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1984by George OrwellISBN 1595404325 (1-59540-432-5)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: '1984'Book summary:Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. [via]
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- 1984: ISBN 1421808323 (1-4218-0832-3)
Hardcover, 1st World Library - 1984: ISBN 0451524934 (0-451-52493-4)
Softcover, Signet Classic - 1984: ISBN 0452262933 (0-452-26293-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library - 1984: ISBN 0582777313 (0-582-77731-3)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd - George Orwell's 1984: ISBN 0871295423 (0-87129-542-3)
Softcover, Dramatic Pub Co - 1984: ISBN 0881030368 (0-88103-036-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - 1984: ISBN 0899663680 (0-89966-368-0)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books - 1984: ISBN 0451519841 (0-451-51984-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library - 1984: ISBN 0451521234 (0-451-52123-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library - 1984: ISBN 061323393X (0-613-23393-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - 1984: ISBN 078389368X (0-7838-9368-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - 1984: ISBN 8495994070 (84-95994-07-0)
Softcover, Jorge a Mestas Ediciones - 1984: ISBN 8423309835 (84-233-0983-5)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp - 1984: ISBN 848328006X (84-8328-006-X)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp - 1984: ISBN 1595404325 (1-59540-432-5)
Softcover, 1st World Library
- 1984: ISBN 1421808323 (1-4218-0832-3)
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1984by Thomas Pynchon, Erich Fromm, George OrwellISBN 0452284236 (0-452-28423-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: '1984'Book summary:Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. [via]
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Americaby Andreas FeiningerISBN 3927258717 (3-927258-71-7)
Softcover, Gingko Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'America'Book summary:This book is a superb collection of American scenes taken in the 1940, 1950s and 1960s by one of photography's all time greats, Andreas Feininger. Each image is a fine example of Feininger's incorruptible sense of proportion, a tribute to the inimitable aesthetic quality that became the signature of his work. Many illustrate his ceaseless quest to minimize the difference between idea and reality, his desire to allow mundane subjects to slip into Utopia. Feininger's America is a photographic tour de force, from Chicago to New Orleans, from Hollywood to Coral Gables. [via]
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America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inactionby Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin, David Javerbaum, Steve Bodow, RICH BLOMQUISTISBN 0446691860 (0-446-69186-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'America, the Book: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction With a Foreword by Thomas Jefferson'Book summary:Amazon.com ExclusivesFeaturing a foreword by Thomas Jefferson, a Dress the Supreme Court layout, and, oddly enough, a profile of George "The Iceman" Gervin, America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, from Jon Stewart and the writers of the Emmy Award-winning The Daily Show, is by far one the most irreverent and wittiest (and may we add smartest) political book you're likely to encounter. Amazon.com spoke with Jon Stewart a few days before the 2004 publication of America (The Book) and they discussed bald eagles, magical talking cats, Thor Heyerdahl, and much more Read the Amazon.com Interview with Jon Stewart Listen to the Amazon.com Interview with Jon Stewart Watch a "vintage" Amazon.com Exclusive Video from Jon StewartMore from Jon Stewart Naked Pictures of Famous People America (The Book) [Audio CD] The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: Indecision 2004 [DVD [via]
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Animal Farmby George OrwellISBN 1595404295 (1-59540-429-5)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animal Farm'Book summary:Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea as the Shortest Serious Novel It's OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars, and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol, wear clothes, sleep in a bed, or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the two-legged are, by definition, the enemy. Too soon, however, the pigs, who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power. "We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of the farm depend on us. Day and night, we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." While this swinish brotherhood sells out the revolution, cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed, the common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted, no better off than in the days when humans ran the farm. Satire Animal Farm may be, but it's a stony reader who remains unmoved when the stalwart workhorse, Boxer, having given his all to his comrades, is sold to the glue factory to buy booze for the pigs. Orwell's view of Communism is bleak indeed, but given the history of the Russian people since 1917, his pessimism has an air of prophecy. --Joyce Thompson [via]
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- Animal Farm: ISBN 0451525361 (0-451-52536-1)
Softcover, Signet - Animal Farm: ISBN 0451526341 (0-451-52634-1)
Softcover, Signet Classic - Animal Farm: ISBN 0452277507 (0-452-27750-7)
Softcover, Plume - Animal Farm: ISBN 0452284244 (0-452-28424-4)
Softcover, Plume - Animal Farm: ISBN 0151002177 (0-15-100217-7)
Hardcover, Harcourt - Animal Farm: ISBN 0151072558 (0-15-107255-8)
Hardcover, Harcourt - Animal Farm: ISBN 0395796776 (0-395-79677-6)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div - Animal Farm: ISBN 0679420398 (0-679-42039-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - Animal Farm: ISBN 0881030074 (0-88103-007-4)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Animal Farm: ISBN 0451521560 (0-451-52156-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Animal Farm: ISBN 0451524667 (0-451-52466-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Animal Farm: ISBN 0452262771 (0-452-26277-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Animal Farm: ISBN 0452264901 (0-452-26490-1)
Softcover, Penguin USA - Animal Farm: ISBN 0151072523 (0-15-107252-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich - Animal Farm: ISBN 0436350009 (0-436-35000-9)
Hardcover, Secker and Warburg - Animal Farm: ISBN 1595404295 (1-59540-429-5)
Softcover, 1st World Library
- Animal Farm: ISBN 0451525361 (0-451-52536-1)
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Animal Farmby Ian Woodldridge, George OrwellISBN 1854597892 (1-85459-789-2)
Softcover, Hern Books, Limited, Nick
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animal Farm'Book summary:Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea as the Shortest Serious Novel It's OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars, and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol, wear clothes, sleep in a bed, or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the two-legged are, by definition, the enemy. Too soon, however, the pigs, who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power. "We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of the farm depend on us. Day and night, we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." While this swinish brotherhood sells out the revolution, cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed, the common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted, no better off than in the days when humans ran the farm. Satire Animal Farm may be, but it's a stony reader who remains unmoved when the stalwart workhorse, Boxer, having given his all to his comrades, is sold to the glue factory to buy booze for the pigs. Orwell's view of Communism is bleak indeed, but given the history of the Russian people since 1917, his pessimism has an air of prophecy. --Joyce Thompson [via]
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Animal Farmby Naura HaydenISBN 0582530083 (0-582-53008-3)
Softcover, Longman Group United Kingdom
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animal Farm'Book summary:Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea as the Shortest Serious Novel It's OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars, and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol, wear clothes, sleep in a bed, or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the two-legged are, by definition, the enemy. Too soon, however, the pigs, who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power. "We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of the farm depend on us. Day and night, we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." While this swinish brotherhood sells out the revolution, cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed, the common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted, no better off than in the days when humans ran the farm. Satire Animal Farm may be, but it's a stony reader who remains unmoved when the stalwart workhorse, Boxer, having given his all to his comrades, is sold to the glue factory to buy booze for the pigs. Orwell's view of Communism is bleak indeed, but given the history of the Russian people since 1917, his pessimism has an air of prophecy. --Joyce Thompson [via]
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Animal Farm With Connectionsby George OrwellISBN 0030554349 (0-03-055434-9)
Hardcover, Harcourt School
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animal Farm With Connections'Book summary:Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea as the Shortest Serious Novel It's OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars, and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol, wear clothes, sleep in a bed, or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the two-legged are, by definition, the enemy. Too soon, however, the pigs, who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power. "We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of the farm depend on us. Day and night, we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." While this swinish brotherhood sells out the revolution, cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed, the common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted, no better off than in the days when humans ran the farm. Satire Animal Farm may be, but it's a stony reader who remains unmoved when the stalwart workhorse, Boxer, having given his all to his comrades, is sold to the glue factory to buy booze for the pigs. Orwell's view of Communism is bleak indeed, but given the history of the Russian people since 1917, his pessimism has an air of prophecy. --Joyce Thompson [via]
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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents America 2006 Calendarby Jon StewartISBN 044669648X (0-446-69648-X)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Presents America 2006 Calendar'Book summary:Amazon Exclusive Content
Jon Stewart on America (The Book)
Sure, we could write a pithy blurb telling you all about America (The Book), by Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show, but it's much easier--and funnier--to let Jon Stewart tell you all about this irreverant new book himself. - Watch Jon Stewart talk to Amazon.com customers about America (The Book) from the set of The Daily Show.
- Read or listen to our exclusive interview with Jon Stewart.
- Read our exclusive Election 2004 interviews with Jon Stewart. [via]
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Flying High Americaby Jim WarkISBN 8854400033 (88-544-0003-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flying High America'Book summary:This book takes a pictorial look at the nation from above, with dazzling full-color photographs of each region of the United States of America. These territories continue to reach out to settlers and travelers, challenging those who would try to conquer its mountains, rivers, and canyons as well as those who try get to know its patchwork quilt of people and regional cultural variations. The reader takes a thrilling journey over mountains, deserts, mighty rivers, swaths of farmland, and the great cities and landmark skyscrapers, all shown from an aerial vantage point. The design of the pages is carefully planned to bring out the panoramic qualities of the exceptionally beautiful photographs. The reduced album format of the book has been chosen to emphasize the wide-angle approach of the pictures. [via]
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George Orwell Complete & UnabridgedISBN 0905712048 (0-905712-04-8)
Hardcover, Brill Academic Pub
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George Orwell's 1984by Ralph A. RanaldISBN 067100719X (0-671-00719-X)
Hardcover, Pearson Education, Limited
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan Swift, Michael SeidelISBN 1593080573 (1-59308-057-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:[via]Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Considered the greatest satire ever written in English, Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels chronicles the fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, principally to four marvelous realms: Lilliput, where the people are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land inhabited by giants; Laputa, a wondrous flying island; and a country where the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent horses, are served by savage humanoid creatures called Yahoos.
Beneath the surface of this enchanting fantasy lurks a devastating critique of human malevolence, stupidity, greed, vanity, and short-sightedness. A brilliant combination of adventure, humor, and philosophy, Gullivers Travels is one of literatures most durable masterpieces.Michael Seidel is Jesse and George Siegel Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. He has written widely on eighteenth-century literature. His books include Satiric Inheritance: Rabelais to Sterne (1979), Exile and the Narrative Imagination (1986), and Robinson Crusoe: Island Myths and the Novel (1991).
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- Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1593081324 (1-59308-132-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1853260274 (1-85326-027-4)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1417617616 (1-4176-1761-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1557424764 (1-55742-476-4)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1561381691 (1-56138-169-1)
Hardcover, Courage Books - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1566197848 (1-56619-784-8)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1890517011 (1-890517-01-1)
Hardcover, Core Knowledge Foundation - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0794503292 (0-7945-0329-2)
Softcover, Edc Pub - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0804900159 (0-8049-0015-9)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0679405453 (0-679-40545-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0820112747 (0-8201-1274-7)
Hardcover, Scholars Facsimilies & Reprint - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0861129857 (0-86112-985-7)
Hardcover, Brimax Books, Limited - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0890093040 (0-89009-304-0)
Hardcover, Book Sales - Guilliver's Travels: ISBN 0672609681 (0-672-60968-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0812567064 (0-8125-6706-4)
Softcover, Tor Books - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0816718660 (0-8167-1866-0)
Softcover, Troll Communications L.L.C. - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0877207275 (0-87720-727-5)
Softcover, Amsco School Pubns Inc - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0883011425 (0-88301-142-5)
Softcover, Ags Pub - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0894715399 (0-89471-539-9)
Softcover, Running Press - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0679601880 (0-679-60188-0)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0708981437 (0-7089-8143-7)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 076070063X (0-7607-0063-X)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0915556065 (0-915556-06-5)
Hardcover, Great River Books - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 3895080977 (3-89508-097-7)
Hardcover, Koenemann Verlagsgesellschaft - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1593080573 (1-59308-057-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
- Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1593081324 (1-59308-132-4)
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Gulliver's Travelsby Malvina G. Vogel, Johnathon Smith, Pablo MarcosISBN 1577658183 (1-57765-818-3)
Hardcover, Spotlight
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:a wonderful children's book filled with great illustrations [via]
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Gulliver's Travelsby Angela WilkesISBN 0860206122 (0-86020-612-2)
Softcover, Edc Pub
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Gulliver's Travelsby Leslie Kimmelman, Jonathan Swift, Nick HarrisISBN 0721456146 (0-7214-5614-6)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:An Englishman's two voyages carry him to Lilliput, a land of people six inches high, and Brobdingnag, a land of giants. [via]
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Gulliver's Travelsby Martin Woodside, Jamel AkibISBN 1402726627 (1-4027-2662-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:[via]Through the eyes of Lemuel Gulliver, Swifts unforgettable satire takes readers into worlds formerly unimagined. Visit four strange and remarkable lands: Lilliput, where Gulliver seems a giant among a race of tiny people; Brobdingnag, the opposite, where the natives are giants and Gulliver puny; the ruined yet magical country of Laputa; and the home of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses far superior to the ugly humanoid Yahoos who share their universe.
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Gulliver's Travelsby S.D. Schindler, Jonathan Swift, Raymond JamesISBN 0816718652 (0-8167-1865-2)
Hardcover, Troll Communications Llc
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Jonathan Swift's Gulliverby Jonathan Swift, Martin Jenkins, Chris RiddellISBN 0763624098 (0-7636-2409-8)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jonathan Swift's Gulliver'Book summary:A tour de force of illustration and design, JONATHAN SWIFT'S GULLIVER is a magnificent introduction to one of the most popular stories in the English language.
First published in 1726, Jonathan Swift's classic adventure story has long been a favorite with adults and children alike. This magnificent edition contains all of Gulliver's extraordinary voyages. Travel to Lilliput, land of the small, and Brobdingnag, land of giants; to Laputa, where inhabitants need to be hit on the head with sticks to remind them to talk; to Glubbdubdrib, island of ghosts and magicians; and finally, to the kingdom of the Houyhnhnms, where horses rule over humans.
Award-winning author Martin Jenkins has skillfully abridged the original novel, remaining true to its tone and humor while making it accessible to younger readers. He is brilliantly assisted by Kate Greenaway Medalist Chris Riddell, who brings to life the people, creatures, and kingdoms of Swift's searing imagination in wonderful panoramic detail. [via]More editions of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver:
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Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Rightby Al FrankenISBN 1594130388 (1-59413-038-8)
Softcover, Large Print Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right'Book summary:Having previously dissected the factual inaccuracies of a single bellicose talk show host in Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot, Al Franken takes his fight to a larger foe: President George W. Bush, the Bush Administration, Ann Coulter, Bill OReilly, and scores of other conservatives whom, he says, are playing loose with the facts. It's a lot of ground to cover, as evidenced by the 43 chapters in Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, but the results are often entertaining and insightful. Franken occupies a unique place in the modern political dialogue as perhaps the media's only comedy writer and performer who is also a Harvard fellow as well as a liberal political commentator. This unique and vaguely lonely position lends a charming quixotic quality to adventures such as a tense encounter with the Fox News staff at the National Press Club, a challenge to fisticuffs with National Review Editor Rich Lowry, and an oddly sweet admissions visit to ultra-conservative Bob Jones University (with a young research assistant posing as his son when Franken's real-life son refuses to participate in the charade). Less useful are comic book dramatizations of "Supply Side Jesus" and a fictitious Vietnam War story featuring the numerous righties who, Franken intimates, improperly avoided service. And Franken's criticisms of conservative talk show hosts Sean Hannity, OReilly, and columnist Coulter, while admirable in their attention to detail, fail to shed much new light on people who have built careers on broad arguments and relentless self-aggrandizement. But Franken is at his best, and most compellingly readable, when he backs off the wackiness and the personal grudges and writes about more personal matters such as the political circus surrounding the memorial service of the late Senator Paul Wellstone. But even on these more serious topics, Franken's wit is still present and, in fact, grows sharper. In a time when much political discourse is composed of rage and shouting, it's refreshing that Al Franken is able to shout in a witty manner. --John Moe [via]
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- Lies (and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): Fair and Balanced Look at the Right: ISBN 0452285216 (0-452-28521-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right: ISBN 0525947647 (0-525-94764-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA - Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right: ISBN 1594130388 (1-59413-038-8)
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- Lies (and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): Fair and Balanced Look at the Right: ISBN 0452285216 (0-452-28521-6)
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Naked Pictures of Famous Peopleby Jon StewartISBN 0688171621 (0-688-17162-1)
Softcover, Rob Weisbach Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Naked Pictures of Famous People'Book summary:Sometimes it seems like every standup comedian worth his or her salt just has to do the book thing, and you might feel that yet another warmed-over stage routine is the last thing you need taking up valuable bookshelf space. Jon Stewart's book will come as an extremely pleasant surprise. He eschews the standard standup patter and instead gives us 18 short comic essays in a variety of styles that recall the prose work of Woody Allen, only with a few more references to genitals. Stewart proves himself a remarkably nimble humorist with a sharp eye for parody, whether he's writing "A Very Hanson Christmas" or "Adolf Hitler: The Larry King Interview."
HITLER: ...Larry, look, I was a bad guy. No question. I hate that Hitler. The yelling, the finger pointing, I don't know ... I was a very angry guy.
KING: And this ... new Hitler?
HITLER: I get up at seven, have half a melon, do the jumble in the morning paper and then let the day take me where it will.... Me!! The inventor of the Blitzkrieg... When you stop having to control everything it's very freeing.
Stewart is not afraid to flirt with bad taste, in fact, some of the pieces in this collection do for "flirting with bad taste" what Bill Clinton did for "not having sexual relations." But it's wonderful to see an edgy comedian taking on the traditionally cozy genre of the humorous essay, creating work that combines the wit of Robert Benchley with the energy and attitude of the best modern standup. Naked Pictures of Famous People proves that Jon Stewart is as comfortable, and accomplished, in front of a word processor as he is in front of an audience. --Simon Leake [via]
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Nineteen Eighty-Fourby George OrwellISBN 0679417397 (0-679-41739-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'Book summary:Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. [via]
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- Nineteen Eighty-Four: ISBN 0452254264 (0-452-25426-4)
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Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: Text, Sources, Criticismby Irving HoweISBN 0155658115 (0-15-565811-5)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: Text, Sources, Criticism'Book summary:Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. [via]
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Rebelion en la granja / Animal Farmby George OrwellISBN 8423337332 (84-233-3733-2)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rebelion En La Granja / Animal Farm'Book summary:Esta es una fabula en la que la adjudicacion de las aflicciones y las necesidades humanas a los animales protagonistas vencio la resistencia nacional de los primeros lectores a mirar lo que no querian mirar. Lo que nos cuenta el autor ya estaba en los periodicos: la historia sobre los crimenes estalinistas en la Union Sovietica. [via]
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Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observationsby Al FrankenISBN 0788161857 (0-7881-6185-7)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations'Book summary:Rush Limbaugh claims his talent is on loan. With this book, Franken demonstrates that he owns. The frankly Democratic author's shtick reminds us how much of a free ride conservatives have gotten in the mainstream media. For instance, he really drives home the weirdness of the conservatives' preachiness about "family values" in light of Newt Gingrich's and Bob Dole's first marriages, and Rush Limbaugh's first, second and third marriages. And he has great fun with Rush's and Newt's miraculous draft deferments in a chapter where he imagines all of the great conservative "chicken-hawks" out on a Vietnam war patrol under the leadership of Ollie North. [via]
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Stupid White Men: And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!by Michael MooreISBN 0786244046 (0-7862-4404-6)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stupid White Men: And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!'Book summary:Stupid White Men, Michael Moore's screed against "Thief-in-Chief" George Bush's power elite, hit No. 1 at Amazon.com within days of publication. Why? It's as fulminating and crammed with infuriating facts as any right-wing bestseller, as irreverent as The Onion, and as noisily entertaining as a wrestling smackdown. Moore offers a more interesting critique of the 2000 election than Ralph Nader's Crashing the Party (he argued with Nader, his old boss, who sacked him), and he's serious when he advocates ousting Bush. But Moore's rage is outrageous, couched in shameless gags and madcap comedy: "Old white men wielding martinis and wearing dickies have occupied our nation's capital.... Launch the SCUD missiles! Bring us the head of Antonin Scalia!... We are no longer [able] to hold free and fair elections. We need U.N. observers, U.N. troops". Moore's ideas range from on-the-money (Arafat should beat Sharon with Gandhi's non-violent shame tactics) to over-the-top: blacks should put inflatable white dolls in their cars so racist cops will think they're chauffeurs; the ever-more-Republicanesque Democratic Party should be sued for fraud; "no contributions toward advancing our civilization ever came out of the South [except Faulkner, Hellman, and R.J. Reynolds]," because it's too hot to think straight there; Korean dictator Kim Jong-il "has got to broaden himself beyond porn and John Wayne" by watching better movies, like Dude, Where's My Car? (which contains "all you need to know about America"). Whatever your politics, Stupid White Men should make you blow your stack.--Tim Appelo [via]
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The Truth with Jokesby Al FrankenISBN 0786284536 (0-7862-8453-6)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The World's Great ClassicsISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
Hardcover, Xs Books
Find This BookBook summary:Odyssey, The: The World's Great Classics, by Homer; tr. by S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang [via]
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1984by GEORGE ORWELISBN 9685270880 (968-5270-88-0)
Softcover, Ld Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '1984'Book summary:En esta novela encontramos al lider unico cuya presencia es ante todo una abstraccion, la negacion del individuo, la sustraccion de la informacion: el Gran Hermano. Es, al mismo tiempo, una advertencia y un deseo. El autor ha construido una metafora del imaginario social del siglo XX, al describir un pais carcelario, vigilado por un lugar desde donde se ve a el y a todos. [via]
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Estupidos Hombres Blancos / Stupid White Menby Michael MooreISBN 8466612815 (84-666-1281-5)
Softcover, Ediciones Urano
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Estupidos Hombres Blancos / Stupid White Men'Book summary:Returning to size up the new century, award-winning provocateur Michael Moore exposes the big, ugly special-interest group that's laying waste to the world: stupid white men. Whether he's calling for United Nations action to overthrow the Bush family junta, calling on African-Americans to place "whites only" signs over the entrances of unfriendly businesses, or praying that Jesse Helms will get kissed by a man, these commentaries are Mike's manifesto on malfeasance and mediocrity.[via]
En una divertida sátira política, premiado provocador Michael Moore revela el gran grupo que están asolando del mundo: los estúpidos hombres blancos. Cómo el "presidente" Bush quién robó la elección contando sólo con la ayuda de su hermano, cómo los ricos siguen siendo ricos mientras nos obligan a que vivamos en un miedo permanente a los malos resultados económicos; y cómo los políticos se han aliado con el mundo de los grandes negocios. Este libro sirve como el manifesto de Mike sobre la mediocridad y mala conducta.More editions of Estupidos Hombres Blancos / Stupid White Men:
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Nineteen Eighty-fourby George OrwellISBN 8423328651 (84-233-2865-1)
Hardcover, Ediciones Destino
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nineteen Eighty-four'Book summary:En esta novela encontramos al lider unico cuya presencia es ante todo una abstraccion, la negacion del individuo, la sustraccion de la informacion: el Gran Hermano. Es, al mismo tiempo, una advertencia y un deseo. El autor ha construido una metafora del imaginario social del siglo XX, al describir un pais carcelario, vigilado por un lugar desde donde se ve a el y a todos. [via]
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Rebelion en la granja / Animal Farmby G. OrwelISBN 9706438807 (970-643-880-7)
Softcover, Selector S.A. De C.V.
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Les Voyages De Gulliverby Jonathan SwiftISBN 1846374952 (1-84637-495-2)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Voyages De Gulliver'Book summary:Gulliver est une figure légendaire. Le mot "Lilliputiens" est devenu un nom commun. Classique parmi les classiques, ce livre est un roman de genre : un héros embarqué sur un navire qui fait naufrage échoue sur une île... Dès lors, tout est possible, surtout les choses les plus extraordinaires. C'est une fabuleuse occasion pour un écrivain de déployer tous les trésors de son imagination, et Jonathan Swift n'en manque pas. Dans la première partie, son héros se retrouve prisonnier d'un peuple minuscule. Après avoir vécu moult péripéties, il rentre chez lui, mais le démon de l'aventure le pousse à repartir. Comme les naufrages étaient nombreux à l'époque (on est à l'aube du XVIIIe siècle), le voilà derechef poussé par les flots vers un autre pays surprenant. Mais, cette fois, c'est lui qui est nain parmi des géants. Ces deux histoires fabuleuses, qui ont fait le tour du monde dans bien des versions et adaptations, sont à découvrir absolument dans le texte intégral, plein de saveur, même si les archaïsmes abondent et peuvent déconcerter le jeune lecteur : tournures de langage, évocation des moeurs de l'époque, mots inusités aujourd'hui réclament un petit effort de lecture. Qui sera largement récompensé par le plaisir de suivre ces passionnantes aventures. --Pascale Wester [via]
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