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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain, Alyssa Harad, Cynthia Brantley Johnson

ISBN 1416500227 (1-4165-0022-7)
Softcover, Pocket Classics

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This classic novel of childhood is set in fictional St. Petersburg, a town based on Mark Twain s hometown of Hannibal, Missouri. Twain s recounting of Tom Sawyer s many escapades is by turns nostalgic, satiric, wise, and hilarious. While this novel is often considered mainly as the precursor to Twain s great work The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, it is abundantly worth considering for its own deft and loving transformation of autobiography into fiction. In addition to the full text of the novel based on the first American edition, complete with a selection of the original illustrations by True Williams, this Broadview edition provides a wide range of appendices that place the novel in the context of 1840s rural America as well as 1870s literary America. These include materials on the composition and marketing of Tom Sawyer, selections from other "boy books" of the period, and historical documents relating to temperance, children's literature, and schools. [via]
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Marion P. Thayer

ISBN 0822013010 (0-8220-1301-0)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Scott McKowen

ISBN 1402714602 (1-4027-1460-2)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? Its something every child should experience and every child will love. From Toms sly trickery with the whitewashed fencewhen he cleverly manipulates everyone so they happily do his work for himto his and Becky Thatchers calamities in Bat Cave, the enjoyment just never ends.

The illustrations for this series were created by Scott McKowen, who, with his wife Christina Poddubiuk, operates Punch & Judy Inc., a company specializing in design and illustration for theater and performing arts. Their projects often involve research into the visual aspects of historical settings and characters. Christina is a theater set and costume designer and contributed advice on the period clothing for the illustrations.

Scott created these drawings in scratchboard an engraving medium which evokes the look of popular art from the period of these stories. Scratchboard is an illustration board with a specifically prepared surface of hard white chalk. A thin layer of black ink is rolled over the surface, and lines are drawn by hand with a sharp knife by scraping through the ink layer to expose the white surface underneath. The finished drawings are then scanned and the color is added digitally.

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Amulets and Superstitions 1930
by E.A. Wallis Budge

ISBN 076615789X (0-7661-5789-X)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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Body Guards: Protective Amulets and Charms
by Desmond Morris

ISBN 1862045720 (1-86204-572-0)
Hardcover, Element Books Ltd

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Cassell's Dictionary of Superstitions
by David Pickering

ISBN 0304365610 (0-304-36561-0)
Softcover, Cassell P L C

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The Catskills: From Wilderness to Woodstock
by Alf Evers

ISBN 0879511621 (0-87951-162-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA

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The Catskills tells the story of one of America's most historically rich and romantic regions. Alf Evers evokes the special charm of the Catskills region with explorations of its flora and fauna, legends, superstitions, and natural and unnatural wonders. Packed with illustrations detailing the history of the Catskills from the time of its first settling through the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, the Borcht Belt years, the famed Woodstock festival, up to the present, The Catskills is a memorable book that does full justice to a vital vein of our American heritage. [via]
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Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat
by Alvin Schwartz, Glen Rounds

ISBN 0064461386 (0-06-446138-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books

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Superstitions about such topics as love and marriage, money, ailments, travel, the weather, and death. [via]
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Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat: Superstitions and Other Beliefs
by Alvin Schwartz, Glen Rounds

ISBN 0397324367 (0-397-32436-7)
Hardcover, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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Dictionary of Omens and Superstitions
by Philippa Waring

ISBN 1850510091 (1-85051-009-1)
Hardcover, Book Sales

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A Dictionary of Superstitions
by Iona Archibald Opie, Moira Tatem

ISBN 0192829165 (0-19-282916-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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Is it good or bad luck to mention a pig to a fisherman? What does it portend when you break a double-yolked egg? How many frogs do you need to cure whooping cough?
Ranging from the familiar to the bizarre, and including everything from spells and omens to rituals and taboos, this delightfully informative dictionary covers a wide array of popular superstitions, touching on virtually every aspect of human culture. They embrace family life and the lore of farmers, sailors, miners, and actors; offer advice on the signs to observe when contemplating a journey or a marriage; reveal the significance of animals, plants, stones, colors, food and drink, the elements, and heavenly bodies; and outline the precautions to be taken after a death in the house or during a thunderstorm. Each entry is arranged alphabetically according to its central idea or object, and illustrated with a selection of chronologically ordered quotations that indicate the history and development of each belief.
Superstitions have never before been treated in such depth or on such a scale. An entertaining volume for anyone curious about the beliefs of the past, A Dictionary of Superstitions also makes a valuable contribution to the study of folklore, providing the first systematic account of beliefs that form an integral part of our social life. [via]
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A Dictionary of Superstitions
by Sophie Lasne, Andre Pascal Gaultier

ISBN 013210881X (0-13-210881-X)
Hardcover, Granite Impex Ltd

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Dictionary of Superstitions
by David Pickering

ISBN 0304345350 (0-304-34535-0)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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An A-Z guide to the origins and meaning of superstitions. Find a wealth of fascinating facts and a number of fun "spells" to try -- including a rhyme to say to the new moon for revealing the identity of your true love. For those who believe in "breaking a leg", or for anyone interested in folklore and popular culture, this is sure to be an entertaining read as well as an invaluable reference. [via]
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A Dictionary of Superstitions
by Moira Tatem, Iona Archibald Opie

ISBN 0192806645 (0-19-280664-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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Is it good or bad luck to mention a pig to a fisherman? What does it portend when you break a double-yolked egg? Or when you witness a headless shadow? How many frogs do you need to cure whooping cough? And what's all this about black cats?
Ranging from the familiar to the bizarre, and including everything from spells and omens to rituals and taboos, this delightfully informative dictionary covers a wide array of popular superstitions, touching on virtually every aspect of human culture. They embrace family life and the lore of farmers, sailors, miners, and actors; offer advice on the signs to observe when contemplating a journey or a marriage; reveal the significance of animals, plants, stones, colors, food and drink, the elements, and heavenly bodies; outline the precautions to be taken after a death in the house or during a thunderstorm; and disclose the motives behind seasonal customs at New Year, in May, at Halloween, and Christmas. Each entry is arranged alphabetically according to its central idea or object, and illustrated with a selection of chronologically ordered quotations that indicate the history and development of each belief. And a thematic index helps the reader discover surprisingly coherent patterns in these mysterious and often misunderstood methods of comprehending the world and overcomingits perils, and shows the strong underlying connections with witchcraft and pagan religions.
Superstitions have never before been treated in such depth or on such a scale. An entertaining volume for anyone curious about the beliefs of the past, A Dictionary of Superstitions also makes a valuable contribution to the study of folklore, providing the first systematic account of beliefs that form an integral part of our social life. [via]
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Don't Pick Up the Baby or You'll Spoil the Child and Other Old Wives' Tales About Pregnancy and Parenting
by Steve Ettlinger, Colleen Davis Gardephe, Karen Smidth

ISBN 0811802426 (0-8118-0242-6)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc

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E.M. Forster: A Passage to India
by Betty Jay

ISBN 184046027X (1-84046-027-X)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan

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In this Readers' Guide, Betty Jay considers the establishment of Forster's reputation and the various attempts of critics to decipher the complex codes that are a feature of his novel. Successive chapters focus on debates around Forster's liberal-humanism, with essays from F. R. Leavis, Lionel Trilling and Malcolm Bradbury; on the indeterminacy and ambiguity of the text, with extracts from essays by Gillian Beer, Robert Barratt, Wendy Moffat and Jo-Ann Hoeppner Moran; and on the sexual politics of Forster's work, with writings from Elaine Showalter, Frances L. Restuccia and Eve Dawkins Poll. The Guide concludes with essays from Jeffrey Meyers and Jenny Sharpe, who read A Passage to India in terms of its engagement with British imperialism.
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Encyclopedia of Superstitions
by M. A. Radford, Christina Hole

ISBN 1586636170 (1-58663-617-0)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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"For the expert investigation of the human will to believe, we recommend The Encyclopedia of Superstitions."--The New York Times

Do you avoid walking under a ladder, or touch wood to ward off misfortune? It may not be logical, but underlying these irrational beliefs are centuries of long-forgotten ways of thought--and many affect us still. This classic and thoroughly delightful reference explores the origins of hundreds of superstitions, and many of the entries read like short stories in themselves. Here are the charms once in daily use in dairy and kitchen; spells used by witches--and against them; fairy lore and legend; folk remedies and customs of birth, marriage, and death. You'll discover why it's unlucky in some countries for a person to reveal his age; why ships have long been fitted with figureheads; why lettuce was believed to possess magical properties; and why a child born after its father's death was said to have healing powers. This is truly a collection to muse over...but expect an occasional chill down the spine.
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Encyclopedia of Superstitions 1949
by M. A. Radford, Edwin Radford

ISBN 1417976551 (1-4179-7655-1)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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Encyclopedia of Superstitions, Folklore and the Occult Sciences of the World
by Cora L. Daniels

ISBN 0810332868 (0-8103-3286-8)
Hardcover, Gale / Cengage Learning

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Flim-Flam
by James Randi

ISBN 0879751983 (0-87975-198-3)
Softcover, Prometheus Books

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Golden Bough
by James G Fraser

ISBN 0020955707 (0-02-095570-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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Draws on myths, rituals, totems and taboos fo ancient European and primitive cultures throughout the world. the third edition of this monumental study of folklore, magic, and religion was abridged by the authour into this single volume in 1922.
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion
by James George Frazer

ISBN 1853263109 (1-85326-310-9)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd

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The notion of a man-god, or of a human being endowed with divine or supernatural powers, belongs essentially to that earlier period of religious history in which gods and men are still viewed as beings of much the same order, and before they are divided by the impassable gulf which, to later thought, opens out between them. Strange, therefore, as may seem to us the idea of a god incarnate in human form, it has nothing very startling for early man, who sees in a man-god or a god-man only a higher degree of the same supernatural powers which he arrogates in perfect good faith to himself. -from "Chapter VII: Incarnate Human Gods" In 1890, James George Frazer began publishing The Golden Bough, his monumental study of myth, ritual, and religion, which would, by 1936, run to 13 volumes and establish him as a pioneer in the study of religion as an aspect of culture. This abridged edition, assembled in 1922, condenses this fundamental work to one readable volume that is still a source for modern anthropology, thanks to its expansive discussions ancient cultish practices and their connections to the rites of modern Christianity. In eloquent prose, Frazer discusses legends of the woods, sympathetic magic, magicians as kings, the worship of trees, the concept of the sacred marriage, the links between priestly and royal power, ritual royal sacrifices, the concept of "eating the god," the myths of Osiris, Adonis, Isis, and other ancient deities, and much more. Lovers of mythology will be enraptured by this book, which draws all of human belief under one unifying umbrella, celebrating myth and ritual as part of the basis of all human culture. Scottish anthropologist SIR JAMES GEORGE FRAZER (1854-1941) also wrote Man, God, and Immortality (1927) and Creation and Evolution in Primitive Cosmogonies (1935). [via]
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Golden Bough a Study in Magic and Religion 1927
by James George Frazer

ISBN 0766158128 (0-7661-5812-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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The primary aim of this book is to explain the remarkable rule which regulated the succession to the priesthood of Diana at Aricia. With the instances of customs illustrated in this volume, it is no longer possible to regard the rule of succession to the priesthood of Diana at Aricia as exceptional; it clearly exemplifies a widespread institution, of which the most numerous and the most similar cases have thus far been found in Africa. [via]
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The Golden Bough : The Collected Works of J. G. Frazer
by J. G. Frazer

ISBN 0700714480 (0-7007-1448-0)
Hardcover, Taylor & Francis Group

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The Golden Bough : The Roots of Religion and Folklore
by James George Frazer

ISBN 0517336332 (0-517-33633-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing

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The only unabridged, illustrated edition of the classic exploration of the world of myth, folklore, and primitive customs is an inspiration to poets, students, and readers in general. [via]
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The Illustrated Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion
by James George Frazer, Robert K.G. Temple

ISBN 0684818507 (0-684-81850-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster

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Before Joseph Campbell became the world's most famous practitioner of comparative mythology, there was Sir James George Frazer. The Golden Bough was originally published in two volumes in 1890, but Frazer became so enamored of his topic that over the next few decades he expanded the work sixfold, then in 1922 cut it all down to a single thick edition suitable for mass distribution. The thesis on the origins of magic and religion that it elaborates "will be long and laborious," Frazer warns readers, "but may possess something of the charm of a voyage of discovery, in which we shall visit many strange lands, with strange foreign peoples, and still stranger customs." Chief among those customs--at least as the book is remembered in the popular imagination--is the sacrificial killing of god-kings to ensure bountiful harvests, which Frazer traces through several cultures, including in his elaborations the myths of Adonis, Osiris, and Balder.
While highly influential in its day, The Golden Bough has come under harsh critical scrutiny in subsequent decades, with many of its descriptions of regional folklore and legends deemed less than reliable. Furthermore, much of its tone is rooted in a philosophy of social Darwinism--sheer cultural imperialism, really--that finds its most explicit form in Frazer's rhetorical question: "If in the most backward state of human society now known to us we find magic thus conspicuously present and religion conspicuously absent, may we not reasonably conjecture that the civilised races of the world have also at some period of their history passed through a similar intellectual phase?" (The truly civilized races, he goes on to say later, though not particularly loudly, are the ones whose minds evolve beyond religious belief to embrace the rational structures of scientific thought.) Frazer was much too genteel to state plainly that "primitive" races believe in magic because they are too stupid and backwards to know any better; instead he remarks that "a savage hardly conceives the distinction commonly drawn by more advanced peoples between the natural and the supernatural." And he certainly was not about to make explicit the logical extension of his theories--"that Christian legend, dogma, and ritual" (to quote Robert Graves's summation of Frazer in The White Goddess) "are the refinement of a great body of primitive and barbarous beliefs." Whatever modern readers have come to think of the book, however, its historical significance and the eloquence with which Frazer attempts to develop what one might call a unifying theory of anthropology cannot be denied. --Ron Hogan [via]
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Irish Cures, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions
by Wilde, Marlene Ekman

ISBN 0806982004 (0-8069-8200-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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Lady Wilde, mother of famed author Oscar Wilde, over 100 years ago collected these hundreds of archaic cures, spells, homespun proverbs, visionary omens and prophecies. 128 pages, 16 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.
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Irish Popular Superstitions
by William R. Wilde, Marlene Ekman

ISBN 0806906499 (0-8069-0649-9)
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Knock on Wood
by Carole Potter

ISBN 0825301440 (0-8253-0144-0)
Softcover, Beaufort Books

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Knock on Wood: A Serendipitous Selection of Superstitions
by Linda Spencer

ISBN 1558533389 (1-55853-338-9)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc

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The Language of Flowers: Symbols and Myths
by Marina Heilmeyer

ISBN 3791323962 (3-7913-2396-2)
Hardcover, Prestel Pub

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Literary Las Vegas: The Best Writing about America's Most Fabulous City
by Mike Tronnes, Nick Tosches

ISBN 0805036709 (0-8050-3670-9)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry

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The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Superstitions
by The Diagram Group

ISBN 080696913X (0-8069-6913-X)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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Mark Twain
by Mark Twain

ISBN 0940450070 (0-940450-07-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA

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Here for the first time in one volume are the most famous and characteristic of Mark Twain's works. Through each of them runs the powerful and majestic Mississippi. The river represented for Twain the complex and contradictory possibilities in his own and the nation's life: the place where civilization's comforts meet the violence and promise of freedom of the frontier. It was the place, too, where Twain's youthful innocence confronted the grim reality of slavery. The nostalgic re-creation of childhood in "Tom Sawyer"--"simply a hymn put into prose form to give it a worldly air," said Twain--and the richly anecdotal memoir of his days as a riverboat pilot in "Life on the Mississippi" give way to the realism and often dark comedy of "Huckleberry Finn" and the troubled exploration of slavery in his mystery, "Pudd'nhead Wilson." Together, these four books trace the central trajectory of his life and career, and they can be read as a single masterpiece. [via]
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A Passage to India: Library Edition
by E. M. Forster

ISBN 0786277815 (0-7862-7781-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr

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What really happened in the Marabar caves? This is the mystery at the heart of E.M. Forster's 1924 novel, A Passage to India, the puzzle that sets in motion events highlighting an even larger question: Can an Englishman and an Indian be friends?
"It is impossible here," an Indian character tells his friend, Dr. Aziz, early in the novel.
"They come out intending to be gentlemen, and are told it will not do.... Why, I remember when Turton came out first. It was in another part of the Province. You fellows will not believe me, but I have driven with Turton in his carriage--Turton! Oh yes, we were once quite intimate. He has shown me his stamp collection.
"He would expect you to steal it now. Turton! But red-nosed boy will be far worse than Turton!
"I do not think so. They all become exactly the same, not worse, not better. I give any Englishman two years, be he Turton or Burton. It is only the difference of a letter. And I give any Englishwoman six months. All are exactly alike."
Written while England was still firmly in control of India, Forster's novel follows the fortunes of three English newcomers to India--Miss Adela Quested, Mrs. Moore, and Cyril Fielding--and the Indian, Dr. Aziz, with whom they cross destinies. The idea of true friendship between the races was a radical one in Forster's time, and he makes it abundantly clear that it was not one that either side welcomed. If Aziz's friend, Hamidullah, believed it impossible, the British representatives of the Raj were equally discouraging.
"Why, the kindest thing one can do to a native is to let him die," said Mrs. Callendar.
"How if he went to heaven?" asked Mrs. Moore, with a gentle but crooked smile.
"He can go where he likes as long as he doesn't come near me. They give me the creeps."
Despite their countrymen's disapproval, Miss Quested, Mrs. Moore, and Mr. Fielding are all eager to meet Indians, and in Dr. Aziz they find a perfect companion: educated, westernized, and open-minded. Slowly, the friendships ripen, especially between Aziz and Fielding. Having created the possibility of esteem based on trust and mutual affection, Forster then subjects it to the crucible of racial hatred: during a visit to the famed Marabar caves, Miss Quested accuses Dr. Aziz of sexually assaulting her, then later recants during the frenzied trial that follows. Under such circumstances, affection proves to be a very fragile commodity indeed.
Arguably Forster's greatest novel, A Passage to India limns a troubling portrait of colonialism at its worst, and is remarkable for the complexity of its characters. Here the personal becomes the political and in the breach between Aziz and his English "friends," Forster foreshadows the eventual end of the Raj. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Readers Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers: The Adventures of Tom Swayer
by Mark Twain

ISBN 0945260199 (0-945260-19-9)
Hardcover, Choice Pub

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Selected Writings: Sir Thomas Browne
by Thomas Browne, Claire Preston

ISBN 1857546903 (1-85754-690-3)
Softcover, Carcanet Press, Limited

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Superstition and the Press
by Curtis D MacDougall

ISBN 0879752122 (0-87975-212-2)
Softcover, Prometheus Books

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Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain

ISBN 1591940257 (1-59194-025-7)
Softcover, Townsend Pr

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Though now enshrined as major masterpieces of American literature, Twain's classic tales of childhood remain as fresh as when they were first written. Vivid and funny, the stories chronicle journeys from innocence to experience in which innocence is preserved. [via]
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Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain

ISBN 1853260118 (1-85326-011-8)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc

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Literary Studies, Classic Literature, American Literature [via]
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The Trouble With Cauliflower
by Jane Sutton, Jim Harris

ISBN 0803727070 (0-8037-2707-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA

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Why People Believe Weird Things
by Michael Shermer

ISBN 1567313590 (1-56731-359-0)
Hardcover, Fine Communications

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Few can talk with more personal authority about the range of human beliefs than Michael Shermer. At various times in the past, Shermer has believed in fundamentalist Christianity, alien abductions, Ayn Rand, megavitamin therapy, and deep-tissue massage. Now he believes in skepticism, and his motto is "Cognite tute--think for yourself." This updated edition of Why People Believe Weird Things covers Holocaust denial and creationism in considerable detail, and has chapters on abductions, Satanism, Afrocentrism, near-death experiences, Randian positivism, and psychics. Shermer has five basic answers to the implied question in his title: for consolation, for immediate gratification, for simplicity, for moral meaning, and because hope springs eternal. He shows the kinds of errors in thinking that lead people to believe weird (that is, unsubstantiated) things, especially the built-in human need to see patterns, even where there is no pattern to be seen. Throughout, Shermer emphasizes that skepticism (in his sense) does not need to be cynicism: "Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known." --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition and Other Confusions of Our Time
by Michael Shermer

ISBN 0805070893 (0-8050-7089-3)
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Few can talk with more personal authority about the range of human beliefs than Michael Shermer. At various times in the past, Shermer has believed in fundamentalist Christianity, alien abductions, Ayn Rand, megavitamin therapy, and deep-tissue massage. Now he believes in skepticism, and his motto is "Cognite tute--think for yourself." This updated edition of Why People Believe Weird Things covers Holocaust denial and creationism in considerable detail, and has chapters on abductions, Satanism, Afrocentrism, near-death experiences, Randian positivism, and psychics. Shermer has five basic answers to the implied question in his title: for consolation, for immediate gratification, for simplicity, for moral meaning, and because hope springs eternal. He shows the kinds of errors in thinking that lead people to believe weird (that is, unsubstantiated) things, especially the built-in human need to see patterns, even where there is no pattern to be seen. Throughout, Shermer emphasizes that skepticism (in his sense) does not need to be cynicism: "Rationality tied to moral decency is the most powerful joint instrument for good that our planet has ever known." --Mary Ellen Curtin [via]
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Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer / The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
by Julia Daroqui, Not Available, Santos Martinez Koch

ISBN 950110012X (950-11-0012-X)
Hardcover, Editorial Sigmar S.A.C.I.

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Impresor, piloto de un vapor en el Mississippi, soldado confederado, buscador de metales preciosos, periodista e infatigable conferenciante, MARK TWAIN (1835-1910) llego a ser el escritor mas popular de su pais y un mordaz observador de sus contemporaneos. Tejidas en torno a la evocacion de la infancia del autor a orillas del Gran Rio, el Mississippi, LAS AVENTURAS DE TOM SAWYER es una de las mas conseguidas imagenes de ese mundo de suenos, injusticias, rebeldias e ilusiones de la edad que precede a la responsabilidad y al escepticismo. [via]
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