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100 One-Night Readsby John S. Major, David C. MajorISBN 0345439945 (0-345-43994-5)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: '100 One-Night Reads'Book summary:Readers everywhere know that nothing soothes the spirit like sinking into a really good book. If you're one of that happy band, you'll quickly recognize the authors of this inspired reading guide as kindred spirits. Here David and John Major have chosen one hundred books that can each be delightfully consumed in one quiet evening. Covering categories from fantasy to fiction, history to humor, mystery to memoir, this addictive volume features books to match all your moodsby both celebrated writers and gifted unknowns, including:
" Russell Baker " Willa Cather " Raymond Chandler " F. Scott Fitzgerald " Graham Greene " Edith Hamilton " Dashiell Hammett " Helene Hanff " Ernest Hemingway " Patricia Highsmith " Shirley Jackson " Henry James " W. Somerset Maugham " Mary McCarthy " Walter Mosley " Vladimir Nabokov " Patrick O'Brian " Barbara Pym " Phillip Roth " Vikram Seth " Isaac Bashevis Singer " C. P. Snow " Dylan Thomas " Evelyn Waugh " Edith Wharton " Laura Ingalls Wilder " Virginia Woolf
Each selection contains an entertaining discussion of what makes the book special, from an adventurous writing style to a unique sense of humor. The Majors also share insights about the authors and literary anecdotes, as well as recommend other gems on a similar subject or by the same author.
A literary companion to relish and refer to again and again, 100 One-Night Reads is a masterpiece in its own right! [via]More editions of 100 One-Night Reads:
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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Dieby Ackroyd, Peter (AFT), Peter BoxallISBN 0789313707 (0-7893-1370-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die'Book summary:For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die is a trove of reviews covering a century of memorable writing. Each work of literature featured here is a seminal work key to understanding and appreciating the written word.The featured works have been handpicked by a team of international critics and literary luminaries, including Derek Attridge (world expert on James Joyce), Cedric Watts (renowned authority on Joseph Conrad and Graham Greene), Laura Marcus (noted Virginia Woolf expert), and David Mariott (poet and expert on African-American literature), among some twenty others.Addictive, browsable, knowledgeable1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die will be a boon companion for anyone who loves good writing and an inspiration for anyone who is just beginning to discover a love of books. Each entry is accompanied by an authoritative yet opinionated critical essay describing the importance and influence of the work in question. Also included are publishing history and career details about the authors, as well as reproductions of period dust jackets and book designs. [via]
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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Dieby Ethan De Seife, Steven Jay Schneider, Edward Buscombe, Linda Badley, Geoff Andrew, Tom Charity, Kathryn Bergeron, Joanna Berry, Garrett Chaffin-Quiray, Travis Crawford, Adrian DanksISBN 0764157019 (0-7641-5701-9)
Hardcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die'Book summary:"You played it for her, Sam. Now, play it for me." Everybody loves a good movie, and Casablanca is just one of the classics described in this, the ultimate book about movies! This volume's expert team of authors spans a full century of production, concisely describing 1001 of the best films from around the world. The listings are dramatically augmented with memorable photos, both in color and black and white. The book is a chrono-logical survey covering the best cinematic dramas, comedies, westerns, musicals, suspense and horror films, gangster classics, films noir, sci-fi epics, documentaries, and adaptations of novels and stage plays. Starting in 1902 with the French production, Le voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon) and the famous 1903 American short, The Great Train Robbery, this immensely enjoyable read moves forward chronologically. Film fans review the 1920s silent classics of D. W. Griffith and the comedies of Chaplin and Keaton, then go on to the era of sound films, beginning in 1927 with Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer. Soon to follow were von Sternberg's 1931 classic with Marlene Dietrich, Der Blaue Engel (The Blue Angel), the Bela Lugosi portrayal of Dracula, and the inimitable King Kong. Other highlights from the 1930s include screwball comedies like It Happened One Night and Bringing Up Baby, the elegant song-and-dance fests that paired Astaire and Rogers, the crazy antics of the Marx Brothers, and the classic Warner Brothers gangster films where James Cagney, George Raft, and Edward G. Robinson were brought to justice in the final reel. In the 1940s, The Maltese Falconand Casablanca made Humphrey Bogart a household name--and spanning nearly a half-century, from the 1930s to the '80s, Alfred Hitchcock's suspense classics thrilled millions. Also well represented are the post-World War II European New Wave directors, including Pasolini, Fellini, and Antonioni from Italy, Resnais and Truffaut from France, and many others. Here too in words and photos are the classic westerns, from epics starring John Wayne and Gary Cooper to those in which Clint Eastwood shot it out with the bad and the ugly. --And certainly not to be overlooked are the great musicals, from Singin' in the Rain to Chicago.Readers who open this book to any page will find a major film described with a complete list of credits, an essay summarizing its story line and screen-history, and still shots of some of the film's memorable scenes. At the back of the book, both an alpha-betical index and a genre index will help readers find any film they're looking for in a hurry. Collectors of DVDs and video tapes will find this volume a must for their bookshelf, but even casual moviegoers will enjoy browsing through this big, entertaining reference book. For students of cinema, for discerning film buffs, for general moviegoers, and for readers who enjoy reminiscing over unforgettable lines of dialogue, here's the best place to start. [via]
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1001 Movies You Must See Before You Dieby Lucy Summers, Edward Buscombe, Linda Badley, Geoff Andrew, Kathryn Bergeron, Joanna BerryISBN 0764159070 (0-7641-5907-0)
Hardcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die'Book summary:Updated with brand-new entries to describe the most recent major motion pictures, this critically-acclaimed volume spans more than a century of moviemaking, concisely describing 1001 of the best films from around the world. New in this edition are entries to describe such film hits as Lord of the Rings, Mystic River, Farenheit 9/11, and Million Dollar Baby. But in fact, this volume's team of critics goes back to 1902, describing such films as The Great Train Robbery, and progressing chronologically across the decades to cover the best cinematic dramas, comedies, westerns, musicals, suspense and horror films, gangster classics, films noir, sci-fi epics, documentaries, and adaptations of novels and stage plays made by filmmakers around the world. Each entry includes a full list of cast and credits, awards won by the film, an essay summarizing the story line and screen-history, and still shots of the film's memorable scenes. At the back of the book, both an alphabetical index and a genre index will help readers find any film they're looking for. Movie fans will find descriptions of great musicals like Singing in the Rain, westerns like High Noon, science-fiction classics like Star Wars, dramas like Chinatown and Schindler's List, and international classics from master directors who include Fellini, Antonioni, Resnais, Truffaut, Eisenstein, Kurosawa, and many others. Here is a volume that belongs in the personal library of film buffs, movie reviewers, collectors of DVDs-and every reader who enjoys reminiscing over great movies of the past and present. Hundreds of movie still shots in color and black and white. "... a great motivating guide to cinema. After reading one of its engaging, often profound entries on a missed film, you want to ... rent it. Best of all, it includes international, silent, animated, and recent films."
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Bibliotherapy: The Girl's Guide to Books for Every Phase of Our Livesby Beverly West, Nancy K. PeskeISBN 0440508975 (0-440-50897-5)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bibliotherapy: The Girl's Guide to Books for Every Phase of Our Lives'Book summary:Because women read books differently than guys do...
Every woman knows ... books are more than a way to kill time on the bus they're therapy that fits in our bag. Whether we're wallowing in a sullen perennial adolescence or our biological clock is ringing and we can't find the snooze button, books are the dog-eared friends that help us deal with our baggage as we navigate life's journey.
Now Bibliotherapy prescribes the best of classic and contemporary Chick Lit that women turn to again and again for inspiration (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) ... for escape (Ladder of Years) ... for revenge against the patriarchy (Our Blood) ... and for bonding with our girlfriends (Waiting to Exhale).
Upper-thigh spread sparking a midlife crisis? Read A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains and remember that it's not over until the fat lady yodels. Did your pot of gold turn out to be fourteen-karat tin? Open your eyes with Awakening to the Sacred and learn to savor your rainbow. Wondering what all the fuss is about? Climb into bed with Lady Chatterley's Lover and explore your pleasure potential.
With provocative points to ponder as you read ("What is the metaphorical significance of a codpiece?"), fun quotes, and a list of books that must not be read but, in Dorothy Parker's words, "thrown with great force," Bibliotherapy ensures you'll always find the right literary prescription no matter what phase of life you're teetering on the brink of!
Plus: Doomed but Inspired Heroes ... Books to Read When You're Sick of Your Career and Are Seriously Considering Taking Up Alpaca Ranching in Peru ... Bad Girls We'd Like to Have Over for Girls' Night ... Books That Are the Equivalent of Citronella for Men ... and much more! [via]More editions of Bibliotherapy: The Girl's Guide to Books for Every Phase of Our Lives:
Bloomsbury Good Reading Guideby Kenneth McLeishISBN 0747500797 (0-7475-0079-7)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub
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Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reasonby Nancy PearlISBN 1570613818 (1-57061-381-8)
Softcover, Sasquatch Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason'Book summary:The response to Nancy Pearls surprise bestseller Book Lust was astounding: the Seattle librarian even became the model for the now-famous Librarian Action Figure. Readers everywhere welcomed Pearls encyclopedic but discerning filter on books worth reading, and her Rule of 50 (give a book 50 pages before deciding whether to continue; but readers over 50 must read the same number of pages as their age) became a standard MO. [via]
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The Celestine Prophecyby James RedfieldISBN 0446671002 (0-446-67100-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Celestine Prophecy'Book summary:The Celestine Prophecy is a 1993 novel by James Redfield that discusses various psychological and spiritual ideas which are rooted in many ancient Eastern Traditions and New Age spirituality. The main character of the novel undertakes a journey to find and understand a series of nine spiritual insights on an ancient manuscript in Peru. The book is a first-person narrative of the narrator's spiritual awakening as he goes through a transitional period of his life. [via]
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- The Celestine Prophecy: ISBN 044651862X (0-446-51862-X)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub - The Celestine Prophecy: ISBN 0446912069 (0-446-91206-9)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub - The Celestine Prophecy: ISBN 0756759900 (0-7567-5990-0)
Softcover, Diane Pub Co - The Celestine Prophecy: ISBN 0944353002 (0-944353-00-2)
Hardcover, Satori Pub - The Celestine Prophecy: ISBN 0446671002 (0-446-67100-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
- The Celestine Prophecy: ISBN 044651862X (0-446-51862-X)
Classics Revisitedby Kenneth RexrothISBN 0811209881 (0-8112-0988-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Creative Storytellingby Jack MaguireISBN 0938756354 (0-938756-35-4)
Softcover, Yellow Moon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Creative Storytelling'Book summary:Quite simply, Creative Storytelling is one of the best and most comprehensive books on telling stories. This newly expanded, beautifully illustrated, step-by-step guide tells readers about sources and types of stories; how to gear stories toward children of different ages and interests; techniques for remembering and adapting stories; and how to use personal experiences to create new stories. One chapter takes a story through the complete storytelling process, with specific tips on tone, pacing, and atmosphere. A special section examines how storytelling leads to a wide range of other creative activities. This edition also features a new section on storytelling and environmentalism, with information on creating stories that foster environmental awareness. [via]
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Essays of E.B. Whiteby E. B. WhiteISBN 0060932236 (0-06-093223-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Essays of E.B. White'Book summary:The classic collection by one of the greatest essayists of our time. [via]
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Softcover, Harpercollins - Essays of E.B. White: ISBN 0060145765 (0-06-014576-5)
Hardcover, Harper & Row - Essays of E.B. White: ISBN 0060932236 (0-06-093223-6)
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God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter Between Christianity and Scienceby David C. Lindberg, Ronald L. NumbersISBN 0520056922 (0-520-05692-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter Between Christianity and Science'Book summary:Since the publication in 1896 of Andrew Dickson White's classic History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, no comprehensive history of the subject has appeared in the English language. Although many twentieth-century historians have written on the relationship between Christianity and science, and in the process have called into question many of White's conclusions, the image of warfare lingers in the public mind.[via]
To provide an up-to-date alternative, based on the best available scholarship and written in nontechnical language, the editors of this volume have assembled an international group of distinguished historians. In eighteen essays prepared especially for this book, these authors cover the period from the early Christian church to the twentieth century, offering fresh appraisals of such encounters as the trial of Galileo, the formulation of the Newtonian worldview, the coming of Darwinism, and the ongoing controversies over "scientific creationism." They explore not only the impact of religion on science, but also the influence of science and religion.
This landmark volume promises not only to silence the persistent rumors of war between Christianity and science, but also serve as the point of departure for new explorations of their relationship, Scholars and general readers alike will find it provocative and readable.More editions of God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter Between Christianity and Science:
God and Nature: Historical Essays on the Encounter Between Christianity and Scienceby Ronald L. Numbers, David C. LindbergISBN 0520055381 (0-520-05538-1)
Hardcover, University of California Press
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Jitterbug Perfumeby Tom RobbinsISBN 0553348981 (0-553-34898-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jitterbug Perfume'Book summary:A story beginning in the forests of ancient Bohemia and ending at nine o'clock tonight, Paris time. The hero is a janitor with a missing bottle which is embossed with the image of a goat-horned god and is said to contain the remaining drops of the secret essence of the universe. [via]
The Modern Libraryby Colm Toibin, Carmen CallilISBN 0330341820 (0-330-34182-0)
Hardcover, Trans-Atlantic Pubns
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More Classics Revisitedby Bradford Morrow, Kenneth RexrothISBN 0811210839 (0-8112-1083-9)
Softcover, New Directions
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The New Read-Aloud Handbookby Jim TreleaseISBN 0140468811 (0-14-046881-1)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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The Polysyllabic Spreeby Nick HornbyISBN 1932416242 (1-932416-24-2)
Softcover, McSweeneys Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Polysyllabic Spree'Book summary:In his monthly column "Stuff I've Been Reading," Hornby lists the books he's purchased that month, and briefly discusses the books he's actually read.[via]
NIck Hornby's Polysyllabic Spree Includes selected passages from the novels, biographies, collections of poetry, and comics discussed in the column.More editions of The Polysyllabic Spree:
The Prentice Hall Good Reading Guideby Kenneth McLeishISBN 013712175X (0-13-712175-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Read-Aloud Handbookby Jim TreleaseISBN 0143037390 (0-14-303739-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Read-Aloud Handbook'Book summary:A new edition of the acclaimed literacy handbook explains the importance of reading aloud to children while offering guidance on how to set up a read-aloud atmosphere in the home or classroom and presenting more than 1,200 children's titles that are ideal for reading aloud. Tour. [via]
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- The Read-Aloud Handbook: ISBN 0844672343 (0-8446-7234-3)
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Softcover, Penguin Books - The Read-Aloud Handbook: ISBN 0140467270 (0-14-046727-0)
Softcover, Penguin Books - The Read-Aloud Handbook: ISBN 0140469710 (0-14-046971-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Read-Aloud Handbook: ISBN 0141001615 (0-14-100161-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Read-Aloud Handbook: ISBN 0606213961 (0-606-21396-1)
Hardcover, Demco Media - The Read-Aloud Handbook: ISBN 0143037390 (0-14-303739-0)
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Real Boys' Voicesby William S. Pollack, Todd ShusterISBN 0141002948 (0-14-100294-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Rough Guide to Cult Fictionby Paul Simpson, Michaela Bushell, Helen Roddis, Rough Guides StaffISBN 1843533871 (1-84353-387-1)
Softcover, Rough Guides, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction'Book summary:This new Rough Guide will make you a literary buff in the time it takes to say Jack Kerouac. Even if you already know your Hunter S Thompson from your Jim Thompson, you''ll still find it hard to resist a book which tells you which cult novel has been implicated in assassinations, which world famous novelist offered to throw himself off a train to prove his devotion to his literary idol and which cult poet and prose stylist inspired a Broadway musical and the Velvet Underground. There''s a critical guide to over 150 cult authors - from Kathy Acker to Yevgeny Zamyatin, including potted biographies, their must reads, and their surprising influences. Reviews of 100 cult novels - seminal works by authors who never quite achieved cult status themselves but still produced one classic work. Finally, there''s a cult collection - a feast of literary trivia which categorises writers by the diseases they suffered for their art, reveals 12 literary giants who wrote standing up, and pores over the little known fictional epics of Sarah Bernhardt and Benito Mussolini. [via]
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Running With Scissors: A Memoirby Augusten BurroughsISBN 1417666943 (1-4176-6694-3)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Running With Scissors'Book summary:There is a passage early in Augusten Burroughs's harrowing and highly entertaining memoir, Running with Scissors, that speaks volumes about the author. While going to the garbage dump with his father, young Augusten spots a chipped, glass-top coffee table that he longs to bring home. "I knew I could hide the chip by fanning a display of magazines on the surface, like in a doctor's office," he writes, "And it certainly wouldn't be dirty after I polished it with Windex for three hours." There were certainly numerous chips in the childhood Burroughs describes: an alcoholic father, an unstable mother who gives him up for adoption to her therapist, and an adolescence spent as part of the therapist's eccentric extended family, gobbling prescription meds and fooling around with both an old electroshock machine and a pedophile who lives in a shed out back. But just as he dreamed of doing with that old table, Burroughs employs a vigorous program of decoration and fervent polishing to a life that many would have simply thrown in a landfill. Despite her abandonment, he never gives up on his increasingly unbalanced mother. And rather than despair about his lot, he glamorizes it: planning a "beauty empire" and performing an a capella version of "You Light Up My Life" at a local mental ward. Burroughs's perspective achieves a crucial balance for a memoir: emotional but not self-involved, observant but not clinical, funny but not deliberately comic. And it's ultimately a feel-good story: as he steers through a challenging childhood, there's always a sense that Burroughs's survivor mentality will guide him through and that the coffee table will be salvaged after all. --John Moe [via]
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- Running With Scissors: A Memoir: ISBN 1417684186 (1-4176-8418-6)
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Softcover, St Martins Pr - Running With Scissors: A Memoir: ISBN 0312425414 (0-312-42541-4)
Softcover, Picador USA - Running With Scissors: ISBN 0312938853 (0-312-93885-3)
Softcover, St Martins Pr - Running With Scissors: A Memoir: ISBN 0312283709 (0-312-28370-9)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr - Running with Scissors: A Memoir: ISBN 0312355645 (0-312-35564-5)
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- Running With Scissors: A Memoir: ISBN 1417684186 (1-4176-8418-6)
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So Many Books, So Little Timeby Sara NelsonISBN 0425198197 (0-425-19819-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'So Many Books, So Little Time'Book summary:Sometimes subtle, sometimes striking, the interplay between our lives and our books is the subject of this unique memoir by well-known publishing correspondent and self-described "readaholic" Sara Nelson. From Solzhenitsyn to Laura Zigman, Catherine M. to Captain Underpants, the result is a personal chronicle of insight, wit, and enough infectious enthusiasm to make a passionate reader out of anybody. [via]
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So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Readingby Sara NelsonISBN 0399150838 (0-399-15083-8)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading'Book summary:The well-known publishing correspondent and self-described "readaholic" chronicles a year spent reading-and the surprises it brought.
In early 2002, Sara Nelson-editor, reporter, reviewer, mother, daughter, wife, and compulsive reader-set out to chronicle a year's worth of reading, to explore how the world of books and words intermingled with children, marriage, friends, and the rest of the "real" world. She had a system all set up: fifty-two weeks, fifty-two books . . . and it all fell apart the first week. That's when she discovered that books chose her as much as she chose them, and the rewards and frustrations they brought were nothing she could plan for: "In reading, as in life, even if you know what you're doing, you really kind of don't."
From Solzhenitsyn to Laura Zigman, Catherine M. to Captain Underpants, this is the captivating result. It is a personal memoir filled with wit, charm, insight, infectious enthusiasm-and observations on everything from Public Books (the ones we pretend we're reading), lending trauma and the idiosyncrasies of sex scenes ("The mingling of bodies and emotions and fluids is one thing. But reading about it: now that's personal") to revenge books, hype, the stresses of recommendation (What does it mean when someone you like hates the book you love?), the odd reasons we pick up a book in the first place, and how to put it down if we don't like it ("The literary equivalent of a bar mitzvah, the moment at which you look at yourself and announce: Today I am an adult."). Throughout, So Many Books, So Little Time is pure delight-a work at once funny, wise, and rueful: enough to make a passionate reader out of anybody. [via]More editions of So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading:
Under the Chinaberry Tree: Books and Inspirations for Mindful Parentingby Ann Ruethling, Patti PitcherISBN 0767912020 (0-7679-1202-0)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Walk On: The Spiritual Journey Of U2by Steve StockmanISBN 0976035758 (0-9760357-5-8)
Softcover, Strang Communications Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walk On: The Spiritual Journey Of U2'Book summary:This is the book everyone is talking about. WALK ON: The Spiritual Journey of U2 tackles the issues and questions everyone wants to know but no one has directly explored about the world's biggest rock band.
Throughout WALK ON, author Steve Stockman mines the band's public works and interviews to see if Bono found what he was looking for on their Popmart tour"baby Jesus under the trash." He follows the band from their early days in Dublin's Shalom Christian Fellowship all the way to their most recent, and most spiritually profound, Elevation tour. Along the way, he examines not only the band's story, but also the symbolism and story behind their songs, and the larger issues of church, culture and the Christian Ghetto. It is an eye-opening book for all readers. Who knows, it may turn out that it's Christians who have misunderstood U2and, possibly, the Gospel itself. [via]
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A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Ageby William ManchesterISBN 0316545562 (0-316-54556-2)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age'Book summary:It speaks to the failure of medieval Europe, writes popular historian William Manchester, that "in the year 1500, after a thousand years of neglect, the roads built by the Romans were still the best on the continent." European powers were so absorbed in destroying each other and in suppressing peasant revolts and religious reform that they never quite got around to realizing the possibilities of contemporary innovations in public health, civil engineering, and other peaceful pursuits. Instead, they waged war in faraway lands, created and lost fortunes, and squandered millions of lives. For all the wastefulness of medieval societies, however, Manchester notes, the era created the foundation for the extraordinary creative explosion of the Renaissance. Drawing on a cast of characters numbering in the hundreds, Manchester does a solid job of reconstructing the medieval world, although some scholars may disagree with his interpretations. [via]
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ZagatSurvey Movie Guide: 1,000 Top Films of All Timeby Curt GathjeISBN 1570064083 (1-57006-408-3)
Softcover, Zagat Survey
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› Find signed collectible books: 'ZagatSurvey Movie Guide: 1,000 Top Films of All Time'Book summary:Covering the best 1,000 movies of all time--from the 1930s to the present--this guide provides the signature Zagat consumer-driven ratings and reviews. It also includes extensive indexes such as genre and actor, and is targeted toward the growing audience of movie renters, purchasers, and cable viewers. [via]
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LA Novena Revelacion/the Celestine Prophecyby James Redfield, Cristina SardoyISBN 9500826011 (950-08-2601-1)
Softcover, Downtown Book Center Inc
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