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Against Civilization: Readings And Reflectionsby John ZerzanISBN 0966775805 (0-9667758-0-5)
Softcover, Uncivilized Books
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American Gospel : God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nationby Jon MeachamISBN 1400065550 (1-4000-6555-0)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Gospel : God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation'Book summary:The American Gospelliterally, the good news about Americais that religion shapes our public life without controlling it. In this vivid book, New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham tells the human story of how the Founding Fathers viewed faith, and how they ultimately created a nation in which belief in God is a matter of choice.
At a time when our country seems divided by extremism, American Gospel draws on the past to offer a new perspective. Meacham re-creates the fascinating history of a nation grappling with religion and politicsfrom John Winthrops city on a hill sermon to Thomas Jeffersons Declaration of Independence; from the Revolution to the Civil War; from a proposed nineteenth-century Christian Amendment to the Constitution to Martin Luther King, Jr.s call for civil rights; from George Washington to Ronald Reagan.
Debates about religion and politics are often more divisive than illuminating. Secularists point to a wall of separation between church and state, while many conservatives act as though the Founding Fathers were apostles in knee britches. As Meacham shows in this brisk narrative, neither extreme has it right. At the heart of the American experiment lies the God of what Benjamin Franklin called public religion, a God who invests all human beings with inalienable rights while protecting private religion from government interference. It is a great American balancing act, and it has served us well.
Meacham has written and spoken extensively about religion and politics, and he brings historical authority and a sense of hope to the issue. American Gospel makes it compellingly clear that the nations best chance of summoning what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature lies in recovering the spirit and sense of the Founding. In looking back, we may find the light to lead us forward.
In his American Gospel, Jon Meacham provides a refreshingly clear, balanced, and wise historical portrait of religion and American politics at exactly the moment when such fairness and understanding are much needed. Anyone who doubts the relevance of history to our own time has only to read this exceptional book. David McCullough, author of 1776
Jon Meacham has given us an insightful and eloquent account of the spiritual foundation of the early days of the American republic. It is especially instructive reading at a time when the nation is at once engaged in and deeply divided on the question of religion and its place in public life. Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation
An absorbing narrative full of vivid characters and fresh thinking, American Gospel tells how the Founding Fathersand their successorsstruggled with their own religious and political convictions to work out the basic structure for freedom of religion. For me this book was nonstop reading. Elaine Pagels, professor of religion, Princeton University, author of Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
Jon Meacham is one of our countrys most brilliant thinkers about religions impact on American society. In this scintillating and provocative book, Meacham reveals the often-hidden influence of religious belief on the Founding Fathers and on later generations of American citizens and leaders up to our own. Today, as we argue more strenuously than ever about the proper place of religion in our politics and the rest of American life, Meachams important book should serve as the touchstone of the debate.
Michael Beschloss, author of The Conquerors
At a time when faith and freedom seem increasingly polarized, American Gospel recovers our vital centerthe middle ground where, historically, religion and public life strike a delicate balance. Well researched, well written, inspiring, and persuasive, this is a welcome addition to the literature. Jonathan D. Sarna, Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University, author of American Judaism: A History [via]More editions of American Gospel : God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation:
The Amish of Holmes County: A Culture, a Religion, a Way of Lifeby Spectrum Publications (Firm)ISBN 0965499707 (0-9654997-0-7)
Hardcover, Spectrum Publications
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Anarchist Cookbookby William PowellISBN 0974458902 (0-9744589-0-2)
Softcover, Ozark Pr Llc
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Birth of a Nationby Aaron McGruder, Reginald Hudlin, Kyle BakerISBN 1400048591 (1-4000-4859-1)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Birth of a Nation'Book summary:This scathingly hilarious political satireproduced from a collaboration of three of our funniest humoristsanswers the burning question: Would anyone care if East St. Louis seceded from the Union?
East St. Louis, Illinois ( the inner city without an outer city ), is an impoverished town, so poor that Fred Fredericks, its idealistic mayor, starts off Election Day by collecting the citys trash in his own minivan. But the mayor believes in the power of democracy and rallies his fellow citizens to the polls for the presidential election, only to find hundreds of them turned away for trumped-up reasons. Even sweet old Miss Jacksonnot to mention the mayor himselfis denied the vote because her name turns up on a bogus list of felons. The national election hinges on Illinoiss electoral votes and, as a result of the mass disenfranchisement of East St. Louis, a radical right-wing junta led by a dim-witted Texas governor seizes the Oval Office.
Prodded by shady black billionaire and old friend John Roberts, Fredericks devises a radical plan of protest: East St. Louis will secede from the Union. Roberts opens an offshore bank (albeit in the heart of the U.S.) to finance the newly liberated country, and suddenly East St. Louis becomes the Switzerland of the American heartland, flush with money. It also begins to attract a motley circus of idealistic young militants, OPEC-funded hitmen, CIA operatives, tabloid reporters, and AWOL black servicemen eager to protect and serve the new nation.
Problems set in almost immediately: Controversies rage over the name and national anthem of the new country (they decide on the Republic of Blackland with an anthem sung to the tune of the theme from Good Times), and local thug Roscoe becomes a warlord and turns his gang into a paramilitary force. When the U.S. military begins to move in, Fredericks is forced to decide whether his protest is worth taking all the way.
Birth of a Nation starts with a scenario drawn from the botched election of 2000 and spins it into a brilliantly absurd work of sharply pointed satire. Along the way the authors lay into a host of hot social and cultural issuesskewering white supremacists, black nationalists, and everyone in betweendrawing real blood and real laughs in equal measure in this riotous send-up of American politics. [via]More editions of Birth of a Nation:
Blue Rage, Black Redemption: A Memoirby Stanley "Tookie" WilliamsISBN 0975358405 (0-9753584-0-5)
Softcover, Damamli Pub Co
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Bomb the Suburbsby William Upski WimsattISBN 0964385503 (0-9643855-0-3)
Softcover, Atlantic Books, Limited
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Brainiac: Adventures in the Curious, Competitive, Compulsive World of Trivia Buffsby Ken JenningsISBN 1400064457 (1-4000-6445-7)
Hardcover, Villard Books
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Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals And Communitiesby Ruby K. Payne, Terie Dreussi Smith, Philip DevolISBN 0964743795 (0-9647437-9-5)
Hardcover, Aha Process Inc
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Chicano Manifestoby Armando B. RendonISBN 0965703509 (0-9657035-0-9)
Softcover, Ollin & Associnc
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The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reasonby Charles FreemanISBN 1400033802 (1-4000-3380-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason'Book summary:A radical and powerful reappraisal of the impact of Constantines adoption of Christianity on the later Roman world, and on the subsequent development both of Christianity and of Western civilization.
When the Emperor Contstantine converted to Christianity in 368 AD, he changed the course of European history in ways that continue to have repercussions to the present day. Adopting those aspects of the religion that suited his purposes, he turned Rome on a course from the relatively open, tolerant and pluralistic civilization of the Hellenistic world, towards a culture that was based on the rule of fixed authority, whether that of the Bible, or the writings of Ptolemy in astronomy and of Galen and Hippocrates in medicine. Only a thousand years later, with the advent of the Renaissance and the emergence of modern science, did Europe begin to free itself from the effects of Constantine's decision, yet the effects of his establishment of Christianity as a state religion remain with us, in many respects, today. Brilliantly wide-ranging and ambitious, this is a major work of history. [via]More editions of The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason:
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Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and Endby Rosabeth Moss KanterISBN 1400052912 (1-4000-5291-2)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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She applies the literature of cognitive psychology (dissonance, explanatory models, learned optimism) to explore the winning and losing streaks of a diverse lineup including the BBC, Gillette, Verizon, Continental Airlines, the Chicago Cubs, and Target. The result is a brilliant anatomy lesson of the big decisions and the small gestures that build and restore confidence.
Three cornerstones are clearly detailed: "Accountability," the actions that involve facing facts without humiliation; "Collaboration," the rituals of respect that create teamwork, and "Initiative/Innovation," the "kaleidoscope thinking" that unlocks energy and creativity. A standout chapter describes how Nelson Mandela created a culture of confidence in South Africa. Some readers may wish for more strategies about positive habits of mind in individuals. Others will search for a quick fix. Instead, Moss Kanters in-depth examples and ideas about resilient organizations will become required reading. They add up to a persuasive and informed optimism. --Barbara Mackoff [via]
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A Continent For The Taking: The Tragedy And Hope Of Africaby Howard W. FrenchISBN 1400030277 (1-4000-3027-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Continent For The Taking: The Tragedy And Hope Of Africa'Book summary:In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran correspondent for The New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand account of some of Africas most devastating recent historyfrom the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, to Charles Taylors arrival in Monrovia, to the genocide in Rwanda and the Congo that left millions dead. Blending eyewitness reportage with rich historical insight, French searches deeply into the causes of todays events, illuminating the debilitating legacy of colonization and the abiding hypocrisy and inhumanity of both Western and African political leaders.
While he captures the tragedies that have repeatedly befallen Africas peoples, French also opens our eyes to the immense possibility that lies in Africas complexity, diversity, and myriad cultural strengths. The culmination of twenty-five years of passionate exploration and understanding, this is a powerful and ultimately hopeful book about a fascinating and misunderstood continent. [via]More editions of A Continent For The Taking: The Tragedy And Hope Of Africa:
Cool Tools: 2003by Kevin KellyISBN 0972392521 (0-9723925-2-1)
Softcover, Kevin Kelly
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Cosmic Suicide: The Tragedy and Transcendence of Heaven's Gateby Rodney Perkins, Forrest JacksonISBN 0965951219 (0-9659512-1-9)
Softcover, Pentaradial Press
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Cries in the New Wildernessby Mikhail N. Epshtein, Eve AdlerISBN 0967967546 (0-9679675-4-6)
Hardcover, Paul Dry Books Inc
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Timeby Mark HaddonISBN 1400032717 (1-4000-3271-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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The Diversity Hoax: Law Students Report from Berkeleyby Marc Berley, David WienirISBN 0966994000 (0-9669940-0-0)
Softcover, Foundation for Academic Standards &
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Domestic Tranquility: A Brief Against Feminismby F. Carolyn GragliaISBN 0965320863 (0-9653208-6-3)
Hardcover, Spence Pub
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Don't Play in the Sun: One Woman's Journey Through the Color Complexby Marita GoldenISBN 1400077362 (1-4000-7736-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Down Hereby Andrew H. VachssISBN 1400076110 (1-4000-7611-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Edison's Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Lifeby Gaby WoodISBN 1400031583 (1-4000-3158-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Elements of Styleby Wendy WassersteinISBN 1400076870 (1-4000-7687-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elements of Style'Book summary:From the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author of the essay collection Shiksa Goddess ("Utterly delicious"-Judith Thurman), a dazzling debut novel, a comedy about New York's urban gentry living in a post-9/11 world-the arbiters of fashion and the doyennes of charity balls; about the rich and the nouveau rich(er), the glamorous and the desperate to be.We meet Francesca Weissman, the Upper East Side pediatrician rated number one by Manhattan magazine, who takes us into the upper strata of privilege and aspiration (she's originally from Queens with a father in hosiery; life on the fringes of glittering New York is fine with her) . . . Samantha Acton, thoroughbred descendant of the Van Rensselaers and the Carnegies, who defines the social order in the great tradition of Mrs. Astor and Babe Paley . . . Judy Tremont from Modesto, California, daughter of a cop-her life's work, her obsession, is New York society and its richest families . . . Barry Santorini, Republican, moviemaker, winner of twelve Oscars, and his wife, the Italian supermarket heiress and former media rep for Giorgio Armani . . . and many more. As Elements of Style opens out, we see a madcap mosaic of the social lives and mores of twenty-first century Manhattan-of romance, work, family, and friendship. Satiric, fierce, touching-and deliciously Wasserstein."Pure Wendy! She effortlessly makes the leap from stage to page with a novel that is loving, compassionate, flat-out funny. Wendy loved the word 'scintillating,' which is the best way to describe her stunning Elements of Style."-John Guare"Wasserstein gets the trappings and tribulations (of friendship and of romance) right, making her depiction of the rich and fab trying to connect with one another witty and entertaining."-Publishers Weekly"Bold, nimble, and funny to its fingertips, Elements of Style is a delight, a triumph. A book that no self-respecting New Yorker should be without. [via]
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The Elements of Style: A Style Guide for Writersby William StrunkISBN 097522980X (0-9752298-0-X)
Softcover, Kt Pub
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Enrique's Journeyby Sonia NazarioISBN 1400062055 (1-4000-6205-5)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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EvasionISBN 0970910118 (0-9709101-1-8)
Softcover, Crimethinc.Workers Collective
Find This BookBook summary:The eagerly awaited second offering from the CrimethInc. collective offers up a collection of stories, anecdotes from in and around the margins of drop-out culture. "We dumpstered, squatted, and shoplifted our lives back. Everything fell into place when we decided our lives were to be lived. Life serves the risk taker..." Guaranteed to be a best-seller. Snap em up while you can. [via]
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Fine Balanceby Rohinton MistryISBN 140003065X (1-4000-3065-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fine Balance'Book summary:With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers--a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic hill station, and two tailors who have fled the caste violence of their native village--will be thrust together, forced to share one cramped apartment and an uncertain future. As the characters move from distrust to friendship and from friendship to love, A Fine Balance creates an enduring panorama of the human spirit in an inhuman state. [via]
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Framework for Understanding Povertyby Ruby K. PayneISBN 0964743728 (0-9647437-2-8)
Softcover, Aha Process Inc
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Gender in Popular Culture: Images of Men and Women in Literature, Visual Media and Material Cultureby Susan RollinsISBN 0964175509 (0-9641755-0-9)
Softcover, Ridgemont Pr
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The Golden Ghetto: The Psychology Of Affluenceby Jessie H. O'NeillISBN 0967855403 (0-9678554-0-3)
Hardcover, Affluenza Project
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Good to Great and the Social Sectors: Why Business Thinking is Not the Answerby Jim CollinsISBN 0977326403 (0-9773264-0-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Good Women of China: Hidden Voicesby Xinran Xue, Esther TyldesleyISBN 1400030803 (1-4000-3080-3)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices'Book summary:When Deng Xiaopings efforts to open up China took root in the late 1980s, Xinran recognized an invaluable opportunity. As an employee for the state radio system, she had long wanted to help improve the lives of Chinese women. But when she was given clearance to host a radio call-in show, she barely anticipated the enthusiasm it would quickly generate. Operating within the constraints imposed by government censors, Words on the Night Breeze sparked a tremendous outpouring, and the hours of tape on her answering machines were soon filled every night. Whether angry or muted, posing questions or simply relating experiences, these anonymous women bore witness to decades of civil strife, and of halting attempts at self-understanding in a painfully restrictive society. In this collection, by turns heartrending and inspiring, Xinran brings us the stories that affected her most, and offers a graphically detailed, altogether unprecedented work of oral history. [via]
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Goodbye! Good Men: How Catholic Seminaries Turned Away Two Generations of Vocations from the Priesthoodby Michael S. RoseISBN 0967637112 (0-9676371-1-2)
Softcover, Hope of st Monica Inc
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Hard America, Soft America: Competition Vs. Coddling and the Battle for the Nation's Futureby Michael BaroneISBN 1400053242 (1-4000-5324-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Heaven's Gate Suicide: Unlocking the Answer to Why It Happenedby Tom BrownISBN 0965830500 (0-9658305-0-0)
Softcover, Tom Brown Ministries
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The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox: Mending the Gap Between Science and the Humanitiesby Stephen Jay GhouldISBN 1400051533 (1-4000-5153-3)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox: Mending the Gap Between Science and the Humanities'Book summary:Though this final book is not the most accessible of Stephen Jay Gould's meditations on science and culture, it is a complex and revealing look at one of the late paleontologist's great passions: the unity of human endeavor. The titular hedgehog and fox refer to the classic dichotomy of persistence opposed to agility of thought, which Gould uses as a backbone in comparing, contrasting, and balancing science and the humanities. Unlike many scientists, he does not consider humanities (nor religion) to be inferior to his discipline. Drawing liberally from Renaissance and Scientific Revolution sources, Gould shows that the perceived differences in the two cultures are mostly false. Readers of E.O. Wilson's Consilience will find many similarities here, though Gould emphatically rejects Wilson's conclusion that reductionism is an appropriate way to unite the two cultures and offers examples of when such an approach might fail.
If we discover that a majority of human cultures have favored infanticide under certain conditions, and that such a practice arose for good Darwinian reasons, shall we then claim that we have resolved the question of the rightness of such a practice with a "yea"?
This volume is presented by its editor almost unchanged from the manuscript Gould had finished shortly before his death. The result is a book with such unedited detail that its dense blend of history and philosophy is at times overwhelmingly difficult. Nevertheless, Gould's deeply held conviction that human understanding comes from all our cultural efforts shines through. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Hellsparkby Janet KaganISBN 0965834522 (0-9658345-2-2)
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Hobo: A Young Man's Thoughts on Trains and Tramping in Americaby Eddy Joe CottonISBN 1400048095 (1-4000-4809-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zoneby Rajiv ChandrasekaranISBN 1400044871 (1-4000-4487-1)
Hardcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone'Book summary:An unprecedented account of life in Baghdads Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, posh villas, and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq.
The Washington Posts former Baghdad bureau chief Rajiv Chandrasekaran takes us with him into the Zone: into a bubble, cut off from wartime realities, where the task of reconstructing a devastated nation competed with the distractions of a Little Americaa half-dozen bars stocked with cold beer, a disco where women showed up in hot pants, a movie theater that screened shoot-em-up films, an all-you-could-eat buffet piled high with pork, a shopping mall that sold pornographic movies, a parking lot filled with shiny new SUVs, and a snappy dry-cleaning servicemuch of it run by Halliburton. Most Iraqis were barred from entering the Emerald City for fear they would blow it up.
Drawing on hundreds of interviews and internal documents, Chandrasekaran tells the story of the people and ideas that inhabited the Green Zone during the occupation, from the imperial viceroy L. Paul Bremer III to the fleet of twentysomethings hired to implement the idea that Americans could build a Jeffersonian democracy in an embattled Middle Eastern country.
In the vacuum of postwar planning, Bremer ignores what Iraqis tell him they want or need and instead pursues irrelevant neoconservative solutionsa flat tax, a sell-off of Iraqi government assets, and an end to food rationing. His underlings spend their days drawing up pie-in-the-sky policies, among them a new traffic code and a law protecting microchip designs, instead of rebuilding looted buildings and restoring electricity production. His almost comic initiatives anger the locals and help fuel the insurgency.
Chandrasekaran details Bernard Keriks ludicrous attempt to train the Iraqi police and brings to light lesser known but typical travesties: the case of the twenty-four-year-old who had never worked in finance put in charge of reestablishing Baghdads stock exchange; a contractor with no previous experience paid millions to guard a closed airport; a State Department employee forced to bribe Americans to enlist their help in preventing Iraqi weapons scientists from defecting to Iran; Americans willing to serve in Iraq screened by White House officials for their views on Roe v. Wade; people with prior expertise in the Middle East excluded in favor of lesser-qualified Republican Party loyalists. Finally, he describes Bremers ignominious departure in 2004, fleeing secretly in a helicopter two days ahead of schedule.
This is a startling portrait of an Oz-like place where a vital aspect of our governments folly in Iraq played out. It is a book certain to be talked about for years to come. [via]More editions of Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone:
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Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security- Obsessed Worldby Eve EnslerISBN 1400063345 (1-4000-6334-5)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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When her stage play The Vagina Monologues became a runaway hit and an international sensation, Eve Ensler emerged as a powerful voice and champion for women everywhere. Now the brilliant playwright gives us her first major work written exclusively for the printed page. Insecure at Last is a timely and urgent look at our security-obsessed world, the drastic measures taken to keep us safe, and how we can truly experience freedom by letting go of the deceptive notion of vigilant protection.
Ensler draws on personal experiences and candid interviews with burka-clad women in Afghanistan; female prisoners in upstate New York; survivors at the Superdome after Katrina; and anti-war activist Cindy Sheehansharing unforgettable snapshots that chronicle a post-9/11 existence in which hyped obsession for safety and security has undermined our humanity. The us-versus-them mentality, Ensler explains, has closed our minds and hardened our compassionate hearts.
Provocative, illuminating, inspiring, and boldly envisioned, Insecure at Last challenges us to reconsider what it means to be free, to discover that our strength is not born out of that which protects us. Ensler offers us the opportunity to reevaluate our everyday lives, expose our vulnerability, and, in doing so, experience true freedom and fulfillment. [via]More editions of Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security- Obsessed World:
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The Invisible Manby Robert WanlessISBN 097372823X (0-9737282-3-X)
Softcover, Coscom Entertainment
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The Joy of Not Workingby Ernie J. ZelinskiISBN 0969419414 (0-9694194-1-4)
Softcover, Visions Intl Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Joy of Not Working'Book summary:Ernie Zelinski could change your view of the world forever. He has already taught more than 150,000 people what THE JOY OF NOT WORKING is all about: learning to live every part of your life-employment, unemployment, retirement, and leisure time alike-to the fullest. With this completely revised and expanded edition, you too can join the thousands of converts and learn to thrive at both work and at play. Illustrated by eye-opening exercises, thought-provoking diagrams, and lively cartoons and quotations, THE JOY OF NOT WORKING will guide you to:Be more productive at work by working less.Discover and pursue your life'¬?s passions.Gain the courage to leave your corporate job if it is draining life out of you.Pursue interesting leisure activities that make a difference in your physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.Vanquish any guilt you may have about not working long and hard hours.Be financially independent with less money.Plus, new to this edition are inspiring letters from readers detailing how the book helped them improve the variety, tone, and quality of their lives.A revised and updated edition of the classic guide to living life to its fullest.Previous editions have sold more than 150,000 copies in 14 languages. [via]
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The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Lateby Thom HartmannISBN 1400051576 (1-4000-5157-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: The Fate of the World and What We Can Do Before It's Too Late'Book summary:While everything appears to be collapsing around us -- ecodamage, genetic engineering, virulent diseases, the end of cheap oil, water shortages, global famine, wars -- we can still do something about it and create a world that will work for us and for our childrens children. The inspiration for Leonardo DiCaprios web movie Global Warning, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight details what is happening to our planet, the reasons for our cultures blind behavior, and how we can fix the problem. Thom Hartmanns comprehensive book, originally published in 1998, has become one of the fundamental handbooks of the environmental activist movement. Now, with fresh, updated material and a focus on political activism and its effect on corporate behavior, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight helps us understand--and heal--our relationship to the world, to each other, and to our natural resources. [via]
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The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight: Waking Up to Personal and Global Transformationby Thom HartmannISBN 0965572811 (0-9655728-1-1)
Softcover, Mythical Books
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Leapfrogging the Competition: Five Giant Steps to Market Leadershipby Oren Harari, Martha H. PeakISBN 0965789608 (0-9657896-0-8)
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Life Interrupted: The Unfinished Monologueby Spalding GrayISBN 1400048613 (1-4000-4861-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Life, Money & Illusion: Living on Earth As If We Want to Stayby Mike NickersonISBN 0978097300 (0-9780973-0-0)
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Little Book of Bleepsby Betsy ChasseISBN 0976107406 (0-9761074-0-6)
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Lustmord : The Writings and Artifacts of Murderersby Brian KingISBN 096503240X (0-9650324-0-X)
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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Dieby Chip Heath, Dan HeathISBN 1400064287 (1-4000-6428-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die'Book summary:Mark Twain once observed, A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on. His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideasbusiness people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and othersstruggle to make their ideas stick.
Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas? In Made to Stick, accomplished educators and idea collectors Chip and Dan Heath tackle head-on these vexing questions. Inside, the brothers Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps.
In this indispensable guide, we discover that sticky messages of all kindsfrom the infamous kidney theft ring hoax to a coachs lessons on sportsmanship to a vision for a new product at Sonydraw their power from the same six traits.
Made to Stick is a book that will transform the way you communicate ideas. Its a fast-paced tour of success stories (and failures)the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who drank a glass of bacteria to prove a point about stomach ulcers; the charities who make use of the Mother Teresa Effect ; the elementary-school teacher whose simulation actually prevented racial prejudice. Provocative, eye-opening, and often surprisingly funny, Made to Stick shows us the vital principles of winning ideasand tells us how we can apply these rules to making our own messages stick. [via]More editions of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die:
Meat Market: Animals, Ethics, And Moneyby Erik MarcusISBN 0975867911 (0-9758679-1-1)
Softcover, Brio Pr
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Mommy Wars: Stay-at-home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives, Their Familiesby Leslie Morgan SteinerISBN 1400064155 (1-4000-6415-5)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Mother Knot: A Memoirby Kathryn HarrisonISBN 1400061911 (1-4000-6191-1)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The New Medicineby Nigel M. De S. CameronISBN 0971159904 (0-9711599-0-4)
Softcover, Bioethics Pr Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Medicine'Book summary:The New Medicine addresses the current crisis in medicine that stems from the steady collapse of the Hippocratic tradition of professional medical practice. Side by side growing support for abortion and euthanasia, both forbidden in the Hippocratic Oath, we see a shift toward the "relief of suffering" as the goal of medicine - a weasel concept that has been broadened to include the "suffering" of relatives, physicians, and society at large. The evils of medicine and science under the Nazis illustrated how rapidly the humane medical tradition could be subverted and medical skills put to terrible purposes. As we seek in the 21st century to rebuild the professional character of medicine, and to develop a policy framework for bioscience and related technologies, there has never been wiser counsel than that of Hippocrates. And that this pagan physician should have been endorsed by Christians, Jews, and Muslims, and perhaps most notably in the 20th century by Margaret Mead, doyenne of anthropologists and one of the century's most influential liberal figures, suggests that his vision for medicine is as relevant to tomorrow as it was in the distant days of late antique Greece. [via]
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Only Childby Andrew VachssISBN 1400030986 (1-4000-3098-6)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Out of It: A Cultural History of Intoxicationby Stuart WaltonISBN 1400049768 (1-4000-4976-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Pigs at the Troughby Arianna HuffingtonISBN 1400051266 (1-4000-5126-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pigs at the Trough'Book summary:Arianna Huffington, popular pundit, columnist, and author, is not known for her polite criticisms or her carefully worded complaints. In the course of Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America, the corporate CEOs, accountants, politicians, and lobbyists at who she takes aim receive little relief from their porcine characterization first intimated in the book's title. And while she is full of invective for Enron's Kenneth Lay, Tyco CEO Dennis Kozlowski, Dick Cheney, and others, she backs up her outrage with dollar figures, dates, names, and specific information. The voluminous research is made more digestible by Huffington's direct and often amusing writing style (she characterizes a CEO's process of getting a loan approved by a corporate board as being akin to Tony Soprano getting a loan from Paulie Walnuts). Interspersed between chapters are entertainingly informative sidebars, including quizzes on executives' avarice and games where you match the CEO to his yacht. Occasionally, Huffington's anger gets mired in name-calling, which deflates her points. And while she spends ample time and space outlining the particulars of a flawed power structure, she dedicates little time to offering practical solutions toward remedying the problems. But Huffington is not trying to write a political science textbook or a party platform. As a highly readable indictment of corporate and governmental excess, Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America is highly successful. --John Moe [via]
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Pigs at the Trough : How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining Americaby Arianna HuffingtonISBN 1400047714 (1-4000-4771-4)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pigs at the Trough : How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America'Book summary:Who filled the trough? Who set the table at the banquet of greed? How has it been possible for corporate pigs to gorge themselves on grossly inflated pay packages and heaping helpings of stock options while the average American struggles to make do with their leftovers? Provocative political commentator Arianna Huffington yanks back the curtain on the unholy alliance of CEOs, politicians, lobbyists, and Wall Street bankers who have shown a brutal disregard for those in the office cubicles and on the factory floors. As she puts it: "The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway." Yet it has been, allowing corporate crooks to bilk the public out of trillions of dollars, magically making our pensions and 401(k)s disappear and walking away with astronomical payouts and absurdly lavish perks-for-life. The media have put their fingers on pieces of the sordid puzzle, but Pigs at the Trough presents the whole ugly picture of what's really going on for the first time-a blistering, wickedly witty portrait of exactly how and why the worst and the greediest are running American business and government into the ground. Tyco's Dennis Kozlowski, Adelphia's John Rigas, and the Three Horsemen of the Enron Apocalypse-Ken Lay, Jeff Skilling, and Andrew Fastow-are not just a few bad apples. They are manifestations of a megatrend in corporate leadership-the rise of a callous and avaricious mind-set that is wildly out of whack with the core values of the average American. WorldCom, Enron, Adelphia, Tyco, AOL, Xerox, Merrill Lynch, and the other scandals are only the tip of the tip of the corruption iceberg. Making the case that our public watchdogs have become little more than obedient lapdogs, unwilling to bite the corporate hand that feeds them, Arianna Huffington turns the spotlight on the tough reforms we must demand from Washington. [via]
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Poker Face: A Girlhood Among Gamblersby Katherine LedererISBN 1400052769 (1-4000-5276-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Power Versus Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behaviorby David R. HawkinsISBN 0964326116 (0-9643261-1-6)
Softcover, Veritas Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Power Versus Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior'Book summary:This Author's Official Revised Edition includes several crucial updates since the original publication, including a more thorough explanation of the muscle-testing technique as well as changes to the text made by Dr. Hawkins as he read the book for an audio recording in 2006. David R. Hawkins details how anyone may resolve the most crucial of all human dilemmas: how to instantly determine the truth or falsehood of any statement or supposed fact. Dr. Hawkins, who worked as a "healing psychiatrist" during his long and distinguished career, uses theoretical concepts from particle physics, nonlinear dynamics, and chaos theory to support his study of human behavior. This is a fascinating work that will intrigue readers from all walks of life! [via]
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Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabiaby Jean P. SassonISBN 0967673747 (0-9676737-4-7)
Softcover, Windsor Brooke Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia'Book summary:Sultana is a Saudi Arabian princess, a woman born to fabulous, uncountable wealth. She has four mansions on three continents, her own private jet, glittering jewels, designer dresses galore. But in reality she lives in a gilded cage. She has no freedom, no control over her own life, no value but as a bearer of sons. Hidden behind her black floor-length veil, she is a prisoner, jailed by her father, her husband, her sons, and her country.Sultana is a member of the Saudi royal family, closely related to the king. For the sake of her daughters, she has decided to take the risk of speaking out about the life of women in her country, regardless of their rank. She must hide her identity for fear that the religous leaders in her country would call for her death to punish her honesty. Only a woman in her position could possibly hope to escape from being revealed and punished, despite her cloak and anonymity.Sultana tells of her own life, from her turbulent childhood to her arranged marriage--a happy one until her husband decided to displace her by taking a second wife--and of the lives of her sisters, her friends and her servants. Although they share affection, confidences and an easy camaraderie within the confines of the women's quarters, they also share a history of appaling oppressions, everyday occurrences that in any other culture would be seen as shocking human rights violations; thirteen-year-old girls forced to marry men five times their age, young women killed by drowning, stoning, or isolation in the "women's room," a padded, windowless cell where women are confined with neither light nor conversation until death claims them.By speaking out, Sultana risks bringing the wrath of the Saudi establishment upon her head and te heads of her children. But by telling her story to Jean Sasson, Sultana has allowed us to see beyond the veils of this secret society, to the heart of a nation where sex, money, and power reign supreme. [via]
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Psychedelic Drugs Reconsideredby Lester Grinspoon, James B. BakalarISBN 0964156857 (0-9641568-5-7)
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Raisin in the Sunby Lorraine HansberryISBN 0971075689 (0-9710756-8-9)
Hardcover, Everbind/Marco Book Co
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Re/Search #6/7: Industrial Culture Handbookby V. ValeISBN 0965046966 (0-9650469-6-6)
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Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for Americaby Robert B. ReichISBN 1400076609 (1-4000-7660-9)
Softcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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The Republican Noise Machine : Right-Wing Media and How It Corrupts Democracyby David BrockISBN 1400048753 (1-4000-4875-3)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Republican Noise Machine : Right-Wing Media and How It Corrupts Democracy'Book summary:In The Republican Noise Machine, David Brock skillfully documents perhaps the most important but least understood political development of the last thirty years: how the Republican Right has won political power and hijacked public discourse in the United States.Brock, a former right-wing insider and the author of the New York Times bestseller Blinded by the Right, uses his keen understanding of the strategies, tactics, financing, and personalities of the American right wing to demonstrate how the once-fringe phenomenon of right-wing media has all but subsumed the regular media conversation, shaped the national consciousness, and turned American politics sharply to the right.Brock documents how in the last several decades the GOP built a powerful media machine--newspapers and magazines, think tanks, talk radio networks, op-ed columnists, the FOX News Channel, Christian Right broadcasting, book publishers, and high-traffic internet sites--to sell conservatism to the public and discredit its opponents. This unabashedly biased multibillion-dollar communications empire disregards journalistic ethics and universal standards of fairness and accuracy, manufacturing "news" that is often bought and paid for by a tight network of corporate-backed foundations and old family fortunes. By dissecting the appeal, techniques, and reach of the booming right-wing media market, Brock demonstrates that it is largely based on bigotry, ignorance, and emotional manipulation closely tied to America's longstanding cultural divisions and the buying power of anti-intellectual traditionalists. From the disputed 2000 presidential election to the war with Iraq to the political battles of 2004, Brock's penetrating analysis of right-wing media theories and methodology reveals that the Republican Right views the media as an extension of a broader struggle for political power. [via]
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Resist Not Evilby Clarence DarrowISBN 0966693299 (0-9666932-9-9)
Softcover, Breakout Productions Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Resist Not Evil'Book summary:Contents. 1. The Nature Of The State. 2. Armies And Navies. 3. The Purpose Of Armies. 4. Civil Government. 5. Theory Of Crime And Punishment. 6. Remedial Effects Of Punishment. 7. Cause Of Crime. 8. The Proper Treatment Of Crime. 9. Impossibility Of Just Judgment. 10. The Judge Of The Criminal. 11. The Measure Of Punishment. 12. Who Deserves Punishment. 13. Natural Law And Conduct. 14. Rules Governing Penal Codes And Their Victims. 15. The Machinery Of Justice. 16. The Right Treatment Of Violence. [via]
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Revolt of the Masscultby Chris LehmannISBN 0971757577 (0-9717575-7-7)
Softcover, Prickly Paradigm
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor & Middle Class Don'tby Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. LechterISBN 0964385619 (0-9643856-1-9)
Softcover, Techpr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor & Middle Class Don't'Book summary:Personal-finance author and lecturer Robert Kiyosaki developed his unique economic perspective through exposure to a pair of disparate influences: his own highly educated but fiscally unstable father, and the multimillionaire eighth-grade dropout father of his closest friend. The lifelong monetary problems experienced by his "poor dad" (whose weekly paychecks, while respectable, were never quite sufficient to meet family needs) pounded home the counterpoint communicated by his "rich dad" (that "the poor and the middle class work for money," but "the rich have money work for them"). Taking that message to heart, Kiyosaki was able to retire at 47. Rich Dad, Poor Dad, written with consultant and CPA Sharon L. Lechter, lays out his the philosophy behind his relationship with money. Although Kiyosaki can take a frustratingly long time to make his points, his book nonetheless compellingly advocates for the type of "financial literacy" that's never taught in schools. Based on the principle that income-generating assets always provide healthier bottom-line results than even the best of traditional jobs, it explains how those assets might be acquired so that the jobs can eventually be shed. --Howard Rothman [via]
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A Right to Be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasuryby Aaron McGruder, Michael MooreISBN 1400048575 (1-4000-4857-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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With bodacious wit, in just a few panels, each day Aaron serves upand sends uplife in America through the eyes of two African-American kids who are full of attitude, intelligence, and rebellion. Each time I read the strip, I laughand I wonder how long The Boondocks can get away with the things it says. And how on earth can the most truthful thing in the newspaper be the comics?
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Risky Sexby S. GenuisISBN 096950800X (0-9695080-0-X)
Softcover, Human Life Intl
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The Roads To Modernity: The British, French, And American Enlightenmentsby Gertrude HimmelfarbISBN 1400077222 (1-4000-7722-2)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Roads To Modernity: The British, French, And American Enlightenments'Book summary:In an elegant, eminently readable work, one of our most distinguished intellectual historians gives us a brilliant revisionist history. The Roads to Modernity reclaims the Enlightenmentan extraordinary time bursting with new ideas about human nature, politics, society, and religion--from historians who have downgraded its importance and from scholars who have given preeminence to the Enlightenment in France over concurrent movements in England and America.Contrasting the Enlightenments in the three nations, Himmelfarb demonstrates the primacy and wisdom of the British, exemplified in such thinkers as Adam Smith, David Hume, and Edmund Burke, as well as the unique and enduring contributions of the American Founders. It is their Enlightenments, she argues, that created a social ethichumane, compassionate, and realisticthat still resonates strongly today, in America perhaps even more than in Europe.The Roads to Modernity is a remarkable and illuminating contribution to the history of ideas. [via]
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Silent America: Essays from a Democracy at Warby William Alfred WhittleISBN 0976405903 (0-9764059-0-3)
Softcover, Aurora Aerospace
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Silent America: Essays from a Democracy at War'Book summary:From the pages of Eject! Eject! Eject!, one of the most influential of the new-media weblogs -- or "blogs" -- comes a book of essays that captures the American heartbeat. SILENT AMERICA: ESSAYS FROM A DEMOCRACY AT WAR has been read by hundreds of thousands of people online. Now you can own the collection that has been called "required reading for every high school and college in America." HONOR. EMPIRE. STRENGTH. MAGIC. HISTORY. FREEDOM... fourteen powerful essays on the American spirit. Join the thousands who have laughed, and cried, and who have found in SILENT AMERICA the words they have been searching for to describe the wonder and pride they feel for America. [via]
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The Slaves Shall Serve: Meditations on Libertyby James WassermanISBN 0971887012 (0-9718870-1-2)
Softcover, Sekmet Books
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Small Things Considered: Why There is No Perfect Designby Henry PetroskiISBN 1400032938 (1-4000-3293-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Small Things Considered: Why There is No Perfect Design'Book summary:Henry Petroski, Americas poet laureate of technology (Kirkus Reviews)author of The Pencil and The Evolution of Useful Thingsnow gives us an entertaining and perceptive study of design in everyday life, while revealing the checkered pasts, and some possible futures, of familiar objects.
Chairs, lightbulbs, cup holders, toothbrushes, doorknobs, light switches, potato peelers, paper bags, duct tapeas ubiquitous as these may be, they are still works in progress. The design of such ordinary items demonstrates the simple brilliance of human creativity, while at the same time showing the frustration of getting anything completely right. Nothings perfect, and so the quest for perfection continues to continue.
In this engrossing and insightful book, Petroski takes us inside the creative process by which common objects are invented and improved upon in pursuit of the ever-elusive perfect thing. He shows us, for instance, how the disposable paper cup became a popular commercial success only after the public learned that shared water glasses could carry germs; how it took years, an abundance of business panache, and many discarded modelsfrom cups that opened like paper bags to those that came with pleatsfor the inventor of the paper cup to arrive at what we now use and toss away without so much as a thought for its fascinating history.
A trenchant, surprising evaluation of why some designs succeed and others dont, Small Things Considered is also an utterly delightful study of human nature.
Henry Petroski, the Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil Engineering and a professor of history at Duke University, lives in Durham, North Carolina. He is the author of ten previous books. [via]More editions of Small Things Considered: Why There is No Perfect Design:
Snapping: America's Epidemic of Sudden Personality Changeby Jim Siegelman, Flo ConwayISBN 0964765004 (0-9647650-0-4)
Softcover, Stillpoint Pr Inc
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Song Of Solomonby Toni MorrisonISBN 140003342X (1-4000-3342-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Stumbling on Happinessby Daniel GilbertISBN 1400077427 (1-4000-7742-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stumbling on Happiness'Book summary:Do you know what makes you happy? Daniel Gilbert would bet that you think you do, but you are most likely wrong. In his witty and engaging new book, Harvard professor Gilbert reveals his take on how our minds work, and how the limitations of our imaginations may be getting in the way of our ability to know what happiness is. Sound quirky and interesting? It is! But just to be sure, we asked bestselling author (and master of the quirky and interesting) Malcolm Gladwell to read Stumbling on Happiness, and give us his take. Check out his review below. --Daphne Durham
Guest Reviewer: Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell is the author of bestselling books Blink and The Tipping Point, and is a staff writer for The New Yorker.
Several years ago, on a flight from New York to California, I had the good fortune to sit next to a psychologist named Dan Gilbert. He had a shiny bald head, an irrepressible good humor, and we talked (or, more accurately, he talked) from at least the Hudson to the Rockies--and I was completely charmed. He had the wonderful quality many academics have--which is that he was interested in the kinds of questions that all of us care about but never have the time or opportunity to explore. He had also had a quality that is rare among academics. He had the ability to translate his work for people who were outside his world.Now Gilbert has written a book about his psychological research. It is called Stumbling on Happiness, and reading it reminded me of that plane ride long ago. It is a delight to read. Gilbert is charming and funny and has a rare gift for making very complicated ideas come alive.
Stumbling on Happiness is a book about a very simple but powerful idea. What distinguishes us as human beings from other animals is our ability to predict the future--or rather, our interest in predicting the future. We spend a great deal of our waking life imagining what it would be like to be this way or that way, or to do this or that, or taste or buy or experience some state or feeling or thing. We do that for good reasons: it is what allows us to shape our life. And it is by trying to exert some control over our futures that we attempt to be happy. But by any objective measure, we are really bad at that predictive function. We're terrible at knowing how we will feel a day or a month or year from now, and even worse at knowing what will and will not bring us that cherished happiness. Gilbert sets out to figure what that's so: why we are so terrible at something that would seem to be so extraordinarily important?
In making his case, Gilbert walks us through a series of fascinating--and in some ways troubling--facts about the way our minds work. In particular, Gilbert is interested in delineating the shortcomings of imagination. We're far too accepting of the conclusions of our imaginations. Our imaginations aren't particularly imaginative. Our imaginations are really bad at telling us how we will think when the future finally comes. And our personal experiences aren't nearly as good at correcting these errors as we might think.
I suppose that I really should go on at this point, and talk in more detail about what Gilbert means by that--and how his argument unfolds. But I feel like that might ruin the experience of reading Stumbling on Happiness. This is a psychological detective story about one of the great mysteries of our lives. If you have even the slightest curiosity about the human condition, you ought to read it. Trust me. --Malcolm Gladwell
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Sulaby Toni MorrisonISBN 1400033438 (1-4000-3343-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sula'Book summary:In Sula, Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize for literature, tells the story of two women--friends since childhood, separated in young adulthood, and reunited as grown women. Nel Wright grows up to become a wife and mother, happy to remain in her hometown of Medallion, Ohio. Sula Peace leaves Medallion to experience college, men, and life in the big city, an exceptional choice for a black woman to make in the late 1920s.
As girls, Nel and Sula are the best of friends, only children who find in each other a kindred spirit to share in each girl's loneliness and imagination. When they meet again as adults, it's clear that Nel has chosen a life of acceptance and accommodation, while Sula must fight to defend her seemingly unconventional choices and beliefs. But regardless of the physical and emotional distance that threatens this extraordinary friendship, the bond between the women remains unbreakable: "Her old friend had come home.... Sula, whose past she had lived through and with whom the present was a constant sharing of perceptions. Talking to Sula had always been a conversation with herself."
Lyrical and gripping, Sula is an honest look at the power of friendship amid a backdrop of family, love, race, and the human condition. --Gisele Toueg [via]
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The Swallows of Kabulby Yasmina Khadra, John CullenISBN 1400033764 (1-4000-3376-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Swallows of Kabul'Book summary:Set in Kabul under the rule of the Taliban, this extraordinary novel takes readers into the lives of two couples: Mohsen, who comes from a family of wealthy shopkeepers whom the Taliban has destroyed; Zunaira, his wife, exceedingly beautiful, who was once a brilliant teacher and is now no longer allowed to leave her home without an escort or covering her face. Intersecting their world is Atiq, a prison keeper, a man who has sincerely adopted the Taliban ideology and struggles to keep his faith, and his wife, Musarrat, who once rescued Atiq and is now dying of sickness and despair. Desperate, exhausted Mohsen wanders through Kabul when he is surrounded by a crowd about to stone an adulterous woman. Numbed by the hysterical atmosphere and drawn into their rage, he too throws stones at the face of the condemned woman buried up to her waist. With this gesture the lives of all four protagonists move toward their destinies.The Swallows of Kabul is a dazzling novel written with compassion and exquisite detail by one of the most lucid writers about the mentality of Islamic fundamentalists and the complexities of the Muslim world. Yasmina Khadra brings readers into the hot, dusty streets of Kabul and offers them an unflinching but compassionate insight into a society that violence and hypocrisy have brought to the edge of despair. [via]
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Takeover : How Euroman Changed the Worldby Arthur NiehoffISBN 0964307227 (0-9643072-2-7)
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A liberal artist seeks the perfection of the human faculties. The liberal artist begins with the language arts, the trivium, which is the basis of all learning because it teaches the tools for reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Thinking underlies all these activities. Many readers will recognize elements of this book: parts of speech, syntax, propositions, syllogisms, enthymemes, logical fallacies, scientific method, figures of speech, rhetorical technique, and poetics. The Trivium, however, presents these elements within a philosophy of language that connects thought, expression, and reality.
"Trivium" means the crossroads where the three branches of language meet. In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, students studied and mastered this integrated view of language. Regrettably, modern language teaching keeps the parts without the vision of the whole. Inspired by the possibility of helping students "acquire mastery over the tools of learning" Sister Miriam Joseph and other teachers at Saint Mary's College designed and taught a course on the trivium for all first year students. The Trivium resulted from that noble endeavor.
The liberal artist travels in good company. Sister Miriam Joseph frequently cites passages from William Shakespeare, John Milton, Plato, the Bible, Homer, and other great writers. The Paul Dry Books edition of The Trivium provides new graphics and notes to make the book accessible to today's readers. Sister Miriam Joseph told her first audience that "the function of the trivium is the training of the mind for the study of matter and spirit, which constitute the sum of reality. The fruit of education is culture, which Mathew Arnold defined as 'the knowledge of ourselves and the world.'" May this noble endeavor lead many to that end.More editions of The Trivium: The Liberal Arts of Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric:
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Schwartz reveals the hypocrisy of the Saudi regime, whose moderate facade conceals state-sponsored repression and terrorism. He also raises troubling questions about Wahhabi infiltration of Americas Islamic community and about U.S. oil companies sanitizing Saudi Arabias image for the West. This sharp analysis and eye-opening expose illuminates the background to the September 11th terrorist attacks and offers new approaches for U.S. policy toward its closest ally in the Middle East. [via]More editions of The Two Faces of Islam: Saudi Fundamentalism and Its Role in Terrorism:
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