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Absent Voices: The Story of Writing Systems in the Westby Rochelle AltmanISBN 1584561084 (1-58456-108-4)
Hardcover, Oak Knoll Pr
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Answered Prayers: Love Letters from the Divineby Julia CameronISBN 1585423513 (1-58542-351-3)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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Artists Journals and Sketchbooks: Exploring and Creating Personal Pagesby Lynne PerrellaISBN 1592530192 (1-59253-019-2)
Softcover, Quayside Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Artists Journals and Sketchbooks: Exploring and Creating Personal Pages'Book summary:Creative souls want and need a special place for recording and decoding their interior worlda place to download all their creative ideas, a place to remember the events of the day, or a place to doodle, to draw, and to dream. This book is for all these peopleit's an engaging and intimate glimpse into the personal pages of a wide variety of select artists and journal keepers whose works not only provide visual delight and inspiration but evidence the intensity and devotion that such personal journals invite.[via]More editions of Artists Journals and Sketchbooks: Exploring and Creating Personal Pages:
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The Autobiography of G.K. Chestertonby G. K. Chesterton, Randall PaineISBN 1586170716 (1-58617-071-6)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Autobiography of G.K. Chesterton'Book summary:Here is a special two-in-one book that is both by G.K. Chesterton and about Chesterton. This volume offers an irresistible opportunity to see who this remarkable man really was. Chesterton was one of the most stimulating and well-loved writers of the 20th century. His 100 books, and hundreds of essays and columns on a great variety of themes have made G.K. Chesterton the most widely quoted writers of modern times.
Here is Chesterton in his own words, in a book he preferred not to write, but did so near the end of his life after much insistence by friends and admirers. Critic Sydney Dark wrote after Chesterton died that perhaps the happiest thing that happened in Gilbert Chesterton's extraordinarily happy life was that his autobiography was finished a few weeks before his death. It is a stimulating, exciting, tremendously interesting book. It is a draught - indeed, several draughts one after the other - of human and literary champagne."
Full of Chesterton's wonderful and unique writing, humor, inspiration and humility, with some 40 rare photos, this book will be greatly desired by Chesterton fans, as well as by anyone interested in learning who this colorful and brilliant person was. [via]
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The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Tableby Oliver W. HolmesISBN 1585790354 (1-58579-035-4)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Best Of Verity Stob: Highlights Of Verity Stob's Famous Columns From EXE, Dr Dobb's Journal, And The Registerby Verity StobISBN 1590594428 (1-59059-442-8)
Softcover, Springer-Verlag New York Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best Of Verity Stob: Highlights Of Verity Stob's Famous Columns From EXE, Dr Dobb's Journal, And The Register'Book summary:Verity Stob is the comedienne of the programming world. She has been writing satirical chronicles of techie life since 1988. Her column first appeared in the legendary .EXE Magazine, then Dr. Dobbs' Journal, and it now graces The Register.
For the first time, the very best of Stob's columns have been collected into one essential book. Discover why Mrs. Bill Gates calls in a programmer to fix her plumbing; find out about the Google computer that suffers from Tourette's syndrome; discover the shameful secret of the CEO who types his correspondence in CAPITAL LETTERS, and much, much more!
Table of Contents
- How Friendly Is Your Software?
- The Programmers Guide to Programmers
- Larn Yasel Programmin!
- POETS Day
- The Maltese Modem
- Late One Night
- The Kraken Sleeps
- Twenty Things (Almost) You Didnt Know
- Few Lend (but Fools)
- The Best Improve with Age
- STOB versus the Software Engineers
- Auntie Veritys Hardware Help
- Underground Liff
- The Games We Play
- A Chance to Meet You
- Wot Any Bule Kno
- About
- Not Fairies Footfalls
- FLGMJLLGHQ
- In Glorious VerityVision
- I Want to Die
- Dear Bill
- Modem Tales
- Around and Around
- Four Yorkshiremen
- Email and Femail
- Morse Code
- I Prefer Tea
- Junior Makes Three
- Dont Look Back
- Book of Anders
- The Black Eye of the Little Blue Techie
- Mr. Jobs Works Next Door
- Quality Street
- You May Start
- 8086 and All That
- The Browser
- Park Gates
- Et Tu Gnome?
- Lets Parler Y2K!
- Yocam Hokum
- Bye Bye Byte
- Night Mail
- Cringing for Bobot or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About the Quality of My Work and Just Made Dreary TV Programmes Instead
- One Nostril Hair, 17mm, Grey
- The Dogs Breakfast
- Book of Yoc-am (Cont'd.)
- Fair Play
- By Other Means
- Waltz$
- Thirteen Ways to Loathe VB
- Claires Story and Other Tragedies
- Down the Pole
- Out to Lunch
- Two by Two
- Big Iron Age Man
- Just William
- Downwards and Backwards with Dotdotdot
- Up with the Joneses
- Wherever He Goes
- The Devils Netiquette
- At the Tomb of the IUnknown Interface
- Double Plus Good?
- I Know This, Its Unix
- Your Call Is Important to Us
- Way After 1984
- Patter Song
- Roger D. Hubris Ate My Hamster
- State of Decay
- In MemoriamEdsger Dijkstra, 19302002
- Open Saucery
- Idle Thoughts of an Idle Process
- Fragments from a New Finnish Epic
- Stoblog
- We Dont Guarantee That Using The Latest .NET XML Windows API Feature Can Metaphorically Speaking Put Bounce In Your Boobs And/Or Hairs On Your Chest (Delete As Applicable) But By Golly We Find It Extremely Hard To Imagine Circumstances Under Which This Will Not Follow As Naturally As Night Follows Day
- Soundtrack
- Damnation Without Relief
- Cold Comfort Server Farm ForgeAhead
- One After 409
- Jam Today
- Borland Revelations
- Patenting by Numbers
- Confessions of a Spammer
- Solder CellarKindly Accept Substitutes
- Laras Last Stand?
- Too Obscure or Rude
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The Best Software Writing Iby Joel SpolskyISBN 1590595009 (1-59059-500-9)
Softcover, Apress
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Between Heaven and Earth: A History of Chinese Writingby Bo ShiISBN 1590300505 (1-59030-050-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Bloodchild: And Other Storiesby Octavia E. ButlerISBN 1583226982 (1-58322-698-2)
Softcover, Seven Stories Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bloodchild: And Other Stories'Book summary:A perfect introduction for new readers and a must-have for avid fans, this New York Times Notable Book includes "Bloodchild," winner of both the Hugo and the Nebula awards and "Speech Sounds," winner of the Hugo Award. Appearing in print for the first time, "Amnesty" is a story of a woman named Noah who works to negotiate the tense and co-dependent relationship between humans and a species of invaders. Also new to this collection is "The Book of Martha" which asks: What would you do if God granted you the abilityand responsibilityto save humanity from itself?
Like all of Octavia Butlers best writing, these works of the imagination are parables of the contemporary world. She proves constant in her vigil, an unblinking pessimist hoping to be proven wrong, and one of contemporary literatures strongest voices. [via]More editions of Bloodchild: And Other Stories:
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Booknotes: Stories from American Historyby Brian LambISBN 1586480839 (1-58648-083-9)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Booknotes: Stories from American History'Book summary:From C-SPAN come the third in a series of the bestselling Booknotes books, this one recounting great events in American history as told by the authors who have appeared on the Booknotes program. . American history is replete with great and dramatic events, and in recent years a generation of great writers have brought these events to life. They have shared these stories with the viewers of the groundbreaking C-SPAN program, Booknotes, and here the best have been collected for readers to savor. Renowned writers and historians examine more than eighty unforgettable moments in American history, moments both celebrated and uncelebrated, from the Boston Tea Party to the Watergate break-in, from slavery to affirmative action, from Gettysburg to Iwo Jima. Included are Annette Gordon-Reed on the different ages' reactions to the Jefferson-Hemings controversy, James M. McPherson on the rush to enl ist to fight in the Civil War, Witold Rybczynski on the building of Central Park, Gina Kolata on the worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918, Nicholas Lemann on the "great migration" of Southern blacks to Northern cities, Tom Brokaw on the World War II generation, Norman Podhoretz on the rise of neoconservatism, Leonard Garment on Watergate, Richard Holbrooke on the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords, and much more. For Booknotes's famously devoted fans-and for anyone interested in American history-this is a wonderfully engaging compendium of information, opinion, and fascinating new perspectives. [via]
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Brave New Church: From Turmoil to Trustby William J. BauschISBN 1585951358 (1-58595-135-8)
Softcover, Twenty Third Pubns
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Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccerby David WinnerISBN 1585672580 (1-58567-258-0)
Hardcover, Overlook Press, The
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer'Book summary:Brilliant Orange is a book about Dutch soccer that's not really about Dutch soccer. It's more about an enigmatic way of thinking peculiar to a people whose landscape is unrelentingly flat, mostly below sea level, and who owe their salvation to a boy who plugged a fractured dike with his little finger. If any one thing, Brilliant Orange is about Dutch space, and a people whose unique conception of it has led to some of the most enduring art, the weirdest architecture, and a bizarrely cerebral form of soccer-Total Football-that led in 1974 to a World Cup finals match with arch-rival Germany, and continues with its intricacy and oddity to mystify and delight observers around the world.
"In the hot summer of 1975 Wim van Hanegem was offered the chance to leave his beloved Feyenoord and join the French club Olympique Marseilles. . . He couldn't decide what to do. . . So he turned to his dog: 'We can't decide. It's up to you now. If you want to go to Marseilles, bark or show me.' For several minutes the dog and Van Hanegem stared at each other. The dog didn't move. 'OK' said Wim, 'he doesn't want to go. We're staying."
The cast stretches from anarchists and church painters to rabbis and skinheads, and of course, to Holland's beloved soccer players, whose eccentricities are wryly detailed by David Winner through hilarious anecdotes that call to mind Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch. As idiosyncratic as its subject, quirky and provocative, Brilliant Orange reaches out to the reader from an unsuspected place and never lets go.
"Occasionally a book comes along that you fall in or out of love with on the basis of nothing more than the contents page . . . Brilliant Orange is one of those strangely informative books that will even entertain those who have little interest in either soccer or the Netherlands." (The Economist) [via]More editions of Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer:
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Business Grammar, Style & Usage: A Desk Reference for Articulate and Polished Business Writing and Speakingby Alicia AbellISBN 158762026X (1-58762-026-X)
Softcover, Aspatore Books
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Childrens Writers & Illustrators Market 2007by Alice PopeISBN 1582974357 (1-58297-435-7)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Childrens Writers & Illustrators Market 2007'Book summary:This is the ultimate go-to resource for anyone who creates material for children. Writers and illustrators will find hundreds of outlets for their work, whether it's aimed at toddlers, young adults or somewhere in between. The opportunities include book publishers, magazines, play publishers, and more. There's also an exhaustive section covering conferences, workshops, contests, grants, and clubs. Plus, readers will gain advice and insight from interviews with best-selling authors including Christopher Paolini, Newberry award-winner Audrey Couloumbis, William Joyce, and Megan McCafferty. [via]
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Cockeyed: A Memoirby Ryan KnightonISBN 1586483293 (1-58648-329-3)
Hardcover, Public Affairs
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The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: The Father Brown Storiesby Not Available, John PetersonISBN 1586170937 (1-58617-093-7)
Hardcover, Ignatius Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton: The Father Brown Stories'Book summary:G.K. Chesterton The Innocence of Father Brown The Wisdom of Father Brown The Donnington Affair G.K. Chesterton, one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century, is most famous for a series of mystery stories and novelettes that feature the Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Brown. Adapted for stage, radio and film, the Fr. Brown stories have proved to be enduringly popular. But like Chesterton's other work, what to many may seem like trivial short stories contain profound observations of the world, human character, philosophy, morality and religion. John Peterson, the editor of Father Brown of the Church of Rome, takes the reader through this first group of stories, giving valuable annotations as well as an introduction that gives a fascinating look at Chesterton's detective fiction. Fans of Father Brown and Chesterton will be delighted by this latest volume in the Collected Works. Sewn Hardcover [via]
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The Creativity Book: A Year's Worth of Inspiration and Guidanceby Eric MaiselISBN 1585420298 (1-58542-029-8)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Creativity Book: A Year's Worth of Inspiration and Guidance'Book summary:A complete creativity education in one volume. Everything you need to know to increase and unleash your creativity, by America's leading expert on the psychological side of creativity.
Whether you're a painter or a human resources manager, a novelist or an information services specialist, says Eric Maisel, whatever you do, creativity helps you do it better.
In this book, Maisel presents a complete one-year plan for unleashing your creativity. It uncludes two discussions/exercises per week, and culminates in a guided project of your choice--from working on your current novel to planning a new home business. [via]More editions of The Creativity Book: A Year's Worth of Inspiration and Guidance:
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Crumbs in the Keyboardby Pamela Johnson, Sheryl Hames TorresISBN 1590800966 (1-59080-096-6)
Softcover, Echelon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crumbs in the Keyboard'Book summary:Eighty authors come together with words of wisdom, encouragement, humor, and true-life stories of what it is like to juggle the demands of a career and maintaining relationships with those around them. Proceeds benefit The Center for Women and Families, which in turn benefits those affected by domestic violence. [via]
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Destiny's Giftby Natasha Tarpley, Adjoa J. BurrowesISBN 1584301562 (1-58430-156-2)
Hardcover, Lee & Low Books
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E-Ffective Writing for E-Learning Environmentsby Katy CampbellISBN 1591402166 (1-59140-216-6)
Softcover, Information Science Pub
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The Encyclopedia of Crimeby Oliver Cyriax, Damon Wilson, Colin WilsonISBN 1585677639 (1-58567-763-9)
Hardcover, Overlook Pr
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Essaysby Michel E. De Montaigne, Percival Chubb, John FlorioISBN 1591022703 (1-59102-270-3)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Essays'Book summary:Living at a time of religious strife and the decline of the intellectual optimism that had begun in the Renaissance, Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-1592) expressed in his writings both a deep skepticism about human affairs and a wide-ranging intellectual curiosity reflective of the age. Having witnessed firsthand the bloody armed conflicts, fanaticism, and persecutions that arose out of religious differences between French Catholics and Protestant Huguenots, Montaigne was especially skeptical about human claims to knowledge. For this reason he published, not systematic philosophy, but mere attempts at knowledge, essays in understanding, or essais, as he called them in French. He thus inaugurated a new literary genre that proved to be very influential.
Despite his skepticism Montaigne realized that the intellectual horizon of his day was full of exciting new developments. The New World had only recently been discovered and explorers to many parts of the hitherto undiscovered world were bringing back reports of strange lands, people, and customs. At the same time the intellectual discoveries of the Renaissance had uncovered the powerful works of ancient Greek and Latin authors, and science, still in its infancy, was beginning to ask important new questions.
The essays reflect all these interests, plus a refreshing honesty about the frailties of human nature. Montaigne writes about vanity, the value of friendship, constancy, idleness, liars, virtue, cowardice, prognostication, cannibals, the greatness of Rome, "That to Study Philosophy Is to Learn to Die," and a host of other topics.
Filled with insights and keen observations that have inspired later writers as diverse as Shakespeare, Bacon, Voltaire, Rousseau, Flaubert, Virginia Woolf, and Roland Barthes, the Essays of Montaigne should be on the shelf of every student, scholar, and book lover. [via]More editions of Essays:
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Far from the Madding Gerund: And Other Dispatches from Language Logby Geoffrey K. Pullum, Mark LibermanISBN 1590280555 (1-59028-055-5)
Softcover, Franklin Beedle & Assoc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Far from the Madding Gerund: And Other Dispatches from Language Log'Book summary:Mark Liberman and Geoffrey K. Pullum have collected some of their most insightful and amusing material from Language Log, their popular web site. Often irreverent and hilarious, these brief essays take on many sacred cows, showing us--among many things--why Strunk & White is useless, how the College Board can't identify sentence errors in the SAT, and what makes Dan Brown one of the worst prose stylists in the business.
There is plenty here to inspire deeper thoughts as well. Why do Pete Rose's statements fall short of saying "I'm sorry," and can we learn how to apologize by analyzing his mistakes? Is there such a thing as mind-reading fatigue? What is the meaning of "pluralism" and "Yankeehood"?
Language Log is a site where serious professional linguists go to have fun. There's plenty of fun and plenty to get you thinking about language in new ways in this collection. [via]
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Fear in a Handful of Dust: Horror As a Way of Lifeby Gary A. BraunbeckISBN 1592246036 (1-59224-603-6)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr
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Finding Water: The Art of Perseveranceby Julia CameronISBN 1585424633 (1-58542-463-3)
Hardcover, J P Tarcher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance'Book summary:This third book in Julia Cameron's bestselling trilogy on the creative process-beginning with The Artist's Way and Walking in This World-offers guidance on weathering the periods in an artist's life when inspiration appears to have run dry.
Julia Cameron presents a new twelve-week program for addressing those periods in an artist's life when inspiration is lacking. Finding Water offers advice and wisdom about tackling the most challenging issues an artist faces, such as:
- making the decision to begin a new project; - persevering when a new approach to your art does not bear immediate fruit; - staying focused when other parts of your life threaten to distract you from your art; and - spotting possibilities for artistic inspiration in the most unlikely places.
This powerful new installment in Cameron's groundbreaking body of work on the creative process will guide readers to discover enduring inspiration-it will lead them to water. [via]
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The First Time I Got Paid for It: Writers' Tales from the Hollywood Trenchesby Writers Guild Foundation, Peter Lefcourt, Laura J. Shapiro, William GoldmanISBN 1586480138 (1-58648-013-8)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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For Women Only: What You Need To Know About The Inner Lives Of Menby Shaunti FeldhahnISBN 1590523172 (1-59052-317-2)
Hardcover, Multnomah Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'For Women Only: What You Need To Know About The Inner Lives Of Men'Book summary:Whats going on in a mans mind? From their early days, every woman has struggled to understand why males behave the way they do. Even long-married women who think they understand men have only scratched the surface. Beneath a mans rugged exterior is an even more rugged, unmapped terrain. What bestselling author Shaunti Feldhahns research reveals about the inner lives of men will open womens eyes to what the men in their lifeboyfriends, brothers, husbands, and sonsare really thinking and feeling. Men want to be understood, but theyre afraid to freak out the women they love by confessing what is happening inside their heads. This book will guide women in how to provide the loving support that modern men want and need.
The Truth About His Inner Life He Desperately Wants You to Know
What's going on in there? Ever been totally confused by something your man has said or done? Want to understand his secret desires and fears, his daily battles that you know nothing about?
In a woman-to-woman conversation youll never forget, Shaunti Feldhahn takes you beneath the surface into the inner lives of men. This book is about the things we just dont get about guys. With findings from a groundbreaking national survey and personal interviews of over one thousand men, For Women Only is full of eye-opening revelations you need to not only understand the man in your life, but to support and love him in the way he needs to be loved. Grounded in biblical hope, you will discover how to love your man for who he really isnot who you think he is.
Story Behind the Book
I had no idea how clueless I was about men until I interviewed a bunch of them for my last novel. Initially, I just wanted a little insight so I could write my main (male) character. But pretty soon I found myself astonished, over and over again blurting out, Thats what youre thinking? So I did more interviews. After the novel hit shelves, dozens of women told me they also had been astonished by what I included. Clearly I wasnt the only one who needed more insight on this!
To lay the groundwork for this nonfiction book, I wrote out the half-dozen things from these interviews that had most surprised methings that appeared to be universal to most menthat women desperately needed to know. I conducted a professional national survey of men to test my findings. Yepthe survey substantiated every single one. These findings are fascinatingand they have already changed my life and marriage. I cant wait to share them! [via]More editions of For Women Only: What You Need To Know About The Inner Lives Of Men:
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Fuzzy Red Bathrobe: Questions from the Heart for Mothers & Daughtersby Carol Lynn Pearson, Emily PearsonISBN 1586850032 (1-58685-003-2)
Hardcover, Gibbs Smith
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G.K. Chestertonby Cecil ChestertonISBN 1586170945 (1-58617-094-5)
Softcover, Ignatius Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'G.K. Chesterton'Book summary:Introduction and notes by John Peterson
G.K. Chesterton, one of the most prolific writers of the 20th century, is most famous for a series of mystery stories and novelettes that feature the Roman Catholic priest, Fr. Brown. The stories have proved to be enduringly popular, containing profound observations of the world, human character, philosophy, morality and religion.
John Peterson, the editor of Father Brown of the Church of Rome, takes the reader through this group of stories, giving valuable annotations as well as an introduction that gives a fascinating look at Chesterton s detective fiction. Fans of Father Brown and Chesterton will be delighted by this latest volume in the Collected Works. [via] 
God Is No Laughing Matter: Observations and Objections on the Spiritual Pathby Julia CameronISBN 1585420654 (1-58542-065-4)
Hardcover, J P Tarcher
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Going Nucular: Language, Politics, and Culture in Controversial Timesby Geoff NunbergISBN 1586482343 (1-58648-234-3)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Going Nucular: Language, Politics, and Culture in Controversial Times'Book summary:Geoffrey Nunberg can make one quite self conscious to write even a simple sentence. And yes, that is a compliment. A regular language commentator on NPR's Fresh Air, Nunberg examines the curious ways in which the modern language expresses far more about history, politics, and culture than most casual English users would ever realize. Going Nucular, besides having one of the more whimsical titles to come along in a while, offers up scores of chapters, each examining specific words, phrases, or verbal tendencies. And while words like "terrorism", "fascism", "appeasement", and "Caucasian" (and even the hapless "like" and "ain't") are tossed about regularly in contemporary usage, achieving an understanding of their origin and evolution can serve to better explain not just the word but the issue to which it is attached. Other language books have become popular among the "grammarati" for their hard line approach but Nunberg seeks to explore and understand rather than to enforce and punish. To that end, he defends "blog" as being a verb and noun that has earned its place in the language; it's very phonetic clunkiness being part of the appeal. And though he can diagram a sentence with the best of them, Nunberg is at his most delightful when shining a harsh lingual light on the ways in which the average person encounters words every day. A stinging and hilarious indictment of TV news' weird obsession with the present tense ("In North Dakota, high winds making life difficult") makes the reader hear the evening news in an entirely new way. Going Nucular is much more than a nudge and a wisecrack to self-appointed word cops, it's an insider's tour of the vernacular by the English teacher you only wish you had. --John Moe [via]
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Going Nucular: Language, Politics. and Culture in Confrontational Timesby Geoff NunbergISBN 1586483455 (1-58648-345-5)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Going Nucular: Language, Politics. and Culture in Confrontational Times'Book summary:Geoffrey Nunberg can make one quite self conscious to write even a simple sentence. And yes, that is a compliment. A regular language commentator on NPR's Fresh Air, Nunberg examines the curious ways in which the modern language expresses far more about history, politics, and culture than most casual English users would ever realize. Going Nucular, besides having one of the more whimsical titles to come along in a while, offers up scores of chapters, each examining specific words, phrases, or verbal tendencies. And while words like "terrorism", "fascism", "appeasement", and "Caucasian" (and even the hapless "like" and "ain't") are tossed about regularly in contemporary usage, achieving an understanding of their origin and evolution can serve to better explain not just the word but the issue to which it is attached. Other language books have become popular among the "grammarati" for their hard line approach but Nunberg seeks to explore and understand rather than to enforce and punish. To that end, he defends "blog" as being a verb and noun that has earned its place in the language; it's very phonetic clunkiness being part of the appeal. And though he can diagram a sentence with the best of them, Nunberg is at his most delightful when shining a harsh lingual light on the ways in which the average person encounters words every day. A stinging and hilarious indictment of TV news' weird obsession with the present tense ("In North Dakota, high winds making life difficult") makes the reader hear the evening news in an entirely new way. Going Nucular is much more than a nudge and a wisecrack to self-appointed word cops, it's an insider's tour of the vernacular by the English teacher you only wish you had. --John Moe [via]
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Great Expectationsby Charles DickensISBN 158726398X (1-58726-398-X)
Hardcover, Ann Arbor Media Group
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Guns, Germs, and Steel Reader's Companionby Jared DiamondISBN 1586638637 (1-58663-863-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guns, Germs, and Steel Reader's Companion'Book summary:Scholar and professor Jared Diamond made a huge splash with this fascinating but controversial book, which argues that geography and environment have almost singlehandedly determined the course of human history. Dig deeper into his contentions with the information inside this invaluable reader's handbook:- Why did Europe colonize Africa and Asia rather than the other way around?
- Why is geography the most important factor in human history?
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Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind The Rhymeby Chris RobertsISBN 1592402178 (1-59240-217-8)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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Nursery rhymes are rarely as innocent as they seemthere is a wealth of concealed meaning in our familiar childhood verse. More than a century after Queen Victoria decided that children were better off without the full story, London librarian Chris Roberts brings the truth to light. He traces the origins of the subtle phrases and antiquated references, revealing religious hatred, political subversion, and sexual innuendo.
Roberts reveals that when Jack, nimble and quick, jumped over a candlestick, he was reenacting a popular sport that tested whether a person was lean and healthy. Humpty Dumpty was actually a cannon mounted on the walls of a church in Colchester, blown up during the English Civil War. Few know that the cockles in "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" actually refer to cuckolds in the promiscuous court of Mary Queen of Scots. Or that "Rub-a-dub-dub, three maids in a tub" was inspired by a fairground peepshow.
A fascinating history lesson that makes astonishing connections to contemporary popular culture, Heavy Words Lightly Thrown is for Anglophiles, parents, history buffs, and anyone who has ever wondered about the origins of rhymes. The book features a glossary of slang and historical terms, and spooky silhouettes of nursery-rhyme characters to accompany the rhymes. Mother Goose will never look the same again. [via]
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The Hill of Dreamsby Arthur MacHenISBN 1587155303 (1-58715-530-3)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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How to Avoid Making Art: Or Anything Else You Enjoyby Julia Cameron, Elizabeth Cameron Evans, Elizabeth CameronISBN 1585424382 (1-58542-438-2)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writingby Paul J. SilviaISBN 1591477433 (1-59147-743-3)
Softcover, Amer Psychological Assn
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I Have This Nifty Idea: Now What Do I Do With Itby Mike ResnickISBN 1587154811 (1-58715-481-1)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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I'm Proud of You: My Friendship With Fred Rogersby Tim MadiganISBN 1592402275 (1-59240-227-5)
Hardcover, Gotham Books
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Isaac D'Israeli on Books: Pre-Victorian Essays on the History of LiteratureISBN 1584561319 (1-58456-131-9)
Hardcover, Oak Knoll Pr
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Joel on Software: And on Diverse and Occasionally Related Matters that Will Prove of Interest to Software Developers, Designers, and Managers, and to Those Who, Whetherby Joel SpolskyISBN 1590593898 (1-59059-389-8)
Softcover, Apress
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The result just a handful of years later? Spolsky's technical knowledge, caustic wit, and extraordinary writing skills have earned him status as a programming guru! His blog has become renowned throughout the programming worldnow linked to more than 600 websites and translated into over 30 languages.
Joel on Software covers every conceivable aspect of software programmingfrom the best way to write code, to the best way to design an office in which to write code! All programmers, all people who want to enhance their knowledge of programmers, and all who are trying to manage programmers will surely relate to Joel's musings.
Table of Contents
- Choosing a Language
- Back to Basics
- The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code
- The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)
- Painless Functional Specifications Part 1: Why Bother?
- Painless Functional Specifications Part 2: Whats a Spec?
- Painless Functional Specifications Part 3: But . . . How?
- Painless Functional Specifications Part 4: Tips
- Painless Software Schedules
- Daily Builds Are Your Friend
- Hard-Assed Bug Fixin
- Five Worlds
- Paper Prototyping
- Dont Let Architecture Astronauts Scare You
- Fire and Motion
- Craftsmanship
- Three Wrong Ideas from Computer Science
- Biculturalism
- Get Crash Reports From UsersAutomatically!
- The Guerilla Guide to Interviewing
- Incentive Pay Considered Harmful
- Top Five (Wrong) Reasons You Dont Have Testers
- Human Task Switches Considered Harmful
- Things You Should Never Do, Part One
- The Iceberg Secret, Revealed
- The Law of Leaky Abstractions
- Lord Palmerston on Programming
- Measurement
- Rick Chapman Is In Search of Stupidity
- What Is the Work of Dogs in This Country?
- Getting Things Done When Youre Only a Grunt
- Two Stories
- Big Macs vs. The Naked Chef
- Nothing Is As Simple As It Seems
- In Defense of Not-Invented-Here Syndrome
- Strategy Letter I: Ben & Jerrys vs. Amazon
- Strategy Letter II: Chicken-and-Egg Problems
- Strategy Letter III: Let Me Go Back!
- Strategy Letter IV: Bloatware and the 80/20 Myth
- Strategy Letter V: The Economics of Open Source
- A Week of Murphys Law Gone Wild
- How Microsoft Lost the API War
- Microsoft Goes Bonkers
- Our .NET Strategy
- Please Sir May I Have a Linker?
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Journal Writing for Self-Discovery Kitby Rita D. JacobsISBN 1584790547 (1-58479-054-7)
Hardcover, Stewart, Tabori & Chang
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Kickboxing : The Essential Guide to Mastering the Artby Eddie CaveISBN 158574381X (1-58574-381-X)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Press, The
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The Kite Runnerby Khaled HosseiniISBN 1585473634 (1-58547-363-4)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Kite Runner'Book summary:The "kite runner" of Khaled Hosseini's deeply moving fiction debut is an illiterate Afghan boy with an uncanny instinct for predicting exactly where a downed kite will land. Growing up in the city of Kabul in the early 1970s, Hassan was narrator Amir's closest friend even though the loyal 11-year-old with "a face like a Chinese doll" was the son of Amir's father's servant and a member of Afghanistan's despised Hazara minority. But in 1975, on the day of Kabul's annual kite-fighting tournament, something unspeakable happened between the two boys.
Narrated by Amir as a 40-year-old novelist living in California, The Kite Runner tells the gripping story of a boyhood friendship destroyed by jealousy, fear, and the kind of ruthless evil that transcends mere politics. Running parallel to this personal narrative of loss and redemption is the story of modern Afghanistan and of Amir's equally guilt-ridden relationship with the war-torn city of his birth. The first Afghan novel to be written in English, The Kite Runner begins in the final days of King Zahir Shah's 40-year reign and traces the country's fall from a secluded oasis to a tank-strewn battlefield controlled by the Russians and then the trigger-happy Taliban. When Amir returns to Kabul to rescue Hassan's orphaned child, the personal and the political get tangled together in a plot that is as suspenseful as it is taut with feeling.
The son of an Afghan diplomat whose family received political asylum in the United States in 1980, Hosseini combines the unflinching realism of a war correspondent with the satisfying emotional pull of master storytellers such as Rohinton Mistry. Like the kite that is its central image, the story line of this mesmerizing first novel occasionally dips and seems almost to dive to the ground. But Hosseini ultimately keeps everything airborne until his heartrending conclusion in an American picnic park. --Lisa Alward [via]
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The Korean Alphabet of 1446: Expositions Opa, the Visible Speech Sounds Translation With Annotation, Future Applicabilityby Sek Yen Kim-ChoISBN 159102000X (1-59102-000-X)
Hardcover, Humanity Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Korean Alphabet of 1446: Expositions Opa, the Visible Speech Sounds Translation With Annotation, Future Applicability'Book summary:The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, is truly one of the great achievements of human invention. Developed (1443) and promulgated (1446) by the Korean monarch Sejong (1397-1450) himself, this alphabet demonstrates principles of design so far ahead of its time that only now, more than 550 years after its invention, are its remarkable qualities beginning to be appreciated. This superb scholarly edition by Korean language scholar Sek Yen Kim-Cho contains the original texts of "Hwunmin Cengum" and "Hwunmin Cengum Haylyey" (with photocopies of the originals in the appendices) and a complete, fully annotated translation in modern English. Beyond her analysis of historical texts, Dr. Kim-Cho critically expounds Sejong's design principle and also demonstrates that the Korean Orthophonic Alphabet is so versatile that it is ideally suited to promote and accelerate information processing and globalisation as a universal script. Its great adaptability makes it a perfect multilingual transcribing system for voice-recognition and voice dictation. [via]
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Langenscheidt's Universal French Dictionary: French-English English-Frenchby LangenscheidtISBN 1585734934 (1-58573-493-4)
Softcover, Langenscheidt Pub Inc
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Latin For All Occasions (Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus): Become the Life of the Party with Everyone's Favorite Dead Language!by Henry Beard, J. Mark Sugars, Mikhail IvenitskyISBN 1592400809 (1-59240-080-9)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Latin For All Occasions (Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus): Become the Life of the Party with Everyone's Favorite Dead Language!'Book summary:With more than 200,000 copies in print, Latin for All Occasions and its follow-up, Latin for Even More Occasions, have helped scores of readers harness the language of Caesar and Cicero. Impress your boss with Occupational Latin (Lingua Latina Occupationi); sell your product with Sales Latin (Lingua Latina Mercatoria); flirt with your classics professor with Sensual Latin (Lingua Latina Libidinosa); look like the hipster you are with Pop-Cultural Latin (Lingua Latina Popularis); survive the holidays with Familial Latin (Lingua Latina Domestica) and Celebrational Latin (Lingua Latina Festiva). Its all here, whether youre a student of the language or just want to talk like one.[via]From cocktail-party banter to climbing the corporate ladder to online dating, Latin for All Occasions features dozens of handy sections, including Las Vegas Latin, Latin for Golfers, Latin for Breakups, Latin for the Politically Correct, and much, much more. In one easy-to-use volume, National Lampoon founder Henry Beard presents hundreds of listings rendered in grammatically accurate classical Latin, with a foolproof pronunciation guide.
Who says Latin is a dead language? From the comic genius who brought us X-Treme Latin comes Latin for All Occasions, guaranteed to help readers delight their friends, insult their enemies, and elevate the public discourse.
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The Leaning Tower of Babelby Richard MitchellISBN 1585790036 (1-58579-003-6)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Little Letters: Your First Letter-writing Setby Editors of KlutzISBN 1591742447 (1-59174-244-7)
Softcover, Klutz
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The Longest Journeyby E. M. ForsterISBN 1592247180 (1-59224-718-0)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr
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The Lord of the Ringsby J. R. R. Tolkien, SparkNotes StaffISBN 1586637908 (1-58663-790-8)
Softcover, Spark Publishing Group
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Love & Respectby Fritz Ridenour, Emerson EggerichsISBN 1591453488 (1-59145-348-8)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Love & Respect'Book summary:Based upon Ephesians 5:33 and extensive biblical and psychological research, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs reveals the power of unconditional love and unconditional respect and how husbands and wives can reap the benefits of marriage that God intended. [via]
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Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires, The Respect He Desperately Needsby Emerson EggerichsISBN 1591451876 (1-59145-187-6)
Hardcover, Integrity Pub
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A Manual of Style for Contract Draftingby Kenneth A. AdamsISBN 1590313801 (1-59031-380-1)
Softcover, American Bar Association
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Motivate Your Writing!by Stephen P. KelnerISBN 1584654538 (1-58465-453-8)
Softcover, Univ Pr of New England
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The Nine Modern Day Muses (And a Bodyguard): 10 Guides to Creative Inspiration for Artists, Writers, Lovers, and Other Mortals Wanting to Live a Dazzling Existenceby M. Ed Jill BadonskyISBN 1592400086 (1-59240-008-6)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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Notes for a Memoir: On Isaac Asimov, Life, And Writingby Janet J. AsimovISBN 1591024056 (1-59102-405-6)
Hardcover, Prometheus Books
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Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2007by Michael Schweer, Lauren MoskoISBN 1582974306 (1-58297-430-6)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-free Playby Neil FioreISBN 1585425524 (1-58542-552-4)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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Featuring a new introduction and a new section providing strategies to understand and deal with the role technology plays in procrastination today, THE NOW HABIT offers a comprehensive plan to help readers lower their stress and increase their time to enjoy guilt-free play. Dr. Fiores techniques will help any busy person start tasks sooner and accomplish them more quickly, without the anxiety brought on by the negative habits of procrastination and perfectionism.More editions of The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-free Play:
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On Writing Romance: How to Craft a Novel That Sellsby Leigh MichaelsISBN 1582974365 (1-58297-436-5)
Softcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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In On Writing Romance, award-winning romance novelist Leigh Michaels talks you through each stage of the writing and publishing process. From the origins and evolution of the romance novel to establishing a vital story framework to writing that last line to seeking out appropriate publishers, everything you ever wanted to know about writing a romance novel is here.
In addition to a comprehensive breakdown of more than thirty romance subgenres, including such categories as historical, inspirational, Regency, and sweet traditional, you'll discover how to:
- Steer clear of cliches and stereotypes by studying the genre
- Craft engaging and realistic heroes and heroines readers will adore
- Convincingly develop the central couple's blossoming relationship
- Add conflict by utilizing essential secondary characters like the other woman"
- Use tension and timing to make your love scenes sizzle with sensuality
- Get your characters to happily-ever-after with an ending readers will always remember
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The Openhearted Audience: Ten Authors Talk About Writing for Childrenby Virginia HavilandISBN 1589630033 (1-58963-003-3)
Softcover, Fredonia Books
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Pen, Ink, & Evidence: A Study of Writing and Writing Materials for the Penman, Collector, and Document Detectiveby Joe Nickell, Charles HamiltonISBN 1584560924 (1-58456-092-4)
Softcover, Oak Knoll Pr
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Point Zero: Creativity Without Limitsby Michele CassouISBN 1585420859 (1-58542-085-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Portable MFA in Creative Writing: Improve Your Craft with the Core Essentials Taught to MFA Studentsby New York Writers WorkshopISBN 1582974403 (1-58297-440-3)
Hardcover, Writer's Digest Books
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Portable Writing: The Secret to Living Your Dreams With 25 Projects to Fund Your Freedomby Kay KennedyISBN 1591139503 (1-59113-950-3)
Softcover, Booklocker.Com Inc
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The Power of the Actor: The Chubbuck Techniqueby Ivana ChubbuckISBN 1592401538 (1-59240-153-8)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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The Quotable Writerby Lamar UnderwoodISBN 1592281338 (1-59228-133-8)
Hardcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Recommended Reference Books for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries and Media Centers 2004ISBN 1591581680 (1-59158-168-0)
Hardcover, Libraries Unltd Inc
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The Rising Gorgeby PerelmanISBN 1585741728 (1-58574-172-8)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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A Serrated Edge: A Brief Defense of Biblical Satire and Trinitarian Skylarkingby Douglas WilsonISBN 1591280109 (1-59128-010-9)
Softcover, Canon Pr
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Shelley: The Pursuitby Richard HolmesISBN 1590170377 (1-59017-037-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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So Your Muse Has Gone Awolby Pamela Johnson, Lori SoardISBN 1590803361 (1-59080-336-1)
Softcover, Echelon Pr
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Some People Say God Is No Laughing Matter: An Rtist's Observations and Objections on the Spiritual Pathby Julia CameronISBN 1585421286 (1-58542-128-6)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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Spiritual Doodles and Mental Leapfrogs: Playbook for Unleashing Spiritual Self Expressionby Katherine Q. RevoirISBN 159003029X (1-59003-029-X)
Softcover, Red Wheel/Weiser
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The Stories of Englishby David CrystalISBN 1585677191 (1-58567-719-1)
Softcover, Overlook Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stories of English'Book summary:The English language is now accepted as the global lingua franca of the modern age, spoken or written in by over a quarter of the human race. But how did it evolve? How did a language spoken originally by a few thousand Anglo-Saxons become one used by more than 1,500 million? What developments can be seen as we move from Beowulf to Chaucer to Shakespeare to Dickens and the present day? A host of fascinating questions are answered in The Stories of English ? a groundbreaking history of the language by David Crystal, the world-renowned writer and commentator on English. Many books have been written about English, but they have all focused on a single variety ? the educated, printed language called ?standard? English. David Crystal turns the history of English on its head and instead provides a startlingly original view of where the richness, creativity and diversity of the language truly lies ? in the accents and dialects of nonstandard English users all over the world. Whatever their regional, social or ethnic background, each group has a story worth telling, whether it is in Scotland or Somerset, South Africa or Singapore. Interweaved within this central chronological story are accounts of uses of dialect around the world as well as in literary classics from The Canterbury Tales to The Lord of the Rings. For the first time, regional speech and writing is placed centre stage, giving a sense of the social realities behind the development of English. This significant shift in perspective enables the reader to understand for the first time the importance of everyday, previously marginalized, voices in our language and provides an argument too for the way English should be taught in the future. [via]
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Student Guide to Research in the Digital Age: How to Locate And Evaluate Information Sourcesby Leslie F. StebbinsISBN 1591580994 (1-59158-099-4)
Softcover, Libraries Unltd Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Student Guide to Research in the Digital Age: How to Locate And Evaluate Information Sources'Book summary:One of the most perplexing aspects of research today is what to do when there's too much information on a topic. What then of the librarian, charged with teaching new generations to appreciate the search for intellectual wheat, especially when the chaff has greater appeal? The key, suggests Leslie Stebbins, is to impress upon students the importance of good filtering instincts and careful management of search results. At the same time, it is equally essential to impress upon them the particular challenges and controversies that accompany research in a digital environment. Chapter one provides a step-by-step introduction to both research and critical evaluation that can be followed for any assignment. Chapters two through seven focus on specific types of information resources: when to use them, where to find them, and how to evaluate them. Chapter eight offers guidance on how to develop a note-taking system, cite sources, avoid plagiarism, and organize references. Students and librarians alike will benefit from Stebbin's suggestions, strategies and straightforward examples.
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Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller--Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Centuryby Arthur R. Pell, Napoleon HillISBN 1585424331 (1-58542-433-1)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller--Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century'Book summary:[via]
Think and Grow Rich has been called the "Granddaddy of All Motivational Literature." It was the first book to boldly ask, "What makes a winner?" The man who asked and listened for the answer, Napoleon Hill, is now counted in the top ranks of the world's winners himself.The most famous of all teachers of success spent "a fortune and the better part of a lifetime of effort" to produce the "Law of Success" philosophy that forms the basis of his books and that is so powerfully summarized in this one.
In the original Think and Grow Rich, published in 1937, Hill draws on stories of Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and other millionaires of his generation to illustrate his principles. In the updated version, Arthur R. Pell, Ph.D., a nationally known author, lecturer, and consultant in human resources management and an expert in applying Hill's thought, deftly interweaves anecdotes of how contemporary millionaires and billionaires, such as Bill Gates, Mary Kay Ash, Dave Thomas, and Sir John Templeton, achieved their wealth. Outmoded or arcane terminology and examples are faithfully refreshed to preclude any stumbling blocks to a new generation of readers.
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The Thirteenth Taleby Diane SetterfieldISBN 158547892X (1-58547-892-X)
Hardcover, Center Point Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Thirteenth Tale'Book summary:Settle down to enjoy a rousing good ghost story with Diane Setterfield's debut novel, The Thirteenth Tale. Setterfield has rejuvenated the genre with this closely plotted, clever foray into a world of secrets, confused identities, lies, and half-truths. She never cheats by pulling a rabbit out of a hat; this atmospheric story hangs together perfectly.
There are two heroines here: Vida Winter, a famous author, whose life story is coming to an end, and Margaret Lea, a young, unworldly, bookish girl who is a bookseller in her father's shop. Vida has been confounding her biographers and fans for years by giving everybody a different version of her life, each time swearing it's the truth. Because of a biography that Margaret has written about brothers, Vida chooses Margaret to tell her story, all of it, for the first time. At their initial meeting, the conversation begins:
"You have given nineteen different versions of your life story to journalists in the last two years alone."
She [Vida] shrugged. "It's my profession. I'm a storyteller."
"I am a biographer, I work with facts."
The game is afoot and Margaret must spend some time sorting out whether or not Vida is actually ready to tell the whole truth. There is more here of Margaret discovering than of Vida cooperating wholeheartedly, but that is part of Vida's plan. The transformative power of truth informs the lives of both women by story's end, and The Thirteenth Tale is finally and convincingly told. --Valerie Ryan [via]
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The Time Traveler's Wifeby Audrey NiffeneggerISBN 1587246392 (1-58724-639-2)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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A Today Show Book Club SelectionThis is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian. They met when Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry thirty-one. Impossible but true: Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder. Periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, disappearing spontaneously for experiences alternately harrowing and amusing.
Available only in Wheeler Hardcover 7. [via]
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Toxic Feedback: Helping Writers Survive And Thriveby Joni B. ColeISBN 1584655445 (1-58465-544-5)
Softcover, Univ Pr of New England
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Unfortunate English: The Gloomy Truth Behind the Words You Useby Bill BrohaughISBN 1582974438 (1-58297-443-8)
Hardcover, F & W Pubns Inc
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaningby Chris HedgesISBN 1586480499 (1-58648-049-9)
Hardcover, Public Affairs
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› Find signed collectible books: 'War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning'Book summary:General George S. Patton famously said, "Compared to war all other forms of human endeavor shrink to insignificance. God, I do love it so!" Though Patton was a notoriously single-minded general, it is nonetheless a sad fact that war gives meaning to many lives, a fact with which we have become familiar now that America is once again engaged in a military conflict. War is an enticing elixir. It gives us purpose, resolve, a cause. It allows us to be noble.[via]
Chris Hedges of The New York Times has seen war up closein the Balkans, the Middle East, and Central Americaand he has been troubled by what he has seen: friends, enemies, colleagues, and strangers intoxicated and even addicted to war's heady brew. In War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, he tackles the ugly truths about humanity's love affair with war, offering a sophisticated, nuanced, intelligent meditation on the subject that is also gritty, powerful, and unforgettable.More editions of War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning:
What Are You Afraid Of?: A Body/Mind Guide To Courageous Livingby Lavinia PlonkaISBN 1585423939 (1-58542-393-9)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger As Your Brian Grows Olderby Elkhonon GoldbergISBN 1592401872 (1-59240-187-2)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger As Your Brian Grows Older'Book summary:A provocative look at how new research is highlighting the emerging powers of the aging mind
In The Wisdom Paradox, world-renowned neuropsychologist Elkhonon Goldberg argues that though some mental abilities (such as recent-memory recall) decline as the mind enters the "autumn season" of our life span, the brain becomes more powerful in its ability to recognize patterns. As a result, we are able to make decisions at more intuitive and effective levels-a late-emerging mental strength he terms "wisdom."
In lively, accessible prose, Goldberg delves into the mechanisms of the mind, outlining how the elegant structures of the brain develop and change over the course of a lifetime as they work increasingly in concert. Drawing on recent and historical examples of leaders and artists who achieved their greatest successes late in life-from Churchill to Reagan, from Goethe to Grandma Moses-Goldberg illustrates the effects of an emerging scientific understanding of the biology of wisdom. Drawing on the latest research in brain function, he takes to task outdated neurological concepts and argues that new neurons can be created throughout our lives, the left brain's specialization in pattern recognition accounts for its increased activity as we age, and the strengthening of neural pathways in later years accelerates decision-making processes. Most provocatively, he outlines how a "cognitive fitness" program can both curtail the negative mental effects of aging and enhance our decision-making powers. [via]
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The Wise Earth Speaks to Your Spirit: 52 Lessons to Find Your Soul Voice Through Journal Writingby Janell MoonISBN 1590030141 (1-59003-014-1)
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The Word in and Out of Season: Homilies for Preachers, Reflections for Seekersby William J. BauschISBN 1585950033 (1-58595-003-3)
Hardcover, Twenty-Third Publications/Bayard
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Word in and Out of Season: Homilies for Preachers, Reflections for Seekers'Book summary:The 60 homilies herein -- divided according to liturgical seasons, feasts, and celebrations, with a section on parables and on lessons from Scripture -- are presented to preachers as aids, thought-starters, or outright models. Seekers will find here a source of nourishment for their spiritual life. Witty, touching, full of humanity and wisdom. [via]
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The World of Wizards: Modern Magical Tools and Ancient Traditionsby Anton Adams, Mina AdamsISBN 1586637568 (1-58663-756-8)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Writer's Market 2007by Robert Brewer, Joanna MastersonISBN 1582974349 (1-58297-434-9)
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Writing Naturally: A Memoirby William SargentISBN 1584654686 (1-58465-468-6)
Hardcover, Univ Pr of New England
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Writing Personal Notes & Lettersby From the Editors of Victoria MagazineISBN 1588161951 (1-58816-195-1)
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Writing Your Rhythm: Using Nature, Culture, Form & Mythby Diane ThielISBN 1586540068 (1-58654-006-8)
Softcover, Story Line Pr
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