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After Thought: The Computer Challenge to Human Intelligenceby James BaileyISBN 0465007821 (0-465-00782-1)
Softcover, Basic Books
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Anthem: Library Editionby Ayn RandISBN 0451191137 (0-451-19113-7)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anthem: Library Edition'Book summary:Anthem has long been hailed as one of Ayn Rand's classic novels, and a clear predecessor to her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. In Anthem, Rand examines a frightening future in which individuals have no name, no independence, and no values. Equality 7-2521 lives in the dark ages of the future where all decisions are made by committee, all people live in collectives, and all traces of individualism have been wiped out. Despite such a restrictive environment, the spark of individual thought and freedom still burns in him--a passion which he has been taught to call sinful. In a purely egalitarian world, Equality 7-2521 dares to stand apart from the herd--to think and choose for himself, to discover electricity, and to love the woman of his choice. Now he has been marked for death for committing the ultimate sin. In a world where the great "we" reign supreme, he has rediscovered the lost and holy word--"I."[via]More editions of Anthem: Library Edition:
- Anthem: Library Edition: ISBN 0452281253 (0-452-28125-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Anthem: Library Edition: ISBN 0452286352 (0-452-28635-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Anthem: Library Edition: ISBN 0451166833 (0-451-16683-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library - Anthem: Library Edition: ISBN 0451185323 (0-451-18532-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library - Anthem: Library Edition: ISBN 0451191137 (0-451-19113-7)
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- Anthem: Library Edition: ISBN 0452281253 (0-452-28125-3)
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Around the World in Eighty Daysby Jules Verne, Jacqueline RogersISBN 0451525450 (0-451-52545-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Around the World in Eighty Days'Book summary:[via]One ill-fated evening at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days -- and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman immediately sets off for Dover, accompaned by his hot-blooded manservant Passepartout. Traveling by train, steamship, sailboat, sledge, and even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings, natural disasters, Sioux attacks, and the dogged Inspector Fix of Scotland Yard -- who believes that Fogg has robbed the Bank of England -- to win the extraordinary wager. Around the World in 80 Days gripped audiences on its publication and remains hugely popular, combining exploration, adventure, and a thrilling race against time.
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- Around The World In Eighty Days: ISBN 0451529774 (0-451-52977-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Around the World in Eighty Days: ISBN 0460050826 (0-460-05082-6)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - Around the World in Eighty Days: ISBN 0460874667 (0-460-87466-7)
Softcover, Dent & Sons (Canada), Limited, J. M. - Around the World in Eighty Days: ISBN 0451525450 (0-451-52545-0)
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Atlas Shruggedby Ayn RandISBN 0451191145 (0-451-19114-5)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Atlas Shrugged'Book summary:At last, Ayn Rand's masterpiece is available to her millions of loyal readers in trade paperback.
With this acclaimed work and its immortal query, "Who is John Galt?", Ayn Rand found the perfect artistic form to express her vision of existence. Atlas Shrugged made Rand not only one of the most popular novelists of the century, but one of its most influential thinkers.
Atlas Shrugged is the astounding story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world--and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged stretches the boundaries further than any book you have ever read. It is a mystery, not about the murder of a man's body, but about the murder--and rebirth--of man's spirit.
Atlas Shrugged is the "second most influential book for Americans today" after the Bible, according to a joint survey conducted by the Library of Congress and the Book of the Month Club [via]More editions of Atlas Shrugged:
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Beyond Star Trek: Physics from Alien Invasions to the End of Timeby Lawrence M. KraussISBN 046500637X (0-465-00637-X)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond Star Trek: Physics from Alien Invasions to the End of Time'Book summary:Lawrence M. Krauss's publishing record reveals his knowledge of dark matter, cosmic strings, baryon number violations at the electroweak scale -- and the mysterious, sometimes bogus TV "science" that the Star Trek generation cut its teeth on. Krauss's previous book, The Physics of Star Trek, was readable, educational, and clever, never talking down to the layman or trivializing physics.
In this equally amusing companion volume, Krauss analyzes more science in Star Trek and the next generation of sci-fi movies and TV shows. Can telekinesis exist? How about ESP? Like Fox Mulder of The X-Files, we want to believe, and Krauss finesses these issues, allowing, after much discussion of gravity and electromagnetic forces, that "there is little doubt that undiscovered forces...exist at some level." He's a bit harder on the alien spacecraft of the movie Independence Day, arguing that objects so large inside our atmosphere would exert a downward pressure of 450 pounds per square inch, and that the saucers could therefore crush skyscrapers simply by hovering over them. "Of course," quips Krauss, "this wouldn't have made for spectacular previews of coming attractions." Whether you're a Trekkie, an X-phile, or a serious student of physics, you'll like this book. [via]
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Bram Stoker's Draculaby Fred Saberhagen, James V. HartISBN 0451175751 (0-451-17575-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'Book summary:A novelisation of the film of the book. This novel is a great deal shorter than the original novel and it is much more direct and erotic. Fred Saberhagen is the author of the "Berserker" books. James Hart is the screenwriter of "Hook". [via]
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The Changeling Plagueby Syne MitchellISBN 0451459105 (0-451-45910-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Coming Internet Depression: Why the High-Tech Boom Will Go Bust, Why the Crash Will Be Worse That You Think, and How to Prosper Afterwardsby Michael J. MandelISBN 0465043585 (0-465-04358-5)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Computer Entrepreneurs: Who's Making It Big and How in America's Upstart Industryby Milton Moskowitz, Michael Katz, Robert LeveringISBN 0453004776 (0-453-00477-6)
Hardcover, New Amer Library
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Creating Web Pages for Dummiesby Bud E. Smith, Arthur BebakISBN 0470080302 (0-470-08030-2)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Creating Web Pages for Dummies'Book summary:The authors of Creating Web Pages for Dummies deserve compliments for their refusal to sugarcoat Web page design through reliance upon visual editing tools. They come right out of the gate and teach HTML--a simple, limited subset of the whole language to be sure, but enough of the language of Web publishing to get readers going. Further, this simple but earnest introduction reveals HTML concepts that readers will need to understand before they explore more complicated aspects of the language.
In addition to teaching the fundamentals of page design and creation, Smith and Bebak spend some time explaining how to get pages onto the Web. They detail the mechanics of using no-charge page publishers like GeoCities, then go on to explain how to publish a page on AOL or Prodigy.
One section of this book deals with HTML development tools (the opening chapter is called "Be True to Your Tool"--go figure). The authors cover NaviPress, PageMill, HotDog, and BBEdit in depth, and address a few more development tools briefly. Unfortunately, the reader is left wondering what happened to coverage of FrontPage--a very popular development tool that many people already own.
A companion CD-ROM holds some page-editing tools, including a PageMill demo, a HotDog Demo, BBEdit Lite, and various other software.
If you represent a business, you'll probably want a more comprehensive text that will enable you to project a more professional image on the Web. But if you're a person who wants to publish a home page, this book will serve you well. --David Wall [via]
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The Creation Of The Media: Political Origins Of Modern Communicationsby Paul StarrISBN 0465081940 (0-465-08194-0)
Softcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Creation Of The Media: Political Origins Of Modern Communications'Book summary:America's leading role in today's information revolution may seem simply to reflect its position as the world's dominant economy and most powerful state. But by the early nineteenth century, when the United States was neither a world power nor a primary center of scientific discovery, it was already a leader in communications-in postal service and newspaper publishing, then in development of the telegraph and telephone networks, later in the whole repertoire of mass communications.In this wide-ranging social history of American media, from the first printing press to the early days of radio, Paul Starr shows that the creation of modern communications was as much the result of political choices as of technological invention. His original historical analysis reveals how the decisions that led to a state-run post office and private monopolies on the telegraph and telephone systems affected a developing society. He illuminates contemporary controversies over freedom of information by exploring such crucial formative issues as freedom of the press, intellectual property, privacy, public access to information, and the shaping of specific technologies and institutions. America's critical choices in these areas, Starr argues, affect the long-run path of development in a society and have had wide social, economic, and even military ramifications. The Creation of the Media not only tells the history of the media in a new way; it puts America and its global influence into a new perspective.[via]More editions of The Creation Of The Media: Political Origins Of Modern Communications:
Daniel Derondaby George EliotISBN 0451512049 (0-451-51204-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Daniel Deronda'Book summary:Romola is a historical novel set in late 15th-century Florence and is the story of a high-minded girl who marries a self-indulgent and unscrupulous Greek, Tito Melma. [via]
Divided We Stand: A Biography of New York's World Trade Centerby Eric DartonISBN 0465017274 (0-465-01727-4)
Softcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Divided We Stand: A Biography of New York's World Trade Center'Book summary:When the World Trade Towers in New York City were erected at the Hudsons edge, they led the way to a real estate boom that was truly astonishing. Divided We Stand reveals the coming together and eruption of four volatile elements: super-tall buildings, financial speculation, globalization, and terrorism. The Trade Center serves as a potent symbol of the disastrous consequences of undemocratic planning and development.This book is a history of that skyscraping ambition and the impact it had on New York and international life. It is a portrait of a building complex that lives at the convergence point of social and economic realities central not only to New York City but to all industrial cities and suburbs. A meticulously researched historical account based on primary documents, Divided We Stand is a contemporary indictment of the prevailing urban order in the spirit of Jane Jacobss mid-century classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities.[via]More editions of Divided We Stand: A Biography of New York's World Trade Center:
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Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 0451523377 (0-451-52337-7)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dracula'Book summary:[via]Awareness of Dracula as a masterly gothic thriller has increased ever since its publication in 1897, and the novel is regarded as one of the most seminal horror stories ever written, having inspired countless copycat tales and literary spin-offs. The tale of young Englishman Jonathan Harker's journey to Transylvania, into the very heart of Count Draculas evil realm, is compelling, but it is perhaps the journey of the vampire to Englandand the dangers he poses to Jonathans beloved Minathat is more horrifying. -
The Essential Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Leonard Wolf, Christopher BingISBN 0452269687 (0-452-26968-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Frankenstein'Book summary:Horror expert Wolf's sublime edition of this literary masterpiece features in-depth and extensive notes on all the novel's most interesting aspects, plus biographical information revealing how Mary Shelley's turbulent personal life influenced her work. Beautifully illustrated with original line drawings. [via]
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Extra Life: Coming of Age in Cyberspaceby David S. BennahumISBN 0465012361 (0-465-01236-1)
Softcover, Basic Books
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The Fail-Safe Society: Community Defiance and the End of American Technological Optimismby Charles PillerISBN 046502274X (0-465-02274-X)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronautby Scott Carpenter, Kris StoeverISBN 0451211057 (0-451-21105-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Fortune Is a River : Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli's Magnificent Dream to Change the Course of Florentine Historyby Roger D. MastersISBN 0452280907 (0-452-28090-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fortune Is a River : Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli's Magnificent Dream to Change the Course of Florentine History'Book summary:History is sometimes made by seemingly insignificant moments that turn out to have been pivotal in hindsight--and sometimes what didn't happen proves to be as important as what did. One such moment came in the Florentine court of Cesare Borgia, when a civil servant named Niccolò Machiavelli recruited a local engineer named Leonardo da Vinci to devise a plan to change the course of the Arno River. Diverting that river, Machiavelli reasoned, would deprive Florence's enemy, the nearby city-state of Pisa, of a dependable water supply. It would also make the Arno River navigable for oceangoing vessels from the inland city of Florence, and as an added incentive, would help limit damage caused by the flood-prone Arno to the surrounding farmlands.
Machiavelli and da Vinci devised a hydrological plan for the river that was extraordinarily promising, at least on paper. The flood-prone Arno, however, made the task an impossible challenge. The pair's chances of success were further reduced by poor design, bad timing, and undisciplined workers. Their failure brought official disfavor on Machiavelli and da Vinci alike. Leonardo transferred his studio to Milan and then Rome, where he would produce remarkable work, while Machiavelli retreated from public life for a time and used his forced leisure to write The Prince. Roger Masters crafts an epic tale out of a historical footnote. Although some of his conclusions are speculative in regards to Niccolò's and Leonardo's relationship, readers will likely find his narrative persuasive and deeply informed. [via]
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Walter James MillerISBN 0451527712 (0-451-52771-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheusby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 0451523369 (0-451-52336-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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Frankenstein/Dracula/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Bram StokerISBN 0451523636 (0-451-52363-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein/Dracula/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:Three horror classicswith an introduction by Stephen King[via]
Some of literatures most popular and enduring horror icons in one indispensable tome.
@NotoriousDOC Just did a bit-torrent-style grave robbery. My new man will be an artful collage. Also, good conversation starter.
Its alive! Id better beat it over the head repeatedly with a fire extinguisher.
So sometimes you build something, and it gets away. Theyre gonna can me at the university if they find out about this.
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From Know-How to Nowhere: The Development of American Technologyby Elting Elmore MorisonISBN 0465025803 (0-465-02580-3)
Hardcover, Basic Books
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Frontiers of Complexity: The Search for Order in a Chaotic Worldby Peter Coveney, Roger HighfieldISBN 0449910814 (0-449-91081-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Gene Dreams: Wall Street, Academia, and the Rise of Biotechnologyby Robert TeitelmanISBN 0465026583 (0-465-02658-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Genocidal Mentality: Nazi Holocaust and Nuclear Threatby Eric Markusen, Robert Jay LiftonISBN 0465026621 (0-465-02662-1)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Genocidal Mentality: Nazi Holocaust and Nuclear Threat'Book summary:The author of "The Nazi Doctors" joins with a scholar of nuclear issues in a comparison of Nazi and nuclear mindsets. [via]
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The Genocidal Mentality: Nazi Holocaust and Nuclear Threatby Robert Jay LiftonISBN 046502663X (0-465-02663-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Get Organized in the Digital Age : Use Technology to Save Time, Simplify Tasks, and Stay Sane in a High-Speed Worldby Lucy H. HedrickISBN 0451206517 (0-451-20651-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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God in the Machine: What Robots Teach Us About Humanity And Godby Anne FoerstISBN 0452286956 (0-452-28695-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Guardians of the Arsenal: The Politics of Nuclear Strategyby Janne E. NolanISBN 046509807X (0-465-09807-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Ageby Walter A. McDougallISBN 0465028888 (0-465-02888-8)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age'Book summary:This highly acclaimed study approaches the space race as a problem in comparative public policy. Drawing on published literature, archival sources in both the United States and Europe, interviews with many of the key participants, and important declassified material, such as the National Security Council's first policy paper on space, McDougall examines U.S., European, and Soviet space programs and their politics. Opening with a short account of Nikolai Kibalchich, a late nineteenth-century Russian rocketry theoretician, McDougall argues that the Soviet Union made its way into space first because it was the world's first "technocracy"which he defines as "the institutionalization of technological change for state purpose." He also explores the growth of a political economy of technology in both the Soviet Union and the United States.
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A History of Inventionsby Egon LarsenISBN 0460066048 (0-460-06604-8)
Hardcover, Dent
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History of the Idea of Progressby Robert NisbetISBN 0465030254 (0-465-03025-4)
Hardcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of the Idea of Progress'Book summary:Nisbet traces the idea of progress from its origins in Greek, Roman, and medieval civilizations to modern times. It is a masterful frame of reference for understanding the present world. Nisbet shows why the idea of progress remains of critical importance to studies of social evolution and natural history. [via]
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How Men Think: The Seven Essential Rules for Making It in a Man's Worldby Adrienne MendellISBN 0449909786 (0-449-90978-6)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How Men Think: The Seven Essential Rules for Making It in a Man's World'Book summary:"An interesting tool for working with gender differences."
--John Gray
Author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
Men at work do it all the time: They brag, cover up their mistakes, pretend to know what they don't, start fights. And they still get ahead! Why? As psychologist Adrienne Mendell learned when she interviewed one-hundred male executives, the traits that women spend their entire lives erasing from their personalities are actually the qualities that men value in the world of work. And since men are still in the power positions, if you don't play it their way, you don't play at all.
Based on Mendell's interviews and her experience of counseling hundreds of frustrated career women, How Men Think identifies the seven rules that men learned by playing sports as children--games that excluded girls. These rules may seem simple on the surface, but understanding them as men do is anything but easy. You may have fallen into many of these traps yourself:
* You're mad because you want your male boss to let you control your projects. But you've got to take control--that's the only way you'll get it.
* You're steamed because a male colleague consistently takes credit for your work. Do you make a point of touting your accomplishments?
* When you make a mistake you apologize. But the man you apologize to doesn't think you're polite--he thinks you're admitting incompetence.
* A fight with a male colleague leaves you shaken. But the men in your office shout at each other for an hour and then go out for a beer.
These are the times that try women's souls! The strategies, insights, and eye-opening advice in How Men Think will help you get along better with the boys and propel you to the top where you belong.
"The more women have opportunities to play sports the more proficient they will become in competing in this men's world of 'unwritten rules.' To bridge the gap, Mendell's book, How Men Think, is a necessary guide for women working with men."
--Diane Everett, Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Association for Girls and Women in Sport [via]More editions of How Men Think: The Seven Essential Rules for Making It in a Man's World:
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The Hunt for Life on Marsby Donald GoldsmithISBN 0452278554 (0-452-27855-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hunt for Life on Mars'Book summary:This is the first book to attempt a full account of NASA's August 1996 announcement that an ancient Martian meteorite discovered in Antarctica may contain evidence of extraterrestrial life. Goldsmith treads carefully, knowing full well that this purported finding could become the cold fusion phenomenon of the 1990s--bogus science that misleads the public. The book shows several signs of its hasty composition, but such is the price of beating the competition to market. Mars fans may also want to examine The Case for Mars by Robert Zubrin and Are We Alone? by Paul Davies. [via]
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The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at Mitby Pepper WhiteISBN 0452268419 (0-452-26841-9)
Softcover, Plumsock Mesoamerican Studies
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Idea Factory: Learning to Think at Mit'Book summary:While learning to cope with MIT's relentless academic demands and mastering the science of engineering, White plunges into three years of intense experience marked by stumbles and triumphant accomplishments. And when White leaves MIT as a full-fledged member of America's scientific elite, he has learned much more than engineering--he has learned to think. 36 line drawings. [via]
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Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interactionby Helen Sharp, Yvonne Rogers, Jenny PreeceISBN 0470018666 (0-470-01866-6)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Let's Cook It Rightby Adelle DavisISBN 0451154614 (0-451-15461-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Let's Cook It Right'Book summary:Davis manages to transform a recipe book into a fascinating look into the biochemistry of food. Her books are the only comprehensive description I've ever found of practical nutrition, and this one is no exception. The technical information is made accessible and interesting, even for the general reader. The recipes are detailed, easy to use and often delicious when prepared to her instructions. Many of her ideas come from the great cooking traditions of the world. Her procedure for making soup stock, for example, is classically French a la Julia Child and just as practical. The difference here is that you'll know what makes soup stock incredibly delicious, highly nutritious and what your body does with it. Ever wonder why vegetables are easily overcooked? Davis explains the delicate enzymatic and structural changes that take place during cooking that can make broccoli either an appetizing green forest or a puddle of colorless goo. All of her main points are backed by journal research cited in bibliographical notes. Fascinating! Everyone should read these books! [via]
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Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Dayby Gina TrapaniISBN 0470050659 (0-470-05065-9)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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The Limits of Privacyby Amitai EtzioniISBN 046504090X (0-465-04090-X)
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Macbook for Dummiesby Mark L. ChambersISBN 047004859X (0-470-04859-X)
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Made in Japanby Akio MoritaISBN 0452259878 (0-452-25987-8)
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Man Makes Himselfby V. Gordon ChildeISBN 0452006244 (0-452-00624-4)
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Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market And Organization Changeby Keith Pavitt, Joseph Tidd, John R. BessantISBN 0470093269 (0-470-09326-9)
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Measuring America: How The United States Was Shaped By The Greatest Land Sale In Historyby Andro LinklaterISBN 0452284597 (0-452-28459-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Measuring America: How The United States Was Shaped By The Greatest Land Sale In History'Book summary:[via]In 1790, America was in enormous debt, having depleted what little money and supplies the country had during its victorious fight for independence. Before the nation's greatest asset, the land west of the Ohio River, could be sold it had to be measured out and mapped. And before that could be done, a uniform set of measurements had to be chosen for the new republic out of the morass of roughly 100,000 different units that were in use in daily life.
Measuring America tells the fascinating story of how we ultimately gained the American Customary Systemthe last traditional system in the worldand how one man's surveying chain indelibly imprinted its dimensions on the land, on cities, and on our culture from coast to coast.
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The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soulby Daniel C. Dennett, Douglas R. HofstadterISBN 0465030912 (0-465-03091-2)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul'Book summary:Ever wondered who you are? Who you really are? This collection of writings and reflections by some of today's most notable thinkers is designed to enliven this most central, and most baffling, question in the philosophy of mind. In some ways, the questions posed and bantered about in this book are at the heart of all philosophical reasoning. They are the ultimate questions about the self. The Mind's I contains an astonishing variety of approaches to answering the question, "Who am I?" Between the covers of this book one encounters the literary erudition of Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges alongside the analytic rigor of John Searle. There are sophisticated metaphorical pieces (such as "The Princess Ineffabelle" by Polish philosopher and writer Stanislaw Lem), intriguing dialogues (like Raymond Smullyan's "Is God a Taoist?"), and serious but engaging philosophical essays from a host of thinkers (see Thomas Nagel's "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?").
Editors Hofstadter and Dennett--leading lights in the study of cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and the philosophy of mind--follow each selection with a short reflection designed to elaborate on their main themes. The Mind's I admirably broadens their fields to a more general audience. The book's essays are grouped into six categories, each successively raising the philosophical stakes by introducing new levels of complexity. Ultimately, one confronts some of the thorniest questions in modern philosophy here, such as the nature of free will, our place in the metaphysical world, and the possibility of genuine artificial intelligence. The book closes with a playful and perplexing piece by Robert Nozick, an adequate summation to The Mind's I. He writes, "Perhaps God has not decided yet whether he has created, in this world, a fictional world or a real one.... Which decision do you hope for?" --Eric de Place [via]
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The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soulby Douglas R. HofstadterISBN 046504624X (0-465-04624-X)
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Editors Hofstadter and Dennett--leading lights in the study of cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and the philosophy of mind--follow each selection with a short reflection designed to elaborate on their main themes. The Mind's I admirably broadens their fields to a more general audience. The book's essays are grouped into six categories, each successively raising the philosophical stakes by introducing new levels of complexity. Ultimately, one confronts some of the thorniest questions in modern philosophy here, such as the nature of free will, our place in the metaphysical world, and the possibility of genuine artificial intelligence. The book closes with a playful and perplexing piece by Robert Nozick, an adequate summation to The Mind's I. He writes, "Perhaps God has not decided yet whether he has created, in this world, a fictional world or a real one.... Which decision do you hope for?" --Eric de Place [via]
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Mindstormsby Seymour PapertISBN 0465046274 (0-465-04627-4)
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Mission to Mars: Plans and Concepts for the First Manned Landingby James Edward ObergISBN 0452006554 (0-452-00655-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Mobile Messaging Technologies And Services: SMS, EMS and MMSby Gwenael Le BodicISBN 0470011432 (0-470-01143-2)
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Monkeewrenchby P. J. TracyISBN 045121157X (0-451-21157-X)
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No-Collar: The Humane Workplace and Its Hidden Costsby Andrew RossISBN 0465071449 (0-465-07144-9)
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Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival?-A Scientific Detective Storyby Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, John Peterson MyersISBN 0452274141 (0-452-27414-1)
Softcover, Plume
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Pattern on the Stoneby Daniel HillisISBN 046502596X (0-465-02596-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pattern on the Stone'Book summary:Daniel Hillis has made a career of puzzling over the nature of information and the mechanisms that put information to use. Now, he's distilled his accumulated knowledge of computer science into The Pattern on the Stone, a glorious book that reveals the nature of logical machines simply and elegantly.
Millions of times each second, to the drumbeat of a clock signal, electronic computers compare digital values. These comparisons, and the actions taken in response to them, are what computers are all about at their lowest levels, and, with the help of this book, they're not hard to comprehend. Moving on from the nature of logical circuits, the author deconstructs software and the mechanisms it employs to solve problems.
Hillis then stands atop the building blocks he's arranged into a sturdy foundation and discusses the future of computing. Parallel processors already are in use, and neural networks with limited abilities to learn and adapt have proved quite good at certain jobs. Hillis explores the potential of both these technologies. Then, he throws some light on quantum computing and evolving systems--emerging ideas that promise to make computers much more powerful, and thereby change the world. --David Wall [via]
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Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Workby W. Daniel Hillis, Daniel HillisISBN 0465025951 (0-465-02595-1)
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Millions of times each second, to the drumbeat of a clock signal, electronic computers compare digital values. These comparisons, and the actions taken in response to them, are what computers are all about at their lowest levels, and, with the help of this book, they're not hard to comprehend. Moving on from the nature of logical circuits, the author deconstructs software and the mechanisms it employs to solve problems.
Hillis then stands atop the building blocks he's arranged into a sturdy foundation and discusses the future of computing. Parallel processors already are in use, and neural networks with limited abilities to learn and adapt have proved quite good at certain jobs. Hillis explores the potential of both these technologies. Then, he throws some light on quantum computing and evolving systems--emerging ideas that promise to make computers much more powerful, and thereby change the world. --David Wall [via]
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Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynmanby Richard P Feynman, Timothy FerrisISBN 0465023711 (0-465-02371-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman'Book summary:A Nobel Prize-winning physicist, a loving husband and father, an enthusiastic teacher, a surprisingly accomplished bongo player, and a genius of the highest caliber---Richard P. Feynman was all these and more. Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track--collecting over forty years' worth of Feynman's letters--offers an unprecedented look at the writer and thinker whose scientific mind and lust for life made him a legend in his own time. Containing missives to and from such scientific luminaries as Victor Weisskopf, Stephen Wolfram, James Watson, and Edward Teller, as well as a remarkable selection of letters to and from fans, students, family, and people from around the world eager for Feynman's advice and counsel, Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track not only illuminates the personal relationships that underwrote the key developments in modern science, but also forms the most intimate look at Feynman yet available. Feynman was a man many felt close to but few really knew, and this collection reveals the full wisdom and private passion of a personality that captivated everyone it touched. Perfectly Reasonable Deviations From the Beaten Track is an eloquent testimony to the virtue of approaching the world with an inquiring eye; it demonstrates the full extent of the Feynman legacy like never before. Edited and with additional commentary by his daughter Michelle, it's a must-read for Feynman fans everywhere, and for anyone seeking to better understand one of the towering figures--and defining personalities--of the twentieth century.[via]More editions of Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman:
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The Physics of Star Trekby Lawrence M. Krauss, Stephen W. HawkingISBN 0465002048 (0-465-00204-8)
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Discover the answers to these and many other fascinating questions as a renowned physicist and deicated Trekker explores The Physics of Star Trek. [via]More editions of The Physics of Star Trek:
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The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynmanby Richard P Feynman, Jeffrey Robbin S, Freeman DysonISBN 0465023959 (0-465-02395-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman'Book summary:Why do we do science? Beyond altruistic and self-aggrandizing motivations, many of our best scientists work long hours seeking the electric thrill that comes only from learning something that nobody knew before. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, a collection of previously unpublished or difficult-to-find short works by maverick physicist Richard Feynman, takes its title from his own answer. From TV interview transcripts to his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize, we see his quick, sharp wit, his devotion to his work, and his unwillingness to bow to social pressure or convention. It's no wonder he was only grudgingly admired by the establishment during his lifetime--read his "Minority Report to the Space Shuttle Challenger Inquiry" to see him blowing off political considerations as impediments to finding the truth.
Feynman had a fantastic sense of humor, and his memoirs of his Manhattan Project days roil with fun despite his later misgivings about nuclear weapons. Though one or two pieces are a bit hard to follow for the nontechnical reader, for the most part the book is easygoing and engaging on a personal rather than a scientific level. Freeman Dyson's foreword and editor Jeffrey Robbins's introductions to each essay set the stage well and are respectful without being worshipful. Though Feynman has been gone now for many years, his work lives on in quantum physics, computer design, and nanotechnology; like any great scientist, he asked more questions than he answered, to give future generations the pleasure of finding things out. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Rapture: How Biotech Became the New Religionby Brian AlexanderISBN 046500105X (0-465-00105-X)
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The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Lifeby Richard L. FloridaISBN 0465024777 (0-465-02477-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life'Book summary:Many writers have commented on the massive social changes of the past few decades, but most of them have treated these shifts as something imposed on us, by technology or the marketplace. This is wrong, says Richard Florida: we've chosen to alter our values, work, and lifestyle, and for good economic reasons. Why have we done this?Florida finds the answer in the rise of a new social class. Like other classes, its basis is economic. Just as the feudal aristocracy derived its identity and values from its hereditary control of land and people, and the bourgeoisie derived its identity and values from its role as merchants of goods, the Creative Class derives its identity and values from its role as purveyors of creativity. When we see ourselves as "creative," our self-image affects the choices we make in every area of our lives.Based on a massive body of research, The Rise of the Creative Class chronicles the ongoing sea-change in people's choices and attitudes, and shows not only what's happening but also how it stems from a fundamental economic change. The Creative Class now comprises nearly forty million Americans, or more than 25% of all employed people. The choices these people make have already had a huge economic impact, and in the future they will determine how the workplace is organized, what companies will prosper or go bankrupt, and even which cities will thrive or wither.[via]More editions of The Rise of the Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life:
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The Saturated Self: Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Lifeby Kenneth J. GergenISBN 0465071856 (0-465-07185-6)
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The Soft Cage: Srveillance in America From Slavery to the War on Terrorby Christian ParentiISBN 0465054854 (0-465-05485-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Soft Cage: Srveillance in America From Slavery to the War on Terror'Book summary:On a typical day, you might make a call on a cell phone, withdraw money at an ATM, visit the mall, and make a purchase with a credit card. Each of these routine transactions leaves a digital trail for government agencies and businesses to access. As cutting-edge historian and journalist Christian Parenti points out, these everyday intrusions on privacy, while harmless in themselves, are part of a relentless (and clandestine) expansion of routine surveillance in American life over the last two centuries-from controlling slaves in the old South to implementing early criminal justice and tracking immigrants. Parenti explores the role computers are playing in creating a whole new world of seemingly benign technologies-such as credit cards, website "cookies," and electronic toll collection-that have expanded this trend in the twenty-first century. The Soft Cage offers a compelling, vitally important history lesson for every American concerned about the expansion of surveillance into our public and private lives.[via]More editions of The Soft Cage: Srveillance in America From Slavery to the War on Terror:
Starship Troopersby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 0450025764 (0-450-02576-4)
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Stuff: The Materials the World Is Made ofby Ivan AmatoISBN 0465083285 (0-465-08328-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stuff: The Materials the World Is Made of'Book summary:From plastics to smart materials to never-before-seen composites, scientists have transformed the raw materials of the wilderness into the stuff of the modern world. Now, award-winning journalist Ivan Amato explores this fascinating science.Prehistory was stuck in the Stone Age partly because it lacked the scientific know-how to smelt iron from rocky ores. The Industrial Revolution owed its birth to the geniuses who figured out how to make large amounts of steel. Postwar America can thank or hang in effigy John Wesley Hyatt, who gave us plastics. And twenty-first-century America may well rise, or fall, depending on how far ahead it remains in the development of smart materials. The most important factor in technological progress today is the ability of the materials scientist to take apart and reconfigure the physical stuff of the world into substances that have never existed naturally on Earth.Much more than a history of the material sciences, Stuff brims with interviews with cutting-edge experts in the field, many of whom are building new materials literally atom by atom, and describes such astounding achievements as artificial diamonds created from peanut butter and how nanotechnologists are building new-age, state-of-the-art machines no thicker than a few hundred atoms. Compelling and informative, it gives readers a marvelous glimpse into the modern world of technology and the smart materials that are at the forefront of tomorrows breakthroughs in computers, military weaponry, electronics, and more.[via]More editions of Stuff: The Materials the World Is Made of:
Three Degrees Above Zeroby Jeremy BernsteinISBN 0451625293 (0-451-62529-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Throne of Sconeby Patricia Kennealy-MorrisonISBN 0451450515 (0-451-45051-5)
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The Truth About Chernobylby Grigori MedvedevISBN 0465087760 (0-465-08776-0)
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The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending and the Mind's Hidden Complexitiesby Mark Turner, FauconnierISBN 0465087868 (0-465-08786-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending and the Mind's Hidden Complexities'Book summary:In its first two decades, much of cognitive science focused on such mental functions as memory, learning, symbolic thought, and language acquisition --the functions in which the human mind most closely resembles a computer. But humans are more than computers, and the cutting-edge research in cognitive science is increasingly focused on the more mysterious, creative aspects of the mind. The Way We Think is a landmark synthesis that exemplifies this new direction. The theory of conceptual blending is already widely known in laboratories throughout the world; this book is its definitive statement. Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner argue that all learning and all thinking consist of blends of metaphors based on simple bodily experiences. These blends are then themselves blended together into an increasingly rich structure that makes up our mental functioning in modern society. A child's entire development consists of learning and navigating these blends. The Way We Think shows how this blending operates; how it is affected by (and gives rise to) language, identity, and concept of category; and the rules by which we use blends to understand ideas that are new to us. The result is a bold, exciting, and accessible new view of how the mind works.[via]More editions of The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending and the Mind's Hidden Complexities:
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The Wind in the Willowsby Kenneth Grahame, Alex Taso, Luanne RiceISBN 0451530144 (0-451-53014-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wind in the Willows'Book summary:"[Mole] thought his happiness was complete when, as he meandered aimlessly along, suddenly he stood by the edge of a full-fed river. Never in his life had he seen a river before--this sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling, gripping things with a gurgle and leaving them with a laugh, to fling itself on fresh playmates that shook themselves free, and were caught and held again." Such is the cautious, agreeable Mole's first introduction to the river and the Life Adventurous. Emerging from his home at Mole End one spring, his whole world changes when he hooks up with the good-natured, boat-loving Water Rat, the boastful Toad of Toad Hall, the society- hating Badger who lives in the frightening Wild Wood, and countless other mostly well-meaning creatures. Michael Hague's exquisitely detailed, breathtaking color illustrations on almost every generous spread--along with Kenneth Grahame's elegant, delightfully old-fashioned characterizations of the animals--make this book a wonderful read-aloud. Grahame's The Wind in the Willows has enchanted readers for four generations, and this lavishly illustrated gift edition is perhaps the finest around. (All ages, or 9 to 12) [via]
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