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Acid Rowby Minette WaltersISBN 0399148620 (0-399-14862-0)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Acid Row'Book summary:A writer of unquestioned talent and power, Minette Walters has electrified readers around the globe with her fiercely compelling and utterly riveting thrillers that have earned her comparisons to Ruth Rendell and P. D. James. In Acid Row, she takes us to a place that is all the more frightening because it is so real.
Acid Row. The name beleaguered inhabitants give their crime-riddled, decaying housing project. It's a no-man's land of single mothers and fatherless children, where angry, alienated youths control the streets.
Into this battleground comes Sophie Morrison, a young doctor visiting a patient there-and unaware that she is entering the home of a known pedophile. With reports circulating that a child has disappeared into this bedlam, the vigilantes are out in force. Sophie is trapped at the center of this terrifying siege, wth a man who can and will harm her . . . and the mob is out for blood. [via]More editions of Acid Row:
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Acts of Warby Tom ClancyISBN 042515601X (0-425-15601-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Acts of War'Book summary:The Cold War is over. And chaos is setting in. The new president of Russia is trying to create a democratic regime. But there are strong elements within the country that are trying to stop him: the ruthless Russian mafia, the right-wing nationalists, and those nefarious forces that will do whatever it takes to return Russia to the days of the Czar.
Op-Center, the newly-founded but highly successful crisis management team, begins a race against the clock and against the hardliners. Their task is made even more difficult by the discovery of a Russian counterpart... but this one's controlled by those same repressive hardliners and represents everything Op-Center stands for. Two rival Op-Centers, virtual mirror images of each other. But if this mirror cracks, it'll be more than seven years of bad luck.... [via]
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Adrian Mole, the Wilderness Yearsby Sue TownsendISBN 0413650103 (0-413-65010-3)
Hardcover, Methuen
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Adventures of Don Quixoteby Miguel De CervantesISBN 0416879101 (0-416-87910-1)
Hardcover, Routledge
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An Artist of the Floating Worldby Kazuo IshiguroISBN 0399131191 (0-399-13119-1)
Hardcover, Daedalus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Artist of the Floating World'Book summary:In An Artist of the Floating World, Kazuo Ishiguro offers readers of the English language an authentic look at postwar Japan, "a floating world" of changing cultural behaviors, shifting societal patterns and troubling questions. Ishiguro, who was born in Nagasaki in 1954 but moved to England in 1960, writes the story of Masuji Ono, a bohemian artist and purveyor of the night life who became a propagandist for Japanese imperialism during the war. But the war is over. Japan lost, Ono's wife and son have been killed, and many young people blame the imperialists for leading the country to disaster. What's left for Ono? Ishiguro's treatment of this story earned a 1986 Whitbread Prize. [via]
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At Riskby Patricia CornwellISBN 0399153624 (0-399-15362-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At Risk'Book summary:[via]A Massachusetts state investigator is called home from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is completing a course at the National Forensic Academy. His boss, the district attorney, attractive but hard-charging, is planning to run for governor, and as a showcase she's planning to use a new crime initiative called At Risk-its motto: "Any crime, any time." In particular, she's been looking for a way to employ cutting-edge DNA technology, and she thinks she's found the perfect subject in an unsolved twenty-year-old murder-in Tennessee. If her office solves the case, it ought to make them all look pretty good, right?
View the trailer for "Patricia Cornwell's At Risk", premiering on Lifetime on April 10, 2010.
Her investigator is not so sure-not sure about anything to do with this woman, really-but before he can open his mouth, a shocking piece of violence intervenes, an act that shakes up not only both their lives but the lives of everyone around them. It's not a random event. Is it personal? Is it professional? Whatever it is, the implications are very, very bad indeed . . . and they're about to get much worse.
Sparks fly, traps spring, twists abound-this is the master working at the top of her game.
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At Riskby Patricia Daniels CornwellISBN 0425214761 (0-425-21476-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At Risk'Book summary:[via]A Massachusetts state investigator is called home from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is completing a course at the National Forensic Academy. His boss, the district attorney, attractive but hard-charging, is planning to run for governor, and as a showcase she's planning to use a new crime initiative called At Risk-its motto: "Any crime, any time." In particular, she's been looking for a way to employ cutting-edge DNA technology, and she thinks she's found the perfect subject in an unsolved twenty-year-old murder-in Tennessee. If her office solves the case, it ought to make them all look pretty good, right?
View the trailer for "Patricia Cornwell's At Risk", premiering on Lifetime on April 10, 2010.
Her investigator is not so sure-not sure about anything to do with this woman, really-but before he can open his mouth, a shocking piece of violence intervenes, an act that shakes up not only both their lives but the lives of everyone around them. It's not a random event. Is it personal? Is it professional? Whatever it is, the implications are very, very bad indeed . . . and they're about to get much worse.
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The Awakeningby Kate ChopinISBN 0399500316 (0-399-50031-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Bear and the Dragonby Tom ClancyISBN 0425180964 (0-425-18096-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bear and the Dragon'Book summary:Power is delightful, and absolute power should be absolutely delightful--but not when you're the most powerful man on earth and the place is ticking like a time bomb. Jack Ryan, CIA warrior turned U.S. president, is the man in the hot seat, and in this vast thriller he's up to his nostrils in crazed Asian warlords, Russian thugs, nukes that won't stay put, and authentic, up-to-the-nanosecond technology as complex as the characters' motives are simple. Quick, do you know how to reprogram the software in an Aegis missile seekerhead? Well, if you're Jack Ryan, you'd better find someone who does, or an incoming ballistic may rain fallout on your parade. Bad for reelection prospects. "You know, I don't really like this job very much," Ryan complains to his aide Arnie van Damm, who replies, "Ain't supposed to be fun, Jack."
But you bet The Bear and the Dragon is fun--over 1,000 swift pages' worth. In the opening scene, a hand-launched RPG rocket nearly blows up Russia's intelligence chief in his armored Mercedes, and Ryan's clever spooks report that the guy who got the rocket in his face instead was the hoodlum "Rasputin" Avseyenko, who used to run the KGB's "Sparrow School" of female prostitute spies. Soon after, two apparent assassins are found handcuffed together afloat in St. Petersburg's Neva River, their bloated faces resembling Pokémon toys.
The stakes go higher as the mystery deepens: oil and gold are discovered in huge quantities in Siberia, and the evil Chinese Minister Without Portfolio Zhang Han San gazes northward with lust. The laid-off elite of the Soviet Army figure in the brewing troubles, as do the new generation of Tiananmen Square dissidents, Zhang's wily, Danielle Steel-addicted executive secretary Lian Ming, and Chester Nomuri, a hip, Internet-porn-addicted CIA agent posing in China as a Japanese computer salesman. He e-mails his CIA boss, Mary Pat "the Cowgirl" Foley, that he intends to seduce Ming with Dream Angels perfume and scarlet Victoria's Secret lingerie ordered from the catalog--strictly for God and country, of course. Soon Ming is calling him "Master Sausage" instead of "Comrade," but can anybody master Ming?
The plot is over the top, with devastating subplots erupting all over the globe and lurid characters scaring the wits out of each other every few pages, but Clancy finds time to insert hard-boiled little lessons on the vileness of Communism, the infuriating intrusions of the press on presidential power, the sexual perversions of Mao, the poor quality of Russian pistol silencers ("garbage, cans loaded with steel wool that self-destructed after less than ten shots"), the folly of cutting a man's throat with a knife ("they flop around and make noise when you do that"), and similar topics. Naturally, the book bristles like a battlefield with intriguingly intricate military hardware.
When you've got a Tom Clancy novel in hand, who needs action movies? --Tim Appelo [via]
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Big Troubleby Dave BarryISBN 0425178102 (0-425-17810-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Big Trouble'Book summary:Dave Barry, the only newsman to win a Pulitzer for exemplary use of words like booger, will please humor and crime-fiction fans alike with this racy debut novel. The scene is Miami. In ritzy Coconut Grove, the teen son of Eliot, a newsman turned adman, sneaks up to spritz a cute girl with a Squirtmaster 9000 to win a high school game called Killer. Meanwhile, two hit men sneak up to kill the girl's abusive stepdad, Arthur. Arthur cheated his bosses at corrupt Penultimate, Inc., which equipped a Florida jail with automatic garage-opener gates that accidentally freed prisoners in a lightning storm.
Farcical confusion ensues, witnessed by a saintly bum named Puggy, camped in a tree in Arthur's yard. Puggy works at the Jolly Jackal Bar & Grill, which has no grill and actually sells guns and bombs to an offshoot of the Crips and Bloods called the Cruds, and to Penultimate (which plans to conquer Cuba). But when dim thugs Eddie and Snake rob the Jolly Jackal and Arthur tells them it's a Russian mob front selling bombs, the proprietor snorts, "Bombs, pfft! No bombs! Is bar."
Can Snake and Eddie spirit a suitcase nuke through Miami, "where most motorists obeyed the traffic and customs of their individual countries of origin"? Can Eliot and cop Monica Rodriguez save the day? And how do the 300-pound hallucinogenic Enemy Toad, the 13-foot-long python Daphne, highway goats, and the Denture Adventure seniors' theme park fit in? Everything fits perfectly, including a few dark passages new to Barry's work. But one warning: if you read this book while drinking milk, at some point it will spurt out of your nostrils. --Tim Appelo [via]
Black Sundayby Thomas HarrisISBN 0399114432 (0-399-11443-2)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Breach : Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clintonby Peter BakerISBN 0425172457 (0-425-17245-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Brecht Collected Plays: Life of Galileo Part 1by Bertolt BrechtISBN 0413390608 (0-413-39060-8)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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Capital Crimesby Stuart WoodsISBN 0399150900 (0-399-15090-0)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Capital Crimes'Book summary:Someone is out to kill the nation's high-level politicos in this electrifying new thriller in the bestselling Will Lee series.
Will Lee, the courageous and uncompromising senator from Georgia, is back -- now as President of the United States, in this fifth book of the New York Times bestselling series. When a prominent conservative politician is killed inside his lakeside cabin, authorities have no suspect in sight. Then two more seemingly isolated deaths-achieved by very different means-are feared to be linked to the same murderer. With the help of his CIA director wife, Kate Rule Lee, Will is thrust in the middle of the deadly game to catch the most clever and professional of killers before he can strike again.
From a quiet D.C. suburb to the corridors of power to a deserted island hideaway in Maine, Will, Kate, and the FBI track their man and set a trap with extreme caution and care-and await the most dangerous kind of quarry, a killer with a cause to die for. [via]More editions of Capital Crimes:
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The Cardinal of the Kremlinby Tom ClancyISBN 0425116840 (0-425-11684-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cardinal of the Kremlin'Book summary:Two men possess vital data on Russia's Star Wars missile defense system. One of them is CARDINAL--America's highest agent in the Kremlin--and he's about to be terminated by the KGB. The other is the one American who can save CARDINAL and lead the world to the brink of peace--or war. [via]
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Chinese Society: Change, Conflict and Resistanceby Mark Selden, Elizabeth J. PerryISBN 0415301696 (0-415-30169-6)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chinese Society: Change, Conflict and Resistance'Book summary:This book, written by an interdisciplinary and international team of China scholars, offers an authoritative analysis of contemporary Chinese society, protest and resistance. Topics covered include:
* labour and environmental disputes
* rural and ethnic conflict
* migration
* legal challenges, intellectual and religious dissidence
* opposition to family planning
* suicide.
This topical volume challenges conventional images of contemporary Chinese society, providing a comprehensive resource for both undergraduates and specialists in the field. [via]More editions of Chinese Society: Change, Conflict and Resistance:
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Churchill: A Lifeby Martin GilbertISBN 0434291838 (0-434-29183-8)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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Clear and Present Dangerby Tom ClancyISBN 0425122123 (0-425-12212-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Clear and Present Danger'Book summary:CIA man Jack Ryan, hero of Patriot Games, finds that he will probably never have a boring summer: The sudden and surprising assassination of three American officials in Colombia. Many people in many places, moving off on missions they all mistakenly thought they understood. The future was too fearful for contemplation, and beyond the expected finish lines were things that, once decided, were better left unseen. Tom Clancy's new thriller is based on America's war on drugs... and the covert--and shocking--U.S. response. [via]
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The Dan Quayle Diktionaryby James WynbrandtISBN 0425136965 (0-425-13696-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Dark Justiceby Jack HigginsISBN 0425205088 (0-425-20508-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Der Prozessby Franz KafkaISBN 0435385011 (0-435-38501-1)
Softcover, Heinemann
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Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monstersby Terrance DicksISBN 0426110250 (0-426-11025-0)
Softcover, Carol Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters'Book summary:1st edition paperback, vg++ [via]
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E=Mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equationby David BodanisISBN 0425181642 (0-425-18164-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Fantasia an Algerian Cavalcadeby Assia Djebar, Dorothy S. BlairISBN 0435086219 (0-435-08621-9)
Softcover, Heinemann
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Fatal Hour: The Assassination of President Kennedy by Organized Crimeby Richard N. Billings, G. Robert BlakeyISBN 0425135705 (0-425-13570-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fatal Hour: The Assassination of President Kennedy by Organized Crime'Book summary:Dramatic and timely, this detailed account reveals the facts about issues surrounding organized crime's vendetta against Kennedy--including the Chicago syndicate's involvement in his election, Robert Kennedy's relentless pursuit of the Mafia, Jim Garrison's relationship to organized crime, and much more. 8-page photo insert. Previously published as The Plot to Kill the President (Times Books). [via]
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The French Revolution: A Historyby Thomas CarlyleISBN 0404014127 (0-404-01412-7)
Hardcover, AMS Press
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From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68by H.H. ScullardISBN 0415025273 (0-415-02527-3)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From the Gracchi to Nero: A History of Rome from 133 B.C. to A.D. 68'Book summary:Scullard's clear and comprehensive narrative covers the period from 133 BC to 69 AD, exploring the decline and fall of the Republic, and the establishment of the Pax Romana under the early Principate. More than forty years after its first publication this masterful survey remains the standard textbook on the central period of Roman history. [via]
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Games for Actors and Non--Actorsby Augusto Boal, Adrian JacksonISBN 0415267080 (0-415-26708-0)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Games for Actors and Non--Actors'Book summary:The French edition of Jeux pour Acteurs et Non-Acteurs published in 1982 is currently in its seventh edition. For this first translation into English Boal has added new examples and fresh ideas to make it the most up-to-date introduction to the techniques of Image Theatre and Forum Theatre available.
Boal's early work took place under the military regime in Brazil. During a period of exile in Portugal, France, Sweden, Germany, and the US he developed work on combating oppression through theatre. His methods transform theatre from a hierarchical structure where actors are active and audiences passive, to a democratic arena where the spectator becomes the `spectactor', contributing ideas, taking over roles, and using theatre to confront everyday problems, such as sexual harassment, poor pay, homophobia, and racism and find ways of fighting them.
Games for Actors and Non-Actors is a handbook of methods, techniques, games, and exercises designed to help anyone - whether actor or non-actor - rehearse for real life: make the fictional real. [via]More editions of Games for Actors and Non--Actors:
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God's Bits of Woodby Sembere Ousmane, Francis PriceISBN 0435909592 (0-435-90959-2)
Softcover, Heinemann
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› Find signed collectible books: 'God's Bits of Wood'Book summary:Tells the dramatic story of the 1947-8 strike on the Dakar-Niger railway. By the author of "Black Docker". [via]
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The Goose Step A Study Of American Educationby Upton Beall SinclairISBN 0404060684 (0-404-06068-4)
Hardcover, Ams Pr Inc
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A Grain of Wheatby James NgugiISBN 0435909878 (0-435-90987-8)
Softcover, Heinemann
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Grain of Wheat'Book summary:This is a compelling account of the turbulence that inflamed Kenya in the 1950s and its impact on people's lives. Five friends and agemates make different choices when the Mau Mau rebellion erupts in colonial Kenya. Kihika joins the freedom fighters in the forest; Gikonyo supports the rebels, but is arrested and detained; Mumbi, Gikonyo's wife, works to keep family and home together in the village; Karanja chooses to support the more powerful British masters; Mugo ultimately betrays his friends and loses his life in a desperate attempt to stay alive and stay neutral.
In this ambitious and densely worked novel, we begin to see early signs of Ngugi's increasing bitterness about the ways in which the politicians, not the fighters or their families, are the true benefactors of the rewards on independence. [via]
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A Grain of Wheatby Ngugi Wa ThiongoISBN 0435900366 (0-435-90036-6)
Hardcover, Heinemann Educational Books
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Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens, Rick GearyISBN 042512021X (0-425-12021-X)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:After harsh early years, Pip, an orphan growing up in Victorian England, is given the means to become a gentleman by an unknown benefactor and learns that outward appearances can be deceiving. Presented in comic book format. [via]
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Hidden Agendasby Tom ClancyISBN 0425171396 (0-425-17139-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hidden Agendas'Book summary:In the year 2010, computers are the new superpower. Those who control them control the world. To enforce the New Laws, Congress creates the ultimate computer security agency with the FBI: the Net Force. Instructions on how to make a bomb...a list of every U.S. spy in the Euro-Asian theater...Someone with access to classified information is posting it on the Internet-and it's costing lives. Net Force Commander Alex Michaels is in the hot seat. Now, before a hostile Senate committee, he must justify the very existence of the Net Force. Meanwhile, a virus is unleashed that throws the federal financial systems into chaos. And the Net Force operatives must hunt the wily hacker through the twists and turns of cyberspace-down a path that leads them dangerously close to home... [via]
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Honey Don'tby Tim SandlinISBN 0399149988 (0-399-14998-8)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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In Times Like Theseby Zee EdgellISBN 0435989278 (0-435-98927-8)
Softcover, Heinemann
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International Political Economy: Perspectives on Global Power And Wealthby Jeffry A. Frieden, David A. LakeISBN 0415222796 (0-415-22279-6)
Softcover, Routledge
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Jingoby Terry PratchettISBN 0413774465 (0-413-77446-5)
Softcover, A & C Black
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jingo'Book summary:Terry Pratchett is a phenomenon unto himself. Never read a Discworld book? The closest comparison might be Monty Python and the Holy Grail, with its uniquely British sense of the absurd, and side-splitting, smart humor. Jingo is the 20th of Pratchett's Discworld novels, and the fourth to feature the City Guard of Ankh-Morpork. As Jingo begins, an island suddenly rises between Ankh-Morpork and Al-Khali, capital of Klatch. Both cities claim it. Lord Vetinari, the Patrician, has failed to convince the Ruling Council that force is a bad idea, despite reminding them that they have no army, and "I believe one of those is generally considered vital to the successful prosecution of a war." Samuel Vimes, Commander of the City Watch, has to find out who shot the Klatchian envoy, Prince Khufurah, and set fire to their embassy, before war breaks out.
Pratchett's characters are both sympathetic and outrageously entertaining, from Captain Carrot, who always finds the best in people and puts it to work playing football, to Sergeant Colon and his sidekick, Corporal Nobbs, who have "an ability to get out of their depth on a wet pavement." Then there is the mysterious D'reg, 71-hour Ahmed. What is his part in all this, and why 71 hours? Anyone who doesn't mind laughing themselves silly at the idiocy of people in general and governments in particular will enjoy Jingo. --Nona Vero [via]
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L Etrangerby Albert Camus, Germaine Bree, Carlos LynesISBN 0423846108 (0-423-84610-8)
Hardcover, Methuen Educational
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› Find signed collectible books: 'L Etranger'Book summary:LÉtranger est un roman dAlbert Camus, paru en 1942. Il prend place dans la trilogie que Camus nommera « cycle de labsurde » qui décrit les fondements de la philosophie camusienne : labsurde. Cette trilogie comprend également lessai philosophique intitulé Le Mythe de Sisyphe ainsi que les deux pièces de théâtre Caligula et Le Malentendu. Le roman a été traduit en quarante langues et une adaptation cinématographique a été réalisée par Luchino Visconti en 1967.
En 1999. La revue Le Monde classa ce roman premier parmi les 100 romans du siècle.
Meursault, le narrateur, employé de bureau algérois, apprend la mort de sa mère. Il prend l'autobus pour se rendre à l'asile où elle a fini ses jours et assiste avec indifférence à la veillée et à l'enterrement. Le lendemain, samedi, il rencontre Marie dans un établissement de bains, l'emmène au cinéma et passe la nuit avec elle. Le dimanche s'étire dans l'ennui et le désoeuvrement. Meursault retrouve son bureau et ses voisins: Céleste le restaurateur, le vieux Salamano qui bat son chien, et Raymond Sintès, dont on dit dans le quartier qu'il «vit des femmes». Celui-ci demande à Meursault de rédiger une lettre destinée à une femme qui l'a trompé. Le samedi suivant, Meursault se rend à la plage avec Marie. Au retour, ils assistent à une scène violente au cours de laquelle Raymond frappe sa maîtresse. La police étant intervenue, Meursault accepte de témoigner en faveur de Raymond ... Meursault et Marie vont passer le dimanche à la plage, avec Raymond. Deux Arabes les ont suivis. L'un est le frère de la femme que Raymond a maltraitée. Une dispute éclate: Raymond est blessé d'un coup de couteau. Un peu plus tard, par une chaleur accablante, il revient provoquer son agresseur. Meursault, qui lui, a pris son revolver par précaution, se retrouve seul face à l'Arabe. Aveuglé par le soleil et l'éclat du couteau que celui-ci a sorti de sa poche, il tire sur lui...
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Leben Des Galileiby Bertolt Brecht, F. H. Brookes, E. C. FraenkelISBN 0435381237 (0-435-38123-7)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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Lenny Bruce: An Autobiography How to Talk Dirty and Influence Peopleby Lenny BruceISBN 0404199275 (0-404-19927-5)
Hardcover, Ams Pr Inc
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The Life of Galileoby Bertolt BrechtISBN 0413390705 (0-413-39070-5)
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Mission to Kalaby Mongo BetiISBN 0435900137 (0-435-90013-7)
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Moon Is a Harsh Mistressby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 0399105565 (0-399-10556-5)
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My War: Killing Time in Iraqby Colby BuzzellISBN 0425211363 (0-425-21136-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My War: Killing Time in Iraq'Book summary:My War is a book that will challenge many of the most common assumptions about the Iraq War and the people fighting in it. Colby Buzzell, the book's author and a U.S. Army machine-gunner who did a year-long tour in Iraq, is not the stereotypical small-town soldier from a Red State. He grew up in San Francisco eating pot brownies at the Haight-Ashbury Street Fair, skateboarding, and listening to punk and heavy metal. He supported Ralph Nader for president, reads George Orwell, and his dad worked in Silicon Valley. But he was sick of his "life in oblivion," bouncing around from one dead-end job to another. As Buzzell writes in his typically gritty prose, "I didnt want to get all old and have my bratty grandkids ask me, 'Grandpa, where were you during the Iraq war?' and me going, 'Oh, I was busy doing temp work and data entry for 12 bucks an hour.'"
In search of adventure, Buzzell joined the army and got sent to Iraq. First stationed in the ultra-dangerous Sunni Triangle, he quickly mastered how to use the M240 Bravo machine gun: "Just get behind that muthafucka and just fire it." His fellow soldiers, mostly hip-hop fans or headbanging metal-heads like him, killed time watching porn on mini-portable DVD players or listening to Metallica on their iPods while on patrol. Long boring spells were interrupted by wild fits of confusing action. On one of Buzzell's first missions, two platoons fired thousands of rounds at near point-blank range at an unarmed Iraqi civilian. Amazingly, he survived. Out of boredom, Buzzell started a blog, one of the first by an ordinary "Joe" grunt in Iraq. It became a media sensation and got Buzzell in trouble with the REMFs ("Rear Echelon Mutha Fuckers") because of his less-than-glamorous portrayal of the war and his superiors, whom he accuses of constantly lying to the public and the soldiers under their command. My War may be disappointing to readers looking for deeper introspections on the moral questions behind the war, but it is a pretty convincing case against the claim that everything in Iraq is going fine. --Alex Roslin [via]
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New Labour, New Language?by Norman FaircloughISBN 0415218276 (0-415-21827-6)
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On Warby Carl Von Clausewitz, F. N. Maude, Colonel J. J. GrahamISBN 0415350387 (0-415-35038-7)
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One-Dimentional Man; Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Societyby H. MARCUSEISBN 0415289777 (0-415-28977-7)
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Patriot Gamesby Tom ClancyISBN 0425109720 (0-425-10972-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Patriot Games'Book summary:The bestselling author of Red Storm Rising and The Sum of All Fears brings Jack Ryan back in his to fight his deadliest battle yet.
From England to Ireland to America, an explosive wave of violence sweeps a CIA analyst and his family into the deadliest game of our time: international terrorism. An ultra-left-wing faction fo the IRA has targeted the CIA man for his act of salvation in an assasination attempt. And now he must pay ... with his life. [via]
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The People's Choiceby Jeff GreenfieldISBN 0399138129 (0-399-13812-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The People's Choice'Book summary:What happens if the President-elect dies two days after his victory, but before the electoral college meets? The rules fly out the window, as we see in this cautionary tale by Jeff Greenfield. As power plays, bidding wars, and media frenzy fly like confetti at a victory parade, the fate of the presidency rests on the shoulders of 538 obscure shopkeepers, civil servants, retirees, and party faithfuls--including an office manager from Michigan who's a little tired of being told what to do by men in blue suits. Maybe, she thinks, it's time to do something about it. The Republic may never be the same. [via]
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Petals of Bloodby Ngugi Wa ThiongoISBN 0435901885 (0-435-90188-5)
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Pork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Man in Action, Korea, Spring, 1953by S. L. A. MarshallISBN 0425175057 (0-425-17505-7)
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Post-Liberalismby GrayISBN 0415135532 (0-415-13553-2)
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Power: A New Social Anaysisby Allyson Pollock, Samuel Brittan, Kirk WillisISBN 0415325072 (0-415-32507-2)
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Power: A New Social Analysisby Bertrand RussellISBN 0415094569 (0-415-09456-9)
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The Prince of Pleasure and His Regency, 1811-20by J. B. PriestleyISBN 0434603570 (0-434-60357-0)
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Prisonsby Mary Lee SettleISBN 0399111646 (0-399-11164-6)
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Quicksilverby Neal StephensonISBN 0434008931 (0-434-00893-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quicksilver'Book summary:Quicksilver is a massive, exuberant and wildly ambitious historical novel that's also Neal Stephenson's eagerly awaited prequel to Cryptonomicon--his pyrotechnic reworking of the 20th century, from World War II codebreaking and disinformation to the latest issues of Internet data privacy.
Quicksilver, "Volume One of the Baroque Cycle", backtracks to another time of high intellectual ferment: the late 17th century, with the natural philosophers of England's newly formed Royal Society questioning the universe and dissecting everything that moves. One founding member, the Rev John Wilkins, really did write science fiction and a book on cryptography--but this isn't history as we know it, for here his code book is called not Mercury but Cryptonomicon. And although the key political schemers of Charles II's government still have initials spelling the word CABAL, their names are all different...
While towering geniuses like Newton and Leibniz decode nature itself, bizarre adventures (merely beginning with the Great Plague and Great Fire) happen to the fictional Royal Society member Daniel Waterhouse, who knows everyone but isn't quite bright enough for cutting-edge science. Two generations of Daniel's family appear in Cryptonomicon, as does a descendant of the Shaftoes who here are soldiers and vagabonds. Other links include the island realm of Qwghlm with its impossible language and the mysterious, seemingly ageless alchemist Enoch Root.
As the reign of Charles II gives way to that of James II and then William of Orange, Stephenson traces the complex lines of finance and power that form the 17th-century Internet. Gold and silver, lead and (repeatedly) mercury or quicksilver flow in glittering patterns between centres of marketing and intrigue in England, Germany, France and Holland. Paper flows as well: stocks, shares, scams and letters holding layers of concealed code messages. Binary code? Yes, even that had already been invented and described by Francis Bacon.
Quicksilver is crammed with unexpected incidents, fascinating digressions and deep-laid plots. Who'd believe that Eliza, a Qwghlmian slave girl liberated from a Turkish harem by mad Jack Shaftoe (King of the Vagabonds) could become a major player in European finance and politics? Still less believable, but all too historically authentic, are the appalling medical procedures of the time--about which we learn a lot. There are frequent passages of high comedy, like the lengthy description of a foppish earl's costume which memorably explains that someone seemed to have been painted in glue before "shaking and rolling him in a bin containing thousands of black silk doilies".
This is a huge, exhausting read, full of rewards and quirky insights that no other author could have created. Fantastic or farcical episodes sometimes clash strangely with the deep cruelty and suffering of 17th-century realism. Recommended, though not to the faint-hearted. --David Langford [via]
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Rainbow Sixby Tom ClancyISBN 0425170349 (0-425-17034-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rainbow Six'Book summary:For many readers, Jack Ryan embodies the essence of the modern American hero. Morally centered, disciplined, humble yet powerful, Ryan (and his onscreen incarnations in Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford) has made Tom Clancy one of the most popular writers in the world. But as Clancy has constructed the Ryan mythology, he has quietly established Ryan's shadow double, John Clark. Appearing in The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Clear and Present Danger, and Without Remorse, Clark has many of Jack Ryan's most appealing traits, but he is also a darker figure embodying the more paranoid sensibilities of the late '90s. As is made clear from the opening pages of Rainbow Six, ex-Navy SEAL Clark and his colleagues believe violent, deadly force to be the best deterrent for terrorism.
Clark (a.k.a. Rainbow Six) has left the CIA to create an England-based organization code-named "Rainbow." Its mission: deploy an elite squad of American operatives combined with handpicked British, French, and German agents to stop terrorism in its tracks. Rainbow's emergence could not be more timely: in quick succession, the force diffuses three attempted terrorist actions. But Clark becomes suspicious when Russian agents suddenly show interest in Rainbow's work.
Rainbow Six appeals on all the levels that Clancy fans could hope for. The Rainbow operatives, from Navy SEALs to German mountain-leader school graduates, are rendered to inspire with their physical and mental prowess. The book is infatuated with the latest gadgets for scrambling, transmitting, and decoding secrets. And, in a carefully woven narrative that simultaneously traces the Rainbow team, a former KGB agent named Popov, the Australian Olympic security team, and a sinister group of American scientists, Clancy artfully reveals the mystery of "Shiva" at the center of the novel. How does Clark measure up against Jack Ryan? He may be the perfect hero for a world with hidden villains. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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Rationalism in Politics and Other Essaysby Michael Joseph OakeshottISBN 0416699502 (0-416-69950-2)
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Right-Wing Womenby Andrea DworkinISBN 0399506713 (0-399-50671-3)
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The River Betweenby Thiong'O Ngugi-WaISBN 0435905481 (0-435-90548-1)
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Robert's Rules of Orderby Henry M. RobertISBN 0425116905 (0-425-11690-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Robert's Rules of Order'Book summary:A simplified, updated version of the classic manual of parliamentary procedure. Rewritten in contemporary language for the modern reader, this clear, concise, easy-to-use edition of the popular reference is an essential tool for organizations of all sizes--from businesses to community groups. [via]
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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole : Playby Sue Townsend, Ken Howard, Alan BlaikleyISBN 0413592502 (0-413-59250-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole : Play'Book summary:Play version of this novel that was a hit with adults and teenagers alike.[via]
In his secret diary, British teenager Adrian Mole excruciatingly details every morsel of his turbulent adolescence. Mixed in with daily reports about the zit sprouting on his chin are heartrending passages about his parents' chaotic marriage. Adrian sees all, and he has something to say about everything. Delightfully self-centered, Adrian is the sort of teenager who could rule a much better world--if only his crazy relatives and classmates would get out of his way.
Sue Townsend's play is based on her internationally best-selling book, was created for the Phoenix Arts Leicester, where it received its first production in Septmeber 1984. This volume contains the complete text of the play with introductory notes on the staging by the author; the complete words of the lyrics and music for the melody line of each of the tunes.More editions of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole : Play:
Sincerely Ronald Reaganby Von DammISBN 0425048551 (0-425-04855-1)
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The Teeth of the Tigerby Tom ClancyISBN 0425197409 (0-425-19740-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Teeth of the Tiger'Book summary:A man named Mohammed sits in a café in Vienna, about to propose a deal to a Colombian. Mohammed has a strong network of agents and sympathizers throughout Europe and the Middle East, and the Colombian has an equally strong drug network throughout America. What if they were to form an alliance, to combine all their assets and connections? The potential for profits would be enormous-and the potential for destruction unimaginable. In the Brave New World of terrorism-where anybody with a spare AK-47, a knowledge of kitchen chemistry, or simply the will to die can become a player-the old rules no longer apply. No matter what new governmental organizations come into being, the only truly effective ones are those that are quick and agile, free of oversight and restrictions . . . and outside the system. Way outside the system. In a nondescript office building in suburban Maryland, the firm Hendley Associates does a profitable business in stocks, bonds, and international currencies, but its true mission is quite different: to identify and locate terrorist threats, and then deal with them, in whatever manner necessary. Established with the knowledge of President John Patrick Ryan, "the Campus" is always on the lookout for promising new talent, its recruiters scattered throughout the armed forces and government agencies-and three men are about to cross its radar. The first is Dominic Caruso, a rookie FBI agent, barely a year out of Quantico, whose decisive actions resolve a particularly brutal kidnap/murder case. The second is Caruso's brother, Brian, a Marine captain just back from his first combat action in Afghanistan, and already a man to watch. And the third is their cousin . . . a young man named Jack Ryan, Jr. Jack was raised on intrigue. [via]
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Tom Clancy's Op-Centerby Tom ClancyISBN 0425147363 (0-425-14736-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tom Clancy's Op-Center'Book summary:The Cold War is over. And chaos is setting in. The new president of Russia is trying to create a democratic regime. But there are strong elements within the country that are trying to stop him: the ruthless Russian mafia, the right-wing nationalists, and those nefarious forces that will do whatever it takes to return Russia to the days of the Czar.
Op-Center, the newly-founded but highly successful crisis management team, begins a race against the clock and against the hardliners. Their task is made even more difficult by the discovery of a Russian counterpart... but this one's controlled by those same repressive hardliners and represents everything Op-Center stands for. Two rival Op-Centers, virtual mirror images of each other. But if this mirror cracks, it'll be more than seven years of bad luck.... [via]
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Tom Clancy's Op-Center Balance of Powerby Tom ClancyISBN 0425165566 (0-425-16556-6)
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Truth, Politics, Morality: Pragmatism and Deliberationby Cheryl MisakISBN 0415140366 (0-415-14036-6)
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William Rufusby Frank BarlowISBN 0413281701 (0-413-28170-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'William Rufus'Book summary:William II, better known as William Rufus, was the third son of William the Conqueror and England's king for only 13 years (1087-1100) before he was mysteriously assassinated. In this vivid biography, here updated and reissued with a new preface, Frank Barlow reveals an unconventional, flamboyant William Rufus a far more attractive and interesting monarch than previously believed. Weaving an intimate account of the life of the king into the wider history of Anglo-Norman government, Barlow shows how William confirmed royal power in England, restored the ducal rights in France, and consolidated the Norman conquest. A boisterous man, William had many friends and none of the cold cruelty of most medieval monarchs. He was famous for his generosity and courage, and generally known to be homosexual. Licentious, eccentric, and outrageous, his court was attacked at the time by Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, and later by censorious historians. This highly readable account of William Rufus and his brief but important reign is an essential volume for readers with an interest in Anglo-Saxon and medieval history or in the lives of extraordinary monarchs. [via]
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L Etrangerby Albert Camus, Ray DavisonISBN 0415025869 (0-415-02586-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'L Etranger'Book summary:Condamné à mort, Meursault. Sur une plage algérienne, il a tué un Arabe. À cause du soleil, dira-t-il, parce qu'il faisait chaud. On n'en tirera rien d'autre. Rien ne le fera plus réagir : ni l'annonce de sa condamnation, ni la mort de sa mère, ni les paroles du prêtre avant la fin. Comme si, sur cette plage, il avait soudain eu la révélation de l'universelle équivalence du tout et du rien. La conscience de n'être sur la terre qu'en sursis, d'une mort qui, quoi qu'il arrive, arrivera, sans espoir de salut. Et comment être autre chose qu'indifférent à tout après ça ?
Étranger sur la terre, étranger à lui-même, Meursault le bien nommé pose les questions qui deviendront un leitmotiv dans l'oeuvre de Camus. De La Peste à La Chute, mais aussi dans ses pièces et dans ses essais, celui qui allait devenir Prix Nobel de littérature en 1957 ne cessera de s'interroger sur le sens de l'existence. Sa mort violente en 1960 contribua quelque peu à rendre mythique ce maître à penser de toute une génération. --Karla Manuele [via]
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