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The Age of Innocenceby Edith Wharton, Michael Everett NowlinISBN 1551113368 (1-55111-336-8)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Innocence'Book summary:The Age of Innocence marks the pinnacle of Edith Wharton s career as one of the finest American novelists of her era. The narrative follows Newland Archer, of upper-crust 1870s New York, whose passion for the mysterious Countess Ellen Olenska leads him to question the very foundations of his way of life. Written in the aftermath of World War I, the novel explores the psychological and cultural paradoxes of desire in a world undergoing unprecedented transformations. This edition includes a critical introduction and a range of appendices that contextualize the novel in terms of its modernist themes and tensions. [via]
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Amelia Hits the Roadby Marissa MossISBN 1562477900 (1-56247-790-0)
Softcover, Amer Girl Pub
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Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideologyby Brent D. Shaw, M.I. FinleyISBN 1558761713 (1-55876-171-3)
Softcover, Markus Wiener Pub
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Angela's Ashesby Frank McCourtISBN 156895963X (1-56895-963-X)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angela's Ashes'Book summary:"When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood. People everywhere brag or whimper about the woes of their early years, but nothing can compare with the Irish version: the poverty; the shiftless loquacious father; the pious defeated mother moaning by the fire; pompous priests; bullying shcoolmasters; the English and the terrible things they did to us for eight hundred long years. Above all we were wet!" So begins Frank McCourt's stunning memoir of his childhood in Ireland and America, a recollection of unvarnished truth and no self pity, of grinding poverty and indomitable spirit that will live in the memory long after the tape has ended. Now a major film directed by Alan Parker and starring Robert Carlyle and Emily Watson. [via]
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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Applying Anthropology: An Introductory ReaderISBN 1559341165 (1-55934-116-5)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Applying Anthropology: An Introductory Readerby Peter J. Brown, Aaron PodolefskyISBN 1559343176 (1-55934-317-6)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Audrey Hepburn: A Life in Picturesby Carol KrenzISBN 1567995314 (1-56799-531-4)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Banditsby E. J. HobsbawmISBN 1565846192 (1-56584-619-2)
Softcover, New Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bandits'Book summary:Back in print, the groundbreaking classic on robber-rebels from "the best known living historian in the world" (The Times [London]). First published in 1969, the now-classic Bandits inspired a whole new field of historical study and brought its author popular acclaim. Bandits transcend the label of criminals; they are robbers and outlaws elevated to the status of avengers and champions of social justice. Some, like Robin Hood, Rob Roy, and Jesse James, are famous throughout the world, the stuff of story and myth. Others, from Balkan haiduks and Indian dacoits to Brazilian congaceiros, are known only to their own countries' people. In his celebrated study of these fascinating figures, now updated with a new introduction, Eric Hobsbawm, "one of the few genuinely great historians of our century," according to the New Republic, spans four hundred years and four continents, setting these folk heroes against the ballads, legends, and films they have inspired. The result is "a dazzling historical squib, fizzing with ideas and strange stories" (The Guardian). [via]
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Battle Royaleby Yuji Oniki, Koushun TakamiISBN 156931778X (1-56931-778-X)
Softcover, Viz
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Battle Royale'Book summary:Synopsis: In a country ruled by a ruthless totalitarian government, a group of ninth-grade students are confined to a small isolated island, armed only with a map, some food, and various weapons, where they are forced wear special exploding collars and must fight each other for three days until only one survivor remains, as part of the ultimate in reality television. Original. [via]
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The Best of Mylesby Flann O'BrienISBN 1564782158 (1-56478-215-8)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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Beyond Eurocentrism and Multiculturalismby Cornel WestISBN 156751006X (1-56751-006-X)
Softcover, Common Courage Press
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Bible Manners & Customsby George M. MacKieISBN 1557482136 (1-55748-213-6)
Softcover, Barbour Pub Inc
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Body Languageby Julius FastISBN 1567310044 (1-56731-004-4)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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The Book of Questions: Business, Politics and Ethicsby Gregory StockISBN 156305034X (1-56305-034-X)
Softcover, Workman Pub Co
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A Case of Needby Jeffrey HudsonISBN 1568950527 (1-56895-052-7)
Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Case of Need'Book summary:Was it murder? Was it horribly botched surgery - accidental malpractice? Was someone in the great Boston medical centre -violating the Hippocratic oath? No one knows exactly...Only one doctor is willing to push his way through the mysterious maze of hidden medical data and shocking secrets to learn the truth. This explosive medical thriller is vintage Michael Crichton - with the breathtaking blend of riveting suspense and authentic medical detail that has made him one of today's most fascinating writers. [via]
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A Clockwork Orangeby Anthony BurgessISBN 1568495110 (1-56849-511-0)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Clockwork Orange'Book summary:The only American edition of the cult classic novel.
A vicious fifteen-year-old "droog" is the central character of this 1963 classic, whose stark terror was captured in Stanley Kubrick's magnificent film of the same title. In Anthony Burgess's nightmare vision of the future, where criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, who talks in a brutal invented slang that brilliantly renders his and his friends' social pathology. A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil, and the meaning of human freedom. When the state undertakes to reform Alex to "redeem" him the novel asks, "At what cost?" This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition and Burgess's introduction "A Clockwork Orange Resucked." [via]More editions of A Clockwork Orange:
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Complete Crumb Comicsby Robert CrubISBN 1560971088 (1-56097-108-8)
Hardcover, Fantagraphics Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Crumb Comics'Book summary:So is he a misogynist or isn't he? This might be the place to find out, with "The Many Faces of R. Crumb" and the nasty title story. Plus Crumb's weird funny-animal stories, illustrations from the cookbook "Eat It," and more!
Robert Crumb's long day's journey into the '70s continues with this volume of classic material from 1972 and 1973. The sunny psychedelic era is a fading memory for the counterculture, and Crumb's work of that period reflects a darker, more introspective artist at work. This volume includes Crumb's first collaboration with Harvey Pekara long partnership that would help turn Pekar into an alternative comics star. This politically incorrect volume spotlights some of Crumb's most outrageous strips, including the complete contents of XYZ Comics, plus selections from Zap #6, Tales from the Leather Nun, San Francisco, and others. This volume also includes the ultra-rare drawings from the 1972 cookbook Eat It written by Crumb's ex-wife (20 pages' wortha bonanza for Crumb lovers), rare and unpublished album cover art, and (in full color) Crumb's funny spoof of fellow undergrounder Jay Lynch's Nard 'n' Pat. All this, plus an all-new cover and introduction by the ol' Pooperoo himselfis it any wonder this is one of the most highly acclaimed and best-selling collections of classic comics ever released? 16 color, 128 black & white illustrations [via]More editions of Complete Crumb Comics:
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Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor DostoevskyISBN 142182325X (1-4218-2325-X)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crime and Punishment'Book summary:Reproduced from the original 1886 English-language edition, this classic work follows the foibles of Raskolnikov, who believes that remarkable men like himself are above the laws of society. [via]
Crumb Advocates Violent Overthrowby Mark Thompson, Gary GrothISBN 1560971371 (1-56097-137-1)
Softcover, Fantagraphics Books
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Customs in Commonby E.P. ThompsonISBN 1565840038 (1-56584-003-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Customs in Common'Book summary:Customs in Common is the remarkable companion to E. P. Thompson's landmark volume of social history The Making of the English Working Class. The product of years of research and debate, Customs in Common describes the complex culture from which working-class institutions emerged in England--a panoply of traditions and customs that the new working class fought to preserve well into Victorian times. [via]
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Customs in Common : Studies in Traditional Popular Cultureby E. P. ThompsonISBN 1565840747 (1-56584-074-7)
Softcover, New Press, The
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Customs in Common : Studies in Traditional Popular Culture'Book summary:Customs in Common is the remarkable companion to E. P. Thompson's landmark volume of social history The Making of the English Working Class. The product of years of research and debate, Customs in Common describes the complex culture from which working-class institutions emerged in England--a panoply of traditions and customs that the new working class fought to preserve well into Victorian times. [via]
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Dk History of the Worldby Plantagenet Somerset-FryISBN 1564582442 (1-56458-244-2)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dk History of the World'Book summary:The publication of this book in 1994 was a milestone in the field of publishing for children and young adults. Working with an international team of historians, the renowned nonfiction publisher Dorling Kindersley used their extensive image library to create a visual chronology of world history, laden with photographs of real artifacts, tools, and art from around the globe, as well as illustrations and photographs of the people who lived in each era.
Summarizing the entire history of civilization seems a daunting task, but the organizational work here is exemplary. Each chapter covers a historical period from several centuries in the earliest times to a 25-year span in recent times. Beginning with a world map, each chapter offers a time line and a double-page spread identifying the major events and developments within five geographic areas: Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. More specific discussions for these geographic areas follow, along with additional illustrations, maps, and small, specific time lines. Because of the organizational scheme using five world divisions, all areas of the world receive equal treatment. An additional 115-page reference section includes a glossary of terms and a comprehensive index. The Dorling Kindersley History of the World is a welcome addition to the family reference shelf for students from fourth grade through high school. (Ages 9 and older) [via]
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A Doll's Houseby Henrik Ibsen, Nicholas RudallISBN 1566632250 (1-56663-225-0)
Hardcover, Dee Publisher, Ivan R.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Doll's House'Book summary:Ibsen's seminal play, which changed modern drama, is a searing view of a male-dominated and authoritarian society, presented with a realism that elevates theatre to a level above mere entertainment. The reverberations of Nora's slamming the door as she leaves Torvald continue to the present day. Plays for Performance Series. [via]
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The Doll's House: A Playby Henrik Ibsen, Nicholas RudallISBN 1566632269 (1-56663-226-9)
Softcover, Ivan R Dee
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Dragonswordby Gael BaudinoISBN 1558020039 (1-55802-003-9)
Softcover, Lynx Books
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Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis of the Supreme Pontiff, John Paul Ii, to the Bishops, Priests, Religious Families, Sons&Daughters of the chby Catholic Church, John Paul IIISBN 1555862055 (1-55586-205-5)
Softcover, United States Catholic Conference
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The English Garden: A Social Historyby Charles Quest-RitsonISBN 1567922643 (1-56792-264-3)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub
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George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British And Won the Revolutionary Warby Thomas B. AllenISBN 1426300417 (1-4263-0041-7)
Softcover, Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books
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Germinal: Library Editionby Emile ZolaISBN 1426419708 (1-4264-1970-8)
Softcover, Bibliobazaar
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Germinal: Library Edition'Book summary:Dans la plaine rase, sous la nuit sans étoiles, dune obscurité et dune épaisseur dencre, un homme suivait seul la grande route de Marchiennes à Montsou, dix kilomètres de pavé coupant tout droit, à travers les champs de betteraves. [via]
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The Great Gatsbyby F. Scott FitzgeraldISBN 1551113945 (1-55111-394-5)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Gatsby'Book summary:In 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald announced his decision to write "something new--something extraordinary and beautiful and simple + intricately patterned." That extraordinary, beautiful, intricately patterned, and above all, simple novel became The Great Gatsby, arguably Fitzgerald's finest work and certainly the book for which he is best known. A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess, Gatsby captured the spirit of the author's generation and earned itself a permanent place in American mythology. Self-made, self-invented millionaire Jay Gatsby embodies some of Fitzgerald's--and his country's--most abiding obsessions: money, ambition, greed, and the promise of new beginnings. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.... And one fine morning--" Gatsby's rise to glory and eventual fall from grace becomes a kind of cautionary tale about the American Dream.
It's also a love story, of sorts, the narrative of Gatsby's quixotic passion for Daisy Buchanan. The pair meet five years before the novel begins, when Daisy is a legendary young Louisville beauty and Gatsby an impoverished officer. They fall in love, but while Gatsby serves overseas, Daisy marries the brutal, bullying, but extremely rich Tom Buchanan. After the war, Gatsby devotes himself blindly to the pursuit of wealth by whatever means--and to the pursuit of Daisy, which amounts to the same thing. "Her voice is full of money," Gatsby says admiringly, in one of the novel's more famous descriptions. His millions made, Gatsby buys a mansion across Long Island Sound from Daisy's patrician East Egg address, throws lavish parties, and waits for her to appear. When she does, events unfold with all the tragic inevitability of a Greek drama, with detached, cynical neighbor Nick Carraway acting as chorus throughout. Spare, elegantly plotted, and written in crystalline prose, The Great Gatsby is as perfectly satisfying as the best kind of poem. [via]
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Greek Homosexualityby Kenneth James DoverISBN 1567312217 (1-56731-221-7)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Harem: The World Behind the Veilby Alev Lytle CroutierISBN 1558591591 (1-55859-159-1)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harem: The World Behind the Veil'Book summary:This book offers an insight into the harem and harem life, focusing on the famed Seraglio of Topkapi Palace. The author uses her first-hand experience to describe the absolute rule of the sultans, the slave markets and the eunuchs. The book is illustrated with paintings by Delacroix, Ingres and Renoir, Turkish woodcuts, Persian miniatures, photographs and film stills. Croutier investigates the middle class harems, looking at the polygamous life of ordinary Middle Eastern households, including marital customs, child rearing, medical practices, superstitions and the expression of desire and jealousy. "Harem" shows how this Eastern institution invaded the Victorian imagination, in the form of decorating, costume and art and how Western ideas, in turn, eroded a system which had seemed to be absolutely powerful. [via]
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Having Our Sayby A. Elizabeth Delany, Sarah L. Delany, Amy Hill HearthISBN 156836010X (1-56836-010-X)
Hardcover, Kodansha Amer Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Having Our Say'Book summary:"I never thought I'd see the day that the world would want to hear what two old Negro women have to say," says Bessie Delany. But Bessie and her sister, Sadie, born in 1893 and 1891, saw plenty, by eating a low-fat, high-vegetable diet and outliving the "old Rebby [rebel] boys" who once almost lynched Sadie. This remarkable memoir was a long-running bestseller, spawning a Broadway play and adding to their list of seasoned acquaintances (Marian Anderson, Langston Hughes, Paul Robeson, Cab Calloway) such spring chickens as Hillary Clinton. Born to a former slave whose owners broke the law by teaching him to read, the sisters got a solid education. North Carolina was paradise--despite the Rebbies--until Jim Crow reared its hideous head. The girls had loved to ride in the front of the trolley because the wind in their hair made them feel free, but one day the conductor sadly ordered them to the back. The family moved to New York, where Bessie became the town's second black woman dentist and Sadie the first black woman home-ec teacher. They befriended everyone who was anyone in the Harlem Renaissance (their brother won the 1925 Congressional primary there), pursued careers instead of husbands, and lived peacefully together, despite their differences. Sadie was more peaceable, like Booker T. Washington, while Bessie was a W.E.B. Du Bois-style militant.
They're funny: Bessie notes that blacks must be sharp to get ahead, "But if you're average and white, honey, you can go far. Just look at Dan Quayle. If that boy was colored he'd be washing dishes somewhere." And they are wise: Sadie says, "Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet." [via]
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Home Townby Tracy KidderISBN 1568957637 (1-56895-763-7)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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In Cold Bloodby Truman CapoteISBN 1568491522 (1-56849-152-2)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Julie of the Wolvesby Jean Craighead George, John SchoenherrISBN 1557360537 (1-55736-053-7)
Hardcover, Abc-Clio Inc
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The Jungleby Upton Beall SinclairISBN 1566195667 (1-56619-566-7)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble Imports
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The Jungleby Emily Russell, Peter KuperISBN 1561634115 (1-56163-411-5)
Softcover, Nbm Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle'Book summary:Peter Kupers Classics Illustrated adaptation of Upton Sinclair`s whistle-blowing novel on the conditions at the Chicago slaughter houses in the early 20th century is brought back to press in a beautiful larger size hardcover. One of his best and most poignant works. [via]
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The Jungleby Peter Kuper, Emily RussellISBN 1561634042 (1-56163-404-2)
Hardcover, Nbm Pub Co
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Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War IIby William BlumISBN 1567512526 (1-56751-252-6)
Softcover, Common Courage Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II'Book summary:Is the United States a Force for Democracy? From China in the 1940s to Guatemala today, William Blum provides the most comprehensive study of the ongoing American holocaust. Covering U.S. intervention in more than 50 countries, KILLING HOPE describes the grim role played by the U.S. in overthrowing governments, perverting elections, assassinating leaders, suppressing revolutions, manipulating trade unions and manufacturing "news." [via]
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollowby Washington IrvingISBN 1557429847 (1-55742-984-7)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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Letters from Young Activists: Today's Rebels Speak Outby Dan Berger, Chesa Boudin, Kenyon Farrow, Bernadine DohrnISBN 1560257474 (1-56025-747-4)
Softcover, Nation Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters from Young Activists: Today's Rebels Speak Out'Book summary:Who will lead America in the years to come? Letters from Young Activists introduces America's bold, exciting, new generation of activists. These diverse authors challenge the common misconception that today's young people are apathetic, shallow, and materialistic. Aged ten to thirty-one, these atheist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, pagan, transgender, heterosexual, bisexual, metrosexual Americans are from every type of background and ethnicity, but are united by their struggle toward a common goal. They are the inheritors of their parents' legacy from the sixties, but also have the imagination and courage to embark on new paths and different directions. In letters addressed to their parents, to past generations, to each other, to the youth of tomorrow and to their future selves, each author articulates his or her vision for the world as they work towards racial, economic, gender, environmental and global justice. As the editors write in their introduction: "From globalization to the war on terrorism and beyond, our generation is compelled to action in the midst of a rapidly changing, and unique political moment Our challenge, and yours, is to live our lives in a way that does not make a mockery of our values."[via]More editions of Letters from Young Activists: Today's Rebels Speak Out:
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Letters to a Young Feministby Phyllis CheslerISBN 1568581513 (1-56858-151-3)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters to a Young Feminist'Book summary:An excellent accompaniment to any compendium of women's issues, academic or personal, Phyllis Chesler's Letters to a Young Feminist may at first appear to contain things we've previously heard. But have we remembered? Chesler reminds us that, while feminism (she includes women and men) may appear to have fulfilled a purpose and run its course, the issues of unequal social power and unequal treatment are still real (against both women and men). Her discussion of the "traditionally" masculine art of teamwork, in comparison to feminism's ultimate democratic goal of multiple voices making universal decisions, illustrates that problem solving and distribution of power are qualities of both approaches. Like Virginia Woolf in A Room of One's Own, Chesler admonishes individuals to seek economic freedom. And like Rainer Marie Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, Chesler's book offers an introduction to feminism as well as recollections of social history. [via]
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrongby James W. LoewenISBN 156584100X (1-56584-100-X)
Hardcover, New Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong'Book summary:A tenth anniversary commemorative hardcover edition of James w. Loewen's classic retelling of American history.
Since its first publication in 1995, Lies My Teacher Told Me has gone on to win an American Book Award, the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship, and to sell over half a million copies in its various editions.
What started out as a survey of the twelve leading American history textbooks has ended up being what the San Francisco Chronicle calls "an extremely convincing plea for truth in education." In Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen brings history alive in all its complexity and ambiguity. Beginning with pre-Columbian history and ranging over characters and events as diverse as Reconstruction, Helen Keller, the first Thanksgiving, and the Mai Lai massacre, Loewen offers an eye-opening critique of existing textbooks, and a wonderful retelling of American history as it should and could be taught to American students.
This 10th anniversary edition features a handsome new cover and a new introduction by the author. [via]
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The Metamorphosis and Other Storiesby Franz KafkaISBN 1566199697 (1-56619-969-7)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Metamorphosis and Other Stories'Book summary:This collection of new translations brings together the small proportion of Kafka's works that he thought worthy of publication. It includes "Metamorphosis", his most famous work, an exploration of horrific transformation and alienation; "Meditation", a collection of his earlier studies; "The Judgement", written in a single night of frenzied creativity; "The Stoker", the first chapter of a novel set in America and a fascinating occasional piece, "The Aeroplanes at Brescia", Kafka's eyewitness account of an air display in 1909. Together, these stories reveal the breadth of Kafka's literary vision and the extraordinary imaginative depth of his thought. [via]
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Nakedby David SedarisISBN 1568954867 (1-56895-486-7)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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On Libertyby Edward Alexander, John Stuart MillISBN 1551111993 (1-55111-199-3)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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One Thousand Beards: A Cultural History of Facial Hairby Alan PeterkinISBN 1551521075 (1-55152-107-5)
Softcover, Arsenal Pulp Pr Ltd
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One-Upmanship: Being Some Account of the Activities and Teachings of the Lifemanship Correspondence College of One-Upness and Games Lifemasteryby Stephen Potter, Frank Wilson, Robert TownsendISBN 1559211903 (1-55921-190-3)
Softcover, Moyer Bell Ltd
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Party of One: The Loners' Manifestoby Anneli S. RufusISBN 1569245134 (1-56924-513-4)
Softcover, Marlowe & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Party of One: The Loners' Manifesto'Book summary:The Buddha. Rene Descartes. Emily Dickinson. Greta Garbo. Bobby Fischer. J. D. Salinger: Loners, allalong with as many as 25 percent of the world's population. Loners keep to themselves, and like it that way. Yet in the press, in films, in folklore, and nearly everywhere one looks, loners are tagged as losers and psychopaths, perverts and pity cases, ogres and mad bombers, elitists and wicked witches. Too often, loners buy into those messages and strive to change, making themselves miserable in the process by hiding their true natureand hiding from it. Loners as a group deserve to be reassessedto claim their rightful place, rather than be perceived as damaged goods that need to be "fixed." In Party of One Anneli Rufus -- a prize-winning, critically acclaimed writer with talent to burn -- has crafted a morally urgent, historically compelling tour de forcea long-overdue argument in defense of the loner, then and now. Marshalling a polymath's easy erudition to make her case, assembling evidence from every conceivable arena of culture as well as interviews with experts and loners worldwide and her own acutely calibrated analysis, Rufus rebuts the prevailing notion that aloneness is indistinguishable from loneliness, the fallacy that all of those who are alone don't want to be, and wouldn't be, if only they knew how.[via]More editions of Party of One: The Loners' Manifesto:
The People of the Abyssby Jack LondonISBN 1556521677 (1-55652-167-7)
Softcover, Lawrence Hill Books
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Pogoby Walt KellyISBN 1560970189 (1-56097-018-9)
Softcover, Fantagraphics Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pogo'Book summary:Walt Kelly's POGO, a satirical masterpiece commonly acknowledged as one of the three greatest comic strips ever published, is finally back in print in this series from Fantagraphics Books! [via]
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Pogo and Albertby Walt KellyISBN 1560600535 (1-56060-053-5)
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The Possessed: Easyread Large Editionby Fyodor DostoyevskyISBN 1426425813 (1-4264-2581-3)
Softcover, Bibliobazaar
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The Princeby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 142181174X (1-4218-1174-X)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prince'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Nicolo Machiavelli was born at Florence on 3rd May 1469. He was the second son of Bernardo di Nicolo Machiavelli, a lawyer of some repute, and of Bartolo-mmea di Stefano Nelli, his wife. Both parents were members of the old Florentine nobility. His life falls naturally into three periods, each of which singularly enough constitutes a distinct and important era in the history of Florence. His youth was concurrent with the greatness of Florence as an Italian power under the guidance of Lorenzo de' Medici, Il Magnifico. The downfall of the Medici in Florence occurred in 1494, in which year Machiavelli entered the public service. During his official career Florence was free under the government of a Republic, which lasted until 1512, when the Medici returned to power, and Machiavelli lost his office. The Medici again ruled Florence from 1512 until 1527, when they were once more driven out. This was the period of Machiavelli's literary activity and increasing influence; but he died, within a few weeks of the expulsion of the Medici, on 22nd June 1527, in his fifty-eighth year, without having regained office. [via]
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Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadershipby Terrence E. Deal, Lee G. BolmanISBN 155542323X (1-55542-323-X)
Softcover, Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
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The Road to Serfdomby F. A. HayekISBN 1568493762 (1-56849-376-2)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Sense And Sensibilityby C. S. Lewis, Jane AustenISBN 1561387053 (1-56138-705-3)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sense And Sensibility'Book summary:Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister:
Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!
Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Marianne's disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure. --Alix Wilber [via]More editions of Sense And Sensibility:
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Sense And Sensibilityby Jane Austen, Kathleen Viola James-CavanISBN 155111125X (1-55111-125-X)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sense And Sensibility'Book summary:Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister:
Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!
Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Marianne's disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure. --Alix Wilber [via]More editions of Sense And Sensibility:
Social World of Luke-Acts: Models for Interpretationby Jerome H. NeyreyISBN 1565635124 (1-56563-512-4)
Softcover, Hendrickson Pub
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Soldiers Blue & Grayby James I. RobertsonISBN 1570032998 (1-57003-299-8)
Softcover, Univ of South Carolina Pr
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Soul Matesby Thomas MooreISBN 1568951108 (1-56895-110-8)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Steal This Bookby Abbie HoffmanISBN 156858217X (1-56858-217-X)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Steal This Book'Book summary:In 1970, Abbie Hoffman conceived the idea for his most ambitious book project yet. He had begun criss-crossing the country, ferreting out alternative ways of getting along in America--some illegal, but most of them having to do with survival techniques. Steal This Book captures the spirit of those years, describing actions and techniques that were already in use in all 50 states.[via] 
Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sectionsby Stephen Biesty, Richard PlattISBN 156458321X (1-56458-321-X)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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A Story a Storyby Gail E. HaleyISBN 1560080361 (1-56008-036-1)
Softcover, Weston Woods
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Story a Story'Book summary:Many African stories, whether or not they are about Kwaku Ananse the "spider man," are called, "Spider Stories." This book is about how that came to be.
The African storyteller begins: "We do not really mean, we do not really mean that what we are about to say is true. A Story, a story; let it come, let it go."
And it tells that long, long ago there were no stories on earth for children to hear. All stories belonged to Nyame, the Sky God. Ananse, the Spider man, wanted to buy some of these stories, so he spun a web up to the sky and went up to bargain with the Sky God. The price the Sky God asked was Osebo, the leopard of-the-terrible-teeth, Mmboro the hornet who-stings-like-fire, and Mmoatia the fairy whom-men-never-see.
How Ananse paid the price is told in a graceful and clever text, with forceful, lovely woodcut illustrations. [via]
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T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorismby Hakim BeyISBN 1570271518 (1-57027-151-8)
Softcover, Autonomedia
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› Find signed collectible books: 'T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism'Book summary:The underground cult bestseller! Essays redefining the psychogeographical nooks of autonomy. Recipes for poetic terror, anarcho-black magic, post-situ psychotropic surgery, denunciations of spiritual addictions to vapid infotainment cultsthis is the bastard classic, the watermark impressed upon our minds. Where conscience informs praxis, and action infects consciousness, T.A.Z. continues to worm its way into above-ground culture. Second edition, with a new introductory essay by the author and additional appendical materials. [via]
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A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles DickensISBN 156254277X (1-56254-277-X)
Softcover, Saddleback Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Tale of Two Cities'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. There were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a plain face, on the throne of England; there were a king with a large jaw and a queen with a fair face, on the throne of France. In both countries it was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled forever. [via]
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To the Finland Stationby Edmund WilsonISBN 1568495749 (1-56849-574-9)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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The Tortilla Curtainby T. C. BoyleISBN 1568952872 (1-56895-287-2)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Tropic of Orangeby Karen Tei YamashitaISBN 1566890640 (1-56689-064-0)
Softcover, Coffee House Pr
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Uppity Women of Ancient Timesby Vicki LeonISBN 1567312497 (1-56731-249-7)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Walt Kelly's Pogo and Albertby Walt KellyISBN 1560600217 (1-56060-021-7)
Softcover, Eclipse Books
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What Social Classes Owe to Each Otherby William Graham SumnerISBN 1428040137 (1-4280-4013-7)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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The Wheels of Chanceby H. G. WellsISBN 1558215646 (1-55821-564-6)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Press, The
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Why Am I Afraid to Love?: Overcoming Rejection and Indifferenceby John PowellISBN 1559242787 (1-55924-278-7)
Softcover, Thomas More Pr
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Why People Believe Weird Thingsby Michael ShermerISBN 1567313590 (1-56731-359-0)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why People Believe Weird Things'Book summary:Few can talk with more personal authority about the range of human beliefs than Michael Shermer. At various times in the past, Shermer has believed in fundamentalist Christianity, alien abductions, Ayn Rand, megavitamin therapy, and deep-tissue massage. Now he believes in skepticism, and his motto is "Cognite tute--think for yourself." This updated edition of Why People Believe Weird Things covers Holocaust denial and creationism in considerable detail, and has chapters on abductions, Satanism, Afrocentrism, near-death experiences, Randian positivism, and psychics. Shermer has five basic answers to the implied question in his title: for consolation, for immediate gratification, for simplicity, for moral meaning, and because hope springs eternal. He shows the kinds of errors in thinking that lead people to believe weird (that is, unsubstantiated) things, especially the built-in human need to see patterns, even where there is no pattern to be seen. Throughout, Shermer emphasizes that skepticism (in his sense) does not need to be cynicism: "Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known." --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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The Witch of Blackbird Pondby Elizabeth George SpeareISBN 155736138X (1-55736-138-X)
Hardcover, Cornerstone Books
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The Woman's Bibleby Elizabeth StantonISBN 1421915669 (1-4219-1566-9)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Woman's Bible'Book summary:The publication of The Woman's Bible in 1895 and 1898 represented the feminist pioneer's last strike at the roots of the ideology behind her gender's subordinate role in society. In keeping with her characteristic radical individualism, Stanton attacks religious orthodoxy on a political rather than scholarly basis. This clarion call to action consists of a book-by-book examination of the Bible, placing events in their historical context, interpreting passages as both allegory and fact, and comparing them with the myths of other cultures. It endures as an extraordinary document because of the questions it addresses, the topics it covers, and its still-resonant sincerity. Unabridged republication of the classic two-volume edition of 1895 and 1898. [via]
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Wonder Boysby Michael ChabonISBN 1568952570 (1-56895-257-0)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wonder Boys'Book summary:Michael Chabon's Grady Tripp is one messed up college writing professor - his marriage is breaking up, his girlfriend (wife of the dean) is pregnant, his marijuana habit is taking over and his editor is just about out of a job. Tripp has published a few moderately successful novels but is strangling his creativity with introspection and marijuana - never finishing a 2,000-plus-page novel called Wonder Boys. When his editor and best friend, Terry Crabtree, comes to town and spreads chaos, Tripp goes along for the ride. Farcical misadventures dominate, from a picked-up transvestite to a wild ride in a stolen car that contains a tuba and the corpses of a dog and a boa constrictor. Chabon writes with a wry, vulnerable wit that cleaves open the minds of his wonderful characters while his clean prose keeps the madcap story going so well that you'll want it to never end. [via]
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