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8 Books In 1: Jane Austen's Complete Novels. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and Love anby Jane AustenISBN 0954840119 (0-9548401-1-9)
Softcover, Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: '8 Books In 1: Jane Austen's Complete Novels. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and Love an'Book summary:Jane Austen's complete novels, collected together in one uniquely comprehensive volume. Comprises the complete text of: "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice", "Mansfield Park", "Emma", "Northanger Abbey", "Persuasion", "Lady Susan", and "Love and Friendship". This is the only single-volume edition of Jane Austen's novels to contain not only the wickedly humorous "Lady Susan", but also the irrepressibly exuberant early work "Love and Friendship". This collection allows readers to explore the development of one of the English language's greatest writers, following her development from the farcical comedy of "Love and Friendship" and "Northanger Abbey", via her most popular work, "Pride and Prejudice", to the masterpiece "Emma", and the considered romance of "Persuasion". A unique collection of the finest and most perceptive love stories ever written. [via]
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Ain't Nobody's Business if You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in a Free Societyby Peter McWilliams, Jean SedillosISBN 0931580587 (0-931580-58-7)
Softcover, Mary Book / Prelude Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Society'Book summary:A refresher course on rights and personal freedom. What is your position on prostitution, pornography, gambling and other victimless crimes? This book will make readers consider their rights and the rights of others in a more humanistic and caring way. First serial to Playboy. (Prelude Press) [via]
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American Godsby Neil GaimanISBN 0931771021 (0-931771-02-1)
Softcover, Hill House, Publishers
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American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocquevilleby Bernard-Henri LevyISBN 1400064341 (1-4000-6434-1)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Ancient Rome: How It Affects You Todayby Richard J. Maybury, Rick Maybury, Bluestocking PressISBN 0942617223 (0-942617-22-3)
Softcover, Bluestocking Pr
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Ancient Rome: How It Affects You Todayby Rick MayburyISBN 0942617568 (0-942617-56-8)
Softcover, Bluestocking Pr
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Another World Is Possible, New World Disorder: Conversations in a Time of Terrorby Jee Kim, Jeremy Glick, Shaffy Moeel, Sanchez Luis, Beka Economopoulos, Walidah ImarishaISBN 0966646967 (0-9666469-6-7)
Softcover, New Mouth from the Dirty South
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Ape and Essenceby Aldous HuxleyISBN 0929587782 (0-929587-78-2)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ape and Essence'Book summary:When Aldous Huxley's Brave New World first appeared in 1932, it presented in terms of purest fantasy a society bent on self-destruction. Few of its outraged critics anticipated the onset of another world war with its Holocaust and atomic ruin. In 1948, seeing that the probable shape of his anti-utopia had been altered inevitably by the facts of history, Huxley wrote Ape and Essence. In this savage novel, using the form of a film scenario, he transports us to the year 2108. The setting is Los Angeles where a "rediscovery expedition" from New Zealand is trying to make sense of what is left. From chief botanist Alfred Poole we learn, to our dismay, about the twenty-second-century way of life. "It was inevitable that Mr. Huxley should have written this book: one could almost have seen it since Hiroshima is the necessary sequel to Brave New World."-Alfred Kazin. "The book has a certain awesome impressiveness; its sheer intractable bitterness cannot but affect the reader."-Time. [via]
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The Bodhran Makersby John B. KeaneISBN 0941423808 (0-941423-80-8)
Hardcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Celebration of Awareness: A Call for Institutional Revolutionby Ivan IllichISBN 0930588363 (0-930588-36-3)
Softcover, Heyday Books
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Chanur's Homecomingby C. J. CherryhISBN 0932096425 (0-932096-42-5)
Hardcover, Phantasia Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chanur's Homecoming'Book summary:When those strange entities called -humans- sent their first exploration ship into Compact space, the delicate power balances of the seven races of the Compact were catastrophically disrupted. And by giving shelter to Tully, the only human survivor of his mission, Pyanfar Chanur, captain of the merchant vessel, The Pride of Chanur, jeopardized the safety of her ship and her crew, placing them at the center of a political maelstrom-inadvertent key players in a power game which could cause an interspecies war or, conversely, enfold humanity, a previously unknown sentient species, into the protective arms of the Compact.
Now, with a new fleet of human ships approaching Compact space, Meetpoint and other Compact stations nearly destroyed by rival factions, the hani unwittingly -allied- with the devious and untrustworthy kif, and forced to doubt their long-time comrades, the mahendo-sat, Pyanfar and her crew face the ultimate threat to their species. For the hani home planet lies in the path of an impending space battle that may wipe the very memory of their world from the galactic maps. Will Pyanfar be able to avert disaster for her homeworld and win herself the ultimate reward-a treasure beyond measuring-an exclusive trade contract with Earth?
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Chanur's Ventureby C. J. CherryhISBN 093209631X (0-932096-31-X)
Hardcover, Phantasia Pr
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Choosing Simplicity: Real People Finding Peace + Fulfillment in a Complex Worldby Linda Breen PierceISBN 0967206715 (0-9672067-1-5)
Softcover, Gallagher Pr
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The Chopsticks-Fork Principle: A Memoir and Manualby Cathy Bao BeanISBN 0972566309 (0-9725663-0-9)
Hardcover, We Pr
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Common Sense: Library Editionby Thomas PaineISBN 0977798208 (0-9777982-0-8)
Softcover, Big Fish Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Common Sense: Library Edition'Book summary:"These are the times that try men's souls," begins Thomas Paine's first Crisis paper, the impassioned pamphlet that helped ignite the American Revolution. Published in Philadelphia in January of 1776, Common Sense sold 150,000 copies almost immediately. A powerful piece of propaganda, it attacked the idea of a hereditary monarchy, dismissed the chance for reconciliation with England, and outlined the economic benefits of independence while espousing equality of rights among citizens. Paine fanned a flame that was already burning, but many historians argue that his work unified dissenting voices and persuaded patriots that the American Revolution was not only necessary, but an epochal step in world history. [via]
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The Communist Manifestoby Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Jack WayneISBN 0921627009 (0-921627-00-9)
Softcover, Canadian Scholars' Press, Incorporated
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The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Lettersby Donald Murdoch Frame, Michel Montaigne, Stuart HampshireISBN 1400040213 (1-4000-4021-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Dark Age Aheadby Jane JacobsISBN 1400076706 (1-4000-7670-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dark Age Ahead'Book summary:In this indispensable book, urban visionary Jane Jacobs--renowned author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities and The Economy of Cities--convincingly argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based future, we stand on the brink of a new dark age, a period of cultural collapse. Jacobs pinpoints five pillars of our culture that are in serious decay: community and family; higher education; the effective practice of science; taxation, and government; and the self-regulation of the learned professions. The corrosion of these pillars, Jacobs argues, is linked to societal ills such as environmental crisis, racism, and the growing gulf between rich and poor. But this is a hopeful book as well as a warning. Drawing on her vast frame of referencefrom fifteenth-century Chinese shipbuilding to Irelands cultural rebirthJacobs suggests how the cycles of decay can be arrested and our way of life renewed. Invigorating and accessible, Dark Age Ahead is not only the crowning achievement of Jane Jacobs career, but one of the most important works of our time. [via]
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Diaryby Chuck PalahniukISBN 1400032814 (1-4000-3281-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Diary'Book summary:Misty Wilmot has had it. Once a promising young artist, shes now stuck on an island ruined by tourism, drinking too much and working as a waitress in a hotel. Her husband, a contractor, is in a coma after a suicide attempt, but that doesnt stop his clients from threatening Misty with lawsuits over a series of vile messages theyve found on the walls of houses he remodeled.
Suddenly, though, Misty finds her artistic talent returning as she begins a period of compulsive painting. Inspired but confused by this burst of creativity, she soon finds herself a pawn in a larger conspiracy that threatens to cost hundreds of lives. What unfolds is a dark, hilarious story from Americas most inventive nihilist, and Palahniuks most impressive work to date. [via]More editions of Diary:
The Disinformation Book Of Listsby Russ KickISBN 0972952942 (0-9729529-4-2)
Softcover, Disinformation Co
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Dublinersby James Joyce, Louis Le BrocquyISBN 0946640858 (0-946640-85-8)
Softcover, Lilliput Pr Ltd
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Ecotopiaby Ernest CallenbachISBN 0960432019 (0-9604320-1-9)
Softcover, Heyday Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ecotopia'Book summary:Ecotopia embodies in concrete, practical form the new biology-conscious philosophy that has been evolving in recent years, especially on the West Coast.
The setting is the early 21st century. Ecotopia, made up of what was once Northern California, Oregon, and Washington, has been independent for several decades. At last, an official visitor from New York is admitted: Will Weston, top investigative reporter. Like a modern Gulliver, Weston is sometimes horrified sometimes impressed despite himself, and sometimes touched by the strange practices he encounters--which include ritual war games, collective ownership and operation of farms and factories, and an attention to trees and reforestation which borders on tree-worship.
With beautiful new cover art and a new introduction by the author, this thirtieth anniversary edition of Ecotopia will delight old fans and new, and make a perfect gift for anyone who has ever asked the question, ''How can I make a difference?'' [via]
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Egalia's Daughtersby Gerd BrantenbergISBN 0931188342 (0-931188-34-2)
Softcover, Seal Pr
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The Essential Ellisonby Harlan EllisonISBN 0962344745 (0-9623447-4-5)
Softcover, Pub Group West
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Ellison'Book summary:"The best of Harlan Ellison has been assembled in a gorgeous volume of more than 1000 pages, encompassing fiction, essays, personal reminscences, reviews and a complete teleplay." From the dustcover blurb [via]
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Familyby Ba JinISBN 091705640X (0-917056-40-X)
Softcover, Cheng & Tsui Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Family'Book summary:An essential work for anyone interested in the society and history of modern china! the first half of the twentieth century was a period of great turmoil in china. Family, one of the most popular chinese novels of that time, vividly reflects that turmoil and serves as a basis for understanding what followed. Written in 1931, family has been compared to dream of the red chamber for its superb portrayal of the family life and society of its time. Drawn largely from pa chin's own experience, family is the story of the kao family compound, consisting of four generations plus servants. It is essentially a picture of the conflict between old china and the new tide rising to destroy it, as manifested in the daily lives of the kao family, and particularly the three young kao brothers. Here we see situations that, unique as they are to the time and place of this novel, recall many circumstances of today's world: the conflict between generations and classes, ill-fated love affairs, students' political activities, and the struggle for the liberation of women. The complex passions aroused in family and in the reader are an indication of the universality of human experience. This novel illustrates the effectiveness of fiction as a vehicle for translating the experience of one culture to another very different one [via]
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The Fire This Time: U.S. War Crimes in the Gulfby Ramsey ClarkISBN 0965691683 (0-9656916-8-3)
Softcover, Intl Action Center
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fire This Time: U.S. War Crimes in the Gulf'Book summary:Based on research conducted in more than 20 countries as well as eyewitness accounts, this book refutes the misinformation disseminated by corporate media and government sources about U.S. involvement in Iraq. Descriptions of war-torn Iraq during and after Operation Desert Storm illustrate the effect war crimes and violations of international law had on the Iraqi people; updated material examines how the people are still being affected more than a decade later. Analysis of the second Bush administration's use of the September 11 events to justify a new war against Iraq is included, as are letters to President Bush and the media.[via]More editions of The Fire This Time: U.S. War Crimes in the Gulf:
Florence of Arabia : A Novelby Christopher BuckleyISBN 1400062233 (1-4000-6223-3)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Forget Foucaultby Jean BaudrillardISBN 0936756101 (0-936756-10-1)
Softcover, Mit Pr
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French Women Don't Get Fatby Mireille GuilianoISBN 1400042127 (1-4000-4212-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'French Women Don't Get Fat'Book summary:The message of this book could be a blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. There is no hard science, no clearly-defined plan, and no lists of food to have or have not; instead, you'll find simple tricks that boil down to eating carefully prepared seasonal food, exercising more and refusing to think of food as something that inspires guilt. It's both a practical message and far easier said than done in today's "no pain, no gain" culture.
Author Mireille Guiliano is CEO of Veuve Clicquot, and French Women Don't Get Fat offers a concept of sensible pleasures: If you have a chocolate croissant for breakfast, have a vegetable-based lunch--or take an extra walk and pass on the bread basket at dinner. Guiliano's insistence on simple measures slowly creating substantial improvements are reassuring, and her suggestion to ignore the scale and learn to live by the "zipper test" could work wonders for those who get wrapped up in tiny details of diet. She sympathizes that deprivation can lead straight to overindulgence when it comes to favorite foods, but then, in a most French manner, treats them as a pleasure that needs to be sated, rather than a battle to be fought.
A number of recipes are included, from a weight-loss enhancing leek soup to a lush chocolate mousse; they read more like what you'd find in a French cookbook rather than an American diet book. Most appealingly, these are guidelines and tricks that could be easily sustainable over a lifetime. If you agree that food is meant to be appreciated--but no more so than having a trim waist--these charmingly French recommendations could set you on the path to a future filled with both croissants and high fashion. --Jill Lightner
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Friendly Fireby Bob BlackISBN 0936756896 (0-936756-89-6)
Softcover, Autonomedia
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Further Adventures of a Blue-Eyed Ojibway: Funny, You Don't Look Like One Twoby Drew Hayden TaylorISBN 0919441769 (0-919441-76-9)
Softcover, Theytus Books
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Godless: The Church of Liberalismby Ann CoulterISBN 1400054206 (1-4000-5420-6)
Hardcover, Crown Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Godless: The Church of Liberalism'Book summary:"If a martian landed in America and set out to determine the nation's official state religion, he would have to conclude it is liberalism, while Christianity and Judaism are prohibited by law.
Many Americans are outraged by liberal hostility to traditional religion. But as Ann Coulter reveals in this, her most explosive book yet, to focus solely on the Left's attacks on our Judeo-Christian tradition is to miss a larger point: liberalism is a religiona godless one.
And it is now entrenched as the state religion of this county.
Though liberalism rejects the idea of God and reviles people of faith, it bears all the attributes of a religion. In Godless, Coulter throws open the doors of the Church of Liberalism, showing us its sacraments (abortion), its holy writ (Roe v. Wade), its martyrs (from Soviet spy Alger Hiss to cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal), its clergy (public school teachers), its churches (government schools, where prayer is prohibited but condoms are free), its doctrine of infallibility (as manifest in the "absolute moral authority" of spokesmen from Cindy Sheehan to Max Cleland), and its cosmology (in which mankind is an inconsequential accident).
Then, of course, there's the liberal creation myth: Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
For liberals, evolution is the touchstone that separates the enlightened from the benighted. But Coulter neatly reverses the pretense that liberals are rationalists guided by the ideals of free inquiry and the scientific method. She exposes the essential truth about Darwinian evolution that liberals refuse to confront: it is bogus science.
Writing with a keen appreciation for genuine science, Coulter reveals that the so-called gaps in the theory of evolution are all there isDarwinism is nothing but a gap. After 150 years of dedicated searching into the fossil record, evolution's proponents have failed utterly to substantiate its claims. And a long line of supposed evidence, from the infamous Piltdown Man to the "evolving" peppered moths of England, has been exposed as hoaxes. Still, liberals treat those who question evolution as religious heretics and prohibit students from hearing about real science when it contradicts Darwinism. And these are the people who say they want to keep faith out of the classroom?
Liberals' absolute devotion to Darwinism, Coulter shows, has nothing to do with evolution's scientific validity and everything to do with its refusal to admit the possibility of God as a guiding force. They will brook no challenges to the official religion.
Fearlessly confronting the high priests of the Church of Liberalism and ringing with Coulter's razor-sharp wit, Godless is the most important and riveting book yet from one of today's most lively and impassioned conservative voices.
"Liberals love to boast that they are not 'religious,' which is what one would expect to hear from the state-sanctioned religion. Of course liberalism is a religion. It has its own cosmology, its own miracles, its own beliefs in the supernatural, its own churches, its own high priests, its own saints, its own total worldview, and its own explanation of the existence of the universe. In other words, liberalism contains all the attributes of what is generally known as 'religion.'" From Godless [via]More editions of Godless: The Church of Liberalism:
Hard America, Soft America: Competition Vs. Coddling and the Battle for the Nation's Futureby Michael BaroneISBN 1400053242 (1-4000-5324-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Haunted: A Novelby Chuck PalahniukISBN 1400032822 (1-4000-3282-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Hipster Handbookby Robert Lanham, Bret Nicely, Jeff BechtelISBN 1400032016 (1-4000-3201-6)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxyby Douglas AdamsISBN 1400052920 (1-4000-5292-0)
Hardcover, Harmony Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'Book summary:Packed with an Astounding Amount of New and Never-Before-Collected Material.
Why are people born? Why do they die? Why do they want to spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches?
No one but Douglas Adams could have pared lifes meaning down to these three questions, and they remain as inspired and head-scratchingly clever today as they did twenty-five years ago when they appeared in the first edition of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Showcasing his quick wit, comic genius, and wide-ranging intelligence, Hitchhikers has become nothing less than a cult classic and cultural phenomenon.
To celebrate its quarter century and the extraordinary legacy of Adams, this gorgeously designed, mostly harmless deluxe edition gathers never-before-collected photographs, original artwork, memorabilia (from the strange to the sublime), and wisdom gleaned from a first read or first encounter as Douglass friends remember how the galaxy was forever changed a mere twenty-five years ago (not to mention the original text of the novel) into a one-of-a-kind Guide as stunning as two suns setting over Magrathea.
Whether you are well versed in the antics of Arthur Dent, a mild-mannered Earthman plucked from his planet seconds before its demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, and Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy posing as an out-of-work actor, or are hitching a ride for the first time, this is the book that has everything youll nee to know about anything.So please do not be alarmed. Definitely dont panic. Just be sure to grab a towel. [via]More editions of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
Holy Cows And Hog Heaven: The Food Buyer's Guide To Farm Friendly Foodby Joel SalatinISBN 0963810944 (0-9638109-4-4)
Softcover, Chelsea Green Pub Co
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Hospital Sketchesby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0918222788 (0-918222-78-8)
Softcover, Applewood Books
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The House of the Spiritsby Isabel Allende, Magda Bogin, Christopher Hitchens, Madga BoginISBN 1400043182 (1-4000-4318-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Chilean writer Isabel Allendes classic novel is both a richly symbolic family saga and the riveting story of an unnamed Latin American countrys turbulent history.
In a triumph of magic realism, Allende constructs a spirit-ridden world and fills it with colorful and all-too-human inhabitants. The Trueba familys passions, struggles, and secrets span three generations and a century of violent social change, culminating in a crisis that brings the proud and tyrannical patriarch and his beloved granddaughter to opposite sides of the barricades. Against a backdrop of revolution and counterrevolution, Allende brings to life a family whose private bonds of love and hatred are more complex and enduring than the political allegiances that set them at odds. The House of the Spirits not only brings another nations history thrillingly to life, but also makes its peoples joys and anguishes wholly our own. [via]More editions of The House of the Spirits:
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The Invisible Manby Robert WanlessISBN 097372823X (0-9737282-3-X)
Softcover, Coscom Entertainment
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Invisible Man'Book summary:One wintry day, a stranger enters the town of Iping. He is clad from head to foot; no one sees his face. Soon after his arrival, bizarre events occur that cannot be explained. The violence and terror begins. "...stripping the work down to its bare bones...one will admit that the very concept itself is one of land marked proportions draped layer after compelling layer of ideology and vision which has been the subject of analysis and inspiration for the best of us ever since." - Nicholas Grabowsky, from his introduction [via]
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Jane Austen's Complete Novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan, and Love and Friendshipby Jane AustenISBN 095484016X (0-9548401-6-X)
Hardcover, Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax ltd
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Jordan Freeman Was My Friendby Richard WhiteISBN 0941423735 (0-941423-73-5)
Hardcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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The Kif Strike Backby C. J. CherryhISBN 0932096352 (0-932096-35-2)
Hardcover, Phantasia Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Kif Strike Back'Book summary:When the kif seized Hilfy and Tully, hani and human crew of The Pride of Chanur, they issued a challenge Pyanfar, captain of Pride, couldn't ignore, a challenge that was to take Pyanfar and her shipmates to Mkks station and into a deadly confrontation between kif, hani, mahendo'sat, and human. And what began as a simple rescue attempt soon blossomed into a dangerous game of interstellar politics, where today's ally could become tomorrow's executioner, and where methane breathers became volatile wild cards playing for stakes no oxy breather could even begin to understand.... [via]
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Letter From America 1946-2004by Alistair CookeISBN 1400044022 (1-4000-4402-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letter From America 1946-2004'Book summary:For over half a century, Alistair Cooke entertained and informed millions of listeners around the world in his weekly BBC radio program Letter from America. An outstanding observer of the American scene, he became one of the worlds best-loved broadcasters, and a foreigner who helped Americans better understand themselves.
Here, in print for the first time, is a collection of Cookes finest reports that celebrates the inimitable style of this wise and avuncular reporter. Beginning with his first letter in 1946, a powerful description of American GIs returning home, and ending with his last broadcast in February 2004, in which he expressed his views on the United States presidential campaign, the collection captures Cookes unique voice and gift for telling stories.
Gathered in this volume are encounters with the many presidents Cooke knew, from Roosevelt to Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush, both Senior and Junior. His friends are warmly recollectedamong them Leonard Bernstein, Philip Larkin, Humphrey Bogart, Charlie Chaplin, and Katharine Hepburn. We observe a variety of political landmarksthe Vietnam War, Watergate, Cookes remarkable eyewitness account of Robert Kennedys assassination, through to the scandals that surrounded Clinton and the conflict in Iraq. His moving evocation of the events of September 11 and its aftermath remains essential reading, while his recollections of holidays and sporting events remind us of Cookes delight in the pleasures of everyday life.
Imbued with Alistair Cookes good humor, elegance, and understanding, Letter from America, 19462004 is a captivating insight into the heart of a nation and a fitting tribute to the man who was for so many the most reassuring voice of our times. [via]More editions of Letter From America 1946-2004:
Life in the Iron Mills and Other Storiesby Tillie Olsen, Rebecca Harding DavisISBN 0935312390 (0-935312-39-0)
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Life Interrupted: The Unfinished Monologueby Spalding GrayISBN 1400048613 (1-4000-4861-3)
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Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorismby Thomas L. FriedmanISBN 1400031257 (1-4000-3125-7)
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Thomas L. Freidman received his third Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for his clarity of vision, based on extensive reporting, in commenting on the worldwide impact of the terrorist threat. In Longitudes and Attitudes he gives us all of the columns he has published about the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his private experiences and reflections during his postSeptember 11 travels. Updated for this new paperback edition, with over two years worth of Friedmans columns and an expanded version of his diary, Longitudes and Attitudes is a broadly influential work from our most trusted observer of the international scene. [via]More editions of Longitudes and Attitudes: The World in the Age of Terrorism:
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Mark Twainby Mark TwainISBN 0940450070 (0-940450-07-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mark Twain'Book summary:Here for the first time in one volume are the most famous and characteristic of Mark Twain's works. Through each of them runs the powerful and majestic Mississippi. The river represented for Twain the complex and contradictory possibilities in his own and the nation's life: the place where civilization's comforts meet the violence and promise of freedom of the frontier. It was the place, too, where Twain's youthful innocence confronted the grim reality of slavery. The nostalgic re-creation of childhood in "Tom Sawyer"--"simply a hymn put into prose form to give it a worldly air," said Twain--and the richly anecdotal memoir of his days as a riverboat pilot in "Life on the Mississippi" give way to the realism and often dark comedy of "Huckleberry Finn" and the troubled exploration of slavery in his mystery, "Pudd'nhead Wilson." Together, these four books trace the central trajectory of his life and career, and they can be read as a single masterpiece. [via]
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Mary Wollstonecraft Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 0939766752 (0-939766-75-2)
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Mental Hygieneby Ken SmithISBN 0922233217 (0-922233-21-7)
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The Metamorphosisby Franz Kafka, Peter Kuper, Kerstin HasenpuschISBN 1400052998 (1-4000-5299-8)
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A brilliant illustrated adaptation of Franz Kafkas famous story. Its a real pleasure to read and one in which everyone will recognize the existential drama and uncanny wit of the original text."Susan Bernstein, associate professor of comparative literature and German studies, Brown University [via]More editions of The Metamorphosis:
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Nanaby Emile Zola, Christina TumminelloISBN 0971336350 (0-9713363-5-0)
Softcover, Chatterley Pr Intl
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nana'Book summary:From "La Collection Francaise" of Chatterley Press International, this classic French novel, shaped in the tradition of the legendary "Gallimard," is now made available in the United States. [via]
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Not One More Mother's Childby Cindy SheehanISBN 0977333809 (0-9773338-0-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Not One More Mother's Child'Book summary:In 2004, Cindy Sheehan lost her son Casey Austin Sheehan in an ambush in Iraq. As information became available verifying that the war was based on lies and "cooked intelligence," she began speaking out and testifying in the halls of Congress. In August 2005, she went to Crawford, Texas, to confront President Bush, unexpectedly opening the floodgates of a renewed American peace movement. Ten thousand people joined her, and millions more worldwide followed. The founder of Gold Star Families for Peace, Sheehan here movingly recounts her first year of activism, sharing her thoughts and actions with readers for the first time in book form. Reflecting on war and peace, truth and accountability, she takes the Bush administration to task for its corruption and incompetence. Equal parts compelling memoir and call to action, Not One More Mother's Child tells in Sheehan's distinctive voice how historical events and personal tragedy transformed her from grieving mom to ardent activist. [via]
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The Onion Ad Nauseum: Complete New Archivesby Robert Siegel, Tim Harrod, Mike Loew, Todd Hanson, Carol Kolb, John Krewson, Maria Schneider, Joe Garden, Chris Karwowski, Rich DahmISBN 1400047242 (1-4000-4724-2)
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The Onion Presents Embedded In America: Complete News Archivesby ONION EDITORS, Amie BarrodaleISBN 1400054567 (1-4000-5456-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Onion Presents Embedded In America: Complete News Archives'Book summary:All The News Thats Fit to Reprint
The latest book in the New York Times bestselling Onion series includes every news story, opinion piece, news-in-brief, horoscope . . . yes, every last word that appeared in The Onion between mid-October 2003 and mid-November 2004. And this is the biggest book yet in the series. Thats rightEmbedded in America includes eight additional weeks of award-winning coverage from The Onion, including two extra weeks of post-presidential election coverage.
Here they are at last: all the issues of The Onion that you missed because you had a life to live. And each page takes 0.0 seconds to load!
Embedded in America is Volume 16 in the popular and bestselling Onion series. Look for a new volume every year. [via]More editions of The Onion Presents Embedded In America: Complete News Archives:
Patient No More: The Politics of Breast Cancerby Sharon BattISBN 0921881304 (0-921881-30-4)
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The Plague, the Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essaysby Albert CamusISBN 1400042550 (1-4000-4255-0)
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From one of the most brilliant and influential thinkers of the twentieth centurytwo novels, six short stories, and a pair of essays in a single volume. In both his essays and his fiction, Albert Camus (19131960) de-ployed his lyric eloquence in defense against despair, providing an affirmation of the brave assertion of humanity in the face of a universe devoid of order or meaning.
The Plaguewritten in 1947 and still profoundly relevantis a riveting tale of horror, survival, and resilience in the face of a devastating epidemic. The Fall (1956), which takes the form of an astonishing confession by a French lawyer in a seedy Amsterdam bar, is a haunting parable of modern conscience in the face of evil. The six stories of Exile and the Kingdom (1957) represent Camus at the height of his narrative powers, masterfully depicting his charactersfrom a renegade missionary to an adulterous wife at decisive moments of revelation. Set beside their fictional counterparts, Camuss famous essays The Myth of Sisyphus and Reflections on the Guillotine are all the more powerful and philosophically daring, confirming his towering place in twentieth-century thought. [via]More editions of The Plague, the Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essays:
The Pride of Chanurby C. J. CherryhISBN 093209645X (0-932096-45-X)
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The Princeby Niccolo Machiavelli, Rufus Goodwin, Benjamin MartinezISBN 0937832383 (0-937832-38-3)
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The Prisoner of Sexby Norman MailerISBN 0917657594 (0-917657-59-4)
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Returning the Gaze: Essays on Racism, Feminism and Politicsby Himani BannerjiISBN 0920813550 (0-920813-55-0)
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A Right to Be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasuryby Aaron McGruder, Michael MooreISBN 1400048575 (1-4000-4857-5)
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With bodacious wit, in just a few panels, each day Aaron serves upand sends uplife in America through the eyes of two African-American kids who are full of attitude, intelligence, and rebellion. Each time I read the strip, I laughand I wonder how long The Boondocks can get away with the things it says. And how on earth can the most truthful thing in the newspaper be the comics?
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The Salmon of Doubtby Douglas AdamsISBN 1400045088 (1-4000-4508-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Salmon of Doubt'Book summary:On Friday, May 11, 2001, the world mourned the untimely passing of Douglas Adams, beloved creator of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, dead of a heart attack at age forty-nine. Thankfully, in addition to a magnificent literary legacywhich includes seven novels and three co-authored works of nonfictionDouglas left us something more. The book you are about to enjoy was rescued from his four computers, culled from an archive of chapters from his long-awaited novel-in-progress, as well as his short stories, speeches, articles, interviews, and letters.
In a way that none of his previous books could, The Salmon of Doubt provides the full, dazzling, laugh-out-loud experience of a journey through the galaxy as perceived by Douglas Adams. From a boys first love letter (to his favorite science fiction magazine) to the distinction of possessing a nose of heroic proportions; from climbing Kilimanjaro in a rhino costume to explaining why Americans cant make a decent cup of tea; from lyrical tributes to the sublime pleasures found in music by Procol Harum, the Beatles, and Bach to the follies of his hopeless infatuation with technology; from fantastic, fictional forays into the private life of Genghis Khan to extended visits with Dirk Gently and Zaphod Beeblebrox: this is the vista from the elevated perch of one of the tallest, funniest, most brilliant, and most penetrating social critics and thinkers of our time.
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The Sandman Libraryby Neil GaimanISBN 0930289595 (0-930289-59-5)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman Library'Book summary:The immense popularity of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series is due in large part to the development of his characters. In The Doll's House, the second book of the Sandman magnum opus, Gaiman continues to build the foundation for the larger story, introducing us to more of the Dream King's family of the Endless.
The Sandman returns to his kingdom of the Dreaming after nearly a century of imprisonment, finding several things out of place; most importantly, an anomaly called a dream vortex has manifested itself in the form of a young girl who unknowingly threatens to rip apart the Dreaming. And there's the smaller matter of a few nightmares having escaped. Among them is Gaiman's creepiest creation: the Corinthian, a serial killer with a miniature set of teeth in each eye socket. Because later volumes concentrate so much on human relationships with Gaiman's signature fair for fantasy and mythology, it is sometimes easy to forget that the Sandman series started out as a horror comic. This book grabs you and doesn't let you forget that so easily. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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The Scarlet Letterby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 0971075611 (0-9710756-1-1)
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The Screwtape Lettersby C. S. LewisISBN 0916441334 (0-916441-33-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Screwtape Letters'Book summary:This adaptation of C.S. Lewis's biting satire received a 1999 Grammy nomination for best spoken-word performance, and it's easy to see why--the story fits the format perfectly. It's relatively brief (the unabridged reading takes a mere four hours), and contains only one character--the demon Screwtape, who writes letters to his novice nephew Wormwood, instructing him on how to best tempt his "patient" (a wayward soul on earth) into the bosom of "our Lord below."
Obviously, the book wasn't written with former Monty Python John Cleese in mind, but it's hard to imagine a better Screwtape. Cleese's voice provides the perfect vehicle for Lewis's dry, razor-edged wit. His uncanny comic timing and ability to milk each phrase for maximum effect betray an infectious enthusiasm for the story. It's clear that he's having a great time reading, and it's impossible not to laugh along with him. This inspired pairing of two of the 20th century's greatest wits makes for a meditation on the dark side of spiritual guidance that's as relevant and funny today as it was in Lewis's war-torn England. (Running time: 4 hours, 3 cassettes) --Andrew Neiland [via]
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Season in Hell, And, the Illuminationsby Jean Nicolas Arthur RimbaudISBN 0918526892 (0-918526-89-2)
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Siddharthaby Hermann Hesse, James H. FordISBN 0976072645 (0-9760726-4-5)
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Social Significance of the Modern Dramaby Emma GoldmanISBN 0936839619 (0-936839-61-9)
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Stumbling on Happinessby Daniel GilbertISBN 1400042666 (1-4000-4266-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stumbling on Happiness'Book summary:Do you know what makes you happy? Daniel Gilbert would bet that you think you do, but you are most likely wrong. In his witty and engaging new book, Harvard professor Gilbert reveals his take on how our minds work, and how the limitations of our imaginations may be getting in the way of our ability to know what happiness is. Sound quirky and interesting? It is! But just to be sure, we asked bestselling author (and master of the quirky and interesting) Malcolm Gladwell to read Stumbling on Happiness, and give us his take. Check out his review below. --Daphne Durham
Guest Reviewer: Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell is the author of bestselling books Blink and The Tipping Point, and is a staff writer for The New Yorker.
Several years ago, on a flight from New York to California, I had the good fortune to sit next to a psychologist named Dan Gilbert. He had a shiny bald head, an irrepressible good humor, and we talked (or, more accurately, he talked) from at least the Hudson to the Rockies--and I was completely charmed. He had the wonderful quality many academics have--which is that he was interested in the kinds of questions that all of us care about but never have the time or opportunity to explore. He had also had a quality that is rare among academics. He had the ability to translate his work for people who were outside his world.Now Gilbert has written a book about his psychological research. It is called Stumbling on Happiness, and reading it reminded me of that plane ride long ago. It is a delight to read. Gilbert is charming and funny and has a rare gift for making very complicated ideas come alive.
Stumbling on Happiness is a book about a very simple but powerful idea. What distinguishes us as human beings from other animals is our ability to predict the future--or rather, our interest in predicting the future. We spend a great deal of our waking life imagining what it would be like to be this way or that way, or to do this or that, or taste or buy or experience some state or feeling or thing. We do that for good reasons: it is what allows us to shape our life. And it is by trying to exert some control over our futures that we attempt to be happy. But by any objective measure, we are really bad at that predictive function. We're terrible at knowing how we will feel a day or a month or year from now, and even worse at knowing what will and will not bring us that cherished happiness. Gilbert sets out to figure what that's so: why we are so terrible at something that would seem to be so extraordinarily important?
In making his case, Gilbert walks us through a series of fascinating--and in some ways troubling--facts about the way our minds work. In particular, Gilbert is interested in delineating the shortcomings of imagination. We're far too accepting of the conclusions of our imaginations. Our imaginations aren't particularly imaginative. Our imaginations are really bad at telling us how we will think when the future finally comes. And our personal experiences aren't nearly as good at correcting these errors as we might think.
I suppose that I really should go on at this point, and talk in more detail about what Gilbert means by that--and how his argument unfolds. But I feel like that might ruin the experience of reading Stumbling on Happiness. This is a psychological detective story about one of the great mysteries of our lives. If you have even the slightest curiosity about the human condition, you ought to read it. Trust me. --Malcolm Gladwell
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Swimming To Cambodiaby Spalding GrayISBN 093045250X (0-930452-50-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Swimming To Cambodia'Book summary:[via]It took courage to do what Spalding didcourage to make theatre so naked and unadorned, to expose himself in this way and fight the demons in public. In doing so, he entered our heartsmy heartbecause he made his struggle my struggle. His life became my life. Eric Bogosian
Virtuosic. A master writer, reporter, comic and playwright. Spalding Gray is a sit-down monologist with the soul of a stand-up comedian. A contemporary Gulliver, he travels the globe in search of experience and finds the ridiculous. The New York Times
In 2004, we mourned the loss of one of Americas true theatrical innovators. Spalding Gray took his own life by jumping from the Staten Island ferry into the waters of New York Harbor, finally succumbing to the impossible notion that he could in fact swim to Cambodia. At a memorial gathering for family, friends and fans at Lincoln Center in New York, his widow expressed the need to honor Grays legacy as an artist and writer for his children, as well as for future generations of fans and readers. Originally published in 1985, Swimming to Cambodia is reissued here 20 years later in a new edition as a tribute to Grays singular artistry.
Writer, actor and performer, Spalding Gray is the author of Sex and Death to the Age 14; Monster in a Box; Its a Slippery Slope; Grays Anatomy and Morning, Noon and Night, among other works. His appearance in The Killing Fields was the inspiration for his Swimming to Cambodia, which was also filmed by Jonathan Demme.
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A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles DickensISBN 0939495007 (0-939495-00-7)
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Tales of Alvin Makerby Orson Scott Card, Renato ArlemISBN 0976401126 (0-9764011-2-6)
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Tartuffeby Moliere, Liz LochheadISBN 0948275170 (0-948275-17-0)
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They Fly at Cironby Samuel R. DelanyISBN 0963363700 (0-9633637-0-0)
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But Rahm escapesand then befriends one of the fearsome Winged Ones, humanoids with batlike wings. Meanwhile, led by the young village garbage collector and an itinerant singer, the Çironians resist where they can, as the Myetran lieutenant Kire struggles with his conscience and tries to ease the Çironians' burden.
They Fly at Çironappearing here in its first paperback publicationoffers "vintage Delany in his finest fantasy mode" (Ursula K. Le Guin).More editions of They Fly at Ciron:
This Bridge Called My Backby Cherrie Moraga, Gloria AnzalduaISBN 0943219221 (0-943219-22-1)
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A Time to Killby John GrishamISBN 0922066035 (0-922066-03-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Time to Kill'Book summary:This addictive tale of a young lawyer defending a black Vietnam war hero who kills the white druggies who raped his child in tiny Clanton, Mississippi, is John Grisham's first novel, and his favorite of his first six. He polished it for three years and every detail shines like pebbles at the bottom of a swift, sunlit stream. Grisham is a born legal storyteller and his dialogue is pitch perfect.
The plot turns with jeweled precision. Carl Lee Hailey gets an M-16 from the Chicago hoodlum he'd saved at Da Nang, wastes the rapists on the courthouse steps, then turns to attorney Jake Brigance, who needs a conspicuous win to boost his career. Folks want to give Carl Lee a second medal, but how can they ignore premeditated execution? The town is split, revealing its social structure. Blacks note that a white man shooting a black rapist would be acquitted; the KKK starts a new Clanton chapter; the NAACP, the ambitious local reverend, a snobby, Harvard-infested big local firm, and others try to outmaneuver Jake and his brilliant, disbarred drunk of an ex-law partner. Jake hits the books and the bottle himself. Crosses burn, people die, crowds chant "Free Carl Lee!" and "Fry Carl Lee!" in the antiphony of America's classical tragedy. Because he's lived in Oxford, Mississippi, Grisham gets compared to Faulkner, but he's really got the lean style and fierce folk moralism of John Steinbeck. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Transforming A Rape Cultureby Emilie Buchwald, Pamela R. Fletcher, Martha RothISBN 0915943069 (0-915943-06-9)
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The True Story of Ah Qby Lu Hsun, Gladys Yang, Yang Hsien YiISBN 0917056930 (0-917056-93-0)
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Uncle Eric Talks About Personal, Career, and Financial Securityby Jane A. Williams, Rick Maybury, Kathryn Ann DanielsISBN 094261738X (0-942617-38-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Uncle Eric Talks About Personal, Career, and Financial Security'Book summary:In this extensively revised and expanded second edition of "Uncle Eric Talks About Personal, Career, and Financial Security", Uncle Eric introduces the concept of model. Models (or paradigms) are how people think; they are how we understand our world. Models help us recognize and use the information that is important and bypass that which is not. To achieve success in our careers, investments, and every other part of our lives, we need sound models. In this book, Mr. Maybury introduces the models he has found most useful (Economics and Higher Law). This is the first book in the Uncle Eric series and, while designed to stand alone, provides an excellent foundation for Maybury's other books. To improve the student's learning experience, also purchase the student study guide for "Uncle Eric Talks About Personal, Career, and Financial Security" titled "A Bluestocking Guide: Building a Personal Model for Success", which is also available from Amazon.
Table of Contents for "Uncle Eric Talks About Personal, Career, and Financial Security
Uncle Eric's Model of How the World Works"
Study Guide Availble
Author's Disclosure
Part One: How the Mind Works
1. How We Understand Our World
2. Building Mental Pictures
3. Sorting Data
4. Where is the Evidence?
5. How to Learn or Teach Models
6. Two Highly Important Models
7. History Without Models
8. A Model for Selecting Models
9. Does it Predict?
10. A Way to Test a Model You Are Not Qualified to Test
11. Beware of Tautology
12. How to Control People
13. Cognitive Dissonance
14. How to Stop Learning
15. Automatic Evil
16. Models Tend to Merge
17. How to Get Started Learning Models
Part Two: The Best Model for Success
18. What is Success?
19. A Short History of Models for Success
20. Another Mouth to Feed
21. A Model Born of Desperation
22. Making Your Model Work
23. How to Acquire a Business
24. What Kind of Millionaire Do You Want to Be?
25. Savings and Investments
26. Social Security
27. Real Estate and Debt
28. Investment Advisors
29. Negative Real Interest Rates
30. How to Keep What You Have Earned
31. Summary
Appendix
Bibliography and Suggested Reading
Glossary
About Richard J. Maybury
Index
For more on the Economic model, read "Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?" The clearest and most interesting explanation of economics around. Explains the Austrian economic model, the most free-market of all economic models, and the one that is most in agreement with the ethical principles on which America was founded.
For more on the Legal model, read "Whatever Happened to Justice?" Explains the common law model. Underlying common law are two basic rules: 1) do all that you agreed to do and 2) do not encroach on other persons or their property. Maybury says, "In my opinion, you and your family and friends will avoid a lot of trouble, and find success of every kind easier to achieve, if you adopt these two models, Austrian economics and common law." [via]More editions of Uncle Eric Talks About Personal, Career, and Financial Security:
Uncle Eric Talks About Personal, Career, and Financial Securityby Rick MayburyISBN 0942617207 (0-942617-20-7)
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The Underground History of American Education: A School Teacher's Intimate Investigation of the Problem of Modern Schooli Ngby John Taylor GattoISBN 0945700040 (0-945700-04-0)
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V for Vendettaby Alan Moore, K. C. Carlson, David LloydISBN 0930289528 (0-930289-52-8)
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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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The War of the Worldsby H. G. Wells, Nicholas Grabowsky, Sean SimmansISBN 0973728213 (0-9737282-1-3)
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Watchmenby Alan MooreISBN 0930289234 (0-930289-23-4)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Watchmen'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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Why Do People Hate America?by Ziauddin Sardar, Merryl Wyn DaviesISBN 0971394253 (0-9713942-5-3)
Softcover, Disinformation Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why Do People Hate America?'Book summary:The controversial bestseller that caused huge waves in the UK! The Independent calls it "required reading." Noam Chomsky says it "contains valuable information that we should know, over here, for our own good, and the world's." We call it our biggest book so far and will be backing it from day one with guaranteed co-op spending, a national publicity and review blitz, talk radio bookings, various retail sales aids including postcards, and of course the usual full court press on the Web and via email.
This is NOT just another 9/11 book: it is the book for those of us trying to understand why America--and Americans--are targets for hate. Many people do hate America, in Europe, Asia, South America and Africa, as well as in the Middle East. Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies explore the global impact of America's foreign policy and its corporate and cultural power, placing this unprecedented dominance in the context of America's own perception of itself. In doing so, they consider TV and the Hollywood machine as a mirror which reflects both the American Dream and the American Nightmare. Their analysis provides an important contribution to a debate which needs to be addressed by people of all nations, cultures, religions and political persuasions--and especially by Americans.
Described by The Times Higher Education Supplement as "packed with tightly argued points," the book is carefully researched and built to withstand the inevitable criticism that will be aimed at it. A book that some reviewers will love to hate and others will praise for its insights, it's guaranteed to cause a stir.
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Yearning Race Gender and Culture: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politicsby Bell HooksISBN 0921284349 (0-921284-34-9)
Hardcover, Between the Lines
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Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politicsby Bell HooksISBN 0921284357 (0-921284-35-7)
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El Diario de Bridget Jonesby Helen FieldingISBN 1400001226 (1-4000-0122-6)
Softcover, Plaza & Janes Editories, S.A.
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Siddharthaby Hermann HesseISBN 1400001293 (1-4000-0129-3)
Softcover, Plaza & Janes Editories, S.A.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Siddhartha'Book summary:In the novel, Siddhartha, a young man, leaves his family for a contemplative life, then, restless, discards it for one of the flesh. He conceives a son, but bored and sickened by lust and greed, moves on again. Near despair, Siddhartha comes to a river where he hears a unique sound. This sound signals the true beginning of his life -- the beginning of suffering, rejection, peace, and, finally, wisdom. [via]
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