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The 1928 Book of Common Prayerby Not AvailableISBN 0195285115 (0-19-528511-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 1928 Book of Common Prayer'Book summary:A treasured resource for traditional Anglicans and other people who appreciate the majesty of King James-style language. It features a Presentation section containing certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Black hardcover binding, gold cross. [via]
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The 1979 Book of Common Prayer + Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version Bible With the Apocryphaby Not AvailableISBN 0195283007 (0-19-528300-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 1979 Book of Common Prayer + Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version Bible With the Apocrypha'Book summary:This unique resource combines the 1979 Book of Common Prayer and the NRSV Bible with the Apocrypha in a single, convenient volume. Includes a Presentation Page section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Red hardcover, gold cross, white page edges, 2 ribbon markers. [via]
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The 1979 Book of Common Prayer: Deluxe Vivella Burgundyby NISBN 019528772X (0-19-528772-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 1979 Book of Common Prayer: Deluxe Vivella Burgundy'Book summary:A special occasion merits a memorable gift, and this prayer book is just right for marking such an event. The Deluxe Gift Edition's bindings combine two types of soft-to-the-touch Vivella: one pattern wraps around the book's spine and back cover, while a contrasting pattern is on the front. The result is a stylish package that is sure to be treasured by its recipient. Includes a ribbon marker, Family Record section and attractive gift box. [via]
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The 1979 Book of Common Prayer, Economy Editionby Not AvailableISBN 0195287134 (0-19-528713-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 1979 Book of Common Prayer, Economy Edition'Book summary:The Economy Edition is perfect for people who value a well constructed, reasonably priced prayer book. It is also suitable for mass distribution in schools and for use as a pew prayer book. Wine red hardcover binding, gold cross, Presentation Page, square corners. [via]
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The 1979 Book of Common Prayer, Personal Editionby Not AvailableISBN 019528724X (0-19-528724-X)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The American People in World War II: Freedom from Fearby David M. KennedyISBN 0195168933 (0-19-516893-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American People in World War II: Freedom from Fear'Book summary:Even as the New Deal was coping with the Depression, a new menace was developing abroad. Exploiting Germany's own economic burdens, Hitler reached out to the disaffected, turning their aimless discontent into loyal support for his Nazi Party. In Asia, Japan harbored imperial ambitions of its own. The same generation of Americans who battled the Depression eventually had to shoulder arms in another conflict that wreaked worldwide destruction, ushered in the nuclear age, and forever changed their way of life and their country's relationship to the rest of the world.
The American People in World War II--the second installment of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning Freedom from Fear--explains how the nation agonized over its role in the conflict, how it fought the war, why the United States emerged victorious, and why the consequences of victory were sometimes sweet, sometimes ironic. In a compelling narrative, Kennedy analyzes the determinants of American strategy, the painful choices faced by commanders and statesmen, and the agonies inflicted on the millions of ordinary Americans who were compelled to swallow their fears and face battle as best they could. The American People in World War II is a gripping narrative and an invaluable analysis of the trials and victories through which modern America was formed. [via]More editions of The American People in World War II: Freedom from Fear:
American Places: Encounters With Historyby William E. LeuchtenburgISBN 019515245X (0-19-515245-X)
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Apologia Pro Vita Suaby John Henry Newman, Martin J. SvaglicISBN 0198118406 (0-19-811840-6)
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Atlas Of The Civil Warby Kenneth J. Winkle, Steven Woodworth, James M. McPhersonISBN 0195221311 (0-19-522131-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Baseball: The Early Yearsby Harold SeymourISBN 0195059123 (0-19-505912-3)
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Baseball: The Golden Ageby Harold SeymourISBN 0195059131 (0-19-505913-1)
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Baseball: The People's Gameby Harold SeymourISBN 0195069072 (0-19-506907-2)
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Eraby James M. McPhersonISBN 019516895X (0-19-516895-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era'Book summary:Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War.
James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War--the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry--and then moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itself--the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the personalities. Particularly notable are McPherson's new views on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory.
The book's title refers to the sentiments that informed both the Northern and Southern views of the conflict: the South seceded in the name of that freedom of self-determination and self-government for which their fathers had fought in 1776, while the North stood fast in defense of the Union founded by those fathers as the bulwark of American liberty. Eventually, the North had to grapple with the underlying cause of the war--slavery--and adopt a policy of emancipation as a second war aim. This "new birth of freedom," as Lincoln called it, constitutes the proudest legacy of America's bloodiest conflict.
This authoritative volume makes sense of that vast and confusing "second American Revolution" we call the Civil War, a war that transformed a nation and expanded our heritage of liberty. [via]More editions of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era:
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The Bijak of Kabirby Kabir, Shukdev SinghISBN 0195148762 (0-19-514876-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bijak of Kabir'Book summary:Kabir was an extraordinary oral poet whose works have been sung and recited by millions throughout North India for half a millennium. He may have been illiterate and he preached an abrasive, sometimes shocking, always uncompromising message that exhorted his audience to shed their delusions, pretentions, and empty orthodoxies in favor of an intense, direct, and personal confrontation with the truth. Thousands of poems are popularly attributed to Kabir, but only a few written collections have survived over the centuries. The Bijak is one of the most important, and is the sacred book of those who follow Kabir. [via]
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Book of Common Prayerby Joan DidionISBN 0195287665 (0-19-528766-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book of Common Prayer'Book summary:The handsome Reader's Edition features a large, easy-to-read typeface that is perfect for use in public worship settings or for people with vision difficulties. Makes a great pew prayer book. Burgundy genuine leather, gold cross, gold page edges, 2 ribbon markers, gift box. [via]
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The Book of Common Prayer 1979: Red, Bonded LeatherISBN 0195287150 (0-19-528715-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:The luxuriously bound Personal Gift Edition is just right for Confirmation or other special occasions. Includes a Family Record section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Wine red deluxe imitation leather, cross blind-stamped on front, colored page edges, 1 ribbon marker. [via]
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Book of Common Prayer: And Administration of the Sacraments And Other Rites And Ceremonies of the ChurchISBN 0195285077 (0-19-528507-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:Our most popular prayer book style, this edition makes an excellent pew book or economical gift. Includes a Family Record section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Blue hardcover, gold cross, gold page edges, 2 ribbon markers. [via]
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- Book of Common Prayer: And Administration of the Sacraments And Other Rites And Ceremonies of the Church: ISBN 0195287010 (0-19-528701-0)
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The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church: According to the Use of the Episcopal CISBN 0195287037 (0-19-528703-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:Our most popular prayer book style, this edition makes an excellent pew book or economical gift. Includes a Family Record section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Black hardcover, gold cross, gold page edges, 2 ribbon markers. [via]
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Classics of Philosophy: The 20th Centuryby Louis P. PojmanISBN 0195132831 (0-19-513283-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Classics of Philosophy: The 20th Century'Book summary:The most recent volume in Louis Pojman's highly successful Classics of Philosophy collection (OUP, 1998), Classics of Philosophy: Volume III, The Twentieth Century assembles definitive essays in twentieth-century Western philosophy. This work is considerably more comprehensive than the corresponding section of the single-volume edition of Classics of Philosophy. Its selections cover the whole spectrum of the field, representing the major movements of the century including British Realism, American Pragmatism, Logical Positivism, Existentialism, Phenomenology, Deconstructionism, and Ordinary Language Philosophy. Pojman includes fifty-four diverse and engaging selections by thirty-nine leading philosophers, featuring the work of Ayer, Carnap, Davidson, Dennett, Derrida, Foucault, Gettier, Goldman, Habermas, Harrison, Heidegger, Husserl, Kripke, McTaggart, Moore, Nagel, Nozick, Putnam, Quine, Rawls, Rorty, Russell, Ryle, Sartre, Searle, Strawson, and Wittgenstein. Seminal works in the philosophy of mind, free will/determinism, the debate over religious truth, and political and moral philosophy are included. Ideal for courses in twentieth-century and contemporary philosophy, the volume also includes an enlightening introduction, biographical sketches for each author, and abstracts and bibliographies for each selection. [via]
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The Cloudsby Aristophanes, Kenneth J. DoverISBN 0198141742 (0-19-814174-2)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theoryby David J. ChalmersISBN 0195117891 (0-19-511789-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory'Book summary:What is consciousness? How do physical processes in the brain give rise to the self-aware mind and to feelings as profoundly varied as love or hate, aesthetic pleasure or spiritual yearning? These questions today are among the most hotly debated issues among scientists and philosophers, and we have seen in recent years superb volumes by such eminent figures as Francis Crick, Daniel C. Dennett, Gerald Edelman, and Roger Penrose, all firing volleys in what has come to be called the consciousness wars. Now, in The Conscious Mind, philosopher David J. Chalmers offers a cogent analysis of this heated debate as he unveils a major new theory of consciousness, one that rejects the prevailing reductionist trend of science, while offering provocative insights into the relationship between mind and brain.
Writing in a rigorous, thought-provoking style, the author takes us on a far-reaching tour through the philosophical ramifications of consciousness. Chalmers convincingly reveals how contemporary cognitive science and neurobiology have failed to explain how and why mental events emerge from physiological occurrences in the brain. He proposes instead that conscious experience must be understood in an entirely new light--as an irreducible entity (similar to such physical properties as time, mass, and space) that exists at a fundamental level and cannot be understood as the sum of its parts. And after suggesting some intriguing possibilities about the structure and laws of conscious experience, he details how his unique reinterpretation of the mind could be the focus of a new science. Throughout the book, Chalmers provides fascinating thought experiments that trenchantly illustrate his ideas. For example, in exploring the notion that consciousness could be experienced by machines as well as humans, Chalmers asks us to imagine a thinking brain in which neurons are slowly replaced by silicon chips that precisely duplicate their functions--as the neurons are replaced, will consciousness gradually fade away? The book also features thoughtful discussions of how the author's theories might be practically applied to subjects as diverse as artificial intelligence and the interpretation of quantum mechanics.
All of us have pondered the nature and meaning of consciousness. Engaging and penetrating, The Conscious Mind adds a fresh new perspective to the subject that is sure to spark debate about our understanding of the mind for years to come. [via]More editions of The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory:
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Consciousness: An Introductionby Susan BlackmoreISBN 019515343X (0-19-515343-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Consciousness: An Introduction'Book summary:Is there a theory that explains the essence of consciousness? Or is consciousness itself just an illusion? The "last great mystery of science," consciousness was excluded from serious research for most of the last century but is now a rapidly expanding area of study for students of psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience. Recently the topic has also captured growing popular interest.
This groundbreaking book is the first volume to bring together all the major theories of consciousness studies--from those rooted in traditional Western philosophy to those coming out of neuroscience, quantum theory, and Eastern philosophy. Broadly interdisciplinary, Consciousness: An Introduction is divided into nine sections that examine such topics as how subjective experiences arise from objective brain processes, the basic neuroscience and neuropathology of consciousness, altered states of consciousness, mystical experiences and dreams, and the effects of drugs and meditation. It also discusses the nature of self, the possibility of artificial consciousness in robots, and the question of whether or not animals are conscious. Enhanced by numerous illustrations and profiles of important researchers, the book also includes self-assessment questions, further reading suggestions, and practical exercises that help bring the subject to life. [via]More editions of Consciousness: An Introduction:
Dancing in Your Head: Jazz, Blues, Rock, and Beyondby Gene SantoroISBN 0195101235 (0-19-510123-5)
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Democracy in Americaby Alexis De Tocqueville, John TorpeyISBN 0195158458 (0-19-515845-8)
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Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Developmentby Gunther SchullerISBN 0195040430 (0-19-504043-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Emergence of Modern Turkeyby Bernard LewisISBN 0195134605 (0-19-513460-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Emergence of Modern Turkey'Book summary:Written by renowned scholar Bernard Lewis, The Emergence of Modern Turkey has established itself as the preferred one-volume history of modern Turkey. It covers the emergence of Turkey over two centuries, from the decline and collapse of the Ottoman Empire up to the present day. In a new chapter, Lewis discusses the origins of his book in the Cold War era and the events that have taken place since its first publication in 1961. This new edition addresses Turkey's emergence as a decidedly Western-oriented power despite internal opposition from neutralists and Islamic fundamentalists. It examines such issues as Turkey's inclusion in NATO and application to the European Union, and its involvement with the politics of the Middle East. Authoritative and insightful, The Emergence of Modern Turkey remains the classic text on the history of modern Turkey. [via]
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The Episcopal Book of Common Prayer : Personal Size 1979 Ed., Redby Oxford StaffISBN 0195287029 (0-19-528702-9)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Episcopal Book of Common Prayer : Personal Size 1979 Ed., Red'Book summary:Our most popular prayer book style, this edition makes an excellent pew book or economical gift. Includes a Family Record section with certificates for the rites of Baptism, Confirmation, and Marriage. Red hardcover, gold cross, gold page edges, 2 ribbon markers. [via]
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Jeffery DeaverISBN 0195149017 (0-19-514901-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:Frankenstein ranks among the most enduring horror tales ever imagined. The groaning Monster, bolts erupting from his neck and stitches fastening his square brow, is famous worldwide. But the creature born in Mary Shelley's mind nearly two hundred years ago was far more complex: murderous and raging, but also articulate, lonely, and gravely misunderstood by the world into which he was thrust.
The story of Victor Frankenstein emerges in a series of letters penned by Walton, an English explorer icebound in the Arctic. While studying natural philosophy in Geneva, Frankenstein discovers how to give life to inanimate matter, and from dead flesh constructs a living being. His Monster possesses superhuman speed and strength, and learns of human emotion by studying Goethe, Plutarch, and Milton's Paradise Lost. But as the creature's mind and thoughts develop, his loneliness and misery build, and he acts out in deadly violence. When the scientist refuses to create a companion for him, the Monster lets loose his full wrath. Berserk, he murders Frankenstein's wife, then flees to the North Pole. Frankenstein follows, desperate to destroy his rampaging creation. Once there he meets Walton and confesses the horror that is drawing him deep into the Arctic wasteland.
Jeffery Deaver pours a suspense master's insight into his introduction, exploring the author's drive to thrill and terrify, and digging at the actual birthplace of Frankenstein's monster: Mary Shelley's mind. The author of sixteen novels, Deaver has appeared on bestseller lists around the world. His novel The Bone Collector was produced as a feature film by Universal Pictures starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie, and his most recent novel, The Blue Nowhere, is being produced by Warner Brothers. [via]More editions of Frankenstein:
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Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945by David M. KennedyISBN 0195144031 (0-19-514403-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945'Book summary:You can think of Freedom from Fear as the academic's version of The Greatest Generation: like Tom Brokaw, Stanford history professor David M. Kennedy focuses on the years of the Great Depression and the Second World War and how the American people coped with those events. But there the similarities end--and, in terms of the differences, one might begin by noting that the historian's account is over twice the size of the journalist's.
Whereas Brokaw made use of extensive interviews, Kennedy relies on published accounts and primary sources, all meticulously footnoted. This academic rigor, however, does not render the book dull--far from it. Certainly the subject matter is interesting enough in its own right, but Kennedy offers attention-grabbing turns of phrase on nearly every page. He also unleashes some convention-shattering theses, such as his revelation that "the most responsible students of the events of 1929 have been unable to demonstrate an appreciable cause-and-effect linkage between the Crash and the Depression" and his subsequent argument that, although it made order out of chaos, the New Deal did not reverse the Depression--that, he says, was the war's doing. All in all, Freedom from Fear compares favorably to its companions in the multivolume Oxford History of the United States in both its comprehensive heft and its vivid readability. --Ron Hogan [via]
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A. G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball: The Promise of American Sportby Peter LevineISBN 0195042204 (0-19-504220-4)
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A Guide to Library Research Methodsby Thomas MannISBN 0195049446 (0-19-504944-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Guide to Library Research Methods'Book summary:With today's information explosion, students, job hunters, professionals, and researchers urgently need more than just an annotated bibliography to guide them through the bewildering maze of resources now available. Responding to this need, Thomas Mann--a reference librarian at the Library of Congress--offers us A Guide to Library Research Methods.
Introducing a distinctive, new approach to the fact-finding process, this book provides not only an exceptional overview of the range of material that exists, but, more importantly, a detailed discussion of both the advantages and disadvantages of using each type of source. Mann's problem-solving technique emphasizes seven different research methods that researchers can apply to any inquiry. Used as a set of easily remembered "mental pegs," these methods enable individuals to get further into a subject more quickly, with less wasted effort. The seven research methods described include subject heading inquiries, systematic browsing, key word and citation searches, use of bibliographies, computer searches, and talking to people.
A Guide to Library Research Methods should be required reading for every individual who has ever asked the question, "Where should I start looking to find out about this?" [via]More editions of A Guide to Library Research Methods:
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Hatchet Jobs And Hardball: The Oxford Dictionary Of American Political SlangISBN 0195176855 (0-19-517685-5)
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The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era Leatherby James M. McPhersonISBN 0195159012 (0-19-515901-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era Leather'Book summary:This collector's quality, leather-bound edition of The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom, is hand-signed and numbered by the author, James M. McPherson. It features high-quality paper, colored end-papers, gold-foil edging, and packaged in a sturdy box-wrap. Order today, because quantities are limited.
Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History and a New York Times Bestseller, Battle Cry of Freedom is universally recognized as the definitive account of the Civil War. It was hailed in The New York Times as "historical writing of the highest order." The Washington Post called it "the finest single volume on the war and its background." And The Los Angeles Times wrote that "of the 50,000 books written on the Civil War, it is the finest compression of that national paroxysm ever fitted between two covers."
Now available in a splendid new edition is The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom. Boasting some seven hundred pictures, including a hundred and fifty color images and twenty-four full-color maps, here is the ultimate gift book for everyone interested in American history. McPherson has selected all the illustrations, including rare contemporary photographs, period cartoons, etchings, woodcuts, and paintings, carefully choosing those that best illuminate the narrative. More important, he has written extensive captions (some 35,000 words in all, virtually a book in themselves), many of which offer genuinely new information and interpretations that significantly enhance the text. The text itself, streamlined by McPherson, remains a fast-paced narrative that brilliantly captures two decades of contentious American history, from the Mexican War to Lee's surrender at Appomattox. The reader will find a truly masterful chronicle of the war itself--the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the personalities--as well as McPherson's thoughtful commentary on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory.
A must-have purchase for the legions of Civil War buffs, The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom is both a spectacularly beautiful volume and the definitive account of the most important conflict in our nation's history. [via]More editions of The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era Leather:
In the Moment: Jazz in the 1980'sby Francis DavisISBN 0195054199 (0-19-505419-9)
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Intricate Ethics: Rights, Responsibilities, And Permissible Harmby F. M. KammISBN 0195189698 (0-19-518969-8)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Jazz Anecdotesby Bill CrowISBN 0195071336 (0-19-507133-6)
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The Jazz Traditionby Martin WilliamsISBN 0195078160 (0-19-507816-0)
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Language and Timeby Quentin SmithISBN 0195155947 (0-19-515594-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Language and Time'Book summary:This book offers a defense of the tensed theory of time, a critique of the New Theory of Reference, and an argument that simultaneity is absolute. Although Smith rejects ordinary language philosophy, he shows how it is possible to argue from the nature of language to the nature of reality. Specifically, he argues that semantic properties of tensed sentences are best explained by the hypothesis that they ascribe to events temporal properties of futurity, presentness, or pastness and do not merely ascribe relations of earlier than or simultaneity. He criticizes the New Theory of Reference, which holds that "now" refers directly to a time and does not ascribe the property of presentness. Smith does not adopt the old or Fregean theory of reference but develops a third alternative, based on his detailed theory of de re and de dicto propositions and a theory of cognitive significance. He concludes the book with a lengthy critique of Einstein's theory of time. Smith offers a positive argument for absolute simultaneity based on his theory that all propositions exist in time. He shows how Einstein's relativist temporal concepts are reducible to a conjunction of absolutist temporal concepts and relativist nontemporal concepts of the observable behavior of light rays, rigid bodies, and the like. [via]
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A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Tortureby Marguerite FeitlowitzISBN 0195134168 (0-19-513416-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture'Book summary:Argentina still struggles as a nation with the shame and horror of the so-called "dirty-war" of the decade following Juan Peron's death. During that horrific time, torture and kidnapping were the instruments of choice for the enforcement of political will. Feitlowitz unflinchingly examines life under sadistic military rule with detailed descriptions of the experiences of prisoners in concentration camps. The Argentinean vocabulary now includes words like desaparacido (disappeared person) and chupado (sucked up or kidnapped), vivid reminders of how commonplace kidnapping and murder became. Victims, often guilty only of nothing more than practicing psychology or journalism or being Jewish, have not been forgotten.
Though Feitlowitz touches on the linguistic effects of government terrorism in Argentina, her book's greatest strength lies in the voice it gives the victims. The author spent years talking to survivors of the terror as well as some of the people responsible for instigating it. What A Lexicon of Terror does particularly well is capture the ongoing consequences of the dirty war--victims encountering their tormentors on the streets, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo still marching to remind their government that the fates of thousands of disappeared are still not known, a government held hostage by the fear of army uprisings should any attempt to bring culprits to justice be made. Argentina is the subject of this particular Lexicon, but surely the citizens of other nations such as Chile, Guatemala, and El Salvador might see their own experiences mirrored here. [via]
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The Life and Death of King John/The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII: 2 in 1by William Shakespeare, A. R. BraunmullerISBN 0198129300 (0-19-812930-0)
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Middlemarchby George Eliot, David CarrollISBN 0198125585 (0-19-812558-5)
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The Mill on the Flossby George Eliot, Gordon S. HaightISBN 0198125607 (0-19-812560-7)
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Moral Knowledge?: New Readings in Moral Epistemologyby Mark Timmons, Walter Sinnott-ArmstrongISBN 0195089898 (0-19-508989-8)
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New English Bible With the ApocryphaISBN 0195290445 (0-19-529044-5)
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Oxford Book of Children's Verseby Peter OpieISBN 0198121407 (0-19-812140-7)
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The Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotesby James SutherlandISBN 0198121393 (0-19-812139-3)
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The Oxford Companion to Shakespeareby Stanley Wells, Michael DobsonISBN 0198117353 (0-19-811735-3)
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Illustrated with more than 100 photographs and boasting contributions from a team of internationally renowned scholars (including such noted Shakespeare authorities as Helen Vendler, Park Honan, and Jonathan Bate), the Companion has more than 3,000 entries that offer succinct, stimulating, and authoritative commentary on Shakespeare's life and times, his plays and poems, and their interpretation around the world over the last four centuries. All Shakespeare's plays--from As You Like It and All's Well that Ends Well to King Lear and Hamlet--are covered in major articles. There are concise descriptions of allusions in Shakespeare (Ajax, Agamemnon), well-known critics (Samuel Johnson, John Dryden), great Shakespearian actors (Richard Burbage, Lawrence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh), characters in the plays (Mercutio, Ophelia), figures of speech (metaphor, metonymy, oxymoron), and much more. Longer articles explore topics such as Shakespeare's birthplace, censorship, the Chamberlain's Men, film, and Shakespeare's reception in such countries as China, Italy, and the United States.
Bringing its readers up to date not only with the latest in Shakespearian scholarship and controversy but with the plays' most recent incarnations on stage, film, and in international popular culture, this is the perfect companion to Shakespeare's works, covering everything from Aaron to Zeffirelli, and from Shakespeare in schools to Shakespeare in Love. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare:
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The Oxford Companion to the Bibleby Bruce M. Metzger, Michael D. CooganISBN 0195046455 (0-19-504645-5)
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The Oxford Companion to the Bible provides an authoritative one-volume reference to the people, places, events, books, institutions, religious belief, and secular influence of the Bible. Written by more than 250 scholars from some 20 nations and embracing a wide variety of perspectives, the Companion offers over seven hundred entries, ranging from brief identifications--who is Dives? where is Pisgah?--to extensive interpretive essays on topics such as the influence of the Bible on music or law.
Ranging far beyond the scope of a traditional Bible dictionary, the Companion features, in addition to its many informative, factual entries, an abundance of interpretive essays. Here are extended entries on religious concepts from immortality, sin, and grace, to baptism, ethics, and the Holy Spirit. The contributors also explore biblical views of modern issues such as homosexuality, marriage, and anti-Semitism, and the impact of the Bible on the secular world (including a four-part article on the Bible's influence on literature).
Of course, the Companion can also serve as a handy reference, the first place to turn to find factual information on the Bible. Readers will find fascinating, informative articles on all the books of the Bible--including the Apocrypha and many other ancient texts, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, Pseudepigrapha, and the Mishrah. Virtually every figure who walked across the biblical stage is identified here, ranging from Rebekah, Rachel, and Mary, to Joseph, Barabbas, and Jesus. The Companion also offers entries that shed light on daily life in ancient Israel and the earliest Christian communities, with fascinating articles on feasts and festivals, clothing, medicine, units of time, houses, and furniture. Finally, there are twenty-eight pages of full-color maps, providing an accurate, detailed portrait of the biblical world.
A vast compendium of information related to scriptures, here is an ideal complement to the Bible, an essential volume for every home and library, the first place to turn for information on the central book of Western culture. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to the Bible:
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The Oxford Companion to the Bible: Windows Versionby Bruce M. Metzger, Michael D. CooganISBN 0195112660 (0-19-511266-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to the Bible: Windows Version'Book summary:****THS IS PRINT ED. COPY - SEE SHORT COPY FOR ELEC. ED.**** The Bible has had an immeasurable influence on Western culture, touching on virtually every aspect of our lives. It is one of the great wellsprings of Western religious, ethical, and philosophical traditions. It has been an endless source of inspiration to artists, from classic works such as Michaelangelo's Last Judgment, Handel's Messiah, or Milton's Paradise Lost, to modern works such as Thomas Mann's Joseph and His Brothers or Martin Scorsese's controversial Last Temptation of Christ. For countless generations, it has been a comfort in suffering, a place to reflect on the mysteries of birth, death, and immortality. Its stories and characters are an integral part of the repertoire of every educated adult, forming an enduring bond that spans thousands of years and embraces a vast community of believers and nonbelievers.
The Oxford Companion to the Bible provides an authoritative one-volume reference to the people, places, events, books, institutions, religious belief, and secular influence of the Bible. Written by more than 250 scholars from some 20 nations and embracing a wide variety of perspectives, the Companion offers over seven hundred entries, ranging from brief identifications--who is Dives? where is Pisgah?--to extensive interpretive essays on topics such as the influence of the Bible on music or law.
Ranging far beyond the scope of a traditional Bible dictionary, the Companion features, in addition to its many informative, factual entries, an abundance of interpretive essays. Here are extended entries on religious concepts from immortality, sin, and grace, to baptism, ethics, and the Holy Spirit. The contributors also explore biblical views of modern issues such as homosexuality, marriage, and anti-Semitism, and the impact of the Bible on the secular world (including a four-part article on the Bible's influence on literature).
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A vast compendium of information related to scriptures, here is an ideal complement to the Bible, an essential volume for every home and library, the first place to turn for information on the central book of Western culture. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to the Bible: Windows Version:
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The Oxford Diaries of Arthur Hugh Cloughby Arthur Hugh Clough, Anthony KennyISBN 0198117396 (0-19-811739-6)
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The Oxford Dictionary and ThesaurusISBN 0195099494 (0-19-509949-4)
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Find This BookBook summary:We all know the feeling: trying to find a synonym for a word, we turn to a thesaurus and find a group of words that might be right, but the thesaurus doesn't provide us with definitions. So, we then turn to the dictionary to check the meanings for the entire list of new synonyms and, after much flipping back and forth between thesaurus and dictionary, finally decide upon an alternative. Neither book, by itself, provides the full range of word choices. But now, The Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus offers a thoroughly integrated blend of entries from the dictionary and the thesaurus. This unified approach, treating meanings and related words within the same entry, makes it easy to find--in one place--an abundance of information about words, and provides a far more thorough analysis of the variety and nuances of our language than is possible in a dictionary or thesaurus alone.
Oxford's American dictionary staff, along with an international team of lexicographers, have drawn on the unparalleled lexical resources of Oxford University Press, the world's most respected authority on English language and dictionaries, to make The Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus the most wide-ranging resource available. It includes:
* More than 200,000 entries and definitions and 300,000 synonyms thoroughly integrated for ease of use
* Hundreds of new words and senses such as shareware, downsize, grunge, sidebar, and hypertext
* Full coverage of English from around the globe--brassed off, merrythought, billabong, Charles's Wain, high tea Valuable appendices, including:
* Selected Proverbs--more than 1,000, including both old favorites and less-familiar bits of wisdom such as "Handsome is as handsome does," "A trouble shared is a trouble halved," and "There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle"
* Terms for Animal Groups (a clowder of cats, a skulk of foxes, a parliament of rooks)
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* Chemical Elements and Periodic Table
* Musical Notation and the Orchestra
* Presidents of the U.S.; States of the U.S.
* Countries of the World
* Helpful points on English usage, and much more
No American dictionary or thesaurus offers as much as The Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus. It not only combines an up-to-date and thoroughly reliable dictionary of American English with full thesaurus coverage, but it also provides a unique global perspective of English, the lingua franca of the late twentieth century. [via]More editions of The Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus:
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The Oxford Guide to Library Researchby Thomas MannISBN 0195189981 (0-19-518998-1)
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With all the changes in information storage and retrieval, anyone doing research today may feel unsure of the most efficient ways to use the library. Through clear explanations of nine fundamental methods of searching, Thomas Mann provides an overview of little known but powerful strategies used by librarians and information specialists. These techniques can be applied profitably to almost any area of research, from discovering business records or government documents to unearthing manuscripts in archives or finding genealogical Web sites on line. Chapters explain how to take advantage of controlled vocabularies, browse library shelves systematically, construct keyword searches, use published bibliographies, and even make personal contacts with knowledgeable people. Throughout, Mann enlivens his advice with real world examples, positing along the way some energetic and reasoned arguments against those theorists who have prematurely announced the demise of print. Against the trendy but mistaken assumption that "everything" can be found on the Internet, Mann asserts the lasting value of physical libraries and time tested research strategies, while acknowledging the complementary applications of computer technology. All formats--including books, journals, newspapers, microforms, audiovisual materials, primary documents, bibliographic databases, and digital libraries on the World Wide Web--are considered for their unique advantages, as well as for their limitations.
Required reading for students, scholars, information seeking professionals, and laypersons, The Oxford Guide to Library Research offers a rich, inclusive overview of the field, one that can save its readers countless hours in the search for information. [via]More editions of The Oxford Guide to Library Research:
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The Oxford Handbook of Epistemologyby Paul K. MoserISBN 0195301706 (0-19-530170-6)
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The Oxford History Of Christian Worshipby Geoffrey Wainwright, Karen B. Westerfield TuckerISBN 0195138864 (0-19-513886-4)
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Written to be accessible to the educated layperson, this unique and beautiful volume will also appeal to clergy and liturgists and more generally to students and scholars of the liturgy, Christian theology, church history, and world history. [via]More editions of The Oxford History Of Christian Worship:
Patterns in Prehistory: Humankind's First Three Million Yearsby Robert J. Wenke, Deborah I. OlszewskiISBN 019516928X (0-19-516928-X)
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Plato's Phaedoby John BurnetISBN 0198140142 (0-19-814014-2)
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The Pocket Oxford American Dictionary of Current Englishby Frank R. AbateISBN 0195150821 (0-19-515082-1)
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Poetry and Prose in the Sixteenth Centuryby C. S. LewisISBN 0198122314 (0-19-812231-4)
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The Power Eliteby Charles Wright MillsISBN 0195133544 (0-19-513354-4)
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Robinson CrusoeISBN 0195853369 (0-19-585336-9)
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Shirleyby Charlotte Bronte, Margaret Smith, Herbert RosengartenISBN 0198125658 (0-19-812565-8)
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The Tragedy of Anthony and Cleopatraby William Shakespeare, Michael NeillISBN 0198129092 (0-19-812909-2)
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Troilus and Cressidaby William Shakespeare, Kenneth MuirISBN 0198129033 (0-19-812903-3)
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Within the walls of Troy, Prince Troilus falls madly in love with Cressida, daughter of the deserter Calchas. His love is intense and frenetic--"I am giddy, expectation whirls round me," but turns to bitter disillusion when Cressida defects to the Greek camp and flirts with Diomedes. As the war and conflict over the abduction of Helen whirls around the doomed romance, the play delights in its complex syntax and cynical images of waste, decay, corruption and mutability, summed up in Ulysses' comment that, "Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all / To envious and calumniating time." The play's cynical open-ended quality has frustrated many readers, but gives the play a remarkably modern, contemporary sensibility. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Twentieth-Century World: An International Historyby William R. KeylorISBN 0195068041 (0-19-506804-1)
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The Twentieth-century World And Beyond: An International History Since 1900by William R. KeylorISBN 0195168437 (0-19-516843-7)
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Ulysses on the Liffey.by Richard EllmannISBN 0195196651 (0-19-519665-1)
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Warrant and Proper Functionby Alvin PlantingaISBN 0195078640 (0-19-507864-0)
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The Works of Sir Thomas Maloryby Eugene Vinaver, Thomas MaloryISBN 0198118384 (0-19-811838-4)
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The World Encyclopediaby Oxford University Press, Frances Adlington, Chris Humphries, Rachel LawrenceISBN 0195218183 (0-19-521818-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The World Encyclopedia'Book summary:Including more than 13,000 alphabetically arranged entries and more than 35,000 cross-references, Oxford's World Encyclopedia offers a bounty of information on science and technology, the arts, modern and ancient history, religion, medicine, geography, current affairs, politics, sports, and popular culture.
Here is an authoritative, stimulating, and up-to-date reference work, with 1,500 eye-catching illustrations, most of which are in full color. In addition to the thousands of informative entries, the Encyclopedia also includes a stunning History of the World in timelines--a specially commissioned chronology that details more than 5,000 significant historical events from 15,000 BC to the present, providing an instant cross-section of events across the globe at any given moment in recorded time. There is also a 32-page atlas of the world, featuring digitized mapping created by Europe's most renowned cartographer. And throughout the volume are informative sidebars on the 200 most important nations around the globe. Each nation's boxed entry includes a locator map and flag, descriptive and historical text, and demographic, economic, and political statistics. And there are 150 feature boxes which explain some of the most interesting aspects of the world around us, such as how the Channel Tunnel between England and France was built and why DNA fingerprinting is so precise.
Whether you need information on komodo lizards or the State of Texas or Tiger Woods, The World Encyclopedia is an essential resource for schools, libraries, and home--for any place where curious minds need quick, accurate answers they can trust. [via]More editions of The World Encyclopedia:
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily BronteISBN 0195854748 (0-19-585474-8)
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