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44 Scotland Streetby Alexander McCall Smith, Iain McIntoshISBN 1400079446 (1-4000-7944-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '44 Scotland Street'Book summary:44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 1
The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boyjust ask his mother.
Welcome to 44 Scotland Street, home to some of Edinburgh's most colorful characters. There's Pat, a twenty-year-old who has recently moved into a flat with Bruce, an athletic young man with a keen awareness of his own appearance. Their neighbor, Domenica, is an eccentric and insightful widow. In the flat below are Irene and her appealing son Bertie, who is the victim of his mothers desire for him to learn the saxophone and italianall at the tender age of five.Love triangles, a lost painting, intriguing new friends, and an encounter with a famous Scottish crime writer are just a few of the ingredients that add to this delightful and witty portrait of Edinburgh society, which was first published as a serial in The Scotsman newspaper.
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The Absolute Sandmanby Brian Azzarello, Jim Lee, Neil Gaiman, Sam KiethISBN 1401210821 (1-4012-1082-1)
Hardcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Absolute Sandman'Book summary:THE SANDMAN, written by New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, was the most acclaimed comic book title of the 1990s. A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven, THE SANDMAN is also widely considered one of the most original and artistically ambitious series of the modern age. By the time it concluded in 1996, it had made significant contributions to the artistic maturity of comic books and become a pop culture phenomenon in its own right.
Now, DC Comics is proud to present this comics classic in an all-new Absolute Edition format. The first of four beautifully designed slipcased volumes, THE ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 1 collects issues 1-20 of The Sandman and features completely new coloring, approved by the author, on the first 18 issues, as well as a host of never-before-seen extra material, including the complete original Sandman Proposal, a gallery of character designs from Gaiman and the artists who originated the look of the Sandman, and the original script to the World Fantasy Award-winning THE SANDMAN #19, "A Midsummer Nights Dream," together with reproductions of the issues original pencils by Charles Vess. Also included are a new introduction by DCs president Paul Levitz and a new afterword by Gaiman. [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland And Through the Looking-glassby Lewis CarrollISBN 1400307538 (1-4003-0753-8)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland And Through the Looking-glass'Book summary:"Curiouser and Curiouser," cried Alice. In this Wonderland adventure, Alice attempts to make sense of a nonsensical world, along the way meeting some of the most intriguing characters, including the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and Tweedledee and Tweedledum.
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Also Sprach Zarathustraby Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheISBN 140680827X (1-4068-0827-X)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Also Sprach Zarathustra'Book summary:Die Klassiker der deutschen und weltweiten Literatur in einer einzigartigen Reihe. Lesen Sie die besten Werke großer Schriftsteller und Autoren auf Ihrem Kindle Reader. [via]
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Authoritative Calvin And Hobbesby Bill WattersonISBN 1417642068 (1-4176-4206-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Babbittby Sinclair LewisISBN 1406505544 (1-4065-0554-4)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Babbitt'Book summary:A satire on American values, the main theme is the power of conformity and the vacuity of American life. By the American novelist and playwright who, in 1930, became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature. [via]
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The Beautiful and Damnedby F. Scott FitzgeraldISBN 1414272405 (1-4142-7240-5)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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Beyond Good and Evilby Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Helen ZimmernISBN 140651067X (1-4065-1067-X)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond Good and Evil'Book summary:A major 19th century philosophical work by the German philologist, philosopher and author. In it, Nietzsche denounces what he considers to be the moral vacuity of 19th century thinkers. He attacks philosophers for what he considers to be their lack of critical sense and their blind acceptance of Christian premises in their considerations of morality and values. [via]
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Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Storyby Timothy B. TysonISBN 1400083117 (1-4000-8311-7)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story'Book summary:"Daddy and Roger and 'em shot 'em a nigger." Those words, whispered to ten-year-old Tim Tyson by a playmate, heralded a ?restorm that would forever transform the tobacco market town of Oxford, North Carolina.
On May 11, 1970, Henry Marrow, a twenty-three-year-old black veteran, walked into a crossroads store owned by Robert Teel and came out running. Teel and two of his sons chased and beat Marrow, then killed him in public as he pleaded for his life.
Like many small Southern towns, Oxford had barely been touched by the civil rights movement. But in the wake of the killing, young African Americans took to the streets. While lawyers battled in the courthouse, the Klan raged in the shadows and black Vietnam veterans torched the town's tobacco warehouses. Tyson's father, the pastor of Oxford's all-white Methodist church, urged the town to come to terms with its bloody racial history. In the end, however, the Tyson family was forced to move away.
Tim Tyson's riveting narrative of that fiery summer brings gritty blues truth, soaring gospel vision, and down-home humor to a shocking episode of our history. Like To Kill a Mockingbird, Blood Done Sign My Name is a classic portrait of an unforgettable time and place. [via]More editions of Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story:
Cien Sonetos De Amorby Pablo Neruda, Hernan LoyolaISBN 1400099633 (1-4000-9963-3)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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Darkness at Noonby Arthur Koestler, Daphne HardyISBN 1416540261 (1-4165-4026-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Dublinersby James Joyce, Del DoughtyISBN 1416500359 (1-4165-0035-9)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dubliners'Book summary:Enduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship
Stories about the collective struggle of the Irish working class -- one of the world's most compelling portraits of urban life.
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Essaysby Francis BaconISBN 1404349545 (1-4043-4954-5)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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Essays: First Seriesby Ralph Waldo EmersonISBN 1404350020 (1-4043-5002-0)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Essays: First Series'Book summary:This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. [via]
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Following the Equatorby Mark TwainISBN 1404303278 (1-4043-0327-8)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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Frankensteinby Deanna McFadden, Jamel AkibISBN 140272666X (1-4027-2666-X)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:[via]Mary Shelleys tragic story of a scientist who created a monster is perhaps even more compelling and meaningful today than when it was written nearly two centuries ago. From the bits and pieces of dead bodies, and the power of electricity, the brilliant Victor Frankenstein fashions a new form of lifeonly to discover, too late, the irreparable damage he has caused.
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Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus (Clear Print)by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 1406821683 (1-4068-2168-3)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Green Lantern/Green Arrowby Dennis O'Neil, Elliot S. Maggin, Neal AdamsISBN 1401202306 (1-4012-0230-6)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Green Lantern/Green Arrow Collectionby Dennis O'Neil, Neil AdamsISBN 1401202241 (1-4012-0224-1)
Softcover, DC Comics
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan SwiftISBN 1417617616 (1-4176-1761-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Gulliver's Travelsby Martin Woodside, Jamel AkibISBN 1402726627 (1-4027-2662-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:[via]Through the eyes of Lemuel Gulliver, Swifts unforgettable satire takes readers into worlds formerly unimagined. Visit four strange and remarkable lands: Lilliput, where Gulliver seems a giant among a race of tiny people; Brobdingnag, the opposite, where the natives are giants and Gulliver puny; the ruined yet magical country of Laputa; and the home of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses far superior to the ugly humanoid Yahoos who share their universe.
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A Hazard of New Fortunesby William Dean HowellsISBN 1404309675 (1-4043-0967-5)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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Hippieby Barry MilesISBN 1402728735 (1-4027-2873-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hippie'Book summary:Its the celebration of an era. At a mind-blowing price, this ultimate, beautiful, illuminating, and really groovy look at the 1960s counterculture is rich in illustrations and filled with the history, politics, sayings, and slogans that defined the age. For those who were there, this volume will flash them back. For those who werent, theyll wish they had been.[via]
Sex, drugs, and rock and roll; peace rallies and riots in the ghettos; Flower Power, Black Power, and Gay Power; Mothers of Invention and Womens Liberation; Woodstock, Monterey Pop, and Altamont. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times: it all depends on whom you ask. But without a doubt the hippies transformed society. Every significant moment of the era comes vibrantly alive once again in psychedelic images, rare portraits of writers and musicians, dynamite poster and album artwork, and photographic records of political events that shook the world. Hundreds of unforgettable quotations come from seminal figures such as Ken Kesey, Timothy Leary, Grace Slick and George Harrison. Proceeding year by year from 1965 to 1971, Hippie gives an unprecedented degree of shape and coherence to an agethat is kaleidoscopically astounding.
Barry Miles was a central figure in the counterculture milieu. He wrote Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now, as well as The Beatles: A Diary; contributed to I Want to Take You Higher, the Rock Music Hall of Fames chronicle of psychedelic music. The Sixties is Miles own memoir of the decade. 
Hospital Sketchesby Louisa May AlcottISBN 1406501026 (1-4065-0102-6)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Playsby Oscar Wilde, Alyssa HaradISBN 1416500421 (1-4165-0042-1)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays'Book summary:Enduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship Wilde's classic comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest , and his other popular plays -- Lady Windermere's Fan , An Ideal Husband , and Salome -- challenged comtemporary notions of sex and sensibility, class and cultural identity. This Enriched Classic Edition includes: ? A concise introduction that gives readers important background information ? A chronology of the author's life and work ? A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context ? An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations ? Detailed explanatory notes ? Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work ? Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction ? A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. Series edited by Cynthia Brantley Johnson [via]
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nationsby Adam SmithISBN 1404309993 (1-4043-0999-3)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'Book summary:First published in 1776, the year in which the American Revolution officially began, Smith's Wealth of Nations sparked a revolution of its own. In it Smith analyzes the major elements of political economy, from market pricing and the division of labor to monetary, tax, trade, and other government policies that affect economic behavior. Throughout he offers seminal arguments for free trade, free markets, and limited government.[via]
Criticizing mercantilists who sought to use the state to increase their nations' supply of precious metals, Smith points out that a nation's wealth should be measured by the well-being of its people. Prosperity in turn requires voluntary exchange of goods in a peaceful, well-ordered market. How to establish and maintain such markets? For Smith the answer lay in man's social instincts, which government may encourage by upholding social standards of decency, honesty, and virtue, but which government undermines when it unduly interferes with the intrinsically private functions of production and exchange.More editions of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations:
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It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Usby Hillary Rodham ClintonISBN 1416540644 (1-4165-4064-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us'Book summary:The First Lady, a longtime child advocate, expresses her concerns for the children of today's world and offers her ideas for developing our society into one that values children's unique contributions. [via]
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte BronteISBN 1416500243 (1-4165-0024-3)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A young governess falls in love with her employer in this classic coming-of-age tale set in 19th-century England. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives readers important background information A chronology of the author's life and work A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations Detailed explanatory notes Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON [via]
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Les Miserablesby Victor HugoISBN 141650026X (1-4165-0026-X)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Miserables'Book summary:ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
An ex-convict struggles for redemption in the punishing world of post-Napoleonic France.
EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: " A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
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Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. [via]SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON
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Life, The Universe And Everythingby Douglas AdamsISBN 1417618167 (1-4176-1816-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life, The Universe And Everything'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect learn why Earth has been shunned by the rest of the Galaxy and journey through space and time. [via]
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A Little Princessby Lucy Corvino, Tania ZamorskyISBN 1402712758 (1-4027-1275-8)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.[via]
Poor Sara Crewe. Once upon a time her beloved father pampered and adored her. But ever since he died, leaving her alone and penniless, she's been caught in the cruel clutches of Miss Minchin, the headmistress at the Select Seminary for Young Ladies, where Sara once studied. But no matter how terrible things get, Sara always has her imagination and goodness of heart to carry her through. This timeless tale of a poor orphan has won children's hearts for a century--and continues to be a favorite.More editions of A Little Princess:
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A Little Princessby Scott McKowenISBN 1402714548 (1-4027-1454-8)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:The illustrations for this series were created by Scott McKowen, who, with his wife Christina Poddubiuk, operates Punch & Judy Inc., a company specializing in design and illustration for theater and performing arts. Their projects often involve research into the visual aspects of historical settings and characters. Christina is a theater set and costume designer and contributed advice on the period clothing for the illustrations.[via]
Scott created these drawings in scratchboard an engraving medium which evokes the look of popular art from the period of these stories. Scratchboard is an illustration board with a specifically prepared surface of hard white chalk. A thin layer of black ink is rolled over the surface, and lines are drawn by hand with a sharp knife by scraping through the ink layer to expose the white surface underneath. The finished drawings are then scanned and the color is added digitally.
As the popularity of the recent Lemony Snicket books proves, children never get tired of reading about orphans and their misfortunes. So Frances Hodgson Burnetts 1905 story about a pampered little rich girl who suddenly finds herself poor and fatherless should continue to entice generations of fans.More editions of A Little Princess:
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A Little Princess: Great Classics for Childrenby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 140370595X (1-4037-0595-X)
Hardcover, Dalmatian Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess: Great Classics for Children'Book summary:Ten-year-old Sara Crewe is sent to live at Miss Minchins boarding school in London. Her father, Captain Crewe, is a doting young man who leaves instructions that his daughter is to be given a private room with a parlor, a maid, and anything else she might desire in his absence.
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Little Womenby ParragonISBN 1405468157 (1-4054-6815-7)
Hardcover, Parragon Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women'Book summary:Back cover text:
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and its sequel Through the Looking Glass, tell the fantastic story of the dream-like adventures of a young girl.
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Lost Illusions: Part I, Two Poetsby Honore De Balzac, George Saintsbury, Ellen MarriageISBN 1406506583 (1-4065-0658-3)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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Madame Bovaryby Gustave FlaubertISBN 1404383581 (1-4043-8358-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Madame Bovary'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An ordinary woman's unfulfilled dreams of romantic love lead her to desperate acts. [via]
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The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmareby G. K. ChestertonISBN 1406510068 (1-4065-1006-8)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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Softcover, Echo Library - The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare: ISBN 1404316167 (1-4043-1616-7)
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Man's Search for Meaningby Viktor E. FranklISBN 1416524282 (1-4165-2428-2)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Mansfield Parkby Jane AustenISBN 1404316620 (1-4043-1662-0)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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Mary Bartonby Elizabeth GaskellISBN 1404370269 (1-4043-7026-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mary Barton'Book summary:This is Elizabeth Gaskell's first novel, a widely acclaimed work based on the actual murder, in 1831, of a progressive mill owner. It follows Mary Barton, daughter of a man implicated in the murder, through her adolescence, when she suffers the advances of the mill owner, and later through love and marriage. Set in Manchester, between 1837-42, it paints a powerful and moving picture of working-class life in Victorian England. [via]
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The Meditations of Marcus Aureliusby Marcus AureliusISBN 1406793671 (1-4067-9367-1)
Softcover, Pierides Pr
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Moyers On America: A Journalist And His Timesby Bill Moyers, Julie Leininger PyciorISBN 1400095360 (1-4000-9536-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moyers On America: A Journalist And His Times'Book summary:During the fifty years he has been variously a reporter, a political spokesperson, and a broadcaster, Bill Moyers has demonstrated a deep commitment to understanding the workings of our government and the role of the individual in society. His essays and commentaries, such as the recent Shivers Down the Spine, A Time for Anger, and Journalism Under Fire, are argued over and passed along as soon as they appear in print or on the Internet. Identifying what he sees as a political system increasingly at the mercy of a corporate ruling class, he urges a reengagement with the spirit of community that makes the work of democracy possible. Not only a trenchant critique of what is wrong, Moyers on America is also a call to arms for the progressive promise of the people of America, in whom his faith is strong. [via]
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Myths, Lies And Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel--why Everything You Know Is Wrongby John StosselISBN 1401302548 (1-4013-0254-8)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Myths, Lies And Downright Stupidity: Get Out the Shovel--why Everything You Know Is Wrong'Book summary:A mericas favorite investigative reporter, John Stossel, tackles our favorite myths in his characteristic style and challenges us to look at life differently. Myths and Misconceptions covered in the book include: lIs the media unbiased? lAre our schools helping or hurting our kids? lDo singles have a better sex life than married people? lDo we have less free time than we used to? lIs outsourcing bad for American workers? lSuburban sprawl is ruining America. lMoney makes people happier. lThe world is too crowded. lWere drowning in garbage. lProfiteering is evil. lSweatshops exploit people. John Stossel takes on these and many more misconceptions, misunderstandings, and plain old stupidity in this collection that will offer much to love for Give Me a Break fans, and show everyone why conventional wisdomeconomic, political, or socialis often wrong. [via]
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Nanny Diariesby Emma McLaughlinISBN 1417684178 (1-4176-8417-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nanny Diaries'Book summary:The Nanny Diaries is an absolutely addictive peek into the utterly weird world of child rearing in the upper reaches of Manhattan's social strata. Cowritten by two former nannies, Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus, the novel follows the adventures of the aptly named Nan as she negotiates the Byzantine byways of working for Mrs. X, a Park Avenue mommy. Nan's 4-year-old charge, the hilariously named Grayer (his pals include Josephina, Christabelle, Brandford, and Darwin) is a genuinely good sort. He can't help it if his mom has scheduled him for every activity known to the Upper East Side, including ice skating, French lessons, and a Mommy and Me group largely attended by nannies. What makes the book so impossible to put down is the suspense of finding out what the unbelievably inconsiderate Mrs. X will demand of Nan next. One pictures the two authors having the last hearty laugh on their former employers. --Claire Dederer [via]
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Old Goriot, 1835by Honore De BalzacISBN 1406791571 (1-4067-9157-1)
Softcover, Read Books
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Oliver Twist: Retold From The Charles Dickens Originalby Charles Dickens, Kathleen Olmstead, Dan AndreasenISBN 1402726651 (1-4027-2665-1)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oliver Twist: Retold From The Charles Dickens Original'Book summary:[via]Dickens timeless novel transports young readers to a colorful Victorian England filled with mistreated orphans, grim workhouses, and gangs of thieving children. The hero finds himself in dire circumstances after he dares to beg for more food in the orphanage. Determined to make his way in the world, he escapes to London, where he becomes involved with criminals and finally finds a real home.
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Poisonwood Bibleby Barbara KingsolverISBN 1417618760 (1-4176-1876-0)
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The Prince And the Pauperby Mark Twain, Karen DavidsonISBN 1416523685 (1-4165-2368-5)
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Public Enemy #2: An All-New Boondocks Collectionby Aaron McGruderISBN 1400082587 (1-4000-8258-7)
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Pygmalionby George Bernard Shaw, James HynesISBN 1416500405 (1-4165-0040-5)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pygmalion'Book summary:[via]A rousing success on the London and New York stages, a popular film, and a great musical hit ("My Fair Lady"), this brilliantly written play, with its irresistible theme of the emerging butterfly, is one of the most acclaimed comedies in the English language. Includes Shaw's Preface and "Sequel." 
Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads: Coping with the Parents, Teachers, Coaches, and Counselors Who Can Rule--or Ruin --Your Child's Lifeby Rosalind Wiseman, Elizabeth RapoportISBN 1400083001 (1-4000-8300-1)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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A Room With a Viewby E. M. ForsterISBN 140432755X (1-4043-2755-X)
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Sandman 3: Dream Countryby Neil GaimanISBN 141768612X (1-4176-8612-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sandman 3: Dream Country'Book summary:The third book of the Sandman collection is a series of four short comic book stories. What's remarkable here (considering the publisher and the time that this was originally published) is that the main character of the book--the Sandman, King of Dreams--serves only as a minor character in each of these otherwise unrelated stories. (Actually, he's not even in the last story.) This signaled a couple of important things in the development of what is considered one of the great comics of the second half of the century. First, it marked a distinct move away from the horror genre and into a more fantasy-rich, classical mythology-laden environment. And secondly, it solidly cemented Neil Gaiman as a storyteller. One of the stories here, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," took home the World Fantasy Award for best short story--the first time a comic was given that honor. But for my money, another story in Dream Country has it beat hands down. "A Dream of a Thousand Cats" has such hope, beauty, and good old-fashioned chills that rereading it becomes a welcome pleasure. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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Sandman 4: Season of Mistsby Neil GaimanISBN 1417686138 (1-4176-8613-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sandman 4: Season of Mists'Book summary:In many ways, Season of Mists is the pinnacle of the Sandman experience. After a brief intermission of four short stories (collected as Dream Country) Gaiman continued the story of the Dream King that he began in the first two volumes. Here in volume 4, we find out about the rest of Dream's Endless family (Desire, Despair, Destiny, Delirium, Death, and a seventh missing sibling). We find out the story behind Nada, Dream's first love, whom we met only in passing during Dream's visit to hell in the first book. When Dream goes back to hell to resolve unfinished business with Nada, he finds her missing along with all of the other dead souls. The answer to this mystery lies in Lucifer's most uncharacteristic decision--a delicious surprise.
There is something grandiose about this story, in which each chapter ends with such suspense and drive to read the next. This book is best summed up by a toast taken from the second chapter: "To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due." --Jim Pascoe [via]
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The Sandman Libraryby Neil Gaiman, Todd Klein, P. Craig Russell, Bill Sienkiewicz, Milo Manara, Miguelanxo Prado, Barron Storey, Glenn Fabry, Frank QuitelyISBN 140120113X (1-4012-0113-X)
Softcover, Vertigo
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman Library'Book summary:With The Sandman: Endless Nights, bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to the characters (and medium) that made him famous. It's a collection of seven short stories, each illustrated by some of the best artists working in contemporary comics (eg, Frank Quitely, Glenn Fabry and Milo Manara) and focusing on the Endless--the anthropomorphic manifestations of seven universal concepts: Death, Desire, Dream, Despair, Delirium, Destruction and Destiny. So, it's a collection of fantasy stories, but don't let that put you off. Gaiman is much more than a typical fantasy storyteller--his strength has always been his ability to ground his epic concepts within a sympathetically human framework. That's one of the reasons why the original Sandman series was so successful--nowadays, thanks to the work of creators like Neil Gaiman (and, of course, Alan Moore), it's difficult to remember a time when comics (or graphic novels, or sequential storytelling, or whatever people want to call them nowadays) weren't taken very seriously as a "grown-up" medium.
That said, Endless Nights is a bit hit and miss. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the best story here is Dream ("The Heart of a Star"), where Gaiman and artist Miguelanxo Prado revisit the Sandman's protagonist and tell a short, poignant love story from the character's past, carefully constructed to please fans without baffling newcomers. "15 Portraits of Despair", with Barron Storey's art and Dave McKean's designs, is not a story but a collection of darkly-toned, disturbing vignettes, while Bill Sienkiewicz's art for Delirium ("Going Inside") is appropriately manic and unhinged. But, unfortunately, some of the stories here lack any real depth: Frank Quitely's art for Destiny ("Endless Nights") adds a grandiose scale to a story that is little more than a character sketch (albeit a beautiful one), while the Destruction story ("On the Peninsula") squanders what could have been an interesting idea if Gaiman had had more time and space to flesh it out. Still, Endless Nights should be enough to keep Sandman fans happy, while acting as a useful introduction to these characters for any newcomers. And if it gets more people reading Sandman, that can only be a good thing. --Robert Burrow [via]
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The Sandman: The Wakeby Neil Gaiman, Dan Didio, Karen Berger, Shelly Bond, Mariah Huehner, Terri Cunningham, Richard Bruning, Paul Levitz, Georg Brewer, Robbin Brosterman, Patrick Caldon, Chris CaramalisISBN 1401200893 (1-4012-0089-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman: The Wake'Book summary:Featuring the popular characters from the award-winning Sandman series, THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS reveals the legend of the Endless, a family of magical and mythical beings who exist and interact in the real world. Born at the beginning of time, Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Despair, Delirium and Destruction are seven brothers and sisters who each lord over atheir respective realms. In this highly imaginative book that boasts diverse styles of breathtaking art, these seven peculiar and powerful siblings each reveal more about their true-being as they star int heir own tales of curiosity and wonder. [via]
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby Emmuska OrczyISBN 1404332154 (1-4043-3215-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'Book summary:The French nobility are living in terror; one by one they are sent to the guillotine. Revenge at last for the years of callousness and cruelty suffered by the people of France. There is no escape; the city walls of Paris are guarded day and night. And yet a few achieve the impossible, disappearing without a trace in Paris, only to re-emerge in the safety of England. Rumours abound of a group of young English gentleman of unparalleled daring. Under their anonymous leader they save scores of aristocrats from terrible deaths. And each time a note is put mockingly into the hands of the merciless tribunal chairman, Citoyen Tinville. On it is the stamp of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Tinville will do or pay anything to see the Englishmen dead but they seem to evade capture with almost devilish ease. But with the cunning and ruthless spy master, Chauvelin, on his trail, the Scarlet Pimpernel must make no slip for he has everything to lose. [via]
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby OrczyISBN 1404332146 (1-4043-3214-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'Book summary:During the French Revolution's reign of terror, the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel rescues helpless men, women, and children from their doom in this unique, wonderfully colorful adventure classic. [via]
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Shadeby Peter MilliganISBN 140120046X (1-4012-0046-X)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Siddharthaby Hermann HesseISBN 1404331972 (1-4043-3197-2)
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Sir Thomas More's Utopiaby Thomas MoreISBN 1406795216 (1-4067-9521-6)
Softcover, Read Books
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Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the Frenchby Jean-Benoit Nadeau, Julie BarlowISBN 1402200455 (1-4022-0045-5)
Softcover, Sourcebooks Inc
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The Strangerby Albert CamusISBN 1406711284 (1-4067-1128-4)
Softcover, Hesperides Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stranger'Book summary:The Stranger is not merely one of the most widely read novels of the 20th century, but one of the books likely to outlive it. Written in 1946, Camus's compelling and troubling tale of a disaffected, apparently amoral young man has earned a durable popularity (and remains a staple of U.S. high school literature courses) in part because it reveals so vividly the anxieties of its time. Alienation, the fear of anonymity, spiritual doubt--all could have been given a purely modern inflection in the hands of a lesser talent than Camus, who won the Nobel Prize in 1957 and was noted for his existentialist aesthetic. The remarkable trick of The Stranger, however, is that it's not mired in period philosophy.
The plot is simple. A young Algerian, Meursault, afflicted with a sort of aimless inertia, becomes embroiled in the petty intrigues of a local pimp and, somewhat inexplicably, ends up killing a man. Once he's imprisoned and eventually brought to trial, his crime, it becomes apparent, is not so much the arguably defensible murder he has committed as it is his deficient character. The trial's proceedings are absurd, a parsing of incidental trivialities--that Meursault, for instance, seemed unmoved by his own mother's death and then attended a comic movie the evening after her funeral are two ostensibly damning facts--so that the eventual sentence the jury issues is both ridiculous and inevitable.
Meursault remains a cipher nearly to the story's end--dispassionate, clinical, disengaged from his own emotions. "She wanted to know if I loved her," he says of his girlfriend. "I answered the same way I had the last time, that it didn't mean anything but that I probably didn't." There's a latent ominousness in such observations, a sense that devotion is nothing more than self-delusion. It's undoubtedly true that Meursault exhibits an extreme of resignation; however, his confrontation with "the gentle indifference of the world" remains as compelling as it was when Camus first recounted it. --Ben Guterson [via]
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Stumbling on Happinessby Daniel GilbertISBN 1400077427 (1-4000-7742-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Table-Talk, Essays on Men and Mannersby William HazlittISBN 1404335277 (1-4043-3527-7)
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A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles DickensISBN 1404336362 (1-4043-3636-2)
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Tess of the Durbervillesby Thomas HardyISBN 1417647027 (1-4176-4702-7)
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Think: Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eyeby Michael R. LegaultISBN 1416531556 (1-4165-3155-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Think: Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye'Book summary:Outraged by the downward spiral of intellect and culture, Michael LeGault offers the flip side of Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling phenomenon, "Blink", which theorized that our best decision-making is done on impulse, without factual knowledge or critical analysis. If bestselling books are advising us to not think, LeGault argues, it comes as no surprise that sharp, incisive reasoning has become a lost art in the daily life of people everywhere. Somewhere along the line, the Age of Reason morphed into the Age of Emotion; this systemic erosion is costing time, money, jobs, and lives in the twenty-first century, leading to less fulfilment and growing dysfunction. LeGault provides a bold, controversial, and objective analysis of the causes and solutions for some of the biggest problems facing Western culture in the 21st century. From the over- load of reality TV shows and gossip magazines that have rendered curiosity of the mind and spirit obsolete to permissive parenting and low standards that have caused an academic crisis among our children, LeGault looks at all aspects of modern lives and points to how and where it all went wrong. [via]
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The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninusby Aurelius Marcus, George LongISBN 1410206920 (1-4102-0692-0)
Softcover, Univ Pr of the Pacific
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus'Book summary:CONTENTS Biographical Sketch Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus The Thoughts Index of Terms General Index [via]
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Thus Spake Zarathustraby Friedrich NietzcheISBN 1406792047 (1-4067-9204-7)
Softcover, Pomona Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra'Book summary:Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None is a book written during the 1880s by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Hard to categorize, the work is a treatise on philosophy, a highly praised work of literature, and in parts a collection of poetry and in others a parody of and amendment to the Bible. Consisting largely of speeches by the book's main person Zarathustra, the work's content extends across a vast range of styles and subject matter. Nietzsche himself described the work as "the deepest ever written". [via]
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Thus Spake Zarathustraby Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheISBN 1406510866 (1-4065-1086-6)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thus Spake Zarathustra'Book summary:Classic work by the German philologist, philosopher and author. Hard to categorize, the work is a treatise on philosophy, a highly praised work of literature, and in parts a collection of poetry and in others a parody of and amendment to the Bible. Consisting largely of speeches by the book's tragic hero and prophet Zarathustra, the work's content extends across a vast range of styles and subject matter. Nietzsche himself described the work as "the deepest ever written". [via]
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Time Machineby H. G. WellsISBN 1414211287 (1-4142-1128-7)
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Transmetropolitanby Warren Ellis, Darick RobertsonISBN 1401202179 (1-4012-0217-9)
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Transmetropolitan: Tales Of Human Wasteby Warren EllisISBN 1401202446 (1-4012-0244-6)
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Twenty Years at Hull-Houseby Jane AddamsISBN 1406504920 (1-4065-0492-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twenty Years at Hull-House'Book summary:While on a trip to East London in 1883, Jane Addams witnessed a distressing scene late one night: masses of poor people were bidding on rotten vegetables that were unsalable anywhere else.
Their pale faces were dominated by that most unlovely of human expressions, the cunning and shrewdness of the bargain-hunter who starves if he cannot make a successful trade, and yet the final impression was not of ragged, tawdry clothing nor of pinched and sallow faces, but of myriads of hands, empty, pathetic, nerveless, and workworn, showing white in the uncertain light of the street, and clutching forward for food which was already unfit to eat.
This scene haunted Addams for the next two years as she traveled through Europe, and she hoped to find a way to ease such suffering. Five years later, she visited Toynbee Hall, a London settlement house, and resolved to replicate the experiment in the U.S. On September 18, 1889, Jane Addams and her friend Ellen Starr moved into the second floor of a rundown mansion in Chicago's West Side. From the outset, they imagined Hull-House as a "center for a higher civic and social life" in the industrial districts of the city. Addams, Starr, and several like-minded individuals lived and worked among the poor, establishing (among other things) art classes, discussion groups, cooperatives, a kindergarten, a coffee house, a lending library, and a gymnasium. In a time when many well-to-do Americans were beginning to feel threatened by immigrants, Hull-House embraced them, showed them the true meaning of democracy, and served as a center for philanthropic efforts throughout Chicago.
Hull-House also provided an outlet for the energies of the first generation of female college graduates, who were educated for work yet prevented from doing it. In some respects, however, Addams's impressive work, often hailed by historians as "revolutionary," was nothing of the sort. She embraced the sexual stereotypes of her day, and, though she was clearly an independent woman, soothed public fears by acting primarily in the traditional roles of nurturer and caregiver. Hull-House was a rousing success, and it inspired others to follow in Addams's footsteps.
Though Twenty Years at Hull-House is meant to be an autobiography, it is Hull-House itself that stands in the spotlight. Addams devotes the first third of the book to her upbringing and influences, but the remainder focuses on the organization she built--and the benefits accruing to those who work with the poor as well as to the poor themselves. At times Addams's prose is difficult to follow, but her ideals and her actions are truly inspiring. A classic work of history--and a model for today's would-be philanthropists. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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The Ugly Americanby William J. Lederer, Eugene BurdickISBN 141762373X (1-4176-2373-X)
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Utopiaby Thomas MoreISBN 1404337148 (1-4043-3714-8)
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V for Vendettaby Alan Moore, David LloydISBN 1401207928 (1-4012-0792-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'V for Vendetta'Book summary:V for Vendetta is, like its author's later Watchmen, a landmark in comic-book writing. Alan Moore has led the field in intelligent, politically astute (if slightly paranoid), complex adult comic-book writing since the early 1980s. He began V back in 1981 and it constituted one of his first attempts (along with the criminally neglected but equally superb Miracleman) at writing an ongoing series. It is 1998 (which was the future back then!) and a Fascist government has taken over the UK. The only blot on its particular landscape is a lone terrorist who is systematically killing all the government personnel associated with a now destroyed secret concentration camp. Codename V is out for vengeance ... and an awful lot more. V feels slightly dated like all past premonitions do. The original series was black and white and that added to the grittiness of the feel while the colouring here in the graphic novel sometimes blurs David Lloyd's fine drawing. But these are small concerns. Skilfully plotted, V is an essential read for all those who love comics and the freedom, as a medium, they allow a writer as skilled as Moore. The graphic novel contains all the V series plus two additional stories concerning V that were originally considered "interludes". This edition also contains an essay from Moore dating from 1983 explaining the creation process. For any comic fan it's a must-have. --Mark Thwaite [via]
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Vanity Fairby William Makepeace ThackerayISBN 1417618086 (1-4176-1808-6)
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Waiting for the Barbariansby J. M. CoetzeeISBN 1417670630 (1-4176-7063-0)
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 1414505396 (1-4145-0539-6)
Softcover, Pavilion Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden'Book summary:Illustrated. This book established the credentials of Thoreau to forever speak for America's love of natural beauty. Walden is about a man, a pond, and the great woods of the country By Henry Thoreau. [via]
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The War of the Worldsby H. G. WellsISBN 1416523693 (1-4165-2369-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The War of the Worlds'Book summary:This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator tells readers that "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's..."
Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100-feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror his narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood from living humans for sustenance, and how it's clear that man is not being conquered so much a corralled. --Craig E. Engler [via]
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The War of the Worlds: Level 5, Penguin Readersby Orson WellsISBN 1405806389 (1-4058-0638-9)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The War of the Worlds: Level 5, Penguin Readers'Book summary:A metal object falls from the sky over the south of England, and strange creatures come out. But they are not human - they are fighting machines from Mars. When another object falls, and then another, people start to worry. Are the Martians trying to take over the Earth? [via]
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Watchmen : The Absolute Editionby Alan Moore, Dave GibbonsISBN 1401207138 (1-4012-0713-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Watchmen : The Absolute Edition'Book summary:Has any comic been as lauded as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns but Watchmen remains the critics' favourite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller's fantastic, subversive take on the Batman myth. Moore, renowned for many other of the genre's finest creations (Saga of the Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, and recently From Hell, with Eddie Campbell) first put out Watchmen in 12 issues for DC in 1986-87. It won a comic award at the time (the 1987 Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards for Best Writer/Artist combination) and has continued to garner praise since.
The story concerns a group called the Crimebusters and a plot to kill and discredit them. Moore's characterisation is as sophisticated as any novel's. Importantly the costumes do not get in the way of the storytelling, rather they allow Moore to investigate issues of power and control--indeed it was Watchmen, and to a lesser extent Dark Knight, that propelled the comic genre forward, making "adult" comics a reality. The artwork of Gibbons (best known for 2000AD's Rogue Trooper and DC's Green Lantern) is very fine too, echoing Moore's paranoid mood perfectly throughout. Packed with symbolism, some of the overlying themes (arms control, nuclear threat, vigilantes) have dated but the intelligent social and political commentary, the structure of the story itself, its intertextuality (chapters appended with excerpts from other "works" and "studies" on Moore's characters, or with excerpts from another comic book being read by a child within the story), the fine pace of the writing and its humanity mean that Watchmen more than stands up--it retains its crown as the best the genre has yet produced. --Mark Thwaite [via]
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When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?by George CarlinISBN 140130821X (1-4013-0821-X)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?'Book summary:On the heels of George Carlin's #1 New York Times bestseller Napalm & Silly Putty comes When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops -- infused with Carlin's trademark irreverent humor and biting cultural observations. Here we go again . . . George Carlin's hilarious When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops offers his cutting-edge opinions and observational humor on everything from evasive euphemistic language to politicians to the media to dead people. Nothing and no one is safe! Despite the current climate of political correctness, Carlin is not afraid to take on controversial topics: --Carlin on the media: The media comprises equal parts business, politics, advertising, public relations, and show business. Nice combination. Enough bull for Texas to open a chain of branch offices.--Carlin on the battle of the sexes: Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid.--Carlin on hygiene: When did they pass a law that says the people who make my sandwich have to be wearing gloves? I'm not comfortable with this. I don't want glove residue all over my food; it's not sanitary. Who knows where these gloves have been?--Carlin on evasive language: Just to demonstrate how far using euphemisms in language has gone, some psychologists are now actually referring to ugly people as those with "severe appearance deficits." Hey, Doctor. How's that for "denial"--Carlin on politics: No self-respecting politician would ever admit to working in the government. They prefer to think of themselves "serving the nation." To help visualize the service they provide the country, you may wish to picture the things that take place on a stud farm. The thinking person's comic who uses words as weapons, Carlin puts voice to issues that capture the modern imagination. For instance, why are there Ten Commandments? Are UFOs real? What will the future really be like? This brand-new collection tackles all that and more. [via]
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Your Call Is Important to Us: The Truth about Bullshitby Laura PennyISBN 1400081041 (1-4000-8104-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Jenseits Von Gut Und Boseby Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheISBN 1406808318 (1-4068-0831-8)
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