspoken and powerful writer: "Where so many are in such great need, indulgence in luxury is not morally neutral, and the fact that we have not killed anyone is not enough to make us morally decent citizens of the world." It is no wonder Singer is so controversial and influential. --Eric de Place [via]
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Yanomamoby Napoleon A. ChagnonISBN 0030623286 (0-03-062328-6)
Softcover, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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Yanomamo, the Fierce Peopleby Napoleon A. ChagnonISBN 0030328195 (0-03-032819-5)
Softcover, Harcourt School
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Candideby Francois M. VoltaireISBN 0030801206 (0-03-080120-6)
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