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110 People Who Are Screwing Up America: (And Al Franken Is #37)by Bernard GoldbergISBN 0060761296 (0-06-076129-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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60S!by John Javna, Gordon JavnaISBN 0312017251 (0-312-01725-1)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Adventures in a TV Nationby Michael Moore, Kathleen GlynnISBN 0060988096 (0-06-098809-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Alt. Culture: An A-To-Z Guide to the '90S-Underground, Online, and Over-The-Counterby Nathaniel Wice, Steven DalyISBN 0062733834 (0-06-273383-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Eraby Ken EmersonISBN 0143037773 (0-14-303777-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era'Book summary:During the late 1950s and early 1960s, after the shock of Elvis Presley and before the Beatles spearheaded the British Invasion, fourteen gifted young songwriters huddled in midtown Manhattan's legendary Brill Building and a warren of offices a bit farther uptown and composed some of the most beguiling and enduring entries in the Great American Songbook. Always Magic in the Air is the first thorough history of these renowned songwriters-tunesmiths who melded black, white, and Latino sounds, integrated audiences before America desegregated its schools, and brought a new social consciousness to pop music.[via]More editions of Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era:
Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animationby Susan Jolliffe NapierISBN 0312238630 (0-312-23863-0)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Are You Normal?: Do You Behave Like Everyone Else?by Bernice KannerISBN 0312955928 (0-312-95592-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Womenby Susan FaludiISBN 0307345424 (0-307-34542-4)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women'Book summary:A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Faludi lays out a two-fold thesis in this aggressive work: First, despite the opinions of pop-psychologists and the mainstream media, career-minded women are generally not husband-starved loners on the verge of nervous breakdowns. Secondly, such beliefs are nothing more than anti-feminist propaganda pumped out by conservative research organizations with clear-cut ulterior motives. This backlash against the women's movement, she writes, "stands the truth boldly on its head and proclaims that the very steps that have elevated women's positions have actually led to their downfall." Meticulously researched, Faludi's contribution to this tumultuous debate is monumental and it earned the 1991 National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction. [via]
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The Bad & the Beautiful: Hollywood in the Fiftiesby Sam Kashner, Jennifer MacnairISBN 0316847380 (0-316-84738-0)
Hardcover, Little, Brown
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Bat Chain Puller: Rock and Roll in the Age of Celebrityby Kurt LoderISBN 0312063016 (0-312-06301-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Billy and the Boingers Bootleg/Includes Recordby Berke BreathedISBN 0316107298 (0-316-10729-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Billy and the Boingers Bootleg/Includes Record'Book summary:The most daring -- and deadly -- terrorist plot of all time is about to unfold aboard the supercarrier USS United States. If it succeeds, the balance of nuclear power will tilt in favor of a remorseless Arab leader. And it looks as if no one can stop it - except navy "jet jock" Jake Grafton. "Cag " Grafton is one helluva pilot. His F-14 Tomcat is one helluva plane. But some of Jake's crewmates have already vanished. A woman reporter who boarded the ship in Tangiers may not be who she claims to be. And Jake may have to disobey a direct order from the President himself for one spine-tingling, hair-raising Final Flight
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Bloom County Babylon: Five Years of Basic Naughtinessby Berke BreathedISBN 0316103098 (0-316-10309-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bloom County Babylon: Five Years of Basic Naughtiness'Book summary:This first big "bible" of Bloom County includes comics from the earlier collections: Loose Tails, 'Toons for Our Times and Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things. Eighty full-color pages including the wonderful Opus "hairy fishnuts/Hare Krishnas" strip and the first Bill-the-Cat appearance. If you hurt yourself laughing (like when you read about Bill freebasing Friskies), don't blame me; I warned you. [via]
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The Book of Listsby David Wallechinsky, Amy WallaceISBN 0316920290 (0-316-92029-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Bridget Jones's Diaryby Helen FieldingISBN 014028009X (0-14-028009-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bridget Jones's Diary'Book summary:Now a major motion picture starring Renee Zellwegger and Hugh Grant!
"130 lbs. (how is it possible to put on 4 pounds overnight? Could flesh have somehow solidified becoming denser and heavier (repulsive, horrifying notion)); alcohol units 2 (excellent) cigarettes 21 (poor but will give up totally tomorrow); number of correct lottery numbers 2 (better, but nevertheless useless)?"
This laugh-out-loud chronicle charts a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a single girl on a permanent, doomed quest for self-improvement--in which she resolves to: visit the gym three times a week not merely to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible adult, and not fall for any of the following: misogynists, megalomaniacs, adulterers, workaholics, chauvinists or perverts. And learn to program the VCR. Caught between her Singleton friends, who are all convinced they will end up dying alone and found three weeks later half-eaten by an Alsatian, and the Smug Marrieds, whose dinner parties offer ever-new opportunities for humiliation, Bridget struggles to keep her life on an even keel (or at least afloat). Through it all, she will have her readers helpless with laughter and shouting, "BRIDGET JONES IS ME!"
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The Browser's Book of Endings : The End of Practically Everything and Everybodyby Charles PanatiISBN 014028690X (0-14-028690-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Readerby John StoreyISBN 013776121X (0-13-776121-X)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader'Book summary:This second edition of John Storey's successful reader in Cultural Theory and Popular Culture contains nine new readings, and revised and rewritten introductions for each of the seven sections. As before, the book brings together work by critics and theorists to introduce the theoretical, analytical and historical study of popular culture within cultural studies. The first six sections contain readings which cover culture and civilisation tradition; culturalism; structuralism and post-structuralism; Marxism; feminism and postmodernism, and the final section explores the debates surrounding popular culture. Six of the previous readings have been replaced by nine new articles to extend the concept of the book and its critical value. This invaluable reader can be used to accompany An Introduction to Cultural Theory and Popular Culture, thus providing a complete study of popular culture across the field of cultural history. [via]
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The Da Vinci Codeby Dan BrownISBN 0307277674 (0-307-27767-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Da Vinci Code'Book summary:With The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown masterfully concocts an intelligent and lucid thriller that marries the gusto of an international murder mystery with a collection of fascinating esoteria culled from 2,000 years of Western history.
A murder in the silent after-hour halls of the Louvre museum reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has been protected by a clandestine society since the days of Christ. The victim is a high-ranking agent of this ancient society who, in the moments before his death, manages to leave gruesome clues at the scene that only his daughter, noted cryptographer Sophie Neveu, and Robert Langdon, a famed symbologist, can untangle. The duo become both suspects and detectives searching for not only Neveu's father's murderer but also the stunning secret of the ages he was charged to protect. Mere steps ahead of the authorities and the deadly competition, the mystery leads Neveu and Langdon on a breathless flight through France, England, and history itself.
Brown (Angels and Demons) has created a page-turning thriller that also provides an amazing interpretation of Western history. Brown's hero and heroine embark on a lofty and intriguing exploration of some of Western culture's greatest mysteries--from the nature of the Mona Lisa's smile to the secret of the Holy Grail. Though some will quibble with the veracity of Brown's conjectures, therein lies the fun. The Da Vinci Code is an enthralling read that provides rich food for thought. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
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The Devil Wears Pradaby Lauren WeisbergerISBN 0307275558 (0-307-27555-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil Wears Prada'Book summary:It's a killer title: The Devil Wears Prada. And it's killer material: author Lauren Weisberger did a stint as assistant to Anna Wintour, the all-powerful editor of Vogue magazine. Now she's written a book, and this is its theme: narrator Andrea Sachs goes to work for Miranda Priestly, the all-powerful editor of Runway magazine. Turns out Miranda is quite the bossyboots. That's pretty much the extent of the novel, but it's plenty. Miranda's behavior is so insanely over-the-top that it's a gas to see what she'll do next, and to try to guess which incidents were culled from the real-life antics of the woman who's been called Anna "Nuclear" Wintour. For instance, when Miranda goes to Paris for the collections, Andrea receives a call back at the New York office (where, incidentally, she's not allowed to leave her desk to eat or go to the bathroom, lest her boss should call). Miranda bellows over the line: "I am standing in the pouring rain on the rue de Rivoli and my driver has vanished. Vanished! Find him immediately!"
This kind of thing is delicious fun to read about, though not as well written as its obvious antecedent, The Nanny Diaries. And therein lies the essential problem of the book. Andrea's goal in life is to work for The New Yorker--she's only sticking it out with Miranda for a job recommendation. But author Weisberger is such an inept, ungrammatical writer, you're positively rooting for her fictional alter ego not to get anywhere near The New Yorker. Still, Weisberger has certainly one-upped Me Times Three author Alix Witchel, whose magazine-world novel never gave us the inside dope that was the book's whole raison d' etre. For the most part, The Devil Wears Prada focuses on the outrageous Miranda Priestly, and she's an irresistible spectacle. --Claire Dederer [via]
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Ego Trip's Big Book of Racismby Sacha Jenkins, Elliott Wilson, Jefferson Mao Chairman, Gabriel Alvarez, Brent RollinsISBN 0060988967 (0-06-098896-7)
Softcover, Regan Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ego Trip's Big Book of Racism'Book summary:Ferociously intelligent one moment, willfully smart-ass the next, ego trip's Big Book of Racism is a glorious, hilarious conflation of the racial undercurrents that affect contemporary culture at every turn. This one-of-a-kind encounter with the absurdities, complexities, and nuances of race relations is brought to you by five writers of color whose groundbreaking independent magazine, ego trip, has been called "the world's rawest, stinkiest, funniest magazine" by Spin.
Filled with enough testifying and truth to satisfy even the good Reverend Sharpton, ego trip's Big Book of Racism is a riotous and revolutionary look at race and popular culture that's sure to spark controversy and ignite debate.
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Elvis Worldby Michael Stern, Jane SternISBN 0060972904 (0-06-097290-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Family Guy: The Ultimate Episode Guide Seasons 1-3by seth mcfarlane, Steve CallaghanISBN 006083305X (0-06-083305-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Fetish: Fashion, Sex and Powerby Valerie SteeleISBN 0195115791 (0-19-511579-1)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fetish: Fashion, Sex and Power'Book summary:Because this is Valerie Steele's second book on the topic of fetishistic clothing, her opening statements that she is an outsider to the paraphilias and perversions that she discusses seems a bit hollow. When she says that she is only "a cultural historian specializing in fashion" there's no need to fear: while the book is rigorously researched and loaded with valuable bibliographic references to previous researchers in the area, it's apparent that underneath her cool prose Steele really gets a kick out of her subject, if only on an intellectual level. Dividing her book into sections based on the various fetishes (corsets, shoes, second-skin fabrics, underwear), Steele shows a remarkable facility with the history and trivia of each item of clothing. This produces some amusing juxtapositions, such as when she reveals little-known information about the Chinese practice of footbinding, and a page later presents a Tom of Finland picture of a nude man surrounded by motorcycle-booted feet. There are plenty of drawings and photographs here, ostensibly to supplement the reading. Photos range from 19th-century Viennese ultra-high-heeled shoes to contemporary neo- gothic hipster chicks in corsets and leather. This is obviously not a book for children, but it's also far more than a collection of erotica in that it presents an informative and well-researched history of fetishism and the theories that have been put forward to explain it. [via]
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From Angels to Aliens: Teenagers, the Media, And the Supernaturalby Lynn Schofield ClarkISBN 0195300238 (0-19-530023-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Girlfriend in a Comaby Douglas CouplandISBN 0060987324 (0-06-098732-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Girlfriend in a Coma'Book summary:In this latest novel from the poet laureate of Gen X--who is himself now a dangerously mature 36--boy does indeed meet girl. The year is 1979, and the lovers get right down to business in a very Couplandian bit of plein air intercourse: "Karen and I deflowered each other atop Grouse Mountain, among the cedars beside a ski slope, atop crystal snow shards beneath penlight stars. It was a December night so cold and clear that the air felt like the air of the Moon--lung-burning; mentholated and pure; hint of ozone, zinc, ski wax, and Karen's strawberry shampoo." Are we in for an archetypal '80s romance, played out against a pop-cultural backdrop? Nope. Only hours after losing her virginity, Karen loses consciousness as well--for almost two decades. The narrator and his circle soldier on, making the slow progression from debauched Vancouver youths to semiresponsible adults. Several end up working on a television series that bears a suspicious resemblance to The X-Files (surely a self-referential wink on the author's part). And then ... Karen wakes up. Her astonishment--which suggests a 20th-century, substance-abusing Rip Van Winkle--dominates the second half of the novel, and gives Coupland free reign to muse about time, identity, and the meaning (if any) of the impending millennium. Alas, he also slaps a concluding apocalypse onto the novel. As sleeping sickness overwhelms the populace, the world ends with neither a bang nor a whimper, but a universal yawn--which doesn't, fortunately, outweigh the sweetness, oddity, and ironic smarts of everything that has preceded it. [via]
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The Goth Bible: A Compendium For The Darkly Inclinedby Nancy KilpatrickISBN 0312306962 (0-312-30696-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Happy Trailsby Berke BreathedISBN 0316107417 (0-316-10741-7)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Harry Potter Et La Coupe De Feu / Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fireby J. K. Rowling, Jean-Francois MenardISBN 0320048381 (0-320-04838-1)
Softcover, French & European Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter Et La Coupe De Feu / Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'Book summary:Dans ce quatrième tome, Harry et la Coupe de feu, le plus populaire des apprentis sorciers fait sa rentrée pour une quatrième année trépidante au collège de sorcellerie. Une fois de plus, J. K. Rowling nous effraye autant qu'elle nous ravit avec sa pléiade de dragons, d'elfes et de combats contre la mort.
Il ne reste à son héros orphelin âgé aujourd'hui de 14 ans que deux semaines à passer dans sa famille de moldus avant de retourner au collège de sorcellerie Poudlard. Mais une nuit, une vision suffisamment obsédante pour réveiller sa cicatrice en forme d'éclair met les nerfs de Harry à vif et le pousse à contacter son parrain en sorcellerie, Sirius Black. Heureusement, la perspective d'assister au grand événement sportif de la saison, la Coupe du monde de Quidditch, suffit à faire oublier pour quelque temps à Harry que Lord Voldemort et ses sinistres comparses, les mangeurs de Mort, sont en route pour tuer.
Lecteurs, nous allons maintenant recouvrir le reste de l'intrigue d'une immense cape d'invisibilité et nous nous bornerons à vous révéler que Qui-Vous-Savez est à la poursuite de Harry, et que cette année, il n'y aura pas de matchs de Quidditch entre Gryffondor, Serdaigle, Poufsouffle et Serpentard. Cette fois c'est Poudlard qui disputera un tournoi de sorcellerie contre deux autres écoles de magiciens, les Élégants de Beauxbaton et les Glaçons de Durmstrang. Les candidats sélectionnés devront passer trois ultimes épreuves. Harry fera-t-il partie des heureux élus ?
Quant à vous, fans de Quidditch, ne soyez-pas déçus : nous retrouvons ce grand jeu au moment de la Coupe du monde. 100 000 sorcières et magiciens soucieux d'incognito et tentant de se faire passer pour des moldus se rassemblent sur une "charmante lande déserte". Rowling nous enchante comme toujours avec ce souci des détails qui rend son univers si vivant et si drôle. Les tentes où s'abritent des spectateurs, par exemple, sortent vraiment de l'ordinaire. L'une d'elles est un palais miniature rempli de vrais paons ; une autre est composée de trois étages surplombés de nombreuses tourelles. Sans parler de tous les accessoires et gadgets proposés au public : des badges qui couinent le nom des joueurs, des modèles réduits de balais Éclairs de feu qui volent vraiment, ainsi que des figurines de joueurs célèbres à collectionner, qui déambulent dans la paume de la main en se pavanant... Il va sans dire que les deux équipes ne se ressemblent pas du tout, et leurs mascottes non plus. La Bulgarie est soutenue par les magnifiques Veela qui enchantent en un instant tous les spectateurs - y compris les supporters d'Irlande - jusqu'à ce que des milliers de petits lutins se lancent dans un spectacle explosif de leur cru en formant une main géante pour adresser un signe vraiment très mal élevé aux Veela, à l'autre bout du terrain...
Bien avant la parution du quatrième volume de la série, Rowling avait prévenu qu'il serait plus sombre que le précédent et il est vrai qu'à chaque moment d'hilarité correspond un moment de frayeur où nous craignons pour la vie de Harry, les émotions soulevées par la lecture du livre étant à la mesure des dangers encourus par le héros. Au cours de l'histoire sont évoqués de nouveaux personnages tel Alastor "Oeil fou", Moody, un chasseur de sorciers qui pourrait bien sombrer avec l'âge dans une totale paranoïa, ou encore Rita Skeeter qui tourne autour de Poudlard à la recherche d'un article sensationnel. (Cette as du scoop du Daily Prophet possède une plume féroce qui a l'art de transformer le moindre propos innocent en rumeur de tabloïd.)
En prévision du cinquième livre, Rowling ne dénoue pas tous les fils de l'intrigue jusque dans sa conclusion, éblouissante. Ce fan qui vous parle est prêt à parier que l'auteur elle-même est à moitié Veela - son stylo est sa baguette magique, elle habite vraiment cet univers qu'elle a créé. À partir de 9 ans. --Kerry Fried [via]
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Highways to Heaven: The Auto Biography of Americaby Christopher FinchISBN 0060921986 (0-06-092198-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Hothouseby Rolling StoneISBN 006039367X (0-06-039367-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Infinite Jestby David Foster WallaceISBN 0316066524 (0-316-06652-4)
Softcover, Back Bay Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Infinite Jest'Book summary:In a sprawling, wild, super-hyped magnum opus, David Foster Wallace fulfills the promise of his precocious novel The Broom of the System. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves. [via]
Interior Desecrations: Hideous Homes From The Horrible '70sby James LileksISBN 0307238725 (0-307-23872-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Jell-O : A Biographyby Carolyn WymanISBN 0156011239 (0-15-601123-9)
Softcover, Harcourt Trade Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jell-O : A Biography'Book summary:The author of SPAM: A Biography is back again-This time with the definitive biography of an even bigger edible American icon: JELL-0![via]
Who didn't grow up on JELL-O gelatin? Hospitals dished it out after your tonsils were removed and Mom always had a box stashed away in case of a dessert emergency.
For more than one hundred years, Jell-O has reigned as "America's Most Famous Dessert," selling more than one million packages a day and more than 500 million each year.
But where and when and how did it all begin? No one is more qualified than junk food authority Carolyn Wyman to tell the whole amazing truth of this fruit flavored dessert.
Complete with over two hundred photographs and illustrations, JELL-O: A Biography uncovers everything from the history of the product and its marketing and sales strategies through the year to off-the-wall recipes and alternative uses such as Jell-O shots and Jell-O wrestling.
Jell-O is not just a food product, it is part of America's history and culture. Painstakingly researched and playfully presented, JELL-O: A Biography is the sweet story of the primordial slime's success and a fabulously entertaining read. After all, there's always room for Jell-O.
AMAZING BUT TRUE:
Little-known facts about America's Most Famous Dessert
-- By the 1920s Jell-O was served as a good ol' American welcome treat to immigrants at Ellis Island.
--Though Jell-O sponsored his radio show for years, according to his wife, Jack Benny "never ate the stuff."
--Who does eat it? Residents of Salt Lake City and Des Moines are neck-and-neck in annual Jell-O consumption-a competition they take very seriously.
--As a teenager, actor John Malkovich lost 70 pounds in 6 months on a Jell-O only diet.
--In Cecil B. De Mille's 1923 production of The Ten Commandments, Moses's parted Red Sea was created by superimposing running actors onto footage of a quivering strawberry Jell-O mold.
--A salad or a dessert? The great debate continues . . .More editions of Jell-O : A Biography:
The Majic Bus: An American Odysseyby Douglas BrinkleyISBN 0151556946 (0-15-155694-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in Postwar Americaby Lynn SpigelISBN 0226769674 (0-226-76967-4)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in Postwar America'Book summary:Between 1948 and 1955, nearly two-thirds of all American families bought a television setand a revolution in social life and popular culture was launched.[via]
In this fascinating book, Lynn Spigel chronicles the enormous impact of television in the formative years of the new medium: how, over the course of a single decade, television became an intimate part of everyday life. What did Americans expect from it? What effects did the new daily ritual of watching television have on children? Was television welcomed as an unprecedented "window on the world," or as a "one-eyed monster" that would disrupt households and corrupt children?
Drawing on an ambitious array of unconventional sources, from sitcom scripts to articles and advertisements in women's magazines, Spigel offers the fullest available account of the popular response to television in the postwar years. She chronicles the role of television as a focus for evolving debates on issues ranging from the ideal of the perfect family and changes in women's role within the household to new uses of domestic space. The arrival of television did more than turn the living room into a private theater: it offered a national stage on which to play out and resolve conflicts about the way Americans should live.
Spigel chronicles this lively and contentious debate as it took place in the popular media. Of particular interest is her treatment of the way in which the phenomenon of television itself was constantly deliberatedfrom how programs should be watched to where the set was placed to whether Mom, Dad, or kids should control the dial.
Make Room for TV combines a powerful analysis of the growth of electronic culture with a nuanced social history of family life in postwar America, offering a provocative glimpse of the way television became the mirror of so many of America's hopes and fears and dreams.More editions of Make Room for TV: Television and the Family Ideal in Postwar America:
The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horrorby David J. SkalISBN 0140240020 (0-14-024002-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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My Secret: A PostSecret Bookby Frank WarrenISBN 0061196681 (0-06-119668-1)
Hardcover, Regan Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Secret: A PostSecret Book'Book summary:At the beginning of 2005, Frank Warren launched a new blog called PostSecret as an experiment in community art, inviting strangers to mail him anonymous postcards that made art out of their innermost secrets and then posting a selection of the cards every week on his blog. Within a year, his blog was one of the five most popular in the world, and his first book, PostSecret, was one of the surprise bestsellers of 2005. My Secret is his second book, a collection of cards from teens and college students--none of which has been shown on the website--that carries the same emotional power and creativity that have made Warren's project a phenomenon.
We are featuring seven postcards from the book here: see two of them on this page, and click on the numbers below to see five more.
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Mythologiesby R. BarthesISBN 022400610X (0-224-00610-X)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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Mythologiesby Yves Bonnefoy, Wendy Doniger, Gerald HonigsblumISBN 0226064530 (0-226-06453-0)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mythologies'Book summary:"The appearance of this monumental work in a beautifully produced and richly illustrated English edition is a publishing event of considerable significance."Mark C. Taylor, New York Times Book Review[via]
"The almost 100 contributors combine, with characteristic precision and elan, the arts of science and poetry, of analysis and translation. The result is a treasury of information, brilliant guesswork, witty asides, and revealing digressions. This is a work of genuine and enduring excitement."Thomas D'Evelyn, Christian Science MonitorMore editions of Mythologies:
Nation Of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Cultureby Joseph Heath, Andrew PotterISBN 006074586X (0-06-074586-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Never Mind the Pollacksby Neal PollackISBN 0060527919 (0-06-052791-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Never Mind the Pollacks'Book summary:These names defined the mayhem, excess and glory of American rock for half a century, but only Neal Pollack was there for every note of every show, except for the shows he missed. Only Neal Pollack saw Memphis with Elvis, the Village with Dylan, and the depressed Pacific Northwest with Kurt Cobain. Only Neal Pollack had the extra-potent cough syrup that they all so desperately craved.
From the twisted mind of Americas most-photographed satirist comes a raw protean yawp from the depths of nowhere, a hilarious trip through time that savagely parodies the history of rock-n-roll and its grandiloquent journalism.
The fictional Neal Pollack, born Norbert Pollackovitz before being renamed, by Elvis, at his Bar Mitzvah, first hears the blues as a child. The notes come from the guitar of Clambone Jefferson, an ancient, mythical character who Pollack spends the rest of his life chasing as the source of musics primal allure. In that pursuit, Pollack becomes a renegade rock journalist whose screeds appear in such high-profile publications as Hillbilly Hot Rag! and Broken Testicle. He seduces Patti Smith and Joan Baez. He discovers Kurt Cobain. He goes on pharmacopoeial binges that put the most reckless, bloated rock star to shame.
Through it all, the real Neal Pollack, the greatest American novelist of his generation, manages to echo the style of overeducated blowhards while tackling the history of blues, rock, punk, post-punk and post-post-punk with equal enthusiasm and disdain.
Never Mind the Pollacks is a rock novel that really rocks. Like a classic album, it opens with a kick in the guts, proceeds to a bite in the shins, and ends with an uppercut to the jaw, leaving you bloodied, awed, and grateful. Along the way, it manages to uncover Americas sellouts and false idols. So drink some cough syrup and put on Iggy and the Stooges Raw Power. Better yet, burn your copy of Raw Power and listen to something new. Because rock, like literature, must destroy itself. Thankfully, Neal Pollack is here to kill them both.
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Night of the Mary Kay Commandos Featuring Smell O-Toonsby Berke BreathedISBN 0316107387 (0-316-10738-7)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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No Logo: No Space No Choice No Jobsby Naomi KleinISBN 0312421435 (0-312-42143-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'No Logo: No Space No Choice No Jobs'Book summary:With a new Afterword to the 2002 edition, No Logo employs journalistic savvy and personal testament to detail the insidious practices and far-reaching effects of corporate marketing-and the powerful potential of a growing activist sect that will surely alter the course of the 21st century. First published before the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle, this is an infuriating, inspiring, and altogether pioneering work of cultural criticism that investigates money, marketing, and the anti-corporate movement. As global corporations compete for the hearts and wallets of consumers who not only buy their products but willingly advertise them from head to toe-witness today's schoolbooks, superstores, sporting arenas, and brand-name synergy-a new generation has begun to battle consumerism with its own best weapons. In this provocative, well-written study, a front-line report on that battle, we learn how the Nike swoosh has changed from an athletic status-symbol to a metaphor for sweatshop labor, how teenaged McDonald's workers are risking their jobs to join the Teamsters, and how "culture jammers" utilize spray paint, computer-hacking acumen, and anti-propagandist wordplay to undercut the slogans and meanings of billboard ads (as in "Joe Chemo" for "Joe Camel"). No Logo will challenge and enlighten students of sociology, economics, popular culture, international affairs, and marketing. "This book is not another account of the power of the select group of corporate Goliaths that have gathered to form our de facto global government. Rather, it is an attempt to analyze and document the forces opposing corporate rule, and to lay out the particular set of cultural and economic conditions that made the emergence of that opposition inevitable."-Naomi Klein, from her Introduction [via]
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No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bulliesby Naomi KleinISBN 0312271921 (0-312-27192-1)
Softcover, Picador
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› Find signed collectible books: 'No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies'Book summary:We live in an era where image is nearly everything, where the proliferation of brand-name culture has created, to take one hyperbolic example from Naomi Klein's No Logo, "walking, talking, life-sized Tommy [Hilfiger] dolls, mummified in fully branded Tommy worlds." Brand identities are even flourishing online, she notes--and for some retailers, perhaps best of all online: "Liberated from the real-world burdens of stores and product manufacturing, these brands are free to soar, less as the disseminators of goods or services than as collective hallucinations."
In No Logo, Klein patiently demonstrates, step by step, how brands have become ubiquitous, not just in media and on the street but increasingly in the schools as well. (The controversy over advertiser-sponsored Channel One may be old hat, but many readers will be surprised to learn about ads in school lavatories and exclusive concessions in school cafeterias.) The global companies claim to support diversity, but their version of "corporate multiculturalism" is merely intended to create more buying options for consumers. When Klein talks about how easy it is for retailers like Wal-Mart and Blockbuster to "censor" the contents of videotapes and albums, she also considers the role corporate conglomeration plays in the process. How much would one expect Paramount Pictures, for example, to protest against Blockbuster's policies, given that they're both divisions of Viacom?
Klein also looks at the workers who keep these companies running, most of whom never share in any of the great rewards. The president of Borders, when asked whether the bookstore chain could pay its clerks a "living wage," wrote that "while the concept is romantically appealing, it ignores the practicalities and realities of our business environment." Those clerks should probably just be grateful they're not stuck in an Asian sweatshop, making pennies an hour to produce Nike sneakers or other must-have fashion items. Klein also discusses at some length the tactic of hiring "permatemps" who can do most of the work and receive few, if any, benefits like health care, paid vacations, or stock options. While many workers are glad to be part of the "Free Agent Nation," observers note that, particularly in the high-tech industry, such policies make it increasingly difficult to organize workers and advocate for change.
But resistance is growing, and the backlash against the brands has set in. Street-level education programs have taught kids in the inner cities, for example, not only about Nike's abusive labor practices but about the astronomical markup in their prices. Boycotts have commenced: as one urban teen put it, "Nike, we made you. We can break you." But there's more to the revolution, as Klein optimistically recounts: "Ethical shareholders, culture jammers, street reclaimers, McUnion organizers, human-rights hacktivists, school-logo fighters and Internet corporate watchdogs are at the early stages of demanding a citizen-centered alternative to the international rule of the brands ... as global, and as capable of coordinated action, as the multinational corporations it seeks to subvert." No Logo is a comprehensive account of what the global economy has wrought and the actions taking place to thwart it. --Ron Hogan [via]
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O'New Jersey: Daytripping, Backroads, Eateries, Funky Adventuresby Robert Heide, Robert GilmanISBN 0312181477 (0-312-18147-7)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'O'New Jersey: Daytripping, Backroads, Eateries and Funky Attractions'Book summary:Experience New Jersey! From stirring Revolutionary War tales to colorful images of the evolving state from its earliest years to today, O'New Jersey is filled with fabulous, fun-filled facts and advice from two true experts. This guide, complete with maps, photos, illustrations, and detailed travel instructions, promises to open your eyes to a whole new New Jersey.[via]
In Hoboken...Visit the historic Beaux Arts Erie-Lackawanna train station, or see the birthplace of Frank Sinatra!
In Kearny...Take a stroll through River Bank Park, along the Passaic River, and try the fish and chips at Kearny's Scottish Argyle Restaurant.
On the industrial belt...Enjoy a great meal in one of the six hundred wonderful chrome-and-neon diners. (You can't go wrong.)
In Newark...Take a walk down Cherry Blossom Lane in beautiful Branch Brook Park, or ride the old subway system for a trip down memory lane.More editions of O'New Jersey: Daytripping, Backroads, Eateries, Funky Adventures:
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Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoonsby Leonard MaltinISBN 0070398356 (0-07-039835-6)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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Panati's Extraordinary Endings of Practically Everything and Everybodyby Charles PanatiISBN 0060962798 (0-06-096279-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The People's Almanac Presents the Book of Lists/the '90s Editionby David Wallechinsky, Amy WallaceISBN 0316920797 (0-316-92079-7)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Polaroids from the Deadby Douglas CouplandISBN 0060987219 (0-06-098721-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Polaroids from the Dead'Book summary:Douglas Coupland takes his sparkling literary talent in a new direction with this crackling collection of takes on life and death in North America -- from his sweeping portrait of Grateful Dead culture to the deaths of Kurt Cobain, Marilyn Monroe and the middle class.
For years, Coupland's razor-sharp insights into what it means to be human in an age of technology have garnered the highest praise from fans and critics alike. At last, Coupland has assembled a wide variety of stories and personal "postcards" about pivotal people and places that have defined our modern lives. Polaroids from the Dead is a skillful combination of stories, fact and fiction -- keen outtakes on life in the late 20th century, exploring the recent past and a society obsessed with celebrity, crime and death. Princess Diana, Nicole Brown Simpson and Madonna are but some of the people scrutinized.
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Retro Hell: Life in the `70s and `80S, from Afros to Zotzby The Editor of Ben Is Dead MagazineISBN 0316102822 (0-316-10282-2)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Roadfoodby Michael Stern, Jane SternISBN 0060965991 (0-06-096599-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Roadfood'Book summary:The authors of the incomparable Encyclopedia of Bad Taste present an updated edition of the classic guide to America's best diners, small-town cafes, BBQ joints, and other eateries serving great, inexpensive regional foods. [via]
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The Secret Lives of Men And Women: A PostSecret Bookby Frank WarrenISBN 0061198757 (0-06-119875-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret Lives of Men And Women: A PostSecret Book'Book summary:Postsecret.com founder Frank Warren is back with an irresistible addition to his bestselling PostSecret series. For The Secret Lives of Men and Women, Warren has selected a never-before-seen collection of postcards bearing the explosive confessions and captivating revelations of men and women everywhere. Created using photographs, collages, illustrations, and more, the handmade cards offer a compelling dialogue on some of todays most provocative topicsfrom marriage and infidelity, to parenting, office politics, repressed fantasies, and even abortiondaring us to consider how well we really know our friends, family, even ourselves.
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The Seinfeld Scripts: The First and Second Seasonsby Jerry SeinfeldISBN 0060953039 (0-06-095303-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Slut!: Growing Up Female With a Bad Reputationby Leora TanenbaumISBN 0060957409 (0-06-095740-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Sockby Penn JilletteISBN 0312328052 (0-312-32805-2)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950s Americaby Laura ShapiroISBN 014303491X (0-14-303491-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Stupid White Men: And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!by Michael MooreISBN 006098726X (0-06-098726-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stupid White Men: And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!'Book summary:Michael Moore is America's favourite thorn in the side. With his patented blend of comic provocation and serious advocacy, Moore issues his own Sorry State of the Nation address. In STUPID WHITE MEN, he provides a much-needed alternative to the steady, "let's-line-up-behind-the-President" drumbeat of today's commentators. Few have been willing to speak out with a different point of view lately - until now. Michael Moore is proud to be an American and believes that the strength of a democracy is seen by how well it insures the fullest possible discussion of the issues of the day. Starting with the farcical shenanigans surrounding the November 2000 coup - er, election - in Florida, he reviews the collection of corporate-friendly career politicians George W Bush has chosen to prop up his administration, and confronts Bush in a comic, yet thought-provoking open letter. He takes on issues as diverse as global warming, commercialism in schools, and even the continuing spectre of racism in US society. He challenges Yasser Arafat to mount a campaign of non-violent civil disobedience, challenges employers to hire only black people, even challenges the male gender to clean up its act if men are going to avoid extinction. From the hapless presidency of George W to the sloppy explosion of the tech-stock bubble to the consumer debt epidemic - from the spread of mad-cow disease to Bush's scorched-earth environmental policy - America is collapsing into a political, ethical, fianancial and physical slag heap and Moore leaves no radioactive stone unturned along the way. Entertaining and astonishing in equal measure, STUPID WHITE MEN is the latest and most powerful in Michael Moore's series of acts of satirical subversion, sure to cause controversy. [via]
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The Tao of Poohby Benjamin HoffISBN 0140067477 (0-14-006747-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Tao of Pooh/the Te of Pigletby Benjamin HoffISBN 014095144X (0-14-095144-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Total Package: The Evolution and Secret Meanings of Boxes, Bottles, Cans, and Tubesby Thomas HineISBN 0316364800 (0-316-36480-0)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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The Total Package: The Secret History and Hidden Meanings of Boxes, Bottles, Cans, and Other Persuasive Containersby Thomas HineISBN 0316365467 (0-316-36546-7)
Softcover, Back Bay Books
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Tube of Plenty: Evolution of American Televisionby Erik BarnouwISBN 0195064844 (0-19-506484-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Uncle John's Bathroom Readerby Bathroom InstituteISBN 0312026633 (0-312-02663-3)
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The Way You Wear Your Hatby Bill ZehmeISBN 0060931752 (0-06-093175-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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White Noiseby Don DelilloISBN 0140077022 (0-14-007702-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Noise'Book summary:Winner of the National Book Award in 1985, White Noise is the story of Jack and Babette and their children from their six or so various marriages. They live in a college town where Jack is Professor of Hitler Studies (and conceals the fact that he does not speak a word of German), and Babette teaches posture and volunteers by reading from the tabloids to a group of elderly shut-ins. They are happy enough until a deadly toxic accident and Babette's addiction to an experimental drug make Jake question everything. White Noise is considered a postmodern classic and its unfolding of themes of consumerism, family and divorce, and technology as a deadly threat have attracted the attention of literary scholars since its publication. This Viking Critical Library edition, prepared by scholar Mark Osteen, is the only edition of White Noise that contains the entire text along with an extensive critical apparatus, including a critical introduction, selected essays on the author, the work and its themes, reviews, a chronology of DeLillo's life and work, a list of discussion topics, and a selected bibliography.[via]More editions of White Noise:
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Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?: An Imponderables Bookby David Feldman, Kassie SchwanISBN 0060740922 (0-06-074092-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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What is the difference between a kit and a caboodle?
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What causes that ringing sound in your ears?Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? -- the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most nagging questions. Part of the Imponderables® series and charmingly illustrated by Kassie Schwan, Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? challenges readers with the knowledge about everyday life that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't have. And think about it, where else are you going to get to the bottom of why hot dogs come ten to a package while hot dog buns come in eights?
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Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise and Other Imponderablesby David FeldmanISBN 0060915153 (0-06-091515-3)
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Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? has the solutions to these and scores of other Imponderables. David Feldman's witty and irresistible compendium of knowledge goes where other reference books fear to trend, uncovering closely guarded secrets, revealing long-hidden facts, and, like all other invaluable works of detection, never letting well enough alone. Whether you want to settle those arguments about the difference between a kit and a caboodle, or just curious about dry cleaning, Teflon, Wayne Gretzky, or chocolate bunnies, Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? is indispensable. [via]
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The X-Files Book of the Unexplainedby Jane GoldmanISBN 0061053341 (0-06-105334-1)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'X-Files Book of the Unexplained'Book summary:The X-Files Book of the Unexplained is the perfect synthesis of popular media, folklore, theory, and fact. Author Jane Goldman appraises the merits of episodes such as "Ghost in the Machine," in which special agents Mulder and Scully investigate a murderous computer system. However, Goldman's exploration of the inspirations for these episodes is what sets The X-Files Book of the Unexplained apart from a mere episode guide. For "Ghost in the Machine," Goldman interviews experts in the field of artificial intelligence such as MIT's Mark Torrence. She also recounts reports of Japanese workers killed by assembly-line robots that run amuck and the bizarre case of chess champion Nikolai Gudkov, who was electrocuted by the computer opponent he had just checkmated. The photographs and quotes from the television show, interspersed throughout, are a bonus for X-philes and accentuate the book's truth-is-stranger-than-fiction theme. If you enjoy this book, be sure to pick up volume two as well. --Brian Patterson [via]
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Xena Warrior Princess Postcard BookISBN 0061075116 (0-06-107511-6)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
Find This BookBook summary:For fans of every age, here are 30 full-color action-packed scenes from the Universal #1 syndicated television show starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor. Relive your favorite moments from the outstanding adventure series as Xena and her intrepid sidkick, Gabrielle, battle the forces of evil, including Draco, Celestra, the Harpies, and the Lizard Man. Cheer them on as they match strength and wits with their nemesis, Ares.
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Harry Potter Et L'ordre De Phenix / Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenixby J. K. RowlingISBN 032004839X (0-320-04839-X)
Softcover, French & European Pubns
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Harry Potter Et LA Coupe De Feu / Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fireby J. K. RowlinISBN 0320039323 (0-320-03932-3)
Softcover, French & European Pubns
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Harry Potter Et Le Prisonnier D'azkaban / Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanby J. K. RowlingISBN 0320037797 (0-320-03779-7)
Softcover, French & European Pubns
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsby J. K. Rowling, Darakhshanda Asghar KhokharISBN 0195798767 (0-19-579876-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Harry Potter Aur Azkaban Ka Qaidi / Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanby J. K. Rowling, Darakhshanda Asghar KhokharISBN 0195799151 (0-19-579915-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter Aur Azkaban Ka Qaidi / Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'Book summary:This is the urdu version of the third book in the hugely popular series. It provides a faithful version of all present or potential readers of Urdu. [via]
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