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2150 Adby AlexanderISBN 0913080047 (0-913080-04-7)
Softcover, Macro Books
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› Find signed collectible books: '2150 Ad'Book summary:2150 AD is a novel whose main character is Jon, who travels between his world of 1976 and the future world of 2150, where the Macro Society dominates the Earth. This book is based on the journal of Jon Lake, who lived in the 1960s and 1970s as a psychiatrist. His astral form traveled to 2150 and he lived there while his 1970s body slept, and he returned to the 1970s during his waking hours. The book is centered around Macro Philosophy and concepts such as reincarnation, karma, twin souls and soul mates, as well as macro and micro limitations. Thea Alexander started a workshop for studying Macro Philosophy shortly before the book was published. [via]
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Absolute Kingdom Comeby Alex Ross, Mark WaidISBN 1401207685 (1-4012-0768-5)
Hardcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Absolute Kingdom Come'Book summary:DC Comics Absolute Editions set the standard for the highest quality, most in-depth presentation of classic graphic novels. Each oversized volume is presented in a slipcase and includes unique additional material making each Absolute Edition a cornerstone of any serious comic collection. The latest Absolute Collection is the classic KINGDOM COME, written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Alex Ross. This riveting story set in the future pits the old guardSuperman, Batman, Wonder Woman and their peersagainst a new, uncompromising generation of heroes in the final war to determine the fate of the planet. Published to tie-in with the 10th Anniversary of its original publication, ABSOLUTE KINGDOM COME is packaged in a beautifully designed slipcase that features an all-new painted image by Alex Ross, annotations of the entire series, rare art, promotional images, a gallery of DC Direct Kingdom Come products, a feature on the evolution of a story page and much more. [via]
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Adrift in the Pacific: Two Years Holidayby Jules VerneISBN 1410102157 (1-4101-0215-7)
Softcover, Fredonia Books
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After the Deluge: A Novel of Post-economic San Franciscoby Chris CarlssonISBN 0926664077 (0-926664-07-7)
Softcover, Full Enjoyment Books
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Anarchism: A History Of Libertarian Ideas And Movementsby George WoodcockISBN 1551116294 (1-55111-629-4)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anarchism: A History Of Libertarian Ideas And Movements'Book summary:To what degree can anarchism be an effective organized movement? Is it realistic to think of anarchist ideas ever forming the basis for social life itself? These questions are widely being asked again today in response to the forces of economic globalization. The framework for such discussions was perhaps given its most memorable shape, however, in George Woodcock's classic study of anarchismnow widely recognized as the most significant twentieth-century overview of the subject.
Woodcock surveys all of the major figures that shaped anarchist thought, from Godwin and Proudhon to Bakunin, Goldman, and Kropotkin, and looks as well at the long-term prospects for anarchism and anarchist thought. In Woodcock's view "pure" anarchismcharacterized by "the loose and flexible affinity group which needs no formal organization"was incompatible with mass movements that require stable organizations, that are forced to make compromises in the face of changing circumstances, and that need to maintain the allegiance of a wide range of supporters. Yet Woodcock continued to cherish anarchist ideals; as he said in a 1990 interview, "I think anarchism and its teachings of decentralization, of the coordination of rural and industrial societies, and of mutual aid as the foundation of any viable society, have lessons that in the present are especially applicable to industrial societies."
This classic work of intellectual history and political theory (first published in the 1960s, revised in 1986) is now available exclusively from UTP Higher Education.
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The Annotated Lost Worldby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0938501232 (0-938501-23-2)
Hardcover, Wessex Pr
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Arcosanti: An Urban Laboratory?by Paolo SoleriISBN 0932238440 (0-932238-44-0)
Softcover, Vti Pr
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The Beachby Alex GarlandISBN 1573226521 (1-57322-652-1)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Beach'Book summary:In our ever-shrinking world, where popular Western culture seems to have infected every nation on the planet, it is hard to find even a small niche of unspoiled land--forget searching for pristine islands or continents. This is the situation in Alex Garland's debut novel, The Beach. Human progress has reduced Eden to a secret little beach near Thailand. In the tradition of grand adventure novels, Richard, a rootless traveler rambling around Thailand on his way somewhere else, is given a hand-drawn map by a madman who calls himself Daffy Duck. He and two French travelers set out on a journey to find this paradise.
What makes this a truly satisfying novel is the number of levels on which it operates. On the surface it's a fast-paced adventure novel; at another level it explores why we search for these utopias, be they mysterious lost continents or small island communes. Garland weaves a gripping and thought-provoking narrative that suggests we are, in fact, such products of our Western culture that we cannot help but pollute and ultimately destroy the very sanctuary we seek [via]
Brother to Demons Brother to Godsby Jack WilliamsonISBN 1557851263 (1-55785-126-3)
Softcover, Bart Books
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The Dancers at the End of Timeby Michael MoorcockISBN 1565049942 (1-56504-994-2)
Softcover, Psi
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Daughters of a Coral Dawnby Katherine ForrestISBN 1555836623 (1-55583-662-3)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Daughters of a Coral Dawn'Book summary:[via]Katherine Forrests bestselling Daughters of a Coral Dawn first appeared in 1984 and became an instant classic. Through seven printings, including the 10th anniversary edition published in 1994, this story of women creating their own world after escaping an oppressive society has continued to gain fans and influence writers for 18 years.
Daughters Of An Emerald Duskby Katherine V. ForrestISBN 1555838235 (1-55583-823-5)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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Death Note 1by Tsugumi OhbaISBN 141769789X (1-4176-9789-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death Note 1'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When high-school student Light Yagami finds the Death Note, he discovers that any person whose name is written in it dies. So Light decides to use the notebook to rid the world of evil. [via]
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Death Note 1: Boredomeby Takeshi ObataISBN 1421501686 (1-4215-0168-6)
Softcover, Viz
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death Note 1: Boredome'Book summary:Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and bored out of his mind! But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, and notebook dropped by a rougue shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal... or his life? [via]
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Dragonflightby Anne McCaffreyISBN 1560600748 (1-56060-074-8)
Softcover, Eclipse Books
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Egalia's Daughtersby Gerd BrantenbergISBN 0931188342 (0-931188-34-2)
Softcover, Seal Pr
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Ella Minnow Peaby Mark DunnISBN 0967370167 (0-9673701-6-7)
Hardcover, Macadam Cage Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ella Minnow Pea'Book summary:Ella Minnow Pea is an epistolary novel set in the fictional island of Nollop situated off the coast of South Carolina and home to the inventor the pangram The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog. Now deceased, the islanders have erected a monument to honor their hero, but one day a tile with the letter z falls from the statue. The leaders interpret the falling tile as a message from beyond the grave and the letter is banned from use. On an island where the residents pride themselves on their love of language, this is seen as a tragedy. They are still reeling from the shock, when another tile falls and then another.... Mark Dunn takes us on a journey against time through the eyes of Ella Minnow Pea and her family as they race to find another phrase containing all the letters of the alphabet to save them from being unable to communicate. Eventually, the only letters remaining are LMNOP, when Ella finally discovers the phrase that will save their language. [via]
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The Enchanted Aprilby Elizabeth Von ArnimISBN 1406510319 (1-4065-1031-9)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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Softcover, Echo Library - Enchanted April: ISBN 1419160915 (1-4191-6091-5)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co - The Enchanted April: ISBN 1421959100 (1-4219-5910-0)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com - Enchanted April: ISBN 1421959097 (1-4219-5909-7)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com - The Enchanted April: ISBN 1406510319 (1-4065-1031-9)
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The End Is Near: Visions of Apocalypse, Millennium and Utopia Works from the American Visionary Art Museumby Stephen Jay Gould, Roger Manley, Adam Parfrey, American Visionary Art Museum, Dalai Lama XIVISBN 0966427262 (0-9664272-6-2)
Hardcover, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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The End Is Near!: Visions of Apocalypse, Millennium and Utopiaby Stephen Jay Gould, Roger Manley, Adam Parfrey, Dalai Lama XIVISBN 0966427270 (0-9664272-7-0)
Softcover, Dilettante Pr
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Erewhon Revisitedby Samuel ButlerISBN 1404348972 (1-4043-4897-2)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Erewhon Revisited'Book summary:Before telling the story of my father's second visit to the remarkable country which he discovered now some thirty years since, I should perhaps say a few words about his career between the publication of his book in 1872, and his death in the early summer of 1891. I shall thus touch briefly on the causes that occasioned his failure to maintain that hold on the public which he had apparently secured at first. [via]
Etidorhpa or the End of the Earthby John Uri LloydISBN 156459243X (1-56459-243-X)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalismby John GrayISBN 1565845927 (1-56584-592-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Finding Atlantis: A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost Worldby David KingISBN 1400047536 (1-4000-4753-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Finding Atlantis: A True Story of Genius, Madness, And an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World'Book summary:The Untold Story of One Man's Quest for a Lost World
In 1679, Renaissance man Olof Rudbeck stunned the world. He proposed that an ancient lost civilization once thrived in the far north of his native Sweden: the fabled Atlantis. Rudbeck would spend the last thirty years of his life hunting for the evidence that would prove this extraordinary theory.
Chasing down clues to that lost golden age, Rudbeck combined the reasoning of Sherlock Holmes with the daring of Indiana Jones. He excavated what he thought was the acropolis of Atlantis, retraced the journeys of classical heroes, opened countless burial mounds, and consulted rich collections of manuscripts and artifacts. He eventually published his findings in a 2,500-page tome titled Atlantica, a remarkable work replete with heroic quests, exotic lands, and fabulous creatures.
Three hundred years later, the story of Rudbecks adventures appears in English for the first time. It is a thrilling narrative of discovery as well as a cautionary tale about the dangerous dance of genius and madness. [via]More editions of Finding Atlantis: A True Story of Genius, Madness, and an Extraordinary Quest for a Lost World:
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Five Weeks in a Balloonby Jules VerneISBN 1421821605 (1-4218-2160-5)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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Five Weeks In A Balloon Or Journeys And Discoveries In Africa By Three Englishmenby Jules Verne, William LacklandISBN 1417915846 (1-4179-1584-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Five Weeks In A Balloon Or Journeys And Discoveries In Africa By Three Englishmen'Book summary:1869. With illustrations. French writer and pioneer of science fiction, who is best known today for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days. Five Weeks in a Balloon is Verne's first novel. It is, in a measure, a satire on modern books of African travel. So far as the geography, the inhabitants, the animals, and the features of the countries the travelers pass over are described, it is entirely accurate. It gives, in some particulars, a survey of nearly the whole field of African discovery, and in this way will often serve to refresh the memory of the reader. The mode of locomotion is, of course, purely imaginary, and the incidents and adventures fictitious. The latter are abundantly amusing, and, in view of the wonderful travelers' tales with which we have been entertained by African explorers, they can scarcely be extravagant; while the ingenuity and invention of the author will be sure to excite the surprise and the admiration of the reader, who will find Verne as much at home in voyaging through the air as in journeying Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas. [via]
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Flatlandby Edwin Abbott AbbottISBN 1406503436 (1-4065-0343-6)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flatland'Book summary:Flatland, like our own world, is on the verge of the millenium. On the last day of the year 1999, a Squarehitherto undistinguished from the other shapes of his two-dimensional worldreceives the Gospel of Three Dimensions, revealed to that world's flat inhabitants only once every a thousand years. Transformed by a truth he is unable to conceal, he is promptly condemned as a heretic. His poignant tale is itself a multi-dimensional creation, for it is not only a challenge to our most basic perceptions of everyday reality, but a sharp social satire and an illuminating mathematical treatise as well.
In the tradition of fantasy and social satire that includes Gulliver's Travels , Alice in Wonderland, and Animal Farm, Abbott pokes fun at the rigid class structure and concern for appearances of his Victorian society even as he poses an underlying question that is as provoking today as it was a century ago. Could we and everything we see around us be only a cross section for worlds of higher dimensions?
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FoundationISBN 0905712617 (0-905712-61-7)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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In this landmark of imaginative fiction, winner of a special Hugo Award as Best All Time Science Fiction Series, Asimov has brilliantly conceived a whole new world for mankind, set far in the future and spanning a period of more than a thousand years.
The beginning of the epic, Foundation, describes how one man creates a new force for civilised life as the old Galactic Empire crumbles into barbarism. Foundation and Empire is the story of the mighty conflict for mastery of the stars between these two major powers. In Second Foundation a new and even more terrifying threat to the future of humanity arises in the form of a dangerous mutant, capable of manipulating men's minds and destroying the universe. . .
The Stars, Like Dust
A masterpiece of suspense and drama: Biron Farrill sets out on a dangerous quest through the galaxies to find "Rebellion World" and its key to man's future peace.
The Naked Sun
Earth's very existence is at stake when a murder takes place on power-hungry Solaria. One of the greatest detective stories in the science fiction canon.
I, Robot
The classic vision of a future where robots are so sophisticated that mankind is threatened with redundancy.
Stories include: Robbie, Runaround, Reason, Catch That Rabbit, Liar!, Little Lost Robot, Escape!, Evidence, and The Evitable Conflict. [via]More editions of Foundation:
The Girl Who Heard Dragonsby Anne McCaffrey, Judy King-RienietsISBN 0941826163 (0-941826-16-3)
Hardcover, Cheap Street
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Girlfriend in a Comaby Douglas CouplandISBN 141764009X (1-4176-4009-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan SwiftISBN 1417617616 (1-4176-1761-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:Gulliver's Travels was published in 1726; and, although it was by no means intended for them, the book was soon appropriated by the children, who have ever since continued to regard it as one of the most delightful of their story books. They cannot comprehend the occasion which provoked the book nor appreciate the satire which underlies the narrative, but they delight in the wonderful adventures, and wander full of open-eyed astonishment into the new worlds through which the vivid and logically accurate imagination of the author so personally conducts them. And there is a meaning and a moral in the stories of the Voyages to Lilliput and Brobdingnag which is entirely apart from the political satire they are intended to convey, a meaning and a moral which the youngest child who can read it will not fail to seize, and upon which it is scarcely necessary for the teacher to comment. For young children the book combines in a measure the interest of Robinson Crusoe and that of the fairy tale; its style is objective, the narrative is simple, and the matter appeals strongly to the childish imagination. For more mature boys and girls and for adults the interest is found chiefly in the keen satire which underlies the narrative. It appeals, therefore, to a very wide range of intelligence and taste, and can be read with profit by the child of ten and by the young man or woman of mature years.
This edition is practically a reprint of the original (1726-27). The punctuation and capitalization have been modernized, some archaisms changed, and the paragraphs have been made more frequent. A few passages have been omitted which would offend modern ears and are unsuitable for children's reading, and some foot-notes have been added explaining obsolete words and obscure expressions. [via]
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Hardcover, Courage Books - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1566197848 (1-56619-784-8)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0915556065 (0-915556-06-5)
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Gulliver's Travelsby Martin Woodside, Jamel AkibISBN 1402726627 (1-4027-2662-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:[via]Through the eyes of Lemuel Gulliver, Swifts unforgettable satire takes readers into worlds formerly unimagined. Visit four strange and remarkable lands: Lilliput, where Gulliver seems a giant among a race of tiny people; Brobdingnag, the opposite, where the natives are giants and Gulliver puny; the ruined yet magical country of Laputa; and the home of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses far superior to the ugly humanoid Yahoos who share their universe.
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The Harper Hall of Pernby Anne McCaffreyISBN 1568650175 (1-56865-017-5)
Hardcover, Doubleday Book & Music Clubs
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Harper Hall of Pern'Book summary:The planet Pern, where riders mount huge dragons to fend off deadly threadlike spores that fall from the sky, continues to be one of SF's most popular settings. Here, for the first time in one volume, are three novels featuring Menolly and Piemur, two young Pernese with extraordinary musical talent. In Dragonsong, Menolly's yearning to sing is threatened by a stern father who believes it a disgrace -- leaving her no choice but to run away. Dragonsinger brings Menolly to the Harper Hall, where she can fulfill her ambition to sing, if only the others will accept her. Dragondrums is the thrilling adventure of Piemur, a brilliant boy soprano whose fate changes suddenly when his voice does. [via]
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Henry David Thoreauby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0940450275 (0-940450-27-5)
Hardcover, Library of America
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry David Thoreau'Book summary:Henry David Thoreau wrote four full-length works, collected here for the first time in a single volume. Subtly interweaving natural observation, personal experience, and historical lore, they reveal his brilliance not only as a writer, but as a naturalist, scholar, historian, poet, and philosopher. "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" is based on a boat trip taken with his brother from Concord, Massachusetts to Concord, New Hampshire. "Walden," one of America's great books, is at once a personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, manual of self-reliance, and masterpiece of style. "The Maine Woods" and "Cape Cod" portray landscapes changing irreversibly even as he wrote. The first combines close observation of the unexplored Maine wilderness with a far-sighted plea for conservation; the second is a brilliant and unsentimental account of survival on a barren peninsula in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay. [via]
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Herland And the Yellow Wallpaperby Charlotte Perkins GilmanISBN 1406500542 (1-4065-0054-2)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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History of the Makhnovist Movement, 1918-1921by P. ArshinovISBN 0934868034 (0-934868-03-4)
Softcover, Black & Red
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The Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies Healthierby Richard WilkinsonISBN 1565849256 (1-56584-925-6)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies Healthier'Book summary:Why does the United States, the richest country in the world, rank twenty-fifth in international life expectancy? Pioneering epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson demonstrates that inequality is socially corrosive and affects health because the quality of social relations is crucial to well-being. The poor health performance of the United States, its high rates of violence, and its low social capital all reflect how societal relations are strained to the breaking point by record levels of inequality.
In wealthy countries, health is not simply a matter of how material circumstances determine your quality of life and access to health care; it is how your social standing makes you feel. The Impact of Inequality explains why low social statusbeing devalued and looked down onis so stressful and can have devastating effects on people's lives and communities. Comparing the United States with other market democracies and one state with another, this book shows why more unequal societies have poorer communal environments, and why the whole social spectrum suffers everything from higher levels of violence to more widespread depression.
The Impact of Inequality presents a radical theory of the psychosocial impact of class stratification, with particular emphasis on health and the quality of societal relations. It addresses people's experience of class and inequality and the pervasive sense that modern societies, despite material success, are social failures. At the same time, it shows that even small reductions in inequality matter, compelling us to pursue greater social and political equality to improve life for everyone. [via]
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Iron Heelby Jack LondonISBN 1556520719 (1-55652-071-9)
Softcover, Lawrence Hill Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iron Heel'Book summary:Written in 1908, this visionary novel about class struggle anticipates the political upheavals of the 1930s and beyond.[via] 
The Island of Doctor Moreau: Library Editionby H. G. WellsISBN 1404310061 (1-4043-1006-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Island of Doctor Moreau: Library Edition'Book summary:A shipwreck in the South Seas, a palm-tree paradise where a mad doctor conducts vile experiments, animals that become human and then "beastly" in ways they never were before--it's the stuff of high adventure. It's also a parable about Darwinian theory, a social satire in the vein of Jonathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels), and a bloody tale of horror. Or, as H. G. Wells himself wrote about this story, "The Island of Dr. Moreau is an exercise in youthful blasphemy. Now and then, though I rarely admit it, the universe projects itself towards me in a hideous grimace. It grimaced that time, and I did my best to express my vision of the aimless torture in creation." This colorful tale by the author of The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds lit a firestorm of controversy at the time of its publication in 1896. [via]
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Island of Dr Moreauby H. G. WellsISBN 1420925482 (1-4209-2548-2)
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Jennifer Governmentby Max BarryISBN 1400030927 (1-4000-3092-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jennifer Government'Book summary:In the horrifying, satirical near future of Max Barry's Jennifer Government, American corporations literally rule the world. Everyone takes his employer's name as his last name; once-autonomous nations as far-flung as Australia belong to the USA; and the National Rifle Association is not just a worldwide corporation, it's a hot, publicly traded stock. Hack Nike, a hapless employee seeking advancement, signs a multipage contract and then reads it. He discovers he's agreed to assassinate kids purchasing Nike's new line of athletic shoes, a stealth marketing maneuver designed to increase sales. And the dreaded government agent Jennifer Government is after him.
Like Steve Aylett, Alexander Besher, Douglas Coupland, Paul Di Filippo, Jim Munroe, Jeff Noon, and Chuck Palahniuk, Max Barry is an author of smartass, punky satire for the late capitalist era. It's a hip and happening field; before publication, Jennifer Government (Barry's second novel) was optioned by Stephen Soderbergh and George Clooney's Section 8 Films for a major motion picture. However, the level of literary accomplishment varies wildly among practitioners, from brilliant (Di Filippo and Palahniuk) to amateurish (Besher). This field is so hot, its writers needn't be nearly as accomplished as they'd have to become to break into any other form of fiction.
That said, like many of his fellow turn-of-the-millennium satirists, Barry is uneven. He has a lively imagination and a sharp eye for the absurdities and offenses of hypercorporate capitalism. But, with its sketchy characters and slow dialogue, Jennifer Government will disappoint anyone who believes the cover copy's grandiose claim that this is "a Catch-22 for the New World Order." --Cynthia Ward [via]
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The Jungleby Upton Beall SinclairISBN 1417934417 (1-4179-3441-7)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Jungleby Emily Russell, Peter KuperISBN 1561634115 (1-56163-411-5)
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The Jungleby Peter Kuper, Emily RussellISBN 1561634042 (1-56163-404-2)
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The Jungleby Upton SinclairISBN 1404311572 (1-4043-1157-2)
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Kingdom Comeby Mark Waid, Alex Ross, Waid MarkISBN 1563893177 (1-56389-317-7)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kingdom Come'Book summary:As comic books gained in respectability, the superhero comic has remained a much-maligned medium. Oh sure, Batman was given new levels of sophistication by the likes of Frank Miller and Alan Moore, and Watchmen added a dose of reality to the concept of superheroes, but the likes of Superman and Wonder Woman have for years watched their lesser-powered colleagues gain critical acceptance while they were left behind to keep the kids happy. Until, that is, Kingdom Come accorded DC's premier superheroes the respect they have long deserved.
In the near future, Superman has retired, plagued by an inability to accept a world where his generation's super-powered descendants run roughshod over the values he fought for. When tragic events force his return, he gathers his former team-mates and colleagues to once again lead the fight for justice and order. However, their return sparks a chain of events that could lead the world to Armageddon.
With its intelligent storyline and superb painted artwork, writer Mark Waid and artist Alex Ross have created a thoroughly believable world where superheroes could exist, paying particular attention to the social and political implications of such a world. Why bother with the Olympics when there are beings who can bench-press buildings and run faster than light? What's the point of normal humans making laws when they are powerless to enforce them against superhumans? Above all, where Kingdom Come succeeds is by adding new depths of humanity to some of DC's timeless characters--including icons like Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman--as well as offering interesting future glimpses of the lesser known (but no less interesting) likes of Orion, Blue Beetle and Aquaman. --Robert Burrow [via]
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Little, Bigby John CrowleyISBN 1568654294 (1-56865-429-4)
Softcover, Doubleday Book & Music Clubs
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little, Big'Book summary:[This is the Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.]
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Edgewood--which is not found on any map--is many houses, all put inside each other or across each other. It's filled with and surrounded by mystery and enchantment; the further in you go, the bigger it gets.
Smoky Barnable, who has fallen in love with Daily Alice Drinkwater, travels from the City on foot to Edgewood, her family home. There he finds himself on the magical border of an otherworld.
Crowley's work has a special alchemy--mixing the world we know with an imagined world that seems more true and real. Winner of the World Fantasy Award, Little, Big is elegant, sensual, funny, and unforgettable. It is a story of fantastic love and heartrending loss, of impossible things and unshakable destinies, and of the great Tale that envelops us all. It is a wonder. [via]More editions of Little, Big:
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Lost Worldby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 1417912146 (1-4179-1214-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost World'Book summary:1912. Doyle, the English novelist best known for his Sherlock Holmes detective books, also wrote historical, supernatural and speculative works. Trying to escape Sherlock Holmes, Doyle creates an adventure story written as a set of letters from reporter Edward D. Malone to the Daily Gazette newspaper where he works, detailing the adventures of Professors Challenger and Summerlee, hunter Lord John Roxton and himself as they venture into the depths of the Amazon in search of a hidden plateau where Challenger claims dinosaurs still exist. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. [via]
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Men Like Godsby H. G. WellsISBN 1417920696 (1-4179-2069-6)
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Metropolisby Fritz Lang, Thea Von HarbouISBN 0900855843 (0-900855-84-3)
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The Occult Conspiracyby HowardISBN 156731225X (1-56731-225-X)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Old New Landby Theodor Herzl, Lotta LevensohnISBN 1558761608 (1-55876-160-8)
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Omega's Follyby Carl A. OsborneISBN 0972644458 (0-9726444-5-8)
Softcover, Dare 2 Dream Pub
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The Road to Serfdomby F. A. HayekISBN 1568493762 (1-56849-376-2)
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Room of Ones' Ownby Virginia WoolfISBN 1568493665 (1-56849-366-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Room of Ones' Own'Book summary:"A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."First published in 1929, Virginia Woolf's pioneering work on women in literature is an accessible yet fiercely astute essay. It is a crystallization of the intelligent analysis behind her novels, and confirms her as a writer not only of style, but of undeniable substance. Ranging from discussing Austen's pandering to a male writing style, to imagining the dreadful fate of Shakespeare's talented, intelligent sister, Woolf makes the topic an enjoyable journey through her imagination, filling in for the undocumented in female history, and exploring the loss to the literary landscape in her own entertaining, convincing prose. The recording also includes a booklet with further information, including a contribution by Ali Smith, author of The Accidental. Unabridged.[via]More editions of Room of Ones' Own:
Startide Risingby David BrinISBN 0932096387 (0-932096-38-7)
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Sultana's Dream: A Feminist Utopia and Selections from The Secluded Onesby Roushan Jahan, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Hanna PapanekISBN 0935312838 (0-935312-83-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sultana's Dream: A Feminist Utopia and Selections from The Secluded Ones'Book summary:Sultanas Dream, first published in 1905 in a Madras English newspaper, is a witty feminist utopiaa tale of reverse purdah that posits a world in which men are confined indoors and women have taken over the public sphere, ending a war nonviolently and restoring health and beauty to the world.[via]
"The Secluded Ones" is a selection of short sketches, first published in Bengali newspapers, illuminating the cruel and comic realities of life in purdah.
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Sultana's Dream and Selections from the Secluded Onesby Roushan Jahan, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Hanna PapanekISBN 0935312986 (0-935312-98-6)
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"The Secluded Ones" is a selection of short sketches, first published in Bengali newspapers, illuminating the cruel and comic realities of life in purdah.
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Throyby Jack VanceISBN 0971237514 (0-9712375-1-4)
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To the Finland Stationby Edmund WilsonISBN 1568495749 (1-56849-574-9)
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Tripura Rahasya: The Secret of the Supreme Goddessby Ramanandasarasvati, Ramanananda SaraswathiISBN 0941532496 (0-941532-49-6)
Softcover, World Wisdom Books
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Usonia, New York: Building a Community With Frank Lloyd Wrightby Roland Reisley, John Philip Timpane, Martin FillerISBN 1568982453 (1-56898-245-3)
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Utopia: Towards a New Torontoby Alana Wilcox, Jason McbrideISBN 1552451569 (1-55245-156-9)
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 1420922610 (1-4209-2261-0)
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Wandergroundby Sally GearhartISBN 0932870554 (0-932870-55-4)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wanderground'Book summary:The Wanderground is a feminist classic that deserves a fresh reading. In these linked stories, Sally Gearhart portrays a futuristic lesbian utopia where women can communicate telepathically with each other, as well as with plants and animals. The women in the community of Wanderground raise children collectively, choose to die when they think it is time, and heal physical wounds by inducing their own bloodletting. While at first glance this book may appear to be a naive science fiction-romance, the ideas in it are quite prescient. Many of the terms in The Wanderground--learntogether, listenspread--are compound words coined by Gearhart to suggest forms of communication that seemed impossible in the late 1970s, but that have become common in the age of the Internet. Gearhart's text foresaw that a world in which lesbians can live safely and independently is also a world in which communication does not require the physical presence of the body. [via]
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The Wind in the Willowsby Kenneth Grahame, Scott McKowen, Arthur PoberISBN 1402725051 (1-4027-2505-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wind In The Willows'Book summary:"[Mole] thought his happiness was complete when, as he meandered aimlessly along, suddenly he stood by the edge of a full-fed river. Never in his life had he seen a river before--this sleek, sinuous, full-bodied animal, chasing and chuckling, gripping things with a gurgle and leaving them with a laugh, to fling itself on fresh playmates that shook themselves free, and were caught and held again." Such is the cautious, agreeable Mole's first introduction to the river and the Life Adventurous. Emerging from his home at Mole End one spring, his whole world changes when he hooks up with the good-natured, boat-loving Water Rat, the boastful Toad of Toad Hall, the society- hating Badger who lives in the frightening Wild Wood, and countless other mostly well-meaning creatures. Michael Hague's exquisitely detailed, breathtaking color illustrations on almost every generous spread--along with Kenneth Grahame's elegant, delightfully old-fashioned characterizations of the animals--make this book a wonderful read-aloud. Grahame's The Wind in the Willows has enchanted readers for four generations, and this lavishly illustrated gift edition is perhaps the finest around. (All ages, or 9 to 12) [via]
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A Wrinkle in Time: Library Editionby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 1557360596 (1-55736-059-6)
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The Yellow Wall-Paper: A Sourcebook and Critical Editionby Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Elaine HedgesISBN 1558611584 (1-55861-158-4)
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