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The 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Saidby Robert ByrneISBN 0689113005 (0-689-11300-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Lifeby Sid FleischmanISBN 0688158552 (0-688-15855-2)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Ahab's Wife Or, the Star-Gazerby Sena Jeter NaslundISBN 0688171877 (0-688-17187-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ahab's Wife : Or, the Star-Gazer: A Novel'Book summary:It has been said that one can see further only by standing on the shoulders of giants. Ahab's Wife, Sena Naslund's epic work of historical fiction, honours that aphorism, using Herman Melville's Moby-Dick as looking glass into early 19th-century America. Through the eye of an outsider, a woman, she suggests that New England life was broader and richer than Melville's manly world of men, ships and whales. This ambitious novel pays tribute to Melville, creating heroines from his lesser characters, and to America's literary heritage in general. Una, named for the heroine of Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene, flees to the New England coast from Kentucky to escape her puritanical father and to pursue a more exalted life. She gets whaling out of her system early: going to sea at 16 disguised as a boy, Una has her ship sunk by her own monstrous whale, and survives a harrowing shipwreck:
I was so horrified by the whale's deliberate charge that I could not move. Then my own name flew up from below like a spear: "Una!" Giles' voice broke my trance, and I scrambled down the rigging. No sooner did my foot touch the deck than there was such a lurch that I fell to my face. I heard and felt the boards break below the waterline, the copper sheathing nothing but decorative foil. The whole ship shuddered. A death throe.
The ship dies, but Una returns to land to pursue the life of the mind. The novel's opening line--"Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last"--also diminishes Melville's hero in the broader scheme of things. Naslund exposes the reader to the unsung, real-life heroes of Melville's world, including Margaret Fuller and her Boston salon, and Nantucket astronomer Maria Mitchell. There is a chance meeting with a veiled Nathaniel Hawthorne in the woods, and throughout the novel the story brims with references to the giants of literature: Shakespeare, Goethe, Coleridge, Keats, and Wordsworth. Although her novel runs long at nearly 700 pages, Naslund has created an imaginative, entertaining, and very impressive work. --Ted Leventhal [via]More editions of Ahab's Wife Or, the Star-Gazer:
Ahyoka and the Talking Leavesby Connie Roop, Peter Roop, Yoshi MiyakeISBN 0688106978 (0-688-10697-8)
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All about Love: New Visionsby bell hooksISBN 0688168442 (0-688-16844-2)
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The Alphabet Effect: The Impact of the Phonetic Alphabet on the Development of Western Civilizationby Robert K. LoganISBN 0688063896 (0-688-06389-6)
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Archer's Goonby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 068802582X (0-688-02582-X)
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The Artist's Way at Work: Riding the Dragonby Julia Cameron, Catherine Allen, Mark A. BryanISBN 0688157882 (0-688-15788-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Artist's Way at Work: Riding the Dragon'Book summary:Adapting their techniques for fostering creativity as a means to spiritual fulfillment for the workplace, the authors of The Artist's Way at Work have shown that people can thrive at their jobs when they take time to nurture their spirit and listen to their thoughts. The book features psychological guidance, anecdotes, and exercises to assist the reader in sorting out the multitude of happenings, commitments, and choices in one's life. Again, these authors of the enormously successful The Artist's Way recommend their fundamental technique of "morning pages"--a kind of free-form journaling--to unravel thoughts and feelings, focus energy, and direct action. The beautiful surprise of this deceivingly simple exercise is that it actually works! It's making the time to do morning pages that's the real battle. But, if you, like so many others, feel swept up by the tidal wave of our fast-paced, noisy culture, then the authors' slow and steady steps toward reclaiming the spiritual self are invaluable. Some of the suggestions and exercises are a bit out of touch with the complex, and often emotionally-charged, political maneuverings of corporate culture, but the aim of cultivating an individual's ingenuity and resourcefulness is effective and expertly structured. Overall, the authors' philosophy boils down to change that begins with a constantly emerging self. With this book's help, you'll not only find how that new self spawns clarity and grace, but how widely their effects can reverberate throughout the workplace. --Karen Karleski [via]
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The Beat Generation/the Tumultuous '50s Movement and Its Impact on Todayby Bruce CookISBN 0688134521 (0-688-13452-1)
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Biographia Literaria: Chapters 1-4, 14-22; Prefaces and Essays on Poetry, 1800-1815by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, James Engell, Walter Jackson BateISBN 0691018618 (0-691-01861-8)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Biography of Dorothy L.Sayersby James BrabazonISBN 0686614615 (0-686-61461-5)
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Charles Dickens: The Man Who Had Great Expectationsby Diane Stanley, Peter VennemaISBN 0688091105 (0-688-09110-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charles Dickens: The Man Who Had Great Expectations'Book summary:Charles Dickens is one of the world's greatest and best loved writers. To read Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol, or Nicholas Nickleby is to be drawn into a society that still seems fresh and real today: nineteenth-century London with its extraordinary extremes of wealth, progress, poverty, and despair. Dickens captures it all in plots that are by turns wildly comical, wonderfully melodramatic, and tragic to the point of tears. In his writing and later, in his dramatic readings, Charles Dickens was a master showman, mesmerizing the whole world.
His novels are stuffed to bursting with unforgettable characters like Mr. Micawber, Ebineezer Scrooge, and Little Nell. Most affecting are his portraits of children abused and abandoned by the Industrial Age. David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, and Tiny Tim are mirrors that reflect the twisted values of their time.
The twists of Dickens's own life encompassed childhood suffering as well as international acclaim. When he was twelve, his father was consigned to debtors' prison and Charles to working in a blacking factory. Not twelve years later The Pickwick Papers would propel him toward literary stardom.
In their lovingly researched, incisively written biography, illustrated with a lushness and attention to period detail of which Dickens would have approved, Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema illuminate his inspirations, his impact on nations of readers, and his gleaming genius that has only brightened with time.
A handsome book on the beloved novelist. Dickens's troubled, well-documented life has plenty to interest children....Lucid, accessible....A lively, entertaining story for children who enjoy A Christmas Carol in its various guises....A must. [via]More editions of Charles Dickens: The Man Who Had Great Expectations:
Clear and Simple As the Truth: Writing Classic Proseby Mark Turner, Francis-Noel ThomasISBN 0691029172 (0-691-02917-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Codes and Secret Writingby Herbert Spencer ZimISBN 0688311784 (0-688-31178-4)
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The Complete Book of Calligraphyby Emma MacAlik ButterworthISBN 0690018525 (0-690-01852-5)
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Complete Stylist and Handbookby Sheridan BakerISBN 0690008015 (0-690-00801-5)
Hardcover, Crowell
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The Day of Ahmed's Secretby Judith Heide Gilliland, Ted Lewis, Florence Parry HeideISBN 0688140238 (0-688-14023-8)
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Dictionary of Foreign Termsby Charles Berlitz, C. MawsonISBN 0690001711 (0-690-00171-1)
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Edith Wharton: The Uncollected Critical Writingsby Frederick WegenerISBN 069100269X (0-691-00269-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Every Cliche in the Bookby George Dardess, Peggy RosenthalISBN 0688061141 (0-688-06114-1)
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Feelingsby AlikiISBN 068806518X (0-688-06518-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Fooling with Words: A Celebration of Poets and Their Craftby Bill D. MoyersISBN 0688177921 (0-688-17792-1)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fooling With Words: A Celebration of Poets and Their Craft'Book summary:The biennial Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival in Waterloo, New Jersey, has been called the Woodstock of poetry. Taking place over the course of several (often hot and sticky) summer days, the festival comprises readings and workshops and performances. Audiences under the big top can reach a couple thousand. It is stunning to see so many lovers of poetry gathered in one place.
For Fooling with Words, Moyers interviews 11 of the poets on the festival's 1998 roster. "Talking to poets about their lives," he says, "makes their poetry more accessible to me." And what a variety of poets and lives he has come up with! The youngest is New Yorker senior editor Deborah Garrison (A Working Girl Can't Win), then 32; the eldest, Stanley Kunitz, 93 years old and wearing a lime-green jacket. In between are Coleman Barks, Robert Pinsky, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Paul Muldoon, Marge Piercy, Mark Doty, Jane Hirshfield, Kurtis Lamkin, and Shirley Geok-Lin Lim. These conversations are dotted with poems. "I like to know about the experiences that produced the poet," says Moyers, and the intermingling of conversation and poetry is a wonderful, casual way to be introduced to a poet's sensibility. Doty discusses the pain of "writing about the hardest things in the world." Hirshfield talks about her Zen practice and the notion that ideas "can graze inside us like animals who reshape the landscape with their grazing." Throughout, there is the sense of lives that would not be bearable without poetry. "Poetry is what has saved me," says one poet here; "You never know when your poem will come to someone's rescue," chimes another. --Jane Steinberg [via]
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Forgotten Englishby Jeffrey KacirkISBN 0688166369 (0-688-16636-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Forgotten English'Book summary:Some think that the obsolescing of words from the English language is a sorry indication of its constant decline. Not so, argues Jeffrey Kacirk, the author of this charming collection of quirky antiquated words and the stories behind them. "In fact," he writes in his introduction, "the richness and maturity of a language may be gauged by the volume and quality of words it can afford to lose." The wonderful sounds these forgotten words make--nimgimmer, tup-running, mocteroof, frubbish, grog-blossom, wayzgoose, galligaskin, sockdolager--are half the fun. Their fabulous meanings, particularly those that seem inevitable once you learn them, make up the rest. And as the history of the words unfolds, so does history itself. Among the many strange and outmoded folk Kacirk introduces are the bird-swindler, a 19th-century "purveyor of expensive, exotic-looking birds that, upon closer inspection, were found to be one of several common varieties of local birds that had been trimmed and dyed"; the eye-servant, "a devious domestic or other employee ... who was too lazy to efficiently perform duties except when 'within eyeshot' of his or her master"; the prickmedainty, a 16th-century "man-about-town who coifed himself in an overly careful manner, frequently seeking the services of his barber"; and the dog-flogger, "a minor church official ... whose duty it was to supervise and discipline the unruly canines that traditionally accompanied their owners to English church services." [via]
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Frost and Fireby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0688089429 (0-688-08942-9)
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Getting Published: The Writer in the Combat Zoneby Leonard BernsteinISBN 068806423X (0-688-06423-X)
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Giggle, Giggle, Quackby Doreen Cronin, Betsy LewinISBN 0689845065 (0-689-84506-5)
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Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens, Zilpha Keatley SnyderISBN 0689839618 (0-689-83961-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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The Grouchy Ladybugby Eric CarleISBN 0690013914 (0-690-01391-4)
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Guidebook to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenanceby Thomas J. Steele, Ronald L. DisantoISBN 0688060692 (0-688-06069-2)
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Hard Loveby Ellen WittlingerISBN 068984154X (0-689-84154-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hard Love'Book summary:John Galardi is a loner, unable to express his feelings except in the pages of his zine, "Bananafish." He finds inspiration in another zine, "Escape Velocity," created by Marisol Guzman, a self-proclaimed "rich spoiled lesbian private-school gifted-and-talented writer virgin." Her sharp observations make John laugh out loud and he decides he must meet this witty author. By planting himself in Tower Records the day she drops off the latest issue, John manages to arrange a coffee date that extends over several Saturday mornings. They discuss everything from John's inability to feel and his parent's divorce to Marisol's problems with her suffocating adoptive parents. When Marisol casually tells John that she likes him, he is flabbergasted: "Honest to God a shiver ran through my body... Nobody ever said that they liked me. Ever. Not even [my friend] Brian, who probably actually doesn't." After a disastrous "just friends" junior prom date and a weekend zine conference spent together, John realizes that his feelings for Marisol are more than platonic. And Marisol, who is exploring her identity as a young lesbian, has no idea how to let John down gently without losing her new best friend.
Like Barbara Wersba's Whistle Me Home, Hard Love tackles the delicate issue of unrequited love between a straight and gay teen. But what sets this novel apart from similarly themed books is Wittlinger's choice to present the story from John's straight male point of view. Funny and poignant first-person narration will engender empathy for John as he attempts to connect with his emotionally distant parents and an understanding of how his need for their affection has manifested itself in romantic feelings for a girl he knows is unavailable to him. Hard Love is a thoughtful and on-target addition to the growing canon of gay and lesbian coming-of-age stories. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
How to Write a Great School Reportby Carol Barkin, James, Elizabeth and Barkin, CarolISBN 0688022782 (0-688-02278-2)
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How to Write a Great School Reportby James, Elizabeth and Barkin, CarolISBN 0688022839 (0-688-02283-9)
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I'm Still Here in the Bathtubby Alan Katz, David CatrowISBN 0689845510 (0-689-84551-0)
Hardcover, Margaret K McElderry
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If You Were a Writerby Joan Lowery Nixon, Bruce DegenISBN 0689719000 (0-689-71900-0)
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Imagining a Sermonby Thomas H. TroegerISBN 0687186943 (0-687-18694-3)
Softcover, Abingdon Pr
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Inventing Mark Twain: The Lives of Samuel Langhorne Clemensby Andrew J. HoffmanISBN 068812769X (0-688-12769-X)
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The Invisible Man: The Life and Liberties of H.G. Wellsby Michael CorenISBN 0689121199 (0-689-12119-9)
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Just So Storiesby Rudyard Kipling, Janet Taylor LisleISBN 0689851251 (0-689-85125-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Just So Stories'Book summary:How did the camel get his hump? How did the leopard get his spots? How did the elephant get his trunk?
These are questions that children around the world have asked for centuries, but it took Nobel Prize winner Rudyard Kipling's lively, hilarious stories to give them answers. For one hundred years, these classic tales -- drawn from the oral storytelling traditions of India and Africa and filled with mischievously clever animals and people -- have entertained young and old alike.Intertwined within these delightful tales are little pearls of wisdom about the pitfalls of arrogance and pride and the importance of curiosity, imagination, and inventiveness. Kipling's rhythmic prose makes these tales perfect for sharing aloud with the whole family.
This deluxe edition contains all of Kiplin's unforgettable stories as well as ten stunning watercolors, along with numerous black-and-white drawings, from award-winning artist Barry Moser, bringing this timeless masterpiece brilliantly to life for a whole new generation of readers.
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The Landry Newsby Andrew Clements, Brian SelznickISBN 0689828683 (0-689-82868-3)
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The bad news is that Cara Landry is the new kid at Denton Elementary School. The worse news is that her teacher, Mr. Larson, would rather read the paper and drink coffee than teach his students anything. So Cara decides to give Mr. Larson something else to read -- her own newspaper, The Landry News.
Before she knows it, the whole fifth-grade class is in on the project. But then the principal finds a copy of The Landry News, with unexpected results. Tomorrow's headline: Will Cara's newspaper cost Mr. Larson his job? [via]
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The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Languageby Steven PinkerISBN 0688121411 (0-688-12141-1)
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Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United Statesby Bill BrysonISBN 068810312X (0-688-10312-X)
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Made in America will supply you with interesting facts and cocktail chatter for a year or more. Did you know, for example, that Teddy Roosevelt's "speak softly and carry a big stick" credo has its roots in a West African proverb? Or that actor Walter Matthau's given name is Walter Mattaschanskayasky? Or that the supposedly frigid Puritans--who called themselves "Saints," by the way--had something called a pre-contract, which was a license for premarital sex? Made in America is an excellent discussion of American English, but what makes the book such a treasure is that it offers much, much more. [via]
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Marianne Moore: A Literary Lifeby Charles MolesworthISBN 0689118155 (0-689-11815-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Mary Diana Dods, a Gentleman and a Scholarby Betty T. BennettISBN 0688087175 (0-688-08717-5)
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My Own Two Feet: A Memoirby Beverly ClearyISBN 0688142672 (0-688-14267-2)
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Mythologiesby R. BarthesISBN 0686539389 (0-686-53938-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mythologies'Book summary:L'Antiquité avait son Oedipe, le Grand Siècle son roi Soleil, et voilà que Barthes donne à la France de l'après-guerre ses nouveaux emblèmes : la DS Citroën, le Tour de France, le steak frites... Tous objets d'un culte bourgeois, ils deviennent de véritables mythes pour une société qui finit par se penser à travers eux. Mais si Barthes se penche avec la rigueur de l'ethnologue sur ces nouveaux mythes, c'est pour mieux en dénoncer les mécanismes : l'idéologie dominante ne s'inventerait ainsi des valeurs que pour légitimer des "normes bourgeoises" qui en manquent singulièrement...
Écrites quotidiennement de 1954 à 1956, ces mythologies déploient une écriture fine, cultivée et juste, à lire comme autant de petites chroniques savoureuses. Toutefois, on les retiendra avant tout pour l'actualité de leurs propos : sur le même modèle, on trouverait sans peine de nouvelles mythologies, qui ne seraient sans doute pas très éloignées de celles que Barthes, en son temps, mettait en évidence. --Karla Manuele [via]
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The Naturalist in Britain: A Social Historyby David Elliston AllenISBN 0691036322 (0-691-03632-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poeticsby Alex Preminger, T. V. F. BroganISBN 0691021236 (0-691-02123-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'Book summary:From abecedarius to zeugma, by way of cywydd, estribillo, Nibelungenstrophe, Tachtigers, and other poetic terms that sound like poetry, The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics is a gold mine for readers and writers of poetry alike. First published in 1965, this tome has evolved to reflect developments in critical thinking and an expanding knowledge of non-Western poetry (without, heaven forfend, being trendy: "a reference work," the editors explain, "must always distance itself from its time while it works to embrace that time"). For this third edition, the editors write, nearly every entry has been changed significantly, and 162 entries have been added. The preface claims coverage of every poetic tradition in the world, and one doesn't doubt it. There's enough material here to keep one browsing well past Yeats's "Second Coming." If that's not enough to quench your poetic thirst, fret not: a detailed bibliography concludes each entry. [via]
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One Page Management: How to Use Information to Achieve Your Goalsby Robert Lorber, Riaz KhademISBN 068806499X (0-688-06499-X)
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The Other 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Saidby Robert BryneISBN 0689114729 (0-689-11472-9)
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The Princeton Handbook of Poetic Termsby Frank J. Warnke, Alex Preminger, O.B. HardisonISBN 0691014256 (0-691-01425-6)
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Queer 13: Lesbian and Gay Writers Recall Seventh Gradeby Clifford ChaseISBN 0688171613 (0-688-17161-3)
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Rats Saw Godby Rob ThomasISBN 0689807775 (0-689-80777-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Rats Saw God: A Comic Emotionally Charged Taleby Rob ThomasISBN 0689802072 (0-689-80207-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rats Saw God: A Comic Emotionally Charged Tale'Book summary:In order to pass English class and graduate, 18-year-old Steve York has to write a 100- page essay about his life. What sounds like a run-of-the-mill writing assignment, however, becomes an excuse for Steve to reflect on the last four years (from Texas freshman to California senior), and figure out where it all went wrong. Maybe it was when he discovered that he really couldn't relate to his father, the Famous Astronaut. Or it could be because his "heart had been run through frappé, puree, and liquefy on a love blender" by his ex-girlfriend, Wanda "Dub" Varner. No matter where the finger of blame ends up pointing, it's a wild ride of self-enlightenment as Steve discovers that not all relationships are permanent, and that some--like the one with his dad--can be mended with a little work. With Steve, author Rob Thomas has taken a teenage outsider and given him a funny, intelligent voice: "There are those males who merely fill ear holes with tiny studs hardly big enough to offend a Marine. Not me. Most days I wear big hoops. When I combine the look with a doo rag, I'm a regular pirate." As with his other novels--Doing Time and Slave Day--Thomas proves his thorough grasp of young adult issues and emotions. Teens will appreciate the author's empathy and humor, and teachers and parents will examine his work for clues to the mystery of adolescence. (Ages 13 and older) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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Religious Writers Market-Place: All-New Fourth Edition, Completely Revised and Updatedby William H. Gentz, Sandra H. BrooksISBN 0687360528 (0-687-36052-8)
Softcover, Abingdon Pr
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Robinson Crusoeby Daniel DefoeISBN 0689844085 (0-689-84408-5)
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Robinson Crusoe, once a brave sailor out to seek his fortune, is now a captive -- a captive of a lonely desert island on which he is marooned. With only his wits and the few supplies he is able to carry from his sinking ship to sustain him, he is forced to create a new life for himself, out of virtually nothing.As the years go by, Crusoe slowly becomes accustomed to a life of solitude. He has only Pol -- the parrot he has tamed -- a few cats, and some wild goats to keep him company and gradually, his island becomes more of a paradise than a prison. But this tranquility is unexpectedly shattered when one day, he sees a footprint...soon to be followed by a group of savages who have invaded his island. Crusoe finds himself fiercely defending an island that has become his own, and fighting for the chance to return home.
Carefully abridged for younger readers, this second addition to the Scribner Storybook Classic line, with striking illustrations by N. C. Wyeth, revitalizes Daniel Defoe's acclaimed tale of survival, self-reliance, adventure, and faith. [via]
The Script Book Season 2 Vol. 4by Joss WhedonISBN 0689857616 (0-689-85761-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Scriptbook, Season Threeby Simon and Schuster Children's Staff, Joss WhedonISBN 0689860161 (0-689-86016-1)
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Secret Knowledge of Grown-Upsby David WisniewskiISBN 0688153399 (0-688-15339-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Serefina under the Circumstancesby Phyllis Theroux, Marjorie PricemanISBN 0688159427 (0-688-15942-7)
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Situation of Poetryby Robert PinskyISBN 0691013527 (0-691-01352-7)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Speedball Textbook for Pen and Brush Letteringby George F. RossISBN 0685567680 (0-685-56768-0)
Softcover, Landau Book Co
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The Stories of Eva Lunaby Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers PedenISBN 0689121024 (0-689-12102-4)
Hardcover, Key Porter Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stories of Eva Luna'Book summary:In 1988, Isabel Allende published Eva Luna, a novel which recounted the adventurous life of a poor young Latin American woman who finds happiness and some degree of worldly success through her ability as a storyteller. In this new book, we are presented with a treasure trove of stories, showing us once more why Eva Luna--and Isabel Allende--has won such a large and devoted audience. [via]
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Stormy Petrelby Mary StewartISBN 0688110355 (0-688-11035-5)
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Talk, Talk : A Children's Book Author Speaks to Grown-Upsby E. L. KonigsburgISBN 0689319932 (0-689-31993-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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The Trickstersby Margaret MahyISBN 0689504004 (0-689-50400-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Trillion Year Spreeby Brian Aldiss, David WingroveISBN 0689118392 (0-689-11839-2)
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Vladimir Nabokov - The American Yearsby Brian BoydISBN 0691024715 (0-691-02471-5)
Softcover, Princeton University Press
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The Voice of the Desert, a Naturalist's Interpretation.by Joseph Wood KrutchISBN 0688077153 (0-688-07715-3)
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Where's the Baby?by Pat HutchinsISBN 0688059341 (0-688-05934-1)
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The Writer's Trade & Other Storiesby Nicholas DelbancoISBN 0688047327 (0-688-04732-7)
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The Writing and Selling of Fictionby Paul Revere ReynoldsISBN 0688086268 (0-688-08626-8)
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Writing in the Liberal Arts Tradition: A Rhetoric with Readingsby James L. Kinneavy, William J. McCleary, Neil NakadateISBN 0690015224 (0-690-01522-4)
Hardcover, Harper & Row
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Writing Road to Readingby Walter T. Spalding, Romalda SpaldingISBN 0688100074 (0-688-10007-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writing Road to Reading'Book summary:Originally published in 1957, this introduction to the Spalding Method has been received more and more enthusiastically in recent years as it has been shown to work--swiftly, inexpensively and efficiently. [via]
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The Writing Road to Reading: A Modern Method of Phonics for Teaching Children to Readby Walter T. Spalding, Romalda Bishop SpaldingISBN 0688078184 (0-688-07818-4)
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The Writing Road to Reading: The Spalding Method of Phonic for Teaching Speech, Writing and Readingby Romalda B. Spalding, Walter T. SpaldingISBN 0688066348 (0-688-06634-8)
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The Writings of Henery David Thoreau: Cape Codby Henry David Thoreau, Joseph J. Moldenhauer, Santa Barbara Textual Center University of CaliforniaISBN 069100076X (0-691-00076-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversationby Deborah Tannen, Maria GuarnashaelliISBN 0688078222 (0-688-07822-2)
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Spending nearly four years on the New York Times bestseller list, including eight months at number one, You Just Don't Understand is a true cultural and intellectual phenomenon. This is the book that brought gender differences in ways of speaking to the forefront of public awareness. With a rare combination of scientific insight and delightful, humorous writing, Tannen shows why women and men can walk away from the same conversation with completely different impressions of what was said.
Studded with lively and entertaining examples of real conversations, this book gives you the tools to understand what went wrong -- and to find a common language in which to strengthen relationships at work and at home. A classic in the field of interpersonal relations, this book will change forever the way you approach conversations.
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Yours Truly, Goldilocksby Alma Flor Ada, Leslie TryonISBN 0689844522 (0-689-84452-2)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenanceby Robert M. PirsigISBN 0688032079 (0-688-03207-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'Book summary:In his now classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Robert Pirsig brings us a literary chautauqua, a novel that is meant to both entertain and edify. It scores high on both counts.
Phaedrus, our narrator, takes a present-tense cross-country motorcycle trip with his son during which the maintenance of the motorcycle becomes an illustration of how we can unify the cold, rational realm of technology with the warm, imaginative realm of artistry. As in Zen, the trick is to become one with the activity, to engage in it fully, to see and appreciate all details--be it hiking in the woods, penning an essay, or tightening the chain on a motorcycle.
In his autobiographical first novel, Pirsig wrestles both with the ghost of his past and with the most important philosophical questions of the 20th century--why has technology alienated us from our world? what are the limits of rational analysis? if we can't define the good, how can we live it? Unfortunately, while exploring the defects of our philosophical heritage from Socrates and the Sophists to Hume and Kant, Pirsig inexplicably stops at the middle of the 19th century. With the exception of Poincaré, he ignores the more recent philosophers who have tackled his most urgent questions, thinkers such as Peirce, Nietzsche (to whom Phaedrus bears a passing resemblance), Heidegger, Whitehead, Dewey, Sartre, Wittgenstein, and Kuhn. In the end, the narrator's claims to originality turn out to be overstated, his reasoning questionable, and his understanding of the history of Western thought sketchy. His solution to a synthesis of the rational and creative by elevating Quality to a metaphysical level simply repeats the mistakes of the premodern philosophers. But in contrast to most other philosophers, Pirsig writes a compelling story. And he is a true innovator in his attempt to popularize a reconciliation of Eastern mindfulness and nonrationalism with Western subject/object dualism. The magic of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance turns out to lie not in the answers it gives, but in the questions it raises and the way it raises them. Like a cross between The Razor's Edge and Sophie's World, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance takes us into "the high country of the mind" and opens our eyes to vistas of possibility. --Brian Bruya [via]
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Valuesby Robert M. PirsigISBN 0688002307 (0-688-00230-7)
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Phaedrus, our narrator, takes a present-tense cross-country motorcycle trip with his son during which the maintenance of the motorcycle becomes an illustration of how we can unify the cold, rational realm of technology with the warm, imaginative realm of artistry. As in Zen, the trick is to become one with the activity, to engage in it fully, to see and appreciate all details--be it hiking in the woods, penning an essay, or tightening the chain on a motorcycle.
In his autobiographical first novel, Pirsig wrestles both with the ghost of his past and with the most important philosophical questions of the 20th century--why has technology alienated us from our world? what are the limits of rational analysis? if we can't define the good, how can we live it? Unfortunately, while exploring the defects of our philosophical heritage from Socrates and the Sophists to Hume and Kant, Pirsig inexplicably stops at the middle of the 19th century. With the exception of Poincaré, he ignores the more recent philosophers who have tackled his most urgent questions, thinkers such as Peirce, Nietzsche (to whom Phaedrus bears a passing resemblance), Heidegger, Whitehead, Dewey, Sartre, Wittgenstein, and Kuhn. In the end, the narrator's claims to originality turn out to be overstated, his reasoning questionable, and his understanding of the history of Western thought sketchy. His solution to a synthesis of the rational and creative by elevating Quality to a metaphysical level simply repeats the mistakes of the premodern philosophers. But in contrast to most other philosophers, Pirsig writes a compelling story. And he is a true innovator in his attempt to popularize a reconciliation of Eastern mindfulness and nonrationalism with Western subject/object dualism. The magic of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance turns out to lie not in the answers it gives, but in the questions it raises and the way it raises them. Like a cross between The Razor's Edge and Sophie's World, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance takes us into "the high country of the mind" and opens our eyes to vistas of possibility. --Brian Bruya [via]
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