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13: The Story Of The World's Most Popular Superstitionby Nathaniel LachenmeyerISBN 1568583060 (1-56858-306-0)
Hardcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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All over the World and Other Storiesby Warren Ellis, John CassadayISBN 1563896486 (1-56389-648-6)
Softcover, DC Comics
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All Star Comicsby Gardner FoxISBN 1563893703 (1-56389-370-3)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All Star Comics'Book summary:In 1940, DC Comics created the concept of the super-team by bringing together Green Lantern, Hawkman, Wonder Woman, and many others to battle powers that threatened the entire world. [via]
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Hardcover, Dc Comics - All Star Comics: ISBN 1563896362 (1-56389-636-2)
Hardcover, Dc Comics - All Star Comics: ISBN 1563897202 (1-56389-720-2)
Hardcover, Dc Comics - All Star Comics: ISBN 1563893703 (1-56389-370-3)
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All Star Comics Archivesby Fox GarnerISBN 1563890194 (1-56389-019-4)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All Star Comics Archives'Book summary:Re-presented in their entirety from the gold en age of comics - issues 3-6 of All Star Comics - this volu me showcases the early adventures of The Justice Society of America. ' [via]
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All Star Comics Archivesby Gardner FoxISBN 1563898128 (1-56389-812-8)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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America Noir: Underground Writers and Filmmakers of the Postwar Eraby David CochranISBN 1560988134 (1-56098-813-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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As Seen on TV: Provocationsby Lucy GrealyISBN 1582340854 (1-58234-085-4)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Publishing
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Batmanby Bob KaneISBN 1563898195 (1-56389-819-5)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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Batman : The Dark Knight Returnsby Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley, John Costanza, Bob KaneISBN 1563893428 (1-56389-342-8)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Batman : The Dark Knight Returns'Book summary:If any comic has a claim to have truly reinvigorated the genre then The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller--known recently for his excellent Sin City series and, previously, for his superb rendering of the blind superhero Daredevil--is probably the supreme contender. Batman represented all that was wrong in comics and Miller set himself a tough task taking on the camp crusader and turning this laughable, innocuous children's cartoon character into a hero for our times. In his introduction the great Alan Moore (V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing, the arguably peerless Watchmen) argues that only someone of Miller's stature could have done this. Batman is a character known well beyond the confines of the comic world (as are his retinue) and so reinventing him, while keeping his limiting core essentials intact, was a huge task.
Miller went far beyond the call of duty. The Dark Knight is a success on every level. Firstly it does keep the core elements of the Batman myth intact, with Robin, Alfred the butler, Commissioner Gordon and the old roster of villains, present yet brilliantly subverted. Secondly the artwork is fantastic--detailed, sometimes claustrophobic, psychotic. Lastly it's a great story: Gotham City is a hell on earth, streetgangs roam but there are no heroes. Decay is ubiquitous. Where is a hero to save Gotham? It is 10 years since the last recorded sighting of the Batman. And things have got worse than ever. Bruce Wayne is close to being a broken man but something is keeping him sane: the need to see change and the belief that he can orchestrate some of that change. Batman is back. The Dark Knight has returned. Awesome. --Mark Thwaite [via]
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Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Againby Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley, Bob Kane, John CostanzaISBN 156389341X (1-56389-341-X)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again'Book summary:If any comic has a claim to have truly reinvigorated the genre then The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller--known recently for his excellent Sin City series and, previously, for his superb rendering of the blind superhero Daredevil--is probably the supreme contender. Batman represented all that was wrong in comics and Miller set himself a tough task taking on the camp crusader and turning this laughable, innocuous children's cartoon character into a hero for our times. In his introduction the great Alan Moore (V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing, the arguably peerless Watchmen) argues that only someone of Miller's stature could have done this. Batman is a character known well beyond the confines of the comic world (as are his retinue) and so reinventing him, while keeping his limiting core essentials intact, was a huge task.
Miller went far beyond the call of duty. The Dark Knight is a success on every level. Firstly it does keep the core elements of the Batman myth intact, with Robin, Alfred the butler, Commissioner Gordon and the old roster of villains, present yet brilliantly subverted. Secondly the artwork is fantastic--detailed, sometimes claustrophobic, psychotic. Lastly it's a great story: Gotham City is a hell on earth, streetgangs roam but there are no heroes. Decay is ubiquitous. Where is a hero to save Gotham? It is 10 years since the last recorded sighting of the Batman. And things have got worse than ever. Bruce Wayne is close to being a broken man but something is keeping him sane: the need to see change and the belief that he can orchestrate some of that change. Batman is back. The Dark Knight has returned. Awesome. --Mark Thwaite [via]
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Better Dead Than Red: A Nostalgic Look at the Golden Years of Russiaphobia, Red-Baiting, and Other Commie Madnessby Michael BarsonISBN 1562829742 (1-56282-974-2)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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Black Canary ArchivesISBN 1563897342 (1-56389-734-2)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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Blast Offby S. Mark YoungISBN 1569715769 (1-56971-576-9)
Hardcover, Dark Horse Comics
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The Boundaries of Her Body: The Troubling History of Women's Rights in Americaby Debran RowlandISBN 157248506X (1-57248-506-X)
Softcover, Sourcebooks Inc
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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fableby NISBN 1579124909 (1-57912-490-9)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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Brief History of American Cultureby CrundenISBN 1563248654 (1-56324-865-4)
Softcover, M E Sharpe Inc
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A Christian Manifestoby Francis SchaefferISBN 1581346921 (1-58134-692-1)
Softcover, Good News Pub
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The Civil War in Popular Culture: A Reusable Pastby Jim CullenISBN 1560984597 (1-56098-459-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Customs in Commonby E.P. ThompsonISBN 1565840038 (1-56584-003-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Customs in Common'Book summary:Customs in Common is the remarkable companion to E. P. Thompson's landmark volume of social history The Making of the English Working Class. The product of years of research and debate, Customs in Common describes the complex culture from which working-class institutions emerged in England--a panoply of traditions and customs that the new working class fought to preserve well into Victorian times. [via]
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Customs in Common : Studies in Traditional Popular Cultureby E. P. ThompsonISBN 1565840747 (1-56584-074-7)
Softcover, New Press, The
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The Dark Knight Strikes Againby Frank MilerISBN 1563898705 (1-56389-870-5)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dark Knight Strikes Again'Book summary:The Dark Knight Strikes Again is Frank Miller's follow-up to his hugely successful Batman: the Dark Knight Returns, one of the few comics that is widely recognised as not only reinventing the genre but also bringing it to a wider audience.
Set three years after the events of The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Strikes Again follows a similar structure: once again, Batman hauls himself out of his self-imposed retirement in order to set things right. However, where DKR was about him cleaning up his home city, Gotham, DKSA has him casting his net much wider: he's out to save the world.
The thing is, most of the world doesn't realise that it needs to be saved--least of all Superman and Wonder Woman, who have become little more than superpowered enforcers of the status quo. So, the notoriously solitary Batman is forced to recruit some different superpowered allies. He also has his ever-present trusty sidekick, Robin, except that he is a she, and she is calling herself Catwoman. Together, these super-friends uncover a vast and far-reaching conspiracy that leads to the President of the United States (Lex Luthor) and beyond.
The Dark Knight Strikes Again is largely an entertaining comic, but much of what made The Dark Knight Returns so good just doesn't work here. Miller's gritty, untidy artwork was perfect for DKR's grim depiction of the dark and seedy Gotham City, but it jars a bit for DKSA, which is meant to depict an ultra-glossy, futuristic technocracy. Lynn Varley's garish colouring attempts to add a slicker sheen, but the artwork is ultimately let down by that which worked so well for DKR--this time around, it just feels sloppy and rushed. The same is true of the book's denouement, which happens so quickly that it leaves the reader reeling and looking for more of an explanation. Moreover, DKSA is packed full of characters who will mean little to those unfamiliar with the DC Comics universe (eg, The Atom, The Elongated Man, The Question).
Perhaps the book's biggest failing is that where The Dark Knight Returns gave comic book fans a base from which to evangelise to the uninitiated, The Dark Knight Strikes Again is just preaching to the converted. Comic book superhero fans will find much to enjoy here, but others would be better off sticking with the original. --Robert Burrow [via]
Dr. Seuss Goes to War : The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geiselby Richard H. Minear, Art Spiegelman, Dr. SeussISBN 1565847040 (1-56584-704-0)
Softcover, New Press, The
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Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geiselby Seuss, Richard H. MinearISBN 156584565X (1-56584-565-X)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel'Book summary:Before Yertle, before the Cat in the Hat, before Little Cindy-Lou Who (but after Mulberry Street), Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) made his living as a political cartoonist for New York newspaper PM. Seuss drew over 400 cartoons in just under two years for the paper, reflecting the daily's New Deal liberal slant. Starting in early 1941, when PM advocated American involvement in World War II, Seuss savaged the fascists with cunning caricatures. He also turned his pen against America's internal enemies--isolationists, hoarders, complainers, anti-Semites, and anti-black racists--and urged Americans to work together to win the war. The cartoons are often funny, peopled with bowler-hatted "everymen" and what author Art Spiegelman calls "Seussian fauna" in his preface. They are also often very disturbing--Seuss draws brutally racist images of the Japanese and even attacks Japanese Americans on numerous occasions. Perhaps most disturbing is the realization that Seuss was just reflecting the wartime zeitgeist.
Dr. Seuss Goes to War marks the first time most of these illustrations have appeared in print since they were first published. Richard H. Minear's introduction and explanatory chapters contextualize the 200 editorial cartoons (some of whose nuances might otherwise be lost on the modern reader). Those who grew up on Seuss will enjoy early glimpses of his later work; history buffs will enjoy this new--if playful and contorted--angle on World War II. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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The Dukes of Hazzard: The Unofficial Companionby David Hofstede, Catherine BachISBN 1580630383 (1-58063-038-3)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Encyclopedia of Urban Legendsby Jan Harold BrunvandISBN 157607532X (1-57607-532-X)
Softcover, ABC-CLIO
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Encyclopedia of Urban Legends'Book summary:Other entries discuss the relationship of urban legends to literature, film, comic books, music, and many other areas of popular culture. Coverage includes academic legends, earthquake stories, Internet resources, tabloids in urban legends, and more. All entries are cross referenced and feature brief bibliographies. A general bibliography suggests further readings on the subject. The volume is richly illustrated and is based on the latest scholarship, including materials available on the Internet.
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The Flintstones: A Modern Stone Age Phenomenonby T. R. AdamsISBN 157036012X (1-57036-012-X)
Hardcover, Turner Pub
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Forever Lounge: A Laid-Back Guide to Languid Soundsby Mark Brown, John Wooley, Tony Lillis, Thomas ConnerISBN 1582210047 (1-58221-004-7)
Softcover, Krause Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Forever Lounge: A Laid-Back Guide to Languid Sounds'Book summary:This can't-miss collection captures the spirit of lounge music and delivers the goods on a musical genre that's enjoying a huge resurgence. Compiled by writers and editors who themselves are lounge music aficionados, this one-of-a-kind volume features interviews with performers, fascinating sidebars, and two impressionistic visits to the "Land of Lounge" -- a literary trip to Mother's, the archetypal jazz lounge from the classic television series Peter Gunn; and a journey to one of today's retro lounges, full of hip Gen-X patrons who've embraced the scene as their own. [via]
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Ghost World/ Mundo fantasmalby Daniel ClowesISBN 1560974273 (1-56097-427-3)
Softcover, Fantagraphics Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ghost World/ Mundo fantasmal'Book summary:Dan Clowes described the story in Ghost World as the examination of "the lives of two recent high school graduates from the advantaged perch of a constant and (mostly) undetectable eavesdropper, with the shaky detachment of a scientist who has grown fond of the prize microbes in his petri dish." From this perch comes a revelation about adolescence that is both subtle and coolly beautiful. Critics have pointed out Clowes's cynicism and vicious social commentary, but if you concentrate on those aspects, you'll miss the exquisite whole that Clowes has captured. Each chapter ends with melancholia that builds towards the amazing, detached, ghostlike ending. [via]
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The Golden Ageby Martin Nodell, Irwin HasenISBN 1563895072 (1-56389-507-2)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Age'Book summary:After finding a mystical lantern and carving a ring out of its material, Alan Scott was transformed from a simple engineer into the legendary hero Green Lantern. The iconic predecessor to the many heroes that bore his name after him, Scott wielded magic-based powers and suffered from a vulnerability to wood. This hardcover archive edition, which collects Scott's earliest adventures from the 1930's, includes Green Lantern's first appearance, his origin, and the debut of his friend and confidant Doiby Dickles. [via]
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The Golden Age Flashby E. E. Hibbard, Dale Crain, Gardner F. FoxISBN 1563895064 (1-56389-506-4)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Age Flash'Book summary:Another in DCs high-quality Archives series, this hardcover reprints the original stories of the Flash! Jay Garrick was just a normal Joe until an accident turned him into the Flash! This reprint of 1940s-era classics follows the success of the All Star Comics Archives series, and is the first to feature the solo adventures of this iconic character. [via]
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The Golden Age Starman Archivesby Dale Crain, Gardner F. Fox, Jack BurnleyISBN 1563896222 (1-56389-622-2)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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A scientific genius and millionaire, Ted Knight developed an amazing Cosmic Rod which channeled the power of stars. Looking to make a difference in a world caught in the middle of a global war, Knight took the identity of Starman and joined the Justice Society of America, becoming a super-powered protector of the nation. THE GOLDEN AGE STARMAN ARCHIVES VOL. 1 reprints Starman's classic adventures from the 1940s as he uses his abilities to fire energy blasts and generate energy fields against an assortment of powerful enemies, such as his archnemesis, the intangible Mist. [via]
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Good Morning Captain: 50 Wonderful Years With Bob Keeshan Tv's Captain Kangarooby Robert Keeshan, Cathryn LongISBN 1577490002 (1-57749-000-2)
Softcover, Fairview Pr
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Goodnight, John Boy: A Celebration of an American Family and the Values That Have Sustained Us Through Good Times and Badby Earl Hamner, Ralph E. Griffin, Ralph GiffinISBN 1581822987 (1-58182-298-7)
Softcover, Cumberland House
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The Great Comic Book Heroes: Jules Feifferby Jules FeifferISBN 1560975016 (1-56097-501-6)
Softcover, Fantagraphics Books
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The Happy Mutant Handbookby Mark Frauenfelder, Gareth Branwyn, Carla Sinclair, Will KrethISBN 1573225029 (1-57322-502-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Happy Mutant Handbook'Book summary:In the wrong hands, this book would receive a dousing of gasoline and a quick flick of the Bic. In the right hands, this is a delightfully subversive manual for a lifetime of fun.
This is the do-it-yourself handbook for enjoying our media-saturated world by tinkering with how it works. Pulls together the kookiest and most engaging ideas from the Internet, great suggestions on "culture jamming" (a practice of co-opting the resources, messages, and brain-washing machinery of existing media, pioneered by Adbusters magazine), and generally jam-packed with loads of fun ideas and funny material.
Notable contributors include Bruce Sterling, Rudy Rucker, R.U. Sirius, Richard Kadrey, and that most prolific of all authors, Anonymous.
(Editor's note: In some ways, the Happy Mutant philosophy is the cyberspawn of the behavioral shenanigans of the Dadaists, Surrealists, or the lesser-known but more interesting Situationists. ) [via]
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Harlan Ellison's the City on the Edge of Forever: The Original Teleplay That Became the Classic Star Trek Episodeby Harlan EllisonISBN 1565049640 (1-56504-964-0)
Softcover, Psi
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Hollywood Lesbiansby Boze HadleighISBN 1569800677 (1-56980-067-7)
Softcover, Barricade Books Inc
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How to Live a Sitcom Life: A Guide to TV Etiquetteby Mark BennettISBN 157500058X (1-57500-058-X)
Hardcover, TV Books Inc
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I Watched a Wild Hog Eat My Baby: A Colorful History of Tabloids and Their Cultural Impactby Bill SloanISBN 1573929026 (1-57392-902-6)
Hardcover, Prometheus Books
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Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Centuryby Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Charles G. WaughISBN 1561290866 (1-56129-086-6)
Softcover, Knightsbridge Pub Co Mass
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Japan Edge: The Insider's Guide to Japanese Pop Subcultureby Satoru FujiiISBN 1569313458 (1-56931-345-8)
Softcover, Viz
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Joey Green's Amazing Kitchen Cures: 1,150 Ways to Prevent and Cure Common Ailments With Brand-Name Productsby Joey GreenISBN 1579546447 (1-57954-644-7)
Softcover, Rodale Pr
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That's amazing!
Find the cure for what ails you in the kitchen!
And it's only one of the 1,150 astonishing ideas in Joey Green's Amazing Kitchen Cures! Discover more remedies that are hiding in your favorite household products as Joey reveals that you can:
* Beat a backache with Adolph's Meat Tenderizer®!
* End insomnia with Aunt Jemima Original Syrup®!
* Cure a cold with Gold's Horse Radish®!
* Stop arthritis pain with Heinz Apple Cider Vinegar®!
* Get rid of headaches with Gatorade®!
* Prevent allergy attacks with Dannon Yogurt®!
* Arrest acne with Colgate Toothpaste®!
* Soothe aching feet with Alka-Seltzer®!
The next time you're facing a late-night bout of sickness and can't reach a doctor-- get a cut, scrape, or bite-- or just want to save money-- reach for the brand-name products in Amazing Kitchen Cures instead of medications. You'll find that they're just as effective, and some are even better!
* Stop sunburn with Cheerios®!
* Clean your teeth wuith McCormick® Food Coloring!
* Soothe a sore throat with Hershey's® Syrup!
* Calm allergies with Endust®!More editions of Joey Green's Amazing Kitchen Cures: 1,150 Ways to Prevent and Cure Common Ailments With Brand-Name Products:
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbellyby Anthony BourdainISBN 158234082X (1-58234-082-X)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly'Book summary:Most diners believe that their sublime sliver of seared foie gras, topped with an ethereal buckwheat blini and a drizzle of piquant huckleberry sauce, was created by a culinary artist of the highest order, a sensitive, highly refined executive chef. The truth is more brutal. More likely, writes Anthony Bourdain in Kitchen Confidential, that elegant three-star concoction is the collaborative effort of a team of "wacked-out moral degenerates, dope fiends, refugees, a thuggish assortment of drunks, sneak thieves, sluts, and psychopaths," in all likelihood pierced or tattooed and incapable of uttering a sentence without an expletive or a foreign phrase. Such is the muscular view of the culinary trenches from one who's been groveling in them, with obvious sadomasochistic pleasure, for more than 20 years. CIA-trained Bourdain, currently the executive chef of the celebrated Les Halles, wrote two culinary mysteries before his first (and infamous) New Yorker essay launched this frank confessional about the lusty and larcenous real lives of cooks and restaurateurs. He is obscenely eloquent, unapologetically opinionated, and a damn fine storyteller--a Jack Kerouac of the kitchen. Those without the stomach for this kind of joyride should note his opening caveat: "There will be horror stories. Heavy drinking, drugs, screwing in the dry-goods area, unappetizing industry-wide practices. Talking about why you probably shouldn't order fish on a Monday, why those who favor well-done get the scrapings from the bottom of the barrel, and why seafood frittata is not a wise brunch selection.... But I'm simply not going to deceive anybody about the life as I've seen it." --Sumi Hahn [via]
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Kon-Tikiby Thor HeyerdahlISBN 1568490100 (1-56849-010-0)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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The Land Where the Blues Beganby Alan LomaxISBN 1565847393 (1-56584-739-3)
Softcover, New Pr
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The Look of Love: The Art of the Romance Novelby Jennifer McKnight-TrontzISBN 1568983123 (1-56898-312-3)
Softcover, Princeton Architectural Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Look of Love: The Art of the Romance Novel'Book summary:Swashbuckling sailors, dashing dukes, naughty nurses, and sexy steward-esses caught in webs of love, passion, betrayal, and intrigue: these are the raw materials of the romance novel--and the lusty covers that advertise them. In The Look of Love, Jennifer McKnight-Trontz provides a rollicking history of the covers and stories that have captivated millions of readers worldwide. More than 150 of the most sensational covers from this venerable if venal literary form are shown in glorious color, focusing on the period from 1940 to 1970, romance design's most fertile era. The Look of Love features artwork and excerpts from titles such as Passion Flower, Kept Woman, Rendezvous in Lisbon, and Jungle Nurse. Along the way, it brings attention to the pioneers of the romance novel: cover artists such as Barye Phillips and Robert Maguire, who helped define the look of paperbacks in general, and Harlequin, the grand dame of romance publishers, with more than 100 million novels sold each year. McKnight-Trontz reveals the themes that typify both the story lines and the covers--hospital romance, the rich and raunchy, royalty, tropical paradises, Westerns, "taboo" relationships, pirates and warriors, and love triangles--resulting in this definitive compendium of camp. A book for romance lovers everywhere. [via]
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Mickey Mouse History and Other Essays on American Memoryby Mike WallaceISBN 1566394457 (1-56639-445-7)
Softcover, Temple Univ Pr
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Musichound Rock: The Essential Album Guideby Gary Graff, Daniel DurchholzISBN 1578590612 (1-57859-061-2)
Softcover, Music Sales Corp
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Nakedby David SedarisISBN 1568954867 (1-56895-486-7)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Naked'Book summary:Hip radio comedy fans and theater folks who belong to the cult of Obie-winning playwright/performer David Sedaris must kill to get this book. These would be fans of the scaldingly snide Sedaris's hilariously described personal misadventures like The Santaland Diaries (a monologue about his work as an elf to a department store Santa) seen off-Broadway in 1997. In a series of similarly textured essays, Sedaris takes us along on his catastrophic detours through a nudist colony, a fruit-packing plant, his own childhood, and a dozen more of the world's little purgatories. [via]
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Neither Here nor Thereby Bill BrysonISBN 1568958315 (1-56895-831-5)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Offbeat Museums : A Guided Tour of America's Weirdest and Wackiest Museumsby Saul RubinISBN 1579122566 (1-57912-256-6)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
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Pet Semataryby Stephen KingISBN 1568495455 (1-56849-545-5)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Photoboothby Babbette HinesISBN 1568983816 (1-56898-381-6)
Hardcover, Princeton Architectural Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Photobooth'Book summary:In 1925 the Siberian immigrant Anatol Josepho had an idea for a small curtain-enclosed booth where people could take affordable portraits anonymously and automatically. The photobooth was born. Within 20 years there were more than 30,000 in the United States alone, an explosive growth due largely to World War II, as soldiers and loved ones exchanged photos, hoping to cling to memories or moments in a world turned upside down. But by the 1960s the advent of Polaroid photography spelled the doom of the "four strip" that had become a fixture at arcades and drugstores everywhere.
The recent resurgence of photo sticker machines has recaptured the fun and intimacy of the photobooth. With no photographer to please, people are at liberty to be whoever they like: brave or sexy, cocksure or wise, without fear of censure or ridicule. Free in the certainty of their solitude, families, couples young and old, best friends, and individual after individual have presented to the camera both real and imagined selves for three-quarters of a century.
Photobooth presents over 700 such photographs from the last 75 years, images at turns spontaneous and uninhibited, often goofy, and occasionally touching. It is a fascinating portrait of everyday people and a testament to the ongoing fascination with both the process and the result. [via]
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Planetaryby Warren Ellis, John Layman, John CassadayISBN 1563897776 (1-56389-777-6)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Planetary'Book summary:Layers of mystery wrap Planetary: All over the World like rice candy. Follow the enigmatic heroes Jakita Wagner, Elijah Snow, and the Drummer as they excavate the secret history of the world from its wealth of bizarre happenings. Though the characterization isn't sparklingly brilliant--the "insane" Drummer behaves more like the A-Team's Murdock than a believable madman--the stories are both broad and deep, exploring a web of conspiracies and shadowy superheroes that manipulate and "protect" our world. Clever retellings of primal comics myths are interlaced with X-Files-esque secret government tales, and they drive the reader back and forth to collate evidence; the characters can't do all the work. Illustrator John Cassaday mirrors Warren Ellis's script from circumspect to sublime, befitting the best successor yet to the pulp comics of the 1940s. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Popped Culture: A Social History of Popcorn in Americaby Andrew F. SmithISBN 1570033005 (1-57003-300-5)
Hardcover, Univ of South Carolina Pr
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Prozac Nationby Elizabeth WurtzelISBN 1573225126 (1-57322-512-6)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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Rattlesnake: Portrait of a Predatorby Rubio, Mannyrubio, MannyISBN 1560988088 (1-56098-808-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Real World Adventuresby Diane M. JonesISBN 1574322419 (1-57432-241-9)
Softcover, Collector Books
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The Right Stuffby Tom WolfeISBN 1579124585 (1-57912-458-5)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Right Stuff'Book summary:Tom Wolfe began The Right Stuff at a time when it was unfashionable to contemplate American heroism. Nixon had left the White House in disgrace, the nation was reeling from the catastrophe of Vietnam, and in 1979--the year the book appeared--Americans were being held hostage by Iranian militants. Yet it was exactly the anachronistic courage of his subjects that captivated Wolfe. In his foreword, he notes that as late as 1970, almost one in four career Navy pilots died in accidents. "The Right Stuff," he explains, "became a story of why men were willing--willing?--delighted!--to take on such odds in this, an era literary people had long since characterized as the age of the anti-hero."
Wolfe's roots in New Journalism were intertwined with the nonfiction novel that Truman Capote had pioneered with In Cold Blood. As Capote did, Wolfe tells his story from a limited omniscient perspective, dropping into the lives of his "characters" as each in turn becomes a major player in the space program. After an opening chapter on the terror of being a test pilot's wife, the story cuts back to the late 1940s, when Americans were first attempting to break the sound barrier. Test pilots, we discover, are people who live fast lives with dangerous machines, not all of them airborne.
Wolfe traces Alan Shepard's suborbital flight and Gus Grissom's embarrassing panic on the high seas (making the controversial claim that Grissom flooded his Liberty capsule by blowing the escape hatch too soon). The author also produces an admiring portrait of John Glenn's apple-pie heroism and selfless dedication. By the time Wolfe concludes with a return to Yeager and his late-career exploits, the narrative's epic proportions and literary merits are secure. Certainly The Right Stuff is the best, the funniest, and the most vivid book ever written about America's manned space program. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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Rumble Girls: Silky Warrior Tansieby Lea Hernandez, Mark WaidISBN 1561633704 (1-56163-370-4)
Softcover, Nbm Pub Co
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She's a Rebel : The History of Women in Rock and Rollby Gillian G. Gaar, Yoko OnoISBN 1580050786 (1-58005-078-6)
Softcover, Seal Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'She's a Rebel : The History of Women in Rock and Roll'Book summary:An encyclopedic narrative of the role of women in rock and pop over the last four decades, from Big Mama Thornton, who topped the R&B charts with "Hound Dog" three years before Elvis, to the female musical powerhouses of the '90s. Compulsively readable and thoroughly entertaining, this is a spirited and much-needed retelling of rock history which has tended to treat women peripherally at best. And unlike most rock journalists, Gaar knows how to do research, and how to both tell a long story with attention to detail and keep readers' attention for a long time. [via]
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Spiritual Tourist: A Personal Odyssey Through the Outer Reaches of Beliefby Mick BrownISBN 158234034X (1-58234-034-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Editionby Stephen KingISBN 1568495714 (1-56849-571-4)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition'Book summary:In 1978, science fiction writer Spider Robinson wrote a scathing review of The Stand in which he exhorted his readers to grab strangers in bookstores and beg them not to buy it.
The Stand is like that. You either love it or hate it, but you can't ignore it. Stephen King's most popular book, according to polls of his fans, is an end-of-the-world scenario: a rapidly mutating flu virus is accidentally released from a U.S. military facility and wipes out 99 and 44/100 percent of the world's population, thus setting the stage for an apocalyptic confrontation between Good and Evil.
"I love to burn things up," King says. "It's the werewolf in me, I guess.... The Stand was particularly fulfilling, because there I got a chance to scrub the whole human race, and man, it was fun! ... Much of the compulsive, driven feeling I had while I worked on The Stand came from the vicarious thrill of imagining an entire entrenched social order destroyed in one stroke."
There is much to admire in The Stand: the vivid thumbnail sketches with which King populates a whole landscape with dozens of believable characters; the deep sense of nostalgia for things left behind; the way it subverts our sense of reality by showing us a world we find familiar, then flipping it over to reveal the darkness underneath. Anyone who wants to know, or claims to know, the heart of the American experience needs to read this book. --Fiona Webster [via]
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Steering Through Chaos: Vice and Virtue in an Age of Moral Confusionby OS Guinness, Karen Lee-Thorp, Virginia MooneyISBN 1576831582 (1-57683-158-2)
Softcover, Navpress Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Steering Through Chaos: Vice and Virtue in an Age of Moral Confusion'Book summary:In this thoughtful, probing study, Os Guinness leads readers in an in-depth examination of the deadly vices. The reader will better understand the classic notion of virtue and vice and how these ideas connect to the Beatitudes. Presenting the truth of the Bible in the context of modern society, other faiths, and 3,000 years of history, Guinness analyzes the corruption of ethics in academia and popular culture to reestablish the deadly seriousness of vice in an age of moral confusion. This is the second in a series of six Trinity Forum studies which combine classical and current readings with provocative discussion questions. The Trinity Forum has been successfully using this material for over eight years in their private leadership forums. [via]
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The Strange Case of Edward Goreyby Alexander TherouxISBN 1560973854 (1-56097-385-4)
Softcover, Fantagraphics Books
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Stuck in the Seventies: 113 Things from the 1970's That Screwed Up the Twentysomething Generationby Scott Matthews, Tamara Nikuradse, Greg White, Jay Steele, Jay KernessISBN 156625051X (1-56625-051-X)
Softcover, Bonus Books
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Studs Terkel's Working: A Teaching Guideby Rick AyersISBN 1565846265 (1-56584-626-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Studs Terkel's Working: A Teaching Guide'Book summary:An invaluable educational resource for introducing Studs Terkel's classic work of oral history to today's students. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer/journalist Studs Terkel is world famous for his oral histories, considered an innovator in modern ethnographic research. Working, Terkel's most popular book, provides a powerful and original perspective on one of the most basic components of human experience: work. The farmer, receptionist, college professor, mail carrier, stockbroker, athlete, and many others share their daily routines and dreams in their own words. Working has long been recognized as an ideal teaching tool, presenting provocative material certain to engage students, ignite classroom discussion, and inspire thoughtful writing. Now, helping educators discover a variety of approaches for using Working in the classroom, Rick Ayers presents a comprehensive teaching guide to this celebrated classic. With its 200 pages of classroom materials--including questions, topics for discussion, tips for taking oral histories, and a bibliography of related resources--Ayers' teaching guide is certain to be welcomed by educators everywhere. As an added bonus, it includes a new interview with Terkel himself, offering insight into the making of Working. [via]
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Tiki Drinksby Adam RockeISBN 1572840366 (1-57284-036-6)
Hardcover, Surrey Books
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A Treasury of American Folklore: Our Customs, Beliefs, and TraditionsISBN 1566193702 (1-56619-370-2)
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Uncle John's All-Purpose Extra-Strength Bathroom ReaderISBN 1571454942 (1-57145-494-2)
Softcover, Portable Pr
Find This BookBook summary:Why is our lucky 13th edition All-Purpose? Uncle John himself explains: You can read this Bathroom Reader anywherein the obvious spot, in bed or, heck, by the pool or at work. Why Extra-Strength? Because of the mountains of research gathered, you can guess where, by our crackpot I mean hotshot staff. Yes, APES (as we affectionately call it at the BRI) is filled to the rim with more than 500 pages of amazing facts, quotes, history, myths, brain teasers, origins, celebrity gossip, and our powerful brand of uncanny humor. Here are 13 reasons to read this book:[via]- Triskaidekaphobia, the fear of ten plus three
- Military surplus: The story of carrot cake
- The real-life inspiration behind Dracula
- Going Ape: The history of Tarzan
- People who married themselves
- Politically incorrect toothpaste
- Legendary business blunders
- Hollywoods biggest bombs
- Wide world of weird sports
- Dog food for thought
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Videohound's Cult Flicks & Trash Picsby Carol A. Schwartz, Jim OlenskiISBN 1578591139 (1-57859-113-9)
Softcover, Visible Ink Pr
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Videohound's Golden Movie Retrieverby Martin Connors, Jim CraddockISBN 1578590248 (1-57859-024-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever'Book summary:As short a time ago as 1994, Leonard Maltin's movie guide could boast of "more than 19,000 entries, with 300 new titles!" But with 500-plus movies jostling into theaters every year, the pocket-size, curl-up-with-it film guide has become a relic. Nowadays, film books are faintly scholarly word-hoards with three OED-style columns, a trade-size format, and a heft that calls for your sitting pants. Videohound's 1,700-page edition sasses the new millennium ("Covering 1,000 years of Movie Making Magic!" the cover says), but its girth heralds the day when all such guides will be swallowed up by some vast digital database. Until then, there's this bright book, with its uncalculated number (a hasty guess would be 26,000) of reviews of movies on video, Laserdisc, DVD, and TV, and its massive cross-listings by star, director, writer, and cinematographer (cinematographer!). Retailing itself as an irreverent tour for movie lovers, the book has surprising range, with an equal appetite for difficult, small, and foreign films and Hollywood fare. Some inconsistencies? Yep, and that's what makes guides like this fun. Kurosawa's Seven Samurai is hailed as a "masterpiece" and rewarded an admiring four bones (out of four), while the superbly Heideggerian Wings of Desire, also a "masterpiece," is equivocated to three and a half. The woof-worthy The Wedding Singer gets the same two and a half bones that they give Wes Anderson's estimably giggly debut, Bottle Rocket. Terry Zwigoff's lovely Crumb is M.I.A., and there's a tendency to eschew analysis for plot summary, but Videohound has encyclopedic breadth and does the undeclared job it sets out to accomplish: entertain, inform, and give readers a giant list of movies to watch next year. --Lyall Bush [via]
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Visual Display: Culture Beyond Appearancesby Peter Wollen, Lynne CookeISBN 1565844955 (1-56584-495-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Way We Are: The Astonishing Anthropology of Everyday Lifeby Margaret VisserISBN 1568361866 (1-56836-186-6)
Softcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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The Weather Channel: The Improbable Rise of a Media Phenomenonby Jeffrey L. Cruikshank, Frank BattenISBN 1578515599 (1-57851-559-9)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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What Not to Wearby Susannah Constantine, Trinny Woodall, Robin MatthewsISBN 1573223573 (1-57322-357-3)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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What'd I Say: The Atlantic Story 50 Years of Musicby Greil Marcus, Ahmet ErtegunISBN 1566490480 (1-56649-048-0)
Hardcover, Welcome Rain
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Why People Believe Weird Thingsby Michael ShermerISBN 1567313590 (1-56731-359-0)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why People Believe Weird Things'Book summary:Few can talk with more personal authority about the range of human beliefs than Michael Shermer. At various times in the past, Shermer has believed in fundamentalist Christianity, alien abductions, Ayn Rand, megavitamin therapy, and deep-tissue massage. Now he believes in skepticism, and his motto is "Cognite tute--think for yourself." This updated edition of Why People Believe Weird Things covers Holocaust denial and creationism in considerable detail, and has chapters on abductions, Satanism, Afrocentrism, near-death experiences, Randian positivism, and psychics. Shermer has five basic answers to the implied question in his title: for consolation, for immediate gratification, for simplicity, for moral meaning, and because hope springs eternal. He shows the kinds of errors in thinking that lead people to believe weird (that is, unsubstantiated) things, especially the built-in human need to see patterns, even where there is no pattern to be seen. Throughout, Shermer emphasizes that skepticism (in his sense) does not need to be cynicism: "Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known." --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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Women Warriors: ADVENTURES FROM HISTORY'S GREATEST FEMALE FIGHTERSby Teena ApelesISBN 1580051111 (1-58005-111-1)
Softcover, Seal Pr
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Workingby Studs TerkelISBN 1565843428 (1-56584-342-8)
Softcover, New Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Working'Book summary:Studs Terkel records the voices of America. Men and women from every walk of life talk to him, telling him of their likes and dislikes, fears, problems, and happinesses on the job. Once again, Terkel has created a rich and unique document that is as simple as conversation, but as subtle and heartfelt as the meaning of our lives.... In the first trade paperback edition of his national bestseller, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel presents "the real American experience" (Chicago Daily News)--"a magnificent book . . .. A work of art. To read it is to hear America talking." (Boston Globe). [via]
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Written Out of Television: A TV Lover's Guide to Cast Changes 1945-1994by Steven LanceISBN 1568330715 (1-56833-071-5)
Softcover, Madison Books, Incorporated
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