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1,003 Great Things About Americaby Patricia Marx, Ann Hodgman, Lisa BirnbachISBN 0740729497 (0-7407-2949-7)
Softcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Lewis CarrollISBN 0721409679 (0-7214-0967-9)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'Book summary:Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense.
For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The American Art BookISBN 0714838454 (0-7148-3845-4)
Hardcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
Find This BookBook summary:Accessibility is the code word for Phaidon's new 500-page dictionary of American art. The book values images over words, and its longest text is the introduction, which is printed in large, bold face and hardly fills one page. But it does describe the book's mission well: "Each artist is represented by a full-page color plate of a significant work, accompanied by an informative and engaging text that places the artist in the context of contemporary movements and preceding traditions...."--concise and informative. By arranging the artists alphabetically, the editors set up some odd and amusing juxtapositions. For example, the suited subject of an Alice Neel painting appears to speak and gesticulate excitedly about the overstacked cornucopia of Louise Nevelson's crates found on the opposing page. The caption over each work includes four artists' names in bold print that function as hyperlinks of a sort, allowing readers to skip, for example, from Willem de Kooning's Woman I to Jean Michel Basquiat's Skull to Alfred Maurer's cubist-like painting Woman with Curlers. This way, with each visit to the American Art Book, readers can discover and follow countless narratives throughout the three centuries of American art.
Filled with large, expertly reproduced images, The American Art Book is, like its cousins The Photo Book and The 20th Century Art Book, a high-quality and surprisingly inexpensive volume that would be a worthy addition to any art lover's library. --Loren E. Baldwin [via]
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The American Art Bookby Phaidon PressISBN 0714841196 (0-7148-4119-6)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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Filled with large, expertly reproduced images, The American Art Book is, like its cousins The Photo Book and The 20th Century Art Book, a high-quality and surprisingly inexpensive volume that would be a worthy addition to any art lover's library. --Loren E. Baldwin [via]
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The Anglosphere Challenge: Why the English-Speaking Nations Will Lead the Way in the Twenty-First Centuryby James C. BennettISBN 0742533328 (0-7425-3332-8)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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Bear V. Sharkby Chris BachelderISBN 0743219473 (0-7432-1947-3)
Softcover, Scribner
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The Best American Poetry 2003by David Lehman, Yusef KomunyakaaISBN 0743203887 (0-7432-0388-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best American Poetry 2003'Book summary:"Poetry encourages us to have dialogue through the observed, the felt, and the imaginary," writes editor Yusef Komunyakaa in his thought-provoking introduction to The Best American Poetry 2003. As a black child of the American South and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, Komunyakaa brings his singular vision to this outstanding volume. Included here is a diverse mix of senior masters, crowd-pleasing bards, rising stars, and the fresh voices of an emerging generation. With comments from the poets elucidating their work and series editor David Lehman's eloquent foreword assessing the state of the art, The Best American Poetry 2003 is a must-have for readers of contemporary poetry.
Jonathan Aaron " Beth Anderson " Nin Andrews " Wendell Berry " Frank Bidart " Diann Blakely " Bruce Bond " Catherine Bowman " Rosemary Catacalos " Joshua Clover " Billy Collins " Michael S. Collins " Carl Dennis " Susan Dickman " Rita Dove " Stephen Dunn " Stuart Dybek " Charles Fort " James Galvin " Amy Gerstler " Louise Glück " Michael Goldman " Ray Gonzalez " Linda Gregg " Mark Halliday " Michael S. Harper " Matthea Harvey " George Higgins " Edward Hirsch " Tony Hoagland " Richard Howard " Rodney Jones " Joy Katz " Brigit Pegeen Kelly " Galway Kinnell " Carolyn Kizer " Jennifer L. Knox " Kenneth Koch " John Koethe " Ted Kooser " Philip Levine " J. D. McClatchy " W. S. Merwin " Heather Moss " Stanley Moss " Paul Muldoon " Peggy Munson " Marilyn Nelson " Daniel Nester " Naomi Shihab Nye " Ishle Yi Park " Robert Pinsky " Kevin Prufer " Ed Roberson " Vijay Seshadri " Alan Shapiro " Myra Shapiro " Bruce Smith " Charlie Smith " Maura Stanton " Ruth Stone " James Tate " William Tremblay " Natasha Trethewey " David Wagoner " Ronald Wallace " Lewis Warsh " Susan Wheeler " Richard Wilbur " C. K. Williams " Terence Winch " David Wojahn Robert Wrigley " Anna Ziegler " Ahmos Zu-Bolton II [via]
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The Body Artistby Don DelilloISBN 0743203968 (0-7432-0396-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Body Artist'Book summary:In The Body Artist, Don DeLillo sacrifices breadth for depth, narrowing his focus to a single life, a single death. The protagonist is Lauren Hartke, who we see sharing breakfast with her husband, Rey, in the opening pages. This 18-page sequence is a tour de force (albeit a less showy one than the author's initial salvo in Underworld)--an intricate, funny notation of Lauren's consciousness as she pours cereal, peers out the window and makes idle chat. Rey, alas, will proceed directly from the breakfast table to the home of his former wife, where he'll unceremoniously blow his brains out.
What follows is one of the strangest ghost stories since The Turn of the Screw. Returning to their summer rental after Rey's funeral, Lauren discovers a strange stowaway living in a spare room: an inarticulate young man, perhaps retarded, who may have been there for weeks. His very presence is hard for her to pin down: "There was something elusive in his aspect, moment to moment, a thinning of physical address." Yet soon this mysterious figure begins to speak in Rey's voice, and her own, playing back entire conversations from the days preceding the suicide. Has Lauren's husband been reincarnated? Or is the man simply an eavesdropping idiot savant, reproducing sentences he'd heard earlier from his concealment?
DeLillo refuses any definitive answer. Instead he lets Lauren steep in her grief and growing puzzlement, and speculates in his own voice about this apparent intersection of past and present, life and death. At times his rhetoric gets away from him, an odd thing for such a superbly controlled writer. "How could such a surplus of vulnerability find itself alone in the world?" he asks, sounding as though he's discussing a sick puppy. Still, when DeLillo reigns in the abstractions and bears down, the results are heartbreaking.
At this stage of his career, a thin book is an adventure for DeLillo. So is his willingness to risk sentimentality, to immerse us in personal rather than national traumas. For all its flaws, then, The Body Artist is a real, raw accomplishment, and a reminder that bigger, even for so capacious an imagination as DeLillo's, isn't always better. --James Marcus [via]
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Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - The Body Artist: ISBN 0743212215 (0-7432-1221-5)
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Brat Pack: Confidentialby Andrew Pulver, Steven Paul DaviesISBN 0713486856 (0-7134-8685-6)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Buffalo Girlsby Larry McMurtryISBN 0743216296 (0-7432-1629-6)
Softcover, Scribner
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Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolutionby Diane McWhorterISBN 0743217721 (0-7432-1772-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution'Book summary:The Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, but a contemporary African American saying predicted that freedom would come only after another hundred years of struggle. That prediction was about right: the civil rights struggle erupted in the middle of the 20th century, with its violent epicenter in the industrial city of Birmingham, Alabama. There freedom riders and voter-rights activists faced down Klansmen and Nazis, who had put aside their own differences to cast a pall of terror--and the smoke of a well-orchestrated campaign of church bombings--over the South.
Diane McWhorter, a journalist and native Alabamian, offers a comprehensive, literate record of the struggle that covers more than half a century and that involves hundreds of major actors. Her work is solidly researched and highly readable, and it offers much new information. Among the many newsworthy aspects of the book are McWhorter's discussions of internal power struggles within the civil rights movement, the uneasy role of Birmingham's small Jewish population, and the collusion of local government--especially swaggering Police Commissioner Bull Connor. The author also addresses the segregationist and white-supremacist movements and recounts the tortuous quest to bring the church bombers to justice, which was finally accomplished in 2000. Carry Me Home is a worthy and highly recommended companion to Taylor Branch's Parting the Waters and Andrew Young's An Easy Burden. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Celestial Navigationby Anne TylerISBN 0701120940 (0-7011-2094-0)
Hardcover, Chatto and Windus
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The Cheese Monkeysby Chip KiddISBN 0743214927 (0-7432-1492-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cheese Monkeys'Book summary:A hilarious debut novel that could only be described as a portrait of the designer as a young man. 'Show me something I've never seen before and will never be able to forget - if you can do that, you can do anything.' It's 1957, long before computers have replaced the trained eye and skilful hand. Our narrator at State University is determined to major in Art, and after several risible false starts, he accidentally ends up in a new class: 'Introduction to Graphic Design'. His teacher is the enigmatic Winter Sorbeck, equal parts genius, seducer and sadist. Sorbeck is a bitter yet fascinating man whose assignments hurl his charges through a gauntlet of humiliation and heartache, shame and triumph, ego-bashing and enlightenment. Along the way, friendships are made and undone, jealousies simmer, and the sexual tango weaves and dips. By the end of their 'Introduction to Graphic Design', Sorbeck's students will never see the world in the same way again. And, with Chip Kidd's insights into the secrets of graphic design, neither will you. [via]
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The Collected Dorothy Parkerby Dorothy ParkerISBN 0715606549 (0-7156-0654-9)
Hardcover, Duckworth
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Collected Dorothy Parker'Book summary:Dorothy Parker, more than any of her contemporaries, captured the spirit of her age in her writing. The decadent 1920S and 1930s in New York were a time of great experiment and daring for women. For the rich, life seemed a continual party, but the excesses took their emotional toll. With a biting wit and perceptive insight, Dorothy Parker examines the social mores of her day and exposes the darkness beneath the dazzle. Her own life exemplified this duality, for a while she was one of the most talked-about women of her day, she was also known as a "masochist whose passion for unhappiness knew no bounds". As philosopher Irwin Edman said, she was "a Sappho who could combine a heartbreak with a wisecrack". Her dissection of the jazz age in poetry and prose is collected in this volume along with articles and reviews. [via]
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Coming in from the Cold War: Changes in U.S.-European Interactions Since 1980by Sabrina P. Ramet, Christine IngebritsenISBN 0742500179 (0-7425-0017-9)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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Coming Out under Fireby Allan BerubeISBN 0743210719 (0-7432-1071-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Complete Tales of Mystery and Imagination ; The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym ; The Raven and Other Poemsby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0706415523 (0-7064-1552-3)
Hardcover, Octopus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Tales of Mystery and Imagination ; The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym ; The Raven and Other Poems'Book summary:1984 Amaranth Press / Octopus Books; Treasury of World Masterpieces: The Complete Tales of Mystery and Imagination / The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym / The Raven and Other Poems [via]
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Constitutional Lawby Cass R. Sunstein, Louis M. Seidman, Mark V. Tushnet, G. Stone, Pamela S. KarlanISBN 073555014X (0-7355-5014-X)
Hardcover, Aspen Pub
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Constitutional Lawby G. StoneISBN 0735552339 (0-7355-5233-9)
Hardcover, Aspen Publishers
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Decent Interval: An Insider's Account of Saigon's Indecent End Told by the Cia's Chief Strategy Analyst in Vietnamby Frank SneppISBN 0700612130 (0-7006-1213-0)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Kansas
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The Demonby Hubert SelbyISBN 0714525995 (0-7145-2599-5)
Softcover, Marion Boyars
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Demon'Book summary:A major American author of a stature with William Burroughs and Joseph Heller.?Los Angeles Times[via]
Harry White is a man haunted by a satyr's lust and an obsessive need for sin and retribution. The more Harry succeeds - a good marriage, a good corporate job - the more desperate he becomes, as a life of petty crime leads to fraud and murder and, eventually, to apocalyptic violence.
Author of the controversial cult classic, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Hubert Selby began as a writer of short fiction. He plunges the reader head-first into the densely realized worlds of his protagonists, in which the details of daily life rub shoulders with obsession and madness. Although fundamentally concerned with morality, Selby's own sense of humility prevents him from preaching. He offers instead a passionate empathy with the ordinary dreams and aspirations of his characters, a brilliant ear for the urban vernacular and for the voices of conscience and self-deceit that torment his characters.
"Selby's place is in the front rank of American novelists ... to understand his work is to understand the anguish of America."?The New York Times Book Review 
The Devil's Playgroundby Nan GoldinISBN 0714842230 (0-7148-4223-0)
Hardcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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Doctor Faustus: A- And B- Textsby David Bevington, Eric Rasmusse N, David M. BevingtonISBN 0719016436 (0-7190-1643-6)
Softcover, Manchester Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Doctor Faustus: A- And B- Texts'Book summary:This volume in the "Revel Plays" series, offers reading editions, with modern spelling, of the 1604 and 1616 editions of Marlowe's play, arguing that the two cannot be conflated into one. Included are sources and commentary, literary criticism, style and staging/performance assessments.[via]More editions of Doctor Faustus: A- And B- Texts:
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Does America Need a Foreign Policy?: Toward a Diplomacy for the 21st Centuryby Henry KissingerISBN 0743212274 (0-7432-1227-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Does America Need a Foreign Policy?: Toward a Diplomacy for the 21st Century'Book summary:Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger asks a question in the title of his book Does America Need a Foreign Policy?--but there's really no doubt about the answer. That's not to say it shouldn't be asked: "The last presidential election was the third in a row in which foreign policy was not seriously discussed by the candidates," writes Kissinger. "In the face of perhaps the most profound and widespread upheavals the world has ever seen, [the United States] has failed to develop concepts relevant to the emerging realities." Kissinger tours the world in this book, describing how the United States should relate to various regions and countries. This is not a gripping book, but it is sober, accessible, brief, and comprehensive--and an excellent introduction to international relations and diplomacy.
Kissinger has opinions on just about every topic he raises, from globalization (for it) to international courts (against them, for the most part). He supports a vigorous missile-defense system: "The United States cannot condemn its population to permanent vulnerability." He opines on peace in the Middle East: "Israel should abandon its opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state except as part of a final status agreement." His claims are often eye-opening: "There are few nations in the world with which the United States has less reason to quarrel or more compatible interests than Iran." He is especially critical of domestic politics interfering with America's international relations: "Whatever the merit of the individual legislative actions, their cumulative effect drives American foreign policy toward unilateral and seemingly bullying conduct." The media has been a special problem in this regard, as it zips around the world in search of exciting but ephemeral stories, which are "generally presented as a morality play between good and evil having a specific outcome and rarely in terms of the long-range challenges of history." Does America need a foreign policy? Of course it does, and Henry Kissinger has done readers a service by outlining what a good one might be. --John J. Miller [via]
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Dr. Faustusby Christopher Marlowe, Roma GillISBN 0713667907 (0-7136-6790-7)
Softcover, Methuen Drama
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Faustus'Book summary:This edition is based on the earlier version of this hugely successful[via]
Renaissance tragedy, the A-text published in 1604 which, it is
generally agreed, preserves much of Marlowe's original version. In
addition, it separately includes the scenes that were adapted or added
in the B-text of 1616. Marlowe joined the form of the late medieval
morality play to the historical material found in the German tale of
Johann Faust, who sells his soul to the devil in return of infinite
power and knowledge. Ironically undercutting the aspirations of
Renaissance Man, the play presents a devil who fails to impress the
sinner with the realities of hell - 'I think hell's a fable,' Faustus
shrugs - and calls into question the medium of theatre, which time and
again serves the devil to distract Faustus when the pious promptings of
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Dr. Faustusby Roma Gill, Christopher MarloweISBN 0713632313 (0-7136-3231-3)
Softcover, Motorbooks Intl
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Faustus'Book summary:Marlowe's play has two different recognized texts, with most editions based on the B text. Due to recent arguments for the authenticity of A, this edition is based on the A text. It includes a discussion of biographical, dramatic and theatrical aspects of the play. [via]
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Emily Dickinson Is Deadby Jane LangtonISBN 0708971628 (0-7089-7162-8)
Softcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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The Essential Calvin and Hobbesby Bill WattersonISBN 0740730126 (0-7407-3012-6)
Hardcover, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clintonby David R. GergenISBN 0743203224 (0-7432-0322-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton'Book summary:David Gergen is probably the only person to have served at high levels in both the Reagan and Clinton White Houses--not to mention his posts in the Nixon and Ford administrations. He's a consummate Washington insider, a man who appears regularly as a centrist political commentator on PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and works as editor at large for U.S. News & World Report. Eyewitness to Power, his first book, draws upon this unique experience. It's part memoir, part political history, part portrait of White House culture, but it's mostly a meditation on what it takes to be a great political leader. Gergen focuses on the four presidents he has known best--Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton--and offers pointed assessments of each. He calls Reagan "the best leader in the White House since Franklin Roosevelt," and says Clinton "is one of the smartest men ever elected president and has done some of the dumbest things." Gergen does not hesitate to offer harsh criticism: Nixon was hateful, Ford was overwhelmed by his predecessor's scandals, Reagan was often detached, and Clinton was not in control of his appetites. Yet there's a reflective admiration for each man.
What makes this volume rise above the mountain of books on leadership (usually written for executives) is its spot-on observations about the way Washington works, drawn from years of experience: "Republicans like hierarchy and order; they're not like Democrats, as I saw later on, who thrive on chaos and creativity"; the Nixon view of Watergate "was the same as the Victorians had of adultery: the sin was not in the doing of it but in getting caught"; "In most institutions, the power of a leader grows over time. A CEO, a university president, the head of a union, acquire stature through the quality of their long-term performance. The presidency is just the opposite: power tends to evaporate quickly."
Gergen concludes by describing the seven leadership qualities a great president must have: personal integrity, a sense of mission, the ability to persuade, the ability to work with other politicians, a strong start after inauguration, skilled advisers, and the ability to inspire. Those traits, of course, will serve people well from all walks of life--and Eyewitness to Power will appeal not just to readers interested in the presidency but to anyone occupying a position of responsibility (or interested in getting there). --John J. Miller [via]
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A Few Bloody Noses: The American War of Independenceby Robert HarveyISBN 0719561418 (0-7195-6141-8)
Hardcover, John Murray
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Few Bloody Noses: The American War of Independence'Book summary:The War of Independence was one of the founding events of today's world, but it has been simplified into a myth of liberty against oppression, right against wrong. A recent Hollywood film The Patriot, even borrowed atrocities from the Nazis and ascribed them to British redcoats.;In reality London was simply too distant to rule with a heavy hand. The Boston Tea Party notwithstanding, taxes were only an excuse for protest - they were routinely avoided. What angered settlers more was the law that stopped them seizing Indian land. Love of liberty ran deep, but economics and demography were the driving forces of revolution - and it challenged not just Britain but American's own social order. Far from being united in patriotism, American in 1776 was violently divided over independence. Conversely, many in Britain favoured it, especially in preference to bloodshed.;The war was marred by incompetence and bad faith on both sides. It was also close. Before Yorktown, the rebel generals thought they were losing. But they knew they could not be defeated in the long run, as much as 200 years later in a war of striking similarities, the Vietnamese knew the same.After the fighting, about eight per cent of Americans left the country. Following four years of misrule the Constitutional Convention imposed its own conservative counter-revolution, and from cunning, idealism and courage emerged the most powerful nation the world has yet seen. [via]
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Fitzgeralds and the Kennedysby Doris Kearns GoodwinISBN 0743201752 (0-7432-0175-2)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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Freedom: A Photographic History Of The African American Struggleby Manning Marable, Leith Mullings, Sophie Spencer-WoodISBN 0714845175 (0-7148-4517-5)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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Freedom: A Photographic History of the African Struggleby Manning Marable, Leith Mullings, Sophie Spencer-WoodISBN 0714842702 (0-7148-4270-2)
Hardcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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From the Wright Brothers to Top Gun: Aviation, Nationalism and Popular Cinemaby Michael ParisISBN 0719040736 (0-7190-4073-6)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Great Granny Websterby Caroline BlackwoodISBN 0715611909 (0-7156-1190-9)
Hardcover, Duckworth
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Greatness to Spare: The Heroic Sacrifices of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independenceby T.R. FehrenbachISBN 073510168X (0-7351-0168-X)
Softcover, Xlibris Corp
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The Hard Road to Klondikeby Michael MacGowanISBN 071007686X (0-7100-7686-X)
Hardcover, Routledge and Kegan Paul
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Hellby Steve Ellis, Alighieri DanteISBN 0701161272 (0-7011-6127-2)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhoodby Jimmy CarterISBN 0743211995 (0-7432-1199-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Carter describes--in glorious, if sometimes gory, detail--growing up on a farm where everything was done by either hand or mule: plowing fields, "mopping" cotton to kill pests, cutting sugar cane, shaking peanuts, or processing pork. He also describes the joys of walking barefoot ("this habit alone helped to create a sense of intimacy with the earth"), taking naps with his father on the porch after lunch, and hunting with slingshots and boomerangs with his playmates--all of whom were black. Carter was in constant contact with his black neighbors; he worked alongside them, ate in their homes, and often spent the night in the home of Rachel and Jack Clark, "on a pallet on the floor stuffed with corn shucks," when his parents were away. However, this intimacy was possible only on the farm. When young Jimmy and his best friend, A.D. Davis, went to town to see a movie, they waited for the train together, paid their 15 cents, and then separated into "white" and "colored" compartments. Once in Americus, they walked to the theater together, but separated again, with Jimmy buying a seat on the main floor or first balcony at the front door, and A.D. going around to the back door to buy his seat up in the upper balcony. After the movie, they returned home on another segregated train. "I don't remember ever questioning the mandatory racial separation, which we accepted like breathing or waking up in Archery every morning."
In this warm, almost sepia-toned narrative, Carter describes his relationships with his parents and with the five people--only two of whom were white--who most affected his early life. Best of all, however, Carter presents his sweetly nostalgic recollections of a lost America. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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If Beale Street Could Talkby James BaldwinISBN 0718111265 (0-7181-1126-5)
Hardcover, Joseph
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The Infernoby Dante Alighieri, Charles Southward SingletonISBN 0710069960 (0-7100-6996-0)
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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Townby John GrishamISBN 0739326732 (0-7393-2673-2)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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The Innocents Abroadby Mark TwainISBN 0712619828 (0-7126-1982-8)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Jewish Life in Omaha and Lincoln: A Photographic Historyby Oliver PollakISBN 0738519278 (0-7385-1927-8)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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Ken Burns's the Civil War: Historians Respondby Robert Brent ToplinISBN 0735104263 (0-7351-0426-3)
Hardcover, Xlibris Corp
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King Ratby James ClavellISBN 0708981755 (0-7089-8175-5)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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The Late Childby Larry McMurtryISBN 0743222547 (0-7432-2254-7)
Softcover, Scribner
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A Little Princessby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 072140863X (0-7214-0863-X)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd
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Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texansby T.R. FehrenbachISBN 0735101671 (0-7351-0167-1)
Hardcover, Xlibris Corp
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Memoirs of a Geishaby Arthur GoldenISBN 0739326872 (0-7393-2687-2)
Softcover, Random House Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memoirs of a Geisha'Book summary:In this literary tour de force, novelist Arthur Golden enters a remote and shimmeringly exotic world. For the protagonist of this peerlessly observant first novel is Sayuri, one of Japan's most celebrated geisha, a woman who is both performer and courtesan, slave and goddess.
We follow Sayuri from her childhood in an impoverished fishing village, where in 1929, she is sold to a representative of a geisha house, who is drawn by the child's unusual blue-grey eyes. From there she is taken to Gion, the pleasure district of Kyoto. She is nine years old. In the years that follow, as she works to pay back the price of her purchase, Sayuri will be schooled in music and dance, learn to apply the geisha's elaborate makeup, wear elaborate kimono, and care for a coiffure so fragile that it requires a special pillow. She will also acquire a magnanimous tutor and a venomous rival. Surviving the intrigues of her trade and the upheavals of war, the resourceful Sayuri is a romantic heroine on the order of Jane Eyre and Scarlett O'Hara. And Memoirs of a Geisha is a triumphant work - suspenseful, and utterly persuasive.
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The Molly Maguiresby Anthony BimbaISBN 0717802736 (0-7178-0273-6)
Softcover, Intl Pub
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A Night to Rememberby Walter LordISBN 0708958745 (0-7089-5874-5)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Night to Remember'Book summary:James Cameron's 1997 Titanic movie is a smash hit, but Walter Lord's 1955 classic remains in some ways unsurpassed. Lord interviewed scores of Titanic passengers, fashioning a gripping you-are-there account of the ship's sinking that you can read in half the time it takes to see the film. The book boasts many perfect movie moments not found in Cameron's film. When the ship hits the berg, passengers see "tiny splinters of ice in the air, fine as dust, that give off myriads of bright colors whenever caught in the glow of the deck lights." Survivors saw dawn reflected off other icebergs in a rainbow of shades, depending on their angle toward the sun: pink, mauve, white, deep blue--a landscape so eerie, a little boy tells his mom, "Oh, Muddie, look at the beautiful North Pole with no Santa Claus on it."
A Titanic funnel falls, almost hitting a lifeboat--and consequently washing it 30 yards away from the wreck, saving all lives aboard. One man calmly rides the vertical boat down as it sinks, steps into the sea, and doesn't even get his head wet while waiting to be successfully rescued. On one side of the boat, almost no males are permitted in the lifeboats; on the other, even a male Pekingese dog gets a seat. Lord includes a crucial, tragically ironic drama Cameron couldn't fit into the film: the failure of the nearby ship Californian to save all those aboard the sinking vessel because distress lights were misread as random flickering and the telegraph was an early wind-up model that no one wound.
Lord's account is also smarter about the horrifying class structure of the disaster, which Cameron reduces to hollow Hollywood formula. No children died in the First and Second Class decks; 53 out of 76 children in steerage died. According to the press, which regarded the lower-class passengers as a small loss to society, "The night was a magnificent confirmation of women and children first, yet somehow the loss rate was higher for Third Class children than First Class men." As the ship sank, writes Lord, "the poop deck, normally Third Class space ... was suddenly becoming attractive to all kinds of people." Lord's logic is as cold as the Atlantic, and his bitter wit is quite dry. [via]
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The Odysseyby Homer, Martin HammondISBN 0715629581 (0-7156-2958-1)
Softcover, Intl Pub Marketing Inc
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Of Spies and Lies: A CIA Lie Detector Remembers Vietnamby John F. SullivanISBN 0700611681 (0-7006-1168-1)
Hardcover, Univ Pr of Kansas
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Omaha's Peony Park: An American Legendby Carl D. JenningsISBN 0738518883 (0-7385-1888-3)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Omaha's Peony Park: An American Legend'Book summary:What began in 1919 as a modest gas station and restaurant on famous Lincoln Highway, Peony Park would grow to become the best-known entertainment oasis in Omaha history. Featuring vintage images spanning the parkís 75-year existence, author Carl Jennings resurrects the fond memories of romance, entertainment, and family fun. ÝÝBuilt across from the widely known peony gardens owned by Carl Rosenfield, people traveled from all over the country to visit the colorful valley. Eventually blossoming into a beer garden and ballroom, the addition of a swimming pool in 1926 and becoming the official headquarters for the Lawrence Welk Band in the 1930s ensured the Parkís popularity. Captured here are the Big Band years, featuring images of Duke Ellington and Omahaís own Preston Love. Also showcased are the events and attractions that made Peony Park a fondly remembered family get-away, including Coca-Cola Date Night, ìSeven Swings,î Polka Days, Wonderland, and the Galaxy roller coaster. [via]
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Omaha's Trans-Mississippi Expositionby Jess PetersonISBN 0738531510 (0-7385-3151-0)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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The Oresteiaby Aeschylus, Robert FaglesISBN 0704501031 (0-7045-0103-1)
Hardcover, Wildwood House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oresteia'Book summary:This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features the table of contents linked to every play. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.
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The Oresteia (458 BC):
Agamemnon Translated by E. D. A. Morshead
The Libation Bearers (also known as Choephoroi) Translated by E. D. A. Morshead
The Eumenides (also known as The Furies) Translated by E. D. A. MorsheadThe Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus. Though originally written as tetralogy, it is the only surviving example of a trilogy of ancient Greek plays; the fourth play, Proteus, a satyr play that would have been performed as finale, has not survived. The Oresteia was originally performed at the Dionysia festival in Athens in 458 BC, where it won first prize. Overall, this trilogy emblemizes the shift from a monarchal system of vendetta in Argos to a democratic system of litigation in Athens.
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Past Is Myselfby Christabel BielenbergISBN 0701113332 (0-7011-1333-2)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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The Plagueby Albert CamusISBN 0708981925 (0-7089-8192-5)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Poe Short Storiesby Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur RackhamISBN 0706426517 (0-7064-2651-7)
Hardcover, Octopus Publishing Group
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Potus Speaks: Finding the Words That Defined the Clinton Presidencyby Michael WaldmanISBN 0743200209 (0-7432-0020-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Presidential War Powerby Louis FisherISBN 0700606912 (0-7006-0691-2)
Softcover, Univ Pr of Kansas
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Readings on My Antoniaby Willa Cather, Christopher SmithISBN 0737701803 (0-7377-0180-3)
Softcover, Greenhaven Pr
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The Runaway Quiltby Jennifer ChiaveriniISBN 0743222261 (0-7432-2226-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Susan Sontag: Mind As Passionby Liam KennedyISBN 0719037867 (0-7190-3786-7)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Tis: A Memoirby Frank McCourtISBN 0743200985 (0-7432-0098-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tis: A Memoir'Book summary:'Tis a blessing that the author narrates his own work. McCourt follows up his Audie Award-winning performance in Angela's Ashes with another brilliant reading as he chronicles his return to post-World War II New York. Like all good storytellers, McCourt has good stories to tell; 'Tis pulses with grim adversity and quiet triumphs--character-shaping moments that gain the listener's empathy. What makes McCourt a great storyteller is his ability to give these moments just the right amount of humor and perspective. His lyrical tones are wise but not weary; he's survived life's challenges to tell his tale. And while it may be trite to credit McCourt's verbal skills to his Irish heritage, these war stories were undoubtedly polished amongst friends in the pubs. 'Tis is Grammy material, and a perfect example of how an author's voice can enhance the written word. (Running time: 6 hours, 4 cassettes) --Rob McDonald [via]
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Uniforms of the American Civil War, 1861-65by Philip J. HaythornthwaiteISBN 0713716029 (0-7137-1602-9)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Union Countyby Union County Historical SocietyISBN 0738515884 (0-7385-1588-4)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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Union County 1970-2003by Norman Cooper, Martyne Jokela, Ron Byers, Tommy Stephens, Lamar Paris, Roy Hamby, Larry GarrettISBN 0738516376 (0-7385-1637-6)
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Vietnam Incby Philip Jones GriffithsISBN 0714846031 (0-7148-4603-1)
Softcover, Phaidon Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vietnam Inc'Book summary:First published in 1971, "Vietnam Inc." was crucial in changing public attitudes in the United States, turning the tide of opinion, and ultimately putting an end to the Vietnam War. Philip Jones Griffiths' classic account of the war was the outcome of three years reporting, and is one of the most detailed surveys of any conflict. Showing us the true horrors of the war as well as a study of Vietnamese folk life, the author creates a compelling argument against the de-humanizing power of technology, and highlights the arrogance and hypocrisy of American imperialistic attitudes. Rare and highly sought-after, the book has become one of the enduring classics of photojournalism. This new edition is a careful recreation of the original, with Philip Jones Griffiths' personal layouts and commentaries, and includes a foreword by Noam Chomsky, who was profoundly affected by the book when it was originally published and now pays tribute to its power and importance in the new edition. [via]
Waiting Periodby Hubert SelbyISBN 0714530905 (0-7145-3090-5)
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War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generalsby David HalberstamISBN 0743223233 (0-7432-2323-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals'Book summary:A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of 17 books, David Halberstam has a gift for bringing current events alive and putting them into historical perspective in an engaging way. In many respects, War in a Time of Peace serves as a sequel to his classic The Best and the Brightest in its examination of how the lessons of Vietnam have influenced American foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. Beginning with the Persian Gulf War, Halberstam discusses the political shift in emphasis from foreign to domestic issues that ushered in the first Clinton administration. Despite the fact that Clinton, along with much of the country, preferred to focus on the home front, the U.S. nonetheless found itself drawn into conflicts in Haiti, Somalia, and the Balkans--events that reflected American discomfort with the use of its military forces abroad while at the same time acknowledging that much of the world is dependent upon the U.S. for both guidance and support. The book also highlights the many nonpolitical factors that have influenced these political changes, including a generational shift in national leadership, the modern media's emphasis on entertainment over foreign news, a leap in military technology, and American economic prosperity that has rendered foreign policy largely irrelevant to many citizens.
Halberstam is a master at presenting well-rounded portraits and telling anecdotes of the personalities that have created U.S. policy, casting new light on well-known figures such as Clinton, Colin Powell, and George H.W. Bush, as well as supporting players such as Anthony Lake, Richard Holbrooke, James Baker, Madeleine Albright, General Wesley Clark, Al Gore, and many other influential American leaders of the past decade. Having covered many aspects of American history and foreign policy since the early 1960s, Halberstam is uniquely qualified to report on an era in which the U.S., and the world, has changed so dramatically. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Warsby Andrew Carroll, Douglas BrinkleyISBN 0743202945 (0-7432-0294-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold Warby Frances FitzgeraldISBN 0743200233 (0-7432-0023-3)
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The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over Germanyby Stephen E. AmbroseISBN 0743216547 (0-7432-1654-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over Germany'Book summary:Long before he entered politics, when he was just in his early 20s, South Dakotan George McGovern flew 35 bomber missions over Nazi-occupied Europe, earning a Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery under fire. Stephen Ambrose, the industrious historian, focuses on McGovern and the young crew of his B-24 bomber, volunteers all, in this vivid study of the air war in Europe.
Manufactured by a consortium of companies that included Ford Motor and Douglas Aircraft, the B-24 bomber, dubbed the Liberator, was designed to drop high explosives on enemy positions well behind the front lines--and especially on the German capital, Berlin. Unheated, drafty, and only lightly armored, the planes were dangerous places to be, and indeed, only 50 percent of their crews survived to the war's end. Dangerous or not, they did their job, delivering thousand- pound bombs to targets deep within Germany and Austria.
In his fast-paced narrative, Ambrose follows many other flyers (including the Tuskegee Airmen, the African American pilots who gave the B-24s essential fighter support on some of their most dangerous missions) as they brave the long odds against them, facing moments of glory and terror alike. "It would be an exaggeration to say that the B-24 won the war for the Allies," Ambrose writes. "But don't ask how they could have won the war without it." --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B24s over Germany 1944-45by Stephen E. AmbroseISBN 0743223098 (0-7432-2309-8)
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Manufactured by a consortium of companies that included Ford Motor and Douglas Aircraft, the B-24 bomber, dubbed the Liberator, was designed to drop high explosives on enemy positions well behind the front lines--and especially on the German capital, Berlin. Unheated, drafty, and only lightly armored, the planes were dangerous places to be, and indeed, only 50 percent of their crews survived to the war's end. Dangerous or not, they did their job, delivering thousand- pound bombs to targets deep within Germany and Austria.
In his fast-paced narrative, Ambrose follows many other flyers (including the Tuskegee Airmen, the African American pilots who gave the B-24s essential fighter support on some of their most dangerous missions) as they brave the long odds against them, facing moments of glory and terror alike. "It would be an exaggeration to say that the B-24 won the war for the Allies," Ambrose writes. "But don't ask how they could have won the war without it." --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of "Pure" Standard Englishby John McWhorterISBN 0738204463 (0-7382-0446-3)
Softcover, Basic Books
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The World's Great ClassicsISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
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Lo Es: Una Memoriaby Frank McCourt, Alejandro ParejaISBN 0743204239 (0-7432-0423-9)
Softcover, Fireside
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lo Es: Una Memoria'Book summary:The Spanish edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller, TIS is the story of Frank's American journey from impoverished immigrant with rotten teeth, infected eyes, and no formal education to brilliant raconteur and schoolteacher. Saved first by a straying priest, then by the Democratic party, then by the United States Army, then by New York University-- which admitted him on a trial basis, though he had no high school diploma-- Frank had the same vulnerable but invincible spirit at nineteen that he had at eight, and still has today. And TIS is a tale of survival as vivid, harrowing, and often hilarious as ANGELA'S ASHES. Yet again, it is through the power of storytelling that Frank finds a life for himself. TIS blesses readers with another chapter of McCourt's story, but as it closes, they will want still more. [via]
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