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Absolutely American: Four Years at West Pointby David LipskyISBN 061809542X (0-618-09542-X)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Age of Voltaireby Will Durant, Ariel DurantISBN 0671013254 (0-671-01325-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White Houseby Bob Woodward, Julie RubensteinISBN 0671666843 (0-671-66684-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House'Book summary:A no-holds-barred look inside the Clinton White House during the first one hundred days of his presidency. What emerges is a portrait of a man hampered by his struggle to do the right thing. Despite the defeat of the health care initiative and the bungling first steps of a naive administration, Woodward uncovers the essential decency of the man from Hope. [via]
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The American Way of Deathby Jessica MitfordISBN 0671244159 (0-671-24415-9)
Softcover, Simon and Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Way of Death'Book summary:Before the turn of the century, the American funeral was simple "to the point of starkness," says Jessica Mitford, the acclaimed muckraking journalist who published this investigation of the country's funeral business in 1963. That the country went on to develop a tendency for gross overspending on funerals Mitford puts down to the greed and ingenuity of undertakers, whom she regards as salesmen guilty of pressuring families into agreeing to their excessive standards for burial. Mitford, who died recently, delivers facts and criticism in a forthright and humorous manner. She would certainly appreciate that her assessment of the American way of death endures after her own passing. [via]
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Arabian Sandsby Wilfred ThesigerISBN 0670130052 (0-670-13005-2)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arabian Sands'Book summary:"Arabian Sands" is Wilfred Thesiger's record of his extraordinary journey through the parched "Empty Quarter" of Arabia. Educated at Eton and Oxford, Thesiger was repulsed by the softness and rigidity of Western life-"the machines, the calling cards, the meticulously aligned streets." In the spirit of T. E. Lawrence, he set out to explore the deserts of Arabia, traveling among peoples who had never seen a European and considered it their duty to kill Christian infidels. His now-classic account is invaluable to understanding the modern Middle East. [via]
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The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heartby Madeline BruserISBN 0609801775 (0-609-80177-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Best American Essays of the Centuryby Joyce Carol Oates, Robert AtwanISBN 0618155872 (0-618-15587-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best American Essays of the Century'Book summary:The title The Best American Essays of the Century seems transparent enough, but don't be deceived. What Joyce Carol Oates has assembled is not so much a diverse collection as a sonorous march through what keeps getting called the American century. Read this not as a collection to dip into but as a history--a history of race in America. Oates says it best herself in her introduction: "It can't be an accident that essays in this volume by men and women of ethnic minority backgrounds are outstanding; to paraphrase Melville, to write a 'mighty' work of prose you must have a 'mighty' theme." The mighty pens at work here belong to, among others, Zora Neale Hurston ("How It Feels to Be Colored Me"), Langston Hughes ("Bop"), and James Baldwin ("Notes of a Native Son"). Oates has opted not for the most unexpected but for the most important and stirring essays of our time.
Other chords sound repeatedly as well: the problem of our relationship with nature (Annie Dillard, John Muir, and Gretel Ehrlich); the difficulty of identity in disrupted times (F. Scott Fitzgerald, Joan Didion, and Michael Herr). In her essay "The White Album," Didion famously declares: "We tell ourselves stories in order to live." The stories Oates has collected are not easy. Here is the hard-won truth, from writers unwilling to forgive even themselves. Even Martin Luther King Jr. doesn't let himself off the hook, as he writes in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail": "If I have said anything in this letter that is an overstatement of the truth and is indicative of an unreasonable impatience, I beg you to forgive me. If I have said anything in this letter that is an understatement of the truth and is indicative of my having a patience that makes me patient with anything less than brotherhood, I beg God to forgive me." --Claire Dederer [via]
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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003by Dave Eggers, Zadie SmithISBN 0618246967 (0-618-24696-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003'Book summary:This is the second year weve put this book together, and were beginning to have some idea of what were doing. But do we know exactly what this book is? We do not. The original purpose of the collection was to introduce younger readers--high school and college-age people, more or less--to good writing from contemporary writers. But then the book came out and we discovered that the readership was not what wed expected. Sure, there were some high school and college readers, but there were also older readers, and younger readers, and readers from every walk of lifepolice officers, firefighters, animal control experts, air-conditioning repair technicians, and prisoners. It runs the gamut.[via]
Now, your questions answered:
What is the purpose of this book? Dominique, Santa Monica, CA Thank you for your question, Dominique. (Such a lovely name!) The purpose of this book is to collect good work of any kindfiction, humor, essays, comics, journalismin one place, for the English-reading consumer. The other books in the Best American series are limited by their categories, most particularly the popular but constraining Best American Catholic Badger Mystery Writing. This collection is not so limited, which is why, we think, it dominates all similar collections, making them whimper and cower in a way that is shameful.
Why aren't there more pieces about badgers? Reginald, Myrtle Beach, SC We had plans to include at least seven pieces about badgerstheir manufacture, appearance, and carebut were prevented from doing so by Zadie Smith. This was a condition of her inclusion in this volume.
In addition to the pieces included in the collection, and Ms. Smiths introductionor whatever it iswill there be a piece by the editor about a young man with a crush on a sixty-five-year-old woman whose lawn he cuts? Peter and Nam Mee, Washington, DC We might have such a piece. It might be immediately following this sentence.
(From the Foreword by Dave Eggers)
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, the very best pieces are selected by an editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field, making the Best American series the most respected--and most popular--of its kind.
Dave Eggers, who will be editing The Best American Nonrequired Reading annually, has once again chosen the best and least-expected fiction, nonfiction, satire, investigative reporting, alternative comics, and more from publications large, small, and on-line--The Onion, The New Yorker, Shout, Time, Zoetrope, Tin House, Nerve.com,and McSweeney's, to name just a few. Read on for "Some of the best literature you haven't been reading . . . And it's fantastic. All of it." (St. Petersburg Times).
Lynda Barry Jonathan Safran Foer Lisa Gabriele Andrea Lee J. T. Leroy Nasdijj ZZ Packer David SedarisMore editions of The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003:
Biologyby Neil A. CampbellISBN 0536631239 (0-536-63123-9)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall
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The Blue & Brown Books: Preliminary Studies for the Philosophical Investigationsby Ludwig Wittgenstein, Peter DochertyISBN 0631146601 (0-631-14660-1)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Blue & Brown Books: Preliminary Studies for the Philosophical Investigations'Book summary:These works, as the sub-title makes clear, are unfinished sketches for Philosophical Investigations, possibly the most important and influential philosophical work of modern times. The 'Blue Book' is a set of notes dictated to Witgenstein's Cambridge students in 1933-1934: the 'Brown Book' was a draft for what eventually became the growth of the first part of Philosophical Investigations. This book reveals the germination and growth of the ideas which found their final expression in Witgenstein's later work. It is indispensable therefore to students of Witgenstein's thought and to all those who wish to study at first-hand the mental processes of a thinker who fundamentally changed the course of modern philosophy. [via]
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Buffy, the Vampire Slayerby Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder, Paul Ruditis, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Keith R. A. DecandidoISBN 0671024337 (0-671-02433-7)
Softcover, Simon Spotlight Entertainment
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Buffy, the Vampire Slayer'Book summary:One of TV's best shows now has a superb tie-in book--and this watcher's guide is even better than the one for The Simpsons. For novices, the title is a pun: Buffy, an ordinary high school girl with all the normal problems, also must spend her nights battling vampires and demons, supervised by her "Watcher," who poses as the school's librarian.
But the book serves novices and obsessive Buffy fans equally well. Each episode of the first two seasons gets a snappy yet learned summary, including a "Quote of the Week," a quick recap of each love entanglement and relationship switcheroo (and no soap opera is tanglier than Buffy), a "Pop-Culture IQ" guide (when Oz hunts for Buffy--who's been turned into a rat--that's Michael Jackson's "Ben" he's singing), countless pop-up balloons of fun facts (Buffy was turned into a rat in order to free up her schedule to host Saturday Night Live), and a catalog of "Buffy's Bag of Tricks"--her weapons, plus all the spells, chants, incantations, and previously incomprehensible rock-band lyrics on the show.
There's way more than we can list here. Not only do we get an ample sample of dialogue nearly as clever as Seinfeld's, there are scenes from the original scripts that were cut for length and cast interviews. Every single vampire, demon, witch, zombie, mummy, werewolf, shape shifter, ghost, reanimated cadaver, invisible killer, prehistoric parasite, monster puppet, and psychotic robot on Buffy's acrobatic dance card gets its due.
Get this book, then send one as a gift. Friends don't let friends miss out on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. [via]
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A Complete Guide to the Tarotby Eden GrayISBN 0553277529 (0-553-27752-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Complete Guide to the Tarot'Book summary:For centuries, the strange and beautiful tarot cards have been an endless source of mystery and fascination. One of the foremost authorities in the field reveals the intricacies of this ancient art. With detailed explanations, Eden Gray offers explicit advice about the three different methods of reading the cards, and using the tarot for divination and meditation. Both beginning students and advanced devotee will find in this book new insights into the ancient lore of the tarot. [via]
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Dancing Barefoot: Five Short but True Stories About Life in the So-Called Space Ageby Wil Wheaton, Ben ClaassenISBN 0596006748 (0-596-00674-8)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dancing Barefoot: Five Short but True Stories About Life in the So-Called Space Age'Book summary:[via]Wil Wheaton--blogger, geek, and Star Trek: The Next Generation's Wesley Crusher--gives us five short-but-true tales of life in the so-called Space Age in Dancing Barefoot. With a true geek's unflinching honesty, Wil examines life, love, the web, and the absurdities of Hollywood in these compelling autobiographical narratives. Based on pieces first published in Wil's hugely popular blog, www.wilwheaton.net, the stories in Dancing Barefoot chronicle a teen TV star's journey to maturity and self-acceptance. Far from the usual celebrity tell-all, Dancing Barefoot is a vivid account of one man's version of that universal story, the search for self. If you've ever fallen in love, wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a Star Trek convention, or thought hard about the meaning of life, you'll find a kindred soul in the pages of Dancing Barefoot. In the process of uncovering his true geeky self, Wil Wheaton speaks to the inner geek in all of us.
The stories:
Houses in Motion - Memories fill the emptiness left within a childhood home, and saying goodbye brings them to life.
Ready Or Not Here I Come - A game of hide-n-seek with the kids works as a time machine, taking Wil on a tour of the hiding and seeking of years gone by.
Inferno - Two 15-year-olds pass in the night leaving behind pleasant memories and a perfumed Car Wars Deluxe Edition Box Set.
We Close Our Eyes - A few beautiful moments spent dancing in the rain.
The Saga of SpongeBob VegasPants - A story of love, hate, laughter and the acceptance of all things Trek.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Deceptionby Michael BaigentISBN 0552138789 (0-552-13878-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Don't Shoot the Dog: The New Art of Teaching and Trainingby Karen PryorISBN 0553380397 (0-553-38039-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don't Shoot the Dog: The New Art of Teaching and Training'Book summary:A Better Way to Better Behavior
Karen Pryor's clear and entertaining explanation of behavioral training methods made Don't Shoot the Dog! a bestselling classic. Now this revised edition presents more of her insights into animaland humanbehavior.
A groundbreaking behavioral scientist and dynamic animal trainer, Karen Pryor is a powerful proponent of the principles and practical uses of positive reinforcement in teaching new behaviors. Here are the secrets of changing behavior in pets, kidseven yourselfwithout yelling, threats, force, punishment, guilt trips...or shooting the dog:
"The principles of the revolutionary "clicker training" method, which owes its phenomenal success to its immediacy of responseso there is no question what action you are rewarding
"8 methods of ending undesirable habitsfrom furniture-clawing cats to sloppy roommates
"The 10 laws of "shaping" behaviorfor results without strain or pain through "affection training"
"Tips for house-training the dog, improving your tennis game, or dealing with an impossible teen
"Explorations of exciting new uses for reinforcement training
Learn why pet owners rave, "This book changed our lives!" and how these pioneering techniques can work for you too. [via]More editions of Don't Shoot the Dog: The New Art of Teaching and Training:
Don't Shoot the Dog!: How to Improve Yourself and Others through Behavioral Trainingby Karen PryorISBN 0671438433 (0-671-43843-3)
Softcover, Simon and Schuster
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Don't Shoot the Dog! How to Improve Yourself and Others Through Behavioral Training: How to Improve Yourself and Others Through Behavioral Trainingby Karen PryorISBN 0671438425 (0-671-43842-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Referenceby Danny GoodmanISBN 0596527403 (0-596-52740-3)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference'Book summary:[via]If you're a web developer today, you need to keep track of an enormous amount of information. In particular, you need to know the details about a variety of web specifications and their implementation in the latest versions of the popular browsers. Rather than try to remember all of these details or juggle dozens of reference books covering everything from CSS to JavaScript, you can have all the information at your fingertips with the newly revised Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference.
A favorite of web content developers since its first release, this book is an indispensable compendium for web development. Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference, 2nd Edition, contains everything you'll need in order to create functional cross-platform web applications. The new edition has been updated to cover the latest specifications, including HTML 4.01, CSS Level 2, DOM Level 2, and JavaScript 1.5, as well as the latest browsers, Internet Explorer 6 (Windows), Internet Explorer 5.1 (Mac), Netscape Navigator 6 and 7, and Mozilla 1.0. You'll learn how these standards and technologies relate to one another and how the creation of Dynamic HTML content relies on these four technologies. The book includes:
- A complete reference for all of the HTML tags, CSS style attributes, document object model attributes, methods, and event handlers, and core JavaScript objects supported by the various standards and the latest versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer.
- Handy cross-referenced indexes that make it easy to find interrelated HTML tags, style attributes, and document object model methods, attributes, and event handlers.
- An advanced introduction to creating dynamic web content that addresses the cross-platform compromises inherent in web page design today and encourages developers to adopt the W3C standards.
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An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency Englandby Venetia MurrayISBN 067088328X (0-670-88328-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Elegant Madness: High Society in Regency England'Book summary:Regency England was, according to Venetia Murray, a "glorious paradox": High society placed a premium on civilized living, yet vulgarity, gluttony, and moral vicissitude were considered fashionable--and socially acceptable--vices. In An Elegant Madness, Murray examines this polarity, providing readers with an accurate, entertaining, easy-to-read portrayal that conveys the mood of the period, focusing primarily on the oft-paradoxical social practices and attitudes of the English aristocracy.
Generally understood as a 50-year period beginning, as with the French Revolution, just before the dawn of the 19th century, Regency England (or, more precisely, its uppermost stata) remained, in many ways, oblivious to and safely distanced from the ravages of the Napoleonic Wars consuming the continent. The tone of society, according to Murray, tends to be set by its titular head; thus, the paradox and political detachment of the Regency Period emanated primarily from its leader, the Prince Regent. The carefree Regent, who would reign as King George IV from 1820 to 1830, was known not only as "The First Gentleman of Europe," but also as a dedicated hedonist, drunkard, and lecher. Elegance and vulgarity characterized the rest of the English aristocracy, as well, and Murray's chapters clearly illustrate how Regency high society appropriated for itself the same duality as their leader's. Her chapters, each a freestanding study of its own, examine fashions of the period, the (exorbitant) cost of living, London high society, clubs and taverns, the common practice of taking a mistress, the country home, and the seaside resort. She embellishes her study with cartoons, prints, and caricatures of the period, all of which contribute to our understanding of this unique period of English history. --Bertina Loeffler Sedlack [via]
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The Fannie Farmer Cookbookby Marion Cunningham, Lauren JarrettISBN 0553568817 (0-553-56881-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fannie Farmer Cookbook'Book summary:Marion Cunningham's brilliant revision of this classic home cooking reference addresses "good everyday cooking." Cunningham states that "every meal should be a small celebration," and she eases the preparation of those celebrations with clear, straightforward instructions and hints on how to make the most of every meal through beautiful presentation and balanced nutrition. The chapter on microwaved foods is clear and presents recipes that are simple and taste great. Cunningham's work especially shines in the chapters on baking, as might be expected from her work on The Fannie Farmer Baking Book and The Breakfast Book. Your piecrusts will always be crisp and flaky under her tutelage. [via]
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German English DictionaryISBN 0671477587 (0-671-47758-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
Find This BookBook summary:1979 27th printing Pocket mass market paperback as shown. Book in Mint condition. [via]
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God Save The Sweet Potato Queensby Jill Conner BrowneISBN 060980619X (0-609-80619-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Her Husband: Hughes & Plath a Marriageby Diane MiddlebrookISBN 0670031879 (0-670-03187-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Her Husband: Hughes & Plath a Marriage'Book summary:Dianne Middlebrook launches Her Husband: Hughes and Plath: A Marriage, appropriately, with the birth of the poets lives together. Through her retelling of the historic moment of their first meeting, Middlebrook sets the balanced, literate, and brutally honest tone that she maintains throughout the book. According to Middlebrook, Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughess first encounter was violent and almost mythic, punctuated with kisses and biting. In 112 days they were married. Together, as Middlebrook shows, they formed a unique literary bond. They remained aggressive intellectual and erotic partners. But, six years later, Hughes left Plath and their two children for another woman. She committed suicide shortly after, while Hughes would go on to a long and successful career as a poet and as Plaths literary executor.
What Middlebrook brings to this story, outside of the almost voyeuristic details gleaned from letters, diaries, interviews, and past biographies, is a scholarly commitment to infuse the reading of Hughes and Plaths marriage with a reading of their poetry and prose. In less capable hands, using literature to reconstruct biography can lead to an undisciplined avoidance of real historical research. But Middlebrook drafts the writings to bolster her understanding of the couple in sophisticated ways that link their private language to their public statements in published works (especially Hughes Birthday Letters). At the same time, Middlebrook remains deeply aware that Hughes and Plath worked to re-construct themselves through their writings, often with conflicting self-portraits, for posterity. She is comfortable letting their contradictions exist side by side.
Her Husband is wonderfully told; it is difficult to imagine how this narrative of the marriage could be surpassed. One only hopes that Middlebrook will have the stamina to amend her own workif necessarywhen Hughess most private papers are made public in 2023. --Patrick OKelley [via]
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High Societyby MurrayISBN 0670857580 (0-670-85758-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Uk
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› Find signed collectible books: 'High Society'Book summary:This social history of the Regency Period chronicles the manners, the morals and the attitudes of everyone from dandies to pugilists, duchesses to courtesans. Also, the art of caricature flourished during the Regency and this book contains examples from artists such as Gillray and Cruikshank. [via]
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Iliad and Odyssey Gift Setby HomerISBN 0670779644 (0-670-77964-4)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad and Odyssey Gift Set'Book summary:This is a boxed gift edition of Fagles's two widely acclaimed translations of Homer.
The Iliad is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to call it a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the 10th and final year of the Greek siege of Troy. The Odyssey is, quite simply, the story of Odysseus, who wants to go home. But Poseidon, god of oceans, doesn't want him to make it back across the wine-dark sea to his wife, Penelope, son, Telemachus, and their high-roofed home at Ithaca. The story is told in easy-going, beautiful poetry; the characters speak naturally, the action happens briskly. Even the gods come across as real people, despite the divine powers they exercise constantly. Both works have been hailed by scholars and the public for the powerful language that brings clashing, pulsing life to these ancient masterpieces. [via]
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Islam: A Short Historyby Karen ArmstrongISBN 0606271937 (0-606-27193-7)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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The Jungleby Upton Beall SinclairISBN 0534521797 (0-534-52179-7)
Softcover, Wadsworth Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle'Book summary:In this powerful book we enter the world of Jurgis Rudkus, a young Lithuanian immigrant who arrives in America fired with dreams of wealth, freedom, and opportunity. And we discover, with him, the astonishing truth about "packingtown," the busy, flourishing, filthy Chicago stockyards, where new world visions perish in a jungle of human suffering. Upton Sinclair, master of the "muckraking" novel, here explores the workingman's lot at the turn of the century: the backbreaking labor, the injustices of "wage-slavery," the bewildering chaos of urban life. The Jungle , a story so shocking that it launched a government investigation, recreates this startling chapter if our history in unflinching detail. Always a vigorous champion on political reform, Sinclair is also a gripping storyteller, and his 1906 novel stands as one of the most important -- and moving -- works in the literature of social change. [via]
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Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamlined Babyby Tom WolfeISBN 0553380583 (0-553-38058-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby'Book summary:The "streamline baby" in Tom Wolfe's 1965 debut book is a hot rod, but the car's candy colors and wild lines can't match the prose style Wolfe devised to describe them. The title essay--Wolfe's first magazine article--launched the New Journalism, partly because its original title was "There Goes (Varoom! Varoom!) That Kandy-Kolored (Thphhhhhh!) Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (Rahghhh!) Around the Bend (Brummmmmmmmmmmmmmm)..." His voice was more shocking than any subculture he uncovered. Until Wolfe (Ph.D., Yale), nobody struck gold by applying Ph.D.-speak to lowbrow subjects. Kurt Vonnegut famously called this an "excellent book by a genius who will do anything to get attention."
Now that everybody does what Wolfe did, his early essays smack less of genius. But attention must be paid to this pioneering peek into King Pop's tomb. The most startling thing is how soberly sensible most of the prose now appears, except for the title of the first essay, "Las Vegas (What?) Las Vegas (Can't Hear You! Too Noisy) Las Vegas!!!" which anticipates the far superior Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Mostly, these articles seem like straightforward introductions to some of the signal figures of the early '60s: hot-rod designer Big Daddy Roth, surf guitarist Dick Dale, teen recording tycoon Phil Spector, Andy Warhol debutante Baby Jane Holzer, the Cassius Clay-era Muhammad Ali. We even glimpse the Beatles in a profile of the yappy DJ Murray the K in "The Fifth Beatle."
The last half of the book focuses more on New York and its denizens' endless combat for social status. The last piece, "The Big League Complex," is like a 1964 warm-up exercise for The Bonfire of the Vanities. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Linda Goodman's Sun Signsby Linda GoodmanISBN 0553278827 (0-553-27882-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Linda Goodman's Sun Signs'Book summary:Find out what's really happening in your life and the lives of those around you. Is he really unstable beneath that placid exterior? Is she marrying you for your money alone? When should you give a wayward spouse the benefit of the doubt? How can you adjust your inner moods to your best advantage, knowing when to push and when to pull back, when to speak up and when to shut up? What is the best time to ask your boss for that raise, your girl for her heart and hand, your brother-in-law for a loan? Learn all this and much, much more from the world-famous astrologer who has helped millions divine their way to happiness, love, and profit by studying the sun signs. Amaze your friends and yourself with your insight into their most hidden characteristics. Be the best that you can possibly be with -- Sun Signs. [via]
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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum How We Made Movie Magicby Brian Sibley, J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0618154035 (0-618-15403-5)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lord of the Rings: Gollum How We Made Movie Magic'Book summary:It's one of the most anticipated movies ever, and now you can see for yourself how the magic of Tolkien's fantasy masterpiece was created on screen in The Lord of the Rings: Official Movie Guide. Brian Sibley's straightforward approach takes the reader from the initial conception of the film, as it was developed and passed around studios (it initially started life as a two-hour condensed version of the three novels), to the months of complicated special effects works necessary to do justice to Tolkien's extraordinary imagination. There are interviews with the key cast and production members and all the proceedings are liberally decorated with full colour photographs from the film itself. Sibley manages to perfectly document the painstaking attention to detail by the filmmakers, much of which will be missed by many movie-goers, but he also captures a sense of camaraderie from all involved in their efforts to make the best movie possible. If it's facts and background trivia you're after then this is the best place to be and is the perfect starting point to those new to Tolkien or eager to find out more about how epic films are put together. Dedicated fans who have been following the filmmaking process via the internet won't find anything here they didn't already know, but this is still a very good companion. --Jonathan Weir [via]
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The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogyby Brian SibleyISBN 0618260226 (0-618-26022-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy'Book summary:The official inside story on the making of the award-winning movie trilogy[via]
The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy is a lavishly illustrated, behind-the-scenes, definitive account of the creation of an epic film experience. Hailed by critics worldwide, part one of the movie trilogy was a box-office smash, one of the most successful films of the decade. Peter Jackson's "fierce, imaginative movie takes high-flying risks and inspires with its power and scale," wrote Newsweek. "In every way this is moviemaking on a grand scale," wrote the San Francisco Chronicle, while Time proclaimed the "grandeur, moral heft and emotional depth" of the film, which received thirteen Academy Award(R) nominations. Including more than 300 photographs from all three films, most unique to this book, and exclusive interviews with all the cast and crew, Brian Sibley's fascinating book takes every fan inside the process of adapting J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork for the screen. For the first time in history, three major movies were made at the same time, a triumphant and monumental undertaking that took the world by storm. Here can be found details about the hundreds of dedicated artists, craftspeople and cast and crew members who labored for years -- adding authenticity at every stage -- to bring one of the greatest stories ever told to an eager film audience. Sibley takes us inside the process of filmmaking to show us how the magic is made -- from the director, writers and actors to wardrobe, makeup, miniatures, music and digital special effects, it's all here.
"It was tiring, physically and mentally, but never dull. Three movies, one big story, and so much variety: one day shooting scenes of intimate heart-wrenching drama, the next, vast battle scenes involving hundreds of extras. Every day brought an opportunity to create something new on this enormous canvas that is The Lord of the Rings." -- Peter JacksonMore editions of The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy:
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Lucy, the Beginnings of Humankindby Donald C. Johanson, Maitland Armstrong EdeyISBN 0671250361 (0-671-25036-1)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lucy, the Beginnings of Humankind'Book summary:The story of one of the most important fossil finds in man's search for his ancestors - the 60per cent complete female hominid skeleton nicknamed "Lucy". Confirming beyond doubt the early bipedal nature of human ancestors, she was discovered in 1973 in Ethiopia by a team of scientists led by Johanson. [via]
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The Lying Stones of Marrakech: Penultimate Reflections in Natural Historyby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 0609807552 (0-609-80755-2)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lying Stones of Marrakech: Penultimate Reflections in Natural History'Book summary:Celebrated paleontologist and science writer Stephen Jay Gould has honed and matured his voice over almost 30 years of writing for Natural History. His tenure at that magazine closes with the end of the century, so The Lying Stones of Marrakech is his next-to-last collection of essays from this era. As ever, his works are clever, thoughtful, and inspiring; however, the longtime reader will detect a deeper reflection and a longer view taken by Gould in latter days, perhaps inevitable outcomes of experience and growth. The title essay refers to false fossils carved by Moroccans intent on making a few bucks off of hapless tourists, discusses the case of Beringer's 18th-century fossil hoax, and ends with a plea for a stricter separation between commercial and scientific interests--showing the breadth and scope of his paleontological interests and thinking.
Of course, he also has much to say beyond the confines of his profession: Joe DiMaggio and Dolly the sheep each get respectful treatment from the Gould pen, and he discusses the competing Christian groups sharing the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Though his attitudes may have mellowed over time--he's far from the crotchety oldster some feared he'd become--his passion for knowledge and scientific freedom is still radiant. Whether you're an old-school fan of Gould's writings or a newcomer to his delightfully brainy essays, you'll find The Lying Stones of Marrakech a joy to behold. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Mac OS X: The Missing Manualby David PogueISBN 0596000820 (0-596-00082-0)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mac OS X: The Missing Manual'Book summary:Widely esteemed Mac authority David Pogue weighs in on the latest offering from Cupertino with Mac OS X: The Missing Manual. It's a fact-packed romp through the operating system and the extras that come with it, made resoundingly more readable by the depth of Pogue's knowledge, his familiarity with Mac history, and his eagerness to engage novices as members of the Mac user community. Unlike most books about Mac OS X, this one explores its Unix-like underpinnings (the Apple implementation is called Darwin) pretty thoroughly. However, on the logic that if you wanted to use Unix, you would, Pogue emphasises the traditional, graphical Mac interface over the Terminal window.
Pogue, who's written about Macs for years writes about Macs at the user level with clarity. He's also quite good at dealing with the numerous options and variations that apply to Mac procedures, and makes very good use of sidebars for clarifying details. In a section on printing, for example, Pogue explains why there's no longer an option to turn off background printing (true multitasking has rendered the option obsolete). There's also good coverage of the online iTools, tailored to people unfamiliar with integrating remote resources into their personal computing environments. --David Wall
Topics covered: Apple Mac OS X for people who will use the operating system, either on a standalone computer with Internet access or on a computer that is part of a home or organisational network. Running applications (in Classic mode as well as in native Mac OS X mode), printing, networking, multimedia, security (including Keychain), and utilities are all covered. [via]
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Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Editionby David PogueISBN 0596006152 (0-596-00615-2)
Softcover, Pogue Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition'Book summary:[via]Apple says that Mac OS X 10.3 introduces 150 new features--but that's not really true. In fact, "Panther" includes many more than that. It's faster, more polished, and much more efficient. But it still comes without a manual.
With 300,000 copies in print, the first two versions of this book became industry bestsellers. Now David Pogue brings his humor and expertise to this completely rewritten, greatly expanded edition. It covers:
- Getting started. The early chapters demystify the Dock, windows, and the unfamiliar Mac OS X folder structure--an ideal introduction.
- New technologies. Mac OS X 10.3 brings breakthroughs in window management (Expose, the Sidebar); security (File Vault, Secure Empty Trash); and productivity (faxing, Fast User Switching).
- Bonus software. Panther comes with over 50 free programs--and this book gives you expertise in all of them. This beefed-up edition includes all-new mini-manuals on iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto, iChat AV, and Safari.
- Basics of Unix. You can completely ignore Panther's Unix core. But if the command line intrigues you, this book offers a gentle introduction.
- Finding familiar features. Two "Where'd It Go?" Dictionaries make it easy for Mac OS 9 and Windows refugees to look up a traditional feature--and find out where it went in Mac OS X 10.3.
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MAC OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Editionby David PogueISBN 0596009410 (0-596-00941-0)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'MAC OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition'Book summary:[via]You can set your watch to it: As soon as Apple comes out with another version of Mac OS X, David Pogue hits the streets with another meticulous Missing Manual to cover it with a wealth of detail. The new Mac OS X 10.4, better known as Tiger, is faster than its predecessors, but nothing's too fast for Pogue and Mac OS X: The Missing Manual. There are many reasons why this is the most popular computer book of all time.
With its hallmark objectivity, the Tiger Edition thoroughly explores the latest features to grace the Mac OS. Which ones work well and which do not? What should you look for? This book tackles Spotlight, an enhanced search feature that helps you find anything on your computer; iChat AV for videoconferencing; Automator for automating repetitive, manual or batch tasks; and the hundreds of smaller tweaks and changes, good and bad, that Apple's marketing never bothers to mention.
Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition is the authoritative book that's ideal for every user, including people coming to the Mac for the first time. Our guide offers an ideal introduction that demystifies the Dock, the unfamiliar Mac OS X folder structure, and the entirely new Mail application. There are also mini-manuals on iLife applications such as iMovie, iDVD, and iPhoto, those much-heralded digital media programs, and a tutorial for Safari, Mac's own web browser.
And plenty more: learn to configure Mac OS X using the System Preferences application, keep your Mac secure with FileVault, and learn about Tiger's enhanced Firewall capabilities. If you're so inclined, this Missing Manual also offers an easy introduction to the Terminal application for issuing basic Unix commands.
There's something new on practically every page, and David Pogue brings his celebrated wit and expertise to every one of them. Mac's brought a new cat to town and we have a great new way to tame it.
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Mapping Human History: Discovering the Past Through Our Genesby Steve OlsonISBN 0618352104 (0-618-35210-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mapping Human History: Discovering the Past Through Our Genes'Book summary:In this sweeping narrative of the past 150,000 years of human history, Steve Olson draws on new understandings in genetics to reveal how the people of the world came to be.[via]
Traveling across four continents, Olson describes the African origins of modern humans and the migration of our ancestors throughout the world. He offers a genealogy of all of humanity, explaining, for instance, why everyone can claim Julius Caesar and Confucius as their forebears and how the history of the Jewish people jibes with, and diverges from, biblical accounts. He shows how groups of people differ and yet are the same, exploding the myth that human races are a biological reality while demonstrating how the accidents of history have resulted in the rich diversity of people today.
Celebrating both our commonality and our variety, MAPPING HUMAN HISTORY is a masterful synthesis of the human past and present that will forever change how we think about ourselves and our relations with others.More editions of Mapping Human History: Discovering the Past Through Our Genes:
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Maus: A Survivor's Tale, My Father Bleeds Historyby Art SpiegelmanISBN 0606241817 (0-606-24181-7)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maus: A Survivor's Tale, My Father Bleeds History'Book summary:Some historical events simply beggar any attempt at description--the Holocaust is one of these. Therefore, as it recedes and the people able to bear witness die, it becomes more and more essential that novel, vigorous methods are used to describe the indescribable. Examined in these terms, Art Spiegelman's Maus is a tremendous achievement, from a historical perspective as well as an artistic one.
Spiegelman, a stalwart of the underground comics scene of the 1960s and '70s, interviewed his father, Vladek, a Holocaust survivor living outside New York City, about his experiences. The artist then deftly translated that story into a graphic novel. By portraying a true story of the Holocaust in comic form--the Jews are mice, the Germans cats, the Poles pigs, the French frogs, and the Americans dogs--Spiegelman compels the reader to imagine the action, to fill in the blanks that are so often shied away from. Reading Maus, you are forced to examine the Holocaust anew.
This is neither easy nor pleasant. However, Vladek Spiegelman and his wife Anna are resourceful heroes, and enough acts of kindness and decency appear in the tale to spur the reader onward (we also know that the protagonists survive, else reading would be too painful). This first volume introduces Vladek as a happy young man on the make in pre-war Poland. With outside events growing ever more ominous, we watch his marriage to Anna, his enlistment in the Polish army after the outbreak of hostilities, his and Anna's life in the ghetto, and then their flight into hiding as the Final Solution is put into effect. The ending is stark and terrible, but the worst is yet to come--in the second volume of this Pulitzer Prize-winning set. --Michael Gerber [via]
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Mornings on Horsebackby David G. McCulloughISBN 0671447548 (0-671-44754-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mornings on Horseback'Book summary:FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF JOHN ADAMS
Winner of the 1982 National Book Award for Biography, Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as a masterpiece by Newsday, it is the story of a remarkable little boy -- seriously handicapped by recurrent and nearly fatal attacks of asthma -- and his struggle to manhood.
His father -- the first Theodore Roosevelt, "Greatheart," -- is a figure of unbounded energy, enormously attractive and selfless, a god in the eyes of his small, frail namesake. His mother -- Mittie Bulloch Roosevelt -- is a Southerner and celebrated beauty.
Mornings on Horseback spans seventeen years -- from 1869 when little "Teedie" is ten, to 1886 when he returns from the West a "real life cowboy" to pick up the pieces of a shattered life and begin anew, a grown man, whole in body and spirit.
This is a tale about family love and family loyalty...about courtship, childbirth and death, fathers and sons...about gutter politics and the tumultuous Republican Convention of 1884...about grizzly bears, grief and courage, and "blessed" mornings on horseback at Oyster Bay or beneath the limitless skies of the Badlands. [via]
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The Odysseyby Homer, Samuel ButlerISBN 0671015486 (0-671-01548-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:T en years have passed since the fall of Troy, and the Greek hero Odysseus still has not returned to his kingdom in Ithaca. A large and rowdy mob of suitors who have overrun Odysseus's palace and pillaged his land continue to court his wife, Penelope. She has remained faithful to Odysseus. Prince Telemachus, Odysseus's son, wants desperately to throw them out but does not have the confidence or experience to fight them. One of the suitors, Antinous, plans to assassinate the young prince, eliminating the only opposition to their dominion over the palace. Unknown to the suitors, Odysseus is still alive. The beautiful nymph Calypso, possessed by love for him, has imprisoned him on her island, Ogygia. He longs to return to his wife and son, but he has no ship or crew to help him escape. While the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus debate Odysseus's future, Athena, Odysseus's strongest supporter among the gods, resolves to help Telemachus. Disguised as a friend of the prince's grandfather, Laertes, she convinces the prince to call a meeting of the assembly at which he reproaches the suitors. Athena also prepares him for a great journey to Pylos and Sparta, where the kings Nestor and Menelaus, Odysseus's companions during the war, inform him that Odysseus is alive and trapped on Calypso's island. Telemachus makes plans to return home, while, back in Ithaca, Antinous and the other suitors prepare an ambush to kill him when he reaches port. [via]
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Hardcover, Viking Pr - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671005022 (0-671-00502-2)
Hardcover, Pearson Education, Limited - The Odyssey: ISBN 0613371925 (0-613-37192-5)
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The Odyssey of Homerby Homer, Allen MandelbaumISBN 0553213997 (0-553-21399-7)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey of Homer'Book summary:Homer's epic chronicle of the Greek hero Odysseus' journey home from the Trojan War has inspired writers from Virgil to James Joyce. Odysseus survives storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops and the isle of Circe, the lure of the Sirens' song and a trip to the Underworld, only to find his most difficult challenge at home, where treacherous suitors seek to steal his kingdom and his loyal wife, Penelope. Favorite of the gods, Odysseus embodies the energy, intellect, and resourcefulness that were of highest value to the ancients and that remain ideals in out time.In this new verse translation, Allen Mandelbaum--celebrated poet and translator of Virgil's Aeneid and Dante's Divine Comedy --realizes the power and beauty of the original Greek verse and demonstrates why the epic tale of The Odyssey has captured the human imagination for nearly three thousand years. [via]
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Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63by Taylor BranchISBN 0671687425 (0-671-68742-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63'Book summary:An award-winning biography of Martin Luther King Jr., a history of the civil rights movement, and a portrait of an era, Taylor Branch's Parting the Waters begins slowly but soon catches the listener in a tumult of unforgettable events. Branch's thorough research has been synthesized into an impressive account of the violence, courage, and confusion at the beginning of the civil rights movement, building to a powerful conclusion with a blow-by-blow retelling of the events in Birmingham, Alabama. Ably narrated by Joe Morton and C.C.H. Pounder, the audio abridgment is occasionally choppy, but well-done considering the print edition runs about 900 pages. The broad cast of characters includes Baptist preachers and student movement leaders as well as President John F. Kennedy and his cabinet. If you are daunted by the sheer mass of the print edition of Parting the Waters, this abridged production is for you. However don't be surprised if you find yourself wanting more and digging into the print version after all or perhaps the audio version of Pillar of Fire, Taylor's second book in his projected three-part series. (Running time: 6 Hours; 4 cassettes) [via]
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Philosophical Investigationsby Ludwig Wittgenstein, G. E. M. AnscombeISBN 0631146709 (0-631-14670-9)
Softcover, Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated
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Preliminary Studies for the 'Philosophical Investigations': Generally Known as the Blue and Brown Booksby Ludwig WittgensteinISBN 063111890X (0-631-11890-X)
Hardcover, Blackwell
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The Pump House Gangby Tom WolfeISBN 0553380613 (0-553-38061-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pump House Gang'Book summary:Tom Wolfe's second collection (1968) takes it title from a redoubtable surfing elite, many of whom abandoned the beach for the psychedelic indoor sports of the late sixties. Wolfe here continues his fieldwork among noble savages, from La Jolla to London.[via]More editions of The Pump House Gang:
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Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdownby Stephen Jay GouldISBN 0609605410 (0-609-60541-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown'Book summary:In this slender volume, Stephen Jay Gould addresses three questions about the millennium with his typical combination of erudition, warmth, and whimsy: As a calendrical event, what is the concept of a millennium and how has its meaning shifted over time? How did the projection of Christ's 1,000-year reign become a secular measure? And when exactly will the millennium begin--January 1, 2000, or January 2, 2001?
"Our urge to know is so great, but our common errors cut so deep. You just gotta love us," he states disarmingly in the preface. "And you gotta view misguided millennial passion as a primary example of our uniqueness and our absurdity--in other words, of our humanity." Gould's own curiosity about time and calendars was triggered by a 1950 issue of Life magazine, which cut the century in half with its evaluation of what had happened and its prediction of things to come, propelling his third-grade mind to the year 2000. In Questioning the Millennium, Gould promises to make no predictions (other than "an orgy of millennial books"); court no millennial epiphanies; and put forth no theories on the collective angst that typically accompanies a century's end. Instead, he answers the millennial questions which, for him, represent the intersection of undeniable reality (i.e., natural fact) and human interpretation. Gould's questions and learned answers, weaving many historical and scientific facts, are a loving inquiry into the human need for order in a vast and teeming universe. [via]
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The Richest Man in Babylonby George S. ClasonISBN 055325345X (0-553-25345-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Richest Man in Babylon'Book summary:Beloved by millions, this timeless classic holds the key to all you desire and everything you wish to accomplish. This is the book that reveals the secret to personal wealth.[via]
The Success Secrets of the Ancients
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Countless readers have been helped by the famous Babylonian parables, hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple as that found in the Bible, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. Acclaimed as a modern-day classic, this celebrated bestseller offers an understanding ofand a solution toyour personal financial problems that will guide you through a lifetime. This is the book that holds the secrets to keeping your moneyand making more.
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Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Worksby Roger HighfieldISBN 0670031534 (0-670-03153-4)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The Seat of the Soulby Gary ZukavISBN 0671253832 (0-671-25383-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Secret Language of Birthdays: Personology Profiles for Each Day of the Yearby Gary Goldschneider, Aron GoldschneiderISBN 0670032611 (0-670-03261-1)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret Language of Birthdays: Personology Profiles for Each Day of the Year'Book summary:Sure, it's neat to know which famous people have the same birthday you do, but wouldn't it be fascinating to know what else you have in common with these celebrities? The Secret Language of Birthdays will show you this and much more. Through "personology" (a combination of characteristics influenced by sun sign, season, and day of the year) and an analysis of several thousand character profiles, authors Gary Goldschneider and Joost Elfers have pinned down the traits most common to people born on the same day.
Rather than taking a strictly astrological approach--how the planets, sun, and stars affect a person's behavior--the authors compare the commonalties of people who share birthdays, and piece together a personality for each day of the year, effectively slicing through geographical and cultural differences, while avoiding the one-size-fits-all trap of newspaper sun-sign horoscopes. Some readers may find the authors' strict use of the Gregorian calendar limiting, but conversion to other time-keeping systems is fairly simple (the authors make note of this problem and contend that a day is a day, whether someone names it October 21 or 1 Rajab). Goldschneider and Elfers focus on a model of the year as a wheel spinning in a recurring circle of patterns, an idea that reaches back far beyond the linear calendars we use today. Each birthday discussed includes important numbers, tarot cards, and a dose of psychology, so while you learn a little about the other people with your birthday, you may even discover something new about yourself. --Brian Patterson [via]
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The Secret Language of Birthdays: Relationship Workbook and Birthday Keeperby Joost Elffers, Gary GoldschneiderISBN 067088183X (0-670-88183-X)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret Language of Birthdays: Relationship Workbook and Birthday Keeper'Book summary:If you find yourself buying a lot of birthday gifts at certain times of the year, it's no accident--it's astrology. Individuals born during specific six-to-nine day personology periods--Gemini III or Cancer II, for example--share significant characteristics, ones that may attract you over and over again. With The Secret Language of Birthdays: Relationship Workbook and Birthday Keeper, you can keep track of all your loved ones' birthdays and their personality traits, strengths, and weaknesses in this attractive spiral-bound keepsake. The workbook section provides a format for personalizing the book by examining your relationships with the people in your life and exposing relationship patterns, in the mode of The Secret Language of Relationships. Here is a lovely, illuminating, budget-priced, enduring gift for the more than a million Secret Language addicts. [via]
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The Secret Language of Relationships: Your Complete Personology Guide to Any Relationship With Anyoneby Joost Elffers, Gary GoldschneiderISBN 0670875279 (0-670-87527-9)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Seinlanguageby Jerry SeinfeldISBN 0553569155 (0-553-56915-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seinlanguage'Book summary:Seinlanguage could easily be subtitled The World According to Jerry. First published in 1993, when Seinfeld the sitcom was establishing itself as the funniest half-hour on television, this is a collection of Jerry's musings on everything from relationships to shushing in movie theatres. Observational comedy may have reached epidemic proportions recently, but Jerry Seinfeld was, and is, the master of his domain.
"I will never understand why they cook on TV. I can't smell it. Can't eat it. Can't taste it. The end of the show they hold it up to the camera, 'Well, here it is. You can't have any. Thanks for watching. Goodbye.'"
Eons hence, scholars may ponder the mysteries of this book in the same way that they now ponder the fragments of Heraclitus. Until then, Seinlanguage will continue to provide guaranteed chuckles in a neat and tidy package. Kind of like Jerry himself. --Simon Leake [via]
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Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolutionby Leonard ShlainISBN 0670032336 (0-670-03233-6)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution'Book summary:This book sets out to explore why and when people evolved so far away from other mammals in several key ways, all of which Dr. Shlain ties to the biological differences between men and women. As in his excellent prior work The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image (which holds that there are links between the ascendancy of patriarchy and written language and the descent of matriarchal societies and goddess-based religions), some of the concepts proposed in this book might seem a bit of a stretch. And they arewhether or not they turn out to be factual. Shlain contends, for instance, that women essentially invented the concept of time due to their experience of menses. Whatever conclusions the reader comes to, the author exposes the underlying gender biases in so many scientific assumptions; the result is one of those books that cannot help but alter one's perceptions. A consistently engaging writer, Shlain traces the course of his own evolving ideas with what might be called a didactic wit: bold statements are first writ large, then Dr. Shlain reveals how he came upon them, frequently with colorful anecdotes that show these are questions he's been wrestling with for many years. It's difficult to tell whether this fascinating thinker will be viewed as the next Darwin or as a crank, but there's no denying this is an audacious work in the realm of evolutionary biology. --Mike McGonigal [via]
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The Solace of Open Spacesby Gretel EhrlichISBN 0670806781 (0-670-80678-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Solace of Open Spaces'Book summary:"Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are. We are often like rivers: careless and forceful, timid and dangerous, lucid and muddied, eddying, gleaming, still." Whether she's reflecting on nature's teachings, divulging her experiences as a cowpuncher, or painting vivid word portraits of the people she lives and works with, Gretel Ehrlich's observations are lyrical and funny, wise and authentic. After moving from the city to a vast new state, she writes of adjusting to cowboy life, boundless open spaces, and the almost incomprehensible harshness of a Wyoming winter:
"When it's fifty below, the mercury bottoms out and jiggles there as if laughing at those of us still above ground. Once I caught myself on tiptoes, peering down into the thermometer as if there were an extension inside inscribed with higher and higher declarations of physical misery: ninety below to the power of ten and so on."
After experiencing the isolated life of a sheep herder, she writes, "Keenly observed the world is transformed. The landscape is engorged with detail, every movement on it chillingly sharp. The air between people is charged. Days unfold, bathed in their own music. Nights become hallucinatory; dreams, prescient."
Ehrlich's gift is one of subtle precision. She writes beauty into the plainest of thoughts and meaning into the simplest of ideas: "True solace is finding none, which is to say, it is everywhere." --Kathryn True [via]
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The Story of Civilization Pt. 1: The Life of Greeceby Will Durant, Ariel DurantISBN 0671418009 (0-671-41800-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story of Civilization Pt. 1: The Life of Greece'Book summary:The Story of Civilization, Volume II: A history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander to the Roman Conquest. This is the second volume of the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning series. [via]
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The Story of Civilization Pt. 2 : The Renaissanceby Will Durant, Ariel DurantISBN 0671616005 (0-671-61600-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Their Finest Hourby Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillISBN 0553132725 (0-553-13272-5)
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Up from Slavery: An Autobiographyby Booker T. WashingtonISBN 0553115200 (0-553-11520-0)
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The Upanishads: Selectionsby Alistair Shearer, Peter RussellISBN 0609611070 (0-609-61107-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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This lucid translation captures both the poetry and the precision of the original, rendering accessible an extraordinary body of spiritual wisdom as never before. Speaking from the depth of the everlasting NOW, the Upanishads make the mind soar and the heart sing, and point the soul to freedom. [via]More editions of The Upanishads: Selections:
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Vietnam: A Historyby Stanley KarnowISBN 0670746045 (0-670-74604-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Walking on Waterby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0553236199 (0-553-23619-9)
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Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Languageby David B. GuralinkISBN 0671418114 (0-671-41811-4)
Softcover, Simon and Schuster
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Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Languageby [ClevelandISBN 0529052679 (0-529-05267-9)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall Direct
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Webster's New World Dictionary, Concise Editionby GuralnikISBN 0671418173 (0-671-41817-3)
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Websters New World Dictionary of the American Languageby Merriam-Webster StaffISBN 0529053241 (0-529-05324-1)
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When Character Was King : A Story of Ronald Reaganby Peggy NoonanISBN 0670882356 (0-670-88235-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Whole Shebang: A State-Of-The-Universes Reportby Timothy FerrisISBN 0613275586 (0-613-27558-6)
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