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The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Makeby Sean CoveyISBN 0743265041 (0-7432-6504-1)
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Be Prepared: A Practical Handbook for New Dadsby Gary Greenberg, Jeannie HaydenISBN 0743251547 (0-7432-5154-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisisby David RieffISBN 074325211X (0-7432-5211-X)
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Bed, Bed, Bedby John Linnell, John Flansburgh, Marcel Dzama, They Might Be GiantsISBN 0743250249 (0-7432-5024-9)
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The Bedford Boys: One Small Town's D-Day Sacrificeby Alex KershawISBN 0743248473 (0-7432-4847-3)
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Behind the Lines : Powerful and Revealing American and Foreign War Letters and One Man's Search to Find Themby Andrew CarrollISBN 0743256166 (0-7432-5616-6)
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The Big Sister's Guide To The World Of Work: The Inside Rules Every Working Girl Must Knowby Marcelle DiFalco, Jocelyn Greenky HerzISBN 0743247108 (0-7432-4710-8)
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Bob Greene's Total Body Makeoverby Bob GreeneISBN 0743254066 (0-7432-5406-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bob Greene's Total Body Makeover'Book summary:Fitness is a lifetime commitment, but you can accelerate results and transform your body in 12 weeks, says Bob Greene, best known as Oprah Winfrey's personal trainer. Not for the "move a little" crowd, this program is intense and challenging, whatever your starting level. "It's a bit like boot camp," Greene acknowledges. You'll do vigorous aerobic exercise 15 (beginning level), 30 (intermediates), or 45 (advanced) minutes 6 days a week, and increase 2 minutes each week--and double your usual minutes for one workout a week. You'll also strength train with dumbbells or machines and do functional training (strengthening stabilizing muscles).
The eating plan is not a diet--rather Greene describes 5 eating rules to help you eat fewer and burn more calories: curb emotional eating, eat breakfast, establish an eating cut-off time, drink lots of water, and limit alcohol. You'll get enough calories to sustain your intense exercise routine, but cut out the calories otherwise stored as fat.
Greene, author of Get With the Program and Make the Connection, also analyzes popular diets, and fills the book with motivational stories of his successful clients. Recommended for those who are ready to commit to an intense program to burn fat, increase metabolism, and change habits for the long haul. --Joan Price
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The Bookman's Promise : A Cliff Janeway Novelby John DunningISBN 0743249925 (0-7432-4992-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bookman's Promise : A Cliff Janeway Novel'Book summary:Cliff Janeway is back! The Bookman's Promise marks the eagerly awaited return of Denver bookman-author John Dunning and the award-winning crime novel series that helped to turn the nation on to first-edition book collecting.
First, it was Booked to Die, then The Bookman's Wake. Now John Dunning fans, old and new, will rejoice in The Bookman's Promise, a richly nuanced new Janeway novel that juxtaposes past and present as Denver ex-cop and bookman Cliff Janeway searches for a book and a killer.
The quest begins when an old woman, Josephine Gallant, learns that Janeway has recently bought at auction a signed first edition by the legendary nineteenth-century explorer Richard Francis Burton. The book is a true classic, telling of Burton's journey (disguised as a Muslim) to the forbidden holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The Boston auction house was a distinguished and trustworthy firm, but provenance is sometimes murky and Josephine says the book is rightfully hers.
She believes that her grandfather, who was living in Baltimore more than eighty years ago, had a fabulous collection of Burton material, including a handwritten journal allegedly detailing Burton's undercover trip deep into the troubled American South in 1860. Josephine remembers the books from her childhood, but everything mysteriously disappeared shortly after her grandfather's death.
With little time left in her own life, Josephine begs for Janeway's promise: he must find her grandfather's collection. It's a virtually impossible task, Janeway suspects, as the books will no doubt have been sold and separated over the years, but how can he say no to a dying woman?
It seems that her grandfather, Charlie Warren, traveled south with Burton in the spring of 1860, just before the Civil War began. Was Burton a spy for Britain? What happened during the three months in Burton's travels for which there are no records? How did Charlie acquire his unique collection of Burton books? What will the journal, if it exists, reveal?
When a friend is murdered, possibly because of a Burton book, Janeway knows he must find the answers. Someone today is willing to kill to keep the secrets of the past, and Janeway's search will lead him east: To Baltimore, to a Pulitzer Prize-winning author with a very stuffed shirt, and to a pair of unorthodox booksellers. It reaches a fiery conclusion at Fort Sumter off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina.
What's more, a young lawyer, Erin d'Angelo, and ex-librarian Koko Bujak, have their own reasons for wanting to find the journal. But can Janeway trust them?
Rich with the insider's information on rare and collectible books that has made John Dunning famous, and with meticulously researched detail about a mesmerizing figure who may have played an unrecognized role in our Civil War, The Bookman's Promise is riveting entertainment from an extraordinarily gifted author who is as unique and special as the books he so clearly loves. [via]
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Catch As Catch Can: The Collected Stories and Other Writingsby Park Bucker, Matthew Joseph BruccoliISBN 0743257936 (0-7432-5793-6)
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Chasing Spring: An American Journey Through a Changing Seasonby Bruce StutzISBN 0743262476 (0-7432-6247-6)
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Cinematography: A Guide For Filmmakers and Film Teachersby J. Kris Malkiewicz, M. David MullenISBN 074326438X (0-7432-6438-X)
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Copies In Seconds: How A Lone Inventor And An Unknown Company Created The Biggest Communication Breakthrough Since Gutenberg--chester Carlson And The Birth Of Xeroxby David OwenISBN 0743251180 (0-7432-5118-0)
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The Deceivers : Allied Military Deception in the Second World Warby Thaddeus HoltISBN 0743250427 (0-7432-5042-7)
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Einstein: His Life And Universeby Walter IsaacsonISBN 0743264738 (0-7432-6473-8)
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Read "The Light-Beam Rider," the first chapter of Walter Isaacson's Einstein: His Life and Universe.
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Amazon.com: What kind of scientific education did you have to give yourself to be able to understand and explain Einstein's ideas?
Isaacson: I've always loved science, and I had a group of great physicists--such as Brian Greene, Lawrence Krauss, and Murray Gell-Mann--who tutored me, helped me learn the physics, and checked various versions of my book. I also learned the tensor calculus underlying general relativity, but tried to avoid spending too much time on it in the book. I wanted to capture the imaginative beauty of Einstein's scientific leaps, but I hope folks who want to delve more deeply into the science will read Einstein books by such scientists as Abraham Pais, Jeremy Bernstein, Brian Greene, and others.
Amazon.com: That Einstein was a clerk in the Swiss Patent Office when he revolutionized our understanding of the physical world has often been treated as ironic or even absurd. But you argue that in many ways his time there fostered his discoveries. Could you explain?
Isaacson: I think he was lucky to be at the patent office rather than serving as an acolyte in the academy trying to please senior professors and teach the conventional wisdom. As a patent examiner, he got to visualize the physical realities underlying scientific concepts. He had a boss who told him to question every premise and assumption. And as Peter Galison shows in Einstein's Clocks, Poincare's Maps, many of the patent applications involved synchronizing clocks using signals that traveled at the speed of light. So with his office-mate Michele Besso as a sounding board, he was primed to make the leap to special relativity.
Amazon.com: That time in the patent office makes him sound far more like a practical scientist and tinkerer than the usual image of the wild-haired professor, and more like your previous biographical subject, the multitalented but eminently earthly Benjamin Franklin. Did you see connections between them?
Isaacson: I like writing about creativity, and that's what Franklin and Einstein shared. They also had great curiosity and imagination. But Franklin was a more practical man who was not very theoretical, and Einstein was the opposite in that regard.
Amazon.com: Of the many legends that have accumulated around Einstein, what did you find to be least true? Most true?
Isaacson: The least true legend is that he failed math as a schoolboy. He was actually great in math, because he could visualize equations. He knew they were nature's brushstrokes for painting her wonders. For example, he could look at Maxwell's equations and marvel at what it would be like to ride alongside a light wave, and he could look at Max Planck's equations about radiation and realize that Planck's constant meant that light was a particle as well as a wave. The most true legend is how rebellious and defiant of authority he was. You see it in his politics, his personal life, and his science.
Amazon.com: At Time and CNN and the Aspen Institute, you've worked with many of the leading thinkers and leaders of the day. Now that you've had the chance to get to know Einstein so well, did he remind you of anyone from our day who shares at least some of his remarkable qualities?
Isaacson: There are many creative scientists, most notably Stephen Hawking, who wrote the essay on Einstein as "Person of the Century" when I was editor of Time. In the world of technology, Steve Jobs has the same creative imagination and ability to think differently that distinguished Einstein, and Bill Gates has the same intellectual intensity. I wish I knew politicians who had the creativity and human instincts of Einstein, or for that matter the wise feel for our common values of Benjamin Franklin.
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Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelryby Elizabeth TaylorISBN 0743254384 (0-7432-5438-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry'Book summary:""Here, in my own words and as I remember them, are my cherished stories about a lifetime of fun and love and laughter...I've never thought of my jewelry as trophies. I'm here to take care of it and to love it, for we are only temporary custodians of beauty."
--Elizabeth Taylor"
She has mesmerized movie audiences since her debut in "National Velvet" at the age of twelve, dazzled both men and women with her luminous beauty and iconic presence, displayed shrewd business acumen by creating a line of fragrances with unparalleled success, and her AIDS activism has been a call to arms for people around the world. She is Hollywood's greatest living star and a living legendElizabeth Taylor.
One of her greatest passions is jewelry, and over the years she has amassed one of the world's foremost collections. By the time she was in her thirties, Elizabeth Taylor already owned an outstanding set of Burmese rubies and diamonds from Cartier, a fantastic emerald and diamond suite from Bulgari, and the 33.19-carat Krupp diamond, a gift from Richard Burton. That ring was later eclipsed by a subsequent gift from Burton, when he bought a staggering 69.42-carat pear-shaped diamond. Newly named the Taylor-Burton Diamond, it catapulted Elizabeth Taylor into that rarefied pantheon of great jewelry collectors.
In this revealing book, Elizabeth Taylor offers a personal guided tour of her collection. She takes us into her confidence, sharing personal anecdotes, witty asides, and intimate reminiscences about her life, her loves, and her collection. Whether talking about the famous La Peregrina pearl, which was briefly abducted by a household pet, or chatting about a childhood gift to her mother, ElizabethTaylor shows herself to be the most seductive of storytellers: direct, irreverent, and charming.
Complementing the stories are 125 stunning new photographs of her most remarkable pieces, specially commissioned for this book, and more than 150 rarely seen images (many from Elizabeth Taylor's personal collection) of the star wearing her jewelry over the course of almost sixty years. We see her as a young ingenue of fifteen wearing what would be the first of many charm bracelets, and again, equally dazzling, as a mature woman, wearing the famous Duchess of Windsor diamond brooch, which she purchased to benefit AIDS research.
"Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry" marks the first time this beautiful jewelry will be seen together as a collection. Lavishly produced and illustrated, the book has an introduction by the world-renowned authority on jewelry, Francois Curiel, of Christie's. It is for those who are enchanted by this most incandescent and enduring star, for those who cherish and dream of jewelry, and most importantly, for those who believe in the true meaning of love. This book is a fabulous display of unbelievable glamour, assembled over a lifetime, by one of the most extraordinary women in the world. [via]
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Endgame: Solving the Iraq Crisisby Scott RitterISBN 0743247728 (0-7432-4772-8)
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Scott Ritter spent seven years in Iraq as an arms inspector for the United Nations. His 1998 resignation as the U.N.'s chief weapons inspector there made front-page headlines around the world. In Endgame, Ritter draws on his experiences to take us inside Saddam Hussein's Iraq and to explain where U.S. policy in Iraq went wrong.
Ritter describes in detail the ways that Saddam tried to foil inspectors by concealing his weapons programs. He brings readers with him inside some of Iraq's most carefully guarded sites and shows us dramatic face-offs between U.N. inspectors and hostile Iraqi guards and officials. But Ritter criticizes the U.S. for squandering an international consensus on Iraq and trying to use the inspections process for uniquely American goals. He argues strongly against the proposed American military strike against Iraq, suggesting instead a bold and innovative solution to the long-standing crisis. [via]
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Ernest Hemingway Selected Letters 1917-1961by Ernest Hemingway, Carlos BakerISBN 0743246896 (0-7432-4689-6)
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The Explorer King : Adventure, Science, and the Great Diamond Hoax--Clarence King in the Old Westby Robert WilsonISBN 0743260252 (0-7432-6025-2)
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Found: The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the Worldby Davy RothbartISBN 0743251148 (0-7432-5114-8)
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 074325578X (0-7432-5578-X)
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Millions of readers have enjoyed the chilling tale of Frankenstein for its dark and gripping plot. But did you know that it's also packed with words you need to know for the SAT?
Learning words by reading them in context is the most effective way to expand your vocabulary, and this book can help you do just that! This edition of Frankenstein includes:
" 629 SAT vocabulary words highlighted throughout the text
" Definitions for each highlighted word on the facing page
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" Plus a special glossary that defines over 100 additional challenging vocabulary words
" It's a pain-free way to build your vocabulary -- and to score higher on the test!
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Fraud of the Century: Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden, and the Stolen Election of 1876by Roy MorrisISBN 0743255526 (0-7432-5552-6)
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From Plato To Natoby Janine M. BenyusISBN 0743264886 (0-7432-6488-6)
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General Washington's Christmas Farewell : A Mount Vernon Homecoming, 1783by Stanley WeintraubISBN 0743246543 (0-7432-4654-3)
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Genius Denied: How to Stop Wasting Our Brightest Young Mindsby Bob Davidson, Jan Davidson, Laura VanderkamISBN 0743254619 (0-7432-5461-9)
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In Genius Denied, the Davidsons -- founders of a nonprofit institute that provides assistance to gifted children -- offer hope and practical advice to parents and students alike. Through their own experiences and those of the families they've worked with, the Davidsons show parents how to find an appropriate education for their children, when to go outside the school system, and how to create a support network with school authorities and other parents. Genius Denied shows that with commitment and creativity, gifted students can get the education they deserve, one that nurtures their talents and minds. [via]
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Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitutionby Richard BrookhiserISBN 0743256026 (0-7432-5602-6)
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Guess Againby Bernard CooperISBN 0743249402 (0-7432-4940-2)
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Had Enough: A Handbook for Fighting Backby James Carville, Jeff NussbaumISBN 0743255755 (0-7432-5575-5)
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How To Tell A Naked Man What To Do: Sex Advice From A Woman Who Knowsby Candida Royalle, Billie FitzpatrickISBN 0743266455 (0-7432-6645-5)
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I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen : Coming to California in the Age of Schwarzeneggerby Amy WilentzISBN 0743264398 (0-7432-6439-8)
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The Interpreterby Alice KaplanISBN 0743254244 (0-7432-5424-4)
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The Intimate World of Abraham Lincolnby C. A. Tripp, Jean Baker, Lewis GannettISBN 0743266390 (0-7432-6639-0)
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The Iraq War Reader : History, Documents, Opinionsby Micah L. Sifry, Christopher CerfISBN 0743253477 (0-7432-5347-7)
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It's Still the Economy, Stupid: George W. Bush, the Gop's Ceoby Paul BegalaISBN 0743246470 (0-7432-4647-0)
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Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting that Revolutionized Wineby George M. TaberISBN 0743247515 (0-7432-4751-5)
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Kaplan Ap World History: 2004by KaplanISBN 0743252098 (0-7432-5209-8)
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Kaplan GRE Exam 2005: with Cd-Romby KaplanISBN 0743251695 (0-7432-5169-5)
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Kaplan Gre Exam 2006: Comprehensive Programby Not AvailableISBN 0743265432 (0-7432-6543-2)
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Kaplan GRE Exam Vocabulary Flashcards Flip-O-Maticby Kaplan Educational Center StaffISBN 0743261844 (0-7432-6184-4)
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The creator of the #1 GRE course, Kaplan knows the words you need to know to score higher on the GRE. GRE Exam Vocabulary Flip-O-Matic is designed to allow you to quiz yourself and to skip over words after you've mastered them. It's the perfect size to take anywhere and features synonyms, sample sentences, and a pronunciation key for each word. You'll improve your GRE vocabulary by 500 essential words! [via]
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Kaplan Lsat 2005by KaplanISBN 0743251725 (0-7432-5172-5)
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A Killer Life : How an Independent Film Producer Survives Deals and Disasters in Hollywood and Beyondby Christine Vachon, Austin Bunn, John PiersonISBN 0743256301 (0-7432-5630-1)
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Last Days in Babylon: The History of a Family, the Story of a Nationby Marina BenjaminISBN 0743258436 (0-7432-5843-6)
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Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporationby James P. Womack, Daniel T. JonesISBN 0743249275 (0-7432-4927-5)
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Leonard Woolf: A Biographyby Victoria GlendinningISBN 0743246535 (0-7432-4653-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leonard Woolf: A Biography'Book summary:Award-winning biographer Victoria Glendinning draws on her deep knowledge of the twentieth century literary scene, and on her meticulous research into previously untapped sources, to write the first full biography of the extraordinary man who was the "dark star" at the center of the Bloomsbury set, and the definitive portrait of the Woolf marriage. A man of extremes, Leonard Woolf was ferocious and tender, violent and self-restrained, opinionated and nonjudgmental, always an outsider of sorts within the exceptionally intimate, fractious, and sometimes vicious society of brilliant but troubled friends and lovers.
He has been portrayed either as Virginia's saintly caretaker or as her oppressor, the substantial range and influence of his own achievements overshadowed by Virginia's fame and the tragedy of her suicide. But Leonard was a pivotal figure of his age, whose fierce intelligence touched the key literary and political events that shaped the early decades of the twentieth century and would resonate into the post-World War II era.
Glendinning beautifully evokes Woolf 's coming-of-age in turn-of-the-century London. The scholarship boy from a prosperous Jewish family would cut his own path through the world of the British public school, contending with the lingering anti-Semitism of Imperial Age Britain. Immediately upon entering Trinity College, Cambridge, Woolf became one of an intimate group of vivid personalities who would form the core of the Bloomsbury circle: the flamboyant Lytton Strachey; Toby Stephen, "the Goth," through whom Leonard would meet Stephen's sister Virginia; and Clive Bell. Glendinning brings to life their long nights of intense discussion of literature and the vicissitudes of sex, and charts Leonard's course as he becomes the lifelong friend of John Maynard Keynes and E. M. Forster.
She unearths the crucial influence of Woolf 's seven years as a headstrong administrator in colonial Ceylon, where he lost confidence in the imperial mission, deciding to abandon Ceylon in order to marry the psychologically troubled Virginia Stephen. Glendinning limns the true nature of Leonard's devotion to Virginia, revealing through vivid depiction of their unconventional marriage how Leonard supported Virginia through her breakdowns and in her writing. In co-founding with Virginia the Hogarth Press, he provided a secure publisher for Virginia's own boldly experimental works.
As the éminence grise of the early Labour Party, working behind the scenes,Woolf became a leading critic of imperialism, and his passionate advocacy of collective security to prevent war underpinned the charter of the League of Nations. After Virginia's death, he continued to forge his own iconoclastic way, engaging in a long and happy relationship with a married woman.
Victoria Glendinning's Leonard Woolf is a major achievement -- a shrewdly perceptive and lively portrait of a complex man of extremes and contradictions in whom passion fought with reason and whose far-reaching influence is long overdue for the full appreciation Glendinning offers in this important book. [via]
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Letter to a Great Grandson : A Message of Love, Advice, and Hopes for the Futureby Hugh DownsISBN 074324723X (0-7432-4723-X)
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-- from Letter to a Great Grandson In this heartwarming book -- written for his great-grandson but perfect for readers of all ages -- a beloved commentator and trusted public figure shares his thoughts on topics ranging from relationships to science to life in general.When his great-grandson Alexander was born in 2002, Hugh Downs suddenly gained a rare perspective on the world from seeing American culture evolve through five generations (his parents', his own, his children's, his grandchildren's, and now his great-grandson's). Once Downs realized the extraordinary amount of love he felt for his brand-new descendant and the profound connection he sensed between them, he decided to write a letter to be read at the different stages of Alexander's life.
Letter to a Great Grandson is thoughtful and touching, funny and wise. With his trademark insight, Downs discusses the joys, possibilities, and challenges of infancy, young adulthood, middle age, old age, and everything in between. Divided into eleven chronological decades of life, it describes the common problems, achievements, and expectations of each stage. Throughout, Downs offers his characteristically erudite thoughts on myriad subjects, as well as delightful anecdotes from his own life.
A celebration of the remarkable bond between grandparents and their grandchildren (and great-grandparents and their great-grandchildren), this special book emphasizes the importance of maintaining that most precious possession -- family connections. It will resonate personally with each reading and in each new phase of life, and is a wonderful gift to be treasured for generations. [via]
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Letters to My Daughtersby Mary MatalinISBN 0743256085 (0-7432-5608-5)
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Mark Twain: A Lifeby Ron PowersISBN 0743249011 (0-7432-4901-1)
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The Miss Stone Affair: America's First Modern Hostage Crisisby Teresa CarpenterISBN 0743258053 (0-7432-5805-3)
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Monkeyluv: And Other Essays On Our Lives As Animalsby Robert M. SapolskyISBN 0743260163 (0-7432-6016-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives As Animals'Book summary:The human animal in all its fascinating quirks of nature is showcased in this thoughtful and entertaining essay collection from America's most beloved neurobiologist/primatologist.
In these essays -- updated for this volume -- Robert M. Sapolsky once again applies his curiosity, compassion, and generous insight into the human condition to make a case for the science of behavioral biology that tells us who we are, why we are, and how we are.
The first section, "Genes and Who We Are," addresses the physiology of genes, featuring a dissertation on "The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World" and tackling the vital question: How did they wind up on the list? Another essay explains the invisible genetic warfare that takes place between men and women as they conceive a baby and that continues as the fetus develops. As Sapolsky says, "Warning: this essay does not make pleasant wedding-night reading."
The second section, "Our Bodies and Who We Are," focuses on our physical natures and dwells on such diverse topics as why dreams are in fact dreamlike, why we are sexually attracted to one another, and why Alzheimer's disease tends to be a postmenopausal phenomenon. As Sapolsky writes, "Sometimes, all you need to do is think a thought and you change the functioning of virtually every cell in your body."
In the third section, "Society and Who We Are," Sapolsky takes his interdisciplinary curiosity out into the wilds of civilization and poses such interesting questions as: When and why do our preferences in food become fixed? Why do desert cultures tend to be monotheistic and sexually repressed, whereas rainforest cultures tend to be sexually relaxed and polytheistic? Why do different cultures think differently about dead bodies? "We are shaped by the sort of society in which we live," Sapolsky tells us, "and we would not be the same person if we had grown up elsewhere."
In each of these investigations, we see a brilliant mind synthesizing his and others' research in a thoughtful, engaging, and witty voice that reveals the enormous complexity of simply being human. Charming and erudite in equal measure, this collection will appeal to the inner monkey in all of us. [via]
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No Uncertain Terms: More Writing from the Popular "on Language" Column in the New York Times Magazineby William SafireISBN 0743258126 (0-7432-5812-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'No Uncertain Terms: More Writing from the Popular "on Language" Column in the New York Times Magazine'Book summary:There is no wittier, more amiable or more astute word maven than Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist William Safire.
For many people, the first item on the agenda for Sunday morning is to sit down and read Safire's "On Language" column in The New York Times Magazine, then to compose a "Gotcha" letter to the Times. Each of his books on language is a classic, to be read, re-read and fought over. Safire is the beloved, slightly crotchety guru of contemporary vocabulary, speech, language, usage and writing, as close as we are likely to get to a modern Samuel Johnson. Fans, critics and fellow language mavens eagerly await his books on language. This one is no exception.
William Safire has written the weekly New York Times Magazine column "On Language" since 1979. His observations on grammar, usage and etymology have led to the publication of fourteen "word books" and have made him the most widely read writer on the English language today. The subjects for his columns come from his insights into the current political scene, as well as from technology, entertainment and life in general. Known for his delight in catching people (especially politicians) who misuse words, he is not above tackling his own linguistic gaffes. Safire examines and comments on language trends and traces the origins of everyday words, phrases and clichés to their source. Scholarly, entertaining, lively and thoughtful, Safire's pointed commentaries on popular language and culture are at once provocative and enlightening.
Want the 411 on what's phat and what's skeevy? Here's the "straight dope" on everything from "fast-track legislation" to "the Full Monty," with deft and well-directed potshots at those who criticize, twist the usage of or misunderstand the meaning of such classic examples of American idiom as "grow'd like Topsy," "and the horse you rode in on," "drop a dime" (on someone), "go figure" and hundreds more, together with sharp, witty and passionately opinionated letters from both ordinary readers and equally irate or puzzled celebrities who have been unable to resist picking up a pen to put Mr. Safire in his place or to offer detailed criticism, additional examples or amusing anecdotes.
No Uncertain Terms is a boisterous and brilliant look at the oddities and foibles of our language. Not only "a blast and a half," but wise, clever and illuminating, it is a book that Mencken would have loved and that should be on the desk (or at the bedside) of everyone who shares Mr. Safire's profound love of the English language and his penchant for asking, "Where does that come from?"
This new collection is a joy that will spark the interest of language lovers everywhere. [via]
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No Visible Horizon: Surviving the World's Most Dangerous Sportby Joshua Cooper RamoISBN 0743257901 (0-7432-5790-1)
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North Star Over My Shoulder: A Flying Lifeby Robert N. BuckISBN 0743262301 (0-7432-6230-1)
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On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Lossby Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, David KesslerISBN 0743266293 (0-7432-6629-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss'Book summary:Shortly before her death in 2004, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler, her collaborator, completed the manuscript for this, her final book. On Grief and Grieving is a fitting completion to her work. Thirty-six years and sixteen books ago, Kübler-Ross's groundbreaking On Death and Dying changed the way we talk about the end of life. Now On Grief and Grieving will profoundly influence the way we experience the process of grief.
On Death and Dying began as a theoretical book, an interdisciplinary study of our fear of death and our inevitable acceptance of it. It introduced the world to the now-famous five stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. On Grief and Grieving applies these stages to the process of grieving and weaves together theory, inspiration, and practical advice, all based on Kübler-Ross's and Kessler's professional and personal experiences, and is filled with brief, topic-driven stories. It includes sections on sadness, hauntings, dreams, coping, children, healing, isolation, and even the subject of sex during grief.
"I know death is close," Kübler-Ross says at the end of the book, "but not quite yet. I lie here like so many people over the years, in a bed surrounded by flowers and looking out a big window....I now know that the purpose of my life is more than these stages....It is not just about the life lost but also the life lived."
In one of their final writing sessions, Kübler-Ross told Kessler, "The last nine years have taught me patience, and the weaker and more bed-bound I become, the more I'm learning about receiving love."
On Grief and Grieving is Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's final legacy, one that brings her life's work profoundly full circle. [via]
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On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexaminedby David RobertsISBN 0743255194 (0-7432-5519-4)
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Our Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition For A New Eraby Boston Women's Health Book CollectiveISBN 0743256115 (0-7432-5611-5)
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Paper Trail : Common Sense in Uncommmon Timesby Ellen GoodmanISBN 0743249194 (0-7432-4919-4)
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The Philosopher and the Druids : A Journey among the Ancient Celtsby Philip FreemanISBN 0743262808 (0-7432-6280-8)
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Pickled, Potted, and Canned: How the Art and Science of Food Preserving Changed the Worldby Sue ShephardISBN 0743255534 (0-7432-5553-4)
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Pieces of Intelligence: The Existential Poetry of Donald H. Rumsfieldby Hart Seely, Donald H. RumsfeldISBN 0743255976 (0-7432-5597-6)
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The Procrastinator's Guide to the Act 2006by KaplanISBN 074326553X (0-7432-6553-X)
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Red Star Rogue : The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U. S.by Kenneth Sewell, Clint RichmondISBN 0743261127 (0-7432-6112-7)
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Reflections: Life After the White Houseby Barbara BushISBN 0743255828 (0-7432-5582-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reflections: Life After the White House'Book summary:"There is a myth in the United States -- you've heard it many times. It says that all American mothers hope that their child will grow up to be President of the United States...." -- Barbara Bush Not since Abigail Adams has one woman been both the wife and mother of presidents. Barbara Bush's prominent place in American history is matched only by her extraordinary popularity: Republicans and Democrats alike appreciate her wit, her compassion, and her devotion to her family. Dignified, loyal, and unpretentious, the former First Lady defied skeptics to become one of the most admired first ladies in history -- and she remains a beloved public figure today.
In this inspiring follow-up to her number-one bestselling memoir, Mrs. Bush covers the momentous eight years between President George H. W. Bush's leaving office and President George W. Bush's 2001 inauguration. Reflections comprises Mrs. Bush's diary entries, travelogues, family photographs, even secret recipes. She discusses her experiences in the White House, on the campaign trail, and in the public eye, as well as her own views about such controversial issues as her husband's resignation from the NRA, the caning of an American student in Singapore, and -- in her candid epilogue -- her family's reactions to September 11, 2001.
Throughout, the extraordinary amount of love and pride Mrs. Bush feels for her husband, five children, and fourteen grandchildren is always clear. Reflections will delight Barbara Bush's millions of admirers with her touching anecdotes and personal revelations from the past decade of a full and fascinating life. [via]
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Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945by Evan ThomasISBN 0743252217 (0-7432-5221-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945'Book summary:Evan Thomas takes us inside the naval war of 1941-1945 in the South Pacific in a way that blends the best of military and cultural history and riveting narrative drama. He follows four men throughout: Admiral William ("Bull") Halsey, the macho, gallant, racist American fleet commander; Admiral Takeo Kurita, the Japanese battleship commander charged with making what was, in essence, a suicidal fleet attack against the American invasion of the Philippines; Admiral Matome Ugaki, a self-styled samurai who was the commander of all kamikazes and himself the last kamikaze of the war; and Commander Ernest Evans, a Cherokee Indian and Annapolis graduate who led his destroyer on the last great charge in the last great naval battle in history.
Sea of Thunder climaxes with the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the biggest naval battle ever fought, over four bloody and harrowing days in October 1944. We see Halsey make an epic blunder just as he reaches for true glory; we see the Japanese navy literally sailing in circles, torn between the desire to die heroically and the exhausted, unacceptable realization that death is futile; we sail with Commander Evans and the men of the USS Johnston into the jaws of the Japanese fleet and exult and suffer with them as they torpedo a cruiser, bluff and confuse the enemy -- and then, their ship sunk, endure fifty horrific hours in shark-infested water.
Thomas, a journalist and historian, traveled to Japan, where he interviewed veterans of the Imperial Japanese Navy who survived the Battle of Leyte Gulf and friends and family of the two Japanese admirals. From new documents and interviews, he was able to piece together and answer mysteries about the Battle of Leyte Gulf that have puzzled historians for decades. He writes with a knowing feel for the clash of cultures.
Sea of Thunder is a taut, fast-paced, suspenseful narrative of the last great naval war, an important contribution to the history of the Second World War. [via]
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The Smoking Gun: Day by Day Through a Shocking Murder Trial with Gerry Spenceby Gerry SpenceISBN 0743246969 (0-7432-4696-9)
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Sneaking Into The Flying Circus: How The Media Turn Our Presidential Campaigns Into Freak Showsby Alexandra PelosiISBN 0743263049 (0-7432-6304-9)
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Sound and Fury: Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful Friendshipby Dave KindredISBN 0743262123 (0-7432-6212-3)
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Speaking for England: Leo, Julian and John Amery, the Tragedy of a Political Familyby David FaberISBN 0743256883 (0-7432-5688-3)
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Stand Up, Fight Back: Republican Toughs, Democratic Wimps, and the Politics of Revengeby E. J. DionneISBN 0743258584 (0-7432-5858-4)
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Style: Always Gracious, Sometimes Irreverentby Ruth A. Peltason, Julia Leach, Kate Spade, Virginia JohnsonISBN 0743250672 (0-7432-5067-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Style: Always Gracious, Sometimes Irreverent'Book summary:Back in 1993, editor-turned-designer Kate Spade made a splash in the fashion world by turning out a small collection of boxy, utilitarian handbags, each elegantly accented with her name stitched in discreet, lowercase letters. As a result, the simplicity and unabashed refinement of the Spade moniker on those Lilliputian labels has come to define the very foundation on which the designer has since built a fashion empire, one that now, in addition to handbags, includes shoes, clothing, and smart home things, all of which embody the Spade formula of timeless style--a seamless merging of cheerful colors, clean shapes, and well-chosen embellishments. Not bad for a Kansas City-born girl who used to comb vintage stores for fun. Having perfected and expertly marketed her own brand of personal style (one that has famously been counterfeited throughout the world), the designer has emerged with an equally elegant trio of books whose topics Spade has become a virtual authority: Style, Occasions, and Manners.
The packaging, as well as the neatly clipped advice found in Style, is as polished and sunny as the pert designer herself. Spade draws pearls of wisdom from fashion greats like Diana Vreeland and Coco Chanel, and also employs the inspiration of iconic films, books, artists, and design movements. The layout and typography, while vibrant, can be overwhelming at times and her suggestions a bit old-fashioned ("&if you have to wiggle into something, assume it won't flatter you."). But Style still stands out as a treasure in itself. From "forever" clothes like full skirts and jewel-neck sweaters to playing around with color combinations and cocktail rings, Spade has captured a place for herself in the modern fashion vernacular. And Style is a suitably chic way to celebrate her arrival. --Christene Barberich [via]
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Styling for Entertaining : 8 Simple Steps, 12 Miracle Makeoversby Susie CoelhoISBN 0743246624 (0-7432-4662-4)
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The Summer of My Greek Taverna: A Memoirby Tom StoneISBN 074324771X (0-7432-4771-X)
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Telegraph Daysby Larry McMurtryISBN 0743250788 (0-7432-5078-8)
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Nobody writes better about the West than Larry McMurtry, and in Telegraph Days he offers the big novel of Western gunfighters that people have been hoping for years he would write.
When Nellie Courtright and her brother Jackson are unexpectedly orphaned by their father's suicide, they make their way to the nearby town of Rita Blanca. Once there, Jackson manages to secure a job as a sheriff's deputy, while the ever resourceful Nellie becomes the town's telegrapher.
Together, they inadvertently put Rita Blanca on the map when young Jackson succeeds in shooting down all six of the ferocious Yazee brothers in a gunfight that brings him lifelong fame but which he can never repeat because his success came purely out of luck. Nellie almost conquers the heart of Buffalo Bill, the man she will love most in her long life, and goes to meet, and witness the exploits of Billy the Kid, the Earp brothers, and Doc Holliday.
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Testament: A Soldier's Story of the Civil Warby Benson BobrickISBN 074325113X (0-7432-5113-X)
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I was very glad to hear from home this morning. It is the first time since I left Otterville. We marched from Sedalia 120 miles....I almost feel anxious to be in a battle & yet I am almost afraid. I feel very brave sometimes & think if I should be in an engagement, I never would leave the field alive unless the stars & stripes floated triumphant. I do not know how it may be. If there is a battle & I should fall, tell with pride & not with grief that I fell in defense of liberty. Pray that I may be a true soldier.
Not since Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage have the trials and tribulations of a private soldier of the Civil War been told with such beguiling force. The Red Badge of Courage, however, was fiction. This story is true.
In Testament, Benson Bobrick draws upon an extraordinarily rich but hitherto untapped archive of material to create a continuous narrative of how that war was fought and lived. Here is virtually the whole theater of conflict in the West, from its beginnings in Missouri, through Kentucky and Tennessee, to the siege of Atlanta under Sherman, as experienced by Bobrick's great-grandfather, Benjamin W. ("Webb") Baker, an articulate young Illinois recruit. Born and raised not far from the Lincoln homestead in Coles County, Webb had stood in the audience of one of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, become a staunch Unionist, and answered one of Abraham Lincoln's first calls for volunteers. The ninety-odd letters on which his story is based are fully equal to the best letters the war produced, especially by a common soldier; but their wry intelligence, fortitude, and patriotic fervor also set them apart with a singular and still-undying voice.
In the end, that voice blends with the author's own, as the book becomes a poignant tribute to his great-grandfather's life -- and to all the common soldiers of the nation's bloodiest war. [via]
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'Tis Herself : A Memoirby Maureen O'Hara, John NicolettiISBN 0743246934 (0-7432-4693-4)
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The Tree Book: A Practical Guide to Selecting and Maintaining the Best Trees for Your Yard and Gardenby Jeff MeyerISBN 0743249747 (0-7432-4974-7)
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The Treehouse: Eccentric Wisdom from My Father on How to Live, Love, and Seeby Naomi WolfISBN 074324978X (0-7432-4978-X)
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Twin Tracks: The Unexpected Origins Of The Modern Worldby James BurkeISBN 074325810X (0-7432-5810-X)
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VoiceMale: What Husbands Really Think About Their Marriages, Their Wives, Sex, Housework, and Commitmentby Neil ChethikISBN 074325872X (0-7432-5872-X)
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Much has been written about what women want from their relationships and marriages. But what men want has remained a mystery -- until now. In his groundbreaking new book, VoiceMale, author and journalist Neil Chethik reveals surprising truths about married men and challenges many of the myths about men that prevent couples from creating strong and lasting relationships.
Based on a landmark survey of American husbands across the country, VoiceMale reveals that most men are not commitment-phobic, that they don't have sex on their minds all the time, and that they are willing to talk frankly about their relationships -- just not in the same way women do. Men have complex inner lives, just like women. But they have a unique, masculine style of loving that focuses more on doing than talking, on sharing space rather than sharing feelings, and on side-by-side closeness rather than face-to-face intimacy.
In VoiceMale, Chethik weaves together real-life stories and survey results to create a unique portrait of the American husband. Men share their thoughts on the myriad issues that married couples face: commitment, money, careers, children, in-laws, and more. They openly discuss the character traits they seek in a woman when they're looking to marry. And they speak honestly about their struggles adjusting to marriage, raising children, balancing work and family, keeping marital sex exciting, and avoiding infidelity.
Chethik spent two years traveling across the country, talking with men of different ages, religions, and ethnic backgrounds, in urban centers and rural towns. His interviewees had been married for anywhere from a few weeks to as long as seventy-two years. He notes the enormous changes in American marriage since the 1960s and explores how men have tried to adjust to them -- sometimes successfully, often not.
Full of surprising revelations and the strong feelings that men have about their lives -- and about the women who share those lives with them -- VoiceMale demonstrates that despite their many differences, most husbands and wives ultimately want the same thing: a trusted fellow traveler in their journey through life. [via]
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The Way of Go : 8 Ancient Strategy Secrets for Success in Business and Lifeby Troy AndersonISBN 0743258142 (0-7432-5814-2)
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Weight Watchers Take 5: 150 Five-ingredient Recipesby Weight WatchersISBN 074325614X (0-7432-5614-X)
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What Every Person Should Know About Warby Chris HedgesISBN 0743255127 (0-7432-5512-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What Every Person Should Know About War'Book summary:Acclaimed New York Times journalist and author Chris Hedges offers a critical -- and fascinating -- lesson in the dangerous realities of our age: a stark look at the effects of war on combatants. Utterly lacking in rhetoric or dogma, this manual relies instead on bare fact, frank description, and a spare question-and-answer format. Hedges allows U.S. military documentation of the brutalizing physical and psychological consequences of combat to speak for itself.
Hedges poses dozens of questions that young soldiers might ask about combat, and then answers them by quoting from medical and psychological studies.
" What are my chances of being wounded or killed if we go to war?
" What does it feel like to get shot?
" What do artillery shells do to you?
" What is the most painful way to get wounded?
" Will I be afraid?
" What could happen to me in a nuclear attack?
" What does it feel like to kill someone?
" Can I withstand torture?
" What are the long-term consequences of combat stress?
" What will happen to my body after I die?
This profound and devastating portrayal of the horrors to which we subject our armed forces stands as a ringing indictment of the glorification of war and the concealment of its barbarity. [via]
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Who Moved My Soap?: The Ceo's Guide to Surviving in Prisonby Andy BorowitzISBN 0743251423 (0-7432-5142-3)
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?by Edward AlbeeISBN 0743255259 (0-7432-5525-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?'Book summary:George, a disillusioned academic, and Martha, his caustic wife, have just come home from a faculty party. When a handsome young professor and his mousy wife stop by for a nightcap, an innocent night of fun and games quickly turns dark and dangerous. Long-buried resentment and rage are unleashed as George and Martha turn their rapier-sharp wits against each other, using their guests as pawns in their verbal sparring. By night's end, the secrets of both couples are uncovered and the lies they cling to are exposed. Considered by many to be Albee's masterpiece, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a "brilliantly original work of art -- an excoriating theatrical experience, surging with shocks of recognition and dramatic fire" (Newsweek). [via]
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Wild Swansby Jung ChangISBN 0743254392 (0-7432-5439-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wild Swans'Book summary:In Wild Swans Jung Chang recounts the evocative, unsettling, and insistently gripping story of how three generations of women in her family fared in the political maelstrom of China during the 20th century. Chang's grandmother was a warlord's concubine. Her gently raised mother struggled with hardships in the early days of Mao's revolution and rose, like her husband, to a prominent position in the Communist Party before being denounced during the Cultural Revolution. Chang herself marched, worked, and breathed for Mao until doubt crept in over the excesses of his policies and purges. Born just a few decades apart, their lives overlap with the end of the warlords' regime and overthrow of the Japanese occupation, violent struggles between the Kuomintang and the Communists to carve up China, and, most poignant for the author, the vicious cycle of purges orchestrated by Chairman Mao that discredited and crushed millions of people, including her parents. [via]
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Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurstonby Valerie BoydISBN 0743253299 (0-7432-5329-9)
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A Year of Cooking Like Mummyji: Real British Asian Cooking for All Seasonsby Vicky Bhogal, Kate Miller, Juliet PiddingtonISBN 074325970X (0-7432-5970-X)
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Not for the "move a little" crowd, Bob Greene's Total Body Makeover promises "Maximum Results in Minimum Time" to readers who are ready to commit to an intense exercise regimen during this twelve-week program. Sounds simple enough--but it wouldn't do the book justice to oversimplify its premise. Greene's genuine attachment to address the root causes for poor eating and activity habits, and to guide the reader through building the strong emotional foundation necessary to undergo physical changes, make Total Body Makeover a standout companion to transforming your body, inside and out. Amazon.ca editor Nathalie Farage recently caught up with Greene. Read on. 
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