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American Government: Apby WilsonISBN 0618247335 (0-618-24733-5)
Hardcover, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin
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American Government: Institutions and Policiesby James Q. Wilson, John J. DilulioISBN 0618299823 (0-618-29982-3)
Hardcover, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Government: Institutions And Policies'Book summary:This popular brief edition text for the one-semester or one-quarter American Government course maintains the framework of Wilson's complete text, emphasizing the historical development of the American political system, who governs, and to what end. The Eighth Edition features thoroughly updated examples, figures, and tables and coverage through the 2006 mid-term elections. [via]
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American Government Institutions and Policies: The Essentialsby James Q. Wilson, John DilulioISBN 0618299815 (0-618-29981-5)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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American Government: The Essentialsby James Q. Wilson, John J. DilulioISBN 0618101454 (0-618-10145-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Aneurin Bevan: 1897-1960by Michael Foot, Brian BrivatiISBN 057540132X (0-575-40132-X)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Futureby Jeff GoodellISBN 0618319409 (0-618-31940-9)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future'Book summary:In the tradition of Rachel Carson and Eric Schlosser, the veteran journalist Jeff Goodell examines the danger behind President George W. Bush's recent assertion that coal is America's "economic destiny."[via]
Despite a devastating, century-long legacy that has claimed millions of lives and ravaged the environment, coal has become hot again -- and will likely get hotter. In this penetrating analysis, Goodell debunks the faulty assumptions underlying coal's revival and shatters the myth of cheap coal energy. In a compelling blend of hard-hitting investigative reporting, history, and industry assessment, Goodell illuminates the stark economic imperatives America faces and the collusion of business and politics -- what is meant by "big coal" -- that have set us on the dangerous course toward reliance on this energy source.
Few of us realize that even today we burn a lump of coal every time we flip on a switch. Coal already supplies more than half the energy needed to power our iPods, laptops, lights -- anything we use that consumes electricity. Our desire to find a homegrown alternative to Mideast oil, the rising cost of oil and natural gas, and the fossil fuel-friendly mood in Washington will soon push our coal consumption through the roof. Because we have failed to develop alternative energy sources, coal has effectively become the default fuel for the twenty-first century.More editions of Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future:
Bold As Loveby Gwyneth A. JonesISBN 0575070315 (0-575-07031-5)
Softcover, Gollancz
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bold As Love'Book summary:Imagine John Lennon met Mick Jagger around 1968, really hit it off, went through the collapse of modern civilisation together, and changed from rockstars into genuine heroes. And came out on the other side ruling England. And imagine they were both in love with the same girl, and this gorgeous babe they both adored turned out to be ...But this story isn't actually set in 1968, it's an alternate Now, and Fiorinda is no hapless sixties rock chick, but a formidable power in her own right: a child of our times and a timeless heroine. Bold As Love is an evocative Arthurian fantasy in which cultural icons (rock and roll stars) are cast as man of destiny, peerless warrior companion at his side, with a band of faithful companions, a princess in jeopardy, battle scenes, fancy dress, Celtic mythology, true romance, a wicked magician, the Holy Grail ...More magical than the classic Divine Endurance, more exciting and moving than the award-winning White Queen: Bold As Love is a shamelessly romantic fantasy about England that asks what would happen to the rock nobility if all those protest songs and idealist opinions were put to the test ... [via]
Bomb Cultureby Jeff NuttallISBN 0586080015 (0-586-08001-5)
Hardcover, Paladin
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The Challenge Of Democracy: Government In Americaby Jerry Goldman, Kenneth Janda, Jeffrey M. BerryISBN 061837244X (0-618-37244-X)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Childrenby David HalberstamISBN 0613171403 (0-613-17140-3)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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The Coming of the New Deal: 1933-1935, The Age of Rooseveltby Arthur M. SchlesingerISBN 0618340866 (0-618-34086-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Coming of the New Deal: 1933-1935, The Age of Roosevelt'Book summary:The Coming of the New Deal, 1933-1935, volume two of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.s Age of Roosevelt series, describes Franklin Delano Roosevelts first tumultuous years in the White House. Coming into office at the bottom of the Great Depression, FDR told the American people that they have nothing to fear but fear itself. The conventional wisdom having failed, he tried unorthodox remedies to avert economic collapse. His first hundred days restored national morale, and his New Dealers filled Washington with new approaches to recovery and reform. Combining idealistic ends with realistic means, Roosevelt proposed to humanize, redeem, and rescue capitalism. The Coming of the New Deal, written with Schlesingers customary verve, is a gripping account of critical years in the history of the republic.[via]More editions of The Coming of the New Deal: 1933-1935, The Age of Roosevelt:
The Curse of Chalionby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 0606297820 (0-606-29782-0)
Hardcover, Tandem Library Books
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed Americaby Erik LarsonISBN 0609608444 (0-609-60844-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America'Book summary:Author Erik Larson imbues the incredible events surrounding the 1893 Chicago World's Fair with such drama that readers may find themselves checking the book's categorization to be sure that The Devil in the White City is not, in fact, a highly imaginative novel. Larson tells the stories of two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect responsible for the fair's construction, and H.H. Holmes, a serial killer masquerading as a charming doctor. Burnham's challenge was immense. In a short period of time, he was forced to overcome the death of his partner and numerous other obstacles to construct the famous "White City" around which the fair was built. His efforts to complete the project, and the fair's incredible success, are skillfully related along with entertaining appearances by such notables as Buffalo Bill Cody, Susan B. Anthony, and Thomas Edison. The activities of the sinister Dr. Holmes, who is believed to be responsible for scores of murders around the time of the fair, are equally remarkable. He devised and erected the World's Fair Hotel, complete with crematorium and gas chamber, near the fairgrounds and used the event as well as his own charismatic personality to lure victims. Combining the stories of an architect and a killer in one book, mostly in alternating chapters, seems like an odd choice but it works. The magical appeal and horrifying dark side of 19th-century Chicago are both revealed through Larson's skillful writing. --John Moe [via]
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The Economics of Innocent Fraud: Truth for Our Timeby John Kenneth GalbraithISBN 0618013245 (0-618-01324-5)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Economics of Innocent Fraud: Truth for Our Time'Book summary:John Kenneth Galbraith has been immersed in economics for most of his long and remarkable life. The purpose of this extended essay is to illuminate examples of "innocent fraud" or the gulf between perception and reality in the modern American economic system--a system he had a hand in creating during his tenure in FDR's administration. Though tackling serious subjects, the book sparkles with wit and sly understatement. "A marked enjoyment can be found in identifying self-serving belief and contrived nonsense," he writes, clearly enjoying himself.
The dominant role of the corporation in modern society is one such form of innocent fraud, and he explains how managers hold the real power in our system, not consumers or shareholders as the image would suggest. Despite the "appearance of relevance for owners," capitalism has given way to corporate bureaucracy--"a bureaucracy in control of its task and its compensation. Rewards that verge on larceny."
He also explains how the public realm is effectively controlled by the private sector. The arms industry is but one example of this: "While the Pentagon is still billed as being of the public sector, few doubt the influence of corporate power in its decisions." He also looks at the financial world which "sustains a large, active, well-rewarded community based on compelled but seemingly sophisticated ignorance," and in particular the Federal Reserve System, "our most prestigious form of fraud, our most elegant escape from reality." In essence, Galbraith says that the Fed, for all of its power and prestige, effectively does nothing. And he has little problem with this: "Let their ineffective role be accepted and forgiven."
Both a guide to the present and an aid to shaping the future, this slim, satisfying book is a font of wisdom, conventional and otherwise, from a respected elder statesman in the twilight of his life. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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Emperor Mage: Library Editionby Tamora PierceISBN 0606345574 (0-606-34557-4)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emperor Mage: Library Edition'Book summary:Emperor Ozorne's Immortal minions have savaged peaceful Tortall. Daine has lost many friends to Hurrock claw and Stormwing talon. Now Ozorne talks of treaties, and for Tortall's sake, Daine must attend the peace conference - somehow keeping her wild magic in check. But other forces demand she unleash that power. The Gods are furious with Emperor Ozorne, and have chosen Daine to deliver their dreadful retribution. Compelled by the Graveyard Hag, Daine confronts Ozorne. But should she use divine power to bring the mighty Empire to its knees.? [via]
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The End of the Third Ageby J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 0618083561 (0-618-08356-1)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The End of the Third Age'Book summary:The End of the Third Age is comprised of the first section of the hardcover volume published as Sauron Defeated, the ninth volume of The History of Middle-earth. It completes Christopher Tolkien's account of the creation of The Lord of the Rings begun in the earlier volumes, The Return of the Shadow, The Treason of Isengard, and The War of the Ring.[via]
The End of the Third Age begins with Sam's rescue of Frodo from the Tower of Kirith Ungol, and giving a very different account of the Scouring of the Shire, this part ends with versions of the hitherto unpublished Epilogue, in which, years after the departure of Bilbo and Frodo from the Grey Havens, Sam attempts to answer his children's questions.
The book is illustrated with changing conceptions of Kirith Ungol and Mount Doom, as well as previously unpublished drawings of Orthanc and Dunharrow.More editions of The End of the Third Age:
Face-Time : A Novelby Erik TarloffISBN 0609604635 (0-609-60463-5)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynastyby Bill MinutaglioISBN 0609808672 (0-609-80867-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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A Future Perfect : The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalizationby John Micklethwait, Adrian WooldridgeISBN 060961083X (0-609-61083-X)
Softcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Future Perfect : The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalization'Book summary:Globalization is the single most important force in the world today, write journalists John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, both of The Economist (and coauthors of The Witch Doctors):
The integration of the world economy is not only reshaping business but also reordering the lives of individuals, creating new social classes, different jobs, unimaginable wealth, and, occasionally, wretched poverty. From Washington to Beijing, politicians are increasingly defined in terms of their attitudes toward globalization. The key political arguments of the next few years--between Islam and the West, Euroskeptics and Europhiles, the new left and the old--will all be variations arising from one underlying conflict: the one between globalizers who want to see the world reshaped in their own image and traditionalists who want to preserve fragments of traditional culture and local independence.
Micklethwait and Wooldridge are advocates of the former, not the latter. In A Future Perfect--a rich synthesis of anecdote, analysis, and argument--they make a strong case both for globalization's economic benefits and its classically liberal underpinnings. They acknowledge frustration with public debates over globalization that "always seem to involve a shuttered textile factory in South Carolina, never a young African child sitting at a computer; always a burning Amazonian forest, never a young Brazilian investment banker; always The Lion King or the Spice Girls, never the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao." A Future Perfect relentlessly reports the upside of globalization--the book is full of stories--and makes the vital point that more than economics is at stake. At bottom, write Micklethwait and Wooldridge, the issue is freedom. They bemoan "restrictions on where people can go, what they can buy, where they can invest, and what they can read, hear, or see. Globalization by its nature brings down these barriers, and it helps to hand the power to choose to the individual." Like a good article in The Economist, A Future Perfect is well written and concise. It also renders complicated subjects understandable, and has the welcome effect of making readers feel smarter for having cracked its spine. Much has been written about globalization; this book may be the best of the bunch thus far. --John J. Miller [via]
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The Giverby Lois LowryISBN 0606069909 (0-606-06990-9)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Global Politicsby James Lee Ray, Juliet KaarboISBN 061805202X (0-618-05202-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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Greetings from the Lincoln Bedroomby Arianna S. HuffingtonISBN 0609802690 (0-609-80269-0)
Softcover, Crown Publishing Group
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HamletISBN 0573691444 (0-573-69144-4)
Softcover, Bakers Plays
Find This BookBook summary:The "Annotated Shakespeare" series allows readers to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world's greatest dramatist. One of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is unsurpassed in its complexity and richness. This fully annotated version of "Hamlet" makes the play completely accessible to readers in the 21st century. It has been carefully assembled with students, teachers and the general reader in mind. Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers help with vocabulary and usage of Elizabethan English, pronunciation, prosody and alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations provide readers with all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations. In his introduction, Raffel offers important background on the origins and previous versions of the Hamlet story, along with an analysis of the characters of Hamlet and Ophelia. And in a concluding essay, Harold Bloom meditates on the originality of Shakespeare's achievement. [via]
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Hamletby Julia Markus, Paul JordanISBN 0582097207 (0-582-09720-7)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:* Includes an informative, detailed and practical introduction to Shakespeare's life, times and language. * Supports the texts with useful notes. * Provides activities for before, during and after study. [via]
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Hard Timesby Charles DickensISBN 0582243963 (0-582-24396-3)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
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Harry Potter And the Order of the Phoenixby J. K. RowlingISBN 0613999169 (0-613-99916-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter And the Order of the Phoenix'Book summary:As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion. It's been yet another infuriating and boring summer with the despicable Dursleys, this time with minimal contact from our hero's non-Muggle friends from school. Harry is feeling especially edgy at the lack of news from the magic world, wondering when the freshly revived evil Lord Voldemort will strike. Returning to Hogwarts will be a relief& or will it?
Book five in JK Rowling's Harry Potter series follows the darkest year yet for our young wizard, who finds himself knocked down a peg or three after the events of last year. Over the summer, gossip (usually traced back to the magic world's newspaper, the Daily Prophet) has turned Harry's tragic and heroic encounter with Voldemort at the Triwizard Tournament into an excuse to ridicule and discount the teenager. Even Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of the school, has come under scrutiny from the Ministry of Magic, which refuses to officially acknowledge the terrifying truth: that Voldemort is back. Enter a particularly loathsome new character: the toad-like and simpering ("hem, hem") Dolores Umbridge, senior undersecretary to the minister of Magic, who takes over the vacant position of defence against dark arts teacher--and in no time manages to become the high inquisitor of Hogwarts. Life isn't getting any easier for Harry Potter. With an overwhelming course load as the fifth years prepare for their examinations, devastating changes in the Gryffindor Quidditch team line-up, vivid dreams about long hallways and closed doors, and increasing pain in his lightning-shaped scar, Harry's resilience is sorely tested.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, more than any of the four previous novels in the series, is a coming-of-age story. Harry faces the thorny transition into adulthood, when adult heroes are revealed to be fallible, and matters that seemed black and white suddenly come out in shades of gray. Gone is the wide-eyed innocent, the whiz kid of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Here we have an adolescent who's sometimes sullen, often confused (especially about girls), and always self-questioning. Confronting death again, as well as a startling prophecy, Harry ends his year at Hogwarts exhausted and pensive. Readers, on the other hand, will be energised as they enter yet again the long waiting period for the next title in the marvellous magical series. --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Hons and Rebelsby Jessica MitfordISBN 0575400048 (0-575-40004-8)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hons and Rebels'Book summary:[via]First published in 1960, Jessica Mitford's autobiography is an account of the enclosed and eccentric childhood through which Nancy, Diana, Pam, Unity, Decca, and Debo lived. In writing of their upbringing between the wars, she also writes of her own commitment to communism and of her elopement to the Spanish Civil War with Esmond Romilly.More editions of Hons and Rebels:
IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporationby Edwin BlackISBN 0609808990 (0-609-80899-0)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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Inside Trackby Robin OakleyISBN 0593047699 (0-593-04769-9)
Hardcover, Bantam
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Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independenceby Garry WillsISBN 0618257764 (0-618-25776-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence'Book summary:From one of America's foremost historians, Inventing America compares Thomas Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence with the final, accepted version, thereby challenging many long-cherished assumptions about both the man and the document. Although Jefferson has long been idealized as a champion of individual rights, Wills argues that in fact his vision was one in which interdependence, not self-interest, lay at the foundation of society. "No one has offered so drastic a revision or so close or convincing an analysis as Wills has . . . The results are little short of astonishing" (Edmund S. Morgan New York Review of Books ).[via]More editions of Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence:
Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., And The Laws That Changed Americaby Nick KotzISBN 0618088253 (0-618-08825-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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King Learby William Shakespeare, Celeste FlowerISBN 0582097185 (0-582-09718-5)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Lear'Book summary:This is a critical study of Shakespeare's "King Lear" for "A" level students. [via]
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africaby Adam HochschildISBN 0618001905 (0-618-00190-5)
Softcover, Mariner Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa'Book summary:In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocidal plundering of the Congo, he looted its rubber, brutalized its people, and ultimately slashed its population by ten million--all the while shrewdly cultivating his reputation as a great humanitarian. Heroic efforts to expose these crimes eventually led to the first great human rights movement of the twentieth century, in which everyone from Mark Twain to the Archbishop of Canterbury participated. King Leopold's Ghost is the haunting account of a megalomaniac of monstrous proportions, a man as cunning, charming, and cruel as any of the great Shakespearean villains. It is also the deeply moving portrait of those who fought Leopold: a brave handful of missionaries, travelers, and young idealists who went to Africa for work or adventure and unexpectedly found themselves witnesses to a holocaust. Adam Hochschild brings this largely untold story alive with the wit and skill of a Barbara Tuchman. Like her, he knows that history often provides a far richer cast of characters than any novelist could invent. Chief among them is Edmund Morel, a young British shipping agent who went on to lead the international crusade against Leopold. Another hero of this tale, the Irish patriot Roger Casement, ended his life on a London gallows. Two courageous black Americans, George Washington Williams and William Sheppard, risked much to bring evidence of the Congo atrocities to the outside world. Sailing into the middle of the story was a young Congo River steamboat officer named Joseph Conrad. And looming above them all, the duplicitous billionaire King Leopold II. With great power and compassion, King Leopold's Ghost will brand the tragedy of the Congo--too long forgotten--onto the conscience of the West. [via]
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Language and Powerby Norman FaircloughISBN 0582414830 (0-582-41483-0)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Familiesby Walker Evans, James AgeeISBN 0618127496 (0-618-12749-6)
Softcover, Mariner Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families'Book summary:Just what kind of book is Let Us Now Praise Famous Men? It contains many things: poems; confessional reveries; disquisitions on the proper way to listen to Beethoven; snippets of dialogue, both real and imagined; a lengthy response to a survey from the Partisan Review; exhaustive catalogs of furniture, clothing, objects, and smells. And then there are Walker Evans's famously stark portraits of depression-era sharecroppers--photographs that both stand apart from and reinforce James Agee's words.
Assigned to do a story for Fortune magazine about sharecroppers in the Deep South, Agee and Evans spent four weeks living with a poor white tenant family, winning the Burroughs's trust and immersing themselves in a sharecropper's daily existence. Given a first draft of the resulting article, the editors at Fortune quite understandably threw up their hands--as did several other editors who subsequently worked with a later book-length manuscript. The writing was contrary. It refused to accommodate itself to the reader, and at times it positively bristled with hostility. (What other book could take Marx as the epigraph and then announce: "These words are quoted here to mislead those who will be misled by them"?) Response to the book was puzzled or unfriendly, and Let Us Now Praise Famous Men sputtered out of print only a few short years after its publication. It took the 1960s, and a vogue for social justice, to bring Agee's masterwork the audience it deserved.
Yet the book is far more interesting--aesthetically and morally--than the sort of guilty-liberal tract for which it is often mistaken. On an existential level, Agee's text is a deeply felt examination of what it means to suffer, to struggle to live in spite of suffering. On a personal level, it is the painful, beautifully written portrait of one man's obsession. In its collaboration with Evans's photographs, the book is also a groundbreaking experiment in form. In the end, however, it is more than merely the sum of its parts. Let Us Now Praise Famous Men is, quite simply, a book unlike any other, simmering with anger and beauty and mystery. --Mary Park [via]
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The Limits of Protestby Peter BuckmanISBN 0575003332 (0-575-00333-2)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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Lord Palmerstonby Jasper RidleyISBN 0586037225 (0-586-03722-5)
Softcover, Academy Chicago Pub
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MacbethISBN 0582527112 (0-582-52711-2)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
Find This BookBook summary:One of Shakespeare's greatest, but also bloodiest tragedies, was written around 1605/06. Many have seen the story of Macbeth's murder and usurpation of the legitimate Scottish King Duncan as having obvious connection to contemporary issues regarding King James I (James VI of Scotland), and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. King James was particularly fascinated with witchcraft, so the appearance of the witches chanting "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" at the opening of the play seemed particularly topical, as was Macbeth's betrayal of Banquo, from whom James claimed direct descent.
However, the play is clearly far more than a piece of royal entertainment. It is also a fast-moving and dramatically satisfying piece of theatre. Macbeth's existential struggle between loyalty to his King and his "Vaulting ambition" is fascinating to watch, as his is struggle with Lady Macbeth, and her own terrifying refusal of her maternal role. The play shows an intensification of Shakespeare's interest in mothers and their effect upon ruling masculinity, and also contains some of the most memorable speeches in the entire canon, including Macbeth's reflections that ultimately life "is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Macbeth: Level 4by Not AvailableISBN 0582829992 (0-582-82999-2)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Major Problems in American Foreign Relations: Documents and Essays, Concise Editionby Dennis MerrillISBN 0618376399 (0-618-37639-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Major Problems in American Foreign Relations: Since 1914 Documents and Essaysby Thomas G. Paterson, Dennis MerrillISBN 0618370390 (0-618-37039-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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The Man in the High Castleby Philip K. DickISBN 0575019581 (0-575-01958-1)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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The Man in the Iron Maskby Alexandre DumasISBN 0603030211 (0-603-03021-1)
Hardcover, Dean & Son
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Martiansby Kim Stanley RobinsonISBN 0613354206 (0-613-35420-6)
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Michael Footby Mervyn JonesISBN 0575051973 (0-575-05197-3)
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Modern Africaby Basil DavidsonISBN 0582655250 (0-582-65525-0)
Softcover, Longman
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Modern Africa: A Social and Political Historyby Basil DavidsonISBN 058221288X (0-582-21288-X)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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Mrs Dallowayby Virginia WoolfISBN 0613706226 (0-613-70622-6)
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Murder in the Cathedralby T. S. EliotISBN 0606208143 (0-606-20814-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder in the Cathedral'Book summary:T. S. Eliots Murder in the Cathedral is both a fascinating retelling of the twelfth-century assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket and a compelling call for resistance in the face of intimidation. Written against the backdrop of rising Fascism in twentieth-century Europe, Eliots classic verse play is as relevant now as it ever was. This re-release of the original 1953 recording stars Robert Donat whose commanding performance as the Archbishop, alongside a full cast, is widely celebrated. [via]
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My Invented Country: A Memoirby Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers PedenISBN 0606306994 (0-606-30699-4)
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My Ishmaelby Daniel QuinnISBN 0613173910 (0-613-17391-0)
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Name-Dropping: From F.D.R. onby John Kenneth GalbraithISBN 0618154531 (0-618-15453-1)
Softcover, Mariner Books
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The Nine Parts Of Desire: The Hidden World Of Islamic Womenby Geraldine BrooksISBN 0606300023 (0-606-30002-3)
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Nothing Like It in the Worldby Stephen AmbroseISBN 0613501349 (0-613-50134-9)
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A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby James JoyceISBN 0586044752 (0-586-04475-2)
Hardcover, Triad
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man'Book summary:Autobiographical novel by James Joyce, published serially in The Egoist in 1914-15 and in book form in 1916; considered by many the greatest bildungsroman in the English language. The novel portrays the early years of Stephen Dedalus, who later reappeared as one of the main characters in Joyce's Ulysses (1922). Each of the novel's five sections is written in a third-person voice that reflects the age and emotional state of its protagonist, from the first childhood memories written in simple, childlike language to Stephen's final decision to leave Dublin for Paris to devote his life to art, written in abstruse, Latin-sprinkled, stream-of-consciousness prose. The novel's rich, symbolic language and brilliant use of stream-of-consciousness foreshadowed Joyce's later work. The work is a drastic revision of an earlier version entitled Stephen Hero and is the second part of Joyce's cycle of works chronicling the spiritual history of humans from Adam's Fall through the Redemption. The cycle began with the short-story collection Dubliners (1914) and continued with Ulysses and Finnegans Wake (1939). [via]
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The President's Daughterby White E. EmersonISBN 0590477994 (0-590-47799-4)
Softcover, Point
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The Progressive Patriot: A Search for Belongingby Billy BraggISBN 0593053435 (0-593-05343-5)
Hardcover, Transworld Pub
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The Queen of Attoliaby Megan Whalen TurnerISBN 0613444094 (0-613-44409-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Queen of Attolia'Book summary:In the firelit torture chamber the executioner's sword descends--and the Eugenides--the Thief of Eddis--no longer has his clever right hand. The Queen of Attolia sits calmly and watches the dreadful amputation behind her carefully cultivated mask of coldness, but later agonizes over what she has done to him. At the same time, she rages at herself for not hanging her captured prisoner outright.
Readers who first met Eugenides as the rascally teenager Gen in the Newbery Honor-winning The Thief will find that in this sequel he deepens through suffering and loss, but keeps the same witty talent for elaborate, crafty schemes of espionage and theft. Caught between two rival queens in a landscape based on that which surrounds the Mediterranean Sea, Eugenides is loyal to Eddis as her Queen's Thief, but in love (despite himself) with the beautiful and seemingly ruthless Attolia. In her small mountain country, Eddis controls the only bridge between the valley nation of Sounis and the coastal kingdom of Attolia, while all three are threatened by the ships of the powerful Medes. As the web of intrigue and shifting allegiances expands, and war is imminent, the Queen's Thief risks everything on an audacious and cunning military strategy to bring the two queens together--and to steal Attolia for himself. This remarkable fantasy, with its appealing characters, emotional intensity, witty dialogue, and inventive plot, will have teen fans panting for more. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty Campbell [via]
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Rising Sunby Michael CrichtonISBN 0606298231 (0-606-29823-1)
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Silence On The Mountain: Stories Of Terror, Betrayal, And Forgetting In Guatemalaby Daniel WilkinsonISBN 0618221395 (0-618-22139-5)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Silmarillionby J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 0618126988 (0-618-12698-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Silmarillion'Book summary:A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, THE SILMARILLION is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing, a work that he could not publish in his lifetime because it grew with him. Its origins stretch back to a time long before THE HOBBIT. But THE HOBBIT was caught up in what Tolkien called "the branching acquisitive theme" he began in THE SILMARILLION, and eventually THE LORD OF THE RINGS emerged from this as well.[via]
Tolkien considered THE SILMARILLION his most important work, and, though it was published last and posthumously, this great collection of tales and legends clearly sets the stage for all his other works. This is the story of the creation of the world and the happenings of the First Age, the ancient drama to which the characters in THE LORD OF THE RINGS look back and in whose events some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part.
The three Silmarils were jewels created by Feanor, the most gifted of the Elves. Within them was imprisoned the Light of the Two Trees of Valinor before the Trees themselves were destroyed by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Thereafter, the unsullied Light of Valinor lived on only in the Silmarils, but they were seized by Morgoth and set in his crown, which was guarded in the impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. THE SILMARILLION is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all their heroism, against the great Enemy.
The book includes several other, shorter works in addition to THE SILMARILLION. Preceding it are "The Ainulindale," a myth of the Creation, and "The Valaquenta," in which the nature and power of the gods is set forth. After THE SILMARILLION comes "The Akallabeth," a tale of the downfall of the kingdom of Numeno, and finally "Of the Rings of Power," the connecting link to THE LORD OF THE RINGS.
This second edition features a number of minor textual corrections along with a letter written by J.R.R. Tolkien describing his intentions for the work, written more than twenty-five years before its eventual publication. As described by Christopher Tolkien in the preface, it serves as a brilliant exposition of his conception of the earlier Ages of Middle-earth. -
Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianityby Bruce BawerISBN 0609802224 (0-609-80222-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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A Theory Of Powerby Jeff VailISBN 0595330304 (0-595-33030-4)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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The Thiefby Megan Whalen TurnerISBN 0613060326 (0-613-06032-6)
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Things Fall Apartby Fred HeiserISBN 0595232795 (0-595-23279-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Things Fall Apart'Book summary:The unthinkable happens when nuclear brinksmanship spirals off into to Armageddon. Billions die as governments disintegrate, great cities are annihilated and deeply laid plans to seize unlimited power swing into action.Tom McArthur: Once a carefree individualist, he was coaxed into a position of influence and leadership by unexpected opportunity and kept there by his sense of honor. He finds himself far from home and family, separated by hundreds of miles of impossible terrain, gangs of armed bandits and a hostile government.Lynn, his wife: Beautiful and intelligent, strong willed and voluptuous, she resents Tom's abandonment of her and their children for a distant political career. Now, with nothing but her courage, wits and willpower to work with, she must fight to keep herself and her children alive.Lance: Young, handsome and lonely, trained as the ultimate warrior, he drove himself into poverty and alcohol with the memory of an unspeakable evil he was party to. Will he find love and redemption or destroy those around him? Who will live? Who will die? What will emerge when things fall apart? [via]
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Top Girls: Actor's Script Versionby Caryl ChurchillISBN 0573630232 (0-573-63023-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Top Girls: Actor's Script Version'Book summary:Serious Comedy / Castin: 7f. with doubling / Ints.
Marlene has been promoted to managing director of a London employment agency and is celebrating. The symbolic luncheon is attended by women in legend or history who offer perspectives on maternity and ambition. In a time warp, these ladies are also her co workers, clients and relatives. Marlene, like her famous guests, has had to pay a price to ascend from proletarian roots to the executive suite: she has become, figuratively speaking, a male oppressor and even coaches female clients on adopting odious male traits. Marlene has also abandoned her illegitimate and dull witted daughter. Her emotional and sexual life has become as barren as Lady Macbeth's.
"A blistering yet sympathetic look at women who achieve success by adopting the worse traits of self made men.... Truly original." N.Y. Times.
"Very funny and provocative.... A mind lifting experience." N.Y. Post. [via]
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, H.M. HulmeISBN 0582527139 (0-582-52713-9)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
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The Trialby Franz KafkaISBN 0613175638 (0-613-17563-8)
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Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movementby John LewisISBN 0613225805 (0-613-22580-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement'Book summary:John Lewis is an authentic American hero, a modest man from the most humble of beginnings who left a rural Alabama cotton farm 40 years ago and strode into the forefront of the civil rights movement. One of the young people who brought the teachings of Ghandi and King to the lunch counters of Nashville in 1960, Lewis suffered taunts and threats, beatings and arrests. He spoke at the historic 1963 March on Washington and became chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The nation, tuned to the nightly news, watched in horror as state troopers clubbed him viciously, fracturing his skull as he led a march in Selma, Alabama, in 1965. Today, he's the only member of Congress who can be proud of having been carried off to jail more than 40 times. With the help of a collaborator, journalist Michael D'Orso, this remarkable man has written a truly remarkable book. Walking with the Wind is a deeply moving personal memoir that skillfully balances the intimate and touching recollections of the deeply thoughtful Lewis with the intense national drama that was the civil rights movement. [via]
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Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resourceby Marq De VilliersISBN 0618127445 (0-618-12744-5)
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We the Media: Grassroots Journalism By The People, For the Peopleby DAN GILLMORISBN 0596102275 (0-596-10227-5)
Softcover, Oreilly & Associates Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'We the Media: Grassroots Journalism By The People, For the People'Book summary:[via]Grassroots journalists are dismantling Big Media's monopoly on the news, transforming it from a lecture to a conversation. Not content to accept the news as reported, these readers-turned-reporters are publishing in real time to a worldwide audience via the Internet. The impact of their work is just beginning to be felt by professional journalists and the newsmakers they cover. In We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People, nationally known business and technology columnist Dan Gillmor tells the story of this emerging phenomenon, and sheds light on this deep shift in how we make and consume the news.
We the Media is essential reading for all participants in the news cycle:
- Consumers learn how they can become producers of the news. Gillmor lays out the tools of the grassroots journalist's trade, including personal Web journals (called weblogs or blogs), Internet chat groups, email, and cell phones. He also illustrates how, in this age of media consolidation and diminished reporting, to roll your own news, drawing from the array of sources available online and even over the phone.
- Newsmakers politicians, business executives, celebrities get a wake-up call. The control that newsmakers enjoyed in the top-down world of Big Media is seriously undermined in the Internet Age. Gillmor shows newsmakers how to successfully play by the new rules and shift from control to engagement.
- Journalists discover that the new grassroots journalism presents opportunity as well as challenge to their profession. One of the first mainstream journalists to have a blog, Gillmor says, "My readers know more than I do, and that's a good thing." In We the Media, he makes the case to his colleagues that, in the face of a plethora of Internet-fueled news vehicles, they must change or become irrelevant.
Journalism in the 21st century will be fundamentally different from the Big Media that prevails today. We the Media casts light on the future of journalism, and invites us all to be part of it.
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