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After Such Knowledge: Memory, History, and the Legacy of the Holocaustby Eva HoffmanISBN 1586483048 (1-58648-304-8)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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After Such Knowledge: Where Memory of the Holocaust Ends and History Beginsby Eva HoffmanISBN 1586480464 (1-58648-046-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'After Such Knowledge: Where Memory of the Holocaust Ends and History Begins'Book summary:Sixty years after the Holocaust, the author of Lost in Translation explores the difficult process of preserving an authentic version of its tragic events. As the Holocaust recedes in time, the guardianship of its legacy is being passed on from its survivors and witnesses to the next generation. How should they, in turn, convey its knowledge to others? What are the effects of a traumatic past on its inheritors? And what are the second generation's responsibilities to its received memories?In this meditation on the long aftermath of atrocity, Eva Hoffman -a child of Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust with the help of neighbors, but whose entire families perished -probes these questions through personal reflections, and through broader explorations of the historical, psychological, and moral implications of the second-generation experience. She examines the subterranean processes through which private memories of suffering are transmitted, and the more willful stratagems of collective memory. She traces the "second generation's " trajectory from childhood intimations of horror, through its struggles between allegiance and autonomy, and its complex transactions with children of perpetrators. As she guides us through the poignant juncture at which living memory must be relinquished, she asks what insights can be carried from the past to the newly problematic present, and urges us to transform potent family stories into a fully informed understanding of a forbidding history. [via]
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American Combat Photography: From the Civil War to the Gulf Warby Norman MoyesISBN 1586636006 (1-58663-600-6)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Anatomy of a Castleby John GibsonISBN 1586631942 (1-58663-194-2)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Anxious About Empire: Theological Essays on the New Global Realitiesby Wes AvramISBN 158743119X (1-58743-119-X)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Art of War: Eyewitness U.S. Combat Art from the Revolution Through the Twentieth Centuryby H. Avery ChenowethISBN 1586633112 (1-58663-311-2)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Assault in Norway: Sabotaging the Nazi Nuclear Bombby Thomas Michael GallagherISBN 1585747505 (1-58574-750-5)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklinby Benjamin FranklinISBN 1588276686 (1-58827-668-6)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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The Avengersby Rich CohenISBN 1587241110 (1-58724-111-0)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Barrack-Room Balladsby Rudyard KiplingISBN 158827750X (1-58827-750-X)
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Battle Readyby Tom Clancy, Tony Koltz, Tony ZinniISBN 1587247216 (1-58724-721-6)
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Marine general Tony Zinni was known as the "Warrior Diplomat" during his nearly forty years of service. His credentials as a soldier were impeccable, and as a peacemaker he made just as great a mark. In Battle Ready, he is candid, thoughtful, and blunt about the good and bad he has seen and continues to see. It is an eye-opening book - a front-row seat to a man, an institution, and a way of both war and of peace that together make this an instant classic of military history. [via]
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The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicilyby Dino Buzzati, Frances LobbISBN 1590170768 (1-59017-076-8)
Hardcover, Random House Distribution childrens
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The Best War Everby Sheldon RamptonISBN 1585425095 (1-58542-509-5)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best War Ever'Book summary:The war in Iraq may be remembered as the point at which the propaganda model perfected in the twentieth century stopped working: the world is too complex, information is too plentiful, and-as events in Iraq reveal- propaganda makes bad policy.
The Best War Ever is about a war that was devised in fantasy and lost in delusion. It highlights the futility of lying to oneself and others in matters of life and death. And it offers lessons to the current generation so that, at least in our time, this never happens again.
As the team of Rampton and Stauber show in their first new book since President Bush's reelection, the White House seems to have fooled no one as much as itself in the march toward a needless (from a security perspective) war in Iraq. As the authors argue, one of the most tragic consequences of the Bush administration's reliance on propaganda is its disdain for realistic planning in matters of war. Repeatedly, when faced with predictions of problems, U.S. policymakers dismissed the warnings of Iraq experts, choosing instead to promulgate its version of the war through conservative media outlets and PR campaigns. The result has been too few troops on the ground to maintain security; failure to anticipate the insurgency; and oblivious disregard, even contempt, for critics in either party who attempted to assess the human and economic costs of the war.
Even now that withdrawal seems imminent, however, the administration and its allies continue their cover-ups: downplaying civilian deaths and military injuries; employing marketing buzzwords like "victory" repeatedly to shore up public opinion; and botched attempts, through third-party PR firms, at creating phony news.
The Bush administration entered Iraq believing that its moral, technological, and military superiority would ensure victory abroad, and that its mastery of the politics would win support at home. Instead, it found a morass of problems that do not lend themselves to moralistic, technological, or propaganda-based solutions. [via]More editions of The Best War Ever:
Better to Restby Dana StabenowISBN 1587243520 (1-58724-352-0)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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The Black Arrowby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1588278514 (1-58827-851-4)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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Bodyguard of Liesby Anthony Cave BrownISBN 1585746924 (1-58574-692-4)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Bomber Missions: Aviation Art of World War IIby G. E. Patrick MurrayISBN 1586630814 (1-58663-081-4)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Bubble of American Supremacy: Correcting the Misuse of American Powerby George SorosISBN 1586482173 (1-58648-217-3)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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Can You Keep a Secret?by Sophie KinsellaISBN 1587247089 (1-58724-708-9)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Chienne De Guerre: A Woman Reporter Behind the Lines of the War in Chechnyaby Anne Nivat, Susan DarntonISBN 1586480448 (1-58648-044-8)
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There are two very real dangers in Chechnya: being arrested by the Russians and being kidnapped by the Chechens. Nivat strapped her satellite phone to her belly, disguised herself in the garb of a Chechen peasant, and sneaked across the border. She found a young guide, Islam, to lead her illegally through the war zone. For six months they followed the war, travelling with underground rebels and sleeping with Chechen families or in abandoned buildings. Anne trembled through air raids; walked through abandoned killing fields; and helped in the halls of bloody hospitals. She interviewed rebel leaders, government officials, young widows, and angry fighters, and she reported everything back to France. Her reports in Libération led to antiwar demonstrations outside the Russian embassy in Paris.
Anne's words move. They are not florid, but terse, cool, dramatic. More than just a war correspondent's report, Chienne de Guerre is a moving story of struggle and self-discoverythe adventures of one young woman who repeatedly tests her own physical and psychological limits in the extremely dangerous and stressful environment of war.More editions of Chienne De Guerre: A Woman Reporter Behind the Lines of the War in Chechnya:
Chinese Army Building in the Era of Jiang Zeminby Andrew Scobell, Army War College (U.S.)ISBN 1584870303 (1-58487-030-3)
Hardcover, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
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Clansmanby Thomas Dixon, Arthur I. KellerISBN 1589800109 (1-58980-010-9)
Softcover, Pelican Pub Co Inc
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A Coffin for King Charles: The Trial and Execution of King Charles Iby C. V. WedgwoodISBN 1585790338 (1-58579-033-8)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Craneby Nina Ignatowicz, F. N. Monjo, Reiner ZimnikISBN 159017075X (1-59017-075-X)
Hardcover, Random House Distribution childrens
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As the seasons pass, man and machine almost become one. "The crane was a giant with iron sinews, and the craneman was its heart." Then people begin to hoard their goods, grinning ravens multiply throughout the land, and war is at hand. But the craneman never falters, remaining at his post even when the land is flooded, ready for reconstruction to begin. [via]More editions of The Crane:
Democracy and War: The End of an Illusion?by Errol A. HendersonISBN 1588260763 (1-58826-076-3)
Softcover, Lynne Rienner Pub
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Dirty Snowby Georges Simenon, Louise Varese, Marc RomanoISBN 1590170431 (1-59017-043-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dirty Snow'Book summary:Nineteen-year-old Frank Friedmaier lives in a country under occupation. Most people struggle to get by; Frank takes it easy in his mother's whorehouse, which caters to members of the occupying forces. But Frank is restless. He is a pimp, a thug, a petty thief, and, as Dirty Snow opens, he has just killed his first man. Through the unrelenting darkness and cold of an endless winter, Frank will pursue abjection until at last there is nowhere to go.
Hans Koning has described Dirty Snow as "one of the very few novels to come out of German-occupied France that gets it exactly right." In a study of the criminal mind that is comparable to Jim Thompson's The Killer Inside Me, Simenon maps a no man's land of the spirit in which human nature is driven to destructionand redemption, perhaps, as wellby forces beyond its control. [via]More editions of Dirty Snow:
The Don Flows Home to the Seaby Mikhail Aleksandrovich SholokhovISBN 1589633504 (1-58963-350-4)
Softcover, Fredonia Books
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Eighth Army: The Triumphant Desert Army That Held The Axis At Bay From North Africa To The Alps, 1939-45by Robin NeillandsISBN 1585676896 (1-58567-689-6)
Softcover, Overlook Pr
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The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship and Espionageby Robert LindseyISBN 1585745022 (1-58574-502-2)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Fall on Your Knees: Library Editionby Ann-Marie MacDonaldISBN 1587242583 (1-58724-258-3)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fall on Your Knees: Library Edition'Book summary:Fall on Your Knees, award-winning actor and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald's sprawling and powerful first novel, reads like a literary soap opera, but one whose mature themes are far from the pulp and clichés of daytime television. Its episodic rises and falls have the same sort of page-turning, cliff-hanging appeal of that lesser medium. It never drags, never over-burdens the reader, and, most importantly, remains likeable and believable despite the many--and sometimes magical--twists and turns of its tale.
Fall on Your Knees tells the story of several generations of the Piper family of Cape Breton, beginning with the marriage of James Piper, the controlling, emotionally stunted son of Gaelic-speaking Scottish Canadians, and Materia Mahmoud, the 13-year-old daughter of wealthy Lebanese immigrants. Materia's father cuts her off from her family for marrying James, and James in turn forces her to deny both her heritage and her emotions. James, out of a spite even he fails to comprehend, focuses all his attention on Kathleen, his first-born and a musical prodigy. He dotes on her and sends her away to study opera in New York. However, Kathleen's unexpected return from New York, where she has made some discoveries that will ultimately turn her father against her, becomes the centre of an intricately plotted series of tragedies involving each of the Piper sisters. In a startlingly skilful manipulation of prose, MacDonald teases out clues, secrets, and revelations that are both delightful to discover and disturbing to consider. --Jonathan Dewar [via]
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The First World Warby Robin Prior, Trevor WilsonISBN 1588341909 (1-58834-190-9)
Softcover, Smithsonian Institution Press
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Full Metal Jacket Diaryby Matthew ModineISBN 1590710479 (1-59071-047-9)
Hardcover, Rugged Land
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Good Earthby Pearl S. BuckISBN 1587249057 (1-58724-905-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Earth'Book summary:The story begins on the wedding day of farmer Wang Lung and follows his simple, often one-sided view of the Chinese culture, times, and his connection with the land. The land is a recurring theme throughout the novel, seemingly nurtured by the apparent protagonists, rejected and ruined by the antagonists. The author uses the House of Hwang, a nearby house of nobles, to contrast and predict their rise and fall. As the House of Hwang meets its slow and desperate end, Wang Lung rises.
However, as the weather turns disastrous for farming, Wang Lung's family has to flee to the city to scrape out a meager living. Upon returning home, the family fares better. Wang Lung eventually becomes a prosperous man, his rise contrasting with the downfall of the Hwang family, who lose their connection to the land. At the end of the novel, when Wang Lung is an old man, he overhears his sons plotting to sell some of the land, thus showing the end of the cycle of wealth and downfall. [via]
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The Greek War of Independence: The Struggle for Freedom from the Ottoman Oppression and the Birth of the Modern Greek Nationby David BrewerISBN 158567172X (1-58567-172-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Turkish empire, Brewer writes, was "one of the most impressive that the world has ever seen," the product of generations of conquest and control. By 1800, however, it had declined in power and influence, and, lacking wealthy client states to feed its treasury, the Ottoman government inaugurated a severe program of taxation on such essential Mediterranean goods as sheep, olives, honey, and grapes, compounding the injury by drafting young Greeks to serve in the imperial army. Resistance grew, especially as Ottoman functionaries such as the Ali Pasha (whom Lord Byron, the British poet and champion of Greek freedom, called "a remorseless tyrant, guilty of the most horrible cruelties") carved out bits and pieces of Greece as private fiefdoms. Inspired by the American and French revolutions, the Greeks finally revolted, touching off a terrible war that would cost hundreds of thousands of lives, involve the major European powers (which, as in later troubles in the Balkans, proved ineffectual), and hasten the downfall of the Ottoman empire.
Brewer takes an evenhanded view of the struggle, noting acts of heroism, cruelty, and treachery on both sides. Students of modern European history will find his study of a largely forgotten conflict to be of much interest, especially given recent events in the region. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Halfhyde's Islandby Philip McCutchanISBN 1590130790 (1-59013-079-0)
Softcover, McBooks Pr
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Hazard in Circassiaby Vivian StuartISBN 1590130626 (1-59013-062-6)
Softcover, McBooks Pr
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Historical Atlas Of The Napoleonic Eraby Angus KonstamISBN 1585748676 (1-58574-867-6)
Hardcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Hit to Kill: The New Battle over Shielding America from Missle Attackby Bradley GrahamISBN 1586482092 (1-58648-209-2)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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The Hitler Book: The Secret Dossier Prepared For Stalin From The Interrogations of Hitler's Personal Aidesby Giles MacDonogh, Joseph Stalin, Henrik Eberle, Heinz Linge, Matthias Uhl, Fyodor Parparov, Igor Saleyev, Otto GunscheISBN 1586483668 (1-58648-366-8)
Hardcover, Public Affairs
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The Hitler Book: The Secret Dossier Prepared for Stalin from the Interrogations of Hitler's Personal Aidesby Henrik Eberle, Matthias Uhl, Giles MacDonoghISBN 1586484567 (1-58648-456-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hitler Book: The Secret Dossier Prepared for Stalin from the Interrogations of Hitler's Personal Aides'Book summary:Stalin had never been able to shake off the nightmare of Adolf Hitler. Just as in 1941 he refused to understand that Hitler had broken their non-aggression pact, he was in 1945 unwilling to believe that the dictator had committed suicide in the debris of the Berlin bunker. In his paranoia, Stalin ordered his secret police, the NKVD, precursor to the KGB, to explore in detail every last vestige of the private life of the only man he considered a worthy opponent, and to clarify beyond doubt the circumstances of his death.[via]For months two captives of the Soviet Army--Otto Guensche, Hitler's adjutant, and Heinz Linge, his personal valet--were interrogated daily, their stories crosschecked, until the NKVD were convinced that they had the fullest possible account of the life of the Führer. In 1949 they presented their work, in a single copy, to Stalin. It is as remarkable for the depth of its insight into Adolf Hitler--from his specific directions to Linge as to how his body was to be burned, to his sense of humor--as for what it does not say, reflecting the prejudices of the intended reader: Joseph Stalin. Nowhere, for instance, does the dossier criticize Hitler's treatment of the Jews.
Today, the 413-page original of Stalin's personal biography of Hitler is a Kremlin treasure and it is said to be held in President Putin's safe. The only other copy, made by order of Stalin's successor, Nikita Khrushchev, in 1959, was deposited in Moscow Party archives under the code number 462A. It was there that Henrik Eberle and Matthias Uhl, two German historians, found it. Available to the public in full for the first time, The Hitler Book presents a captivating, astonishing, and deeply revealing portrait of Hitler, Stalin, and the mutual antagonism of these two dictators, who between them wrought devastation on the European continent.
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Home From The War: Learning From Vietnam Veterans, with a new preface by the author on the war in Iraqby Robert Jay LiftonISBN 1590511689 (1-59051-168-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Hons and Rebelsby Jessica Mitford, Christopher HitchensISBN 1590171101 (1-59017-110-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hons and Rebels'Book summary:Jessica Mitford, the great muckraking journalist, was part of a legendary English aristocratic family. Her sisters included Nancy, doyenne of the 1920s London smart set and a noted novelist and biographer; Diana, wife to the English fascist chief Sir Oswald Mosley; Unity, who fell head over in heels in love with Hitler; and Deborah, later the Duchess of Devonshire. Jessica swung left and moved to America, where she took part in the civil rights movement and wrote her classic exposé of the undertaking business, The American Way of Death.
Hons and Rebels is the hugely entertaining tale of Mitford's upbringing, which was, as she dryly remarks, not exactly conventional. . . Debo spent silent hours in the chicken house learning to do an exact imitation of the look of pained concentration that comes over a hen's face when it is laying an egg. . . . Unity and I made up a complete language called Boudledidge, unintelligible to any but ourselves, in which we translated various dirty songs (for safe singing in front of the grown-ups). But Mitford found her family's world as smothering as it was singular and, determined to escape it, she eloped with Esmond Romilly, Churchill's nephew, to go fight in the Spanish Civil War. The ensuing scandal, in which a British destroyer was dispatched to recover the two truants, inspires some of Mitford's funniest, and most pointed, pages.
A family portrait, a tale of youthful folly and high-spirited adventure, a study in social history, a love story, Hons and Rebels is a delightful contribution to the autobiographer's art. [via]More editions of Hons and Rebels:
How America Lost Iraqby AARON GLANTZISBN 1585424870 (1-58542-487-0)
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Imperfect Justice: Looted Assets, Slave Labor, and the Unfinished Business of World War IIby Stuart Eizenstat, Elie WieselISBN 1586482408 (1-58648-240-8)
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The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783by Alfred T. MahanISBN 1589801555 (1-58980-155-5)
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The Japanese Art Of War: Understanding The Culture Of Strategyby Thomas ClearyISBN 1590302451 (1-59030-245-1)
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The Judgment Of Caesar: A Novel of Ancient Romeby Steven SaylorISBN 1587248212 (1-58724-821-2)
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Leaves of Grassby Walt WhitmanISBN 1586632108 (1-58663-210-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leaves of Grass'Book summary:Leaves of Grass (1855) is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman. Among the poems in the collection are "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," and in later editions, Whitman's elegy to the assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd." Whitman spent his entire life writing Leaves of Grass, revising it in several editions until his death.
Leaves of Grass has its genesis in an essay called The Poet by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published in 1845, which expressed the need for the United States to have its own new and unique poet to write about the new country's virtues and vices. Whitman, reading the essay, consciously set out to answer Emerson's call as he began work on the first edition of Leaves of Grass. Whitman, however, downplayed Emerson's influence, stating, "I was simmering, simmering, simmering; Emerson brought me to a boil".
On May 15, 1855, Whitman registered the title Leaves of Grass with the clerk of the United States District Court, Southern District of New Jersey, and received its copyright. The first edition was published in Brooklyn at the Fulton Street printing shop of two Scottish immigrants, James and Andrew Rome, whom Whitman had known since the 1840s, on July 4, 1855. Whitman paid for and did much of the typesetting for the first edition himself. The book did not include the author's name, instead offering an engraving by Samuel Hollyer depicting the poet in work clothes and a jaunty hat, arms at his side. Early advertisements for the first edition appealed to "lovers of literary curiosities" as an oddity. Sales on the book were few but Whitman was not discouraged.
The first edition was very small, collecting only twelve unnamed poems in 95 pages. Whitman once said he intended the book to be small enough to be carried in a pocket. "That would tend to induce people to take me along with them and read me in the open air: I am nearly always successful with the reader in the open air. "About 800 were printed, though only 200 were bound in its trademark green cloth cover. The only American library known to have purchased a copy of the first edition was in Philadelphia. The poems of the first edition, which were given titles in later issues, were "Song of Myself," "A Song For Occupations," "To Think of Time," "The Sleepers," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Faces," "Song of the Answerer," "Europe: The 72d and 73d Years of These States," "A Boston Ballad," "There Was a Child Went Forth," "Who Learns My Lesson Complete?", and "Great Are the Myths."
The title Leaves of Grass was a pun. "Grass" was a term given by publishers to works of minor value and "leaves" is another name for the pages on which they were printed.
Whitman sent a copy of the first edition of Leaves of Grass to Emerson, the man who had inspired its creation. In a letter to Whitman, Emerson said "I find it the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed." He went on, "I am very happy in reading it, as great power makes us happy." [via]More editions of Leaves of Grass:
MacArthur and Defeat in the Philippinesby Richard ConnaughtonISBN 1585673943 (1-58567-394-3)
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There's no news in that assessment--MacArthur was infamous long before the Japanese attack for his imperious manner and sense of infallibility, and during the siege of Corregidor he earned the nickname "Dugout Doug" for secluding himself in a bunker far from his troops. What does come as news is in Connaughton's in-depth analysis of MacArthur's multifaceted failings as commander of American forces in the Philippines, which include his refusal to accept intelligence reports on the whereabouts and strength of his enemy, his failure to integrate Filipino forces effectively, and his strategically inept forward defense--all of which afforded an undersize Japanese invading force a comparatively easy victory.
Connaughton, a retired colonel in the British Army, has no particular stake in defending or disparaging MacArthur, around whom stands a lively literature both pro and con. In fairness, he observes, the American defense of the Philippines was doomed in any event; and, he adds, "MacArthur made monstrous blunders but it was not all his fault; he had a lot of help." His book throws new light on a crucial episode in the history of World War II, and it is likely to excite debate among students of military history. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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Manet and the American Civil War: The Battle of U.S.S. Kearsarge and C.S.S. Alabamaby Edouard Manet, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Juliet Wilson Bareau, David C. DegenerISBN 1588390799 (1-58839-079-9)
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The Maraudersby Ogburn, Charlton, Jr.ISBN 1585672343 (1-58567-234-3)
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Maritime Supremacy & the Opening of the Western Mindby Peter PadfieldISBN 1585670022 (1-58567-002-2)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Maritime Supremacy & the Opening of the Western Mind: Naval Campaigns That Shaped the Modern Worldby Peter PadfieldISBN 1585671517 (1-58567-151-7)
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Means of Escape: A War Correspondent's Memoir of Life and Death in Afganistan, the Middle East, and Vietnamby Philip CaputoISBN 1585747378 (1-58574-737-8)
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Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot: A True Story of the Berlin Airlift and the Candy That Dropped from the Skyby Margot Theis Raven, Gijsbert Van FrankenhuyzenISBN 1585360694 (1-58536-069-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot: A True Story of the Berlin Airlift and the Candy That Dropped from the Sky'Book summary:A True Story of the Berlin Airlift and the Candy that Dropped from the Sky. Life was grim in 1948 West Berlin, Germany. Josef Stalin blockaded all ground routes coming in and out of Berlin to cut off West Berliners from all food and essential supplies. Without outside help, over 2.2 million people would die. Thus began the Berlin Airlift, a humanitarian rescue mission that utilized British and American airplanes and pilots to fly in needed supplies. As one of the American pilots participating in the Airlift mission, Lt. Gail S. Halvorsen helped to provide not only nourishment to the children but also gave them a reason to hope for a better world. From one thoughtful, generous act came a lifelong relationship between Lt. Gail and the children of Berlin. This is the true story of a seven-year-old girl named Mercedes who lived in West Berlin during the Airlift and of the American who came to be known as the Chocolate Pilot. Artist Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen's evocative paintings illuminate Margot Theis Raven's powerful story of hope, friendship and remembrance. About the Author: Margot Theis Raven has been a professional writer working in the fields of radio, television, magazines, newspapers, and children's books for thirty years. She has won five national awards, including an IRA Teacher's Choice award. Ms. Raven earned her degree in English from Rosemont College and attended Villanova University for theater study, and Kent State University for German language. Ms. Raven splits her time living in Concord, MA, Charleston, SC and West Chesterfield, NH. About the Illustrator: Born in the Netherlands, Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Holland. He immigrated to the United States in 1976, and years later he became a children's book illustrator. Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot is Nick's ninth children's book with Sleeping Bear Press. [via]
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The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Securityby Grant Tedrick HammondISBN 158834178X (1-58834-178-X)
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Must Christianity Be Violent?: Reflections on History, Practice, and Theologyby Alan Jacobs, Kenneth ChaseISBN 1587430649 (1-58743-064-9)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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My Holy War: Dispatches from the Home Frontby Jonathan RabanISBN 1590171756 (1-59017-175-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Ninety-Threeby Victor HugoISBN 1589631986 (1-58963-198-6)
Softcover, Intl Law & Taxation Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ninety-Three'Book summary:The events of Ninety-Three occur during (and somewhat define) the period of the French Revolution. For this reason, all the characters' actions are tremendously important. The fate of a large part of the world literally hangs on their actions. Toward the end of the book, during the battle at La Tourgue, you can almost see the future itself, balanced on a knife-edge, swaying back and forth with the actions of the main characters.
The characters in Ninety-Three are giants among men. Lantenac, Gauvain, Cimourdain - all are heroic in their own way. Even minor characters like Radoub the soldier, Tellmarch the beggar, and Halmalo the sailor are honorable and admirable people.
There are scenes in Ninety-Three that are among the best read anywhere. (The "loose cannon" on the Claymore and the fire at La Tourgue being good examples. [via]
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On Another Man's Wound: A Personal History of Ireland's War of Independenceby Ernie O'MalleyISBN 1589790049 (1-58979-004-9)
Softcover, Roberts Rinehart Madison
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Pay the Devilby Jack HigginsISBN 1587240157 (1-58724-015-7)
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Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of el Alameinby Niall BarrISBN 1585676551 (1-58567-655-1)
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Performing the Faith: Bonhoeffer and the Practice of Nonviolenceby Stanley HauerwasISBN 1587430762 (1-58743-076-2)
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The Pied Piper's Poisonby Christopher WallaceISBN 1585670138 (1-58567-013-8)
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Portraits of Combat: The World War II Art of James Dietzby James Dietz, Jay BrozeISBN 1586630806 (1-58663-080-6)
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Practicing Peace in Times of Warby Pema Chodron, Sandy BoucherISBN 1590304012 (1-59030-401-2)
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"War and peace begin in the hearts of individuals," declares Pema Chödrön at the opening of this inspiring and accessible book. She goes on to offer practical techniques any of us can use to work for peace in our own lives, at the level of our habits of thought and action. It's never too late, she tells us, to look within and discover a new way of living and transform not only our personal lives but our whole world. [via]More editions of Practicing Peace in Times of War:
The Radetzky Marchby Joseph Roth, Nadine GordimerISBN 1585673269 (1-58567-326-9)
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Richard IIIby SparkNotes Staff, William ShakespeareISBN 1586634860 (1-58663-486-0)
Softcover, Spark Publishing Group
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They're today's most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for students, since its inception SparkNotes" has developed a loyal community of dedicated users and become a major education brand. Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles. SparkNotes'" motto is Smarter, Better, Faster because:
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The Sas Combat Handbookby John E. LewisISBN 1585744409 (1-58574-440-9)
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The SAS Guide to Trackingby Bob Carss, Stewart BirchISBN 1585740314 (1-58574-031-4)
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The Secret Way to War: The Downing Street Memo And the Iraq War's Buried Historyby Mark Danner, Frank RichISBN 1590172078 (1-59017-207-8)
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Shardikby Richard AdamsISBN 1585671827 (1-58567-182-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shardik'Book summary:"Shardik is a powerful work, dipping deep into old forms-allegory, epic, myth-resonating in the caverns of the readers' unconscious . . . It is an exciting story, the adventures compelling." (Los Angeles Times)
"Grips with suspense, haunts with mystery . . . a memorable work, not to be read once only but to be reread as loved books are . . . a human saga." (The Wall Street Journal)
Richard Adams's Watership Down was a number one bestseller, a stunning work of the imagination, and an acknowledged modern classic. In Shardik Adams sets a different yet equally compelling tale in a far-off fantasy world.
Shardik is a fantasy of tragic character, centered on the long-awaited reincarnation of the gigantic bear Shardik and his appearance among the half-barbaric Ortelgan people. Mighty, ferocious, and unpredictable, Shardik changes the life of every person in the story. His advent commences a momentous chain of events. Kelderek the hunter, who loves and trusts the great bear, is swept on by destiny to become first devotee and then prophet, then victorious soldier, then ruler of an empire and priest-king of Lord Shardik-Messenger of God-only to discover ever-deeper layers of meaning implicit in his passionate belief in the bear's divinity.
A gripping tale of war, adventure, horror and romance, Shardik, on a deeper level, is a remarkable exploration of mankind's universal desire for divine incarnation. [via]More editions of Shardik:
Shopgirlby Steve MartinISBN 1587240122 (1-58724-012-2)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Slightly Temptedby Mary BaloghISBN 1585474258 (1-58547-425-8)
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Soldiering For Freedom: A GI's Account Of World War IIby Herman J. ObermayerISBN 1585444065 (1-58544-406-5)
Softcover, Texas A & M Univ Pr
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Sophocles: The Theban Plays ; Onatigone/King Oidipous/Oidipous at Colonusby Ruby BlondellISBN 1585100374 (1-58510-037-4)
Softcover, Focus Pub R Pullins & Co
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Storm Force To Narvikby A FullertonISBN 1590130928 (1-59013-092-8)
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The Sword and the Olive: A Critical History of the Israeli Defense Forceby Martin Van CreveldISBN 158648155X (1-58648-155-X)
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They Poured Fire On Us From The Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudanby Alephonsion Deng, Benson Deng, Benjamin Ajak, Judy A. BernsteinISBN 1586482696 (1-58648-269-6)
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The Traveller's Treee: Island-Hopping Through the Caribbean in the 1940'sby Patrick Leigh FermorISBN 1589762487 (1-58976-248-7)
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Trouble In Paradiseby Pip GrangerISBN 1590581318 (1-59058-131-8)
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Troublesby J.G. Farrell, John BanvilleISBN 1590170180 (1-59017-018-0)
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1919: After surviving the Great War, Major Brendan Archer makes his way to Ireland, hoping to discover whether he is indeed betrothed to Angela Spencer, whose Anglo-Irish family owns the once-aptly-named Majestic Hotel in Kilnalough. But his fiancée is strangely altered and her family's fortunes have suffered a spectacular decline. The hotel's hundreds of rooms are disintegrating on a grand scale; its few remaining guests thrive on rumors and games of whist; herds of cats have taken over the Imperial Bar and the upper stories; bamboo shoots threaten the foundations; and piglets frolic in the squash court. Meanwhile, the Major is captivated by the beautiful and bitter Sarah Devlin. As housekeeping disasters force him from room to room, outside the order of the British Empire also totters: there is unrest in the East, and in Ireland itself the mounting violence of "the troubles."
Troubles is a hilarious and heartbreaking work by a modern master of the historical novel. [via]More editions of Troubles:
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True World War I Stories: 60 Personal Narratives of the Warby Jon E. LewisISBN 1585744336 (1-58574-433-6)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'True World War I Stories: 60 Personal Narratives of the War'Book summary:True World War I Stories contains sixty personal accounts from the greatest war the world had ever known. It is a fascinating record of eyewitness accounts of some of the bloodiest battles of the conflict, including Loos, Mons, Ypres and the Somme, from the opening moves to the day peace was signed. These gripping and moving accounts recall all aspects of the war, on land, sea and air, as well as the important role played by women. But most of the stories are of life in the trenches, of the danger, the discomfort, the fear and the courage shown by men living the hell of life at the front line. Stories are drawn from all fronts and include: the first gas attack, and the first tank attacks; going over the top and charging the enemy lines; life in the trenches and under bombardment; Gallipoli, Palestine and the Middle East; Zeebrugge and the war at sea; aerial dogfights and the birth of the air force; life as a prisoner of war. (5 1/4 x 8, 432 pages) [via]
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The UN Security Council: From the Cold War to the 21st Centuryby David MaloneISBN 1588262405 (1-58826-240-5)
Softcover, Lynne Rienner Pub
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Uncle Tom's Cabinby Harriet Beecher StoweISBN 1587264005 (1-58726-400-5)
Hardcover, Ann Arbor Media Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'Book summary:Uncle Tom's Cabin is an American classic written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Harriet Beecher Stowe was appalled by slavery, and she took one of the few options open to nineteenth-century women who wanted to affect public opinion: she wrote a novel, a huge, enthralling narrative that claimed the heart, soul, and politics of pre-Civil War Americans. An overtly moralistic work of unabashed propaganda, it is an attempt to make whites North and South see slaves as mothers, fathers, and children as human beings. Her basic question remains penetrating even today: Is man ever a creature to be trusted with wholly irresponsible power? Uncle Tom's Cabin is an American classic that every American should read. [via]
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The Valiant Sailorsby Vivian StuartISBN 1590130391 (1-59013-039-1)
Softcover, McBooks Pr
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Warfare in the Seventeenth Centuryby John ChildsISBN 1588341917 (1-58834-191-7)
Softcover, Smithsonian Institution Press
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Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethosby Robert D. KaplanISBN 1588360806 (1-58836-080-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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William ShakespeareISBN 1586635565 (1-58663-556-5)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
Find This BookBook summary:But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
-- from Sonnet 18[via]
No home should be without this: every play, from the early histories to the sad, wise Winter's Tale and The Tempest; every exquisitely crafted sonnet; every long poem (such as Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece) written by the greatest writer in the English language. This edition of the Bard of Avon's complete works is a facsimile of the definitive Shakespeare Head edition published originally in Oxford, England. All the plays are arranged in chronological order of their composition, rather than by genre, so that the evolution of Shakespeare's monumental genius can be more easily followed and appreciated.More editions of William Shakespeare:
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Wilson's Ghost: Reducint the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Centuryby James G. Blight, Robert S. McNamaraISBN 1586481436 (1-58648-143-6)
Softcover, Public Affairs
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wilson's Ghost: Reducint the Risk of Conflict, Killing, and Catastrophe in the 21st Century'Book summary:The 20th century was the bloodiest in world history, and it is a moral imperative for humanity not to repeat the mistakes that made those hundred years so numbingly violent. In Wilson's Ghost, Robert S. McNamara, U.S. secretary of defense during the Vietnam War, and James G. Blight, an expert on international relations, look to Woodrow Wilson for inspiration. (Previously, McNamara and Blight collaborated on Argument Without End.) President Wilson, they say, "was one of the first leaders of the 20th century to sense that without radical political changes, the human race might destroy itself in ever greater numbers in what he called metaphorically the 'typhoon'--catastrophic wars of ever greater destructiveness." Wilson, however, "failed utterly" in his goal of making the United States and other countries "take a thoroughly multilateral approach to issues of international security."
McNamara and Blight offer advice on how to achieve Wilson's dream today. This makes them, to use the lingo of diplomats, foreign-policy idealists: "It seems to us that the realists are in fact unreal in their analysis of the world in the 21st century," they write. They call for "bringing Russia and China in from the cold," by which they mean Americans should treat the Russians and Chinese more like equals than they do currently. The United States, in short, must "not apply its economic, political, or military power unilaterally, other than in the unlikely circumstances of a defense of the continental United States, Hawaii, and Alaska." McNamara and Blight assert that developing antiballistic technologies will lead to "an increased risk of arms races, instability, and even nuclear war." Readers whose foreign policy runs left-of-center will appreciate the authors' efforts and find it a pleasing contrast to a recent right-of-center foreign-policy tome, Henry Kissinger's Does America Need a Foreign Policy? --John J. Miller [via]
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The Year Of The Frenchby Thomas Flanagan, Seamus DeaneISBN 159017108X (1-59017-108-X)
Softcover, New York Review of Books
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