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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, Victor Doyno, Justin KaplanISBN 0449912728 (0-449-91272-8)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'Book summary:A seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essential to the understanding of the American soul. The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought lost, made front-page news. And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a full understanding of the novel. The changes, deletions, and additions made in the first half of the manuscript indicate that Mark Twain frequently checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational book than the one he finally published. [via]
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- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0451526503 (0-451-52650-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0448060000 (0-448-06000-0)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0440300282 (0-440-30028-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0448110008 (0-448-11000-8)
Softcover, Price Stern Sloan - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0451519124 (0-451-51912-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0451523733 (0-451-52373-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0449912728 (0-449-91272-8)
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- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0451526503 (0-451-52650-3)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, James DickeyISBN 0451522729 (0-451-52272-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Anarchism, and Other Essaysby Emma GoldmanISBN 0486224848 (0-486-22484-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anarchism, and Other Essays'Book summary:Twelve essays by the influential radical include "Marriage and Love," "The Hypocrisy of Puritanism," "The Traffic in Women," Anarchism," and "The Psychology of Political Violence." Other enduringly relevant essays examine patriotism, the failure of the penal system, and drama as a means of conveying political theory.[via]More editions of Anarchism, and Other Essays:
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Architecture : Forms, Space, and Orderby Francis D. K. ChingISBN 0471286168 (0-471-28616-8)
Softcover, Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, John
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Architecture : Forms, Space, and Order'Book summary:The Second Edition of this classic introduction to the principles of architecture is everything you would expect from the celebrated architect, author, and illustrator, Francis D. K. Ching. Each page has been meticulously revised to incorporate contemporary examples of the principles of form, space, and order-the fundamental vocabulary of every designer. The result is a beautifully illustrated volume that embraces today's forms and looks at conventional models with a fresh perspective. Here, Ching examines every principal of architecture, juxtaposing images that span centuries and cross cultural boundaries to create a design vocabulary that is both elemental and timeless. Among the topics covered are point, line, plane, volume, proportion, scale, circulation, and the interdependence of form and space. While this revision continues to be a comprehensive primer on the ways form and space are interrelated and organized in the shaping of our environment, it has been refined to amplify and clarify concepts. In addition, the Second Edition contains:* Numerous new hand-rendered drawings* Expanded sections on openings and scale* Expanded chapter on design principles* New glossary and index categorized by the author* New 8 1/2 ? 11 upright trimIn the Second Edition of Architecture: Form, Space, and Order, the author has opted for a larger format and crisper images. Mr. Ching has retained the style of his hand-lettered text, a hallmark of each of his books. This rich source of architectural prototypes, each rendered in Mr. Ching's signature style, also serves as a guide to architectural drawing. Doubtless, many will want this handsome volume for the sheer beauty of it. Architects and students alike will treasure this book for its wealth of practical information and its precise illustrations. Mr. Ching has once again created a visual reference that illuminates the world of architectural form. [via]
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Architecture, Form, Space and Orderby Frank D. K. ChingISBN 0442017928 (0-442-01792-8)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc - Architecture, Form, Space and Order: ISBN 0442215347 (0-442-21534-7)
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Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowermentby Partricia Hill CollinsISBN 0415924847 (0-415-92484-7)
Softcover, Routledge
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Breaking the Magic Spellby Jack David ZipesISBN 0416010016 (0-416-01001-6)
Softcover, Methuen
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Camp : Queer Aesthetics and the Performing Subject: a Readerby Fabio CletoISBN 0472067222 (0-472-06722-2)
Softcover, University of Michigan Press
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The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecastingby Daniel BellISBN 0465097138 (0-465-09713-8)
Softcover, Basic Books
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Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guideby Lois TysonISBN 0415974100 (0-415-97410-0)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Critical Theory Today: A User-Friendly Guide'Book summary:This new edition of the classic guide offers a thorough and accessible introduction to contemporary critical theory. It provides in-depth coverage of the most common approaches to literary analysis today: feminism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, reader-response theory, new criticism, structuralism and semiotics, deconstruction, new historicism, cultural criticism, lesbian/gay/queer theory, African-American criticism, and postcolonial criticism. The chapters provide an extended explanation of each theory, using examples from everyday life, popular culture, and literary texts; a list of specific questions critics who use that theory ask about literary texts; an interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby through the lens of each theory; a list of questions for further practice to guide readers in applying each theory to different literary works; and a bibliography of primary and secondary works for further reading. This book can be used as the only text in a course or as a precursor to the study of primary theoretical works. It motivates readers by showing them what critical theory can offer in terms of their practical understanding of literary texts and in terms of their personal understanding of themselves and the world in which they live. Both engaging and rigorous, it is a "how-to" book for undergraduate and graduate students new to critical theory and for college professors who want to broaden their repertoire of critical approaches to literature. [via]
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Critique of Pure Reasonby KantISBN 0460019090 (0-460-01909-0)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Critique of Pure Reasonby Vasilis Politis, Kant, J. MeiklejohnISBN 046087358X (0-460-87358-X)
Softcover, Everyman
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Critique of Pure Reason'Book summary:A long-awaited new translation of an epochal philosophical text by two distinguished scholars [via]
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Einstein's Dreamsby Alan LightmanISBN 0446670111 (0-446-67011-1)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Einstein's Dreams'Book summary:If you liked the eerie whimsy of Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, Steven Millhauser's Little Kingdoms, or Jorge Luis Borges's Labyrinths, you will love Alan Lightman's ethereal yet down-to-earth book Einstein's Dreams. Lightman teaches physics and writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, helping bridge the light-year-size gap between science and the humanities, the enemy camps C.P. Snow famously called The Two Cultures.
Einstein's Dreams became a bestseller by delighting both scientists and humanists. It is technically a novel. Lightman uses simple, lyrical, and literal details to locate Einstein precisely in a place and time--Berne, Switzerland, spring 1905, when he was a patent clerk privately working on his bizarre, unheard-of theory of relativity. The town he perceives is vividly described, but the waking Einstein is a bit player in this drama.
The book takes flight when Einstein takes to his bed and we share his dreams, 30 little fables about places where time behaves quite differently. In one world, time is circular; in another a man is occasionally plucked from the present and deposited in the past: "He is agonized. For if he makes the slightest alteration in anything, he may destroy the future ... he is forced to witness events without being part of them ... an inert gas, a ghost ... an exile of time." The dreams in which time flows backward are far more sophisticated than the time-tripping scenes in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, though science-fiction fans may yearn for a sustained yarn, which Lightman declines to provide. His purpose is simply to study the different kinds of time in Einstein's mind, each with its own lucid consequences. In their tone and quiet logic, Lightman's fables come off like Bach variations played on an exquisite harpsichord. People live for one day or eternity, and they respond intelligibly to each unique set of circumstances. Raindrops hang in the air in a place of frozen time; in another place everyone knows one year in advance exactly when the world will end, and acts accordingly.
"Consider a world in which cause and effect are erratic," writes Lightman. "Scientists turn reckless and mutter like gamblers who cannot stop betting.... In this world, artists are joyous." In another dream, time slows with altitude, causing rich folks to build stilt homes on mountaintops, seeking eternal youth and scorning the swiftly aging poor folk below. Forgetting eventually how they got there and why they subsist on "all but the most gossamer food," the higher-ups at length "become thin like the air, bony, old before their time."
There is no plot in this small volume--it's more like a poetry collection than a novel. Like Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, it's a mind-stretching meditation by a scientist who's been to the far edge of physics and is back with wilder tales than Marco Polo's. And unlike many admirers of Hawking, readers of Einstein's Dreams have a high probability of actually finishing it. [via]
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Emotional Design: Why We Love (Or Hate) Everyday Thingsby Donald NormanISBN 0465051367 (0-465-05136-7)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things'Book summary:Did you ever wonder why cheap wine tastes better in fancy glasses? Why sales of Macintosh computers soared when Apple introduced the colorful iMac? New research on emotion and cognition has shown that attractive things really do work better, a fact fans of Don Norman's classic The Design of Everyday Things cannot afford to ignore.In recent years, the design community has focused on making products easier to use. But as Norman amply demonstrates in this fascinating and important new book, design experts have vastly underestimated the role of emotion on our experience of everyday objects.Emotional Design analyzes the profound influence of this deceptively simple idea, from our willingness to spend thousands of dollars on Gucci bags and Rolex watches to the impact of emotion on the everyday objects of tomorrow. In the future, will inanimate objects respond to human emotions? Is it possible to create emotional robots?Norman addresses these provocative questions--drawing on a wealth of examples and the latest scientific insights--in this bold exploration of the objects in our everyday world.[via]More editions of Emotional Design: Why We Love (Or Hate) Everyday Things:
Entertaining Lesbians: Celebrity, Sexuality, and Self-Inventionby Martha GeverISBN 0415944805 (0-415-94480-5)
Softcover, Routledge
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An Essay Concerning Human Understandingby John LockeISBN 0486205304 (0-486-20530-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Essay Concerning Human Understanding'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: ISBN 0452010195 (0-452-01019-5)
Softcover, Penguin USA - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: ISBN 0460113321 (0-460-11332-1)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: ISBN 0460873555 (0-460-87355-5)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: ISBN 0486205312 (0-486-20531-2)
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Essays Concerning Human Understandingby LockeISBN 0460003321 (0-460-00332-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Essential Rousseauby Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Lowell Blair, Lowell BairISBN 0452010314 (0-452-01031-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Fantasy, the Literature of Subversionby Rosemary JacksonISBN 0416711804 (0-416-71180-4)
Softcover, Methuen
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The Federalist Or, the New Constitutionby Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James MadisonISBN 0460005197 (0-460-00519-7)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Federalist Or, the New Constitution'Book summary:This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. [via]
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The Federalist Papersby Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison, Charles R. Kesler, Clinton Lawrence RossiterISBN 0451628810 (0-451-62881-0)
Softcover, Mentor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Federalist Papers'Book summary:"This country and this people seem to have been made for each other, and it appears as if it was the design of Providence, that an inheritance so proper and convenient for a band of brethren ... should never be split into a number of unsocial, jealous, and alien sovereignties." So wrote John Jay, one of the revolutionary authors of The Federalist Papers, arguing that if the United States was truly to be a single nation, its leaders would have to agree on universally binding rules of governance--in short, a constitution. In a brilliant set of essays, Jay and his colleagues Alexander Hamilton and James Madison explored in minute detail the implications of establishing a kind of rule that would engage as many citizens as possible and that would include a system of checks and balances. Their arguments proved successful in the end, and The Federalist Papers stand as key documents in the founding of the United States. [via]
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The Federalist Papersby Charles R. Kesler, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison, Clinton Lawrence RossiterISBN 0451528816 (0-451-52881-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Federalist Papers'Book summary:"This country and this people seem to have been made for each other, and it appears as if it was the design of Providence, that an inheritance so proper and convenient for a band of brethren ... should never be split into a number of unsocial, jealous, and alien sovereignties." So wrote John Jay, one of the revolutionary authors of The Federalist Papers, arguing that if the United States was truly to be a single nation, its leaders would have to agree on universally binding rules of governance--in short, a constitution. In a brilliant set of essays, Jay and his colleagues Alexander Hamilton and James Madison explored in minute detail the implications of establishing a kind of rule that would engage as many citizens as possible and that would include a system of checks and balances. Their arguments proved successful in the end, and The Federalist Papers stand as key documents in the founding of the United States. [via]
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Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futuresby Chandra Talpade Mohanty, M. Jacqui AlexanderISBN 0415912121 (0-415-91212-1)
Softcover, Routledge
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Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Usby Kate BornsteinISBN 0415908973 (0-415-90897-3)
Hardcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us'Book summary:Gender Outlaw is the work of a woman who has been through some changes--a former heterosexual male, a one-time Scientologist and IBM salesperson, now a lesbian woman writer and actress who makes regular rounds on the TV (so to speak) talk shows. In her book, Bornstein covers the "mechanics" of her surgery, everything you've always wanted to know about gender (but were too confused to ask) addresses the place and politics of the transgendered and intterogates the questions of those who give the subject little thought, creating questions of her own. [via]
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The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Ageby Sven BirkertsISBN 0449910091 (0-449-91009-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Pastby Martha Vicinus, George Chauncey, Martin DubermanISBN 0453006892 (0-453-00689-2)
Hardcover, New American Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past'Book summary:A collection of 30 essays which explore homosexuality in various cultures, and different eras, from late imperial China and Renaissance Italy to "Jazz-Age" America and from London to Harlem and Japan. Other chapters look at male prostitutes, cross-dressing and schoolgirl crushes in public schools. [via]
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Hidden from History : Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Pastby Martin B. Duberman, Martha Vicinus, Chauncey, George, Jr.ISBN 0452010675 (0-452-01067-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Identification Papersby Diana FussISBN 0415908868 (0-415-90886-8)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Identification Papers'Book summary:The notion of identification, especially in the discourse of feminist theory, has come sharply and dramatically into focus with the recent interest in such topics as queer performativity, cross-dressing, and racial passing. Identification Papers is the first book to track the evolution of identification's emergence in psychoanalytic theory. Diana Fuss seeks to understand where this notion of identification has come from, and why it has emerged as one of the most difficult problems in contemporary theory and politics.
Identification Papers situates the recent critical interest in identification in the intellectual tradition that first gave the idea its theoretical relevance: psychoanalysis. Fuss begins from the assumption that identification has a history, and that the term carries with it a host of theoretical problems, conceptual difficulties, and ideological complications. By tracking the evolution of identification in Freud's work over a forty year period, Fuss demonstrates how the concept of identification is neither a theoretically neutral notion nor a politically innocent one.
Identification Papers closely examines the three principal figures -- gravity, ingestion, and infection -- that psychoanalysis invokes to theorize identification. Fuss then deconstructs the psychoanalytic theory of identification in order to open up the possibility of more innovative rethinkings of the political.
Drawing on literature, film, and Freud's own case histories, and engaging with a wide range of disciplines -- including critical theory, philosophy, film theory, cultural studies, psychoanalysis, and feminism -- Identification Papers will be a necessary starting point in any future theoretical project that seeks to mobilize the concept of identification for a feminist politics.
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Intercourseby Andrea DworkinISBN 0465017525 (0-465-01752-5)
Softcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Intercourse'Book summary:Andrea Dworkin, once called Feminisms Malcolm X, has been worshipped, reviled, criticized, and analyzed-but never ignored. The power of her writing, the passion of her ideals, and the ferocity of her intellect have spurred the arguments and activism of two generations of feminists. Now the book that shes best known for-in which she provoked the argument that ultimately split apart the feminist movement-is being reissued for the young women and men of the twenty-first century. Intercourse enraged as many readers as it inspired when it was first published in 1987. In it, Dworkin argues that in a male supremacist society, sex between men and women constitutes a central part of womens subordination to men. (This argument was quickly-and falsely-simplified to all sex is rape in the public arena, adding fire to Dworkins already radical persona.) In her introduction to this twentieth-anniversary edition of Intercourse, Ariel Levy, the author of Female Chauvinist Pigs, discusses the circumstances of Dworkins untimely death in the spring of 2005, and the enormous impact of her life and work. Dworkins argument, she points out, is the stickiest question of feminism: Can a woman fight the power when he shares her bed?[via] 
The Key to the Name of the Rose: Including Translations of All Non-English Passagesby Robert J. White, Jane G. White, Adele J. HaftISBN 0472086219 (0-472-08621-9)
Softcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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Left Hand of the Electronby Isaac AsimovISBN 0440947170 (0-440-94717-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropologyby Clifford GeertzISBN 0465041620 (0-465-04162-0)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Marxism and Literary Criticismby Terry EagletonISBN 041682420X (0-416-82420-X)
Hardcover, Methuen
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On Moral Fictionby John GardnerISBN 0465052266 (0-465-05226-6)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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Organs Without Bodies: On Deleuze and Consequencesby Slavoj ZizekISBN 0415969212 (0-415-96921-2)
Softcover, Routledge
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Pensees: Notes on Religion and Other Subjectsby Blaise Pascal, Louis Lafuma, John WarringtonISBN 0460108743 (0-460-10874-3)
Softcover, Dent
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Philosophy of Historyby George HegelISBN 0486201120 (0-486-20112-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Poppyby Moira Butterfield, Frances ThatcherISBN 0439208548 (0-439-20854-8)
Hardcover, Scholastic, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poppy'Book summary:Poppy is a Teddy Fairy who lives on a red flower. She meets a beetle who feels he isn¹t special at all. But after playing a game with Poppy9who shows him his special talents for flying, climbing, and hopping9he can¹t help but feel proud. With Poppy¹s help, Beetle has learned to believe in himself! [via]
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Popular Culture and High Culture: An Analysis and Evaluation of Tasteby Herbert J. GansISBN 0465026095 (0-465-02609-5)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Popular Culture and High Culture: An Analysis and Evaluation of Taste'Book summary:Is NYPD Blue a less valid form of artistic expression than a Shakespearean drama? Who is to judge and by what standards?
In this new edition of Herbert Gans's brilliantly conceived and clearly argued landmark work, he builds on his critique of the universality of high cultural standards. While conceding that popular and high culture have converged to some extent over the twenty-five years since he wrote the book, Gans holds that the choices of typical Ivy League graduates, not to mention Ph.D.s in literature, are still very different from those of high school graduates, as are the movie houses, television channels, museums, and other cultural institutions they frequent.
This new edition benefits greatly from Gans's discussion of the "politicization" of culture over the last quarter-century. Popular Culture and High Culture is a must read for anyone interested in the vicissitudes of taste in American society. [via]
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Pornography: Men Possessing Womenby Andrea DworkinISBN 0452267935 (0-452-26793-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby James Joyce, Langdon HammerISBN 0451530152 (0-451-53015-2)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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Racial Formation in the United States: From the 1960s to the 1990sby Michael Omi, Howard WinantISBN 041590904X (0-415-90904-X)
Hardcover, Routledge
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Reception Theory: A Critical Introductionby Robert C. HolubISBN 041633590X (0-416-33590-X)
Softcover, Methuen
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Refusing to Be a Man : Essays on Sex and Justiceby John StoltenbergISBN 0452010438 (0-452-01043-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Refusing to Be a Man : Essays on Sex and Justice'Book summary:Since its original publication in 1989, Refusing to be a Man has been acclaimed as a classic and widely cited in gender studies literature. In 13 eloquent essays, Stoltenberg articulates the first fully argued liberation theory for men that will also liberate women. He argues that male sexual identity is entirely a political and ethical construction whose advantages grow out of injustice. His thesis is, however, ultimately one of hope - that precisely because masculinity is so constructed, it is possible to refuse it, to act against it and to change. A new introduction by the author discusses the roots of his work in the American civil rights and radical feminist movements and distinguishes it from the anti-feminist philosophies underlying the recent tide of reactionary mens movements. [via]
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Relativity: The Special and General Theoryby Albert Einstein, Robert Geroch, David C. Cassidy, Roger Penrose, Robert W. LawsonISBN 0452287847 (0-452-28784-7)
Softcover, Plume
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This new edition of Relativitythe first updated version in over fifty yearsincludes a wealth of original material written by some of todays foremost scientific authorities. Bestselling author and physicist Roger Penrose puts Einsteins work in historical context and details major developments in relativity theory over subsequent years. Relativity expert Robert Geroch provides commentary on key aspects of the special and general theories; and historian David Cassidy explores the profound impact of Einsteins ideas on our culture at large. Now, over ninety years after its first publication, this definitive edition brings a classic text into the new millennium. [via]More editions of Relativity: The Special and General Theory:
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The Second Wave: A Reader in Feminist Theoryby Linda NicholsonISBN 0415917611 (0-415-91761-1)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Second Wave: A Reader in Feminist Theory'Book summary:The Second Wave collects many of the major essays of feminist theory of the past forty years, essays by the figures who have made key contributions to feminist theory during this period and have generated extensive discussion. Organized historically, these essays provide a sense of the major turning points in feminist theory.
Contributors include: Norma Alarcon, Linda Alcoff, Michele Barrett, Elsa Barkley Brown, Judith Butler, Nancy Chodorow, Patricia Hill Collins, Simone de Beauvoir, Shulamith Firestone, Nancy Fraser, Carol Gilligan, Heidi Hartmann, Nancy C. M. Hartsock, Luce Irigaray, Catharine MacKinnon, Uma Narayan, Linda Nicholson, Ellen Rooney, Gayle Rubin, Gayatri Spivak, Wendy W. Williams and Monique Wittig. [via]More editions of The Second Wave: A Reader in Feminist Theory:
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The Seven Lamps of Architectureby J. RuskinISBN 048626145X (0-486-26145-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Seven Lamps of Architecture'Book summary:Classic work by the great Victorian expresses his deepest convictions about the nature and role of architecture and its aesthetics. This authoritative edition includes reproductions of the 14 original plates of Ruskin's superb drawings of architectural details from such structures as the Doge's Palace in Venice to the Cathedral of Rouen.[via]More editions of The Seven Lamps of Architecture:
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Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexualityby Anne Fausto-SterlingISBN 0465077145 (0-465-07714-5)
Softcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality'Book summary:Anyone who has been following the new brain science in the popular press--and even those whose casual reading includes journals along the lines of Psychoneuroendocrinology--will be fascinated by the puckish observations of Brown University biologist Anne Fausto-Sterling, whose provocative and erudite essays easily establish the cultural biases underlying current scientific thought on gender. She goes on to critique the science itself, exposing inconsistencies in the literature and weaknesses in the rhetorical and theoretical structures that support new research. "One of the major claims I make in this book," she explains, "is that labeling someone a man or a woman is a social decision. We may use scientific knowledge to help us make the decision, but only our beliefs about gender--not science--can define our sex. Furthermore, our beliefs about gender affect what kinds of knowledge scientists produce about sex in the first place." Whether discussing genital surgery on intersex infants or the amorous lives of lab rats, the author is unfailingly clear and convincing, and manages to impart humor to subjects as seemingly unpromising as neuroanatomy and the structure of proteins. --Regina Marler [via]
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Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionaryby Alexander SchmidtISBN 0486227278 (0-486-22727-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary'Book summary:Volume 2 of massive work by a leading Shakespeare scholar and lexicographer, a standard in the field, provides full definitions, locations, and shades of meaning in every word in Shakespeare's plays and poems. The 2 volumes contain more than 50,000 exact quotations, each precisely located. There is no other word dictionary comparable to this work.[via]More editions of Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary:
Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary: A Complete Dictionary of All the English Words, Phrases, and Constructions in the Works of the Poetby Alexander SchmidtISBN 048622726X (0-486-22726-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Social Contract and Discoursesby Jean-Jacques Rousseau, G.D.H. ColeISBN 0460873571 (0-460-87357-1)
Softcover, Everyman
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Social Contract and Discourses'Book summary:Published in 1762, Rousseau's thinking is still relevant in these modern times. He believed that all citizens of a state fundamentally have a natural power of equality. This is the 'social contract' between the citizens of a state. Rousseau writes about liberty and law, freedom and justice. A declaration of democratic principles. A Collector's Edition. [via]
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Social Contract and Discoursesby J. RoussearISBN 0460016601 (0-460-01660-1)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Social Contract and Discourses'Book summary:Published in 1762, Rousseau's thinking is still relevant in these modern times. He believed that all citizens of a state fundamentally have a natural power of equality. This is the 'social contract' between the citizens of a state. Rousseau writes about liberty and law, freedom and justice. A declaration of democratic principles. A Collector's Edition. [via]
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Space, Time, and Perversion: Essays on the Politics of Bodiesby E.A. GroszISBN 0415911370 (0-415-91137-0)
Softcover, Routledge
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Symposium and Phaedrusby Plato, Benjamin JowettISBN 0486277984 (0-486-27798-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Symposium and Phaedrus'Book summary:Two important dialogues offer crucial insights into mystical and aesthetic aspects of Platonic doctrine. Symposium attempts to find the ultimate manifestation of the love that controls the world, leading to mystic union with eternal and supercosmic beauty. Phaedrus discusses the psychology of love, resulting in the concept of the familiar Platonic "forms" as objects of transcendental emotion.[via]More editions of Symposium and Phaedrus:
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Theories and Manifestos of Contemporary Architectureby Charles Jencks, Karl KropfISBN 0470014695 (0-470-01469-5)
Softcover, Academy Editions Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Theories And Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture'Book summary:The second half of the 20th Century witnessed an outburst of theories and manifestoes that explored the possibilities of architecture: it's language, evolution and social relevance. The many 'crises in architecture' and emerging urban and ecological problems questioned the current orthodoxy: Modernism was criticised, questioned and overthrown, only to be extended, subverted and revivified. The result was a cascade of new theories, justifications and recipes for building. This anthology, first edited in 1997, brought together a coherent collection of texts that tracked these important shifts from all the major architectural thinkers and practitioners.
In this new edition of the book, over twenty additional extracts are published that present an entirely new axis for architectural thinking. Whereas much of the 20th-Century thought was dominated by the 'perceived crisis' in Modernity, 'the new paradigm' or 'complexity paradigm' has been excited by the possibilities of Emergence in the Science of Complexity and Chaos theory. The reach of complexity is expressed through the primacy of Benoit Mandelbrot's theories on geometry, with an extract from his manifesto on fractals; and furthered through an outline of Emergence by Steven Johnson. It is also handled through texts that focus on the diagram and are demonstrated in its more applied form through passages dealing with the global city and culture.
Essential for the student and practitioner alike, Theories and Manifestoes since its first edition has established itself as the touchstone book for architectural thought. It features seminal texts by Reyner Banham, Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Colin Rowe and Robert Venturi. This is now ejected with greater currency with extracts from: Cecil Balmond, Foreign Office Architects, Daniel Libeskind, MVRDV, Lars Spuybroek, UN Studio and West 8. [via]More editions of Theories and Manifestos of Contemporary Architecture:
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A Theory Of Adaptationby Linda HutcheonISBN 0415967953 (0-415-96795-3)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Theory Of Adaptation'Book summary:Renowned literary scholar Linda Hutcheon explores the ubiquity of adaptations in all their various media incarnations and challenges their constant critical denigration. Adaptation, Hutcheon argues, has always been a central mode of the story-telling imagination and deserves to be studied in all its breadth and range as both a process (of creation and reception) and a product unto its own.
Persuasive and illuminating, A Theory of Adaptation is a bold rethinking of how adaptation works across all media and genres that may put an end to the age-old question of whether the book was better than the movie, or the opera, or the theme park. [via]More editions of A Theory Of Adaptation:
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Trial and Death of Socratesby PlatoISBN 0486270661 (0-486-27066-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Uncannyby Nicholas RoyleISBN 0415966620 (0-415-96662-0)
Softcover, Routledge
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Utopiaby Thomas MoreISBN 0460874314 (0-460-87431-4)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Utopia'Book summary:Published in Latin in 1516, "Utopia" is one of the most influential books in the Western philosophical and literary tradition and an achievement of Renaissance humanism. This edition combines More's Latin text with an English translation, a commentary, a textual guide and an introduction. [via]
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Utopia: And Other Essential Writings of Thomas Moreby John P. Dolan, Greene, James J. and Dolan, John P.ISBN 0452009200 (0-452-00920-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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What Painting Isby James ElkinsISBN 0415926629 (0-415-92662-9)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What Painting Is'Book summary:Unlike many books on painting that usually talk about art or painters, James Elkins compelling and original work focuses on alchemy, for like the alchemist, the painter seeks to transform and be transformed by the medium.
In What Painting Is, James Elkins communicates the experience of painting beyond the traditional vocabulary of art history. Alchemy provides a magical language to explore what it is a painter really does in her or his studio - the smells, the mess, the struggle to control the uncontrollable, the special knowledge only painters hold of how colours will mix, and how they will look.
Written from the perspective of a painter-turned-art historian, What Painting Is is like nothing you have ever read about art.
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