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  Adrift
  

  by Steven Callahan

  ISBN 1885283164 (1-885283-16-4)
  Hardcover, Adventure Library

  
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  On the night of January 29, 1982, Steven Callahan set sail in his small sloop from the Canary Islands bound for the Caribbean. Thus began one of the most remarkable sea adventures of all time. Six days out, the sloop sank, and Callahan found himself adrift in the Atlantic in a five-and-a-half-foot inflatable raft with only three pounds of food and eight pints of water. He would drift for seventy-six days over eighteen hundred miles of ocean before he reached land and rescue.

  Introduction by Edward E. Leslie, Epilogue by Steven Callahan, drawings and photos [via]

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  The Agile Gene: How Nature Turns on Nurture
  

  by Matt Ridley

  ISBN 006000679X (0-06-000679-X)
  Softcover, Harpercollins

  
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  In the follow-up to his bestseller, Genome, Matt Ridley takes on a centuries-old question: is it nature or nurture that makes us who we are? Ridley asserts that the question itself is a "false dichotomy." Using copious examples from human and animal behavior, he presents the notion that our environment affects the way our genes express themselves.

  Ridley writes that the switches controlling our 30,000 or so genes not only form the structures of our brains but do so in such a way as to cue off the outside environment in a tidy feedback loop of body and behavior. In fact, it seems clear that we have genetic "thermostats" that are turned up and down by environmental factors. He challenges both scientific and folk concepts, from assumptions of what's malleable in a person to sociobiological theories based solely on the "selfish gene."

  Ridley's proof is in the pudding for such touchy subjects as monogamy, aggression, and parenting, which we now understand have some genetic controls. Nevertheless, "the more we understand both our genes and our instincts, the less inevitable they seem." A consummate popularizer of science, Ridley once again provides a perfect mix of history, genetics, and sociology for readers hungry to understand the implications of the human genome sequence. --Therese Littleton [via]

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  Blankets
  

  by Craig Thompson

  ISBN 1891830430 (1-891830-43-0)
  Softcover, Top Shelf Productions

  
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  Thompson's touching memoir chronicles the sibling rivalry of two brothers growing up in the isolated country, the budding romance of two coming-of-age lovers, and the emotional conflict engendered by the author's rigidly fundamentalist upbringing. Blankets is already regarded as the genre-defining masterwork of Thompson's generation. [A] masterly telling of a moving, deeply human story.... this is highly recommended for adult collections. --Library Journal. [via]

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  Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
  

  by James C. Collins

  ISBN 0060516402 (0-06-051640-2)
  Softcover, Harpercollins

  
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  Built to Last became an instant business classic. This audio abridgement is read by the authors, who alternate chapters. Collins is a bit breathlessly enthusiastic, but clear and interesting; Porras, unfortunately, is poorly inflected and wooden. They set out to determine what's special about "visionary" companies--the Disneys, Wal-Marts, and Mercks, companies at the very top of their game that have demonstrated longevity and great brand image. The authors compare 18 "visionary" picks to a control group of "successful-but-second-rank" companies. Thus Disney is compared to Columbia Pictures, Ford to GM, and so on.

  A central myth, according to the authors, is that visionary companies start with a great product and are pushed into the future by charismatic leaders. Usually false, Collins and Porras find. Much more important, and a much more telling line of demarcation between a wild success like 3M and an also-ran like Norton, is flexibility. 3M had no master plan, little structure, and no prima donnas. Instead it had an atmosphere in which bright people were not afraid to "try a lot of stuff and keep what works."

  If you listen to this audiocassette on your daily commute, you may discover whether you are headed to a "visionary" place of work--and, if so, whether you are the kind of employee who fits your employer's vision. (Running time: two hours, two cassettes) --Richard Farr [via]

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  Catwatching
  

  by Desmond Morris

  ISBN 1850892202 (1-85089-220-2)
  Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books

  
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  City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
  

  by Mike Davis, Robert Morrow

  ISBN 1844675688 (1-84467-568-8)
  Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc

  
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  This new edition of Mike Daviss visionary work gives an update on Los Angeles as the city hits the 21st century.

  No metropolis has been more loved or more hated. To its official boosters, "Los Angeles brings it all together." To detractors, LA is a sunlit mortuary where "you can rot without feeling it." To Mike Davis, the author of this fiercely elegant and wide- ranging work of social history, Los Angeles is both utopia and dystopia, a place where the last Joshua trees are being plowed under to make room for model communities in the desert, where the rich have hired their own police to fend off street gangs, as well as armed Beirut militias. 

  In City of Quartz, Davis reconstructs LA's shadow history and dissects its ethereal economy. He tells us who has the power and how they hold on to it. He gives us a city of Dickensian extremes, Pynchonesque conspiracies, and a desperation straight out of Nathaniel Westa city in which we may glimpse our own future mirrored with terrifying clarity.

  In this new edition, Davis provides a dazzling update on the city's current status.

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  The Cloud of Unknowing
  

  by Laurence Freeman

  ISBN 1852309202 (1-85230-920-2)
  Hardcover, Thorsons Element

  
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  This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. [via]

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  The Cloud of Unknowing
  

  by Patrick J. Gallacher

  ISBN 1879288893 (1-879288-89-3)
  Softcover, Western Michigan Univ Medieval

  
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  Companion To Narnia
  

  by C. S. Lewis, Paul F. Ford

  ISBN 0020849400 (0-02-084940-0)
  Softcover, Collier Books

  
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  Couldn't Keep It to Myself: Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters
  

  by Wally Lamb

  ISBN 006053429X (0-06-053429-X)
  Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers

  
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  Any book that can give voice to the voiceless should be celebrated. No one feels this more strongly than Wally Lamb, editor of Couldn't Keep It to Myself, a collection of stories by 11 women imprisoned in the York Correctional Institution in Connecticut. Teacher and novelist Lamb was invited to head a writing workshop at York Correctional Institution in 1999. His somewhat reluctant acceptance soon turned into steadfast advocacy once the women in his charge began to tell their stories. Lamb maintains that there are things we need to know about prison and prisoners: "There are misconceptions to be abandoned, biases to be dropped." However, as heartfelt as his appeal is, nothing speaks more convincingly in this book than the stories themselves.

  Those collected here are disturbing and horrific. They reveal, often in graphic detail, the worst kind of abuse: incest, drug addiction, spousal violence, parental neglect, or incompetence. They're also testimony to what social workers and health care professionals have confirmed for years--that those who populate our prisons are often victims first themselves. Thus, the telling of these stories serves as a form of therapy. They are also sad accounts of the brutalities many suffer, yet few discuss: "One day I figured out a dying little girl lived inside of me, so I threw her a lifeline in the form of paper and pen." Considering the degradation the contributors have experienced both in and outside prison, the courage, candor, and honesty with which they speak truly make these stories, as difficult as they are to read, "victories against voicelessness--miracles in print." --Silvana Tropea [via]

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  Creative Nonfiction: Researching and Crafting Stories of Real Life
  

  by Philip Gerard

  ISBN 1884910432 (1-884910-43-2)
  Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc

  
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  In Creative Nonfiction, Philip Gerard offers would-be writers instruction and advice to help them create compelling nonfiction pieces. He uses one of his own pieces as an example, and takes the reader step by step through the writing process.' [via]

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  Dictionary of Imaginary Places: The Newly Updated and Expanded Classic
  

  by Alberto Manguel, Gianni Guadalupi

  ISBN 0025793101 (0-02-579310-1)
  Hardcover, Macmillan

  
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  Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
  

  by E. C. Brewer

  ISBN 1853263001 (1-85326-300-1)
  Softcover, Wordsworth Edition

  
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  Explains the origins of the familiar and unfamiliar in phrase and fable. [via]

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  Dioses Tumbas Y Sabios
  

  by C.W. Ceram

  ISBN 8423308677 (84-233-0867-7)
  Hardcover, Planeta Pub Corp

  
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  Discours Sur L'Origine Et Les Fondements De L'Inegalite Parmi Les Hommes
  

  by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  ISBN 2070325415 (2-07-032541-5)
  Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books

  
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  Qu'y a-t-il de naturel en l'homme ? Jean-Jacques Rousseau, dans son Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes, publié en 1755, imagine l'humanité dans sa condition primitive, à une époque où elle ne vivait encore que d'après sa constitution première. Le tableau qu'il dresse de cet état de nature originel fait ressortir l'existence de différences physiques mais d'aucune distribution inégale de droits entre les hommes. C'est l'institution sociale et l'invention du droit qui fera naître les inégalités. Rousseau nous raconte l'enchaînement des circonstances qui dut conduire le genre humain à s'éloigner de son heureuse condition originelle et à devoir recourir à l'autorité d'un État pour sauvegarder la vie et la liberté de chacun.

  Au cours de l'histoire, l'homme se socialise, apprend à parler, à aimer ; il s'humanise en s'éloignant de sa première condition, simple, heureuse mais quasi animale. Une manière pour Rousseau de formuler la contradiction de la condition humaine : historique, insatisfaite, mais aussi hantée par le rêve de la nature et du bonheur.

  Un texte d'une grande éloquence qui ne peut que toucher son lecteur. --Emilio Balturi [via]

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  El Laberinto De LA Soledad / Labyrinth Of Solitude
  

  by Octavio Paz

  ISBN 9681659708 (968-16-5970-8)
  Softcover, Fondo De Cultura Economica USA

  
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  El laberinto de la soledad y Postdata, junto con las precisiones de Paz a Claude Fell en Vuelta a El laberinto de la soledad (1975), son un homenaje a la imaginación y al aliento crítico del poeta mexicano. "Somos, por primera vez en nuestra historia, contemporáneos de todos los hombres", escribió Octavio Paz en El laberinto de la soledad. Medio siglo después la voz de Octavio Paz, clásico contemporáneo, ha ganado un público universal y mexicano. [via]

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  Elizabeth and Mary: Cousins, Rivals, Queens
  

  by Jane Dunn

  ISBN 0002571501 (0-00-257150-1)
  Hardcover, Harpercollins

  
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  Jane Dunn's double biography Elizabeth and Mary takes as its rich and explosive subject matter the ultimately fatal relationship between Queen Elizabeth I of England and her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots. Throughout much of the second half of the 16th century, these two women found themselves queens of their kingdoms and locked in a battle for possession of the British Isles, which only ended with Mary's eventual downfall and execution at Elizabeth's hands in 1586.

  As Dunn points out in her meticulous and compelling recreation of the complex relationship between the two women, "from that one act of regicide, a queen killing a fellow queen, has spun a mythology of justification, romance, accusation, and blame that retains its force right to the present day." Her approach attempts to avoid myth and romance and understand the complex bond that existed between the two women. Elizabeth, the apparent victor, "was haunted by a deep-rooted insecurity as to her own legitimacy", while Mary was pursued by claims of sexual excess and immersion in murderous plots against husbands and enemies, variously seen as "a wronged Madonna or a murderous jezebel."

  Dunn elegantly follows the ups and downs of both monarchs as they strive for political power. Mary's tumultuous reign as Queen of Scotland is particularly well handled, as is Elizabeth's agonised vacillation over her decision to execute Mary. In the end, death triumphed over both, and ensured that each was "elevated to an idealised majesty" for very different reasons. Dunn has marshalled an impressive body of evidence that never overwhelms this psychologically nuanced account of these two remarkable women. --Jerry Brotton [via]

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  The Encyclopedia of Celtic Wisdom: A Celtic Shaman's Sourcebook
  

  by John Matthews, Caitlin Matthews

  ISBN 1852305614 (1-85230-561-4)
  Hardcover, Element Books Ltd

  
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  In this stunning gift edition, Celtic experts Caitlin and John Matthews present inspirational primary material, rich in ancient wisdom, lore, and mythology. For readers who are fascinated by Celtic traditions, and spiritual heritage, this unique reference introduces several new translations of powerful Celtic literature, including stories, poems, and visionary writing-many dating from the 7th century.

  Brimming with invaluable ancestral knowledge and previously unavailable texts, this invaluable sourcebook offers readers a rare insight into shamanic memory, druidic divination and prophecy, shape-shifting myths, stories about soul loss and restoration, legendary magic, and healing traditions. [via]

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  Enigma
  

  by Alan Turing

  ISBN 3211826270 (3-211-82627-0)
  Hardcover, Springer

  
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  Alan Turing, Enigma ist die Biographie des legendären britischen Mathematikers, Logikers, Kryptoanalytikers und Computerkonstrukteurs Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954). Turing war einer der bedeutendsten Mathematiker dieses Jahrhunderts und eine höchst exzentrische Persönlichkeit. Er gilt seit seiner 1937 erschienenen Arbeit "On Computable Numbers", in der er das Prinzip des abstrakten Universalrechners entwickelte, als der Erfinder des Computers. Er legte auch die Grundlagen für das heute "Künstliche Intelligenz" genannte Forschungsgebiet. Turings zentrale Frage "Kann eine Maschine denken?" war das Motiv seiner Arbeit und wird die Schlüsselfrage des Umgangs mit dem Computer werden. Die bis 1975 geheimgehaltene Tätigkeit Turings für den britischen Geheimdienst, die zur Entschlüsselung des deutschen Funkverkehrs führte, trug entscheidend zum Verlauf und Ausgang des Zweiten Weltkriegs bei. [via]

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  Esri Map Book
  

  by Esri Press

  ISBN 1879102838 (1-879102-83-8)
  Softcover, Esri Pr

  
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  Maps tell stories without words, and as geographic information technology evolves these stories are becoming increasingly complex, intricate, and extraordinarily detailed.

  In the thirty years since its inception, GIS has proven itself to be something altogether different from simply a map-making tool. GIS identifies patterns and relationships that can elude the naked eye, reveal trends in agricultural and natural resource management, foster clear, sound environmental conservation, enhance logistical planning, make customer service efficient and effective, and rejuvenate problem-solving from one end of an enterprise to the other. It saves money and time, increases productivity, and generates revenue.

  The ESRI Map Book: Applications of Geographic Information Systems Volume 15 is a compilation of some of the best digital maps produced in 1999. These contributions from individual GIS users around the world show how the digital revolution is fueling an explosion of quality spatial data.

  The stories of these maps cover more than 20 industry sectors from government to geology to health care to transportation. They include:

  -Understanding wetlands depletion
  -Tracking ground water contamination
  -Reducing juvenile crime
  -Preparing for natural disasters
  -Determining biodiversity protection plans
  -Designing telecommunications networks

  Descriptive text accompanies each full-color map, telling how the maps were produced or used. Published annually since 1984, the ESRI Map Book is the only publication dedicated to celebrating the important and innovative mapping achievements of GIS people around the world. [via]

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  An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
  

  by John Locke

  ISBN 185326783X (1-85326-783-X)
  Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc

  
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  The World Literature series reproduces the greatest books the world over with only the highest production standards. History, philosophy, psychology, political theory, fiction, and ancient texts are now accessible to everyone at an extremely affordable price. [via]

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  Essays
  

  by Francis Bacon

  ISBN 1595479643 (1-59547-964-3)
  Softcover, Nuvision Pubns

  
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  The World Literature series reproduces the greatest books the world over with only the highest production standards. History, philosophy, psychology, political theory, fiction, and ancient texts are now accessible to everyone at an extremely affordable price. [via]

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  Finding George Orwell In Burma
  

  by Emma Larkin

  ISBN 1594200521 (1-59420-052-1)
  Hardcover, Penguin Group USA

  
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  Folk Shawls: 25 Knitting Patterns and Tales from Around the World
  

  by Cheryl Oberle, Judith Durant, Dorothy T. Ratigan, Gayle Ford, Joe Coca

  ISBN 1883010594 (1-883010-59-4)
  Softcover, Interweave Pr

  
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  Shawls are currently making a huge comeback in the fashion world, but many people do not realize that the shawl has been worn for many centuries and in many cultures. This collection of patterns and traditions features shawls from around the world. From the Himalayas to Spain, from Iceland to Japan, and from Mexico to Norway, many of the shawls featured here have been taken from examples of historic knitted shawls. Other designs have been translated into knitwear from patterns for woven or lace shawls. Included are 25 patterns as well as historical and cultural information about shawls that have been used for prayer and mourning, as bridal veils, and as christening garments. Each design is presented with a full-page color photo, written instructions, and charts.

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  The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade
  

  by Ann Fessler

  ISBN 1594200947 (1-59420-094-7)
  Hardcover, Penguin Group USA

  
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  Golden Bough
  

  by James G Fraser

  ISBN 0020955707 (0-02-095570-7)
  Softcover, Simon & Schuster

  
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  Draws on myths, rituals, totems and taboos fo ancient European and primitive cultures throughout the world. the third edition of this monumental study of folklore, magic, and religion was abridged by the authour into this single volume in 1922.

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  The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion
  

  by James George Frazer

  ISBN 002095560X (0-02-095560-X)
  Softcover, Simon & Schuster

  
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  The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina
  

  by Frank Rich

  ISBN 159420098X (1-59420-098-X)
  Hardcover, Penguin Group USA

  
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  When America was attacked on 9/11, its citizens almost unanimously rallied behind its new, untested president as he went to war. What they didn't know at the time was that the Bush administration's highest priority was not to vanquish Al Qaeda but to consolidate its own power at any cost. It was a mission that could be accomplished only by a propaganda presidency in which reality was steadily replaced by a scenario of the White House's own inventionand such was that scenario's devious brilliance that it fashioned a second war against an enemy that did not attack America on 9/11, intimidated the Democrats into incoherence and impotence, and turned a presidential election into an irrelevant referendum on macho imagery and same-sex marriage.

  As only he can, acclaimed New York Times columnist Frank Rich delivers a step-by-step chronicle of how skillfully the White House built its house of cards and how the institutions that should have exposed these fictions, the mainstream news media, were too often left powerless by the administration's relentless attack machine, their own post-9/11 timidity, and an unending parade of self-inflicted scandals (typified by those at The New York Times). Demonstrating the candor and conviction that have made him one of our most trusted and incisive public voices, Rich brilliantly and meticulously illuminates the White House's disturbing love affair with "truthiness," and the ways in which a bungled war, a seemingly obscure Washington leak, and a devastating hurricane at long last revealed the man-behind-the-curtain and the story that had so effectively been sold to the nation, as god-given patriotic fact.

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  The Greek Myths and the Hebrew Myths
  

  by Robert Graves, Michael Pharand

  ISBN 1857544803 (1-85754-480-3)
  Hardcover, Carcanet Press, Limited

  
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  The Greek Myths has long been among Graves's most popular works, compendious in scope and lively in the telling. No poet of the twentieth century, not even Ezra Pound, was so compendiously learned as Graves in the origins of our Mediterranean cultures. While his approach to myth is original and sometimes contentious, his narrative is always compelling. Graves tells the myths of creation, the origins of the Gods and their lives, the exploits of the heroes and the Trojan War. The retelling is modern but the matter is not modernised: Graves is alive to the vivid otherness of the world he evokes. The Greek Myths are more than cultural archaeology: it recovers the coherence of the ancient world. Graves's organisation and comparisons of sources infer connections, common themes, synergies and tropes; his riskiest conclusions are persuasive because of the energy and penetration of his mind. He sees history, not psychology, through the myths and suggests that they have actual occasions which, in the telling and retelling, became charged spiritually, maturing into the coherence of religion. The Greek Myths, a reference book or as an exploration of our common roots is corrected in a limited edition as part of the Millennium Graves Programme. [via]

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  Happiness: Lessons From The New Science
  

  by Richard Layard, P. R. G. Layard

  ISBN 1594200394 (1-59420-039-4)
  Hardcover, Penguin Group USA

  
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  There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. We all want more money, but as societies become richer, they do not become happier. This is not speculation: It's the story told by countless pieces of scientific research. We now have sophisticated ways of measuring how happy people are, and all the evidence shows that on average people have grown no happier in the last fifty years, even as average incomes have more than doubled.
  
  The central question the great economist Richard Layard asks in Happiness is this: If we really wanted to be happier, what would we do differently? First we'd have to see clearly what conditions generate happiness and then bend all our efforts toward producing them. That is what this book is about-the causes of happiness and the means we have to effect it.
  
  Until recently there was too little evidence to give a good answer to this essential question, but, Layard shows us, thanks to the integrated insights of psychology, sociology, applied economics, and other fields, we can now reach some firm conclusions, conclusions that will surprise you. Happiness is an illuminating road map, grounded in hard research, to a better, happier life for us all.
  
  From one of the leading voices in the new field of happiness studies comes a groundbreaking statement of the case: what happiness is, exactly, and how to get more of it, as individuals and as a society [via]

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  Holy Bible: King James Version, Burgundy
  

  by Not Available

  ISBN 1884543405 (1-884543-40-5)
  Hardcover, Stl Distribution North Amer

  
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  Illiberal Education: Political Correctness and the College Experience
  

  by Dinesh D'Souza

  ISBN 1878802089 (1-878802-08-9)
  Softcover, John m Ashbrook Center for Public

  
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  Illustrated Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe
  

  by Stephen W. Hawking

  ISBN 1932407537 (1-932407-53-7)
  Softcover, New Millenium

  
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  In physicist Stephan Hawking's brilliant opus, A Brief History Of Time, he presented us with a bold new look at our universe, how it began, and how our old views of physics and tired theories about the creation of the universe were no longer relevant. In other words, Hawking gave us a new look at our world, our universe, and ourselves.

  Now, available for the first time in a deluxe full-color edition with never-before-seen photos and illustrations, Hawking presents an even more comprehensive look at our universe, its creation, and how we see ourselves within it. Imagine sitting in a comfortable room listening to Hawking discuss his latest theories and place them in historical context with science's other great achievements-it would be like hearing Christopher Columbus deliver the news about the new world. [via]

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  Introducing Jung
  

  by Maggie Hyde, Michael McGuinness, Richard Appignanesi

  ISBN 1840465794 (1-84046-579-4)
  Softcover, Totem Books

  
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  This book brilliantlu explains the theories that led Jung to break away from Freud and describes his own near psychotic breakdown in mid-life, a night-sea voyage from which he emerged with radical new insights into the nature of the unconscious mind. [via]

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  Introducing Postmodernism
  

  by Richard Appignanesi, Patrick Curry, Ziauddin Sardar, Chris Garratt

  ISBN 1840460563 (1-84046-056-3)
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  What on earth is postmodernism? This is a guide to the maddeningly enigmatic concept which is supposed to define the human cultural condition at the end of the 20th century. Postmodernism claims that "modernity" has collapsed, that the historical process which began with the enlightenment, industrialism, Darwin, Marx, Freud and so on has exhausted itself and there is no more "future", just an endlessly "contemporary" world full of endlessly contested meanings. This uncertainty has led to a postmodern culture which embodies parody, pastiche and cultural cross-over and claims as its own such diverse phenomena as Andy Warhol, neo-classical architecture and Mickey Mouse! This book takes the reader on a roller-coaster ride through structuralism, deconstruction, cyberspace and semiotics in the company of the essential postmodern icons from Adorno and Lacan to Foucault and Umberto Eco. [via]

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  The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
  

  by James Boswell

  ISBN 3829030029 (3-8290-3002-9)
  Softcover, Konemann

  
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  La Rebelion De Las Masas / The Revolt of the Masses
  

  by Jose Ortega Y Gasset

  ISBN 8430939695 (84-309-3969-5)
  Softcover, Grupo Anaya Comercial

  
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  La rebelion de las masas es el libro mas difundido, comentado y controvertido de Jose Ortega y Gasset. Junto con El Quijote y la poesia de Garcia Lorca es la obra de mas fortuna internacional de las letras espanolas. Es, en sintesis, un analisis historico de la relacion entre masas y minorias, un diagnostico de la vida publica, una serie de profecias cumplidas, la exploracion de una dimension nueva de la edad moderna, asi como una condena del nacionalismo y una llamada a la union europea. Esta edicion sigue la de Paulino Garagorri revista de Occidente en Alianza Editorial a la que se ha agregado una introduccion, notas y un Apendice (IV) que complementa los tres de Garagorri. [via]

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  Learning Web Design
  

  by Jennifer Niederst Robbins

  ISBN 160033007X (1-60033-007-X)
  Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc

  
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  The Life and Times of Lucrezia Borgia
  

  by Maria Bellonci

  ISBN 184212059X (1-84212-059-X)
  Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

  
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  Although Lucrezia Borgia was a daughter of Pope Alexander VI and chiefly remembered as a raven-haired poisoner, Bellonci depicts a passionate woman moving uncertainly through the papal court and the intrigues, ambitions, and political chicanery that swirled about her. Winner of the Viareggio Literary Award and the Galante Prize in Italy in 1953.
  
  

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  The Life of Thomas More
  

  by Peter Ackroyd

  ISBN 1856197115 (1-85619-711-5)
  Hardcover, Chatto & Windus

  
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  The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired
  

  by Francine Prose

  ISBN 0060196726 (0-06-019672-6)
  Hardcover, Harpercollins

  
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  When Alice Liddell Hargreaves stood before a crowd of scholars at Columbia University in 1932 to accept her honorary Ph.D. for having inspired one of the masterpieces of English literature, she shone a long-dimmed light on the seminal role of the muse in the creation of a work of art. The book she inspired was, of course, Charles Dodgson's (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll's) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, a tale that was born one legendarily "golden afternoon" when Alice was a mere lass, and that would transform the enigmatic Oxford mathematician into one of the most original and controversial authors of all time. In The Lives of the Muses, Francine Prose takes this episode as the starting point for her spirited and enlightening exposé of nine women who fired the imaginations of some of the most inimitable artists and thinkers of the 19th and 20th centuries. With wicked wit, she shows how these women were both exemplars of their times and iconoclasts struggling to assert their own identity within the unconventional relationships they formed with these men. In doing so, she undertakes an examination of the concept of the muse in all its permutations--from the static nine Muses of classical Greek mythology, through Dante's oft-recycled Beatrice, to its ironized figuration in contemporary popular culture.

  In addition to Alice Liddell, Prose looks at the following women: Hester Thrale, a long-suffering brewer's wife whose romantic friendship allowed the depressive Dr. Samuel Johnson to continue writing; the tormented Elizabeth Siddal, an opium-addicted artist who became Beatrice to Pre-Raphaelite painter and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Lou Andreas-Salome, who captivated and aroused a triumvirate of original thinkers, Friedrich Nietzsche, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Sigmund Freud; the "imperious" Gala Dali, who continued to sleep with her ex-husband, poet Paul Eluard, even as she transformed herself into a phenomenal marketing machine for Surrealist Salvador Dali; Lee Miller, a model who mastered the techniques of Man Ray and others, and became a talented photographer; Suzanne Farrell, a ballerina who incarnated, animated, and was inspired to great heights of artistry by the compositions of choreographer George Balanchine; Charis Weston, one in a long line of the erotically restless Edward Weston's cast-off art wives and lovers; and the infamous Yoko Ono, who fought fiercely for recognition as an avant-garde artist as she sought to subserve John Lennon into the role of muse.

  This book becomes a thoroughly absorbing study of the muse in recent history on the basis of several women who, thanks to Prose's sharp intellect and verbal flair, emerge as intriguing figures and subjects worthy of attention in their own right. Prose draws on photographs, diaries, correspondence, memoirs, and original works of art that reveal the complexity of these artist-muse relationships, and that direct her readers to other books should their curiosity be piqued (as it undoubtedly will). On full display and put to good purpose is Prose's talent for writing provocative, invigorating prose that engages and excites the reader, inspiring them to undertake wider reading. --Diana Kuprel [via]

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  Me Llamo Rigoberta Menchu Y Asi Me Nacio LA Conciencia
  

  by Elizabeth Burgos, Elisabeth Burgos-Debray

  ISBN 9682313155 (968-23-1315-5)
  Softcover, Editorial Trillas Sa De Cv

  
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  Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Eighties
  

  by Paul Johnson

  ISBN 0060151595 (0-06-015159-5)
  Hardcover, Harpercollins

  
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  The classic world history of the events, ideas, and personalities of the twentieth century. Paul Johnson makes history come alive in a unique way. [via]

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  Nature Via Nurture: Genes, Experience, and What Makes Us Human
  

  by Matt Ridley

  ISBN 0060006781 (0-06-000678-1)
  Hardcover, Harpercollins

  
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  The New Bottoming Book
  

  by Dossie Easton, Janet W. Hardy

  ISBN 1890159352 (1-890159-35-2)
  Softcover, Greenery Pr

  
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  Almost a decade ago, the first `Bottoming Book` taught tens of thousands of people that bottoming - being a submissive, masochist, slave, `boy` or `girl,` or other BDSM recipient - is as much an art as topping. Since then, the growing popularity of BDSM, and the blossoming of the Internet as a source of information and connection, have created a whole new universe of possibilities for players. Now, the completely updated revised `New Bottoming Book` gives even more insights and ideas, updated for a new millennium, about how to be a successful, popular bottom! New sections on dominance/submission play, bridging the gap from on-line to real-time relationships, the four stages of a scene, and more. Plus, Fish`s hot illustrations of bottoms in action, many moving and funny anecdotes, and an extra-large helping of the realistic wisdom for which these authors are known. [via]

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  On Becoming a Novelist
  

  by John Gardner

  ISBN 0060149566 (0-06-014956-6)
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  On the Origin of Inequality
  

  by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  ISBN 1596055480 (1-59605-548-0)
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  If we look at human society with a calm and disinterested eye, it seems, at first, to show us only the violence of the powerful and the oppression of the weak. The mind is shocked at the cruelty of the one, or is induced to lament the blindness of the other... -from the Preface Are such concepts of race, class, and wealth inherent to the human condition, or are they results of the development of "civilization"? One of the most important thinkers of the Enlightenment, which laid the groundwork for the modern mind-set, argues that it is only with the creation of agriculture and urban society that inequalities formed. Controversy swirls around the text-some of today's thinkers continue to consider it profound; others contend that it relies on an unsupportable "noble savage" foundation. In either case, this 1752 is one of the greatest works of 18th-century philosophy. Swiss philosopher JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU (1712-1778) was a dramatic influence on the French revolution, 19th-century communism, and much modern political thought. His works include Discourse on the Arts and Sciences (1750), Discourse on Political Economy (1755), and The Social Contract, Or Principles of Political Right (1762). [via]

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  On the Way Home
  

  by Laura Ingalls Wilder

  ISBN 0060264896 (0-06-026489-6)
  Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books

  
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  In 1894, Laura Ingalls Wilder, her husband, Almanzo, and their daughter, Rose, packed their belongings into their covered wagon and set out on a journey from De Smet, South Dakota, to Mansfield, Missouri. They heard that the soil there was rich and the crops were bountiful -- it was even called "the Land of the Big Red Apple." With hopes of beginning a new life, the Wilders made their way to the Ozarks of Missouri.

  During their journey, Laura kept a detailed diary of events: the cities they passed through, the travelers they encountered on the way, the changing countryside and the trials of an often difficult voyage. Laura's words, preserved in this book, reveal her inner thoughts as she traveled with her family in search of a new home in Mansfield, where Rose would spend her childhood, where Laura would write her Little House books, and where she and Almanzo would remain all the rest of their happy days together.

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  On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894
  

  by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose W. Lane

  ISBN 006026490X (0-06-026490-X)
  Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited

  
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  Describes the sights and events a frontier family encounters travelling from South Dakota to the Ozarks. [via]

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  One Man's Meat
  

  by E. B. White

  ISBN 0060150602 (0-06-015060-2)
  Hardcover, Harpercollins

  
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  Perfect Murder, Perfect Town
  

  by Lawrence Schiller

  ISBN 0060191538 (0-06-019153-8)
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  The murder of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey on Christmas night in 1996 inspired sensational headlines throughout the nation--and plunged idyllic Boulder, Colorado's justice system into an ongoing nightmare. In Perfect Murder, Perfect Town, bestselling author Lawrence Schiller explores both the child's mysterious death and the exhaustive, yet often mishandled, investigation that has, in the two years since the crime, failed to produce either a plausible scenario or a killer. The more that was discovered about the crime, the less likelihood there seemed of tying all the evidence into a single theory that fit the murder scene. Meanwhile, conflicting agendas and personalities within the Boulder police department, the district attorney's office, and the sheriff's office escalated a war that has all but eroded the picture-postcard image of liberal, laid-back Boulder.

  Schiller has a knack for distilling context and meaning from violent crime. He partnered with Norman Mailer on the Pulitzer Prize-winning Executioner's Song and was O.J. Simpson's choice of confidante for I Want to Tell You. (From there, he went on to write the definitive story of the Simpson defense, American Tragedy.) For Perfect Murder, Perfect Town, Schiller and researcher Charles Brennan conducted more than 500 interviews, examining the exculpatory evidence from every conceivable point of view to create a fascinating portrait of what happens when tragedy strikes in paradise. There are no easy answers, no simple outs; the murder of JonBenét Ramsey remains unsolved. --Patrizia DiLucchio [via]

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  Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time
  

  by Michael Perry

  ISBN 0060198524 (0-06-019852-4)
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  Welcome to New Auburn, Wisconsin (population: 485), where the local vigilante is a farmer's wife armed with a pistol and a Bible, the most senior member of the volunteer fire department is a cross-eyed butcher with one kidney and two ex-wives (both of whom work at the only gas station in town), and the back roads are haunted by the ghosts of children and farmers. Michael Perry loves this place. He grew up here, and now -- after a decade away -- he has returned.

  Unable to polka or repair his own pickup, his farm-boy hands gone soft after years of writing, Mike figures the best way to regain his credibility is to join the volunteer fire department. Against a backdrop of fires and tangled wrecks, bar fights and smelt feeds, he tells a frequently comic tale leavened with moments of heartbreaking delicacy and searing tragedy. Tracing his calls on a map in the little firehouse, he sees "a dense, benevolent web, spun one frantic zigzag at a time" from which the story of a tiny town emerges, building to a final chapter that is at once devastating and transcendent. [via]

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  Prolegomena to Any Future Megaphysics
  

  by Immanual Kant

  ISBN 0023193301 (0-02-319330-1)
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  Kants Prolegomena -- its full title, in the eighteenth-century manner, is Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics Which Will Be Able to Come Forth as Science -- is a classic in metaphysics and the theory of knowledge. It deals with the perennially baffling questions: How do we know? How much can we know? Its answers to these questions are interesting especially now. We live in one of the recurring periods of intellectual and cultural history that are skeptical and impatient of systems of speculative metaphysics, and a distrust of speculation is the leading motif of the Prolegomena. Though Kant's arguments against speculative metaphysics differ from those of our contemporaries, in some of his results he anticipates their negative conclusions. The Prolegomena, however, is not interesting merely as an historical anticipation of recent views; indeed, as such it has been as it were condemned in advance by Kant (Prolegomena, Introduction). Rather, its chief interest to the student of philosophy is probably the way in which it goes beyond and against the views of contemporary positivism. The book is therefore a challenge both to those who think metaphysical knowledge of the ultimate nature of things is possible and to those who regard metaphysics as comprising only pious wishes and rationalizations, poetry, "nonsense," and "pseudoproblems." The Prolegomena is, moreover, the best of all introductions to that vast and obscure masterpiece, the Critique of Pure Reason. It is a guide through what Kant himself calls the "thorny paths" of that work. Because of the central position the Critique occupies in philosophy, the Prolegomena thus makes a major contribution to an understanding of the chief problems of general philosophy, metaphysics, theory of knowledge, philosophy of science, and ethics. It has an exemplary lucidity and wit, making it unique among Kant's greater works and uniquely suitable as a textbook of the Kantian philosophy. [via]

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  Reading the Vampire Slayer: The New, Updated,Unofficial Guide to Buffy and Angel
  

  by Roz Kaveney

  ISBN 186064984X (1-86064-984-X)
  Softcover, Tauris Parke Paperbacks

  
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  The first edition of Reading the Vampire Slayer was highly praised in both the fan magazine SFX and the Times Literary Supplement. This second edition is hugely revised and expanded to cover the sixth and seventh seasons of Buffy and the third and fourth seasons of Angel. It contains chapters on the relationship between Buffy and the lovelorn vampire Spike and on the thematic structure of Angel, as well as interviews on the writing of Buffy with scriptwriters Jane Espenson and Steven DeKnight. Individual chapters have been updated and the useful episode guide is expanded to cover all seven seasons of Buffy and the four seasons of Angel, as is Roz Kaveney's general introduction to the scenes and structures of each season.
  

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  Reading the Vampire Slayer: An Unofficial Critical Companion to Buffy and Angel
  

  by Roz Kaveney

  ISBN 1860647626 (1-86064-762-6)
  Softcover, St Martins Pr

  
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  Reading the Vampire Slayer is a very accessible collection of essays, edited by Amazon.co.uk contributor and respected SF and Fantasy reviewer Roz Kaveney, which analyses the first five seasons of the TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the first two seasons of "Angel". Kaveney's opening article sketches out the territory, providing an insightful introduction to the themes and structures of the two shows. The essays that follow consider a wide range of issues, but a common theme is the complexity and inventiveness of the shows, with their deconstruction of patriarchal authority and highlighting of the ambiguous nature of evil. Variously, the authors consider how Buffy subverts the "male gaze", the ways in which the shows challenge such concepts as established authority and traditional ways of learning and knowing, the use of humour, how the landscape of Southern California plays its part, and how fans have become actively involved in the writing of slash-fan fiction (which pairs characters such as Xander/Spike in sexual relationships). It's an eclectic mix, with some essays more obviously academic than others, but on the whole the style, which includes bibliographies for further reading, means this book should interest both students of cultural and media studies and more general readers. And it's a lot of fun to read, providing many thoughtful insights into two shows that have proved popular television can be both thought provoking and deeply moving. --Elizabeth Sourbut [via]

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  Reflections on the Revolution in France
  

  by Edmund Burke

  ISBN 0024201901 (0-02-420190-1)
  Softcover, Macmillan Pub Co

  
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  Edmund Burke was a statesman and philosopher who favored gradual reform over revolution. Arguing that the ideology behind the French Revolution was too ephemeral, he predicted a disastrous outcome. Well regarded by the liberals of his day for his support of constitutional limitations on sovereign authority, his condemnation of religious persecution, and his sympathy for the grievances of the American colonists, Burke also gained the respect of conservatives when he published his Reflections on the Revolution in France in 1790. [via]

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  Serenity: The Official Visual Companion
  

  by Joss Whedon

  ISBN 1845760824 (1-84576-082-4)
  Softcover, Random House Inc

  
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  Five hundred years in the future, Captain Mal Reynolds and the crew of the transport-for-hire ship Serenity take on two new passengers and soon find themselves in a crossfire between an invincible military force and cannibalistic savages. Writer/director Joss Whedon, creator of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel", makes his long-awaited feature film directorial debut with "Serenity", based on his cult television series "Firefly". This large format, full color companion to the movie features: a special Introduction by Joss Whedon; an in-depth interview with him about the making of the film; the full shooting script, including scenes cut from the final edit; fascinating production and background memos by Whedon, including "A Brief History of the Universe", circa 2507 A.D.; and scores of stunning movie stills, storyboards and pieces of production art. [via]

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  South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
  

  by Ernest Henry Shackleton

  ISBN 1841581186 (1-84158-118-6)
  Softcover, Interlink Pub Group Inc

  
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  This is Shackleton's account of one of the most famous voyages of all time. In 1914, a journey began with the hopes of a first in exploration, but after the expedition's ship, Endurance, is trapped, then crushed by ice, a desperate struggle for survival begins. Shackleton, with a few men, brave the fury of the South Atlantic Ocean in a 20-ft boat, hinging the entire expedition on this last gamble.... [via]

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  Summer of '49
  

  by David Halberstam

  ISBN 0060007818 (0-06-000781-8)
  Softcover, Harpercollins

  
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  Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control and Pregnancy Achievement
  

  by Toni Weschler

  ISBN 0060394064 (0-06-039406-4)
  Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers

  
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