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100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses & Misusesby The American Heritage DictionariesISBN 0618493336 (0-618-49333-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: '100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses & Misuses'Book summary:[via]The 100 Words series continues to set the standard for measuring and improving vocabulary, with a new title focusing on words that are best known for getting people into linguistic trouble. 100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses is the perfect book for anyone seeking clear and sensible guidance on avoiding the recognized pitfalls of the English language.
Each word on the list is accompanied by a concise and authoritative usage note based on the renowned usage program of the American Heritage® Dictionaries. These notes discuss why a particular usage has been criticized and explain the rules and conventions that determine whats right, whats wrong, and what falls in between. Troublesome pairs such as affect / effect, blatant / flagrant, and disinterested / uninterested are disentangled, as are vexing sound-alikes such as discrete / discreet and principal / principle. Other notes tackle such classic irritants as hopefully, impact, and aggravate, as well as problematic words like peruse and presently.
A great graduation gift or stocking stuffer for anyone who cares about language, 100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses is guaranteed to help keep writers and speakers on the up-and-up!
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Alpha and Omega: The Search for the Beginning and End of the Universeby Charles SeifeISBN 0670031798 (0-670-03179-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Andy Warhol: A Penguin Lifeby Wayne KoestenbaumISBN 0670030007 (0-670-03000-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchenby Jacques PepinISBN 0618444114 (0-618-44411-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen'Book summary:The sparkling personality, sense of humor, and charm familiar to Jacques Pépin's television audiences carries over to the page in the superstar chef's humbly titled memoir, The Apprentice.
A clever, mischievous, and very likable boy, Pépin's earliest food memories are hungry ones from his childhood in war-torn France. After World War II, his first restaurant job was peeling potatoes for his mother at her restaurant, and he became an apprentice in a hotel kitchen at age 13. In this delightful tale he works hard, plays fair, is kind to others and good to his family, and his efforts take him to Paris, and then New York. Except for the terrible car accident that required him to reinvent himself as a teacher and television personality, he seems to have always been in the right place at the right time. He cooked for Prime Minister Gaillard and then General Charles de Gaulle, met Pierre Franey, Craig Claiborne, and Julia Child, and turned down a job cooking for JFK to accept one with Howard Johnson. But just as entertaining and enjoyable to read about are his tender memories and thoughts about his relationships with his parents and brothers, and with his wife and daughter.
We all wish we could cook like Pepin (and every chapter ends with one of Pépin's favorite recipes), but this enchanting tale will make you wish you knew him. The clear, simple way he expresses himself and the honesty with which he tells his story will bring you to tears, and make you laugh out loud. --Leora Y. Bloom [via]
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The Art of the Fellowship of the Ringby Gary RussellISBN 0618212906 (0-618-21290-6)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Autism: Explaining the Enigmaby Uta FrithISBN 0631229019 (0-631-22901-9)
Softcover, Blackwell Publishing Limited
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- Autism: Explaining the Enigma: ISBN 0631168249 (0-631-16824-9)
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Hardcover, Basil Blackwell - Autism: Explaining the Enigma: ISBN 0631229000 (0-631-22900-0)
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- Autism: Explaining the Enigma: ISBN 0631168249 (0-631-16824-9)
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Behind the Sceen : How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969by William J. MannISBN 0670030171 (0-670-03017-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Behind the Sceen : How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood, 1910-1969'Book summary:If your last piece of golden-era Hollywood gossip is that Greta Garbo and Cecil Beaton kissed at a rooftop party, you need to steep yourself in William J. Mann's social history of gay Hollywood, a treasure trove of fresh anecdotes and observations of a period and place in which homosexuals enjoyed tremendous freedom and influence--within certain obvious limits. In choosing subjects for his study, Mann cast his net widely, hauling in a great number of uncelebrated but essential workers in the "queer" areas of the film industry--mainly costume design and props, but also writing, directing and acting. This is not principally a look at famous figures, in other words, but at a subculture as a whole, in which Dorothy Arzner, George Cukor, and Charles Laughton are just part of larger circles of gay life and work. Certain to become essential to gay film studies, Behind the Scenes provides a rich, accessible history of pre-Stonewall Hollywood. --Regina Marler [via]
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The Best American Essays 2003by Robert AtwanISBN 0618341617 (0-618-34161-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best American Essays 2003'Book summary:Since 1986, The Best American Essays has gathered the most interesting and provocative writing of the year, establishing a firm place as the leading annual of its kind. The volume is edited each year by an esteemed writer who brings a fresh eye to the selections. Previous editors have included Elizabeth Hardwick, Susan Sontag, Geoffrey C. Ward, Cynthia Ozick, and Stephen Jay Gould. This years volume is terrifically diverse, with subjects ranging from driving lessons to animal rights to citizenship in times of emergency.[via]More editions of The Best American Essays 2003:
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The Best American Essays 2004by Robert Atwan, Louis MenandISBN 0618357092 (0-618-35709-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best American Essays 2004'Book summary:Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind.[via]
Here you will find another "splendid array of unpredictable and delectable essays" (Booklist), chosen by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Louis Menand, another collection with "delights on every page" (Dallas Morning News). The Best American Essays once again earns its place as the liveliest and leading annual of its kind.More editions of The Best American Essays 2004:
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The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2006by Tim FolgerISBN 061872222X (0-618-72222-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2006'Book summary:In his introduction to The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006, Brian Greene writes that "science needs to be recognized for what it is: the ultimate in adventure stories."[via]
The twenty-five pieces in this year's collection take you on just such an adventure. Natalie Angier probes the origins of language, Paul Raffaele describes a remote Amazonian tribe untouched by the modern world, and Frans B. M. de Waal explains what a new breed of economists is learning from monkeys. Drake Bennett profiles the creator of Ecstasy and more than two hundred other psychedelic compounds -- a man hailed by some as one of the twentieth century's most important scientists.
Some of the selections reflect the news of the past year. Daniel C. Dennett questions the debate over intelligent design -- is evolution just a theory? --while Chris Mooney reports on how this debate almost tore one small town apart. John Hockenberry examines how blogs are transforming the twenty-first-century battlefield, Larry Cahill probes the new science uncovering male and female brain differences, Daniel Roth explains why the programmer who made it easy to pirate movies over the Internet is now being courted by Hollywood, and Charles C. Mann looks at the dark side of increased human life expectancy.
Reaching out beyond our own planet, Juan Maldacena questions whether we actually live in a three-dimensional world and whether gravity truly exists. Dennis Overbye surveys the continuing scientific mystery of time travel, and Robert Kunzig describes new x-ray images of the heavens, including black holes, exploding stars, colliding galaxies, and other wonders the eye can't see.More editions of The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2006:
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The Best American Travel Writing 2003by Ian Frazier, Jason WilsonISBN 0618118829 (0-618-11882-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best American Travel Writing 2003'Book summary:More and more readers are discovering the pleasure of armchair travel through the hugely successful Best American Travel Writing, now in its fourth adventurous year. Journey through the 2003 volume from Route 66 to the Arctic; go deep into Polands Tatra Mountains and through the wildest jungle in Congo. Selections this year are from equally far-flung sources, including Outside, Food & Wine, National Geographic Adventure, Potpourri, and The New Yorker.[via]More editions of The Best American Travel Writing 2003:
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The Best American Travel Writing 2006by Jason WilsonISBN 0618582150 (0-618-58215-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best American Travel Writing 2006'Book summary:Tim Cahill writes in his introduction to The Best American Travel Writing 2006, "'Story' is the essence of the travel essay. Stories are the way we organize the chaos in our lives, orchestrate voluminous factual material, and -- if we are very good -- shed some light on the human condition." Here are twenty-six pieces that showcase the best travel writing from 2005, filled with "keen observations that transform ordinary journeys into extraordinary ones" (Library Journal).[via]
Mark Jenkins journeys into a forgotten valley in Afghanistan, Kevin Fedarko takes a wild ride through the rapids of the Grand Canyon, and Christopher Solomon reports on the newest fad to hit South Korea: downhill skiing. For David Sedaris, a seemingly routine domestic flight is cause for a witty rumination on modern airline travel. Alain de Botton describes the discreet charms of Zurich, and Ian Frazier recalls leaving the small Midwestern town he called home. Michael Paterniti gives a touching portrait of the world's tallest man -- eight and a half feet and growing, while P.J. O'Rourke visits an airplane manufacturer to see firsthand how the French make the world's biggest passenger plane. George Saunders is dazzled by a trip to the "Vegas of the Middle East," Rolf Potts takes on tantric yoga for dilettantes, and Sean Flynn documents a seedier side of travel -- the newest hotspot in the international sex trade.
Culled from a wide variety of publications, these stories, as Cahill writes, all "touched me in one way or another, changed an attitude, made me laugh aloud, or provided fuel for my dreams. I wish the reader similar joys."More editions of The Best American Travel Writing 2006:
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Birds of North Americaby Kenn Kaufman, Nora Bowers, Rick Bowers, Lynn Hassler KaufmanISBN 0618132198 (0-618-13219-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Birds of North America'Book summary:World-renowned birder Kenn Kaufman addresses a long-running paradox of bird field guides with his Focus Guide. While beginning birdwatchers prefer photographic guides like those by Donald Stokes, the physical traits that make identification easier are more readily discerned in the idealized paintings of illustrative guides like those by Roger Tory Peterson and National Geographic. Kaufman's groundbreaking work combines the best of both approaches by digitally enhancing photographic images to show the characteristics that are sometimes not apparent in photographs.
Some other distinguishing features include:
- The guide is organized by bird family groupings rather than strict taxonomic classification; this is a feature that will appeal especially to beginners.
- Text descriptions and range maps for each species appear on the page facing the plate of respective bird images.
- Important field marks are highlighted.
- Color-coded tabs identify each grouping of birds (waders, warblers, sparrows, etc.) for quick thumb indexing.
Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850by Susan Campbell BartolettiISBN 0618548831 (0-618-54883-1)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Book on Bush: How George W. (Mis)Leads Americaby Eric Alterman, Mark GreenISBN 0670032735 (0-670-03273-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Cationary : Meaningful Portraits of Catsby T. R. Pearson, Sharon MontroseISBN 0670030597 (0-670-03059-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Chinese in America: A Narrative Historyby Iris ChangISBN 0670031232 (0-670-03123-2)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princetonby Jerome KarabelISBN 061877355X (0-618-77355-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission And Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, And Princeton'Book summary:A landmark, revelatory history of admissions from 1900 to todayand how it shaped a nation[via]
The competition for a spot in the Ivy Leaguewidely considered the ticket to successis fierce and getting fiercer. But the admissions policies of elite universities have long been both tightly controlled and shrouded in secrecy. In The Chosen, the Berkeley sociologist Jerome Karabel lifts the veil on a century of admission and exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. How did the policies of our elite schools evolve? Whom have they let in and why? And what do those policies say about America?
A grand narrative brimming with insights, The Chosen provides a lens through which to examine some of the main events and movements of America in the twentieth centuryfrom immigration restriction and the Great Depression to the dropping of the atomic bomb and the launching of Sputnik, from the Cold War to the triumph of the market ethos.
Many of Karabels findings are astonishing: the admission of blacks into the Ivy League wasnt an idealistic response to the civil rights movement but a fearful reaction to inner-city riots; Yale and Princeton decided to accept women only after realizing that they were losing men to colleges (such as Harvard and Stanford) that had begun accepting the second sex ; Harvard had a systematic quota on intellectuals until quite recently; and discrimination against Asian Americans in the 1980s mirrored the treatment of Jews earlier in the century.
Drawing on decades of meticulous research, Karabel shines a light on the ever-changing definition of merit in college admissions, showing how it shapedand was shaped bythe country at large. Full of colorful characters, from FDR and Woodrow Wilson to Kingman Brewster and Archibald Cox, The Chosen charts the century-long battle over opportunityand offers a new and deeply original perspective on American history.
Jerome Karabel is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a senior fellow of the Longview Institute. An award-winning author, he has written for the New York Review of Books, the New York Times Book Review, the Nation, the New York Times, and the Los Angeles Times.
In vivid and electrifying prose, Karabel exposes the intimate and occasionally scandalous social and political relationships that marked college admissions at the Big Three throughout the twentieth century. The Chosen is a refreshingly candid account of the admissions madness at elite colleges, where merit often functioned simply as a handmaiden to power. -- Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor at Harvard Law School and coauthor of The Miners Canary
Millions of Americans think of the Ivy League as a training ground for the best and brightest. But for most of the twentieth century Harvard, Yale, and Princeton were more interested in sustaining the aristocracy than in shaping the nations intellectual elite. Jerome Karabels marvelous study traces the titanic struggles that defined--and redefined--the Ivy ideal. An utterly absorbing account of politics and privilege on Americas most revered campuses. -- Kevin Boyle, National Book Award-winning author of Arc of Justice
This is a remarkable book. Until you read it, you can have no real idea how crudely these elite universities discriminated in admissions -- against women, Jews, blacks, and others. It is a staggering hidden history. --Anthony Lewis, former New York Times columnist and author of Gideons Trumpet
A magisterial and even-handed account of a vexed and important issue. -- Justin Kaplan, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain and Walt Whitman
As someone who was chosen for Princeton a long time ago (but surely couldnt get in now), I was fascinated by Jerome Karabels full and rich account of how my alma mater, and Harvard and Yale, picked us so often for all the wrong reasons. I learned much more about my species from reading The Chosen than everr I did when I was there myself, in flower. -- Frank Deford, NPR commentator and author of The Old Ball Game
"The Chosen is a tour de force of investigative sociology. Burrowing into the Harvard, Yale, and Princeton archives, Karabel has found out where a lot of minds as well as bodies were buried, then exhumed them and dragged them into the light. Anyone who wishes to understand the shifting grounds of the American establishment should read The Chosen, get shocked by the raw bigotries of the past, and accept Karabels challenge to rethink the meritocratic ideal. -- Todd Gitlin, professor of journalism and sociology, Columbia University, and author of The Sixties
This dispassionate book deals with the reluctant, often painful, always controversial, processes by which the Big Three -- Harvard, Yale, Princeton -- have democratized themselves. The Chosen is a fascinating study in American cultural history." -- Arthur Schlesingerr, Jr., historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author ooooof A Thousand DaysMore editions of The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton:
- The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton: ISBN 0618574581 (0-618-57458-1)
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The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Changeby David HarveyISBN 0631162941 (0-631-16294-1)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change'Book summary:The Condition of Postmodernity is David Harvey's seminal history of this, our most equivocal of eras. What does postmodernism mean? Where did it come from? Harvey, a Professor of Geography, and a key mover behind extending the scope and influence of the discipline of geography itself, does a thorough job here delineating the passage through to postmodernity and the economic, social and political changes that underscored and accompanied it. As he clearly states, the rise in postmodernist cultural forms is related to a new intensity in what Harvey terms "time-space compression" but this new intensity is a qualitive and not a quantitive change in social organisation and does not point to a era beyond capitalism as "the basic rules of capitalistic accumulation" remain unchanged. Unlike Fredric Jameson (whose equally rewarding Postmodernism stands as the twin pillar to Harvey's critique), who explicitly relies on Ernest Mandel's periodisation of Late Capitalism, Harvey eschews a narrowly economic focus, the limits and contradictions of production that have led to the rise in the service sector, and takes a more multidisciplinary approach to his history: as comfortable discussing Manet as he is labour markets. Harvey is an excellent writer and The Condition of Postmodernity is an exceptionally informative and enjoyable read. Mark Thwaite [via]
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Contemporary Abstract Algebra.by Joseph A. GallianISBN 0618514716 (0-618-51471-6)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Contemporary Abstract Algebra.'Book summary:Contemporary Abstract Algebra 3/e provides a solid introduction to the traditional topics in abstract algebra while conveying to students that it is a contemporary subject used daily by working mathematicians, computer scientists, physicists, and chemists. The text includes numerous figures, tables, photographs, charts, biographies, computer exercises, and suggested readings giving the subject a current feel which makes the content interesting and relevant for students. [via]
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Cookoffby Amy SutherlandISBN 0670032514 (0-670-03251-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Culture and Valueby Ludwig Wittgenstein, G. H. Von WrightISBN 0631127526 (0-631-12752-6)
Hardcover, B. Blackwell
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Culture and Value: A Selection from the Posthumous Remainsby Ludwig Wittgenstein, Heikki Nyman, G. H. Von Wright, Alois PichlerISBN 0631205713 (0-631-20571-3)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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D. H. Lawrence and Italyby D. H. LawrenceISBN 0670003387 (0-670-00338-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Deutsch Heuteby Jack MoellerISBN 0618338292 (0-618-33829-2)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Deutsch Heute'Book summary:By maintaining a focus on building students' listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, Deutsch Heute has become a classic among introductory German texts. Students learn grammar in a clear and concise format while being introduced to contemporary life and culture in German-speaking countries through cast of recurring characters. Familiar characters and the integration of all program components--workbook, video, and function-based activities--foster language learning and skill development. Easily manageable for two-semester courses, the text covers grammar in a logical sequence, leaving the future, subjunctive, and passive voices to the last two chapters. [via]
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Epistemology: An Anthologyby Ernest Sosa, Jaegwon Kim, Matthew McGrathISBN 0631197249 (0-631-19724-9)
Softcover, Polity Pr
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The Face of a Naked Lady: An Omaha Family Mysteryby Michael RipsISBN 0618711899 (0-618-71189-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indiesby R. Tucker Abbott, Percy A. MorrisISBN 0618164391 (0-618-16439-1)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Friendship: An Exposéby Joseph EpsteinISBN 0618872159 (0-618-87215-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Globalization Readerby John Boli, Frank LechnerISBN 0631214771 (0-631-21477-1)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Globalization Reader'Book summary:The Globalization Reader makes sense of a term that has become an all-purpose catchword in contemporary debate. [via]
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Gorgon: Paleontology, Obsession, and the Greatest Catastrophe in Earth's Historyby Peter Douglas WardISBN 0670030945 (0-670-03094-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gorgon: Paleontology, Obsession, and the Greatest Catastrophe in Earth's History'Book summary:In Gorgon, geologist Peter Ward turns his attention reluctantly away from the asteroid collision that killed all the dinosaurs and instead focuses on a much older extinction event. As it turns out, the Permian extinction of 250 million years ago dwarfs the dino's 65-million-year-old Cretaceous-Tertiary armageddon. Ward's book is not a dry accounting of the fossil discoveries leading to this conclusion, but rather an intimate, first-person account of some of his triumphs and disappointments as a scientist. He draws a nice parallel between the Permian extinction and his own rather abrupt in research focus, revealing the agonizing steps he had to take to educate himself about a set of prehistoric creatures about which he knew almost nothing. These were the Gorgons, carnivorous reptiles whose ecological dominance preceded that of the more pop-culture-ready dinosaurs.
They would have had huge heads with very large, saberlike teeth, large lizard eyes, no visible ears, and perhaps a mixture of reptilian scales and tufts of mammalian hair.... The Gorgons ruled a world of animals that were but one short evolutionary step away from being mammals.
With characteristic enthusiasm, Ward transports readers with him to South Africa's Karoo desert, where he participated in field expeditions seeking fossils of these fearsome creatures. He suffers routine tick patrols, puff-adder avoidance lessons, stultifying thirst, and the everyday humiliations of being the new guy on a field team. Besides telling a fascinating paleological story, Gorgon lets readers feel a bone-hunter's passion and pain. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Great Fortune : The Epic of Rockefeller Centerby Daniel OkrentISBN 0670031690 (0-670-03169-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Greek Religion: Archaic And Classicalby Walter Burkert, John RaffanISBN 0631156240 (0-631-15624-0)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Happy Horsemanshipby Dorothy Henderson PinchISBN 0668036052 (0-668-03605-2)
Softcover, Prentice Hall Press
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A History of Ancient Egyptby Nicolas Grimal, Ian ShawISBN 0631193960 (0-631-19396-0)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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How to Read a French Fry: And Other Stories of Intriguing Kitchen Scienceby Russ ParsonsISBN 0618379436 (0-618-37943-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Read a French Fry: And Other Stories of Intriguing Kitchen Science'Book summary:In a book widely hailed for its entertaining prose and provocative research, the award-winning Los Angeles Times food journalist Russ Parsons examines the science behind ordinary cooking processes. Along the way he dispenses hundreds of tips and the reasons behind them, from why you should always begin cooking beans in cold water, to why you should salt meat before sautéing it, to why it's a waste of time to cook a Vidalia onion. Filled with sharp-witted observations ("Frying has become synonymous with minimum-wage labor, yet hardly anyone will try it at home"), intriguing food trivia (fruit deprived of water just before harvest has superior flavor to fruit that is irrigated up to the last moment ), and recipes (from Oven-Steamed Salmon with Cucumber Salad to Ultimate Strawberry Shortcake), How to Read a French Fry contains all the ingredients you need to become a better cook.[via]More editions of How to Read a French Fry: And Other Stories of Intriguing Kitchen Science:
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The Imperial Presidencyby Arthur Meier SchlesingerISBN 0618420010 (0-618-42001-0)
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Kaufman Field Guide to Birds Of North Americaby Kenn KaufmanISBN 0618574239 (0-618-57423-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kaufman Field Guide to Birds Of North America'Book summary:World-renowned birder Kenn Kaufman addresses a long-running paradox of bird field guides with his Focus Guide. While beginning birdwatchers prefer photographic guides like those by Donald Stokes, the physical traits that make identification easier are more readily discerned in the idealized paintings of illustrative guides like those by Roger Tory Peterson and National Geographic. Kaufman's groundbreaking work combines the best of both approaches by digitally enhancing photographic images to show the characteristics that are sometimes not apparent in photographs.
Some other distinguishing features include:
- The guide is organized by bird family groupings rather than strict taxonomic classification; this is a feature that will appeal especially to beginners.
- Text descriptions and range maps for each species appear on the page facing the plate of respective bird images.
- Important field marks are highlighted.
- Color-coded tabs identify each grouping of birds (waders, warblers, sparrows, etc.) for quick thumb indexing.
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The Lord of the Ringsby David BrawnISBN 0618391002 (0-618-39100-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lord of the Rings'Book summary:Lavishly illustrated with 1,000 photos, paintings, maps, sculptures and sketches, most appearing here for the first time, Weapons and Warfare is an indispensable chronicle of The Lord of the Rings' many creatures, warriors, armies and battlegrounds. From the graceful and proficient Elves to the horrendous war machines of the Dark Lord, each culture's approach to warfare is explained - how they fought, why they were fighting, what armor they wore and what weapons they used against their enemies. Now you can get as close to a marauding Orc as you could ever wish, without suffering the consequences![via]
Treating the filmmakers' notes, designs and props as a true archive, Weapons and Warfare describes in detail every major conflict depicted in the film trilogy - from The Last Alliance of Elves and Men to the climactic Battle of the Pelennor Fields - each accompanied by a battle diagram from the films' chief designers.
Armed with a wealth of fascinating facts and unique imagery, and with an exclusive foreword by Christopher Lee and an introduction by the Academy Award winner Richard Taylor, Weapons and Warfare promises to be the most striking companion to The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy published to date.More editions of The Lord of the Rings:
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The Lord of the Ringsby Gary RussellISBN 0618331301 (0-618-33130-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lord of the Rings'Book summary:A companion to The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring, this authoritative and insightful book is packed with more than five hundred full-color images many exclusive to this volume and shows the development of the imagery in The Two Towers from concept drawings to wide-screen glory. With illuminating captions telling the story of the images in the words of the artists and designers responsible for the look of the film, including the renowned artists Alan Lee and John Howe, and contributions from Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, Grant Major, Ngila Dickson, Paul Lasaine, and others, this book is a must for all fans of The Lord of the Rings.[via]
In this essential reference to the architecture and costumes of Jacksons onscreen Middle-earth, the stunning large-format art, from sketches to paintings to three-dimensional maquettes and digital art, is lovingly reproduced with lavish production values to create a spectacular keepsake for the films millions of fans.More editions of The Lord of the Rings:
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The Lord of the Ringsby John Howe, David BrawnISBN 0618390995 (0-618-39099-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lord of the Rings'Book summary:As The Lord of the Rings draws to a triumphant and spectacular conclusion with The Return of the King, pitching armies of Men and their allies against the evil forces of darkness, this new book reconstructs the history and events surrounding the epic battles in Peter Jackson's awesome film trilogy.[via]
Treating the filmmakers' notes, designs and props as a true archive, The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare uses these records to present a full historical account of the War of the Ring. It assembles all the background information to outline the story behind each battle and examine the strategy used by the opposing forces. Each of the major conflicts depicted in the films - from The Last Alliance of Elves and Men to the climactic Battle of the Pelennor Fields - is illustrated with a unique diagram by the films' designers that reveals how each battle was fought.
Lavishly illustrated with 1,000 photos, paintings, maps, sculptures and sketches, most appearing here for the first time, Weapons and Warfare is an indispensable chronicle of The Lord of the Rings' many creatures, warriors, armies and battlegrounds. From the graceful and proficient Elven soldiers to the horrendous war machines of the Dark Lord, each culture's approach to combat is explained - how they fought, why they were fighting, what armor they wore and what weapons they used against their enemies. Now you can get as close to a marauding Orc as you could ever wish, without suffering the consequences!
Armed with a wealth of fascinating facts and unique imagery, and with an exclusive foreword by Christopher Lee and an introduction by the Academy Award winner Richard Taylor, Weapons and Warfare promises to be the most striking companion to The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy ever published.More editions of The Lord of the Rings:
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Middle Agesby Morris BishopISBN 061805703X (0-618-05703-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Middle Ages'Book summary:In this single indispensable volume, one of Americas ranking scholars combines a lifes work of research and teaching with the art of lively narration. Both authoriatative and beautifully told, THE MIDDLE AGES is the full story of the thousand years between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance a time that saw the rise of kings and emperors, the flowering of knighthood, the development of Europe, the increasing power of the Church, and the advent of the middle class. With exceptional grace and wit, Morris Bishop vividly reconstructs this distinctive era of European history in a work that will inform and delight scholars and general readers alike.[via]More editions of Middle Ages:
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Napoleon: A Penguin Lifeby Paul JohnsonISBN 0670030783 (0-670-03078-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Napoleon: A Penguin Life'Book summary:The very name, Napoleon Bonaparte, still enthralls. Ever since this towering and terrible genius conquered Europe, he has been endlessly debated, compared, and made an icon. In Napoleon, the great dictator's energy and acumen are matched by those of his biographer, Paul Johnson, whose histories have been lauded as "fresh, readable, provocative . . . wise" (Los Angeles Times). Here Johnson profiles "the grandest possible refutation of those who hold that events are governed by forces, classes, economics, and geography rather than the powerful wills of men and women."
With masterly eloquence, Napoleon charts Bonaparte's career from the barren island of Corsica and his early training in Paris-he was a bold soldier with an uncanny gift for math, maps, and strategy-through high-profile victories in Italy, military dictatorship, and campaigns across Europe to his end on the forsaken isle of St. Helena. In Napoleon's insatiable hunger for power, Johnson sees a realist unfettered by patriotism or ideology, a brilliant opportunist and propagandist who fulfilled his ambition in the aftermath of the French Revolution. He interprets Napoleon's life in the trajectory of his times, revealing how his complex and violent legacy seeded totalitarian regimes in the twentieth century and sounds an alert to us in the twenty-first. [via]More editions of Napoleon: A Penguin Life:
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Natural Health, Natural Medicine: The Complete Guide To Wellness And Self-care For Optimum Healthby Andrew T. WeilISBN 0618479031 (0-618-47903-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Natural Health, Natural Medicine: The Complete Guide To Wellness And Self-care For Optimum Health'Book summary:Health can be defined in any number of ways, from the simple fact that you're not lying on a hospital bed to an overall sense of well-being and connectedness. One person may not feel healthy unless he's carrying around mounds of gym-built muscle, while another doesn't feel healthy unless she's eating an intestine-scrubbing macrobiotic diet and practicing an hour of yoga each day.
Dr. Andrew Weil looks at every aspect of health in Natural Health, Natural Medicine. He's quite cynical about bodybuilding and the emphasis on protein in our diets, while making a strong case for paying more attention to the way we breathe and the degree to which we interact with family, community, and nature. An interesting--but, unfortunately, short--section on loving says that most people have no idea what to do when they fall out of romantic love with a partner, which helps explain the high divorce rate.
Other sections of the book focus on healthy self-care practices ("nasal douching" is recommended for sinus sufferers), supplements (he believes most benefits that seem to come from these are placebo responses), and natural home remedies for an A-to-Z list of problems (the section on depression states that people experience low mood because they constantly seek highs; eliminate the quest for highs, and you eliminate the rebound experience of lows).
Many regard this book as the bible of natural healing; but even those who are on the fence about alternative medicine should find it to be an entertaining, informative, and highly opinionated beginner's guide to achieving better health without conventional medicine. --Lou Schuler [via]
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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacyby Joseph F. Kett, E.D. Hirsch, James S. TrefilISBN 0618226478 (0-618-22647-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy'Book summary:In this fast-paced information age, how can Americans know what's really important and what's just a passing fashion? Now more than ever, we need a source that concisely sums up the knowledge that matters to Americans -- the people, places, ideas, and events that shape our cultural conversation. With more than six thousand entries,The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy is that invaluable source.[via]
Wireless technology. Gene therapy. NAFTA. In addition to the thousands of terms described in the original Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, here are more than five hundred new entries to bring Americans' bank of essential knowledge up to date. The original entries have been fully revised to reflect recent changes in world history and politics, American literature, and, especially, science and technology. Cultural icons that have stood the test of time (Odysseus, Leaves of Grass, Cleopatra, the Taj Mahal, D-Day) appear alongside entries on such varied concerns as cryptography, the digital divide, the European Union, Kwanzaa, pheromones, SPAM, Type A and Type B personalities, Web browsers, and much, much more.
As our world becomes more global and interconnected, it grows smaller through the terms and touchstones that unite us. As E. D. Hirsch writes in the preface, "Community is built up of shared knowledge and values -- the same shared knowledge that is taken for granted when we read a book or newspaper, and that is also taken for granted as part of the fabric that connects us to one another." A delicious concoction of information for anyone who wants to be in the know, The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy brilliantly confirms once again that it is "an excellent piece of work . . . stimulating and enlightening" (New York Times) -- the most definitive and comprehensive family sourcebook of its kind.More editions of The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy:
The New Kitchen Science: A Guide to Knowing the Hows and Whys for Fun and Success in the Kitchenby Howard HillmanISBN 061824963X (0-618-24963-X)
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The Ninemile Wolvesby Rick BassISBN 0618263020 (0-618-26302-0)
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One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officerby Nathaniel C. FickISBN 0618773436 (0-618-77343-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer'Book summary:A former captain in the Marines First Recon Battalion, who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq, reveals how the Corps trains its elite and offers a point-blank account of twenty-first-century battle.[via]
If the Marines are the few, the proud, Recon Marines are the fewest and the proudest. Only one Marine in a hundred qualifies for Recon, charged with working clandestinely, often behind enemy lines. Ficks training begins with a hellish summer at Quantico, after his junior year at Dartmouth, and advances to the pinnacleReconfour years later, on the eve of war with Iraq. Along the way, he learns to shoot a man a mile away, stays awake for seventy-two hours straight, endures interrogation and torture at the secretive SERE course, learns to swim with Navy SEALs, masters the Eleven Principles of Leadership, and much more.
His vast skill set puts him in front of the front lines, leading twenty-two Marines into the deadliest conflict since Vietnam. He vows he will bring all his men home safely, and to do so hell need more than his top-flight education. Hell need luck and an increasingly clear vision of the limitations of his superiors and the missions they assign him. Fick unveils the process that makes Marine officers such legendary leaders and shares his hard-won insights into the differences between the military ideals he learned and military practice, which can mock those ideals. One Bullet Away never shrinks from blunt truths, but it is an ultimately inspiring account of mastering the art of war.More editions of One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer:
The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacyby Ronald HuttonISBN 0631189467 (0-631-18946-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy'Book summary:This is a survey of religious beliefs in the British Isles from the Old Stone Age to the comming of Christianity, one of the least familiar but most extensive periods in Britain's history. Ronald Hutton draws upon new data, much of it archaeological, that has transformed interpretation over the past decade. Giving more or less equal weight to all periods, from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages, he considers a range of evidence for Celtic and Romano-British paganism: from burial sites, cairns, megaliths and causeways, to carvings, figurines, jewellery, weapons, votive objects, literary texts and folklore. The author reveals the important rethinking that has taken place over Christianization and the decline of paganism, and reviews the progress that has been made in tracing the survival of pre-Christian beliefs and imagery into the Middle Ages. Dr Hutton shows how a host of received ideas have been demolished, and how the pagans of ancient Britain were far more creative, complex, engmatic and dynamic than has previously been supposed. [via]
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The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticismby Megan MarshallISBN 0618711694 (0-618-71169-4)
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Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Scienceby John FleischmanISBN 0618494782 (0-618-49478-2)
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)by James Joyce, Christopher HansonISBN 0631978100 (0-631-97810-0)
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The Reformationby Diarmaid MacCullochISBN 0670032964 (0-670-03296-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Reformation'Book summary:Diarmaid MacCulloch wrote what is widely considered to be the authoritative account of the Reformationa critical juncture in the history of Christianity. "It is impossible to understand modern Europe without understanding these sixteenth-century upheavals in Latin Christianity," he writes. "They represented the greatest fault line to appear in Christian culture since the Latin and Greek halves of the Roman Empire went their separate ways a thousand years before; they produced a house divided." The resulting split between the Catholics and Protestants still divides Christians throughout the Western world. It affects interpretations of the Bible, beliefs about baptisms, and event how much authority is given to religious leaders. The division even fuels an ongoing war. What makes MacCulloch's account rise above previous attempts to interpret the Reformation is the breadth of his research. Rather than limit his narrative to the actions of key theologians and leaders of the eraLuther, Zingli, Calvin, Loyola, Cranmer, Henry VIII and numerous popesMacCulloch sweeps his narrative across the culture, politics and lay people of Renaissance Western Europe. This broad brush approach touches upon many fascinating discussions surrounding the Reformation, including his belief that the Latin Church was probably not as "corrupt and ineffective" as Protestants tend to portray it. In fact, he asserts that it "generally satisfied the spiritual needs of the late medieval people." As a historical document, this 750-page narrative has all the key ingredients. MacCulloch, a professor of history as the Church of Oxford University, is an articulate and vibrant writer with a strong guiding intelligence. The structure is sensiblestarting with the main characters who influenced reforms, then spreading out to the regional concerns, and social intellectual themes of the era. He even fast forwards into American Christianityshowing how this historical era influences modern times. MacCulloch is a topnotch historianuncovering material and theories that will seem fresh and inspired to Reformation scholars as well as lay readers. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Reluctant Saint: The Life of Francis of Assisiby Donald SpotoISBN 0670031283 (0-670-03128-3)
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The Saxon and Norman Kingsby Christopher N. L. BrookeISBN 0631231315 (0-631-23131-5)
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The Secret Language of Relationships: Your Complete Personology Guide to Any Relationship With Anyoneby Gary GoldschneiderISBN 067003262X (0-670-03262-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papersby Daniel EllsbergISBN 0670030309 (0-670-03030-9)
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Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Loveby Elizabeth Stevens PrioleauISBN 0670031666 (0-670-03166-6)
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Shop Talk: A Writer and His Colleagues and Their Workby Philip RothISBN 0618153144 (0-618-15314-4)
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Social Psychologyby S. BrehmISBN 0618487565 (0-618-48756-5)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Social Psychology'Book summary:Distinguished by its current-events emphasis, strong diversity coverage, and engaging connections drawn between social psychology and students' everyday lives, Social Psychology, Eighth Edition, remains one of the most scholarly and well-written texts in its field. Integrating classic and contemporary research, the text also includes comprehensive coverage of social cognition and evolutionary psychology, and features authoritative material on social psychology and the law. For this edition, Saul Kassin and Steven Fein welcome Hazel Rose Markus to the author team. In addition, coverage of culture and diversity are integrated into every chapter by Hazel Rose Markus, a leader and respected researcher in the study of cultural psychology. [via]
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Social Psychologyby Saul M. Kassin, Steven Fein, Sharon S. BrehmISBN 0618626506 (0-618-62650-6)
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Speeches That Changed the Worldby Andrew Young, Owen CollinsISBN 0664221491 (0-664-22149-1)
Hardcover, Westminster John Knox Pr
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Ten Minutes from Normalby Karen HughesISBN 0670033057 (0-670-03305-7)
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This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrieby Elizabeth PartridgeISBN 0670035351 (0-670-03535-1)
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This Realmby SmithISBN 0669244589 (0-669-24458-9)
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This Realm of England: 1399-1688by SmithISBN 0669134228 (0-669-13422-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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This Realm of England, 1399 to 1688by Lacey Baldwin SmithISBN 0669043788 (0-669-04378-8)
Softcover, D.C. Heath
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Through a Window: My Thirty Years With the Champanzees of Gombeby Jane GoodallISBN 0618056777 (0-618-05677-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Webster's II New College DictionaryISBN 0618396012 (0-618-39601-2)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
Find This BookBook summary:Family-friendly volume features more than 200 000 clear concise definitions with over 5 000 new words and tenses from all areas of vocabulary with special emphasis on high technology science medicine and social change. Biographical and geographical entries have been completely updated reflecting current events and the latest census. Includes detailed illustrations synonym list revised style guide and redesigned tables for world alphabets the Bible calendar currency elements geologic time and measurement. Thumb indexed. Reference Book Type: Dictionary; Subjects: N/A; Age Recommendation: N/A; Language(s): English. [via]
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What Makes a Van Gogh a Van Goghby Richard MuhlbergerISBN 0670035734 (0-670-03573-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Whose Bible Is It?: A History of the Scriptures Through the Agesby Jaroslav PelikanISBN 0670033855 (0-670-03385-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Whose Bible Is It?: A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages'Book summary:No book has been more pored over, has been the subject of more commentary and controversy, or had more influence not only on our religious beliefs but also on our culture and language than the Bible. And certainly no book has been as widely read. But how did the Bible become the book we know it to be?
In this superbly written history, Jaroslav Pelikan takes the reader through the good books evolution from its earliest incarnation as oral tales to its modern existence in various iterations, translations, and languages. From the earliest Hebrew texts and the Bibles appearance in Greek, then Latin, Pelikan explores the canonization of different Bibles and why certain books were adopted by certain religions and sects, as well as the development of the printing press, the translation into modern languages, and varying schools of critical scholarship.
Both an enduring work of scholarship and a fascinating read, Whose Bible Is It? will be eagerly welcomed by the many fans of Elaine Pagelss books and Adam Nicolsons Gods Secretaries. [via]
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Why I Am a Catholicby Garry WillsISBN 0618380485 (0-618-38048-5)
Softcover, Mariner Books
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Writing in General and the Short Story in Particularby L. Rust HillsISBN 0618082344 (0-618-08234-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Y: The Descent of Menby Steve JonesISBN 0618565612 (0-618-56561-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Y: The Descent of Men'Book summary:In Y:The Descent of Men, the remarkable implications of an accident of biological evolution are brought to life by the award-winning science writer and British academic geneticist Steve Jones. Not to be confused with clothing sizes or brand names, the capital letters XX and XY refer to the approximate shapes of the sex determining chromosomes. Men have the smaller Y chromosome and confer gender differences on children through their sperm, a distinction that was only discovered in 1902. It was not so very long ago, as Jones reminds us, that scientists (male of course) thought that sperm carried a miniature human (homunculus) and a wife was "a mere seedbed; a step below (a husband) in society, in the household and, most of all, in herself". Since Darwin's day, humans have been displaced from their place just below the angels in the grand scheme of life. And now to further our ignominy and descent, within the human genome, the male Y chromosome is, as Jones puts it, "the most decayed, redundant and parasitic of the lot". Furthermore, man himself may become redundant, for his sperm can be grown in animal testes, and in mice at least an egg can be fertilised with a body cell from another female. Steve Jones is a brilliant science writer, capable of teasing, cajoling, entertaining and educating the reader without pain. Jones has not only pinched Darwin's title The Descent of Man but learned his technique of persuasion in which the potential critic is disarmed by having the faults, problems and dirt on the subject brought out into the open and given a good public washing. So with men and masculinity, as Jones details with telling detail and great humour, our biological inheritance and its social implications have left an immense wake of problems which will need to be sorted if men and humanity are to get over the crisis of modern manhood. So come on now chaps, pull yourselves together, dump the techie toys and mags and check out why your organ is so dangerous and what to do about the problem. For a first step, give yourself a treat, read this book and allow yourselves to be entertained and informed, if not necessarily reassured. Douglas Palmer. [via]
Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating : How to Choose the Best Bread, Cheeses, Olive Oil, Pasta, Chocolate, and Much Moreby Ari WeinzweigISBN 0618411089 (0-618-41108-9)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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