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Abortion: Between Freedom and Necessityby Janet HadleyISBN 1566395917 (1-56639-591-7)
Softcover, Temple Univ Pr
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Acts of Resistance : Against the Tyranny of the Marketby Pierre Bourdieu, Richard NiceISBN 1565845234 (1-56584-523-4)
Softcover, New Press, The
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Anabasisby XenophonISBN 1425000665 (1-4250-0066-5)
Softcover, ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited
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Xenophon wrote several books most of which survived. The narrative is about military advance, or journey. And what a journey this was for 10,000 Greek mercenaries, through hostile territory, ultimately retreating back to Greece. Xenophons informal and realistic style of writing makes this exciting real-life adventure story intensely interesting and captivating. Highly Recommended!
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Anthropology: A Perspective on the Human Conditionby Emily A. Schultz, Robert H. LavendaISBN 1559344008 (1-55934-400-8)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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The Art of War: Sunzi Bing Faby Sun-Tzu, Ralph D. Sawyer, Mei-Chun SawyerISBN 1566192978 (1-56619-297-8)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of War: Sunzi Bing Fa'Book summary:[via]The Art of War is almost certainly the most famous study of strategy ever written and has had an extraordinary influence on the history of warfare. The principles Sun-tzu expounded were utilized brilliantly by such great Asian war leaders as Mao Tse-tung, Giap, and Yamamoto. First translated two hundred years ago by a French missionary, Sun-tzus Art of War has been credited with influencing Napoleon, the German General Staff, and even the planning for Desert Storm. Many Japanese companies make this book required reading for their key executives. And increasingly, Western businesspeople and others are turning to the Art of War for inspiration and advice on how to succeed in competitive situations of all kinds.Unlike most editions of Sun-tzu currently available (many simply retreads of older, flawed translations), this superb new translation makes use of the best available classical Chinese manuscripts, including the ancient tomb text version discovered by archaeologists at Linyi, China.Ralph Sawyer, an outstanding Western scholar of ancient Chinese warfare and a successful businessman in his own right, places this classic work of strategy in its proper historical context. Sawyer supplies a portrait of Sun-tzus era and outlines several battles of the period that may have either influenced Sun-tzu or been conducted by him. While appreciative of the philosophical richness of the Art of War, this edition stresses Sun-tzus practical origins and presents a translation that is both accurate and accessible.More editions of The Art of War: Sunzi Bing Fa:
The Art Therapy Sourcebookby Cathy A. MalchoidiISBN 1565658841 (1-56565-884-1)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Asia Pacific in the New World Politicsby James C. HsiungISBN 1555873553 (1-55587-355-3)
Softcover, Rienner Publishers, Incorporated, Lynne
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Battleship Sailorby Theodore C. MasonISBN 1557505799 (1-55750-579-9)
Softcover, Naval Inst Pr
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The Bear Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for Those Who Are Husky, Hairy, and Homosexual, and Those Who Love'Emby Ray KampfISBN 1560239972 (1-56023-997-2)
Softcover, Harrington Park Pr
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Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual People Speak Outby Loraine Hutchins, Lani KaahumanuISBN 1555831745 (1-55583-174-5)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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Censorship: Opposing Viewpointsby Byron L. StayISBN 1565105079 (1-56510-507-9)
Softcover, Greenhaven Pr
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Censorship: Opposing Viewpointsby Tamara L. RoleffISBN 1565109562 (1-56510-956-2)
Softcover, Greenhaven Pr
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Charismaby Charles LindholmISBN 1557860211 (1-55786-021-1)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub
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Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who'Ve Lived Itby Studs TerkelISBN 1565842847 (1-56584-284-7)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Common Sense: Library Editionby Thomas Paine, Edward LarkinISBN 1551115719 (1-55111-571-9)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Common Sense: Library Edition'Book summary:Thomas Paine's COMMON SENSE first appeared on January 10, 1776, and the stroke of luck it enjoyed upon its appearance could hardly have been calculated to greater effect. The political tract immediately became the moral and intellectual touchstone for American colonists struggling to articulate their case for independence from England. It sold over 120,000 copies within 3 months of its publication.
The United States of America owes its existence in part to the incendiary brilliance of the work. COMMON SENSE challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy and was the first document to openly ask for independence. Paine convincingly argued that the time for debate was over and that it was now time for American colonists to raise arms. In fact, it was Paine's writing style in key part that widened the boundaries of public debate. COMMON SENSE'S arguments were accessible to nearly every colonial reader, empowering most colonists to confront the daunting challenges they faced.
Born in England in 1737, Thomas Paine emigrated the America in 1774, where he helped edit the PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE. In January 1776, he published COMMON SENSE, which solidified his reputation in American history, as well as other political and revolutionary works. He died in New York City in 1809.
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Communism, Conformity, and Civil Liberties: A Cross-Section of the Nation Speaks Its Mindby Samuel A. StoufferISBN 1560006137 (1-56000-613-7)
Softcover, Transaction Pub
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Consuming Desires: Consumption, Culture, and the Pursuit of Happinessby Roger RosenblattISBN 1559635355 (1-55963-535-5)
Hardcover, Island Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Consuming Desires: Consumption, Culture, and the Pursuit of Happiness'Book summary:This collection of essays by an all-star roster of social critics takes a skeptical look at American and global capitalism on the eve of the 21st century. Some of the contributors, such as William Greider, are downright pessimistic: "If the world is to save itself from ecological disaster, the redemption cannot begin among the poor," he writes. "Only the wealthy few--that is, nations such as ours--have the power and the wherewithal to rescue us all from the impending consequences of mass consumption on a global scale." Most of the other essayists treat mass consumption as a mixed bag. Novelist Jane Smiley, for instance, notes that consumerism fed feminism by inventing appliances, phones, and cars--and freed women from domestic chores. "There is much talk of the emptiness of modern life, but think of emptying chamber pots of the accumulated waste products of seven or eight household members every day for the rest of your life," she writes. These pages are full of good writing and smart observations. Bill McKibben, for example, suggests that "instead of defining ourselves by what we buy, we define ourselves by what we throw away." Other contributors include Alex Kotlowitz, Edward Luttwak, and Juliet Schor, as well as editor Roger Rosenblatt. All told, Consuming Desires is an eclectic mix of thought-provoking essays on the culture of materialism. --John J. Miller [via]
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Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle for Global Justiceby Geoffrey RobertsonISBN 1565846680 (1-56584-668-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle for Global Justice'Book summary:The controversial story of how the human rights idea has come to dominate world politics, from Kosovo to East Timor. For centuries it seemed an impossible dream that international institutions could ever tell nation-states how to treat their own citizens. But after a century in which 160 million lives have been lost to war, genocide, and torture, the human rights movement is gathering popular and political strength, as evidenced by the war-crimes trials for Bosnia and Rwanda, the Rome Statute for an International Criminal Court, the arrest of General Pinochet, and the NATO attack on Serbian sovereignty to punish the "ethnic cleansing" of Kosovo. Crimes Against Humanity is the first work to weave disparate strands of history, philosophy, international law, and politics into a comprehensive and engrossing account of this increasingly significant movement. Geoffrey Robertson, one of the world's leading human-rights lawyers, reveals with passion and precision how human rights have penetrated the legal armor of the sovereign state. He explains how an identification of the crime against humanity, first defined at Nuremburg, has become the key that unlocks the closed door of state sovereignty, and that holds political leaders responsible for the evils they visit upon humankind. [via]
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Curious Punishments of Bygone Daysby Alice EarleISBN 1557092494 (1-55709-249-4)
Softcover, Ingram Pub Services
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Doing Good Better!: How to Be an Effective Board Member of a Nonprofit Organizationby Edgar Stoesz, Chester RaberISBN 1561482242 (1-56148-224-2)
Softcover, Good Books
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End of Millenniumby Manuel CastellsISBN 1557868727 (1-55786-872-7)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Environmental Politics and Policyby Walter A. RosenbaumISBN 1568023359 (1-56802-335-9)
Softcover, Cq Pr
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Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestiniansby Noam ChomskyISBN 1551641607 (1-55164-160-7)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel and the Palestinians'Book summary:First published in 1983, Fateful Triangle is a comprehensive indictment of what Noam Chomsky calls the "disgraceful and extremely dangerous" policy the United States has enacted towards Israel, particularly with regard to Israel's actions concerning the Palestinians. Supporters of Israel must willfully overlook or deny that nation's long history of human rights violations and military aggression, Chomsky writes, and they will continue to do so as long as Israel is strategically useful towards "the U.S. aim of eliminating possible threats, largely indigenous, to American domination of the Middle East region." In the course of elaborating his argument, Chomsky cuts through the myths and distortions that appear in mainstream media accounts; the damning facts that he so systematically assembles portray a government more brutally and overtly racist, perhaps, than even apartheid-era South Africa. Three new chapters, drawing upon material from Z magazine and other publications, incorporate such developments as the Palestinian uprising, Israel's war on Lebanon, and the ongoing "peace process." [via]
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The Feminist Papers: From Adams to de Beauvoirby Alice S. RossiISBN 1555530281 (1-55553-028-1)
Softcover, Northeastern University Press
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A Fierce Green Fireby Philip ShabecoffISBN 1559634375 (1-55963-437-5)
Softcover, Island Pr
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Firing Back : Against the Tyranny of the Marketby Pierre BourdieuISBN 1565847385 (1-56584-738-5)
Softcover, New Press, The
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Firing Back : Against the Tyranny of the Market'Book summary:Globalization's threat to artists and intellectuals, and how they can rebut it. Pierre Bourdieu, described by The Nation as "worthy of the militant mantle of Sartre and Foucault," here continues the themes advanced so successfully in his previous book Acts of Resistance. Firing Back is an eloquent dissection of globalization's intellectual and cultural role throughout the world, and a discussion of the ways in which effective opposition to it can be mounted. Bourdieu examines Europe's potential as a counterweight to America's globalizing policy and discusses how intellectuals and those working in the cultural sphere can create meaningful alternatives. He also raises challenging questions about the depoliticization of the academic world, arguing that scholars can no longer maintain that their research is objective or value-free.
In a preface written for this edition, Bourdieu directly addresses American readers about the role they can play in the burgeoning anti-globalization movement. [via]
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Flesh for Fantasy: Producing And Consuming Exotic Danceby Danielle Egan, Katherine Frank, Merri Lisa JohnsonISBN 1560257210 (1-56025-721-0)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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From Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson and America Todayby Brad Stetson, Jesse Lee PetersonISBN 1557787883 (1-55778-788-3)
Hardcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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The Gender Knot : Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacyby Allan G. JohnsonISBN 1566395194 (1-56639-519-4)
Softcover, Temple University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gender Knot : Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy'Book summary:We are all living deep inside an oppressive gender legacy called patriarchy. On some level, most people know that gender is tied to a great deal of suffering and injustice, from inequality in the workplace, to violence and sexual harassment, to the conflict between work and family roles. Millions of women are weary from the struggle simply to hang on to what's been gained, and many well-intentioned men do nothing because they can't see how to acknowledge what's going on without inviting guilt and blame simply for being men. The result is a knotted tangle of fear, anger, blame, defensiveness, guilt, pain, denial, ambivalence, and confusion. The more we pull at it, the tighter it gets. Unraveling the knot begins with getting clear about what patriarchy really is, about what it's got to do with each of us, and about how both men and women can see themselves as part of the process of change toward something better. Based on more than twenty years of work on gender issues, "The Gender Knot" charts a course organized around three questions: What are we participating in and how are we choosing to participate in it? How do typical ways of thinking about gender blind us to what's going on? What can men and women do to make a difference? Johnson writes as a man passionately committed to the belief that oppression is not an inevitable feature of human life, and that each of us makes it matter more than we can ever know. He offers a practical, compassionate, and readable guide to understanding what we're stuck in and how to search for a way out. Allan G. Johnson is a sociologist, writer, and trainer/consultant. He teaches at Hartford College for Women and works in major corporations and schools on issues of gender and diversity. He is author of several books, including "Human Arrangements: An Introduction to Sociology", "The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology: A User's Guide to Sociological Language", and "The Forest for the Trees". [via]
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Gender Troubleby Judith ButlerISBN 1428815627 (1-4288-1562-7)
Softcover, Academic Internet Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gender Trouble'Book summary:Never HIGHLIGHT a Book Again! Virtually all testable terms, concepts, persons, places, and events are included. Cram101 Textbook Outlines gives all of the outlines, highlights, notes for your textbook with optional online practice tests. Only Cram101 Outlines are Textbook Specific. Cram101 is NOT the Textbook. Accompanys: 9780415924993 [via]
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Growing Up Poorby Robert Coles, Randy Testa, Michael H. ColesISBN 156584744X (1-56584-744-X)
Softcover, New Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Growing Up Poor'Book summary:Hailed by Booklist as "valuable" and "eloquent," Growing Up Poor is a unique anthology of stories, poems, and essays about growing up "without" in the land of plenty. Edited and with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning child psychiatrist Robert Coles, the book includes writing by Sherman Alexie, Dorothy Allison, Raymond Carver, Sandra Cisneros, Ralph Ellison, Richard Ford, Luis Rodriguez, Betty Smith, Gary Soto, Mildred Taylor, Sylvia Watanabe, and William Carlos Williams, as well as by young people writing about their firsthand experiences of urban and rural poverty today. [via]
Guests and Aliensby Saskia SassenISBN 1565846087 (1-56584-608-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Heroes in Hard Times: Cop Action Movies in the U.Sby Neal KingISBN 1566397022 (1-56639-702-2)
Softcover, Temple Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heroes in Hard Times: Cop Action Movies in the U.S'Book summary:King studies how, in the cop action genre, working-class police officers weigh in on such topics as racial justice, homosexuality, misogyny, unemployment, worker resistance, affirmative action, drug use, poverty, divorce, and the use of violence to deal with social problems. Facing their enemies with wisecracks and firepower, these men prove themselves at once complicitous in a system of violence and corruption and worthy to 'blow away', with neither hesitation nor remorse, their and society's menacing threats. The central male figures in these stories are heroes in their fight against criminals, but, as individuals, they feel undervalued by women, unappreciated by their bosses, and out of place in a society where fat cats and liberals have all the power. Such 'hard times', King's study reveals, position them to simultaneously long for, disdain, and heroically if violently stake their frustrated claim to white male privilege. Discussing such topics as white male guilt and the rage of the oppressed and examining such films as "Lethal Weapon", "Die Hard", and "Silence of the Lambs", King's book notes the socially-charged roles given to American culture's fictional police heroes. The last artisan in a culture that has become increasingly corporate and bureaucratized, the movie cop is the last 'real man' in a world that has emasculated men and the last non-conforming patriot in a world that pays more attention to rules than what is morally right. A book that shows how modern mythology makes sense of rampant corruption (and provides entertainment in its punishment), "Heroes in Hard Times" will educate and provoke those interested in American popular culture, film, and gender studies. Author note: Neal King is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Belmont University. [via]
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Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Timesby Studs TerkelISBN 1565848373 (1-56584-837-3)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times'Book summary:While American military forces seek to defeat an enemy that has no nation and American citizens ponder a future inextricably linked to the threat of terrorism, legendary writer Studs Terkel steps forward with a remarkable volume of oral histories that sheds new light on fighting for a just cause in uncertain times. As the title of Hope Dies Last suggests, Terkel's interviews all deal with the notion of finding hope in difficult times and holding on to that hope (of a better job, a better life, justice, peace) despite often overwhelming odds. Terkel draws his subjects from an incredibly broad range of backgrounds: pardoned Illinois death row inmate Leroy Orange discusses the events of his life, 94-year-old famed economist John Kenneth Galbraith talks about Enron, undocumented Guatemalans tell of trying to merely survive in modern America. While each testimonial is compelling in its own way, they combine to form a mosaic of human tenacity. Often, as in the case of 1960s civil rights activists, the subjects' ideas are accepted in the long run, for others, including a resident of Chicago's Cabrini Green housing project, the struggle is only just beginning. Terkel, 91 years old at the time of this book's publication, draws from a wealth of human experience but is spry enough to take on new causes and skillfully profile youthful activists with emerging causes. And Hope Dies Last is still a Studs Terkel book, full of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's brand of blue-collar, rabble-rousing, union-card-waving brand of broad shouldered Chicago liberalism that makes the current wave of political writers seem a bit green and petty by comparison. For all of their success in selling books that accuse one another of being liars and idiots, those writers would do well to get out and meet even a few of the people that Studs Terkel has been talking to for years. --John Moe [via]
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Hope Dies Last: Keeping The Faith In Troubled Timesby Studs TerkelISBN 156584937X (1-56584-937-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hope Dies Last: Keeping The Faith In Troubled Times'Book summary:The latest oral history from the unrivaled master of the genre.
Hope Dies Last is Studs Terkel's inspiring new oral history of social action in America. An alternative, more personal history of the "American century," Hope Dies Last forms a legacy of the indefatigable spirit that Studs has always embodied, and an inheritance for those who, by taking a stand, are making concrete the dreams of today.
For Terkel, these interviews represent a change that has taken place in the last few years of uncertainty in America. From a doctor who teaches his young students compassion, to the now-retired brigadier general who flew the Enola Gay over Hiroshima, these interviews tell us much about the power of the American dream and the force of individuals who hope for a better world. Terkel's subjects express with grace and warmth their secret hopes and dreams, combining to tell an inspiring story of optimism and persistence that resonates with the eloquence of conviction. [via]
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How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New Yorkby Jacob A. RiisISBN 1420925032 (1-4209-2503-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York'Book summary:"How the Other Half Lives" is a chronicle of the conditions of abject poverty that the residents of the slums of New York at the end of the 19th century had to endure. Riis, who as an immigrant himself lived in these tenements on the lower east side of Manhattan, exposed the horrible conditions while working as a reporter for the New York Tribune. This book when first published in 1890 shed a much-needed light on the conditions of the poor. Presented here is a reproduction of that original 1890 edition with the numerous illustrations included in that volume. [via]
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How to Read a Bookby Mortimer Jerome Adler, Charles Lincoln Van DorenISBN 1567310109 (1-56731-010-9)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Read a Book'Book summary:How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading comprehension for the general reader. And now it has been completely rewritten and updated.
You are told about the various levels of reading and how to achieve them -- from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional reading, to speed reading, you learn how to pigeonhole a book, X-ray it, extract the author's message, criticize. You are taught the different reading techniques for reading practical books, imaginative literature, plays, poetry, history, science and mathematics, philosophy and social science.
Finally, the authors offer a recommended reading list and supply reading tests whereby you can measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed. [via]
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Introduction to Psychologyby James W. KalatISBN 1428802339 (1-4288-0233-9)
Softcover, Academic Internet Pub Inc
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Investigating the Social World (Cram 101 Series)by Cram 101ISBN 1428814779 (1-4288-1477-9)
Softcover, Academic Internet Pub Inc
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Key Ideas in Human Thoughtby Kenneth McLeishISBN 1559586508 (1-55958-650-8)
Softcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Land Use in Americaby Patrick F. Noonan, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Henry L. DiamondISBN 1559634642 (1-55963-464-2)
Softcover, Island Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Land Use in America'Book summary:Over the past two decades, great strides have been made on a wide variety of environmental fronts. Air and water quality have improved significantly, certain endangered species are on the road to recovery, and there is a marked increase in environmental awareness among the general population. Yet at the same time, little has changed in our approach toward how land is used.Henry L. Diamond and Patrick F. Noonan, two preeminent figures in the modern conservation movement, examine that unfortunate circumstance as they provide a broad overview of major land use issues of the past twenty-five years and a ten-point agenda for future action. They look at key trends and patterns of the past two decades, and consider what can be done to help communities throughout the country accomodate growth in better, more environmentally sound, more fiscally responsible ways.Diamond and Noonan base the synthesis and analysis featured in the first part of the book in large part on a series of papers from leading scholars, public officials, and practitioners that are included in their entirety in the second part of the book. The contributors provide and in-depth look at important topics, including: Howard Dean, governor of Vermont, on Vermont's experience with growth management plan Douglas P. Wheeler, secretary of the California Resources Agency, on the implementation of ecosystem management in California Jean W. Hocker, president of the Land Trust Alliance, on what land trusts are and how they work John A. Georges, chairman and chief executive officer of International Paper Company, on management of forest resources Jerold S. Kayden, professor at Harvard University, on private property rights and the"takings" issue [via]
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The Left Bank Gangby Fantagraphics Books, Jason, Kim ThompsonISBN 1560977426 (1-56097-742-6)
Softcover, Fantagraphics Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Left Bank Gang'Book summary:2007 Eisner Award-winner: set in 1920s Paris, this is a deliciously inventive re-imagining of the great literary figures of the period (Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Pound, and Joyce) as graphic novelists... and perpetrators of a thrilling, double-crossing heist!
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, and James Joyce walk into a Parisian bar... no, it's not the beginning of a joke, but the premise of Jason's unique new graphic novel.
Set in 1920s Paris, The Left Bank Gang is a deliciously inventive re-imagining of these four literary figures as not only typical Jason anthropomorphics, but... graphic novelists! Yes, in Jason's warped world, cartooning is the dominant form of fiction, and not only do these four literary giants work in the comics medium but they get together to discuss pen vs. brush, chat about the latest graphic novels from Dostoevsky ("I can't tell any of his characters apart!") to Faulkner ("Hasn't he heard of white space? His panels are too crowded!"), and bemoan their erratic careers.
Add in a hilarious sequence where Hemingway is lectured by an overbearing Gertrude Stein ("What kind of pencil are you using? You should be using a blue pencil, that way you don't have to erase, all right? Avoid captions. Don't ever write 'A little later.' You don't need that. The reader will figure it out."), guest appearances by Zelda Fitzgerald and Jean-Paul Sartre, and a few remarkable twists and turns along the way, and you've got one of the funniest and most playful graphic novels of the year.
Like Jason's acclaimed Why Are You Doing This?, The Left Bank Gang is rendered in full spectacular color. This is Jason's eighth graphic novel in six years for Fantagraphics, and his audience continues to grow with every acclaimed release.
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The Long Revolutionby Raymond WilliamsISBN 155111402X (1-55111-402-X)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hatby Oliver SacksISBN 1555042651 (1-55504-265-1)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
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The Meditations of Marcus Aureliusby Marcus Aurelius, George LongISBN 142092611X (1-4209-2611-X)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
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Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on Our Civil Religionby Lewis H. LaphamISBN 1555841090 (1-55584-109-0)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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No Time: Stress And The Crisis Of Modern Lifeby Heather MenziesISBN 155365045X (1-55365-045-X)
Softcover, Douglas & McIntyre Ltd
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On Aggressionby Konrad LorenzISBN 1567311075 (1-56731-107-5)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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On Libertyby Edward Alexander, John Stuart MillISBN 1551111993 (1-55111-199-3)
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On Libertyby John Stuart MillISBN 142092513X (1-4209-2513-X)
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On the Origin of Speciesby Joseph CarrollISBN 1551113376 (1-55111-337-6)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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To a certain extent it suffers from the Hamlet problem--it's full of clichés! Or what are now clichés, but which Darwin was the first to pen. Natural selection, variation, the struggle for existence, survival of the fittest: it's all in here.
Darwin's friend and "bulldog" T.H. Huxley said upon reading the Origin, "How extremely stupid of me not to have thought of that." Alfred Russel Wallace had thought of the same theory of evolution Darwin did, but it was Darwin who gathered the mass of supporting evidence--on domestic animals and plants, on variability, on sexual selection, on dispersal--that swept most scientists before it. It's hardly necessary to mention that the book is still controversial: Darwin's remark in his conclusion that "Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history" is surely the pinnacle of British understatement. --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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Other Japan: Voices Beyond the Mainstreamby David Suzuki, Keibo OiwaISBN 1555914179 (1-55591-417-9)
Softcover, Fulcrum Pub
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Out of All Timeby Terry D. Boughner, Michael WillhoiteISBN 1555831044 (1-55583-104-4)
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The People of the Abyssby Jack LondonISBN 1556521677 (1-55652-167-7)
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A People's History of the United Statesby Howard Zinn, Ww Norton & Co New PrISBN 1565843797 (1-56584-379-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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A People's History of the United States: Teaching Editionby Howard ZinnISBN 1565843665 (1-56584-366-5)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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A People's History of the United States: The Wall Chartsby Howard Zinn, George KirschnerISBN 1565841719 (1-56584-171-9)
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Few works of American history have done more to change the way in which recent generations have looked at their past than Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. With millions of copies sold, Zinn's social history fleshes out the bare skeleton of traditional historical texts with the stories of working men and women throughout this country's history.
A People's History of the United States: The Wall Charts is a set of two posters and an explanatory booklet designed to bring the contents of the original People's History to an even broader audience. Illustrated in full color, they portray over five hundred years of American social and cultural history. Organized thematically as well as chronologically, they allow the reader to trace the developments of specific topicsfrom slavery and resistance to the role of womenthrough images and quotations that go well beyond the wars and presidencies of traditional American history.
A People's History of the United States: The Wall Charts creates a unique tool for learning about American history from the celebrated book that turned history on its head. [via]More editions of A People's History of the United States: The Wall Charts:
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People, States, and Fear: An Agenda for International Security Studies in the Post-Cold War Eraby Barry BuzanISBN 1555872824 (1-55587-282-4)
Softcover, Lynne Rienner Pub
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Politics and Government: A Brief Introductionby Lawrence S. GrahamISBN 1566430089 (1-56643-008-9)
Softcover, Cq Pr
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The Power of Identity: The Information Age - Economy, Society and Cultureby Manuel CastellsISBN 1557868743 (1-55786-874-3)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Practical Skeptic: Core Concepts in Sociologyby Lisa J. McIntyreISBN 1559349549 (1-55934-954-9)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (Cram 101)by Cram 101ISBN 1428815880 (1-4288-1588-0)
Softcover, Academic Internet Pub Inc
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The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedomby Robert NisbetISBN 1558150587 (1-55815-058-7)
Softcover, Ics Pr
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Race, Evolution & Behavior: A Life History Perspectiveby J. Philippe RushtonISBN 1560001461 (1-56000-146-1)
Hardcover, Transaction Pub
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Readings for a History of Anthroppological Theoryby Paul A. Erickson, Liam Donat MurphyISBN 1551114119 (1-55111-411-9)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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Republic of Platoby Thomas TaylorISBN 1564590240 (1-56459-024-0)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Review Book for Clep General Social Science ExaminationISBN 1560300027 (1-56030-002-7)
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The Rise of the Meritocracyby Michael YoungISBN 1560007044 (1-56000-704-4)
Softcover, Transaction Pub
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It is widespread knowledge that it is insufficient to be somebody's nephew to obtain a responsible post in business, government, teaching, or science. Experts in education and selection apply scientific principles to sift out the leaders of tomorrow. You need intelligence rating, qualification, experience, application, and a certain caliber to achieve status. In a word, one must show merit to advance in the new society of tomorrow.
In a new opening essay, Young reflects on the reception of his work, and its production, in a candid and lively way. Many of the critical ambiguities surrounding its original publication are now clarified and resolved. What we have is what the Guardian of London called A brilliant essay. and what Time and Tide described as a fountain gush of new ideas. Its wit and style make it compulsively enjoyable reading from cover to cover.
"Has the thrill of immediate relevance. . .its thinking is consistently rich and fascinating. Young is onto a big theme, involving fundamental questions about social organization and individual dignity. What drives the book is Young's having identified one of the fundamental paradoxes of what we would call liberalism and the British would call socialism: the liberal dream of equal opportunity." --Nicholas Lemann, The Atlantic Monthly
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The Rise of the Network Societyby Manuel CastellsISBN 1557866171 (1-55786-617-1)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Rocks & Shoals: Naval Discipline in the Age of Fighting Sailby James E. ValleISBN 1557508798 (1-55750-879-8)
Softcover, Naval Inst Pr
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Shield and Sword: The United States Navy and the Persian Gulf Warby Edward J. Marolda, Robert J. SchnellerISBN 1557504857 (1-55750-485-7)
Hardcover, Naval Inst Pr
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Silencesby Tillie OlsenISBN 1558614400 (1-55861-440-0)
Softcover, Feminist Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Silences'Book summary:[via]First published in 1978, Silences single-handedly revolutionized the literary canon. In this classic work, now back in print, Olsen broke open the study of literature and discovered a lost continentthe writing of women and working-class people. From the excavated testimony of authors letters and diaries we learn the many ways the creative spirit, especially in those disadvantaged by gender, class and race, can be silenced. Olsen recounts the torments of Melville, the crushing weight of criticism on Thomas Hardy, the shame that brought Willa Cather to a dead halt, and struggles of Virginia Woolf, Olsens heroine and greatest exemplar of a writer who confronted the forces that would silence her. This 25th-anniversary edition includes Olsens now infamous reading lists of forgotten authors and a new introduction and author preface.
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Singer and His Criticsby Dale JamiesonISBN 155786909X (1-55786-909-X)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Social Actors and Designing the Civil Society of Eastern Europeby Alberto Gasparini, Vladimir YadovISBN 1559389656 (1-55938-965-6)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science Ltd
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The Social Contract, a Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, And a Discourse on Political Economyby Jean-Jacques Rousseau, G.D.H. ColeISBN 1420926977 (1-4209-2697-7)
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Society (Cram 101 Series): The Basicsby Cram 101ISBN 1428818170 (1-4288-1817-0)
Softcover, Academic Internet Pub Inc
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Sprawl Costs: Economic Impacts Of Unchecked Developmentby Anthony Downs, Robert Burchell, Sahan Mukherji, Barbara McCannISBN 1559635703 (1-55963-570-3)
Hardcover, Island Pr
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Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its Historyby Glenna Whitley, B. G. BurkettISBN 1565302842 (1-56530-284-2)
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Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension Of American Racismby James W. LoewenISBN 156584887X (1-56584-887-X)
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Sweet Jesus, I Hate Bill O'Reillyby Joseph Minton Amann, Tom BreuerISBN 1560258810 (1-56025-881-0)
Softcover, Nation Books
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Taking Sidesby Stephen SatrisISBN 156134057X (1-56134-057-X)
Softcover, Dushkin Pub. Group
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Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aureliusby Marcus AntoninusISBN 1421953919 (1-4219-5391-9)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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Tweakers: How Crystal Meth Is Ravaging Gay Americaby Frank SanelloISBN 1555838847 (1-55583-884-7)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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Understanding Contemporary Africaby April A. Gordon, Donald L. GordonISBN 1555878504 (1-55587-850-4)
Softcover, Lynne Rienner Pub
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Up, Up and Awayby Catherine EnnisISBN 1562800655 (1-56280-065-5)
Softcover, Naiad Pr
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When City and Country Collide: Managing Growth in the Metropolitan Fringeby Thomas L. DanielsISBN 1559635975 (1-55963-597-5)
Softcover, Island Pr
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