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20,000 Leagues Under the Seaby Jules Verne, Harrison Solow, Cynthia Brantley JohnsonISBN 1416500200 (1-4165-0020-0)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'Book summary:Bring The Classics To Life. This novel has been adapted into 10 short chapters that will excite the reluctant reader as well as the enthusiastic one. Key words are defined and used in context. Multiple-choice questions require the student to recall specific details sequence the events draw inferences from story context develop another name for the chapter and choose the main idea. Let the Classics introduce Kipling Stevenson and H.G. Wells. Your students will embrace the notion of Crusoe s lonely reflections the psychological reactions of a Civil War soldier at Chancellorsville and the tragedy of the Jacobite Cause in 18th Century Scotland. In our society knowledge of these Classics is a cultural necessity. Improves fluency vocabulary and comprehension. [via]
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Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas: ISBN 1404340963 (1-4043-4096-3)
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20,000 Leagues Under the Seaby Lisa R. Church, Dan AndreasenISBN 1402725337 (1-4027-2533-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'Book summary:[via]Jules Vernes classic science fiction fantasy carries its heroProfessor Aronnax of the Museum of Parison a thrilling and dangerous journey far below the waves to see what creatures live in the oceans depths. In the process, Verne imagined a vessel that had not yet been invented: the submarine.
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And God Created the Frenchby Louis-Bernard RobitailleISBN 1552070069 (1-55207-006-9)
Hardcover, R. Davies Multimedia Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'And God Created the French'Book summary:Hailed by reviewers as a brilliantly insightful look at Parisians and France, this best-seller on two continents (80,000+ copies in print) by Montreal daily newspaper La Presse's Paris correspondent gives the reader a detailed view of how French society really works, with its hidden codes, unspoken rules, tribal loyalties and attachment to the past. French society's strange love-hate relationship with money, for example, which must be spent to excess but never, never discussed in public is revealed here, as is France's obsessive attraction to all things American, along with its simultaneous demonizing of all things...American. This a treasure trove of biting, satirical and bang-on pieces on anything and everything French from King Louis XIV to Charles de Gaulle, from EuroDisneyland to the French schizoid view of money, love and country, from Catherine Deneuve to François Mitterand describes a country of excesses and opposites, where the wine and olive oil culture from the South competes with the beer and butter culture from the North, where a monarchist movement is strong in the country that beheaded its last king, where classical music is adored but dreadfully composed, and where the art of brilliant conversation is taken to dizzying heights. France is a country, in sum, which might in fact be another planet, distant and obscure but absolutely mesmerizing. Few foreigners know France as well as Robitaille, who arrived in 1965 to become a novelist, and stayed as a reporter. He knows EVERYONE of importance in Paris and has interviewed hundreds of writers, actors, politicians and cafe owners in the course of his career. His interviews with Isabelle Adjani, Celine Dion, Mavis Gallant and many more make for page after page of fascinating reading. A new section on Americans in Paris has been added specially for this translation and the preface by Nouvel Observateur columnist Jean-François Kahn puts it all in perspective. The France-Inter radio network said, about this terrific page-turner of a read, it is clairvoyant, penetrating writing by a real journalist. [via]
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And God Created the French : Value Editionby Louis-Bernard Robitaille, Donald SinklerISBN 155207028X (1-55207-028-X)
Softcover, Studio 9 Books
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Are You Really Going to Eat That?: Reflections of a Culinary Thrill Seekerby Robb WalshISBN 1400077168 (1-4000-7716-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Are You Really Going to Eat That?: Reflections of a Culinary Thrill Seeker'Book summary:From the top of the Blue Mountains of Jamaica for the perfect cup of coffee to the jungles of Thailand for an encounter with the abominably smelly stinkfruit, Robb Wals has traveled the globe, immersing himself in some of the worlds most interesting culinary phenomena. In Are You Really Going to Eat That? Walsh offers a collection of his best essays over the past ten years, along with some of his favorite recipes.
For Walsh, food is a window on culture, and his essays brim with insights into our society and those around us. Whether hes discussing halal organic farming with Muslims, traversing the steep hills of Trinidad in search of hot-sauce makers, or savoring the disappearing art of black Southern cooking with a inmate-chef in a Texas penitentiary, Walsh has a unique talent for taking our understanding of food to a deeper level. [via]More editions of Are You Really Going to Eat That?: Reflections of a Culinary Thrill Seeker:
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The Backpacker's Field Manual: A Comprehensive Guide To Mastering Backcountry Skillsby Rick CurtisISBN 1400053099 (1-4000-5309-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Best of Alberta Day Trips from Calgaryby Bill CorbettISBN 1552857662 (1-55285-766-2)
Softcover, Firefly Books Ltd
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Canadian Rockies Access Guideby John Dodd, Gail HelgasonISBN 1551051761 (1-55105-176-1)
Softcover, Lone Pine Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Canadian Rockies Access Guide'Book summary:Completely revised and expanded from the original best-selling book of the same name, this essential guide for exploring the Canadian Rockies includes day hikes, backpacking, boating, camping, cycling, fishing and rainy day activities. Covers Banff, Jasper, Kootenay, Yoho, Waterton and Kananaskis parks. Full color photos, maps and wildlife illustrations. [via]
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Canadian Rockies Photo Albumby Elizabeth WilsonISBN 1551532425 (1-55153-242-5)
Softcover, Altitude Pub Canada Ltd
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Canadian Rockies, A History in Photographsby Graeme PoleISBN 1551536382 (1-55153-638-2)
Softcover, Altitude Pub Canada Ltd
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Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tigerby Margaret Mittelbach, Michael Crewdson, Alexis RockmanISBN 1400060028 (1-4000-6002-8)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger'Book summary:Packing an off-kilter sense of humor and keen scientific minds, authors Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson take off with renowned artist Alexis Rockman on a postmodern safari. Their mission? Tracking down the elusive Tasmanian tiger. This mysterious, striped predator was once the worlds largest carnivorous marsupial. It had a pouch like a kangaroo and a jaw that opened impossibly wide to reveal terrifying choppers. Tragically, this rare and powerful animal was hunted into extinction in the early part of the twentieth century. Or was it?
Journeying first to the Australian mainland and then south to the wild island of Tasmania, these young naturalists brave a series of bizarre misadventures and uproarious wildlife encounters in their obsessive search for the long-lost beast.
From an ancient cave featuring an aboriginal painting of the tiger to a lab in Sydney where maverick scientists are trying to resurrect the animal through cloning, this intrepid trio comes face-to-face with blood-sucking land leeches and venomous bull ants, a misbehaving wallaby who invades their motel room, and a crew of flesh-eating, bone-crunching Tasmanian devils gorging on roadkill.
They bond with trappers, bushwackers, and wildlife experts who refuse to abandon the tiger hunt, despite the paucity of evidence. Sifting through local myths, bar-room banter, and historical accounts, these environmental detectives sweep readers into a world where platypus swim, kangaroos roam, and a large predator with a pouch wasor perhaps still isqueen of the jungle.
Filled with Alexis Rockmans stunning drawings of flora and fauna-made from soil, wombat scat, and the artists own bloodCarnivorous Nights is a hip and hilarious account of an unhinged safari, as well as a fascinating portrayal of a wildly unique part of the world. [via]More editions of Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger:
Colorado Scenic Guideby Lee GregoryISBN 1555660622 (1-55566-062-2)
Hardcover, Johnson Books
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Colorado Scenic Guide: Northern Regionby Lee GregoryISBN 1555661440 (1-55566-144-0)
Softcover, Big Earth Pub
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Courtby Mark TwainISBN 1416534733 (1-4165-3473-3)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'Book summary:ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
A nineteenth-century American travels back in time to sixth-century England in this darkly comic social satire.
THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES:
- A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information
- A chronology of the author's life and work
- A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
- An outline of key themes and plot points to guide the reader's own interpretations
- Detailed explanatory notes
- Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work
- Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
- A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience
Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.
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The Da Vinci Codeby Dan BrownISBN 1400079179 (1-4000-7917-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Da Vinci Code'Book summary:With The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown masterfully concocts an intelligent and lucid thriller that marries the gusto of an international murder mystery with a collection of fascinating esoteria culled from 2,000 years of Western history.
A murder in the silent after-hour halls of the Louvre museum reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has been protected by a clandestine society since the days of Christ. The victim is a high-ranking agent of this ancient society who, in the moments before his death, manages to leave gruesome clues at the scene that only his daughter, noted cryptographer Sophie Neveu, and Robert Langdon, a famed symbologist, can untangle. The duo become both suspects and detectives searching for not only Neveu's father's murderer but also the stunning secret of the ages he was charged to protect. Mere steps ahead of the authorities and the deadly competition, the mystery leads Neveu and Langdon on a breathless flight through France, England, and history itself.
Brown (Angels and Demons) has created a page-turning thriller that also provides an amazing interpretation of Western history. Brown's hero and heroine embark on a lofty and intriguing exploration of some of Western culture's greatest mysteries--from the nature of the Mona Lisa's smile to the secret of the Holy Grail. Though some will quibble with the veracity of Brown's conjectures, therein lies the fun. The Da Vinci Code is an enthralling read that provides rich food for thought. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
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Dante's Infernoby Dante Alighieri, Charles Eliot NortonISBN 1420926381 (1-4209-2638-1)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dante's Inferno'Book summary:The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia," meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained nobility of tragedy, and the popular tone of elegy. The word had no dramatic implication at that time, though it did involve a happy ending. The poem is the narrative of a journey down through Hell, up the mountain of Purgatory, and through the revolving heavens into the presence of God. In this aspect it belongs to the two familiar medieval literary types of the Journey and the Vision. It is also an allegory, representing under the symbolism of the stages and experiences of the journey, the history of a human soul, painfully struggling from sin through purification to the Beatific Vision. Contained in this volume is the first part of the "Divine Comedy," the "Inferno" or "Hell," from the translation of Charles Eliot Norton. [via]
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The Divine Comedyby Frederic Will, Alighieri Dante, Cynthia Brantley JohnsonISBN 1416500235 (1-4165-0023-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
The first volume of The Divine Comedy--Dante begins his downward journey through the seven circles of Hell.
EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: " A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
" A chronology of the author's life and work
" A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
" An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations
" Detailed explanatory notes
" Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work
" Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
" A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience
Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. [via]SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON
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Don Quijote De LA Mancha, Iby Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, Florencio Sevilla ArroyoISBN 1400093015 (1-4000-9301-5)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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Emerald Fairways And Foam-Flecked Seas: A Golfer's Pilgrimage to the Courses of Irelandby James W. FineganISBN 1416532986 (1-4165-3298-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The English Governess at the Siamese Couby Harriette LeonowensISBN 1421993503 (1-4219-9350-3)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhoodby Elspeth Joscelin Grant HuxleyISBN 1555841449 (1-55584-144-9)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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Fodor's 2006 New York Cityby Fodor'sISBN 1400015472 (1-4000-1547-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Fodor's Brazilby Fodor'sISBN 1400016479 (1-4000-1647-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fodor's Brazil'Book summary:Fodors. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodors helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although youre at the helm, Fodors offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. Its like having a friend in Brazil!
·Updated annually, Fodors Brazil provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
·Fodors Brazil features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
·If its not worth your time, its not in this book. Fodors discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodors Choice designations, ensure that youll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Brazil
·Experience Brazil like a local! Fodors Brazil includes choices for every traveler, from shopping in São Paulos chicest boutiques and exploring hip neighborhoods to the best beaches in outside of Rio, and much more!, and much more!
Fodors Brazil includes choices for every traveler, from cruising through the rain forest of the Amazon to shaking your groove thing at a samba show in Salvador.
·Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include Top Reasons to Go, Word of Mouth advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
·Brand new maps and full color photos.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers. [via]More editions of Fodor's Brazil:
Fodor's Exploring San Franciscoby Fodor'sISBN 1400016266 (1-4000-1626-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Fodor's Flashmaps New York Cityby Fodor'sISBN 1400015103 (1-4000-1510-3)
Softcover, Fodors Travel Pubns
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Fodor's Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canadaby Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. StaffISBN 1400016045 (1-4000-1604-5)
Softcover, Fodor's Travel Publications
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Fodor's Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Dutch Countryby Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. StaffISBN 1400015677 (1-4000-1567-7)
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Fodor's See It Pragueby Fodor'sISBN 1400016541 (1-4000-1654-1)
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Fodor's Tokyo's 25 Bestby Fodor'sISBN 1400016363 (1-4000-1636-3)
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The Future of Ice: A Journey into Coldby Gretel EhrlichISBN 1400034353 (1-4000-3435-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Future of Ice: A Journey into Cold'Book summary:This book was written out of Gretel Ehrlichs love for winterfor remote and cold places, for the ways winter frees our imagination and invigorates our feet, mind, and souland also out of the fear that our democracy of gratification has irreparably altered the climate.
Over the course of a year, Ehrlich experiences firsthand the myriad expressions of cold, giving us marvelous histories of wind, water, snow, and ice, of ocean currents and weather cycles. From Tierra del Fuego in the south to Spitsbergen, east of Greenland, at the very top of the world, she explores how our very consciousness is animated and enlivened by the archaic rhythms and erupting oscillations of weather. We share Ehrlichs experience of the thrills of cold, but also her questions: What will happen to us if we are deseasoned ? If winter ends, will we survive? [via]More editions of The Future of Ice: A Journey into Cold:
G'day to Dieby Maddy HunterISBN 1416523790 (1-4165-2379-0)
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Heatby Bill BufordISBN 1400041201 (1-4000-4120-1)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heat'Book summary:Bill Buford's funny and engaging book Heat offers readers a rare glimpse behind the scenes in Mario Batali's kitchen. Who better to review the book for Amazon.com, than Anthony Bourdain, the man who first introduced readers to the wide array of lusty and colorful characters in the restaurant business? We asked Anthony Bourdain to read Heat and give us his take. We loved it. So did he. Check out his review below. --Daphne Durham
Guest Reviewer: Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain is host of the Discovery Channel's No Reservations, executive chef at Les Halles in Manhattan, and author of the bestselling and groundbreaking Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook, A Cook's Tour, Bone in the Throat, and many others. His latest book, The Nasty Bits will be released on May 16, 2006.
Heat is a remarkable work on a number of fronts--and for a number of reasons. First, watching the author, an untrained, inexperienced and middle-aged desk jockey slowly transform into not just a useful line cook--but an extraordinarily knowledgable one is pure pleasure. That he chooses to do so primarily in the notoriously difficult, cramped kitchens of New York's three star Babbo provides further sado-masochistic fun. Buford not only accurately and hilariously describes the painfully acquired techniques of the professional cook (and his own humiations), but chronicles as well the mental changes--the "kitchen awareness" and peculiar world view necessary to the kitchen dweller. By end of book, he's even talking like a line cook.Secondly, the book is a long overdue portrait of the real Mario Batali and of the real Marco Pierre White--two complicated and brilliant chefs whose coverage in the press--while appropriately fawning--has never described them in their fully debauched, delightful glory. Buford has--for the first time--managed to explain White's peculiar--almost freakish brilliance--while humanizing a man known for terrorizing cooks, customers (and Batali). As for Mario--he is finally revealed for the Falstaffian, larger than life, mercurial, frighteningly intelligent chef/enterpreneur he really is. No small accomplishment. Other cooks, chefs, butchers, artisans and restaurant lifers are described with similar insight.
Thirdly, Heat reveals a dead-on understanding--rare among non-chef writers--of the pleasures of "making" food; the real human cost, the real requirements and the real adrenelin-rush-inducing pleasures of cranking out hundreds of high quality meals. One is left with a truly unique appreciation of not only what is truly good about food--but as importantly, who cooks--and why. I can't think of another book which takes such an unsparing, uncompromising and ultimately thrilling look at the quest for culinary excellence. Heat brims with fascinating observations on cooking, incredible characters, useful discourse and argument-ending arcania. I read my copy and immediately started reading it again. It's going right in between Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London and Zola's The Belly of Paris on my bookshelf. --Anthony Bourdain
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Hobo: A Young Man's Thoughts on Trains and Tramping in Americaby Eddy Joe CottonISBN 1400048095 (1-4000-4809-5)
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A Hoosier Holidayby Theodore Dreiser, Franklin BoothISBN 1417952938 (1-4179-5293-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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I Was a Teenage Katima-Victim: A Canadian Odysseyby Will FergusonISBN 155054652X (1-55054-652-X)
Hardcover, Douglas & McIntyre
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Imperial Grunts: On the Ground With the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyondby Robert D. KaplanISBN 1400034574 (1-4000-3457-4)
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Imperial Grunts: The American Military On The Groundby Robert D. KaplanISBN 1400061326 (1-4000-6132-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Imperial Grunts: The American Military On The Ground'Book summary:It is the dawn of the 21st century, and the United States has appropriated the entire Earth. So journalist Robert Kaplan writes in his paean to the American fighting man and woman, Imperial Grunts. The U.S. has quietly--with little public debate--forged an empire that is "ready to flood the most obscure areas of it with troops at a moment's notice," writes Kaplan, a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly magazine who has written 10 earlier books on foreign affairs and travel, including the acclaimed Balkan Ghosts. Imperial Grunts is Kaplan's account of his travels to the frontiers of the U.S. imperium. From the dustbowl of northern Yemen to the coca fields of Colombia and the insurgent hotbed of Fallujah, Kaplan takes readers to the war-torn edges of the U.S. empire and visits with front-line grunts who guard it and try to expand its reach.
"Welcome to Injun Country," is the catchphrase Kaplan hears from all the U.S. soldiers, marines, airmen, and sailors we meet. In the view of American troops, they are taming an "unruly" frontier in the tradition of General George Custer. We all know what happened to Custer and, later, to the Native Americans whom the 7th Cavalry was sent out to pacify. But far from criticizing that mission or finding in the analogy any cautionary lesson, Kaplan is an enthusiastic cheerleader for what he baldly calls "American imperialism." He sees it as "humanitarian" and "righteous" and seems to never meet a Green Beret or marine he does not idolize. To Kaplan, U.S. imperialism is unquestionably selfless and heroic, trying only to bring a little taste of freedom to the huddled masses of the world. Imperial Grunts works well as a travelogue but fails to provide deeper insights--or opposing views--about the complex and fascinating places he explores. --Alex Roslin [via]
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In a Free Stateby V.S. NaipaulISBN 1400030552 (1-4000-3055-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In a Free State'Book summary:No writer has rendered our boundariless, post-colonial world more acutely or prophetically than V. S. Naipaul, or given its upheavals such a hauntingly human face. A perfect case in point is this riveting novel, a masterful and stylishly rendered narrative of emigration, dislocation, and dread, accompanied by four supporting narratives.
In the beginning it is just a car trip through Africa. Two English people--Bobby, a civil servant with a guilty appetite for African boys, and Linda, a supercilious compound wife [117]-- are driving back to their enclave after a stay in the capital [111]. But in between lies the landscape of an unnamed country whose squalor and ethnic bloodletting suggest Idi Amins Uganda. [111-12, 120, 130-1, 150, 178, 220-40] And the farther Naipauls protagonists travel into it, the more they find themselves crossing the line that separates privileged outsiders from horrified victims. Alongside this Conradian tour de force are four incisive portraits of men seeking liberation far from home. By turns funny and terrifying, sorrowful and unsparing, In A Free State is Naipaul at his best. [via]More editions of In a Free State:
In Search of Zarathustra: Across Iran and Central Asia to Find the World's First Prophetby Paul KriwaczekISBN 1400031427 (1-4000-3142-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Search of Zarathustra: Across Iran and Central Asia to Find the World's First Prophet'Book summary:Long before the first Hebrew temple, before the birth of Christ or the mission of Muhammad, there lived in Persia a prophet to whom we owe the ideas of a single god, the cosmic struggle between good and evil, and the Apocalypse. His name was Zarathustra, and his teachings eventually held sway from the Indus to the Nile and spread as far as Britain.
Following Zarathustras elusive trail back through time and across the Islamic, Christian, and Jewish worlds, Paul Kriwaczek uncovers his legacy at a wedding ceremony in present-day Central Asia, in the Cathar heresy of medieval France, and among the mystery cults of the Roman empire. He explores pre-Muslim Iran and Central Asia, ultimately bringing us face to face with the prophet himself, a teacher whose radical humility shocked and challenged his age, and whose teachings have had an enduring effect on Western thought. The result is a tour de force of travel and historical inquiry by an adventurer in the classic tradition. [via]More editions of In Search of Zarathustra: Across Iran and Central Asia to Find the World's First Prophet:
Irelandby Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. StaffISBN 1400015634 (1-4000-1563-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ireland'Book summary:Exchange a kiss for the gift of blarney, tap your feet to the fiddles at a Gaelic music session, gambol with Eire's wee folk in a fairy-tale glen, or peer into the past at an 18th-century Georgian estateFodor's Ireland 2006 offers all these experiences and more! Our local writers have traveled throughout the country to find the best hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities to prepare you for a journey of stunning variety. Before you leave for your trip be sure to pack your Fodor's guide to ensure you don't miss a thing.
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Journey to the Source of the Nileby Christopher OndaatjeISBN 1552093719 (1-55209-371-9)
Softcover, Firefly Books Ltd
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Katharine Graham's Washingtonby Katharine GrahamISBN 1400030595 (1-4000-3059-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Katharine Graham's Washington'Book summary:As a fitting epilogue to a life intimately linked to Washington, D.C., Pulitzer Prize winner Katharine Graham, the woman who transformed The Washington Post into a paper of record, left behind this lovingly collected anthology of writings about the city she knew and loved, a moving tribute to the nations capital.
To Russell Banks, it is a place where no one is in charge and no one, therefore, can be held responsible for the mess. To John Dos Passos, it is essentially a town of lonely people. Whatever your impressions of Washington, D.C., you will likely find them challenged here. Experience Christmas with the Roosevelts, as seen through the eyes of a White House housekeeper. Learn why David McCullough is happy to declare I love Washington, while The Washington Posts Sally Quinn wonders, Why Do They Hate Washington? Glimpse David Brinkleys depiction of the capital during World War II, then experience Henry Kissingers thoughts on Peace at Last, post-Vietnam. Written by a whos who of journalists, historians, First Ladies, politicians, and more, these varied works offer a wonderful overview of Katharine Grahams beloved city. [via]More editions of Katharine Graham's Washington:
Kimby Rudyard KiplingISBN 1404368361 (1-4043-6836-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kim'Book summary:1901. Kipling, English short-story writer, novelist and poet, who celebrated the heroism of British colonial soldiers in India and Burma, was the first Englishman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. Kim is his picaresque novel of India and is considered to be a masterpiece. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. [via]
Kimby Maire Fhlathuin, Marie Ni FhlathuinISBN 1551115212 (1-55111-521-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kim'Book summary:One of the particular pleasures of reading Kim is the full range of emotion, knowledge, and experience that Rudyard Kipling gives his complex hero. Kim O'Hara, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier stationed in India, is neither innocent nor victimized. Raised by an opium-addicted half-caste woman since his equally dissolute father's death, the boy has grown up in the streets of Lahore:
Though he was burned black as any native; though he spoke the vernacular by preference, and his mother-tongue in a clipped uncertain sing-song; though he consorted on terms of perfect equality with the small boys of the bazar; Kim was white--a poor white of the very poorest.
From his father and the woman who raised him, Kim has come to believe that a great destiny awaits him. The details, however, are a bit fuzzy, consisting as they do of the woman's addled prophecies of "'a great Red Bull on a green field, and the Colonel riding on his tall horse, yes, and'--dropping into English--'nine hundred devils.'"In the meantime, Kim amuses himself with intrigues, executing "commissions by night on the crowded housetops for sleek and shiny young men of fashion." His peculiar heritage as a white child gone native, combined with his "love of the game for its own sake," makes him uniquely suited for a bigger game. And when, at last, the long-awaited colonel comes along, Kim is recruited as a spy in Britain's struggle to maintain its colonial grip on India. Kipling was, first and foremost, a man of his time; born and raised in India in the 19th century, he was a fervid supporter of the Raj. Nevertheless, his portrait of India and its people is remarkably sympathetic. Yes, there is the stereotypical Westernized Indian Babu Huree Chander with his atrocious English, but there is also Kim's friend and mentor, the Afghani horse trader Mahub Ali, and the gentle Tibetan lama with whom Kim travels along the Grand Trunk Road. The humanity of his characters consistently belies Kipling's private prejudices, and raises Kim above the mere ripping good yarn to the level of a timeless classic. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things: An Impossible Journey from Kabul to Chiapasby Gary GeddesISBN 1402743637 (1-4027-4363-7)
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The Kite Runner: Bookclub-in-a-box Presents the Discussion Companion for Khaled Hosseini's Novelby Khaled HosseiniISBN 1417640391 (1-4176-4039-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Kite Runner: Bookclub-in-a-box Presents the Discussion Companion for Khaled Hosseini's Novel'Book summary:The "kite runner" of Khaled Hosseini's deeply moving fiction debut is an illiterate Afghan boy with an uncanny instinct for predicting exactly where a downed kite will land. Growing up in the city of Kabul in the early 1970s, Hassan was narrator Amir's closest friend even though the loyal 11-year-old with "a face like a Chinese doll" was the son of Amir's father's servant and a member of Afghanistan's despised Hazara minority. But in 1975, on the day of Kabul's annual kite-fighting tournament, something unspeakable happened between the two boys.
Narrated by Amir as a 40-year-old novelist living in California, The Kite Runner tells the gripping story of a boyhood friendship destroyed by jealousy, fear, and the kind of ruthless evil that transcends mere politics. Running parallel to this personal narrative of loss and redemption is the story of modern Afghanistan and of Amir's equally guilt-ridden relationship with the war-torn city of his birth. The first Afghan novel to be written in English, The Kite Runner begins in the final days of King Zahir Shah's 40-year reign and traces the country's fall from a secluded oasis to a tank-strewn battlefield controlled by the Russians and then the trigger-happy Taliban. When Amir returns to Kabul to rescue Hassan's orphaned child, the personal and the political get tangled together in a plot that is as suspenseful as it is taut with feeling.
The son of an Afghan diplomat whose family received political asylum in the United States in 1980, Hosseini combines the unflinching realism of a war correspondent with the satisfying emotional pull of master storytellers such as Rohinton Mistry. Like the kite that is its central image, the story line of this mesmerizing first novel occasionally dips and seems almost to dive to the ground. But Hosseini ultimately keeps everything airborne until his heartrending conclusion in an American picnic park. --Lisa Alward [via]
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Land of Little Rainby Mary Hunter AustinISBN 1406500917 (1-4065-0091-7)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Land of Little Rain'Book summary:Large Format for easy reading. A beautifully written study of the natural history of the Californian desert, an exploration of its landscape and peoples and the necessary adaptations needed to survive in its harsh environment. [via]
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Letter From America 1946-2004by Alistair CookeISBN 1400044022 (1-4000-4402-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letter From America 1946-2004'Book summary:For over half a century, Alistair Cooke entertained and informed millions of listeners around the world in his weekly BBC radio program Letter from America. An outstanding observer of the American scene, he became one of the worlds best-loved broadcasters, and a foreigner who helped Americans better understand themselves.
Here, in print for the first time, is a collection of Cookes finest reports that celebrates the inimitable style of this wise and avuncular reporter. Beginning with his first letter in 1946, a powerful description of American GIs returning home, and ending with his last broadcast in February 2004, in which he expressed his views on the United States presidential campaign, the collection captures Cookes unique voice and gift for telling stories.
Gathered in this volume are encounters with the many presidents Cooke knew, from Roosevelt to Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush, both Senior and Junior. His friends are warmly recollectedamong them Leonard Bernstein, Philip Larkin, Humphrey Bogart, Charlie Chaplin, and Katharine Hepburn. We observe a variety of political landmarksthe Vietnam War, Watergate, Cookes remarkable eyewitness account of Robert Kennedys assassination, through to the scandals that surrounded Clinton and the conflict in Iraq. His moving evocation of the events of September 11 and its aftermath remains essential reading, while his recollections of holidays and sporting events remind us of Cookes delight in the pleasures of everyday life.
Imbued with Alistair Cookes good humor, elegance, and understanding, Letter from America, 19462004 is a captivating insight into the heart of a nation and a fitting tribute to the man who was for so many the most reassuring voice of our times. [via]More editions of Letter From America 1946-2004:
Letters From An American Farmerby J. Hector John de CrevecoeurISBN 1419129805 (1-4191-2980-5)
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Life in Mexicoby Frances Calde BarcaISBN 1414279671 (1-4142-7967-1)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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Lucky Tby Kate BrianISBN 1416935452 (1-4169-3545-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Merchandise &
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lucky T'Book summary:Some girls have all the luck.
So far, Carrie Fitzgerald's sixteen years have been pretty sweet. Straight A's, an adorable boyfriend, a starting position on the varsity basketball team...
But Carrie's luck is about to, well, change.
Suddenly, her boyfriend dumps her (to "hang out with his friends"!), she and her best friend have a massive blowout, and she gets a D on a biology test. Carrie knows what's wrong -- her mom accidentally donated her lucky T-shirt to Help India. That one adorable, perfect T-shirt was the source of all her good fortune.
So Carrie does what any girl would do: She's going to India. Cross your fingers and hope that Carries finds adventure, love, and maybe just a little good luck along the way....
The Man-Eaters of Tsavoby John Henry PattersonISBN 1420923870 (1-4209-2387-0)
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The Man-eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventuresby J. H. PattersonISBN 1406830003 (1-4068-3000-3)
Softcover, Echo Library
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A Million Little Piecesby James FreyISBN 1400031087 (1-4000-3108-7)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Million Little Pieces'Book summary:News from Doubleday & Anchor Books
The controversy over James Frey's A Million Little Pieces has caused serious concern at Doubleday and Anchor Books. Recent interpretations of our previous statement notwithstanding, it is not the policy or stance of this company that it doesnt matter whether a book sold as nonfiction is true. A nonfiction book should adhere to the facts as the author knows them.It is, however, Doubleday and Anchor's policy to stand with our authors when accusations are initially leveled against their work, and we continue to believe this is right and proper. A publisher's relationship with an author is based to an extent on trust. Mr. Frey's repeated representations of the book's accuracy, throughout publication and promotion, assured us that everything in it was true to his recollections. When the Smoking Gun report appeared, our first response, given that we were still learning the facts of the matter, was to support our author. Since then, we have questioned him about the allegations and have sadly come to the realization that a number of facts have been altered and incidents embellished.
We bear a responsibility for what we publish, and apologize to the reading public for any unintentional confusion surrounding the publication of A Million Little Pieces.
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The electrifying opening of James Frey's debut memoir, A Million Little Pieces, smash-cuts to the then 23-year-old author on a Chicago-bound plane "covered with a colorful mixture of spit, snot, urine, vomit and blood." Wanted by authorities in three states, without ID or any money, his face mangled and missing four front teeth, Frey is on a steep descent from a dark marathon of drug abuse. His stunned family checks him into a famed Minnesota drug treatment center where a doctor promises "he will be dead within a few days" if he starts to use again, and where Frey spends two agonizing months of detox confronting "The Fury" head on:I want a drink. I want fifty drinks. I want a bottle of the purest, strongest, most destructive, most poisonous alcohol on Earth. I want fifty bottles of it. I want crack, dirty and yellow and filled with formaldehyde. I want a pile of powder meth, five hundred hits of acid, a garbage bag filled with mushrooms, a tube of glue bigger than a truck, a pool of gas large enough to drown in. I want something anything whatever however as much as I can.
One of the more harrowing sections is when Frey submits to major dental surgery without the benefit of anesthesia or painkillers (he fights the mind-blowing waves of "bayonet" pain by digging his fingers into two old tennis balls until his nails crack). His fellow patients include a damaged crack addict with whom Frey wades into an ill-fated relationship, a federal judge, a former championship boxer, and a mobster (who, upon his release, throws a hilarious surf-and-turf bacchanal, complete with pay-per-view boxing). In the book's epilogue, when Frey ticks off a terse update on everyone, you can almost hear the Jim Carroll Band's brutal survivor's lament "People Who Died" kicking in on the soundtrack of the inevitable film adaptation.
The rage-fueled memoir is kept in check by Frey's cool, minimalist style. Like his steady mantra, "I am an Alcoholic and I am a drug Addict and I am a Criminal," Frey's use of repetition takes on a crisp, lyrical quality which lends itself to the surreal experience. The book could have benefited from being a bit leaner. Nearly 400 pages is a long time to spend under Frey's influence, and the stylistic acrobatics (no quotation marks, random capitalization, left-aligned text, wild paragraph breaks) may seem too self-conscious for some readers, but beyond the literary fireworks lurks a fierce debut. --Brad Thomas Parsons
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Night Flightby Antoine ExuperyISBN 1417996501 (1-4179-9650-1)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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The Other Side of Eden: Hunters, Farmers, and the Shaping of the Worldby Hugh BrodyISBN 1550548069 (1-55054-806-9)
Hardcover, Douglas & McIntyre
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Palladian Days: Finding a New Life in a Venetian Country Houseby SALLY GABLE, Carl I. GableISBN 1400078733 (1-4000-7873-3)
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The Piano Tunerby Daniel MasonISBN 1400030382 (1-4000-3038-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Piano Tuner'Book summary:Daniel Mason's debut novel, The Piano Tuner, is the mesmerizing story of Edgar Drake, commissioned by the British War Office in 1886 to travel to hostile Burma to repair a rare Erard grand piano vital to the Crown's strategic interests. Eccentric Surgeon-Major Anthony Carroll has brokered peace with local warlords primarily through music, a free medical clinic, and the "powers" of common scientific instruments, much to the dismay of warmongering officers suspect of such unorthodox methods. Drake is an introspective, well-mannered soul who, once there, falls in love with Burma and stays long past the piano-fixing to aid Carroll's political agenda. Drake's arduous journey to reach the outpost, however, takes far too long (nearly half the book) and the plotting is rather heavy-handed at times (one night, Drake learns of a mysterious "Man with One Story" who rarely speaks, and the very next morning the Man tells all to Drake). The story is ambitious, the language florid and sure to please, but the dialogue and melodrama are sometimes tedious. While out on the town with Carroll's love interest, Khin Myo (who enchants Drake), Mason offers the townspersons' view of Drake:
It is only natural that a guest be treated with hospitality, the quiet man who has come to mend the singing elephant is shy, and walks with the posture of one who is unsure of the world, we too would keep him company to make him feel welcome, but we do not speak English.... They say he is one of the kind of men who has dreams, but tells no one.
Drake's complexity is thin; perhaps the beauty of Burma takes over any real need for introspection. Despite these quibbles, The Piano Tuner is a memorable achievement. --Michael Ferch [via]More editions of The Piano Tuner:
The Portrait of a Ladyby Henry JamesISBN 1404325794 (1-4043-2579-4)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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Roadside History of Coloradoby James McTigheISBN 1555660541 (1-55566-054-1)
Softcover, Johnson Books
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Roughing It In The Bushby Susanna MoodieISBN 1414282281 (1-4142-8228-1)
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Sacre Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebecby Taras GrescoeISBN 1551990814 (1-55199-081-4)
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Sea Kayakingby John DowdISBN 1550545639 (1-55054-563-9)
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Sea Kayaking: A Manual for Long-Distance Touringby John DowdISBN 1550549766 (1-55054-976-6)
Softcover, Greystone Books
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Secret Chicago: The Unique Guidebook to Chicago's Hidden Sites, Sounds & Tastesby Sam Weller, Linda RutenbergISBN 155022493X (1-55022-493-X)
Softcover, ECW Press
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Sir Thomas More's Utopiaby Thomas MoreISBN 1406795216 (1-4067-9521-6)
Softcover, Read Books
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Somebody's Heart Is Burning: A Woman Wanderer in Africaby Tanya ShafferISBN 1400032598 (1-4000-3259-8)
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Souvenir of Canadaby Douglas CouplandISBN 1550549170 (1-55054-917-0)
Softcover, Douglas & McIntyre Ltd
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The Story of San Micheleby Axel MuntheISBN 1417903813 (1-4179-0381-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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Three Sheets to the Windby Pete BrownISBN 1405049871 (1-4050-4987-1)
Softcover, Pan Macmillan
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Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New Yorkby Adam GopnikISBN 1400041813 (1-4000-4181-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York'Book summary:Following the best-selling Paris to the Moon, the continuation of the Gopniks adventures against the panorama of a different though no less storied city as they attempt to make a new home for themselves.
Autumn 2000: After five years in Paris, Adam Gopnik moves his family back to a New York that seems, at first, safer and shinier than ever. Here in the wondrously strange neighborhood of Manhattan we observe the triumphs and travails of father, mother, son, and daughter; and of the teachers, coaches, therapists, adversaries, and friends who round out the extended urban family. From Bluie, a goldfish fated to meet a Hitchcockian end, to Charlie Ravioli, an imaginary playmate who, being a New Yorker, is too busy to play, the Gopniks new home is under the spell of the sort of characters only the citys unique civilization of childhood could produce.
Not long after their return, the fabric of living will be rent by the events of 9/11, but like a magic garment will reweave itself, reviving normalcy in a world where Jewish jokes mingle with debates about the problem of consciousness, the price of real estate, and the meaning of modern art. Along the way, the impermanence and transcendence of life will be embodied in the person of a beloved teacher and coach who, even facing death, radiates a distinctively local light.
Written with Gopniks signature mix of mind and heart, elegant and exultantly alert to the minute miracles that bring a place to life, Through the Childrens Gate is a chronicle, by turns tender and hilarious, of a family taking root in the unlikeliest patch of earth. [via]More editions of Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York:
Traveling Music : Playing Back the Soundtrack to My Life and Timesby Neil PeartISBN 1550226665 (1-55022-666-5)
Hardcover, ECW Press
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Traveling Music: The Soundtrack To My Life And Timesby Neil PeartISBN 1550226649 (1-55022-664-9)
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seaby Jules VerneISBN 1420922645 (1-4209-2264-5)
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Utopiaby Thomas MoreISBN 1404337148 (1-4043-3714-8)
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Vancouver: Secrets of the Cityby Shawn BloreISBN 1551520915 (1-55152-091-5)
Softcover, Arsenal Pulp Pr Ltd
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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittleby Hugh LoftingISBN 1421800489 (1-4218-0048-9)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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Weird California: Your Travel Guide to California's Local Legends and Best Kept Secretsby Mark Moran, Mike Marinacci, Mark Sceurman, Joe OesterleISBN 1402733844 (1-4027-3384-4)
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Weird Ohio: Your Travel Guide to Ohio's Local Legends and Best Kept Secretsby Andrew Henderson, Loren Coleman, Mark MoranISBN 1402733828 (1-4027-3382-8)
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Where Angels Fear to Treadby E. M. ForsterISBN 1419193775 (1-4191-9377-5)
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Don Quijote de la Mancha (I)by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraISBN 1400093007 (1-4000-9300-7)
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Expertamente adaptada para una audiencia joven, esta edición accesible e ilustrada es una excelente introducción a unas de las grandes obras de la literatura occidental. Los padres tendrán un tiempo maravilloso leyendo el clásico de Cervantes a sus hijos.More editions of Don Quijote de la Mancha (I):
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