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Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD, and the Sixties Rebellionby Bruce Shlain, Martin A. LeeISBN 039462081X (0-394-62081-X)
Hardcover, Grove Press
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade)by Mark Twain, E.W. KembleISBN 0394605217 (0-394-60521-7)
Hardcover, Modern Library
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, Michelle WigginsISBN 0394532279 (0-394-53227-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Angelsby Peter WilsonISBN 039451355X (0-394-51355-X)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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Anti-Intellectualism in American Lifeby Richard HofstadterISBN 0394703170 (0-394-70317-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Architect of Genocide : Himmler and the Final Solutionby Richard BreitmanISBN 0394568419 (0-394-56841-9)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Arrogance of Faith : Christianity and Race in Americaby Forrest G. WoodISBN 0394579933 (0-394-57993-3)
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Fordby Ron HansenISBN 0394516478 (0-394-51647-8)
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Banaras: City of Lightby Diana L. EckISBN 039451971X (0-394-51971-X)
Hardcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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Behind the Mask: On Sexual Demons, Sacred Mothers, Transvestites, Gangsters, Drifters and Other Japanese Cultural Heroesby Ian BurumaISBN 0394537750 (0-394-53775-0)
Hardcover, Pantheon Books
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The Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagnerby Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheISBN 0394703693 (0-394-70369-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagner'Book summary:The Birth of Tragedy (1872) was Nietzsche's first book. Its youthful faults were exposed by Nietzsche in the brilliant "Attempt at a Self-Criticism" which he added to the new edition of 1886. But the book, whatever its excesses, remains one of the most relevant statements on tragedy ever penned. It exploded the conception of Greek culture that was prevalent down through the Victorian era, and it sounded themes developed in the twentieth century by classicists, existentialists, psychoanalysts, and others.
The Case of Wagner (1888) was one Nietzsche's last books, and his wittiest. In attitude and style it is diametrically opposed to The Birth of Tragedy. Both works transcend their ostensible subjects and deal with art and culture, as well as the problems of the modern age generally.
Each book in itself gives us an inadequate idea of its author; together, they furnish a striking image of Nietzsche's thought. The distinguished new translations by Walter Kaufmann superbly reflect in English Nietzsche's idiom and the vitality of his style. Professor Kaufmann has also furnished running footnote commentaries, relevant passages from Nietzsche's correspondence, a bibliography, and, for the first time in any edition, an extensive index to each book. [via]More editions of The Birth of Tragedy and the Case of Wagner:
Black Consciousness in South Africaby Stephen Bantu Biko, Millard W. ArnoldISBN 0394727398 (0-394-72739-8)
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The Blue Bowlby George MinotISBN 039457348X (0-394-57348-X)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Buddha in the Palm of Your Handby Osel Tendzin, Donna HolmISBN 039470889X (0-394-70889-X)
Softcover, Shambhala
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By Little and by Little: The Selected Writings of Dorothy Dayby Dorothy Day, Robert EllsbergISBN 0394714326 (0-394-71432-6)
Softcover, Knopf
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Byzantium: The Early Centuriesby John Julius NorwichISBN 0394537785 (0-394-53778-5)
Hardcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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Cannibals and Kings: The Origins of Culturesby Marvin HarrisISBN 0394727002 (0-394-72700-2)
Hardcover, Vintage Books
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"[A] magisterial interpretation of the rise and fall of human cultures and societies."
-- Robert Lekachman, Washington Post Book World
"Its persuasive arguments asserting the primacy of cultural rather than genetic or psychological factors in human life deserve the widest possible audience."
-- Gloria Levitas The New Leader
"[An] original and...urgent theory about the nature of man and at the reason that human cultures take so many diverse shapes."
-- The New Yorker
"Lively and controversial."
-- I. Bernard Cohen, front page, The New York Times Book Review
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The Care of the Self : The History of Sexualityby Michel Foucault, Robert HurleyISBN 0394548140 (0-394-54814-0)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Charles Darwin: Voyagingby Janet BrowneISBN 0394579429 (0-394-57942-9)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charles Darwin: Voyaging'Book summary:In 1858 Charles Darwin was forty-nine years old, a gentleman scientist living quietly at Down House in the Kent countryside, respected by fellow biologists and well liked among his wide and distinguished circle of acquaintances. He was not yet a focus of debate; his big book on species still lay on his study desk in the form of a huge pile of manuscript. For more than twenty years he had been accumulating material for it, puzzling over questions it raised, tryingit seemed endlesslyto bring it to a satisfactory conclusion. Publication appeared to be as far away as ever, delayed by his inherent cautiousness and wish to be certain that his startling theory of evolution was correct.
It is at this point that the concluding volume of Janet Brownes biography opens. The much-praised first volume, Voyaging, carried Darwins story through his youth and scientific apprenticeship, the adventurous Beagle voyage, his marriage and the birth of his children, the genesis and development of his ideas. Now, beginning with the extraordinary events that finally forced the Origin of Species into print, we come to the years of fame and controversy.
For Charles Darwin, the intellectual upheaval touched off by his book had deep personal as well as public consequences. Always an intensely private man, he suddenly found himself and his ideas being discussedand often attackedin circles far beyond those of his familiar scientific community. Demonized by some, defended by others (including such brilliant supporters as Thomas Henry Huxley and Joseph Hooker), he soon emerged as one of the leading thinkers of the Victorian era, a man whose theories played a major role in shaping the modern world. Yet, in spite of the enormous new pressures, he clung firmly, sometimes painfully, to the quiet things that had always meant the most to himhis family, his research, his network of correspondents, his peaceful life at Down House.
In her account of this second half of Darwins life, Janet Browne does dramatic justice to all aspects of the Darwinian revolution, from a fascinating examination of the Victorian publishing scene to a survey of the often furious debates between scientists and churchmen over evolutionary theory. At the same time, she presents a wonderfully sympathetic and authoritative picture of Darwin himself right through the heart of the Darwinian revolution, busily sending and receiving letters, pursuing research on subjects that fascinated him (climbing plants, earthworms, pigeonsand, of course, the nature of evolution), writing books, and contending with his mysterious, intractable ill health. Thanks to Brownes unparalleled command of the scientific and scholarly sources, we ultimately see Darwin more clearly than we ever have before, a man confirmed in greatness but endearingly human.
Reviewing Voyaging, Geoffrey Moorhouse observed that if Brownes second volume is as comprehensively lucid as her first, there will be no need for anyone to write another word on Darwin. The Power of Place triumphantly justifies that praise. [via]More editions of Charles Darwin: Voyaging:
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Circle of the Spiritby Joan Walsh AnglundISBN 0394530802 (0-394-53080-2)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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City of Gold and Other Stories from the Old Testamentby Michael Foreman, Peter DickinsonISBN 0394513851 (0-394-51385-1)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Collected Poemsby Karol Wojtyla, Jerzy PeterkiewiczISBN 0394528107 (0-394-52810-7)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward GibbonISBN 0394604016 (0-394-60401-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prisonby Michel FoucaultISBN 0394727673 (0-394-72767-3)
Hardcover, Vintage Books
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Dogeatersby Jessica HagedornISBN 0394574982 (0-394-57498-2)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The English Philosophers from Bacon to Millby Edwin A. BurttISBN 0394604113 (0-394-60411-3)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Faith and Power: The Politics of Islamby Edward MortimerISBN 0394711734 (0-394-71173-4)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Fall and Exile and the Kingdomby Albert CamusISBN 0394603524 (0-394-60352-4)
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Fourth Way: An Arrangement by Subject of Verbatim Extracts from the Records of Ouspensky's Meetings in London and New York, 1921-46by P.D. Ouspensky, G. I. Gurdjieff, P. D. UspenskiiISBN 0394716728 (0-394-71672-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Fourth Way is a guide for those who seek a true way of inner growth under conditions open to the men and women of today. [via]More editions of Fourth Way: An Arrangement by Subject of Verbatim Extracts from the Records of Ouspensky's Meetings in London and New York, 1921-46:
Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0394554310 (0-394-55431-0)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Gift of Asher Levby Chaim PotokISBN 0394572122 (0-394-57212-2)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Good Soldierby Ford Madox FordISBN 0394713869 (0-394-71386-9)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750by Laurel T. UlrichISBN 039451940X (0-394-51940-X)
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Great Ages and Ideas of the Jewish Peopleby Leo W. Schwarz, Modern Library StaffISBN 039460413X (0-394-60413-X)
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan SwiftISBN 0394605292 (0-394-60529-2)
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Heidiby Johanna Spyri, Ruth SandersonISBN 039453820X (0-394-53820-X)
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In Mysterious Ways : The Death and Life of a Parish Priestby Paul WilkesISBN 0394575849 (0-394-57584-9)
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An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943by Etty Hillesum, Arnold J. Pomerans, J. G. GaarlandtISBN 0394532171 (0-394-53217-1)
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Jacob's Journey : Wisdom to Find the Way, Strength to Carry Onby Noah benSheaISBN 0394589904 (0-394-58990-4)
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Japanese Talesby Royall TylerISBN 0394521900 (0-394-52190-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Japanese Tales'Book summary:Here are two hundred and twenty dazzling tales from medieval Japan, tales that welcome us into a fabulous, faraway world populated by saints and scoundrels, ghosts and magical healers, and a vast assortment of deities and demons. Stories of miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fables, and legends, these tales reflect the Japanese worldview during a classic period in Japanese civilization. Masterfully edited and translated by the acclaimed translator of The Tale of Genji, these stories ably balance the lyrical and the dramatic, the ribald and the profound, offering a window into a long-vanished though perennially fascinating culture. [via]
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Joyous Cosmologyby A.W. WattsISBN 0394702999 (0-394-70299-9)
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Jude the Obscureby Thomas Hardy, Robert C. SlackISBN 0394604628 (0-394-60462-8)
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Julianby Gore Vidal, Edgar BoxISBN 0394721012 (0-394-72101-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for Youby Dorothy BryantISBN 0394732928 (0-394-73292-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Light in Augustby William FaulknerISBN 0394600886 (0-394-60088-6)
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Little Saintby Hannah GreenISBN 0394565959 (0-394-56595-9)
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Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott, Derek JamesISBN 0394562798 (0-394-56279-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women'Book summary:Little Women is one of the best loved books of all time. Lovely Meg, talented Jo, frail Beth, spoiled Amy: these are hard lessons of poverty and of growing up in New England during the Civil War. Through their dreams, plays, pranks, letters, illnesses, and courtships, women of all ages have become a part of this remarkable family and have felt the deep sadness when Meg leaves the circle of sisters to be married at the end of Part I. Part II, chronicles Meg's joys and mishaps as a young wife and mother, Jo's struggle to become a writer, Beth's tragedy, and Amy's artistic pursuits and unexpected romance. Based on Louise May Alcott's childhood, this lively portrait of nineteenth-century family life possesses a lasting vitality that has endeared it to generations of readers.
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Mairaby Darcy RibeiroISBN 0394722140 (0-394-72214-0)
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The Making of the English Working Classby E.P. ThompsonISBN 0394703227 (0-394-70322-7)
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"Mr. Thompson's deeply human imagination and controlled passion help us to recapture the agonies, heroisms and illusions of the working class as it made itself. No one interested in the history of the English people should fail to read his book."--London Times Literary Supplement [via]More editions of The Making of the English Working Class:
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The March of Foll: From Troy to Vietnamby Barbara W. TuchmanISBN 0394527771 (0-394-52777-1)
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Matingby Norman RushISBN 0394544722 (0-394-54472-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mating'Book summary:Had Jane Austen been in the Peace Corps in Africa in the 1980s, Mating is the book she might have written. Set in Botswana in the days before the end of apartheid, Norman Rush's novel is, essentially, a comedy of manners played out in Austen's approved milieu: a country village. Granted, the village in question, Tsau, is a utopian society created by the great American anthropologist Nelson Denoon, and run largely by and for disenfranchised and abused African women. Still, the issue that interests Rush (and the one that fueled Austen's novels) is the age-old question of who mates with whom, and why? The unnamed narrator is a 32-year-old postgraduate student in anthropology whose dissertation has just gone south on her. Drifting around the edges of the expatriate community in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, she first meets Denoon:
He was smiling at Kgosetlemang--the event was to be considered over with, clearly--and I could tell that his gingivae were as good as mine; which is saying a lot. I attend to my gums. People in the bush don't always attend to their oral hygiene, not to mention other niceties. There was no sign of that here. I of course am fanatical about my gums because my idea of what the movie I Wake Up Screaming is about is a woman who has to keep dating to find her soulmate and she's had to get dentures. I have very long-range anxieties.
Entranced by this potential soulmate, our heroine strikes out into the Kalahari Desert with a couple of donkeys and follows him to his utopia where sexual attraction, regional politics, and social experimentation make for very strange bedfellows, indeed.Mating is a fiercely intelligent, hugely ambitious novel that takes on feminism, socialism, political corruption, foreign-sponsored rural development projects, and, yes, male-female relations in ways that are simultaneously hilarious and disturbing. Certainly Rush's language is a big part of what makes the novel work: the narrator's combination of elevated vocabulary and wacky non sequiturs is inspired. When, for example, Denoon explains to her that most of the women in Tsau are celibate and therefore so is he, she reflects that "of course the spiritus rector of a female community would need to be a sexual solitary, at least during the foundational period." She then wonders if "this situation was the analog of western series on television where the female watchership shrank to nothing when the producers let the marshal get married." Mating is remarkable for its wit, its acuity, and its ability to satirize without demeaning; it's also a heck of an entertaining story. Jane Austen would have been proud. --Alix Wilber [via]
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A Midwife's Tale : The Life of Martha Ballard Based Oby Laurel Thatcher UlrichISBN 0394568443 (0-394-56844-3)
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A Miracle, a Universe : Settling Accounts with Torturersby Lawrence WeschlerISBN 0394582071 (0-394-58207-1)
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My People : The Story of the Jewsby Abba EbanISBN 0394727592 (0-394-72759-2)
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The New Man: An Interpretation of Some Parables and Miracles of Christby Maurice NicollISBN 0394723902 (0-394-72390-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Man: An Interpretation of Some Parables and Miracles of Christ'Book summary:The son of a celebrated Free Church minister in Scotland, Maurice Nicoll (1884-1953) studied at Cambridge, where he gained a 'First' in science. He qualified as a doctor at St Bartholomew's hospital in London and then travelled to Paris, Vienna, Berlin and finally Zurich where he became a colleague of Carl Jung. The psychological insights of Jung left a lasting impression on the young Nicoll. During the First World War, he served in the Army Medical Corps, and there revealed himself as a pioneering psychiatrist, being one of the first to recognise shell shock as a psychological illness rather than moral weakness. He returned to England after the war, worked in Harley Street and published many papers on psychological medicine. In 1921, he heard a lecture by the Russian philosopher P.D. Ouspensky which was to prove a turning point in his life. He became a pupil of the 'Fourth Way' teaching of the Armenian G.I.Gurdjieff and from 1931, ran his own study groups in England on the psychological and spiritual teaching that became known as 'The Work'. And all along, he combined his understanding of the Fourth Way with his understanding of Christian teaching in the New Testament scriptures. 'The Mark' and 'The New Man' are the books of his which most clearly explore this interest. In the main, 'The New Man' is a meditation on the relationship between knowledge and being in humans. Nicoll follows Plato in saying that a person must possess a certain quality of being before they can helpfully handle knowledge. To give knowledge to those unready for it leads to its misuse; in the wrong hands, knowledge and truth become weapons of violence, pearls before swine. To this end, Nicoll tells the story of ancient schools of learning which placed students in menial positions to test whether or not they were worthy to receive knowledge. If they pitied themselves, complained, were weak in their being, behaved maliciously, took advantage of others, were resentful or imagined themselves better than others, then they received no knowledge. 'The New Man' looks at incidents and stories in the Bible - and in particular the parables and the Sermon on the Mount - in the light of this relationship. It follows Jesus as he attempts to give people a new inward disposition of goodness, one that can helpfully handle knowledge. The teacher with great knowledge but inadequate being may impress with his complexity but he can take people nowhere. It is certainly a contemporary theme in our own information-obsessed society. For Nicoll, the aim of the Lord's Prayer, and all other prayer, is to reach a higher inward level. We are to seek first the Kingdom of God which is the highest possible level; a happy union between knowledge and goodness. But the journey must start with goodness. Concerning 'The New Man', Nicoll wrote: 'The intention is to indicate that all teaching such as that contained in the Gospels, and many teachings both old and new, in the short period of known history, is about transcending the violence which characterises mankind's present level of being. It affirms the possibility of a development of another level of being surmounting violence.' [via]
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Northern Tales: Traditional Stories of Eskimo and Indian Peoplesby Howard NormanISBN 0394540603 (0-394-54060-3)
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Object Lessonsby Anna QuindlenISBN 0394569652 (0-394-56965-2)
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Of Mice and Menby John SteinbeckISBN 0394604725 (0-394-60472-5)
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One More Sundayby John D. MacDonaldISBN 0394536738 (0-394-53673-8)
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Philosophy in the Twentieth Centuryby Alfred Jules AyerISBN 0394716558 (0-394-71655-8)
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Plutarch's Lives : The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romansby Arthur Hugh Clough, John Dryden, PlutarchISBN 0394604075 (0-394-60407-5)
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Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977by Colin Gordon, Michel FoucaultISBN 0394513576 (0-394-51357-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977'Book summary:Michel Foucault has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society. He analyzed mental institutions in the remarkable Madness and Civilization; hospitals in The Birth of the Clinic; prisons in Discipline and Punish; and schools and families in The History of Sexuality. But the general reader as well as the specialist is apt to miss the consistent purposes that lay behind these difficult individual studies, thus losing sight of the broad social vision and political aims that unified them.
Now, in this superb set of essays and interviews, Foucault has provided a much-needed guide to Foucault. These pieces, ranging over the entire spectrum of his concerns, enabled Foucault, in his most intimate and accessible voice, to interpret the conclusions of his research in each area and to demonstrate the contribution of each to the magnificent -- and terrifying -- portrait of society that he was patiently compiling.
For, as Foucault shows, what he was always describing was the nature of power in society; not the conventional treatment of power that concentrates on powerful individuals and repressive institutions, but the much more pervasive and insidious mechanisms by which power "reaches into the very grain of individuals, touches their bodies and inserts itself into their actions and attitudes, their discourses, learning processes and everyday lives"
Foucault's investigations of prisons, schools, barracks, hospitals, factories, cities, lodgings, families, and other organized forms of social life are each a segment of one of the most astonishing intellectual enterprises of all time -- and, as this book proves, one which possesses profound implications for understanding the social control of our bodies and our minds. [via]More editions of Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977:
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The Queen of the Damnedby Anne RiceISBN 0394558235 (0-394-55823-5)
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Akasha was once the queen of the Nile (she has a bit in common with the Egyptian goddess Isis), and it's unwise to rile her now that she's had 60 centuries of practice being undead. She is so peeved about male violence that she might just have to kill most of them. And she has her eye on handsome Lestat with other ideas as well.
If you felt that the previous books in the series weren't gory and erotic enough, this one should quench your thirst (though it may cause you to omit organ meats from your diet). It also boasts God's plenty of absorbing lore that enriches the tale that went before, including the back-story of the boy in Interview with the Vampire and the ancient fellowship of the Talamasca, which snoops on paranormal phenomena. Mostly, the book spins the complex yarn of Akasha's eerie, brooding brood and her nemeses, the terrifying sisters Maharet and Mekare. In one sense, Queen of the Damned is the ultimate multigenerational saga. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Red and the Blackby StendhalISBN 0394601572 (0-394-60157-2)
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The novels composite full title, Le Rouge et le Noir, Chronique du XIXe siécle (The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of the 19th Century), indicates its two-fold literary purpose, a psychological portrait of the romantic protagonist, Julien Sorel, and an analytic, sociological satire of the French social order under the Bourbon Restoration (181430). In English, Le Rouge et le Noir is variously translated as Red and Black, Scarlet and Black, and The Red and the Black, without the sub-title.
André Gide said that The Red and the Black was a novel ahead of its time, that it was a novel for readers in the 20th century. In Stendhals time, prose novels included dialogue and omniscient narrator descriptions; his great contribution to literary technique was describing the psychologies (feelings, thoughts, inner monologues) of the characters, resultantly he is considered the creator of the psychological novel.
In Jean-Paul Sartre's play Les Mains Sales (1948), the protagonist Hugo Barine suggests pseudonyms for himself, including Julien Sorel , whom he resembles.
Joyce Carol Oates stated in the Afterword to her novel them that she originally titled the manuscript Love and Money as a nod to classic 19th century novels, among them, The Red and The Black "whose class-conscious hero Julien Sorel is less idealistic, greedier, and crueler than Jules Wendell but is cleary his spiritual kinsman".
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The Red and the Black : A Chronicle of 1830by Marie Henry Bey Stendhal, C. K. Scott-MoncrieffISBN 039460511X (0-394-60511-X)
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The Rhetoric and Poeticsby Aristotle, W. Rhys Robert, Ingram Bywater, Friedrich SolmsenISBN 0394604253 (0-394-60425-3)
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In the Rhetoric, Aristotle turns to the principles of persuasive writing, including argumentation and the logical development of proof, appeals to emotion, and matters of delivery and style. Perhaps most essentially, Aristotle teaches us how to engage in the central civic activities of accusing and defending, recommending policies, and proving and refuting ideas.
These two foundational works are key documents for understanding the culture and politics of Western civilization, and how they continue to evolve today.
Eugene Garver is Regents Professor of Philosophy at Saint Johns University, Collegeville, Minnesota. He is the author of Machiavelli and the History of Prudence, Aristotles Rhetoric: An Art of Character, For the Sake of Argument: Practical Reasoning, Character, and the Ethics of Belief, and the forthcoming Living with Thought: A Confrontation with Aristotles Ethics.More editions of The Rhetoric and Poetics:
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Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Madeby Eugene D. GenoveseISBN 0394716523 (0-394-71652-3)
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Russian Fairy Talesby Aleksandr Nikolaevicher AfanasyevISBN 0394730909 (0-394-73090-9)
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In this most comprehensive collection of classic Russian tales available in English we meet both universal fairy-tale figuresthieves and heroes, kings and peasants, beautiful damsels and terrifying witches, enchanted children and crafty animalsand such uniquely Russian characters as Koshchey the Deathless, Baba Yaga, the Swan Maiden, and the glorious Firebird. The more than 175 tales culled from a centuries-old Russian storytelling tradition by the outstanding Russian ethnographer Aleksandr Afanasev reveal a rich, robust world of the imagination that will fascinate readers both young and old.More editions of Russian Fairy Tales:
Russian Folk Talesby Ivan Iakovlevich Bilibin, Alexsandr AfanasevISBN 0394513533 (0-394-51353-3)
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Saints and Sinners : Walker Railey, Jimmy Swaggert, Madalyn Murray O'Mair, AntonLaVey, Will Campbell, and Matthew Foxby Lawrence WrightISBN 0394579240 (0-394-57924-0)
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Science on Trialby Douglas FutuymaISBN 039470679X (0-394-70679-X)
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The Second Sexby Simone De BeauvoirISBN 0394607449 (0-394-60744-9)
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Seeing with the Mind's Eyeby Mike Samuels, Nancy H. SamuelsISBN 0394731131 (0-394-73113-1)
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The Sorrows of Young Werther and Novellaby Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Elizabeth Mayer, Louise Bogan, W. H. AudenISBN 0394605098 (0-394-60509-8)
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St. Mawr and the Man Who Diedby D. H. LawrenceISBN 0394700716 (0-394-70071-6)
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Stolen Lightning: The Social Theory of Magicby Daniel Lawrence O'KeefeISBN 0394716345 (0-394-71634-5)
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The Story of Cornby Betty FussellISBN 0394578058 (0-394-57805-8)
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Strait Is the Gateby Andre Gide, Dorothy BussyISBN 0394700279 (0-394-70027-9)
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The Strangerby Albert Camus, Matthew WardISBN 0394533054 (0-394-53305-4)
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Taoist Mysteries and Magicby John Eaton Calthorpe BlofeldISBN 0394712358 (0-394-71235-8)
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Tess of the D'Urbervillesby Thomas Hardy, Carl J. WeberISBN 0394604849 (0-394-60484-9)
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Transposed Headsby Thomas MannISBN 0394700864 (0-394-70086-4)
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The Traveler's Key to Sacred England: A Guide to the Legends, Lore, and Landscape of England's Sacred Placesby John F. MichellISBN 0394555732 (0-394-55573-2)
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Uncle Tom's Cabinby Harriet Beecher StoweISBN 0394605276 (0-394-60527-6)
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The Unredeemed Captive : A Family Story from Early Americaby John Putnam DemosISBN 0394557824 (0-394-55782-4)
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The Victorian Fairy Tale Bookby Michael Patrick HearnISBN 0394565940 (0-394-56594-0)
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Walden and Other Writingsby Henry David Thoreau, Brooks Atkinson, Townsend ScudderISBN 0394604210 (0-394-60421-0)
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Warriors of Peace: Writings on the Technique of Nonviolenceby Joseph Jean Lanza del VastoISBN 0394709330 (0-394-70933-0)
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Wisdom of China and Indiaby Lin YutangISBN 0394607597 (0-394-60759-7)
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Wittgenstein : The Man and His Philosophyby Alfred Jules AyerISBN 0394543475 (0-394-54347-5)
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The Wives of Henry VIIIby Antonia FraserISBN 0394585380 (0-394-58538-0)
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The Woman Warriorby Maxine Hong KingstonISBN 0394723929 (0-394-72392-9)
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Zealots for Zion: Inside Israel's West Bank Settlement Movementby Robert I. FriedmanISBN 0394580532 (0-394-58053-2)
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