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All about Love: New Visionsby bell hooksISBN 0688168442 (0-688-16844-2)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisibleby Stephan Thernstrom, Abigail ThernstromISBN 0684844974 (0-684-84497-4)
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The Barbie Chroniclesby Yona Zeldis McDonoughISBN 0684862751 (0-684-86275-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Barbie Chronicles'Book summary:A THOROUGHLY GROWN-UP LOOK AT A TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSE OF OUTSTANDING PROPORTIONS
To some she's a collectible, to others she's trash. In The Barbie Chronicles, twenty-three writers join together to scrutinize Barbie's forty years of hateful, lovely disastrous, glorious influence on us all. No other tiny shoulders have ever, had to carry the weight of such affection and derision and no other book has ever paid this notorious little place of plastic her due. Whether you adore her or abhor her, The Barbie Chronicles will have you looking at her in ways you never imagined. [via]
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Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small Western Town Sets Off a Struggle for the Soul of Americaby J. Anthony LukasISBN 0684846179 (0-684-84617-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small Western Town Sets Off a Struggle for the Soul of America'Book summary:In June 1997, just months before publication of his latest book, Big Trouble, Pulitzer-winning journalist J. Anthony Lukas killed himself. He was 64 and, according to many accounts, had finally surrendered to a lifelong despair over what he saw as his inability to meet his own exceedingly high literary standards.
Yet in reading Big Trouble, a gripping account of murder and politics in turn-of-the-century Idaho, one can't help but think that Lukas was far too hard on himself. His last work is a well-told tale of the struggle between labor and capitalists in the West at a time when entire state legislatures were effectively owned by corporate interests and America teetered on the brink of open class warfare.
The story begins with the 1905 assassination of Frank Steunenberg, an ex- governor of Idaho. His murder was rumored to be the work of vengeful labor bosses, and Pinkerton detective James McParland tracked Wobbly organizer Big Bill Haywood all the way to Colorado to bring him back to stand trial, where he and two other men were defended by a team of lawyers that included Clarence Darrow.
During the writing of Common Ground, his account of Boston's painful process of school desegregation in the 1970s, Lukas became intrigued by what he called race's "twin issue": class. "The more I delved into Boston's crisis," he writes in the foreword to Big Trouble, "the more I found the conundrums of race and class inextricably intertwined." Class simply wasn't as overt an issue as race in contemporary society. What Lukas needed was a time and place where class and class struggle were open and visible. He found it in Idaho in 1905, a time of change and uncertainty, when any notion of a large American middle class was still a distant dream. In order to make this era comprehensible to modern readers, Lukas has gone great lengths in Big Trouble to re-create the entire social, political, and economic context of the murder trial. Here are the histories not simply of mining, railroads, and unions, but of detectives, "modern" journalism, baseball, land speculation, and frontier-town boosterism. In its capacity to translate historical facts into an engrossing, insightful read, Big Trouble stands as a final testament to Lukas's well-deserved reputation as a top reporter of America's growing pains. [via]
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Black Reconstruction in America, 1860-1880by W. E. B. Du Bois, David Levering LewisISBN 0684856573 (0-684-85657-3)
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Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk About Race and Identityby Lise FunderburgISBN 0688118240 (0-688-11824-0)
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Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away With Murderby James B. StewartISBN 0684854848 (0-684-85484-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blind Eye: How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away With Murder'Book summary:From the moment he entered medical school in the late 1970s, people around Michael Swango thought he was a little odd. But even though he expounded upon his obsessions with violent death and serial killings to anybody within earshot, almost nobody connected him to the string of deaths among patients under his care. When an investigation finally took place at the Ohio State medical center, hospital administrators sympathized with Swango--against the direct testimony of patients and nurses--and seemed more concerned with how revelations of a murderous doctor might affect their public image than with the safety of their clients. And, remarkably, even after being released from prison in Illinois, where he had been convicted of (nonfatally) poisoning several of his coworkers, Swango was able to obtain positions at hospitals in South Dakota and New York. When American authorities finally started to pursue his case, he fled the country and began plying his trade in Zimbabwe. In June 1998, after being captured during an attempt to reenter the United States, he was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison--on fraud charges related to his employment in New York.
The truly frightening aspect of Blind Eye is not the relentless chain of murders, but the ease with which Swango was able to repeatedly slip through the cracks in the medical system, simply by lying about the nature of his felony conviction. James B. Stewart methodically traces every step of Swango's career, laying out a straightforward narrative with all the suspense of a well-crafted thriller. Although attempts to "explain" Swango's behavior through psychopathology and a historical rise in the incidences of serial killing derail the ending somewhat, Blind Eye is still a must-read for true crime buffs--or anyone who enjoys good journalism. --Ron Hogan [via]
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Blind Eye: The Terrifying Story of a Doctor Who Got Away With Murderby James B. StewartISBN 0684865637 (0-684-86563-7)
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Brazzaville Beachby William BoydISBN 0688103634 (0-688-10363-4)
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Catch-22by Joseph HellerISBN 0684865130 (0-684-86513-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Catch-22'Book summary:There was a time when reading Joseph Heller's classic satire on the murderous insanity of war was nothing less than a rite of passage. Echoes of Yossarian, the wise-ass bombardier who was too smart to die but not smart enough to find a way out of his predicament, could be heard throughout the counterculture. As a result, it's impossible not to consider Catch-22 to be something of a period piece. But 40 years on, the novel's undiminished strength is its looking-glass logic. Again and again, Heller's characters demonstrate that what is commonly held to be good, is bad; what is sensible, is nonsense.
Yossarian says, "You're talking about winning the war, and I am talking about winning the war and keeping alive."
"Exactly," Clevinger snapped smugly. "And which do you think is more important?"
"To whom?" Yossarian shot back. "It doesn't make a damn bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead."
"I can't think of another attitude that could be depended upon to give greater comfort to the enemy."
"The enemy," retorted Yossarian with weighted precision, "is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on."
Mirabile dictu, the book holds up post-Reagan, post-Gulf War. It's a good thing, too. As long as there's a military, that engine of lethal authority, Catch-22 will shine as a handbook for smart-alecky pacifists. It's an utterly serious and sad, but damn funny book. [via]More editions of Catch-22:
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Cider House Rulesby John IrvingISBN 068803036X (0-688-03036-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cider House Rules'Book summary:First published in 1985, The Cider House Rules is John Irving's sixth novel. Set in rural Maine in the first half of this century, it tells the story of Dr. Wilbur Larch--saint and obstetrician, founder and director of the orphanage in the town of St. Cloud's, ether addict and abortionist. It is also the story of Dr. Larch's favorite orphan, Homer Wells, who is never adopted. [via]
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The City in Mind : Notes on the Urban Conditionby James Howard KunstlerISBN 0684845911 (0-684-84591-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The City in Mind : Notes on the Urban Condition'Book summary:In "The Geography of Nowhere," James Howard Kunstler declared suburbia "a tragic landscape of cartoon architecture, junked cities, and ravaged countryside" and put himself at the heart of a fierce debate over how we will live in twenty-first century America. Now, Kunstler turns his wickedly mordant and astute eye on urban life both in America and across the world. From classical Rome to the "gigantic hairball" of contemporary Atlanta, he offers a far-reaching discourse on the history and current state of urban life.
"The City in Mind" tells the story of urban design and how the architectural makeup of a city directly influences its culture as well as its success. From the ingenious architectural design of Louis-Napoleon's renovation of Paris to the bloody collision of cultures that occurred when Cortes conquered the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, from the grandiose architectural schemes of Hitler and Albert Speer to the meanings behind the ludicrous spectacle of Las Vegas, Kunstler opens up a new dialogue on the development and effects of urban construction. In his investigations, he discovers American communities in the Sunbelt and Southwest alienated from each other and themselves, Northeastern cities caught between their initial civic construction and our current car-obsessed society, and a disparate Europe with its mix of pre-industrial creativity, and war-marked reminders of the twentieth century.
Expanding on ideas first discussed in Jane Jacobs' seminal work, "The Death and Life of Great American Cities," Kunstler looks to Europe to discover what is constant and enduring in cities at their greatest, and at the same time, how a city's design can be directly linked toits decline. In these dazzling excursions he finds the reasons that America got lost in its suburban wilderness and locates the pathways in culture that might lead to a civic revival here. Kunstler's examination of these cities is at once a concise history of their urban lives and a detailed criticism of how those histories have either aided or hindered the social and civil progress of the cities' occupants. By turns dramatic and wildly comic, and always authoritative, "The City in Mind," is an exceptional glimpse into the urban condition. [via]
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Compassion versus Guilt, and Other Essaysby Thomas SowellISBN 0688086705 (0-688-08670-5)
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The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Idealsby William J. BennettISBN 0684864037 (0-684-86403-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals'Book summary:Don't look for President Clinton's picture in The Book of Virtues; bestselling author and former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett considers Bill Clinton uniquely unvirtuous. In the wake of the White House intern sex scandal, Bennett accuses Clinton of crimes at least as serious as those committed by Richard Nixon during the Watergate imbroglio. Rising above anti-Clinton polemics, The Death of Outrage urges the American public--which initially displayed not much more than a collective shrug--to take issue with the president's private and public conduct. Clinton should be judged by more than the state of the economy, implores Bennett. The commander in chief sets the moral tone of the nation; a reckless personal life and repeated lying from the bully pulpit call for a heavy sanction. The American people should demand nothing less, says the onetime federal drug czar. In each chapter, Bennett lays out the rhetorical defenses made on Clinton's behalf (the case against him is "only about sex," harsh judgmentalism has no place in modern society, independent counsel Kenneth Starr is a partisan prosecutor, etc.) and picks them apart. He may not convince everybody, but this is an effective conservative brief against Bill Clinton. --John J. Miller [via]
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Decadence: Radical Nostalgia, Narcissism, and Decline in the Seventiesby Jim HouganISBN 0688029507 (0-688-02950-7)
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The Dragon and the Bear: China & Russia in the Eightiesby Philip ShortISBN 0688015247 (0-688-01524-7)
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The Dream and the Nightmare: The Sixties' Legacy to the Underclassby Myron MagnetISBN 0688135129 (0-688-13512-9)
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The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made of: How Science Fiction Conquered the Worldby Thomas M. DischISBN 0684859785 (0-684-85978-5)
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-And-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywoodby Peter BiskindISBN 0684857081 (0-684-85708-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-And-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood'Book summary:Not only is Peter Biskind's Easy Riders, Raging Bulls the best book in recent memory on turn-of-the-'70s film, it is beyond question the best book we'll ever get on the subject. Why? Because once the big names who spilled the beans to Biskind find out that other people spilled an equally piquant quantity of beans, nobody will dare speak to another writer with such candor, humor, and venom again.
Biskind did hundreds of interviews with people who make the president look accessible: Scorsese, Spielberg, Lucas, Coppola, Geffen, Beatty, Kael, Towne, Altman. He also spoke with countless spurned spouses and burned partners, alleged victims of assault by knife, pistol, and bodily fluids. Rather more responsible than some of his sources, Biskind always carefully notes the denials as well as the astounding stories he has compiled. He tells you about Scorsese running naked down Mulholland Drive after his girlfriend, crying, "Don't leave me!"; grave robbing on the set of Apocalypse Now; Faye Dunaway apparently flinging urine in Roman Polanski's face while filming Chinatown; Michael O'Donoghue's LSD-fueled swan dive onto a patio; Coppola's mad plan for a 10-hour film of Goethe's Elective Affinities in 3-D; the ocean suicide attempt Hal "Captain Wacky" Ashby gave up when he couldn't find a swimsuit that pleased him; countless dalliances with porn stars; Russian roulette games and psychotherapy sessions in hot tubs. But he also soberly gives both sides ample chance to testify.
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls is also more than a fistful of dazzling anecdotes. Methodically, as thrillingly as a movie attorney, Biskind builds the case that Hollywood was revived by wild ones who then betrayed their own dreams, slit their own throats, and destroyed an art form by producing that mindless, inhuman modern behemoth, the blockbuster.
When Spielberg was making the first true blockbuster, Jaws, he sneaked Lucas in one day when nobody was around, got him to put his head in the shark's mechanical mouth, and closed the shark's mouth on him. The gizmo broke and got stuck, but the two young men somehow extricated Lucas's head and hightailed it like Tom and Huck. As Peter Biskind's scathing, funny, wise book demonstrates, they only thought they had escaped. --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Economics and Politics of Race: An International Perspectiveby Thomas SowellISBN 0688048323 (0-688-04832-3)
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How much of a racial group's economic fate is determined by the surrounding society it lives in, and how much by internal patterns that follow that same group around the world? Using an international framework to analyze a group of differences, Sowell has pioneered a new approach for pursuing this important study, utilizing historical experience and empirical data. The results are fascinating and sometimes surprising. For instance, he finds that the social and economic patterns among Italians in Australia and Argentina are similar in many respects to those of Italians in Italy or the United States. And, though blacks have not faced the same massive and rigid oppression in Brazil as in the United States, economic differences between blacks and whites are significantly greater in Brazil. [via]More editions of The Economics and Politics of Race: An International Perspective:
The Eternal Bliss Machine: America's Way of Weddingby Marcia SeligsonISBN 0688001580 (0-688-00158-0)
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Feeling Strong: The Achievement of Authentic Powerby Ethel Spector PersonISBN 0688175775 (0-688-17577-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Feeling Strong: The Achievement of Authentic Power'Book summary:In Feeling Strong, noted psychoanalyst Ethel S. Person redefines the notion of power. Power is often narrowly understood as the force exerted by the politicians and business leaders who seem to be in charge and by the rich and famous who monopolize our headlines. The whiff of evil we often catch when the subject of power is in the air comes from this one conception of power-- the drive for dominance over other people, or, in its most extreme form, an overriding and often ruthless lust for total command. But this is far too limited a definition of power.
Pointing to a more fulfilling sense of self-empowerment than is being touted in pop-psychology manuals of our time, Feeling Strong shows us that power is really our ability to produce an effect, to make something we want to happen actually take place. Power is a desire and a drive, and it central in our lives, dictating much of our behavior and consuming much of our interior lives.
We all have a need to possess power, use it, understand it and negotiate it. This holds true not just in mediating our sex and love lives, our family lives and friendships, our work relationships but in seeking to realize our dreams, whether in pursuit of our ambitions, expression of our creative impulses, or in our need to identify with something larger than ourselves. These separate kinds of power are best described as interpersonal power and personal power, respectively, and they call on different parts of our psyche. Ideally, we acquire competence in both domains.
Drawing from her expertise honed in clinical practice, as well as from examples in literature and true-life vignettes, Person shows how we can achieve authentic power, a fundamental and potentially benevolent part of human nature that allows us to experience ourselves as authentically strong. To find something that matters; to live life at a higher pitch; to feel inner certainty; to find a personality of your own and effectively plot our own life story -- these are the forms of power explored in the book. To achieve and maintain such empowerment always entails struggle and is a life-long journey. Feeling Strong will lead the way.
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First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differentlyby Curt Coffman, Marcus BuckinghamISBN 0684852861 (0-684-85286-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently'Book summary:Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman expose the fallacies of standard management thinking in First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently. In seven chapters, the two consultants for the Gallup Organization debunk some dearly held notions about management, such as "treat people as you like to be treated"; "people are capable of almost anything"; and "a manager's role is diminishing in today's economy." "Great managers are revolutionaries," the authors write. "This book will take you inside the minds of these managers to explain why they have toppled conventional wisdom and reveal the new truths they have forged in its place."
The authors have culled their observations from more than 80,000 interviews conducted by Gallup during the past 25 years. Quoting leaders such as basketball coach Phil Jackson, Buckingham and Coffman outline "four keys" to becoming an excellent manager: Finding the right fit for employees, focusing on strengths of employees, defining the right results, and selecting staff for talent--not just knowledge and skills. First, Break All the Rules offers specific techniques for helping people perform better on the job. For instance, the authors show ways to structure a trial period for a new worker and how to create a pay plan that rewards people for their expertise instead of how fast they climb the company ladder. "The point is to focus people toward performance," they write. "The manager is, and should be, totally responsible for this." Written in plain English and well organized, this book tells you exactly how to improve as a supervisor. --Dan Ring [via]
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For the Love of God: The Faith and Future of the American Nunby Lucy KaylinISBN 0688154581 (0-688-15458-1)
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Forgotten Englishby Jeffrey KacirkISBN 0688166369 (0-688-16636-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Forgotten English'Book summary:Some think that the obsolescing of words from the English language is a sorry indication of its constant decline. Not so, argues Jeffrey Kacirk, the author of this charming collection of quirky antiquated words and the stories behind them. "In fact," he writes in his introduction, "the richness and maturity of a language may be gauged by the volume and quality of words it can afford to lose." The wonderful sounds these forgotten words make--nimgimmer, tup-running, mocteroof, frubbish, grog-blossom, wayzgoose, galligaskin, sockdolager--are half the fun. Their fabulous meanings, particularly those that seem inevitable once you learn them, make up the rest. And as the history of the words unfolds, so does history itself. Among the many strange and outmoded folk Kacirk introduces are the bird-swindler, a 19th-century "purveyor of expensive, exotic-looking birds that, upon closer inspection, were found to be one of several common varieties of local birds that had been trimmed and dyed"; the eye-servant, "a devious domestic or other employee ... who was too lazy to efficiently perform duties except when 'within eyeshot' of his or her master"; the prickmedainty, a 16th-century "man-about-town who coifed himself in an overly careful manner, frequently seeking the services of his barber"; and the dog-flogger, "a minor church official ... whose duty it was to supervise and discipline the unruly canines that traditionally accompanied their owners to English church services." [via]
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From Poor Law to Welfare State: A History of Social Welfare in Americaby Walter I. TrattnerISBN 0684854716 (0-684-85471-6)
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God & Government: An Insider's View on the Boundaries Between Faith & Politicsby Charles Colson, Ellen Santilli VaughnISBN 0688073492 (0-688-07349-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'God & Government: An Insider's View on the Boundaries Between Faith & Politics'Book summary:' ...Definitely worth reading' -Billy Graham 'Colson's criticisms of the Religious Right are especially noteworthy...Colson's warnings echo a concern that religious conservatives would be reckless to ignore.' -Richard N. Ostling, Religion Editor, Time 'The timing could hardly be better for an author with a new book.' -Newsweek 'Kingdoms in Conflict speaks with wisdom and 'guts' to the major issues of our day.' -Charles R. Swindoll 'Kingdoms in Conflict is a classic that belongs on every Christian's bookshelf.' -Dr. James C. Dobson 'This was a book waiting for Chuck Colson to write. As no other evangelical author can, Colson brings his political experience, thoroughly changed life, and lucid writing together at just the right time...' -Moody Monthly 'The arguments- church-state, the correct admixture between the two- are familiar grist for controversial mills, but Colson does wonderful theatrical instruction in his book...' - William F. Buckley, Jr. 'In Kingdoms in Conflict Charles W. Colson masterfully weds the two subjects he knows best- politics and Christian faith.' -Russell Chandler 'Kingdoms in Conflict offers a welcomed new insight into an age-old question.' - Jack Anderson 'One cannot be a passive reader of Chuck Colson's Kingdoms in Conflict.' -Mark O. Hatfield [via]
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God and Mammon in Americanby WuthnowISBN 068486391X (0-684-86391-X)
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Hardball: How Politics Is Played, Told by One Who Knows the Gameby Chris MatthewsISBN 0684845598 (0-684-84559-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hardball: How Politics Is Played, Told by One Who Knows the Game'Book summary:Timed to re-release simultaneously with Chris Matthews's new book Jack Kennedy, which Simon & Schuster will publish this fall, this national bestseller explores the fascinating, largely unknown, relationship between Nixon and Kennedy and the crucial ways in which it shaped them-and the nation. Hardball is a tough, funny, tell-all revelation of how politics really works. From tales of raw ambition and brutal rivalry to behind-the-scenes stories of famous disagreements, Matthews reveals the truth about master politicians such as JFK, LBJ, and Richard Nixon, while he explains the real meaning of rules such as "Only talk when it improves the silence;" "Positioning is everything;" and "Always concede on principle." Whether addicted to Washington politics or office politics, readers will enjoy this unprecedented guide to grown-ups' favorite game-the game of position, power, and survival in the world today. [via]
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A History of Celibacy: From Athena to Elizabeth I, Leonardo Da Vinci, Florence Nightingale, Ghandi, and Cherby Elizabeth AbbottISBN 0684849437 (0-684-84943-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of Celibacy: From Athena to Elizabeth I, Leonardo Da Vinci, Florence Nightingale, Ghandi, and Cher'Book summary:Readers who consider celibacy the exclusive domain of priests and nuns are in for a big surprise. Elizabeth Abbott's entertaining history traces over 3,000 years of sexual abstinence and illustrates how it has been practiced all over the world for a variety of reasons, both religious and secular. A History of Celibacy begins with the ancient Greek deities, Athena, Artemis, and Hestia, for whom celibacy was a means of liberation from traditional female servitude, and concludes with the present-day AIDS epidemic, a primary justification for the renewed call to celibacy. In between, Abbott, who dedicated eight years to this project, discovers fascinating examples of sexual abstinence, whether coerced or self-proclaimed, temporary or permanent. For example, celibacy enabled egalitarianism and female leadership for 18th-century Shakers, the Greek athlete enhanced athletic performance by conserving semen, and Shamans and Vodun priests to this day attain a state conducive to communicating with the spirits through short-term abstinence.
Abbott describes and analyzes over 120 instances of sexual abstinence, expertly illuminating the interrelation of detailed particulars with historical context and social norms. A bestseller in Canada, where Abbott serves as Dean of Women at Trinity College, A History of Celibacy neither advocates nor opposes the practice. Instead, Abbott, herself a converted celibate, emphasizes individual choice according to individual needs, drives, and desires. --Bertina Loeffler Sedlack [via]
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Hollow Folkby Mandel ShermanISBN 0685650863 (0-685-65086-3)
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The House of Medici: Its Rise and Fallby Christopher HibbertISBN 0688053394 (0-688-05339-4)
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I'm With the Band: Confessions of a Groupieby Pamela Des BarresISBN 068806602X (0-688-06602-X)
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In the Wake of the Plague : The Black Death and the World It Madeby Norman F. CantorISBN 0684857359 (0-684-85735-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Wake of the Plague : The Black Death and the World It Made'Book summary:One-third of Western Europe's population died between 1348 and 1350, victims of the Black Death. Noted medievalist Norman Cantor tells the story of the pandemic and its widespread effects in In the Wake of the Plague.
After giving an overview, Cantor describes various theories about the medical crisis, from contemporary fears of a Jewish conspiracy to poison the water (and the resulting atrocities against European Jews) to a growing belief among modern historians that both bubonic plague and anthrax caused the spiraling death rates. Cantor also details ways in which the Black Death changed history, at both the personal level (family lines dying out) and the political (the Plantagenet kings may well have been able to hold onto France had their resources not been so diminished).
Cantor veers from topic to topic, from dynastic worries to the Dance of Death, and from peasants' rights to Perpendicular Gothic. This makes for amusing reading, though those seeking an orderly narrative may be frustrated. He also seems overly concerned with rumors of homosexual behavior, and his attempt to link the savage method of Edward II's murder to a cooling in global weather is a bit farfetched.
Cantor wears his considerable scholarship lightly, but includes a very useful critical biography for further reading. While not an entry-level text on the Black Death, In the Wake of the Plague will interest readers looking for a broader interpretation of its consequences. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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The Inevitability of Patriarchyby Steven GoldbergISBN 0688001750 (0-688-00175-0)
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The Intern Blues: The Private Ordeals of Three Young Doctorsby Robert MarionISBN 0688068863 (0-688-06886-3)
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The Israelis : Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Landby Donna RosenthalISBN 0684869721 (0-684-86972-1)
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Jew Vs. Jew: The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewryby Samuel G. FreedmanISBN 0684859459 (0-684-85945-9)
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Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People Andits Historyby Joseph TelushkinISBN 0688085067 (0-688-08506-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jewish Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know About the Jewish Religion, Its People Andits History'Book summary:In 1988, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin undertook a mission to heal "Jewish ignorance," an affliction whose symptoms include the ability to name the three components of the Trinity, coupled with an inability to explain mitzvah. Telushkin's contribution to the cure is his wide-ranging, entertaining Jewish Literacy. First published in 1991, Jewish Literacy contains almost 350 entries on subjects ranging from the Ten Commandments to The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Entries are numbered (for easy, encyclopedia-style reference) and organized topically (to smooth the experience of reading each page straight through). And the revised edition contains several new entries (including articles about the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the vice-presidential nomination of Joseph Lieberman) as well as numerous corrections, enlargements, and updates. One might expect Rabbi Telushkin's project of inspiring Jewish literacy to be overly earnest, but the author's understated wit adds considerable levity to most entries. The entry on "Sodom and Gomorrah," for instance, ends this way: "A number of years ago, some Israeli promoters of tourism suggested transforming the modern city of Sodom into a tourist haven with casinos, nightclubs, and even strip shows. The Chief Rabbinate in Israel sharply demurred, warning that there was nothing to prevent God from destroying the city a second time. The plan was dropped." --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Kaffir Boyby Mark MathabaneISBN 0684848287 (0-684-84828-7)
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Kokology: The Game of Self-Discoveryby Tadahiko Nagao, Isamu SaitoISBN 0684871483 (0-684-87148-3)
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Innocuous questions make Kokology a perfect conversation starter. Find out how magazine reading corresponds with the way a check book is managed; learn what bringing an address book, hairspray, lucky charm, or gum to work may say about a personality trait; or discover your true feelings about sex by answering a few simple questions about an ideal amusement park ride. Kokology's creators have produced questions that will help you gain insight into yourself, but they add that Kokology is just a game and it's OK if you disagree with the results. However, the minds behind this game also believe that you'll find "more often than not you're surprised at how accurately the answers reflect people's true personalities, including your own."
Play Kokology at a dinner party, bring it on a road trip, or tote it along on your next date to begin unveiling new and exciting things about yourself and others. --Jenny Burritt [via]
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Labyrinths of Iron: Subways in History, Myth, Art, Technology, and Warby Benson BobrickISBN 0688065171 (0-688-06517-1)
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The Last Innocent Year: America in 1964 The Beginning of the "Sixties"by Jon MargolisISBN 0688153232 (0-688-15323-2)
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Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meatby Howard Lyman, Glen MerzerISBN 0684854465 (0-684-85446-5)
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Masters of the Dream: The Strength and Betrayal of Black Americaby Alan L. KeyesISBN 068814618X (0-688-14618-X)
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May All Be Fed: Diet for a New Worldby John Robbins, Jia PattonISBN 0688116256 (0-688-11625-6)
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The Men in Our Lives: Fathers, Lovers. Husbands, Mentorsby Elizabeth FishelISBN 068803960X (0-688-03960-X)
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Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Womenby Michael GrossISBN 0688126596 (0-688-12659-6)
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Nature of Prejudiceby Gordon W. AllportISBN 0686950070 (0-686-95007-0)
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New Guide to Rational Livingby Albert EllisISBN 0685707202 (0-685-70720-2)
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New World Coming : The 1920's and the Making of Modern Americaby Nathan MillerISBN 0684852950 (0-684-85295-0)
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The Next Centuryby David HalberstamISBN 068810391X (0-688-10391-X)
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Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me About Who We Areby Roger Fouts, Stephen Tukel Mills, Jane GoodallISBN 068814862X (0-688-14862-X)
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Not Like Our Parents: How the Baby Boom Generation Is Changing Americaby D. Quinn MillsISBN 0688068359 (0-688-06835-9)
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Orphans of the Living: Stories of America's Children in Foster Careby Jennifer TothISBN 068484480X (0-684-84480-X)
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Pathfindersby Gail SheehyISBN 0688006485 (0-688-00648-5)
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Persian Mirrors : The Elusive Face of Iranby Elaine SciolinoISBN 0684862905 (0-684-86290-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Persian Mirrors : The Elusive Face of Iran'Book summary:In 1979, a clerical revolution in Iran swept aside the inarguably corrupt government of Shah Reza Pahlavi and set in motion events that would make that nation a world pariah. In the place of one dictatorship came another, one led "by an old bearded cleric in a turban and cloak whose answer to the king's injustice was to wrap the country in a populist message of promise and smother it with an intolerant version of Islam."
So writes Elaine Sciolino, a reporter for The New York Times who entered Iran with the Ayatollah Khomeini and who remained there for more than 20 years, providing American readers with memorable accounts that were less, it seemed, about politics and religion than about human nature. For Iran is a mass of contradictions, she writes, a country many of whose leaders press for forward-looking change while serving a government that seeks a return to the distant past, and whose citizens constantly seek ways to experiment "with two highly volatile chemicals--Islam and democracy." In her book, Sciolino travels the length and breadth of Iran, interviewing national leaders and citizens, turning up stories of resistance and accommodation that are at once hopeful and cautious. (For instance, she writes, "Personal expression is entirely possible in Iran. You just have to be careful when and where you engage in it, and you have to be ready for nasty surprises when the rules change.")
Iran has been overlooked for too long, Sciolino suggests. Her book, both sympathetic and critical, makes a useful guide for those outside the country who seek to understand it better. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Postponed Generation: Why America's Grown-Up Kids Are Growing Up Laterby Susan LittwinISBN 0688048900 (0-688-04890-0)
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Preferential Policies: An International Perspectiveby Thomas SowellISBN 0688109691 (0-688-10969-1)
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Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabiaby Jean P. SassonISBN 0688116752 (0-688-11675-2)
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The Prisoner's Wife: A Memoirby Asha BandeleISBN 0684850737 (0-684-85073-7)
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The Quantum Society: Mind, Physics, and a New Social Visionby Danah Zohar, Ian MarshallISBN 0688142303 (0-688-14230-3)
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Queer Space: Architecture and Same-Sex Desireby Aaron BetskyISBN 0688143016 (0-688-14301-6)
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The Quest for Cosmic Justiceby Thomas SowellISBN 0684864630 (0-684-86463-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Quest for Cosmic Justice'Book summary:Thomas Sowell is a man of immense learning but with a common touch. His books reveal a dazzling mind that ranges freely and easily from history and sociology to economics to public policy. He conveys complex ideas in a simple way for a mass audience, a skill he learned as an academic who writes a syndicated newspaper column. This strength is on full view in The Quest for Cosmic Justice, which is perhaps best described as a work of moral philosophy. That may sound off-putting, but it shouldn't. Again, Sowell writes for lay readers, and his clear thinking is on immediate display. His topic is justice, broadly understood. We constantly hear of "social justice," he says. But how is social justice different from other kinds of justice? The word social, in fact, is redundant here: "All justice is inherently social. Can someone on a desert island be either just or unjust?" The book goes on to show how one person's sense of justice and equality can lead to their exact opposites: injustice and inequality. He holds no quarter for those who pursue "cosmic justice," the dangerous notion that people can right all wrongs, and favors "traditional justice," which emphasizes rules and procedures. The Quest for Cosmic Justice ought to be required reading for all students in college-level political theory courses; Sowell's conservative politics and aversion to academic jargon probably guarantee it won't be. That's a shame, because he is the very definition of a public intellectual--and The Quest for Cosmic Justice is another awesome achievement. --John J. Miller [via]
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Revenge : A Story of Hopeby Laura BlumenfeldISBN 0684853167 (0-684-85316-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Revenge : A Story of Hope'Book summary:In 1986, a Palestinian terrorist shot author Laura Blumenfelds father. More than a decade later, Blumenfeld, a reporter for The Washington Post, decided to find the man who tried to kill her dad; she also wanted to learn about vengeance. I was looking for the shooter, but I also was looking for some kind of wisdom, she writes. I wanted to master revenge. Blumenfeld interviews a variety of people, from religious figures to assassins, about the meaning of revenge. The heart of the book, though, is her own journey to find the man who pulled the trigger. First she locates his family and learns vivid details about his life--he was a standout in his public-relations course at the University of Bethlehem. Blumenfelds own emotions arent far from the surface of this narrative. When she meets the shooters own father, for instance, she asks herself: Am I supposed to shoot him now? Finally she begins a creepy correspondence with the gunman, who is in prison. Their letters back and forth are oddly compelling--at first the shooter doesnt know her real identity, though she eventually reveals it. In the end, Blumenfeld says her quest helped her find hope in a dangerous world, even as the final words of her book reflect upon September 11 and its immediate aftermath, when so many other Americans longed for their own vengeance. --John Miller [via]
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The Search for America's Faithby George GallupISBN 0687370906 (0-687-37090-6)
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The Sex Contract: The Evolution of Human Behaviorby Helen E. FisherISBN 0688015999 (0-688-01599-9)
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Talking from 9 to 5: How Women's and Men's Conversational Styles Affect Who Gets Heard, Who Gets Credit, and What Gets Done at Workby Deborah TannenISBN 0688112439 (0-688-11243-9)
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Tearing the Silence: Being German in Americaby Ursula HegiISBN 068484611X (0-684-84611-X)
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That's Not What I Meant!: How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Your Relations With Othersby Deborah TannenISBN 0688048129 (0-688-04812-9)
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Threesomes: Studies in Sex, Power, and Intimacyby Arno KarlenISBN 0688065368 (0-688-06536-8)
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Tudor Women: Queens and Commonersby Alison PlowdenISBN 068910944X (0-689-10944-X)
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Venice : Lion City: The Religion of Empireby Garry WillsISBN 0684871904 (0-684-87190-4)
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Virtue of Prosperity: Finding Values in an Age of Techno-Affluenceby Dinesh D'SouzaISBN 0684868156 (0-684-86815-6)
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Voluntary Simplicity: Toward a Way of Life That Is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Richby Duane ElginISBN 0688121195 (0-688-12119-5)
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A Way of Seeingby Margaret Mead, Rhoda Bubendey MetrauxISBN 0688053262 (0-688-05326-2)
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Who Are We: The Challenges to America's National Identityby Samuel P. HuntingtonISBN 0684870541 (0-684-87054-1)
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His astute analysis has proven correct. Now Professor Huntington turns his attention from international affairs to our domestic cultural rifts as he examines the impact other civilizations and their values are having on our own country.
America was founded by British settlers who brought with them a distinct culture including the English language, Protestant values, individualism, religious commitment, and respect for law. The waves of immigrants that later came to the United States gradually accepted these values and assimilated into America's Anglo-Protestant culture. More recently, however, national identity has been eroded by the problems of assimilating massive numbers of primarily Hispanic
immigrants, bilingualism, multiculturalism, the devaluation of citizenship, and the "denationalization" of American elites.
September 11 brought a revival of American patriotism and a renewal of American identity. But already there are signs that this revival is
fading, even though in the post-September 11 world, Americans face unprecedented challenges to our security.
"Who Are We?" shows the need for us to reassert the core values that make us Americans. Nothing less than our national identity is at stake.
Once again Samuel Huntington has written an important book that is certain to provoke a lively debate and to shape our national conversation about who we are.\
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Why I'm Like This: True Storiesby Cynthia KaplanISBN 0688178502 (0-688-17850-2)
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Why We Don't Talk to Each Other Anymore: The De-Voicing of Societyby John L. LockeISBN 0684855747 (0-684-85574-7)
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A Woman's Life: The Story of an Ordinary American and Her Extraordinary Generationby Susan CheeverISBN 0688143482 (0-688-14348-2)
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You're Too Kind: A Brief History of Flatteryby Richard StengelISBN 0684854929 (0-684-85492-9)
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Over the years, people have offered many different definitions of and opinions on flattery, and flattery itself has changed "from flattery as a technique for persuading a whole class of people to flattery as a technique for influencing a single person." Is it venal? Is it a victimless crime? Is it a diluted form of praise? Is it merely, as Lord Chesterfield suggested, "a complaisant indulgence for people's weaknesses"? Or is it just lying? In his book You're Too Kind, Richard Stengel ponders the meaning of flattery and charts a droll and whimsical history, starting with the Egyptians ("Laugh after he laughs, and it will be very pleasing to his heart," recommends Vizier Ptahhotep), and concluding with handy hints on how to flatter without getting caught: "Never be candid when a person asks you to be candid." In between, he asks questions such as "What is circumcision, really, but a kind of divinely enforced flattery?" in an irreverent discourse around the covenant with the Israelites, and looks at everyone from troubadours to Dale Carnegie, Puritans to Hollywood D-girls.
The dust jacket sports plaudits by impresario of flattery Jay Leno and spinmeister George Stephanopoulos, who vouch that You're Too Kind is indeed a diverting book for the reader--like yourself--with taste, discretion, and, ahem, humor. --J. Riches [via]
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