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The Acquisitive Societyby R. H. TawneyISBN 0486436292 (0-486-43629-2)
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Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industriesby J. R. Harris, A. LucasISBN 0486404463 (0-486-40446-3)
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The Annotated Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, John Leech, Michael Patrick HearnISBN 0517527413 (0-517-52741-3)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Books Ii--ivby Aristotle, D. P. ChaseISBN 0486400964 (0-486-40096-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Books Ii--iv'Book summary:This enduringly profound treatise was first used by the students of Aristotle's famous Athenian school, the Lyceum; since then it has exercised a lasting effect on Western philosophy and continues to resonate for modern readers. Aristotle identifies the goal of life as happiness and discusses its attainment through the contemplation of philosophic truth.[via]More editions of Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Books Ii--iv:
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Arts and Crafts Movementby Elizabeth CummingISBN 0500202486 (0-500-20248-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklinby Benjamin FranklinISBN 0486290735 (0-486-29073-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin'Book summary:One of the most popular works of American literature, this charming self-portrait has been translated into nearly every language. It covers Franklin's life up to his prewar stay in London as representative of the Pennsylvania Assembly, including his boyhood years, work as a printer, experiments with electricity, political career, much more.[via]More editions of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin:
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The Beautiful and Damnedby F. Scott FitzgeraldISBN 0486421325 (0-486-42132-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Beautiful and Damned'Book summary:[via]Transparently based on the lives of Fitzgerald and his beautiful wife, Zelda, this novel traces the meteoric rise and fall of glittering young socialites Anthony and Gloria Patch. Building their marriage on the shaky foundation of an expected inheritance, they devote their youth and happiness on hedonistic pursuits that plunge them into moral and financial bankruptcy.More editions of The Beautiful and Damned:
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The Book Of Five Ringsby Miyamoto Musashi, Victor HarrisISBN 0517415283 (0-517-41528-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book Of Five Rings'Book summary:To learn a Japanese martial art is to learn Zen, and although you can't do so simply by reading a book, it sure does help--especially if that book is The Book of Five Rings. One of Japan's great samurai sword masters penned in decisive, unfaltering terms this certain path to victory, and like Sun Tzu's The Art of War it is applicable not only on the battlefield but also in all forms of competition. Always observant, creating confusion, striking at vulnerabilities--these are some of the basic principles. Going deeper, we find suki, the interval of vulnerability, of indecisiveness, of rest, the briefest but most vital moment to strike. In succinct detail, Miyamoto records ideal postures, blows, and psychological tactics to put the enemy off guard and open the way for attack. Most important of all is Miyamoto's concept of rhythm, how all things are in harmony, and that by working with the rhythm of a situation we can turn it to our advantage with little effort. But like Zen, this requires one task above all else, putting the book down and going out to practice. --Brian Bruya [via]
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Britannia Triumphans: Inigo Jones, Rubens and Whitehall Palaceby Roy StrongISBN 0500550123 (0-500-55012-3)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Bucaneersby Edith WhartonISBN 0517152789 (0-517-15278-9)
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Canterbury Talesby Geoffrey Chaucer, J. U. NicolsonISBN 0486431622 (0-486-43162-2)
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Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Walesby Alwyn Rees, Brinley ReesISBN 0500270392 (0-500-27039-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Changeby Germaine GreerISBN 0517117843 (0-517-11784-3)
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Chinese Artby Mary TregearISBN 0500202990 (0-500-20299-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chinese Art'Book summary:At a time when interest in China has never been greater, this revised edition of Mary Tregear's survey of the Chinese visual arts should be welcomed by art lovers, students and travellers alike. Generously illustrated and readable, it covers not only bronzes, jades, calligraphy and painting, but also Buddhist sculpture, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, lacquer, garden design and architecture. For the revised edition, all Chinese names, places, and terms have been romanized to current international usage. Throughout, information has been updated in view of recent finds, and the book contains new illustrations, a revised introduction and a new final chapter on 20th-century art. A chronology of Chinese historical periods is included, together with six maps. [via]
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A Christmas Carolby Charles DickensISBN 048642247X (0-486-42247-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Christmas Carol'Book summary:In the history of English literature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which has been continuously in print since it was first published in the winter of 1843, stands out as the quintessential Christmas story. What makes this charming edition of Dickens's immortal tale so special is the collection of 80 vivid illustrations by Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Shinn, a well-known artist in his time, was a popular illustrator of newspapers and magazines whose work displayed a remarkable affinity for the stories of Charles Dickens, evoking the bustling street life of the mid-1800s. Printed on heavy, cream-colored paper stock, the edges of the pages have been left rough, simulating the way in which the story might have appeared in Dickens's own time. Though countless editions of this classic have been published over the years, this one stands out as particularly beautiful, nostalgic, and evocative of the spirit of Christmas. [via]
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The Complete Jack the Ripperby Donald RumbelowISBN 0491017227 (0-491-01722-7)
Hardcover, W. H. Allen
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Jack the Ripper'Book summary:Discover the theories and facts surrounding the Whitechapel murders in David Rumbelowýs The Complete Jack the Ripper ý It is 1888 in Londonýs Whitechapel district, where one by one a group of prostitutes are brutally murdered. Opium smoking Inspector Fred Abberline is called upon to investigate these horrific murders and through his visions track down and trap Jack the Ripper. David Rumbelowýs casebook sets the crimes firmly in their historical setting, examines the evidence comprehensively and scrupulously, disposes of a number of theories and legends and relates the murder to popular literature and to later similar sex crimes. In addition he has had the advantage of access to some of Scotland Yard's most confidential papers. [via]
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The Complete Science Fiction Treasury of H.G. Wellsby H. G. WellsISBN 051726188X (0-517-26188-X)
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Costume and Fashion: A Concise Historyby James Laver, Amy De LA Haye, Andrew TuckerISBN 0500203482 (0-500-20348-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Costume and Fashion: A Concise History'Book summary:"They don't make paperbacks more attractive and more colorful than this one."Philadelphia Inquirer
From the momentous invention of the needle some 40,000 years ago to the development of blue denim; from Neolithic weavers to the biggest names in the fashion industry todaythis classic guide covers the landmarks of costume history, the forms and materials used through the ages, as well as the underlying motives of fashion and the ways in which clothes have been used to protect, to express identity, and to attract or to influence others. The concluding chapter by Amy de la Haye, covering the second half of the twentieth century, has now been updated by Andrew Tucker. He discusses the reinvention in the 1990s of the luxury label Gucci, the rise of houses such as Prada and Tommy Hilfiger, and the appointments of relatively avant-garde British, American, and European designers to head classic French houses. All the late-twentieth-century and turn-of-the-century style innovations are included, such as the appropriation of utility clothing by designers like Helmut Langwho spearheaded the predominantly unisex urban sportswear lookand the impact of workplace dressing down on masculine fashion. The phenomenon of the must-have accessorythe pashmina shawl and the Fendi baguette, for exampleis also considered. 345 illustrations, 80 in color [via]More editions of Costume and Fashion: A Concise History:
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Cranfordby Elizabeth GaskellISBN 0486426815 (0-486-42681-5)
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The Diamond As Big As the Ritz" and Other Storiesby F. Scott FitzgeraldISBN 0486299910 (0-486-29991-0)
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Discourse on the Origin of Inequalityby Jean-Jacques RousseauISBN 0486434141 (0-486-43414-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Discourse on the Origin of Inequality'Book summary:A strikingly original inquiry into politics and human nature, the Discourse presents a theoretical view of people in a pre-social condition and the ensuing effects of civilization. The author develops a theory of evolution that prefigures Darwinism and encompasses aspects of ethics, sociology, and epistemology. One of the most influential works of the Enlightenment.[via]More editions of Discourse on the Origin of Inequality:
The Divorce Cultureby Barbara Dafoe WhiteheadISBN 0517361310 (0-517-36131-0)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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The Ego And His Own: The Case of the Individual Against Authorityby Steven T. Byington, James J. Martin, Steven Tracy ByingtonISBN 048644581X (0-486-44581-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ego And His Own: The Case of the Individual Against Authority'Book summary:Credited with influencing the philosophies of Nietzsche and Ayn Rand and the development of libertarianism and existentialism, this prophetic 1844 work challenges the very notion of a common good as the driving force of civilization. Stirner chronicles the battle of the individual against the collective to show how the latter invariably leads to oppression.[via]More editions of The Ego And His Own: The Case of the Individual Against Authority:
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Egyptian Religionby E. A. Wallis Budge, Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517122758 (0-517-12275-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Egyptian Religion'Book summary:Discusses the mysterious rites and mummification of the ancient Egyptians, offering descriptions of their religious beliefs regarding Ra, the sun god, Osiris, the god of resurrection and the underworld, and minor gods. [via]
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Essaysby Ralph Waldo EmersonISBN 051709343X (0-517-09343-X)
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Eugene Oneginby Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, Avrahm Yarmolinsky, Fritz Eichenberg, Babette DeutschISBN 0486404234 (0-486-40423-4)
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Extraordinary Popular Delusionsby Charles MacKayISBN 0486432238 (0-486-43223-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions'Book summary:Classic survey of crowd psychology takes an illuminating, entertaining look at three historic swindles: "The Mississippi Scheme," "The South-Sea Bubble," and "Tulipomania." Fired by greed and fed by naïveté, these stratagems gone awry offer essential reading for investors as well as students of history, psychology, and human nature.[via]More editions of Extraordinary Popular Delusions:
Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowdsby Charles MacKayISBN 0517539195 (0-517-53919-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds'Book summary:Why do otherwise intelligent individuals form seething masses of idiocy when they engage in collective action? Why do financially sensible people jump lemming-like into hare-brained speculative frenzies--only to jump broker-like out of windows when their fantasies dissolve? We may think that the Great Crash of 1929, junk bonds of the '80s, and over-valued high-tech stocks of the '90s are peculiarly 20th century aberrations, but Mackay's classic--first published in 1841--shows that the madness and confusion of crowds knows no limits, and has no temporal bounds. These are extraordinarily illuminating,and, unfortunately, entertaining tales of chicanery, greed and naivete. Essential reading for any student of human nature or the transmission of ideas.
In fact, cases such as Tulipomania in 1624--when Tulip bulbs traded at a higher price than gold--suggest the existence of what I would dub "Mackay's Law of Mass Action:" when it comes to the effect of social behavior on the intelligence of individuals, 1+1 is often less than 2, and sometimes considerably less than 0. [via]
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Fathers and Sonsby Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Constance Black GarnettISBN 0486400735 (0-486-40073-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fathers and Sons'Book summary:Against the background of the liberation of Russia's serfs during the 1860s, a generational conflict flares between older aristocrats and radical youths. Quarrels, romance, and misunderstandings ensue when an outspoken young nihilist accompanies a school friend home for an extended visit. One of the truly great 19th-century Russian novels, available in an inexpensive edition. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.[via]More editions of Fathers and Sons:
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The Fiftiesby David HalberstamISBN 0517156075 (0-517-15607-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fifties'Book summary:"In retrospect," writes David Halberstam, "the pace of the fifties seemed slower, almost languid. Social ferment, however, was beginning just beneath this placid surface." He shows how the United States began to emerge from the long shadow of FDR's 12-year presidency, with the military-industrial complex and the Beat movement simultaneously growing strong. Television brought not only situation comedies but controversial congressional hearings into millions of living rooms. While Alfred Kinsey was studying people's sex lives, Gregory Pincus and other researchers began work on a pill that would forever alter the course of American reproductive practices. Halberstam takes on these social upheavals and more, charting a course that is as easy to navigate as it is wide-ranging. [via]
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The Forsyte Sagaby John GalsworthyISBN 0486434079 (0-486-43407-9)
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The French Cafeby Marie-France Boyer, Eric MorinISBN 0500016224 (0-500-01622-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The French Cafe'Book summary:The French cafe epitomises the French art of living. Through its timeless glass doors float the aromas of strong coffee and black-tobacco, hot milk and fresh croissants. The cafe, open early until late, is both focus and microcosm of society. Friends talk; lovers linger; the white saucers pile up as the world goes by; a lone customer comes in to read the newspapers or for a petit verre at the bar. The French cafe is a refuge, a place to meet, to sit inside or out, somewhere to see and be seen. For anyone interested in French life and culture, here is a an intimate look at a great institution, from the grand establishments dating from the all rural bistro from the workers' local cafes to the legendary Parisian cafes where the poets, painters and philosophers gathered. From Directoire decoration to Starck style, this book reveals the rich variety and extraordinary inventiveness of cafe design. Marie-France Boyer is a freelance journalist, and represents in Paris the magazine "The World of Interiors". Her last book wass "Cabin Fever: Sheds and Shelters, Huts and Hideaways" (1993), also published by Thames and Hudson. Eric Morin is a Paris-based photographer who contributes to many magazines on interior design including "The World of Interiors". [via]
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Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80sby Hunter S. ThompsonISBN 0517075040 (0-517-07504-0)
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religionby James George FrazerISBN 0486424928 (0-486-42492-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion'Book summary:An expert in myth and religion, the author spent over a quarter-century assembling this study of the cults, rites, and myths of antiquity. Frazer's definitions of "magic," "religion," and "science" were useful to his successors in social anthropology, and his explications of ancient legends influenced generations of writers and poets.[via]More editions of The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion:
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The Golden Bough : The Roots of Religion and Folkloreby James George FrazerISBN 0517336332 (0-517-33633-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Bough : The Roots of Religion and Folklore'Book summary:The only unabridged, illustrated edition of the classic exploration of the world of myth, folklore, and primitive customs is an inspiration to poets, students, and readers in general. [via]
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan SwiftISBN 0486292738 (0-486-29273-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:A classic story is timed for release with a four-hour NBC mini-series starring Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen and follows the adventures of a shipwrecked physician who inadvertently visits the tiny Lilliput and gigantic Brobdingnag worlds. [via]
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Hard Timesby Charles DickensISBN 0486419207 (0-486-41920-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hard Times'Book summary:Classic 1845 novel offers a powerful indictment of the dehumanizing effects of mid-19th-century industrialization. Thomas Gradgrind raises his children, Tom and Louisa, in a sterile atmosphere of strict practicality. With no guiding principles, the young Gradgrinds sink into lives of desperation and despair, played out against the grim backdrop of Coketown, a wretched industrial community.[via]More editions of Hard Times:
Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies: The Classic First-Hand Account of India in the Early Nineteenth Centuryby Henry K. Beauchamp, Abbe J. A. DuboisISBN 0486421155 (0-486-42115-5)
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A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islamby Karen ArmstrongISBN 0517223120 (0-517-22312-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam'Book summary:Armstrong, a British journalist and former nun, guides us along one of the most elusive and fascinating quests of all time--the search for God. Like all beloved historians, Armstrong entertains us with deft storytelling, astounding research, and makes us feel a greater appreciation for the present because we better understand our past. Be warned: A History of God is not a tidy linear history. Rather, we learn that the definition of God is constantly being repeated, altered, discarded, and resurrected through the ages, responding to its followers' practical concerns rather than to mystical mandates. Armstrong also shows us how Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have overlapped and influenced one another, gently challenging the secularist history of each of these religions. --Gail Hudson [via]
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Human Nature and Conductby John DeweyISBN 0486420973 (0-486-42097-3)
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The Idiotby Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Black GarnettISBN 0486432130 (0-486-43213-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Idiot'Book summary:A towering figure of Russian literature, Fyodor Dostoyevsky depicted with remarkable insight the depth and complexity of the human soul. In this literary classic, he focuses on a nobleman, whose gentle, child-like nature has earned him the nickname of "the idiot."A superb, panoramic view of mid-19th-century Russian manners, morals and philosophy.[via]More editions of The Idiot:
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The Illustrated Cider With Rosieby Laurie LeeISBN 0517555298 (0-517-55529-8)
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girlby Harriet A. JacobsISBN 0486419312 (0-486-41931-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl'Book summary:This autobiographical account by a former slave is one of the few extant narratives written by a woman. Written and published in 1861, it delivers a powerful portrayal of the brutality of slave life. Jacobs speaks frankly of her master's abuse and her eventual escape, in a tale of dauntless spirit and faith.[via]More editions of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl:
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The Interpretation of Dreamsby Sigmund Freud, A.A. BrillISBN 0486453197 (0-486-45319-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Interpretation of Dreams'Book summary:Whether we love or hate Sigmund Freud, we all have to admit that he revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. Much of this revolution can be traced to The Interpretation of Dreams, the turn-of-the-century tour de force that outlined his theory of unconscious forces in the context of dream analysis. Introducing the id, the superego, and their problem child, the ego, Freud advanced scientific understanding of the mind immeasurably by exposing motivations normally invisible to our consciousness. While there's no question that his own biases and neuroses influenced his observations, the details are less important than the paradigm shift as a whole. After Freud, our interior lives became richer and vastly more mysterious.
These mysteries clearly bothered him--he went to great (often absurd) lengths to explain dream imagery in terms of childhood sexual trauma, a component of his theory jettisoned mid-century, though now popular among recovered-memory therapists. His dispassionate analyses of his own dreams are excellent studies for cognitive scientists wishing to learn how to sacrifice their vanities for the cause of learning. Freud said of the work contained in The Interpretation of Dreams, "Insight such as this falls to one's lot but once in a lifetime." One would have to feel quite fortunate to shake the world even once. --Rob Lightner [via]
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James Joyce : Dubliners, a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man, Chamber Musicby James JoyceISBN 051708239X (0-517-08239-X)
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Jane Austenby Jane AustenISBN 0517118297 (0-517-11829-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Austen'Book summary:Collected together in one volume, The Complete Novels show the development of Austen as a writer and social commentator. From the early optimism and youthful energy of Northanger Abbey to the quiet and subtle art of Persuasion, this collection reveals the breadth of one of the best loved novelists of all time. [via]
Jane Austen : Her Complete Novels Liby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517351749 (0-517-35174-9)
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Jane Austen, Her Complete Novelsby Jane AustenISBN 0517347997 (0-517-34799-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Austen, Her Complete Novels'Book summary:A new jacketed edition, illustrated with line drawings, of the works of the ever-popular, critically acclaimed English novelist collects the unabridged texts of all of her completed novels, making it a unique bargain. [via]
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Lady Chatterley's Loverby D. H. LawrenceISBN 0486452344 (0-486-45234-4)
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Lawsby Plato, Benjamin JowettISBN 048644791X (0-486-44791-X)
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Les Liaisons Dangereusesby Choderlos De Laclos, Ernest Christopher DowsonISBN 048645245X (0-486-45245-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses'Book summary:A series of intimate letters chronicles the amorous adventures of the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont rivals who use their bodies as weapons in the war of the sexes. Set in the final days of the ancien régime, the novel paints a revealing portrait of aristocratic decadence.[via]More editions of Les Liaisons Dangereuses:
The London Underworld In The Victorian Period: Authentic First-person Accounts By Beggars, Thieves And Prostitutesby Henry MayhewISBN 0486440060 (0-486-44006-0)
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Maeve Binchyby Maeve BinchyISBN 0517148641 (0-517-14864-1)
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The Mammoth Huntersby Jean M. AuelISBN 0517556278 (0-517-55627-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mammoth Hunters'Book summary:In this third and long-awaited novel in the acclaimed Earth's Children "TM" series, Ayla, the independent heroine of The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Valley of Horses, sets out from the valley on Whinney, the horse she tamed. With her is Jondalar, the tall, handsome, yellow-haired man she nursed back to health and came to love. Together they meet the Mamutoi -- the Mammoth Hunters -- people like Ayla. But to Ayla, who was raised by the Clan of the Cave Bear, they are "the Others." She approaches them with mixed feelings of fear and curiosity.Talut, a powerful bear of a man with bright red hair, a booming laugh, and a gentle heart, and his tall, dark-haired sister, Tulie, are the leaders of the Lion Camp of the Mamutoi. It is here that Ayla finds her first women friends, but some among the Mamutoi dislike Ayla because she was raised by "flatheads," their name for the people of the Clan. Ayla is haunted by her memories of the Clan because Rydag, a child of mixed parentage living with the Mamutoi, bears so strong a resemblance to her own son, Durc.It is the Mamutoi master carver of ivory dark-skinned Ranec, flirtatious, artistic, magnetic -- who fascinates Ayla. She finds herself drawn to him. Because of her uncanny control over animals, her healing skills, and the magic firestone she discovered, Ayla is adopted into the Mammoth Hearth by Mamut, the ancient shaman of the Great Earth Mother.Ayla finds herself torn between her strong feelings for Ranec and her powerful love for the wildly jealous and unsure Jondalar. It is not until after the great mammoth hunt, when Ayla's life is threatened, that a fateful decision is made.Set in the challenging terrain of Ice Age Europe that millions of Jean M. Auel readers have come to treasure, The Mammoth Hunters is an epic novel of love, knowledge, jealousy, and hard choices -- a novel certain to garner Jean M. Auel even greater acclaim as a master storyteller of the dawn of humanity. [via]
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Moby Dickby Herman MelvilleISBN 0486432157 (0-486-43215-7)
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October 1964by David HalberstamISBN 051717166X (0-517-17166-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'October 1964'Book summary:Heroes have a habit of growing larger over time, as do the arenas in which they excelled. The 1964 World Series between the Yankees and Cardinals was coated in myth from the get-go. The Yankees represented the establishment: white, powerful, and seemingly invincible. The victorious Cards, on the other hand, were baseball's rebellious future: angry and defiant, black, and challenging. Their seven-game barnburner, played out against a backdrop of an America emerging from the Kennedy assassination, escalating the war in Vietnam, and struggling with civil rights, marked a turning point--neither the nation, nor baseball, would ever be quite so innocent again. Halberstam, one of the great reporters of the '60s, looks back in this marvelous and spirited elegy to the era, the game, and players such as Mantle, Maris, Ford, Gibson, Brock, and Flood with a clear eye in search of the truth that time has blurred into legend. His confident prose, diligent reporting, and deft analysis make it clear how much more interesting--and forceful--the truth can be. [via]
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On Dreamsby Eder, FreudISBN 0486415953 (0-486-41595-3)
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Paradise Lostby John Milton, John A. HimesISBN 048644287X (0-486-44287-X)
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Paul's Case and Other Storiesby Willa CatherISBN 0486290573 (0-486-29057-3)
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Politicsby Aristotle, Benjamin Jowett, H.W.C. DavisISBN 0486414248 (0-486-41424-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Politics'Book summary:Intellectually stimulating work describes the ideal state and ponders how it can bring about the most desirable life for its citizens. Both heavily influenced by and critical of Plato's Republic and Laws, Politics is the distillation of a lifetime of thought and observation. The great Benjamin Jowett translation.[via]More editions of Politics:
Portable Hawthorneby Nathaniel Hawthorne, Malcolm CowleyISBN 0517478579 (0-517-47857-9)
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The Portrait of a Ladyby Henry JamesISBN 0486452417 (0-486-45241-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Portrait of a Lady'Book summary:Young Isabel Archer, a beautiful American, travels to Europe where her naivete and recent inheritance attracts many suitors. But despite her great promise, she falls victim to her own provincialism. Exposing the differences between the New and the Old Worlds, James's masterpiece examines the themes of freedom, sexuality, and betrayal.[via]More editions of The Portrait of a Lady:
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Pudd'Nhead Wilsonby Mark TwainISBN 048640885X (0-486-40885-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pudd'Nhead Wilson'Book summary:Switched at birth by a female slave who fears for her infant son's life, a light-skinned child changes places with the master's white son. This simple premise underlies Twain's engrossing 19th-century tale of reversed identities, an eccentric detective, a horrible crime, and a tense courtroom scene. [via]
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Race, Class, And Gender: An Anthologyby Margaret L. Andersen, Patricia Hill CollinsISBN 0495006890 (0-495-00689-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Race, Class, And Gender: An Anthology'Book summary:RACE, CLASS, AND, GENDER, includes many interdisciplinary readings. The author's selection of very accessible articles show how race, class, and gender shape people's experiences, and help students to see the issues in an analytic, as well as descriptive way. The book also provides conceptual grounding in understanding race, class, and gender; has a strong historical and sociological perspective; and is further strengthened by conceptual introductions by the authors. Students will find the readings engaging and accessible, but may gain the most from the introduction sections that highlight key points and relate the essential concepts. Included in the collection of readings are narratives aimed at building empathy, and articles on important social issues such as prison, affirmative action, poverty, immigration, and racism, among other topics. [via]
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The Return of the Nativeby Thomas HardyISBN 0486431657 (0-486-43165-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Return of the Native'Book summary:Passionate Eustacia Vye detests her life amid the dreary environs of Egdon Heath and spies her escape when Clym Yeobright returns from Paris. Hardy's timeless tale of a romantic misalliance embodies his view of character as fate and underscores the tragic nature of ordinary human lives. The Return of the Native ranks among the author's greatest works.[via]More editions of The Return of the Native:
Rights of Manby Thomas PaineISBN 0486408930 (0-486-40893-0)
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Robert's Rules of Orderby Henry M. RobertISBN 0515090328 (0-515-09032-8)
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The School and Society & the Child and the Cirriculumby John DeweyISBN 0486419541 (0-486-41954-1)
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The Second Treatise of Government and a Letter Concerning Tolerationby John LockeISBN 0486424642 (0-486-42464-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Second Treatise of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration'Book summary:[via]The first of these two highly influential documents refutes the concept of monarchy's divine right. The second argues for a broad acceptance of alternative religious convictions. The basis of social and political philosophy for generations, these books laid the foundation of the modern democratic state in England and abroad.More editions of The Second Treatise of Government and a Letter Concerning Toleration:
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Sister Carrieby Theodore DreiserISBN 0486434680 (0-486-43468-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sister Carrie'Book summary:Sister Carrie, Theodore Dreiser's revolutionary first novel, was published in 1900--sort of. The story of Carrie Meeber, an 18-year-old country girl who moves to Chicago and becomes a kept woman, was strong stuff at the turn of the century, and what Dreiser's wary publisher released was a highly expurgated version. Times change, and we now have a restored "author's cut" of Sister Carrie that shows how truly ahead of his time Dreiser was. First and foremost, he has written an astute, nonmoralizing account of a woman and her limited options in late-19th-century America. That's impressive in and of itself, but Dreiser doesn't stop there. Digging deeply into the psychological underpinnings of his characters, he gives us people who are often strangers to themselves, drifting numbly until fate pushes them on a path they can later neither defend nor even remember choosing.
Dreiser's story unfolds in the measured cadences of an earlier era. This sometimes works brilliantly as we follow the choices, small and large, that lead some characters to doom and others to glory. On the other hand, the middle chapters--of which there are many--do drag somewhat, even when one appreciates Dreiser's intentions. If you can make it through the sagging midsection, however, you'll be rewarded by Sister Carrie's last 150 pages, which depict the harrowing downward spiral of one of the book's central characters. Here Dreiser portrays with brutal power how the wrong decision--or lack of decision--can lay waste to a life. --Rebecca Gleason [via]
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The Souls of Black Folkby W. E. B. Du BoisISBN 0517101696 (0-517-10169-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Souls of Black Folk'Book summary:William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) is the greatest of African American intellectuals--a sociologist, historian, novelist, and activist whose astounding career spanned the nation's history from Reconstruction to the civil rights movement. Born in Massachusetts and educated at Fisk, Harvard, and the University of Berlin, Du Bois penned his epochal masterpiece, The Souls of Black Folk, in 1903. It remains his most studied and popular work; its insights into Negro life at the turn of the 20th century still ring true.
With a dash of the Victorian and Enlightenment influences that peppered his impassioned yet formal prose, the book's largely autobiographical chapters take the reader through the momentous and moody maze of Afro-American life after the Emancipation Proclamation: from poverty, the neoslavery of the sharecropper, illiteracy, miseducation, and lynching, to the heights of humanity reached by the spiritual "sorrow songs" that birthed gospel and the blues. The most memorable passages are contained in "On Booker T. Washington and Others," where Du Bois criticizes his famous contemporary's rejection of higher education and accommodationist stance toward white racism: "Mr. Washington's programme practically accepts the alleged inferiority of the Negro races," he writes, further complaining that Washington's thinking "withdraws many of the high demands of Negroes as men and American citizens." The capstone of The Souls of Black Folk, though, is Du Bois' haunting, eloquent description of the concept of the black psyche's "double consciousness," which he described as "a peculiar sensation.... One ever feels this twoness--an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder." Thanks to W.E.B. Du Bois' commitment and foresight--and the intellectual excellence expressed in this timeless literary gem--black Americans can today look in the mirror and rejoice in their beautiful black, brown, and beige reflections. --Eugene Holley Jr. [via]
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Twilight of the Idols and the Antichristby Friedrich Nietzsche, Thomas CommonISBN 0486434605 (0-486-43460-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twilight of the Idols and the Antichrist'Book summary:Written in 1888, while Nietzsche was at the height of his brilliance, these 2 polemics blaze with provocative, inflammatory rhetoric. Nietzsche's "grand declaration of war," Twilight of the Idols examines what we worship and why. In addition to its full-scale attack on Christianity and Jesus Christ, The Antichrist denounces organized religion as a whole.[via]More editions of Twilight of the Idols and the Antichrist:
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Ulyssesby James JoyceISBN 0486424448 (0-486-42444-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ulysses'Book summary:Regarded today as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, Ulysses remained banned in the United States until 1933. Drawing upon a complex network of symbolic parallels from mythology, history, and literature, the novel employs experimental narrative techniques to chronicle an ordinary day in the lives of three Dubliners. [via]
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Vicar of Wakefieldby Oliver GoldsmithISBN 0486434109 (0-486-43410-9)
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Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grassby Walt WhitmanISBN 0486456765 (0-486-45676-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass'Book summary:"The most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. Inspired by transcendentalism, Whitman's immortal collection includes some of the greatest poems of modern times, including his masterpiece "Song of Myself." Shattering standard conventions of symbolism and allegory, it stands as an unabashed celebration of body and nature. [via]
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War and Peaceby Leo Tolstoy, Rosemary EdmondsISBN 0517399938 (0-517-39993-8)
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Washington Squareby Henry JamesISBN 0486404315 (0-486-40431-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Washington Square'Book summary:The shy and sweet daughter of a well-to-do physician, Catherine Sloper seems destined for lifelong spinsterhood until the sudden appearance of a dashing suitor who proposes marriage. Her adored father suspects the would-be fiance of fortune-hunting and threatens her with disinheritance, forcing Catherine to choose between lover and father.[via]More editions of Washington Square:
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The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poemsby T. S. EliotISBN 0486400611 (0-486-40061-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems'Book summary:After sitting through T.S. Eliot's reading of "The Waste Land," listeners may be inclined to hang up the earphones for a spell. There are no flaws to Eliot's steady-toned interpretation; in fact, his delivery is quite remarkable in its ability to match the poem's constant, somber mood. It's just that 25-plus minutes of Eliot's desolate landscapes--rendered even more real by the author's incessant tones--can wear on the emotions.
In addition to the full-length version of "The Waste Land," this recording includes Eliot's stirring narration of "The Hollow Men," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and "Macavity the Mystery Cat." Listen to Eliot read from "The Waste Land." Visit our audio help page for more information. (Running time: 47 minutes, 1 cassette) --Rob McDonald [via]
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Why Nations Go To Warby John G. StoessingerISBN 0495097071 (0-495-09707-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why Nations Go To War'Book summary:Transmitting an understanding of warfare from World War I to the present, WHY NATIONS GO TO WAR, a unique book and a product of reflection by author, John G. Stoessinger, is built around ten case studies, culminating in the new wars that ushered in the twenty-first century: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the wars between Arabs and Israelis in Gaza and in Lebanon. The distinguishing feature of the book remains the author's emphasis on the pivotal role of the personalities of leaders who take their nations, or their following, across the threshold into war. [via]
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily BronteISBN 0486292568 (0-486-29256-8)
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Virginia Woolf said of Emily Brontë that her writing could "make the wind blow and the thunder roar," and so it does in Wuthering Heights. Catherine Earnshaw, Heathcliff, and the windswept moors that are the setting of their mythic love are as immediately stirring to the reader of today as they have been for every generation of readers since the novel was first published in 1847. With an introduction by Katherine Frank. [via] 
Wuthering Heightsby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517415119 (0-517-41511-9)
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The Yellow Wall-Paper: A Sourcebook and Critical Editionby Charlotte Perkins GilmanISBN 0486298574 (0-486-29857-4)
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